MRP: 6th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO

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6th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 100-102

Editorial history

29/05/09, CSG: Completed transcription
14/12/11, CSG: Added suggestd links




Abstract & context


Suggested links


See biographical profile of Elizabeth Dallison

See 25th September 1662, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See March 1662/63, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See 1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See 3rd April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO, London
See 3rd April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO, London Frogmorton Street
See 9th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See Pre-17th March 1665/66, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO


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Transcription


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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 100-102]

Aprill y:e 6:th 1663

[f.100]

My Deare Brother

This will Come by Cap:t ffisher[1] who did mee the kindnesse to come & offer his service to you & mee; but Cap:t Millett[2] made ingadge my selfe to Command him; which I have, hee hath beene very riuell [|???] & full of respect to you; By him I have written at large how things goo heare ay [?] in relation to yo:r affaires; for y:t ffardinando busyness I like it every day better & better and ffriday last S:r W:m Rider[3] came to mee to tell if wee would accept of y:e three thousand pounds hee did beleeve wee might have y:t I consulted w:th M:r Papillon[4] about it, his answer was would wee had it, but it will not bee our Interest to accept of y:e offer of one particular man for you must know this came from Buckworth[5]: But Sayed wee would have y:e whole busyness to y:e referrees: your wadges & y:e Smirna Merchant busyness is in á good way, & you Bayle is Cleared as to y:e Bills of Exchange:e [?] I have sent out a Commission w:th as ample Instructions as may bee; Good Broth:r have á care in y:e executing it, Onething lett mee [x]nmde you off w:ch is y:e China wear left in India by my Brother Kitt[6] pray send it home to mee otherwise they y:t it Bretton[7] & Love[8] will make mee pay much more than it is worth they demand threescore pounds for it, for y:t, for y:e greene Ginger pray informe yoLr selfe in w:tstate it is, I say y:e reason you tould mee it was left behinde was because it was rotten Naught, if worth sending home send it if not send mee in w:t Condition it was when left, Willmott[9] sayes it was not vey good buy y:t is noo answer. Theare was some Gould or Silver Stuffes, sent them on y:e true vallue, for when wee Come to Conclude they will make mee pay through y:e Nose for them; I have written at large to M:r Goodyear[10] but could not have tyme to putt it into á forme, but my lre hee will see his affaires goo sum odd things

[f.101]

I omitted w:ch I will putt into his Acco:t w:ch I will have written out by y:e Next Shipps & sent him in an orderly way: his Wife & Children & Brother & Sister are well & have written to him by Cap:t Millett; y:e Comp:a is very angery with Cap:t Millett, because hee is not gon & have protested against him, & against us y:e Owners & wee have putt in Answer, S:r Geo: Smith[11] sent to mee for 100:ll of w:ch hee sayes captaine Millett shall give you an acco:t Blessed be God, all freinds & relations are in health Our Deare Mother[12] in pticuler; I have great hopes to gett Mall Smiths[13] Joynter settled & y:t suddenly, My Lord Chancellour[14] desired her husband would Joyne w:th her in a fine but hee refused soo to doo, at w:ch my Lord, did for a tyme restrained [??] himselfe and would doo nothing; But my good Lord Chancellor hath brought him á bout á gaine; I have sent you some Burds (sic) & some Sacke & Tobaco & á beaver hatt, & some Bookes for á token of my Love my Deare Deare (sic 2x) Brother it is impossible to express y:e great want, I finde in thy absence, I hope I have had more to doo than I had thought would have beene because I have had to doo w:th unreasonable men in thy lre from y:e Madera Islands, I recvd great satisfaction, you bid me [x]pend [expect?] God would send, I must tell you I have beene at great expenses of w:th more hereafter, hab nabs (sic) y:e word: it is money will make y:e Moare to goo, for Certaine it is now said y:e Lord Aungier[15] is now slaine y:e Lord ffaulkland[16] is Dead, S:r Job Harviy[17] is Dead, God blesse thee & send mee soo neare, It may bee sqyure Brookes[18] will write to thee of my beeing in y:e Coffee House[19], It is true I was & have beene theire severall tymes: Need makes y:e Ould wife strett [Strott? Strutt?] But know my Deare Brother Presid:t I keepe my Granduer for all y:t humillation, & will I warrant thee ever doo soo M:r Papillion sayes my personne dooth great advantage to y:e Busyeness although I can doo nothing to help on y:e Busynesse hee will not bee Contented & satisfyed w:thout I bee theare I was once Ill & Could not goo hee putt of y:e meeting his Deare ffreind M:rs Noke[20] is in y:e Countrey & hath beene this mo:th & more he never Coares [?] for her gooing soo I bee theare all is well, hee says it is á great Content to him & y:e Busyeness; I never goo but with my waiting Woman y:t is Nancy Mercer[21] or Sarah[22], But poore Sarah very seldome, I shall now Conclude this with my Dearest Love & hearty prayers to God that hee would bless and keepe thee in health and safety; and send thee home to her that

[f. 102]

truely Loves thee,

Aprill y:e 6:th 1663:
Thy Most affectionate Sister till
Death.
Eliza: Dalyson

Dearest

All freinds sallute thee w:th Love & servis, but I have not tyme to pticuler them onely my Coz:n Harry Oxinden[23] & my Coz:n W:m Crayfford[24] who now came in, prsents theire Love & service to you, One thing I had forgotten to minde you off to write to y:e Comp:a to Enter Hary Bromfield[25] & yo:r man Watts[26] into theire service.


Notes

Lord Falkland


Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland (1634-1663). Succeeded to his title after the death of his brother Lucius Cary in 1649. MP for Oxfordshire in the third Protectorate parliament (1659) and in Convention parliament (1660). One of twelve MPs to travel to Holland to meet Charles II and to accompany him back to London. Colonel of horse and gentleman the of privy chamber (1660). Elected MP in Irish parliament in either 1661 or 1662. Sudden death.[27]


Crayford family


There is a William Crayford and an Edward Crayford on a Kent list, dated 1695/96[28]

There is a parish of Crayford in Kent, I think near Sandwich

The Crayford family name is mentioned in p. 160, The Oxinden and Peyton Letters, 1607-1642:

"...Oxenden...George Crayford, was married to Margaret, daughter of Edward Boys of ... William Crayford of Mongeham, was connected with the...[GOOGLE SNIPPET ENDS]"[29]


Captain Robert Fisher


"[June 20, 1662] Private trade to be delivered to Captain Robert Browne, Robert Fisher, and Sir John Jacob."[30]



Possible primary sources


TNA

PROB 11/171 Pile 43-89 Will of Sir William Crayford of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire 28 May 1636
PROB 11/303 May 1–53 Sentence of Sir Robert Crayford of Shepperdswell, Kent 10 December 1661

PROB 11/307 Laud 1–52 Will of Sir Robert Crayford of Kent 31 January 1662
  1. ↑ Captain Robert Fisher was the commander of XXXX
  2. ↑ Captain Nicholas Millett
  3. ↑ Sir William Ryder, London merchant
  4. ↑ Thomas Papillon, London merchant
  5. ↑ John Buckworth, London merchant
  6. ↑ Christoper Oxenden, merchant; Sir George Oxenden's younger brother, who died deceased n Suriat in 1659
  7. ↑ Thomas Breton, London merchant
  8. ↑ William Love, London merchant
  9. ↑ John Wilmottt, London merchant
  10. ↑ John Goodyer
  11. ↑ Sir George Smith, London merchant
  12. ↑ Lady Margaret Oxenden, a widow, who lived at Deane, East Kent, with her eldest son, Sir Henry Oxenden. See biographical profile of Lady Margaret Oxenden and profile of Deane
  13. ↑ Mary Smith, Elizabeth Dallison's eldest daughter. Her jointure was threatened because her husband, Henry Smith, had been put on trial for treason, as a signator to the King's death warrant
  14. ↑ Lord Clarendon, the former Edward Hyde
  15. ↑ Lord Aungier, brother of Gerard Aungier, who was number two in the English Surat factory. Elizabeth Dallison also wrote in a letter to her brother of the news that Lord Aungier had been slain. The news proved wrong. See 9th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
  16. ↑ Lord Falkland was Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland (1634-1663)
  17. ↑ Job Harby was the father of Elizabeth Hoskins, the wife of serjeant-at-law Edmund Hoskins (later Sir Edmund Hoskins)
  18. ↑ Squire Brookes was presumably a gentleman living in or close to Wingham. He has not been identified. See Missing faces
  19. ↑ Garraways coffee house. Elizabeth Dallison had mentioned to her brother that she had been at Garrawayes in another letter, just days before. William Love had insisted on moving meetings of a commission from the East India House to Garrawayes "purposely to beate mee off from being present as M:r Papillon tould mee, but it would not doo for wheare my Business was I resolved to bee." See 1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
  20. ↑ Jane Noke, the widow of William Noke, merchant
  21. ↑ Nancy Mercer has not been identified, beyond Elizabeth Dallison's statement that she was a waiting woman. See Missing faces
  22. ↑ Sarah Wainman, Elizabeth Dallison's long serving lady's maid
  23. ↑ Hnery (Harry) Oxenden, son of Sir Henry Oxenden, and Elizabeth and Sir George's nephew, who was in the East Indies
  24. ↑ William Crayfford was XXXX. See Missing faces
  25. ↑ Henry (Harry) Bromfield, son of Thomas Bromfield, and the nephew of Elizabeth and Sir George Oxenden
  26. ↑ Watts was a servant of Sir George Oxenden, employed privately in Surat (CHECK)
  27. ↑ David L. Smith, 'Cary, Henry, fourth Viscount Falkland (bap. 1634, d. 1663)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn., Oxford University Press, May 2005; online edn, Jan 2008
  28. ↑ 'William III, 1695-6: An Act for granting to His Majesty an Aid of Four Shillings in the Pound for carrying on the War against France [Chapter V. Rot. Parl. 7 & 8 Gul. III. pt. 2.]', Statutes of the Realm: volume 7: 1695-1701 (1820), pp. 8-61. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46812 Date accessed: 26 May 2009
  29. ↑ This is the footnote text
  30. ↑ 'A Court of Committees, June 20, 1662' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 498), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 219

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