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29–001

Sent by:	William Ffall Fall, William
from:	?
on:	1675/11/11
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/11/12
Notes:	chat (Whitehall, Plymouth, gout, Cornishman); political/religious matters (Privy Council, Whitehall, Mns Luzanny? formerly a priest now turned protestant, St German and another priest threatened to stab him, Lord Cavendish, Mr Howard, the King, my Lord Keeper, Lord Halifax, yesterday a book by order of the Lords was burned by the common hangman); chat (Mr Grimston, Lady Hobart)

29–002

Sent by:	Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:	1675/11/15
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/16
Notes:	chat (disaster of pretty colt, Mr Grosvenor, Holmes, Aylesbury, Dr Willis died, pistol was shot at Lord Shaftesbury, Sir Jo Babir?); political matters (French, Hugeneots)

29–003

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/11/00
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	money matters (account for Michaelmas, Mrs Butterfield's money not included, rents due £95.00.00)

29–004

Sent by:	Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
from:	Sutton in Oxfordshire
on:	1675/11/15
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1675/11/19
Notes:	chat (London, colds)

29–005

Sent by:	Lady Gardiner (Cary Gardiner) Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:	1675/11/15
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/19
Notes:	family matters (niece, daughter, London)

29–006

Sent by:	Elizabeth Adams Adams, Elizabeth [Verney] d.1721
from:	Beddow
on:	1675/11/16
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/11/19
Notes:	chat (have all had streaming colds)

29–007

Sent by:	Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:	1675/11/18
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/19
Notes:	chat (about his colt, king will touch no more till April); political matters (Fagg, Sir Jo Fust sheriff for Gloucestershire?)

29–008

Sent by:	William Ffall Fall, William
from:	London
on:	1675/11/18
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/19
Notes:	chat (called on Lady Hobart and found her house like a laundry - garnished with nasty tubs and wet clothes, Dr Borrowman is dead, Mr Sharpe will be parson of St Giles, Mns Brovall); estate matters (Robert Parrat, London); money matters (Mr Smith, Mr Cratford?); legal matters (Sherley v Sir Jo Fag, Mr Astley, Mr Wallop, Mr Jeffrey, Mr Turner of Grays Inn)

29–009

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/11/18
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/04
Notes:	chat (London, son Charles and daughter been very ill, Mrs Brooke)

29–010

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/11/00
to:	Ann Gaudy Gaudy, Anne
Notes:	family matters (Lady Mary, Jack Stewkeley); business matters (Winston farm repairs, winter tiling seldom lasts long especially if frosty, Mr Gibson, Mr Ashton)
Queries:	possible draft letter

29–011

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/11/00
to:	Lady Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
Notes:	chat (Lord Cornwallis, Sir Charles, only he and one other in his family not had a cold, London, Lord Norris, Mr Wharton); business matters (Mr Gibson, Mr Ashton, sale of Winston farm)

29–012

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy? Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/11/17?
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/19
Notes:	chat?
Queries:	hard to read

29–013

Sent by:	Cousin Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Hillesdon
on:	1675/11/18
to:	Uncle AD (Alex Denton?) Denton, Alexander (lawyer)
Notes:	money matters (lazy fellow, asks to draw a new stettlement of his estate)
Queries:	annotated as copy of letter about drawing on settlement of his estate

29–014

Sent by:	Cousin Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Hillesdon
on:	1675/11/18
to:	Uncle AD Denton, Alexander (lawyer)
Notes:	money matters
Queries:	appears to be the original letter 29-013 above

29–015

Sent by:	Cousin Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Hillesdon
on:	1675/11/18
to:	Uncle AD Denton, Alexander (lawyer)
Notes:	money matters
Queries:	appears to be copy of letter 29-014 above

29–016

Sent by:	Cousin Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Hillesdon
on:	1675/11/18
to:	Uncle Dr Denton, Dr William d.1691
Notes:	money matters (Alex Denton, asks for assistance in new settlement of his estate)
Queries:	annotated as copy of letter to uncle Dr about settlement of his estate

29–017

Sent by:	Walter Bladworth Bladworth, Walter
on:	1675/11/20
to:	John Verney Verney, John, [2nd Bart., 1st Viscount Fermanagh d.1717]
Received at:	London
Notes:	business matters (English ships, Alexandria, Cyprus, Edwin Browne?, Mr Midcalfe, galls are very scarce, Persia, Aleppo)

29–018

Sent by:	Uncle AD Denton, Alexander (lawyer)
on:	1675/11/22
to:	Nelly Denton, Alexander
Notes:	money matters (Dr, Sir Orlando Brigman, SRV)
Queries:	annotated as copy of AD's answer to his nephew's letter about settlement of estate

29–019

Sent by:	William Ffall Fall, William
from:	London
on:	1675/11/22
to:	SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/11/23
Notes:	money matters (Mr ? Smits); chat (Mr Hill, sorry uncle Butterfield had such violent fits of the stone, has had his share of the colds but sack and oil and brandy have made me right again, Lady Hobart, Robert Dormer of Dourton, Sir Thom Palmer?, Mr Hill); gossip (story of Lord Shaftesbury being shot at, shot was not directed at him); legal matters (Sherley, Mr Wallop, Chancery Bar, Mr Turner); political matters (Lord Lauderdale, Lord Mohun, Lord Iwart?, Duke of Buckingham, Lord of Bristow, Lord Lauderdale, Lord Maynard)

29–020

Sent by:	Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:	Glasgow
on:	1675/11/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1675/12/03
Notes:	chat (about a sick friend); money matters (request for money)

29–021

Sent by:	John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John
on:	1675/11/22
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/27
Notes:	chat (London, colds now epidemical not only in the capital but several other places)

29–022

Sent by:	Mr Gibson Gibson, Mr
from:	Staples Inn?
on:	1675/11/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/11/27
Notes:	chat (London, Madame Gaudy, Mr Moyse?, Mr Ashton)

29–023

Sent by:	William Ffall Fall, William
on:	1675/11/25
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	money matters (order of £15 by Joseph Churchill, SRV)

29–024

Sent by:	Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:	1675/11/25
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/26
Notes:	chat (Mr Ffall, Mr Wharton, Sir G, Lord Shaftesbury, Malletts Brill?, Lady Osborne, Lady Smyth, Jack Ayse, Sir Edward Sydenham)

29–025

Sent by:	William Ffall Fall, William
from:	London
on:	1675/11/25
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/11/26
Notes:	chat (parlaiment prorogued until 15 Feb 1676, sorry for Lady Smith's accident, Sir William); religious matters (Mr Sharpe parson of St Giles); legal matters (Mr Dormer sheriff, Sir Chr Cotterell?, Whitehall)

29–026

Sent by:	Lady Gardiner (Cary Gardiner) Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:	1675/11/26
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/03
Notes:	chat (Claydon, London, niece Palmer, Jack, Lady Stewkeley, Lady Hobard)

29–027

Sent by:	Dicks Hals Hals, Richard
on:	1675/11/25??
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/11/27
Notes:	request for urgent help
Queries:	annotated as from Dick Hals a Highwayman since hanged

29–028

Sent by:	Lady Gardiner (Cary Gardiner) Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:	1675/11/27
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/03
Notes:	chat (England, sickness, people dying, her family ill, Pen, Cary, Kate, Jack); family matters
Queries:	annotated as about Mr Palmer and Pen

29–029

Sent by:	Dr Robert Townsend Townsend, Robert
from:	Ratcliffe
on:	1675/11/27
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/11/27
Notes:	chat (London, Sir William Smyth, son Nilli?, painter and his rates, brother Townsend, Edward Green, Pheasant and Star, Cheapside, Bow Church)

29–030

Sent by:	Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:	1675/11/28
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1675/11/03
Notes:	chat (Lady Smith's disaster)

29–031

Sent by:	Dr William Denton [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/11/29
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:	chat (prorogation, George brought news of the Customs House, Sir Jo Dormer, Mr Chandy marrying his son to Lady Morgan's daughter, Miss Thomas, Sir Edwin Rich dead)

29–032

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/11/29
to:	Mr Gibson [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	chat (Mr Ashton)
Queries:	probably copy of original

29–033

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/11/30
to:	Widow Roades [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	legal matters (Widdow Roades of the Lawne, if desired to leave her house and grounds would take them at Lady Day, one hogg, Andrew Sanders)

29–034

Sent by:	John Hicks Senior John Hicks Senior
on:	1675/12/01
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	legal matters (document about John Hicks' bond, Middle Claydon, SRV, William Grosvenor)
Queries:	John Hicks senior has made his mark

29–035

Sent by:	? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/11/25?
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Claydon
on:	1675/11/27
Notes:	chat?
Queries:	long letter, hard to read

29–036

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/12/02
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/04
Notes:	chat (London, Lady Mary, Nan, Edwards, Winston farm, Lady Hobart, John Cole, Mr Gibson,

29–037

Sent by:	Nan Gaudy Gaudy, Anne
on:	1675/12/02
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:	chat (London, Mr Stewkeley, family ill with coughs and colds, Lady Mary, the farm)

29–038

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/02
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/04
Notes:	chat (about weather, thick mist, Chiltern Hills, filthy vapours)

29–039

Sent by:	Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:	1675/12/06
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/08
Notes:	chat (London, Lady Hobart, Mr Pierrepoint, recipe for a drink made of sack, brandy, cinammon)

29–040

Sent by:	Mr Squib? Squibb, J
on:	1675/12/06
to:	Lady Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
Notes:	money matters (Mr Ellis, Sir Edward)
Queries:	annotated as copy of part of a letter about £50 to be paid to Mr Ellis

29–041

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/06
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/08
Notes:	estate matters (Thomas Miller, Robert Home, Mr Butterfield, widow Roades, church, Harry King, Mr Holmes, Mr Verney, Goodwin's horse, Sanders, Robert Parratt, Willi Gutteridge, Walter King, John Hicks, Mary)
Queries:	hard to read

29–042

Sent by:	Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/15
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/18
Notes:	family matters (uncle Alex Denton, writings, Aunt Edmonds, cousin Kilby, Mr Harmon, Mid Claydon, Hilsdon, John Dormer's death, John Cook died); estate matters (Mr Coleman)
Queries:	annotated as about writings of Middleton

29–043

Sent by:	Henry King King, Harry
from:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/12/06
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/08
Notes:	estate matters (Claydon, faggots from the wood, Mr Brown of Marsh, brother Thomas)

29–044

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/06
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/09
Notes:	chat (Tom Mathews, London, colds and coughs frequent and dangerous, Lord Denbeigh died at Dunstable, Warwickshire, Lord Wiblington? and Lord Raltamoor dead too, Mr Butterfield); religious matters (Compton is Bishop of London, Dr Fall, Bishopwrick of Oxford); legal matters (libels in great abundance, Bedfordshire gentry signed a paper to lessen the charge of sheriffs, England); gossip (Sir Edward Sydenham dead - the king sent him 100t a day before he died, Lady Daroll married to Mr Morgan a widower in Wales of a good estate, Mrs Gape is ill - learned counsell will lay siege to her, it is believed she will be worth above 1000t, the king makes great entrenchment in his expenses, Sir William Smith); family matters (encloses letter from Uncle Thomas - he gives us no other trouble)

29–045

Sent by:	Edward Butterfield Butterfield, Rev. Edward
on:	1675/12/06
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/08
Notes:	chat/religious matters (sent son to Oxford, taking of Orders, Dr Compton, Christchurch); money matters (London, owes 11 shillings to John Butterfield, and to cousin Freeman?, asks Mr Grosvenor to pay for him)

29–046

Sent by:	Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Hillesdon?
on:	1675/12/08
to:	Uncle Alexander Denton [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Received at:	Middleton
on:	1675/12/11
Notes:	money matters (SRV, London, Uncle Woodward)

29–047

Sent by:	Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Hillesdon?
on:	1675/12/08
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/11
Notes:	money matters (Uncle Alex Denton, Middleton, Aunt Edmonds, Miss Harman)
Queries:	annotated as about settlement of his estate

29–048

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/07
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/08
Notes:	chat (Thom Matthews, London, Mr Butterfield, cousin Denton, Middleton, cousin Drake, parson Egerton, Mr L of Adstock, Mr Piggott of James Place, Mr Leroy of Bicester, cousin Stewkeley); political matters (cousin Dormer likely to be sheriff, parliament likely to be dissolved); estate matters (Runts Hedge, Meerestone)

29–049

Sent by:	Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
from:	Temple Churchyard
on:	1675/12/07
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/07
Notes:	business matters

29–050

Sent by:	Nan Gaudy Gaudy, Anne
on:	1675/12/11
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/11
Notes:	chat (Lady Mary)

29–051

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/12/08
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/11
Notes:	chat (Lady Mary, Mr Edwards, Lady Hobart, death of Sir Edward Sydenham); money matters (Mr Ellis, cousin Squib)

29–052

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/09
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/11
Notes:	chat (Uncle Thomas, Coleman, colds and coughs very mortal to aged people, Peter Wentworth is dead, Mr Butterfield); gossip (Lady Darell, Mr Gape); legal matters (Sir John Busby, sheriffs, paper ill drawn up); business matters (Sir William Smith's tin business, Captain Gettings)

29–053

Sent by:	Fran Parker Parker, Francis
on:	1675/12/07
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	money matters; estate matters (Edmund Verney,aquittance of £4 for half year's rent, sheep pasture in Coppesley Hills, Lord Brooke)

29–054

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/09
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/10
Notes:	chat (town is sick, at Sir Edward Sydenham's funeral, many others very ill, Sir John Dormer is dead, Mr Samuel - who married Mrs Goody - is made a baronet); military matters (city of Bordeaux?, charge of building a citadel, French king, empire); political matters (parliament, report of sale of Tangier to the French a noble fiction); estate matters (hedge at Runts)

29–055

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/13
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	chat (sorry for death of Sir John Dormer, Sir John Busby, Lee, wind very high, Mr Butterfield, Will gone to Oxford to take Orders,, Mr Gregory dead , Mrs Mary Paxton, Mr Dorell of Lamport likely dead, cousin Stafford, John Watts plumber of Brackley dead); political matters (French king, Tangier, parliament); estate matters (Grosvenor, lease, Watt King)

29–056

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/13
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/14
Notes:	legal matters (William Busby, charge of sheriffs, might judges be presented with ale beer, signing of paper, Alex Denton, Mr Lawley, cousin Stafford's son, Mr Cheney's son, Sir John Dormer, Mr Tompson's son, cousin Pigot, Sir Rich Anderson's daughter, Sir Richard Ingoldsby, Mr Wenman, Mr Clerke); chat (Mr Butterfield, Sir Peter Wentworth, Nell Gwyn come to Whitehall, Lord Crofts, Coleman); military matters (Spain, Emperor, Treaty at N?, France, Holland, French king)

29–057

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/11
to:	SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	money matters (list of items paid, includes 'night hay' for horses
Queries:	annotated Tom Mathews' bill paid by Coleman

29–058

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/13
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
on:	1675/12/16
Notes:	money matters, family matters (asks how much he will bestow on his uncle, SRV intends to send £5)

29–059

Sent by:	Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:	1675/12/13
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	chat (aniseed water, stone water, Wroxall, Sir John Dormer); legal matters (Bedfordshire)

29–060

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/13
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	estate matters (Thomas Miller, pastures, rent, Chairost?, Willi Mathews, Willi Taylor, London, warrant for goodwife Dixon, Winslow and Walters of Swanburne?, John, Edward, about a missing cow)

29–061

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/15?
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	estate matters, chat (rumlett of oil?, Mr Holmes, painter, Sir William Smith, Thomas Mathews, Sir Richard Darrill, Goodwyn, Sir Robert Parrott, Mr Joseph Churchill, Welheads cow house, Richard Harding, willow wood, Sir John Holder, John Rose, widow Roades, Henry King, Willi Gutteridge)

29–062

Sent by:	Edmund Butterfield Butterfield, Rev. Edward
from:	Middle Claydon
on:	1675/12/13
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	chat (the Dixons grow unruly and very scandalous, Sir John Busby bound over by parson Sharog of Gt Horwood to answer at assizes about a woman who miscarried and died, Mr Dayrell of Lampast not yet dead); religious matters (Bishop of Oxon, rector of Lincoln)

29–063

Sent by:	Elizabeth Lillie Lillie, Elizabeth
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/12/13
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/15
Notes:	household matters (napkins, box with clean linen, silver spoons, 3 chickens and 2 partridges, surfit water, Lady Hobart)

29–064

Sent by:	Frances Balkley Bulkeley, Frances
from:	Pidsbury
on:	1675/12/14
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1675/12/24
Notes:	chat (colds and coughs over all the country); money matters (asks for £20 to be paid, Mrs Gape, Chancery)
Queries:	appears that SRV owes money

29–065

Sent by:	Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:	Edinburgh?
on:	1675/12/14
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1675/12/23
Notes:	chat (Edinburgh, London, his sickness with great cough, pleurisy and fever, complains last letter not answered, Mr James Ffowles, St Clements Lane, Old Exchange); money matters (landlady looked after him with dr, syrups, purges, vomits - he asks for money to repay her)

29–066

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/16
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/17
Notes:	chat (Coleman, Mr Butterfield, Mrs Gregory, Mr Paxon's land, Mr Dayrell of lamport not dead yet, take heed of catching cold, good friend that died in his travels had drunk too much); estate matters (don't be hasty choosing a new plumber); military matters (sale of Tangier, France, Holland, Sir Lionel Jenkins, Nirnengen, Duke de Villa Harmosa - governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Spanish territories, Calais)

29–067

Sent by:	Nan Gaudy Gaudy, Anne
on:	1675/12/16
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/18
Notes:	legal matters (Sir John Cole, Mrs Brook Wright)

29–068

Sent by:	Luce Shepherd Sheppard, Luce
from:	Skelton
on:	1675/12/17
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1675/12/23
Notes:	chat (Mrs Denton, Mr Gape, good Dr, Middle Claydon, London, please remember little wild man near Bowden by York?); money matters (Mr Palmer)

29–069

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/16
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/18
Notes:	chat (Lee, cousin Dormer, Fleetwood, Robin, daughter Parkhurst, London, grief for Sir John Dormer, discussion of buff coats, cousin Denton, Mall Townsend, Parson Bancks, John Cooke's gardener dead, Mr Eason, Mr Dorell is alive,); legal matters (sheriffs); gossip (supposes Sir Peter Wentworth's brother has his estate, if Sir Will Smith has effected his tin business may easily make his election sure - has been wheedling and projecting to that purpose already); political matters (Parliament men forsee a Dissolution, Hampden, Backwell, Wendover, England); military matters (Dutch will make separate peace with France unless Mastrickt be restored, Empire, Spain, if French King breaks his word with his rebel subjects... a time may come again when he may repent and rue it, hears there are more soldiers than usual brought to London); family matters (Ralph came home, cousin Denton goes to Middleton); estate matters (Coleman); money matters (Hillesdon, asks SRV to send uncle Thomas 40 shillings from him)

29–070

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/12/18
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/18
Notes:	business matters (Mr Squib, Mr Ellis, nephew Squib); gossip (Lord Denby died without a will, is said half his estate divided among old Lord Desmond's children, Mr Seildring?, Miss Cocker)

29–071

Sent by:	A Nicholas Nicholas, Nancy [Denton]
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/20
Notes:	money matters (request for money)

29–072

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	estate matters (Robin Walton, Mr Butterfield, maidservant Joan at Lady Smith of Ratcliffe, London, Henry King sent the bull to be killed, Dingwicke?, Thomas Mathew, brace of doves, Willi Darrill, Mr Holmes)

29–073

Sent by:	Mr Squibb Squibb, J
on:	1675/12/20
to:	Lady Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
Notes:	money matters, legal matters (Mr Ellis, Sir Edward divided his estate, Dr Denton, Kent, Martha, Vere, Eliz and Kath, Charing Cross, sister Betty, Kitty, sister Sydenham, Mr Hancock)
Queries:	copy of letter

29–074

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	estate matters (Thomas Miller, Chaircroft?, London, Hawickspoole?, old heifers and a bull, Spinesnoll?, Hodgson of Winslow)

29–075

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	estate matters, money matters (Walter King, Thomas Ffalchner?, Thomas Hasler?, widow Roades, Rich Harding carrying away wood)

29–076

Sent by:	Edward Butterfield Butterfield, Rev. Edward
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	chat (still not recovered from illness, son ordained deacon at Oxon, Egerton, Mr Shirock, Sir John, parson Thursby, man excommunicated)

29–077

Sent by:	Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	chat (had cold and scarcely gone out for 5 weeks, Bedfordshire, Mr Carey?, London, thanks for sending him remedies for the stone); legal matters

29–078

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	legal matters (Sir John Busby, sheriffs' expenses, bayliff of Buckinghamshire, Lee); chat (Sir Thomas Tyrell, Hillesdon, Ratcliff, cousin Denton, cousin Risley, cousin Frank Drake, Mr Lawley, hears Mr Butterfield ill, Will Butterfield, Middle Claydon, Dr Townsend, Lady Hobart, Lady Smith at Ratcliff, Sir William); military matters (Tangier, French or Dutch trade, governor of the Spanish Netherlands denied passage to the French plenipotentiaries, Spain); political matters (Sir William Smith effected his tin business and will make his election sure at Buckingham)

29–079

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/20
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/21
Notes:	chat (cousin Denton, Hillesdon, Middleton, cousin Robin Dormer); legal matters (sheriffs, buff coates, made Lord Keeper the Lord Chancellor of England ); military matters (confederates, Hollanders, French King, Paris, privy chamber, rents); money matters (bro Tom);

29–080

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/20
to:	cousin Denton Denton, Alexander
Notes:	legal matters, money matters (cousin Isham, cousin Woodward, George Woodward, uncle Alexander, Mr Gape)

29–081

Sent by:	Elizabeth Lillie Lillie, Elizabeth
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/12/20
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/22
Notes:	household matters (linen, Joan in a sad condition with her breast, Lady Smith, Dr Waford, Tom King)

29–082

Sent by:	Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:	Glasgow
on:	1675/12/21
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1676/01/03
Notes:	money matters (his need for money)

29–083

Sent by:	John Verney Verney, John, [2nd Bart., 1st Viscount Fermanagh d.1717]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/22
to:	dear brother' (Edmund Verney?) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/24
Notes:	chat (Lady Gardiner, Covent Garden, Mr Butterfield); business matters (the Bristol, Alexandria, Jews, 42000 dollars, silk, Tripoli); gossip (Nell Gwynn admitted to have an apartment in Whitehall which does not please Mdmn Carwell, Jamaica ship lately cast away at Bristol and 13 men drowned); family matters (Jack been very sick, had convulsions, Claydon, the town more healthful now but most people are in mourning)

29–084

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/27
to:	John Verney Verney, John, [2nd Bart., 1st Viscount Fermanagh d.1717]
Notes:	chat (Sir John Coridon?, Mr Butterfield, health); gossip (Nell Gwyn, Whitehall, Madam Carwell, Louvre)

29–085

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/25
Notes:	estate matters (Thomas Miller, Willi Mathews, Pollriott?, Mr Rampton, Mr Dormer, Rowsham, London, Mrs Roades, Ralph Roades, Ralph Harly?, Mr Butterfield)

29–086

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/25
Notes:	estate matters (Walter King, widow Roades, Willi Darrill, willow wood, Tho Mathew, Dixon, Henry King, Robin Wathon?, London, Mrs Saxby?, Ralph Harly)

29–087

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/12/00
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	money matters (list of 'interest money', widow Roades and other names)

29–088

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/12/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/25
Notes:	chat

29–089

Sent by:	Nan Gaudy Gaudy, Anne
on:	1675/12/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/25
Notes:	chat (thanks for the ales he sent, Mr Edwards, Mrs Brook, Lady Desmond)

29–090

Sent by:	Cary Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:	1675/12/23
to:	Pen Stewkeley Stewkeley, Pen
on:	1676/01/03
Notes:	chat (Carowlin [Caroline?], ague, Mr Parit, Mr Garit, Mr Hungerford)

29–091

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1674/00/00??
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	legal matters (Edmund Robins, Dinton parish, Thomas Robins, John Lovell, Wotton, Thomas Moor)
Queries:	about a land dispute, looks like Edmund Verney's hand, annotated 1674 but top of page says 1675

29–092

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/23
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/25
Notes:	chat (A Denton, Coleman, Thomas Mathews, Rob Dormer, Thorneton, Sir Thomas Tyrell, London, cousin Dormer, Sir John Busby, Lee, Mr Hart of Brill, Tring, Dr Townsend, Will Smith, Thorneborough, Sir W, Tuddington,); estate matters (cut quick hedge at Runts, made a load or two of faggots, Watt King, Rose's ground); military matters (confederate deal very generous, Hollanders, Mr Bennet, French King, sorry own King seems afraid); political matters; household matters (Warner's boy, caused him to be whipped for shitting the bed and telling a lie)

29–093

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/23
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/24
Notes:	legal matters (sheriff, Bedfordshire, Bedford); military matters (envoy going to Vi?, Prince William of Furstenbergh?, Emperor, the Pope); political matters (French King, no silk imported into France but at Marseille which is in effect to destroy our silk trade, customs, Turkey, England, London); chat (Sir William Smith, Dr Clarke Dean of Winchester); family matters (brother's 'boy' very ill, swooning fits, cook - his uncle - should have warned them)

29–094

Sent by:	Dr Robert Townsend Townsend, Robert
from:	Ratcliffe
on:	1675/12/26
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/28
Notes:	chat (uncle Dr, Radcliffe, painter, Claydon)

29–095

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/27
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1675/12/29
Notes:	estate matters (Tho Miller, Robert Parrott, Tho Kilig shepherd, Knowle Hill, Ralph Roades, Mrs Roades)

29–096

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/27
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/29
Notes:	estate matters (Robin Walter, Lady Smith, Mr Grousend?, Walter King, Willi Gutteridge, Rich Harding, widow Roades, Mr Holmes, Willi Darwill, ales, Mr Holmes, Mrs Lylly, a doe, Willi Lea)

29–097

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/27
to:	John Verney Verney, John, [2nd Bart., 1st Viscount Fermanagh d.1717]
Received at:	London
Notes:	chat
Queries:	appears to be the same as 29-084 above

29–098

Sent by:	William Ffall Fall, William
on:	1675/12/27
to:	SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:	chat (letters for Claydon, Master of the Rolls)

29–099

Sent by:	Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:	1675/12/27
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/29
Notes:	chat (thanks for bottle of stone water, servant Benson, Wroxall, Yeldham?); legal matters (copy of agreement, Sir Will Beacher, Sir John Napier?)

29–100

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/27
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1675/12/29
Notes:	legal matters (money, sheriff); estate matters (Watt King, Rose's order denied his team liberty to come onto his ground to fetch his faggots, Runts wood, French King); military matters (Germans, Danes, Baltic, French); chat (Mr Butterfield, cousin A Denton, Richard Haynes, Sir William Smith, Dr Townsend, Temple, Buckingham)

29–101

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/27
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
Notes:	estate matters (sorry likelihood of dispute with neighbour, hedge, faggots); household matters (did well to have footboy whipped); chat (Mr Alell?, Alex Townsend, Sir William Smith, Thornborough, Mr Butterfield); money matters (Harry King, Coleman, wood money not received)

29–102

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/00/00??
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	money matters (SRV, Lucy Sheppard, Mr Palmer, interest)
Queries:	annotated 'Mrs Luce Sheppard's account begun'

29–103

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/00/00???
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	money matters (an account, Alex Norcot, John Cox, Thomas Croxton, Chilton, gunsmith)

29–104

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/00/00???
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	estate matters, money matters (list of names and places, Long Crondon, Chilton and many others)

29–105

Sent by:	Pen Stewkeley Stewkeley, Pen
from:	Preshaw
on:	1675/12/29
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/31
Notes:	chat (request for assistance in misfortune)

29–106

Sent by:	Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:	Glasgow
on:	1675/12/28
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Covent Garden, London
on:	1676/01/12
Notes:	money matters (thanks for money)

29–107

Sent by:	Elizabeth Adams Adams, Elizabeth [Verney] d.1721
from:	Beddow
on:	1675/12/29
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
Notes:	chat (uncle Dr, sister Gardiner)

29–108

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/00/00??
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	estate matters (list of hedges to be cut in winter)

29–109

Sent by:	Nan Gaudy Gaudy, Anne
on:	1675/12/30
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	chat (Mr Edwards, tenants, Mrs Brooke)

29–110

Sent by:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
from:	East Claydon
on:	1675/12/30
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	Holborn, London
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	estate matters (Coleman, Middle Claydon, Harry King said would pay all wood money, John Scott of Fulbrooke, Mr Wharston leave to fly his hawks at pheasants in our woods); chat (body of Sir John Dormer, William Abell, Al Townsend, Thorneborough, Mr Butterfield very ill); political matters (Sir William Smith treats burgesses to secure his election, London)

29–111

Sent by:	Elizabeth Lillie Lillie, Elizabeth
from:	Claydon
on:	1675/12/30
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	chat (London, old Tom King, young Tom King, Mr Verney, Richard Bates)

29–112

Sent by:	Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady
on:	1675/12/30
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	chat (Mrs Cocken?)

29–113

Sent by:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:	1675/00/00???
to:	[Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:	business matters? (directions to travel from Leghorne towards England through France, Genoa, a feluca, Satibo? Marseille, Lyons, Calais)
Queries:	detailed description of route to take

29–114

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/30
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	chat (Mr Butterfield, Mr Gyles); estate matters (Robin, killing a doe, Mr Verney)

29–115

Sent by:	William Coleman Coleman, William
on:	1675/12/30
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:	London
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	estate matters (Thomas Miller, Willi Mathew, Walter King, money, Henry King, Mr Dormer, Robert Parrott, Cottslow, little Chairoft?, Robinson Abutilor? of St Albans, Knowle Hill, Tho Welhead)

29–116

Sent by:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:	London
on:	1675/12/30
to:	Edmund Verney (Mun) Verney, Edmund [d.1688]
Received at:	East Claydon
on:	1676/01/01
Notes:	chat (received fat turkey and bacon, Lilly); estate matters (faggots, Rose); political matters (Sir William, the Dr is his creature, Dick Lane, Whitehall); gossip (Duchess of Mazdrin?); military matters (Wisner, the Danes, the Swede, Pomorania, French King seems willing to set a King in Sicily?, Spaniards afraid Dutch will make peace with France, Holland); political matters (great noise that Sir Robert Carr should be made Lords, Sir Edward Deering, cousin Cheney, customs, hears there is a Proclamation coming out to put down all Coffee Houses, and not any to be suffered after the Tenth of January. These houses are thought to be the inventors and spreaders of false news); legal matters (sheriffs,Bedfordshire, likes it better than the Oxfordshire paper, Yorkshire)

29–117

Sent by:	Cary Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:	1675/12/31
to:	SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:	1675/12/31
Notes:	chat
Queries:	note added below from AN

29–118

Sent by:	William Grosvenor Grosvenor, Willam
from:	Lincolns Inn Fields
on:	1675/12/28
to:	John Verney Verney, John, [2nd Bart., 1st Viscount Fermanagh d.1717]
Notes:	chat (invitation, Lady Gardiner, Mr Nicholas, Mr Taylor, Lady Hobart)