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01–001
Sent by:Oliver Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver
from:?Huntingdonshire
on:1643/09/11
to:Oliver St John St John, Oliver
Received at:London, Lincoln's inn
Notes:Leading army towards Hull to raise D. of Newcastle's siege. E of Manchester's troops joined him, but poor and mutinous. Short of money. Hertfordshire and Norfolk money already gone.
01–002
Sent by:Charles I Charles I
from:Oxford
on:1643/01/20
to:Alexander Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:Requesting payment of loan moneys for King collected by Denton's deceased father Thomas
Queries:1642/3
01–003
Sent by:Charles I Charles I
from:Oxford
on:1643/10/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:Grant of protection to Middle Claydon house and inhabitants from plunder.
Queries:1642/3
01–004
Sent by:Charles I Charles I
from:Oxford
on:1643/10/19
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:Statement that SRV's absence abroad 'not without special license', and his property should not be sequestrated
04–324
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/03
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (SRV receipt of £125 from Edmund Ellis of Swallowfield)
04–458
Sent by:Mr Bruce Bruce, Ed
on:1643/04/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters
04–459
Sent by:Mr Bruce Bruce, Ed
on:1643/04/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (acquittance for £100, James Bruce Clarke, Henry Croone, John Leeke?, Samuel Lamington)
05–043
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:Fleet prison?
on:1643/01/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/11
Notes:military matters (Radford Lodge?, Ffanum castle, Oxford, Chichester, were plundered of all except clothes on their backs, brother been twice, his imprisonment, aks for book of common prayer); political matters (shall be called to House of Commons to answer, doc, Mr Sage)
05–044
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/01/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/01/13
Notes:money matters (money to be fed, desperate need for money)
05–045
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/01/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/13
Notes:chat (little Polly, Mr Elmes, Sir Hopton?)
05–046
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/01/16
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/17
Notes:political matters (informed was spoken of in Horne? Tavern in Fleet St by 3 or 4 men who said he deserved hanging, yet SRV in good favour with parliament, so asks why did not seek his release, heard SRV annoyed at letter he had sent him, Mr Gregory)
05–047
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/01/15?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/17
Notes:chat; military matters
05–048
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/01/18?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/20
Notes:chat (sequestration, parliament, Oxford)
Queries:hard to read
05–049
Sent by:Phillip Stokes Stokes, Philip
on:1643/01/23
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (copy of his will, Whitwood and Barton, William Stokes, Symon Gale, Robert Gale, William Grange, Robert Grange, Edw Butterfield)
05–050
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/01/21?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/01/23
Notes:chat (Mr Tiseman?, Mr ?); money matters; military matters (Oxford, London)
Queries:hard to read
05–051
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/01/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/01/27
Notes:chat (his imprisonment, SRV's unkindness,); money matters (Mr Gregory, injustice and his need for money, Barbados)
05–052
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/01/26?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/28
Notes:chat (her sadness, brother Crofts, London, has sent some puddings and little cakes); money matters
05–053
Sent by:Thomas Verney? Verney, Thomas
from:Saxham?
on:1643/01/00??
to:madam' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat; family matters (asks her to care for his daughter Hester, sends letter by his son)
05–054
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/01/28?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/01/30
Notes:family matters (sorry to hear about the trouble his brother is causing, Holland)
05–055
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/01/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/01/31
Notes:political matters (has a petition, asks him to alter it as he wishes, Sir Alexander Denton's man, gaining his liberty)
05–056
Sent by:Magdalen Bruce Faulkner, Magdalen [Mrs Bruce]
from:Castlelyton?
on:1643/02/01
to:Richard, Earl of Cork Boyle, Richard, Earl of Cork
Notes:chat (ladyship's recovery from desperate sickness, Mrs Finike?); money matters (Mr Boyle, Mr Croone, receipt of £100 from SRV in London, Joshua Boyle)
05–057
Sent by:Magdalen Bruce Faulkner, Magdalen [Mrs Bruce]
from:Castlelyton?
on:1643/02/02
to:?SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/10
Notes:family matters; money matters (money left to her by grandmother Denton, Lord of Cork, asks to deliver the money to Mr Crone at Cheapside, London, Nags Head, Joshua Boyle)
05–058
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/02/02?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/04
Notes:chat (Yorkshire); money matters
05–059
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/02/08?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/02/10
Notes:chat; military matters
05–060
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/02/10?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/12
Notes:political matters (Capt Hutter? Escaped, worried will be moved to another prison, asks him to move it to the house, brother Alennery?); money matters (his need for money)
05–061
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
from:SRV?
on:1643/02/14?
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1642/02/16
Notes:chat (Cary); military matters (? Had house taken away
05–062
Sent by:John Foader? John Foader?
on:1643/02/19?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/02/21
Notes:money matters (letter accompanied by workman's bill)
05–063
Sent by:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1643/02/19
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/21
Notes:chat (Sir Ed Sidenham got him to be mayor of ?, Oxford, Dr, Cary never looked better in her life than now, Cooke has done him ill, Lady Siddenham); military matters (kissed the king's hand)
05–064
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:Fleet prison?
on:1643/02/21
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/21
Notes:money matters (reminds him of his need for money)
05–065
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/02/20?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/22
Notes:chat (she has a cold, asses milk)
05–066
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:Fleet prison?
on:1643/02/22
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/22
Notes:money matters (disappointed with SRV's unkindness, Fleet, his need for money)
05–067
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Dublin
on:1643/02/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (request to pay Mr Francis Rogers, Samuel Lanington)
05–068
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Dublin
on:1643/02/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/03/25 (query other dates - all 1643?)
Notes:money matters (if has any money of his please pay to Mr Michael Castyle, Mr Raphael Hunt
05–069
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Dublin
on:1643/02/21
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/03/25
Notes:family matters (not heard from him for 5 months, does not want dispute, says is on the king's side but does not want that to cause difference); money matters (father's will, request for his money, Mr Rogers); military matters (Sir Richard Greenfield, Flanders, England); chat (Col John Barry, Lord Marquis of Ormond's house, Dublin, Raphael Hant?)
05–076
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/02/25
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/27
Notes:chat
05–077
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/02/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/27
Notes:money matters (requests money)
05–078
Sent by:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1643/02/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/02/28
Notes:chat (danger of journey, Mun, Mr Willers, Holland); money matters (Mr Cooke, his father's money, Dr, brother Gardiner);
05–079
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/03/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/02/28
Notes:money matters
05–080
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/03/03
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/03/03
Notes:chat (her brother ?, brother Edward, London)
Queries:hard to read
05–081
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/03/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1642/03/07
Notes:chat (has been unwell, needed leeches); money matters
05–082
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/03/06?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/03/08
Notes:chat
05–083
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/03/12?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1642/03/13
Notes:chat (he is her only friend, about her money, France, Edward)
05–084
Sent by:Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Oxford
on:1643/03/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/03/14
Notes:chat (Dr)
Queries:hard to read
05–085
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/03/12??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (about a will)
Queries:poss part of letter 05-084 above
05–086
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/03/17
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (may have heard he is to marry but will do the best he can to stop it going ahead, his health, asks for petition to House of Coomons for a week's liberty)
Queries:annotated received on 16 Mar
05–087
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/03/15?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/03/17
Notes:chat (about her family business)
05–088
Sent by:Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Oxford
on:1643/03/18
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/03/21
Notes:chat; family matters (Sir Edw)
05–089
Sent by:Thomas Cadman Cadman, Mr Thomas
on:1643/02/09
to:?sir [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:military matters (Lord Govn, 2 gentlemen of regiment ill so first place to 'you', Sir William Beswell)
Queries:possibly enclosed with letter 05-088 above
05–090
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/03/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/03/22
Notes:chat (Oxford)
Queries:hard to read
05–091
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/03/22
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/03/22
Notes:family matters (thinks there is a poisoner in the Fleet, engaged to a good woman 'for my dyett', wants liberty for his health); money matters (request for money)
05–092
Sent by:Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:the Hague? 'Hauge'
on:1643/03/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1641/03/27?
Notes:military matters (Sir Thomas Stafford cannot yet promise to find him a company); money matters (his father)
Queries:dates confusing, m/s states 1642 new style, annotated received 1641
05–093
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/03/29
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/03/30
Notes:chat (her family matters, bro Tom ?)
Queries:hard to read
05–094
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1643/04/01
to:Lady Verney Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat (excessively flattering)
05–095
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/01?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/03
Notes:chat (her family matters)
Queries:hard to read
05–096
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/10?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/03
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–097
Sent by:Hon Margaret Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
from:York
on:1643/04/03
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/12
Notes:chat (London)
05–098
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/05?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/07
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–099
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Dublin
on:1643/04/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/02
Notes:money matters (bill of exchange for £20, James Butler, Raphael Hunt)
05–100
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/00??
to:madam' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (on behalf of Lady Sussex for whom he is a feoffee in trust, lease of land, asks for a speedy conclusion)
Queries:draft letter? Many crossings out
05–101
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Dublin
on:1643/04/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/02
Notes:chat (not heard from him for 6 or 7 months, Mr Rogers); military matters (times grow worse in Ireland, kingdom could be lost, officers need money, Lord Marquess of Ormond, rebels, Colonel Cullen?, Srgt Major Butler and 6 more taken prisoner, Lord Moore, Col Gibson's regt); money matters (bill of exchange, asks him to pay); chat (sister Verney)
05–102
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/08?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/10
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–103
Sent by:Sir Edward Siddenham Sydenham, Sir Edward
on:1643/04/14
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/19
Notes:money matters (received money from John Denton and Miss Gryffith?, money due to SRV for rent of house in Southwark, Mr Wythering?); political matters (hopes of peace gone)
05–104
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/12?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/04/14
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–105
Sent by:Hon Margaret Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
from:York
on:1643/04/15
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/25
Notes:money matters; chat (shall be forced to come south for her health as too cold, London)
05–106
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/17
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/04/17
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–107
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/21
to:brother' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:family matters (had received letters but so full of sharpness that chose to avoid them, Mr Rogers, Tom married though still in the Fleet); money matters (paid £20 on bill of exchange); chat (Sir W Lister?, Mrs Lambest?)
05–108
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/19?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/04/21
Notes:chat
Queries:hard to read
05–109
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/22?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/04/24
Notes:chat (about her family business, her brother)
05–110
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/24?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/04/26
Notes:chat (about her family business)
05–112
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/29?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/01
Notes:chat (took chest from goldsmith)
05–113
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/04/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (notes about tobacco, Ireland)
Queries:SRV's handwriting
05–114
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:Fleet prison
on:1643/05/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/01
Notes:political matters (Redding, Earl of Essex, parliament, the king); family matters (wants his liberty to go to Barbados, asksi if SRV will petition for him)
05–115
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/04/29?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/01
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–116
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/05/03?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/05
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–117
Sent by:Sir Edward Siddenham Sydenham, Sir Edward
on:1643/05/04?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/06
Notes:chat (thanks)
05–118
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/05/06?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/08
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–119
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1643/05/08
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/05/12
Notes:chat; money matters
05–120
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1643/04/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/09
Notes:money matters (thanks him, asks for advice, Dr, Brill, forest land); chat (Denton, Mrs Allcoke?, Claydon?, Miss Hobards maid killed)
05–121
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/05/10?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/12
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–122
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/05/14
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/14
Notes:money matters (asks for help, Barbados, England); political matters
05–123
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/05/12?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/05/14
Notes:chat (has had a cold, Oxford)
05–124
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/05/16
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/05/16
Notes:family matters (uncle tells him is likely to be moved to another prison, asks SRV to ensure that he has same liberties there - ie. To be at liberty with his keeper once or twice a week, king's bench, prefers to stay at the cheaper prison, ready to depart for Barbados)
05–125
Sent by:Sir Edward Siddenham Sydenham, Sir Edward
on:1643/05/14?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/16
Notes:chat
05–126
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/05/16?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/05/18
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–127
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/06/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/01
Notes:family matters (preparations for going to Barbados but wife's mother will not let her go, he does not know what to do, his health, intends to spend several months in the country, Hasileidge?, has bought two horses); money matters (requests £10, concern about other monies)
05–128
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/05/31?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/06/02
Notes:chat
05–129
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/06/03
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
Notes:family matters; chat (Mr Abill? the apothecary,Mrs Roles?, money)
05–130
Sent by:Tho Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/06/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/05
Notes:money matters (request for money, Capt Rich., horses)
05–131
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/04?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/06
Notes:chat (Sir Thomas Childe?, Sir Alexander Denton, Sir Edward)
05–132
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/07?
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/06/09
Notes:chat
05–133
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
from:Clapham
on:1643/06/09
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat (Mr Cortin's house searched following information supplied by a perfidious servant, plate entrusted to him by Mr Edinion Porter?, Lady Katherine asked him to be present at opening of the boxes, Charles Snelling, bro Edward, bro Mayne's horses taken away yesterday)
05–134
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1643/06/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/12
Notes:money matters (asks him to pay Michaelmas quarteredge when due , London)
05–135
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/10?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/12
Notes:chat (her family business)
Queries:hard to read
05–136
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/06/08??
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/06/17
Notes:note about a gardener
05–137
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/17?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/06/19
Notes:chat (her family business)
05–138
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/21
to:Sir Phillip Stapelton Sir Phillip Stapelton
Notes:family matters (about Sir Thomas Gardiner - Capt Gardiner - if taken prisoner)
05–139
Sent by:Sir Thomas Gardiner Gardiner, Sir Thomas
from:Windsor Castle
on:1643/06/22
to:Lady Verney Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat (released from Windsor Castle, thanks her for kindness, Thame?, Lord General, London)
Queries:recipe on envelope for a herbal brew includes wormwood and milk, written in another hand
05–140
Sent by:Sir Thomas Gardiner Gardiner, Sir Thomas
on:1643/06/22
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/24
Notes:chat (now at liberty, Dr)
05–141
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/21?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/23
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–142
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/21?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/23
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–143
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/06/28?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/06/30
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–144
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/01
to:annotated to 'Tom's wife' Verney, Joyce
Notes:family matters (apologises for his brother going to sea, could not prevent it or the marriage)
05–145
Sent by:Joyce Verney Verney, Joyce
on:1643/07/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/01
Notes:family matters (his bro Mr Verney?, Sir Brian Hasteriggs?); military matters; money matters
05–146
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/01?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/03
Notes:chat; money matters (rent, Sir Edward, Sir Alexander Denton)
05–147
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/03?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/05
Notes:money matters (rent, Lady Mary, Sir Edward)
05–148
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/08?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/10
Notes:legal matters (copy of lease, Sir Edward); chat (her family matters)
05–149
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/10?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/12
Notes:chat (her family matters)?
Queries:hard to read
05–150
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/15?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/17
Notes:chat (her family matters, noble lord lost use of his leg)
05–151
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/07?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/09
Notes:chat (Sir William ?, Oxford, Cary)
05–152
Sent by:Lady Cary Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:1643/07/18?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/20
Notes:family matters
05–153
Sent by:Lady Cary Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:1643/07/18?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter 05-152 above
05–154
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/19?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/07/21
Notes:chat
05–155
Sent by:Rich Berrow Berrow, Rich[ard]
on:1643/07/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/07/23
Notes:chat (death of Lord Sussex, Lady Willet?)
05–156
Sent by:Rich Berrow Berrow, Rich[ard]
on:1643/07/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter 05-155 above
05–157
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/21?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/07/23
Notes:chat (death of her husband, SRV her best friend)
05–158
Sent by:Hon Margaret Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
on:1643/07/21?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/07/23
Notes:chat (asks for help)
05–159
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/23?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/07/25
Notes:chat
05–160
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/24?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/07/26
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–161
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/07/28
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:household matters? - list of items
05–162
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/26?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/07/28
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–163
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/30?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/08/01
Notes:money matters; chat
05–164
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1643/09/15
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/15
Notes:money matters (does not know what interest paid, cousin Maddline)
05–165
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/07/31?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/08/02
Notes:chat
05–166
Sent by:Dorothy Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1643/08/08?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/08/10
Notes:political matters (king, parliament); family matters (Sir Edward)
05–167
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/08/09?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/08/11
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–168
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:London
on:1643/08/00??
to:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
Notes:chat (Mr M?,); money matters (all money he wrote for is paid, Mr Roydes?, grandmother Verney)
05–169
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/08/12?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/08/14
Notes:chat?
Queries:hard to read
05–170
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/08/14?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/08/16
Notes:chat (Sir James Childe?); legal matters (deed, Sir Edward)
05–171
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
from:Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
on:1643/08/18
to:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
Received at:Hampshire
Notes:chat
05–172
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/08/16?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/08/18
Notes:chat (Sir Thomas Childe?, Lord Wharton
05–173
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/08/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters? (sister Margaret, London, GR)
05–174
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/08/19?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/08/21
Notes:legal matters
05–175
Sent by:Rob Gill Gill, Rob
from:Crutched Friars, London
on:1643/08/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
Notes:business matters (about sending goods to Holland, found a ship)
05–176
Sent by:Rob Gill? Gill, Rob
on:1643/08/24?
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters (note to captain's of ships, SRV)
Queries:possibly enclosed with letter 05-175 above
05–177
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:Chigwell
on:1643/08/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat
05–178
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/08/29
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/08/29
Notes:military matters (Lord General, Lord of Manchester, Gloucester)
05–179
Sent by:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
from:Chigwell
on:1643/09/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/09/07
Notes:chat (about geldings)
05–180
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/09/03?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/09/07
Notes:family matters (WR, London, uncle Dr)
Queries:hard to read
05–181
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1643/09/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (Harry (Henry Verney) taken prisoner, about a woman, shall want money, London)
05–182
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/05
Notes:military matters (Earl of Manchester, money, Earl of Essex, Gloucester); political matters (Exeter, Mr Constantine, Sir William Waller, Dr Burgess,, Assembley, Covenant, Oxford, Scotland, the king)
05–183
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1643/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/06
Notes:chat (Mr Machells, uncle Doctor, commissioners, horse)
05–184
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1643/09/05
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/06
Notes:duplicate of letter 05-183 above, additional note in another hand
05–185
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
from:the Parson's House
on:1643/09/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/09/09
Notes:miltary matters (Oxon, the king); family matters (Willmot, Lady Lee, Peg, Pen, Landlady); business matters
05–186
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1643/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter 05-185 above
05–187
Sent by:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
on:1643/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/06
Notes:military matters (Capt Fletcher, Sir Henry Mildmay, took the bay gelding, Ormund, John Mawchiell?, took bay gelding, Capt Hatcher, Stratford)
05–188
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1643/09/08
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/09
Notes:chat (London, Miss Dallsage?)
05–189
Sent by:Peter Chamberlane Chamberlane, Peter
from:Rotterdam? London?
on:1643/09/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/09/21
Notes:business matters (Rotterdam, goods, Dixon's ship, Gravesend)
05–190
Sent by:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
on:1643/09/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/14
Notes:chat (about the geldings)
05–191
Sent by:William Bell Bell, William
on:1643/09/14
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/14
Notes:chat (laxative, Sir Gilbert Garrund?); money matters (Sir James Harrington); political matters (sequestration, Mr Speaker)
05–192
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/09/15?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/15
Notes:chat; money matters (sis Susan's bond, uncle Mun); family matters
05–193
Sent by:William Bell Bell, William
on:1643/09/15
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/16
Notes:political matters (Mr Bondnoth, Sir Gilbert Starrett?, Mr ?, member of house of lemons, Mr Speaker, Mr Rainolds?)
05–194
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/09/15
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/16
Notes:political matters (House of Commons, informed that SRV gone to Oxford, Mr Rainolds, no news of sequestration)l military matters (Lord General, Col Marcy?, Gloucester, Teuxberry, king at Worcester, Exeter, Scotch Covenant agreed upon, Scots, signed Warwick)
05–195
Sent by:Lady Margaret Hewytt Hewitt, Margaret Lady
on:1643/09/17
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/09/19
Notes:chat (plunderers came to her house packing up her goods, turning her out of doors, Mr Corbitt, stay of her goods till next Friday, his business, Mr Moore)
05–196
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1643/09/18
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/18
Notes:money matters (Miss Leake, money lent to Mr Isham and herself, she thinks she has paid it); caht (physic, Miss JD)
05–197
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/11
to:William Roades Roades, William
Notes:note asking WR to be careful of all his estate
Queries:annotated 'enclosed in a letter'
05–198
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/00??
to:maddam' (Lady Margaret Hewytt?) Hewitt, Margaret Lady
Notes:chat (sorry for her sufferings, Mr Moore, writings)
Queries:draft letter?
05–199
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/09/16
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/18
Notes:family matters (Pen)?
Queries:hard to read
05–200
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/19
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:handwritten transcription of 2 letters about loss of apparell, the George, Laburne?, Ampthill, Woodburn)
Queries:2nd letter dated 21st Sept, no names of recipient or writer
05–201
Sent by:Peter Chamberlane Chamberlane, Peter
from:Rotterdam?
on:1643/09/09
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/09/19
Notes:business matters (in hands of the Turks,, Hope, Margate, Dover?, Mr Dixon, Rotterdam)
05–202
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/19
to:sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:original m/s of letter 05-114 above; family matters (apparell taken from sister of his, asks help in getting it returned, the George in Coburne?)
05–203
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/21
to:sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:original second letter of 05-114 above
05–204
Sent by:William Roades? Roades, William
on:1643/09/20
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:estate matters (report on crops such as oats, wood, logs)
05–205
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/20
to:sweet daughter' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (feoffees, had to resort to counsel to find a way to secure his estate); family matters (does not want them to fall out)
05–206
Sent by:William Roades? Roades, William
on:1643/09/20
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:estate matters (list referring to horses at Claydon)
05–207
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/09/20?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:envelope, does not seem to relate to a letter
05–208
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Gorhamlems?
on:1643/09/20
to:madam' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (on behalf of Lady Sussex for whom he is a feoffee in trust, lease of land)
05–209
Sent by:Sir John Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir John
on:1643/09/21
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/09/21
Notes:chat (English, Ampthill)
05–210
Sent by:Sir John Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir John
on:1643/09/21
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter 05-123 above
05–211
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/09/21
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/23
Notes:military matters (Leicester?, Sir Nicholas Brigg, Col Spencer, Prince Maurise?, London, Sir Will Waller voted governor of Portsmouth, Lady Aubignes, Oxford, some say Hall is taken others that Hall has drowned, Newcastle's forces); political matters (Sir Edward Bamton lies in the Tower, Lord of Denby?), signed Warwick
05–212
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/09/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/23
Notes:military matters (Sgt Major Barnfield. Col Tucker, Capt Hunt, Linton Feilds?); political matters (House of Commons, the Covenant, St Margaret's church in Westminster, Mr Nie?, Scotland, Dr Goodge); chat (lincolnshire)
05–213
Sent by:Jonas Abeels [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/09/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/29
Notes:business matters (safe arrival of his 14 trunks and 5 cases, Mr Langhorne, storage, charges)
05–214
Sent by:Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1643/09/25
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincolnshire
on:1643/09/28
Notes:family matters (Mr Budges, has been taaken prisoner, now in Portsmouth, asks to get him removed to London, Oxford,Sir ? Sidden, Holland, Col Whitehead, Queen's Head)
05–215
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/09/25
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/26
Notes:political matters (Carnarvon, Falkland, ? Marquess ?. Lord Carlisle, Digby, Germin, Oxford, Prince Rupert's witch is slain, the Covenant, the Scotch, St Margaret's in Westminster, Lord Gray or Ruthin,, Mr Bond, Broadstreet,, London)
05–216
Sent by:Miles Temple Temple, Miles
from:Dover
on:1643/09/26
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/28
Notes:business matters (Capt Battin?, Mr Greene?)
Queries:hard to read
05–217
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
from:Chigwell
on:1643/09/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/28
Notes:family matters (cousin Denton, uncle Lister?)
05–218
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/09/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/28
Notes:political matters (attended the House, just 3 who had not taken the Covenants, Sir Harry Vane, Mr Sollisick?, Sir John Franklin?,, Mr Hollis, Sir W Lewis Wheeler, Sir W Litton, Lord Munson, Sir Th Dacres, Sir J Hipsly, Mr Prise); military matters (inquired about his brother, Sir Walter Erle,, Poole, Col Verney
05–219
Sent by:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
on:1643/09/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/09/29
Notes:family matters (niece Sue, news from London that Sir Henry Verney taken prisoner); money matters (Toddington)
05–220
Sent by:Dr Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1643/09/30
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury nr St Albans
on:1643/10/01
Notes:chat (setting up a meeting, Landlady)
05–221
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/09/30
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/01
Notes:money matters (Mr Roades)
Queries:very hard to read
05–222
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/28
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters; political matters; estate matters (notice about sequestering estate of such members as neglect the service of the house, names include Sir Alexander Denton)
Queries:possibly note written by SRV
05–223
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/09/28
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:handwritten transcription of notice 05-136 above
05–224
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1643/09/30
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/30
Notes:money matters (Mr Borshe?, Roades, Dr, the bond)
05–225
Sent by:Mr John Fountaine Fountaine, John
on:1643/09/00??
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/01
Notes:chat (wants to meet before departure)
05–226
Sent by:R? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:London
on:1643/09/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:fragment of letter
05–227
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/09/00??
to:Mary Verney? 'my hart' Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:family matters (sadness at parting)
05–228
Sent by:Peter Chamberlane Chamberlane, Peter
on:1643/09/21
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
on:1643/09/29
Notes:business matters (goods, Holland, Dover)
05–229
Sent by:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1643/10/02
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
on:1643/10/05
Notes:family matters (taken prisoner at Portsmouth, now hopes to be exchanged, C Donly?, Col Norton's regiment, Lady Trencher?, Siddenham); money matters (requests money)
05–230
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/03
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/03
Notes:business matters (details of letters, Miston, Mr Wallop, Mr Whithead, Sir Witt L?, Mr Baker, Sir John Norwich, Countess of Bedford?, Col Neale, Oxford, Hereford, waggoner and delivery of items, Mrs Mary Verney, books, AP, clothes, silver spoon, Lord of Manchester, Countess of Hereford); political matters (Mr Walter Mountagne is taken, letters intercepted which he brought from the Queen Regent of France, Sir Christopher Wray, Hull, Lord Fairfax, Lord of Newcastle, the Covenant, Whitlock Hollie?, Mr Jamie Fiengs?, Sir John Franklin, Sir Norton Snatchpoole), signed Warwicke
05–231
Sent by:Frank Drake Drake, Francis [of Walton Surrey & Shardeloes]
on:1643/10/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Countess of Sussex house, Gorhambury?
on:1643/10/05
Notes:business matters; political matters (order out for sequestration of his uncle Denton's estate and other persons if not present at the House by 10th of this month, alerts him to danger)
05–232
Sent by:R D Walton? Walton, R D
from:Covent Garden
on:1643/10/01
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (says conveying letter to his brother might not help him so has sent it to Sir Roger Burgoyne)
05–233
Sent by:Elizabeth Heath Heath, Elizabeth
from:London
on:1643/10/03
to:? 'madame' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:household matters (sent hood, Luce, Mrs Mozin, sent an ounce of powder, 3 books, pamphlets); money matters (has paid 6/- for the 'peake', 12 pence for ?, Mr Burd, Mr Flales' man, asks for payment)
05–234
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/07
to:Col Whitehead and Harry Verney Col Whitehead and Henry Verney d.1671
Notes:family matters (asks for enclosed letter to be passed to his brother who is prisoner under his command); to Harry (Sir Edward, London, Col Whitehead, Lavington, glad he is likely to be exchanged)
Queries:note to brother is beneath note to Col Whitehead
05–235
Sent by:Frank Drake Drake, Francis [of Walton Surrey & Shardeloes]
from:Charterhouse
on:1643/10/09
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Countess of Sussex house, Gorhambury
on:1643/10/10
Notes:political matters (Mr Reynolds, the list, Haberdashers' Hall); military matters (Sir W Waller resigned his commission, Lord General?, 7 regiments of the City march on Reading); chat (uncle Denton)
05–236
Sent by:Tho Baker Baker, Thomas
from:Wickham
on:1643/10/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/17
Notes:family matters (Portsmouth, his brother a prisoner, Lady Verney)
05–237
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1643/10/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/05
Notes:chat (she has been very ill, is yellow and her aunt thinks might be jaundice, cold sweats, Dr Crag, Miss Ellises, Mary Newman, cousin ?, Miss Dollbears?, Mr Bell, Mr Frampton)
05–238
Sent by:Margaret Hearst?/ Heath? Heath, Margaret
from:London
on:1643/10/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/07
Notes:chat (about her difficulties)
05–239
Sent by:Sir Hen Crofts? Crofts, Sir Henry
from:Saxham
on:1643/10/05?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/07
Notes:chat (sent basket of pears, offers his service, Lady of Sussex's horse)
05–240
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/10/07
Notes:political matters (list of members, London, Mr Coleman); military matters (very bad from Leeds?, friend is escaped); Mr Walter Mountagne, signed W Wick
05–241
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1643/10/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/10/07
Notes:chat (she is better, Dr Crag, he thinks was melancholy); money matters (uncle Leake, Mr Bell, Bess Heath)
05–242
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1643/10/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
on:1643/10/12
Notes:political matters (London, about sequestration); money matters
05–243
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/10
to:Sir Henry Croter Croter, Sir Henry
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter; chat (thanks for the present, shall not say more lest letter miscarry)
05–244
Sent by:W Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
from:Hillsedon
on:1643/10/10?
to:James Temple Temple, James
Received at:Elybury Fort, Essex
Notes:family matters
05–245
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/10
to:Sir Henry Croter Croter, Sir Henry
Notes:original manuscript of letter 05-157 above
05–246
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Beadesmth?
on:1643/10/10?
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
on:1643/10/12
Notes:money matters (likely to be gaoled for rent arrears, request for money)
05–247
Sent by:Nicholas Payne Payne, Nicholas
from:London
on:1643/10/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/12
Notes:business matters; household matters (his goods at Dover, Samuel Lavington, Elizabeth Heath); money matters
05–248
Sent by:Nicholas Payne Payne, Nicholas
from:London
on:1643/10/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter 05-161 above
05–249
Sent by:Joyce Verney Verney, Joyce
on:1643/10/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury (Earl of Sussex house in Hertfordshire)
on:1643/10/12
Notes:family matters (his brother - her husband, she has parted with an estate and her father ready to do more); money matters (asks him to pay his quarter's annuity, her husband is away, she needs money, Sir John Maynard, London)
05–250
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury near St Albans
on:1643/10/12
Notes:political matters (the Covenant, Mr Coleman, LRP); chat (his wife's illness, Mrs Talsell?); military matters (Sir Will Waller laid down his commission)
05–251
Sent by:Mary Verney Verney, Mary [Lloyd]
on:1643/10/13
to:for her 'brother' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/10/14
Notes:money matters (will send money); chat (her health better)
05–252
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1643/10/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/21
Notes:family matters (about being exchanged)
05–253
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/14
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury near St Albans
on:1643/10/14
Notes:political matters; chat (his wife given birth to a girl), signed W Wick
05–254
Sent by:? Verney [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/10/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
on:1643/10/19
Notes:family matters (wants to come and see him)
Queries:very hard to read
05–255
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/10/16
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat
05–256
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1643/10/16
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincolns' Inn Fields, London
on:1643/10/19
Notes:chat (sends him a purge, Landlady); legal matters (Mr Hale, deed of discharge?, Littleton); money matters (Jugg, bonds)
05–257
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/17
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury near St Albans
Notes:political matters (Sir W Law?, Lords took the Covenant, Lord of Lincoln not present, Lord of Northumberland), signed W Wick
05–258
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/17
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury near St Albans
on:1643/10/17
Notes:political matters (Covenant, Dog Tavern in Westminster, Mr Ja- F- not taken it yet, Mr Coleman); military matters (Reading, Earl of Manchester, Lord of Newcastle, 300 prisoners), signed W Wick
05–259
Sent by:Luce Shephard? Sheppard, Luce
on:1643/10/17
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/17
Notes:chat (has received horse, hopes to see him shortly, taken physick and much better, Denton, Sir Ralph)
05–260
Sent by:Peter Chamberlane Chamberlane, Peter
from:Hague
on:1643/11/02
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/28
Notes:business matters (great number of parcels, Dixon); money matters (gilders, Mr Chicheley); chat (English, Hague)
05–261
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1643/10/17?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/19
Notes:family matters (has received the writings, Will Bruer?, 'if you doe goe whare the man is I desier as you would call in you knoe whate', Mr Hale); money matters (land); chat (Claydon, Miss Ablcoke?, Bess Coleman)
05–262
Sent by:Jn Chicheley Chicheley, Joseph
from:Rotterdam
on:1643/10/21
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincolns' Inn Fields, London
on:1643/10/26
Notes:business matters (London, ship, trunks, Rotterdam, Dixon, Chamberlin, Dover)
05–263
Sent by:Pen Verney? Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/10/23
to:SRV? Luce Shephard? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/28
Notes:family matters (Mr Machill?, Ireland, house)
Queries:envelope marked to L Sheppard but letter begins 'dear brother'
05–264
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1643/10/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/24
Notes:business matters (Hale, Mr Mayne, Mr Blower)
Queries:hard to read
05–265
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
from:Gorhambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/10/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/24
Notes:gossip (Prince 'Maurise' dead at Exeter of the 'new disease'); political matters (letters to the Speaker from Scotland in which declare readiness of Scots to come to England); business matters (trunks, Mr Doc.?, commodity ready at Aldersgate, letters, Mr ?, Martins, Mr Snell), signed W Wick
Queries:PS dated 1643/10/24
05–266
Sent by:?Pen Verney? Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
from:Rotterdam
on:1643/10/23
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (Mr Allcoke and the maid, Nan, have the childe away, she spoke of it to no one, Margaret); business matters (land, Dr ?)
05–267
Sent by:Sir Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Dublin
on:1643/10/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:London
on:1643/11
Notes:chat (England, Ireland, scarce know how to put bread in their mouths); money matters (has been forced to take £100 from Mr Hunt, hopes SRV will satisfy bill of exchange, his annuity, money due to him, Chamberlin, Leadenhall); family matters (sister Verney); military matters (England)
05–268
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
from:Gorhambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/10/26
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/26
Notes:business matters (old gentleman has dispatched business, wishes there be no underhand dealing, 'Roan'); gossip (prince 'Maurise' is alive), signed W Wick
05–269
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1643/10/27
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/31
Notes:business matters (Mr Markitt?, Mr Butt?); money matters (cousin's badness, Ireland)
Queries:hard to read
05–270
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
from:Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
on:1643/10/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:nr St Albans
on:1643/10/27
Notes:military matters (army, St Albans, Exeter); business matters (Mr Lovat, Mr Blower, aulnage)
Queries:hard to read
05–271
Sent by:Herbert? Denington Dennington, Mr Henry
from:London
on:1643/10/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/28
Notes:business matters?
Queries:very hard to read
05–272
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/28
Notes:business matters (letters, Holland post); military matters (Sir Henry Vane the younger, Mr Marshall, come from Scotland, Scots v willing to serve); political matters (Covenant), Littleton, signed W Wick
05–273
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
from:Hillsedon
on:1643/10/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/01
Notes:business matters (Mr Hale, land), Governor of Aylesbury; chat (sister Eure fallen sick of smallpox, Mrs Alcock, Lady at Berkhamstead, London)
05–274
Sent by:Jo Chicheley Chicheley, Joseph
from:Rotterdam
on:1643/10/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/10/28
Notes:business matters
05–275
Sent by:Jo Chicheley Chicheley, Joseph
from:Rotterdam
on:1643/10/03
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:business matters; money matters
Queries:hard to read, roughly written
05–276
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/10/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/31
Notes:business matters (letters, gentlemen, Ro., old gentleman); money matters; signed W Wick
05–277
Sent by:Sir Thomas Gardiner Gardiner, Sir Thomas
from:Cuddesdon
on:1643/10/00?
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:family matters (Mr Holdig, sister Pen, sister Palmer)
05–278
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1643/10/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcript of letter 05-187 above
05–279
Sent by:Charles Doe Doe, Charles
from:London
on:1643/11/02
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/10/31
Notes:money matters (bill for £2/14/6, diamond ring)
05–280
Sent by:Charles Doe Doe, Charles
from:London
on:1643/11/02
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcript of bill 05-193 above
05–281
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/10/04
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:?
Queries:faded and very hard to read
05–282
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/02
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/11/02
Notes:business matters (old gentleman, Mr Richard Tome?, St Nicholas Lane near 'Canning St' Cannon St?, Mr Minn); military matters (Scots, rebels in Ireland, Covenant), signed W Wick
05–283
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1643/11/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincolns Inn Fields, London
Notes:business matters (aulnage); money matters (Mr Mayne); ? Parker?
Queries:hard to read
05–284
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/00?
to:good bro' Sir Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
Notes:Addressed to 'good bro' Sir Edmund Verney'. Family matters (Dublin); money matters (does not have the money to give him)
Queries:draft letter?
05–285
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/00??
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:draft letter, mostly crossed out
05–286
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/11/04
Notes:political matters (Covenant, Mr T'mas. Sir Norton Knachpole, Sir Philip Parker could not take it); business matters; signed W Wick
05–287
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/07
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/07
Notes:business matters (old gentleman, money); political matters (Mr Frances, Sir Norton Snatchpole, Sir Phillip Parker - all refused to take the Covenant); chat (Mr Coleman)
05–288
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1643/11/08
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (Mrs Is?, bonds, St Albans, Gorhambury, Earloton?, John); chat (Nattycocks, Landlady)
05–289
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
from:Chigwell
on:1643/11/05
to:sweet sister' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat (Bess Heath, John Shuckhast?)
05–290
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1643/11/07?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/09
Notes:chat (about his situation?, goldsmith)
Queries:very hard to read
05–291
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/09
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury near St Albans
on:1643/11/10
Notes:business matters (boxes, bundles); political matters (the 3 men not yet punished, Mr Pierpoint, the Covenant, Mr Browne, Earl of Holland?), signed W Wick
05–292
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/11
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury near St Albans
on:1643/11/11
Notes:chat (the gentleman's children, sequestering of goods, the other gentleman); gossip (French ambassador robbed of plate worth £2000-3000, Earls of Bedford, Clare and Carlisle come to town), signed W Wick
05–293
Sent by:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Portsmouth
on:1643/11/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/14
Notes:family matters (about his release, grant from the Prince, now little hope of liberty, asks for help, London)
05–294
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/14
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/14
Notes:chat (old gentleman); gossip (French ambassador has his plate again, it was taken by his own country), signed W Wick
05–295
Sent by:Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Portsmouth
on:1643/11/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter 05-207 above
05–296
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:Charterhouse
on:1643/10/14
to:sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters? (Mrs Miller, the gentleman)
05–297
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/16
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/11/17
Notes:chat? (Mrs Alcock, Colman)
Queries:very hard to read
05–298
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/14
to:Lady Sussex (Eleanor, Countess of Sussex?) Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
Notes:chat (now hasting to the ship, sorry to leave her)
05–299
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:London
on:1643/11/00??
to:Luce Sheppard, Luce
Notes:legal matters? (Mr Birde, Mr Nott, searches office, Gravesend, Mr Bell, Mr Hals, Mrs Susan)
Queries:part of a letter
05–300
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/16
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/11/16
Notes:chat (the Scots, not yet heard of the 50, 60 or 70, his man been at countrywoman's for the 80); political matters (friend nearly sent down to Newport, but obtained leave from the house to go towards Kent), signed W Wick
05–301
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1643/11/16
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/11/17
Notes:business matters (H Parker, Fr Drake); chat (Steeple Claydon, Gorhambury, Aylesbury, Mr Bert, Mr Berry)
05–302
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/11/00??
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:family matters? (troublesome times, Miss Pen, Miss Mary Verney, Claydon, Miss P, Pen, Betty, Sir D?)
Queries:no salutation
05–303
Sent by:Charles R Charles Ist
on:1643/11/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:legal matters (document allowing SRV and wife to go to France), signed Mr Secretary Nicholas
05–304
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/11/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters (note saying inventory of 17 bundles of linen)
Queries:no inventory attached
05–305
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1643/11/25
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/25
Notes:business matters? (Mr Blowers)
Queries:very hard to read
05–306
Sent by:Frank Drake? Drake, Francis [of Walton Surrey & Shardeloes]
on:1643/11/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury
on:1643/11/24
Notes:money matters (Suffolk)
05–307
Sent by:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Portsmouth
on:1643/11/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Lincolns Inn Fields, London
on:1643/11/24
Notes:family matters (his situation, Mr Wallinns?, Col Whitehead)
05–308
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1643/11/18
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Gorhambury, nr St Albans
on:1643/11/18
Notes:business matters, signed W Wick
05–309
Sent by:DL (Doll Leake?) Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1643/11/00??
to:dear cossen' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat; family matters (aunt V, Cary)
05–310
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/00??
to:Will' (William Roades?) [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters; chat (tell Dr's wife delivered her deed of trust to her brother Littleton, sell the brown bay gelding quickly, Harding, Edmunds; estate matters (Nann, dispatch the sale of the wood at Okley ground and at the town where Mr Heron dwells, Alders, Goddards coppice); household matters (hopes has sold the pewter and timber, Whadden Maine, Moyse's bill, map of England)
05–311
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/11/00??
to:Robert Reynolds Reynolds, Mr Robert
Notes:business matters/political matters (unwilling to give the House the least offence so has resolved to take a journey, jealous spirits, Oxford, Parliament)
05–312
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/11/30
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (pass for SRV - under name Sir Ralph Smith - and his wife to pass by water, Lea in Essex), signed Jo Bea?)
05–313
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1643/12/03
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat (soldiers, Sir Pie, ribbon)
Queries:hard to read
05–314
Sent by:Sir Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Oxford
on:1643/12/05
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/02/26 (7 Mar)
Notes:chat (Oxford, WR); money matters
05–315
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/12/00??
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:chat (bids farewell, bound for ship which may be his grave)
05–316
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
from:Oxford
on:1643/12/05
to:sweet sister' (Lady Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:'Sweet sister'. family matters (asks her to mediate as has fallen out with his brother)
05–317
Sent by:Rich Merydale Merydale, Richard
on:1643/12/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26 (7 Mar)
Notes:business matters (John Denton, land)
Queries:very hard to read
05–318
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:Claydon
on:1643/00/00???
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (request for money)
05–319
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Rotterdam
on:1643/12/21
to:Eleanor Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
Notes:chat (about the journey, tumultuous and violent wind), signed Ralph Smith
Queries:21 Dec/31 Dec; draft letter?, many crossings out
05–320
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/12/27
to:sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters? (Sir N D?)
05–321
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/12/31
to:dear brother' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat (Sir Roger Burgoyne, Buck, Mr Bell, Sue); money matters (request for money), signed 'sister'
06–082
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/11/17?
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters (Mr Humphrey Willet, money)
Queries:names of writer and recipient crossed out
06–137
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1643/00/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:list of coded names to be used by SRV from abroad, eg. The king=the man, Mr Busby=Rob Johnson, Dr Grogg=Old Gamester, Dr Denton=Will Tomson
06–594
Sent by:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1643/00/00???
to:Cary Gardiner? Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
Notes:family matters
07–148
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/08/19?
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (note about actions taken by parliament, London, sequestration)
Queries:looks like SRV's handwriting
08–557
Sent by:Richard Blowser? Blower, Richard
on:1643/11/30
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (document signed by Richard Blowser?, about SRV and £100)
Queries:date might be 1648
09–442
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/00/00nd
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:List of plate sold signed by SRV, and prices paid
09–443
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1643/08/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:Bond to Charles Doe, Goldsmith for sale of whole plate list for £250, i.e. pawned (redeemable)
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