MRP: 7th April 1663, Letter from Francis Clarke to Sir GO, London

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7th April 1663, Letter from Francis Clarke to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXXX, f. ?

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25/05/09, CSG: Completed transcription
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Abstract & context


Francis Clarke wrote to Sir George Oxenden in a letter dated April 7th 1663, sent from London.

In April 1663 he was still plain Francis Clarke, receiving his knighthhod two years later, in 1665.

In this letter XXXX

Sir Francis Clarke (b. 1622, d. 1690) was a London merchant and draper.

In 1666, he had a ten hearth house on the south side of Fenchurch street in the parish of St Gabriel Fenchurch, London.[1] He may also have had an eleven hearth house in Putney in 1664. A "Mr Clarke" appears in the Putney hearth tax for Lady Day, 1664, and J.R. Woodhead (1666) in his entry for Sir Francis Clarke records a Putney residence in 1668.[2] By 1677, Sir Francis Clarke's commercial location had moved to St. Helen's, Bishopsgate.[3]


Suggested links


See March 1665/66, Letter from Francis Clarke to Sir GO
See 11th October 1667, Letter from Francis Clarke to Sir GO, London


To do


(1) Check the transcription against the physical manuscript at the BL


Transcription


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[f. 104]

My Noble & Hono:d Good ffreind

Yo:r lre from y:e Maderes I very Gladly rcvd; but with what Joye will my selfe & all yo:r very good freinds take y:e Tydings of health & well being at Surr:tt A fewe months will now I hope make appeare ; to our very great Content & yo:r Comfort will bee most pleaseing.

Since yo:r Departure little occasion hath proferred to discourse of you in ???pourt. But very much of mons:b Andrewes[4] proceedings, to very great dislike, yett thy Comfort they Generally Conclude w:th, y:t they hope speedily to heare from S:r George Oxinden (sic) from whome á great Deale of respect is Intimated

Within 4: dayes wee shall know our New Governor Etc:a & Comittees w:th in eight dayes but truely I hope Cap:t Millett[5] Desireth her respects to bee presented you & hath sent you a small case w:th 9 litte; Bottles But shee hopes very good Cordialls; it is made up in a box to you directed; & I hope Cap:t Millett will have a case of it, pray accept of it, w:th y:e same affection tis sent yo:w soo with my sallutes , wishes of all health & hono:r & happynesse; as long as I am, I will Love, Hono:r & serve you my noble freind; farewell S:r Geo: , I rest

Thy most affectionate ffreind
Ffrancis Clarke

London y:e 7:th [poss 9th] Aprill 1663:


Notes

J.R. Woodhead (1966), Francis Clarke (A)


"CLARKE, Francis (A)

Ald Broad Street, 24 Jul-17 Aug 1666, disch, F £420 (1) Little St Helens, 1677, St Helen, 1668, Putney, Surr (2) DR, fr, 1648, by R, M, 1667 and 1687 (3) b 1622, bur 13 Apr 1690, at St Helen (4) PCC Admon, 4 Jun 1690 and 4 Dec 1708 f Christopher Clarke of Exeter, Devon, JP, m Frances Pitt of Weymouth, Dors, mar (A) 1648, Anne, da of William Essington, DR, of London, (B) Elizabeth, da of Henry Proby, Common Serjeant of the City, of Mortlake, Surr (5) Merchant Comm EIC, 1660-73, 1674-5 Co Assis LC, 1664-5 (6) Kt, 31 May 1665 (7) ? Tory, not Whig (8) Cf Francis CLARKE (B)

(1) Beaven, I, p 76 (2) Directory, 1677, Boyd 5671 (3) Beaven, II, p 98, LVP, 1664, p 41 (4) LVP, 1664, p 41, Boyd 5671 (5) LVP, 1664, pp 41-1, Boyd 5671, 9378, 32089 Re m, cf m of Jonathan ASH (6) LVP, 1664, p 41, Directory, 1677, Beaven, II, p 98 (7) Beaven, II, p 98 (8) H of L, MS 154 (f)"[6]


Sir Francis Clarke m. Elizabeth Proby, at Putney, Surrey, XXX


"[YEAR?] Jan. 18 Sir Francis Clarke, of London. Kt. Wid:r, about 45, & M:rs Elizabeth Proby, of Mortlack, Surrey, Sp:r, ab:t 30 & at own dispose; at Putney, Surrey"[7]


English East India Company

EEIC, 1664-1667


"Sir Francis Clarke and Messrs. Kendall, Paige, and Boone desire that it may be held at Putney, which they leave to his consideration, ' the rather because the sicknesse is much increased the last weeke in Stepney parrish, ..."[8]



Possible primary sources

  1. ↑ 'Fanchurch Strett south side' in in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: Saintt Gabrill Fanchurch', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 15/02/12
  2. ↑ (Surrey hearth Tax transcript, Lady Day, 1664; 'Clarke, Francis (A)', in J.R. Woodhead, 'Cade - Cutler', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966))
  3. ↑ This is the footnote text
  4. ↑ Mr. Andrewes was XXXX
  5. ↑ Captain Nicholas Millett will not stay soo long for hee is late allready. If hee Chance to stay you shall bee advised y:e same night tis knowne of w:t shall bee needfull I have endeavoured all I could to serve yo:r Sister Madam Dallyson about your Busyeness she hath recd y:e money of yo:r Oyles of w:ch shee gives yoou an aacco:t I presume; S:r my Wife[[FootNote(Frances Clarke wrote to Sir George Oxenden several years later mentioning that he was still in his "widowers estate". See ["11th October 1667, Letter from Francis Clarke to Sir GO, London"]
  6. ↑ 'Clarke, Francis (A)', in J.R. Woodhead, 'Cade - Cutler', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966)
  7. ↑ Joseph Lemuel Chester, Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1558-1699: also, for those issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679 (London, 1886), p. 144
  8. ↑ XXXX in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of court minutes, etc. of the East India company 1664-1667 (Oxford, 1925), p. 161

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