List of the Verney Letters

Wakefield, William

merchant

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06-425
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Tours
on 1645/08/30
received at Rouen
on 1645/08/26 (5 Sept)
Notes: chat (Mr Busby, Paris, journey to Italy, Rouen, section in French, Faubourg St Germain, dangers of travelling)
06-430
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Tours
on 1645/09/07
received at Rouen
on 1645/09/04 (14 Sept)
Notes: business matters (London); money matters (Thorner, Paul Thomas, France, Paris)
06-448
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Mourreau
on 1645/09/16
received at Rouen
on 1645/09/12 (22 Sept)
Notes: business matters (Thorner, Mns Muise?); chat (Tours, Blois, English, Orleans, Mr Gore, Sir ? Drummont gone for Angers)
Queries: hard to read
06-462
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Tours
on 1645/09/30
received at Rouen
on 1645/09/27 (7 Oct)
Notes: business matters (Mr Thorner, about letters, London, Sir John Drumont); money matters; military matters (Turks have an army on borders of Italy); chat (Mr Gore)
07-251
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Orleans
on 1646/07/04
received at Blois
on 1646/06/26 (6 July)
Notes: chat (Mr John Gore, Naples, Loretto, Milan, Switzerland, Geneva, Mns Ogelby, Orleans)
07-287
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Orleans
on 1646/07/23
received at Blois
on 1646/07/28 (7 Aug)
Notes: chat (Mr Briure?, England, Mr Busby)
Queries: hard to read
07-336
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Orleans
on 1646/08/29
on 1646/08/31 (10 Sept)
Notes: business matters (Holland, Blois, Frankfurt?, his travels, Paris, Rouen, Calais, Rotterdam, London, Hamburg, Mr Busby, Sir John Goodridge, Sir Richard Willis?, Mr Hangwode?, Oxford)
Queries: 29 Aug/8 Sept
07-350
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Orleans
on 1646/09/10
received at Blois
on 1646/09/11 (21 Sept)
Notes: chat (Paris, Rouen, Mr Brute); political matters (Parliament, the Scots, Presbeterian [sic] government, Ireland, London)
Queries: 10 Sept/20 Sept
07-367
Sent by Wm Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Orleans
on 1646/09/19
received at Blois
Notes: chat (Paris, Rouen, Mr Gore, Fontainbleu, Mr Ogelby, Fauxbourg St Germains, Mons Beleour?); military matters (prisoners from the Spanish, committee of hate, England, the City, hears Parliament ordered an army of 32000 to go north, deliver the king, the Scots)
07-376
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Orleans
on 1646/09/24
received at Blois
on 1646/09/25 (5 Oct)
Notes: chat (Paris, Calais, Mns Galadine?, Lord of Lanariaus? Governor, Dieppe?, Rouen, Mr Busby, England)
Queries: 24 Sept/4 Oct
07-386
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Paris
on 1646/10/01
received at Blois
on 1646/10/07 (17 Oct)
Notes: chat (about lodgings, Paris, servants, Mr Ogleby, Blois, Orleans); military matters (Dunkirk not yet taken, the king arrived here, Fontainbleu)
Queries: 1 Oct/10 Oct
07-381
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Paris
on 1646/10/15
received at Blois
on 1646/10/13 (23 Oct)
Notes: chat (English, Mr Browne, Luxembourg Garde, Sir Richard Browne, Pallais, about lodgings, Paris, the king was at Notre Dame)
07-437
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Dieppe
on 1646/11/14
received at Rouen
on 1646/11/14 (24 Nov)
Notes: business matters (about ships, Rye, Mr Cooke, Rouen, Calais, Dunkirk, Flushing?, Mr Gore, Mr Lister); in a PS of 24 Nov (heard of an English catch? ready to go away, London, Thomas ffreeman, Mr Grici?, Mr Gwyned?, Basteele [sic, Bastille?], Mr Hartnoll)
07-479
Sent by Wm Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1646/12/21
received at Rouen
on 1647/01/05 (15 Jan)
Notes: chat (Amsterdam); business matters (Mr Abeels, trunks, Calais, Dunkirk, Lord Lapell? at Middlesborough, Mr Gore, Mr Busby, sequestration, 'Diepe')
Queries: 21 Dec/31 Dec
08-008
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1647/03/26
To monsieur Verney' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
received at Blois
on 1647/04/30 (9 April)
Notes: chat (problems with recipient's wife, death of Mons de Rocquirnig?, England, Lord Pagea? from Middlesborough, Mr George?, Parliament resolved upon the ruin of all such men as had estates in England, Ireland, Mr Busby, Rotterdam)
Queries: under date of receipt also has 1647/04/09
07-578
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1647/05/03
received at Blois
on 1647/05/09 (19 May)
Notes: business matters (France, England, Amsterdam, shipping, Mns Abeeles, Rouen, Nantes); political matters (Lord Ormond joined with the Irish, Lord Juthequins?, Lord Lisle, Parliament); chat (Hambroe?, ramble into Poland); gossip (Sir John Lord, bro Busby, London, committee of Buckinghamshire, tithe from Haberdashers' Hall)
07-536
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1647/06/28
received at Paris
on 1647/07/02 (12 July)
Notes: chat (his afflictions); business matters (Amsterdam, Mr Abeels, London, Rouen); political matters; money matters
08-191
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Utrecht
on 1647/08/10
received at Paris
on 1647/08/20 (30 Aug)
Notes: money matters (Rotterdam, Mr Abeeles, William Williams, Rouen); political matters (king, London, sat in the house in royal robes)
Queries: 10 Aug/20 Aug
08-182
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1647/08/17
To Mns Verney (SRV?) Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
received at Paris
on 1647/08/27 (6 Sept)
Notes: chat (Mr Abeeles?, Rouen, about paying duty on goods)
Queries: 17 Aug/27 Aug
08-241
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1647/09/17
received at Paris
on 1647/09/17 (27 Sept)
Notes: business matters (Michelborne, Mr Abeeles, Lords of the Admiralty, Henry Momford, France, London)
08-215
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1647/09/23
received at Blois
on 1647/09/24 (4 Oct)
Notes: business matters (Hon Mumford's house, London)
Queries: 13 Sept/23 Sept
08-216
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from Rotterdam
on 1647/09/27
received at Paris
on 1647/10/05 (15 Oct)
Notes: business matters (Mumford, shipping of goods, Mr Abeeles)
08-217
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1647/10/10
received at London
Notes: business matters (Rotterdam, Rouen, Mns Abeeles, London)
08-397
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from London
on 1647/12/23
received at Paris
on 1648/01/02 (12 Jan)
Notes: chat (Sir James); business matters (about goods, Mr Mountford, Sir Ralph)
08-403
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from London
on 1647/12/30
received at Paris
on 1648/01/14 (24 Jan)
Notes: business matters (shipping of goods, Mr Munford, Loeuard Louerson?, Rotterdam, Mr Earkram? )
08-499
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
from London
on 1648/02/07
received at Paris
on 1648/02/15 (25 Feb)
Notes: business matters (Mountford?)
09-078
Sent by Wen Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1648/05/18
Notes: Surrey Petition Business
09-216
Sent by wm wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1648/08/03
10-113
Sent by william Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1648/08/16
09-340
Sent by Wm Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1648/11/02
Notes: Mr Wakefied has come from Bucks – probably a local man?
10-021
Sent by William Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1649/05/24
10-221
Sent by william wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1649/12/13
10-303
Sent by william Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1650/03/21
Notes: 1649/50
11-004
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1650/12/12
11-015
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1650/12/26
11-046
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1651/01/28
Notes: 1650/1
11-082
Sent by w Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1651/03/14
11-173
Sent by W Wakefield (Edmonton) Wakefield, William
on 1651/08/26
Notes: Advice on trip
11-321
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1652/05/28
11-383
Sent by w Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1652/08/20
11-409
Sent by w Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1652/09/10
11-446
Sent by w Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1652/11/05
11-478
Sent by w Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1652/12/10
12-009
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1653/01/07
Notes: 1652/3 - “SRV, being to come out of Flanders and intending to land at Dover”
12-093
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1653/04/21
12-122
Sent by w wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1653/05/20
Notes: Gives exchange rate at Paris
12-237
Sent by w wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1653/09/28
12-304
Sent by w wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1653/12/08
12-410
Sent by w wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/03/01
Notes: 1653/4 About payment £9-10-0 to Holland
12-449
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/03/23
Notes: 1653/4
13-228
Sent by w wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/05/26
13-145
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/09/07
13-096
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/10/17
13-065
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/11/07
13-040
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1654/11/28
13-356
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/03/17
Notes: 1654/5
13-382
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/03/26
13-408
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/04/21
Notes: (Only partly filmed)
13-411
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/04/23
Queries: Page 72
13-508
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/07/07
14-070
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/09/21
Notes: Great Plague in Holland
14-185
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/11/28
14-216
Sent by w wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1655/12/28
Notes: About EV's bills of exchange
14-355
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1656/04/18
14-510
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1656/08/26
16-184
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1658/10/26
Notes: About ways of taking apple tree cuttings
16-507
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1659/09/19
Notes: * Excellent letter giving his views of the profitability of the various foreign trades at this time. About JV. Says he has done well at arithmetic, but will have to learn to write more quickly.
18-210
Sent by W Wakefield Wakefield, William
on 1662/04/29
Notes: Offering a servant for SRV – one Perin, a kinsman

Letters Received

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Showing 45 letters out of 45.

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06-433
from Rouen
on 1645/09/04
To William Wakeifled Wakefield, William
Notes: gossip (if Chornor? guilty is not worthy to live among Christians, but he denies it, vile foul crime); business matters (Thorner, Paris, John Drummond, Mr Gore)
Queries: 4 Sept/14 Sept
07-252
from Blois
on 1646/07/01
To Mr Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Orleans
Notes: chat (Mr Gore's death, Orleans)
Queries: draft letter? many crossings out
07-277
from Blois
on 1646/07/19
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Orleans
Notes: chat (London)
Queries: 19 July/29 July
07-288
from Blois
on 1646/08/10
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Orleans
Notes: chat (Mr Busby, Orleans, smallpox still in town, Mr Bruce
Queries: 10 Aug/20 Aug; draft letter?, many crossings out
07-330
from Blois
on 1646/08/27
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Orleans
Notes: business matters (Thorner?, England, Mr Busby)
Queries: 27 Aug/6 Sept
07-480
on 1647/02/21
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Holland
Notes: chat (letters, Mns de Roequigny, England, London, Amsterdam)
Queries: 2 Feb/3 Mar
07-617
on 1647/04/04
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: household matters (trunk, moths, Amsterdam, searches, France, Rouen, Nantes); business matters (says wife's last letters says she has an order from the committee to certify the cause of his sequestration, shall determine whether he be discharged or continue, Rotterdam); chat (Mr Bollen?)
Queries: 4 Apr/14 Apr
07-584
on 1647/05/16
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Rotterdam
Notes: business matters (conveyance of goods, Lords of the Admiralty, Rouen, voyage at sea longer so more liable to storms and pirates, hopes will find some way to avoid toll, Rotterdam, about trunks, Sir William Boswell); money matters (packhouse rent somewhat dear, London, House of Commons); military matters
Queries: 16 May/26 May
07-538
Sent by Jonas Abeels Abeels, Jonas
from Amsterdam
on 1647/06/26
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Rotterdam
on 1647/07/02 (12 July)
Notes: money matters; business matters (SRV, shipping of goods, England, France)
08-138
from Blois
on 1647/07/04
To Mr Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Rotterdam
on 4 July/14 July
Notes: chat (health, England, France, London, sequestration, SRV's wife had a son, thanks for delivery of goods, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Rouen, Tho Cockram, Jonas Abeele)
08-192
on 1647/08/22
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Rotterdam
Notes: chat (Utrecht, London, sickness); money matters (Rouen, Mr Abeeles, 4 trunks, customs, Holland)
Queries: 22 Aug/ 01 Sept
08-183
on 1647/08/29
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Rotterdam
Notes: chat (about goods, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Mr Abeeles, Holland, France, England, Germany); money matters (Mr Michelborne, Mr Roades)
Queries: 29 Aug/8 Sept
08-242
from Blois
on 1647/09/19
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at Rotterdam
Notes: business matters (the Admiralty, Rotterdam, , Tomas Abeeles, Mr Momford)
08-249
on 1647/09/26
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at London
Notes: chat (Holland, Mr Mumford, about keys)
Queries: 26 Sept/6 Oct
08-362
on 1647/11/28
To Mr William Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: chat; money matters (Holland, customs, stocking, England)
Queries: 28 Nov/8 Dec
08-359
on 1648/01/09
To Mr William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at London
Notes: chat; business matters (Mr Momford, about goods)
Queries: 9 Jan/19 Jan
08-487
on 1648/02/02
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: business matters (Mr Montfort)
08-498
on 1648/02/20
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
received at London
Notes: chat (France, England, Dutch customs, Mr Montford, Paris, Rouen)
Queries: 20 Feb/1 Mar
09-079
on 1648/05/31
To Wen Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 31 May/10 June
09-217
on 1648/08/30
To William Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 30 Aug/9 Sept “Uncle Leake”. Leake owes srv cash too
09-304
on 1648/10/18
To Wm Wakefield Wakefield, William
10-039
on 1649/06/12
To william Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2022
Queries: PAGE 18
10-222
on 1649/10/07
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 BST 2017
10-277
on 1650/02/17
To william Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 17/27 Feb 1649/50 – On his marriage
10-547
on 1650/11/03
To william Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT 2013
11-017
on 1650/12/29
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 29 Dec/08 Jan
11-102
on 1651/03/27
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 27 March/06 April
11-161
on 1651/08/02
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 02/12 – Had thoughts of going to Spain but didn't because of PLAGUE AND FAMINE
11-162
on 1651/08/19
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 19/29
11-189
on 1651/09/16
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 16/26
11-380
on 1652/08/07
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: * 07/17 'in these times , our Old servants are become our new masters'
11-392
on 1652/08/28
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 28 Aug/07 Sept
11-431
on 1652/10/16
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 16/26
11-473
on 1652/12/04
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: Asking him to send £50
11-305
Sent by srv (Venice) Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on 1653/04/30
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
12-230
on 1653/09/19
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
12-442
on 1654/03/17
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 1653/4 Asking him to send money to Ed V in Utrecht
13-154
on 1654/08/23
To Mr Wakefield Wakefield, William
13-402
on 1655/04/16
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
13-463
on 1655/06/08
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
13-502
on 1655/07/04
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
14-064
on 1655/09/18
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
14-209
on 1655/12/00
To w wakefield Wakefield, William
14-188
on 1655/12/03
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
14-249
on 1656/01/21
To W Wakefield Wakefield, William
Notes: 1655/6