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05–070
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26?
to:aunt Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
Notes:chat (England)
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–071
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:Nathaniel Hobart Hobart, Sir Nathaniel
Notes:chat
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–072
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:brother Gardiner Gardiner, Sir Thomas
Notes:chat
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–073
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/02/26??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:draft letter, all crossed out
Queries:with previous, given its date
05–074
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:Ann Hobert Hobart, Ann [Leeke]
Notes:chat; draft letter, mostly crossed out
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–075
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:John Fountaine? Fountaine, John
Notes:chat; draft letter, mostly crossed out
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–322
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/01/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:list for 1644, handwritten, poss no of items per month
05–323
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/01/00??
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (document in Dutch?)
05–324
Sent by:Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1644/01/04
to:madam' (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:family matters (Landlady, sent physick for her boy who begins to relapse, Sir Edmund, Harry, Landlord)
05–325
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/01/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rotterdam
on:1644/02/01 (11 Feb)
Notes:chat; military matters (Lincoln, Sir G Moldrum?, Graston house?, major general Chivton?, Altum in Curney?, Sir William Waller, Arundel castle, England, in code, colonel Stiner?); business matters (Chant)
Queries:a great deal of code - first appearance
05–326
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/01/09
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/01 (11 Feb)
Notes:chat (glad of his safe arrival); PS poss to Mary Verney
Queries:very hard to read
05–327
Sent by:Dr William Denton? Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1644/01/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26 (7 Mar)
Notes:chat
Queries:very hard to read
05–328
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Rotterdam
on:1644/01/14
to:?'sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters (Rouen, Mr Garlesse Lowelse?, Rotterdam, ship called The Fortune, asks to take care of his goods, money for freight, hopes searcher will not open anything)
05–329
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Rotterdam
on:1644/01/14
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-243 above
05–330
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/01/25
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/02/01 (11 Feb)
Notes:chat; political matters (in code, Earls of Bedford and Holland, London, House of Commons, earl of Eirmond?, Croton?); military matters (Sir Thomas Fairfax, Sir Will Breweton, Lord B Ferrer?, England, Lord Lanerish, Duke of Hamilton's brother, Oxford, Duke of Rutland?), signed in code 9.14.3 =9.16.10.4= War Wick
05–331
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/01/27
to:? 'sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/02/01 (11 Feb)
Notes:chat
05–332
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/01/29
to:dear nephew' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/08 (18 Feb)
Notes:chat; family matters (his brother, Clarke)
05–333
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/02/01?
to:SRV? 'sweet brother' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:'Sweeet brother'. family matters
05–334
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/01
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/02/08 (18 Feb)
Notes:chat (letters, in code); military matters (Sir Thomas Fairfax, Sir William Breweson, the parliament, Scotland?, England, in code)
Queries:a great deal of code
05–335
Sent by:Sir Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
on:1644/02/03
to:SRV? 'good brother' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/10 (20 Apr)
Notes:'good brother' money matters (Mr Rogers, Will Roades, uncle Doctor, his want of money)
05–336
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/08
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/02/15 (25 Feb)
Notes:political matters? (in code, Sir Edward Deering), signed in code
05–337
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/02/09
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat (Blake Gaker?, Rome?, her rents in Buckinghamshire will fall to nothing, the will put most into her hands, soldiers ill paid, Lady Gorge?)
Queries:very hard to read
05–338
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/02/09
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-251 above
05–339
Sent by:Sir Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
on:1644/02/15
to:sweet sister' (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:'Sweet sister' . money matters (she has not replied to his letters, wants an end to their dispute)
05–340
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/15
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/02/22 (3 Mar)
Notes:military matters (Scots come as far as Newcastle, Fairfax, the parliament, regulating of both armies English and Scotch); political matters (lords of Oxford, the king, parliament, Earl of Essex, in code, Sir Will Drake, Sir John Holland, Lord Buckhurst), signed in code
Queries:code part deciphered
05–341
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/22
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/02/28 (9 Mar)
Notes:business matters (bill of exchange, in code), signed in code
Queries:code part deciphered
05–342
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/22
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-255 above
05–343
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:Doll Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
Notes:chat
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–344
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:Lady Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
Notes:chat
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–345
Sent by:Dr William Denton? Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1644/02/00??
to:sir' SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:business matters (in code, Mr Mun, Sir Edmund)
05–346
Sent by:Dr William Denton? Denton, Dr William d.1691
on:1644/02/26
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26 (7 Mar)
Notes:business matters (Mr Thomas, the knight)
Queries:hard to read
05–347
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/02/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/22 (3 Mar)
Notes:envelope, to 'Mr Smith' no letter related to it
05–348
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/03/07 (17 Mar)
Notes:chat (in code); military matters (Scots, Newcastle, Palsgrave, parliament); political matters (Covenant)
05–349
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/02/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-262 above
Queries:code deciphered
05–350
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:London
on:1644/03/06
to:? 'sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:legal matters (lease of Cowley, Sir AD?, letter of Attorney, feoffee, Sir J Temple); money matters; family matters (Claydon, sister Susan, Capt Abercromy?, Addington)
Queries:signature blacked out
05–351
Sent by:John Denton Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1644/03/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/03/13 (23 Mar)
Notes:business matters (Middle Claydon)
Queries:hard to read
05–352
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/03/07
to:Lady Siddenham Sydenham, Lady Anne
Notes:chat
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar; draft letter? many crossings out
05–353
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/03/07
to:Lady Siddenham Sydenham, Lady Anne
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-266 above
05–354
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/03/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/03/14 (24 Mar)
Notes:business matters (in code); political matters (Lord of Westmoreland, parliament, Commonwealth, the king, Westminster, Oxford, Hillsdon House in Buckinghamshire, Sir Alexander Denton, young Smith, London); military matters (Col Cromwell, Oxford, Sir Will Udall is yet alive, in code)
05–355
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/03/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-268 above
Queries:some code deciphered
05–356
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/02/26
to:Sir Edward Siddenham Sydenham, Sir Edward
Notes:chat; England
05–357
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:London
on:1644/03/08
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:family matters (nephew Verney, aunt Eure, Goring)
05–358
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
from:Newport
on:1644/03/21
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (receipt for money, Thomas Verney, William Roades, SRV, John Andrews)
05–359
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/00/00???
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (receipt for £6, John Aris, Thomas Verney)
05–360
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/03/25
to:William Roades Roades, William
Notes:money matters (Mr Aris)
05–361
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/03/21
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/03/28 (7 Apr)
Notes:chat (in code, Sir A Denton, Croton); military matters (Newburgh not yet taken, Newark, in code); political matters (king, parliament, Westminster, House of Commons, Scots, high treason, Low countries, Hopton castle, Shropshire, Mr Wallop's castle, besieged, 27 soldiers hacked, put in a pit and buried in lime), signed in code
05–362
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/03/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/03/28 (7 Apr)
Notes:military matters (London, Lt General Cromwell, SRV, Winchester, Warwick?, Prince Rupert, Prince Maurice, Oxford, Scots, Newcastle)
Queries:hard to read
05–363
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/03/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/04/03 (13 Apr)
Notes:chat; military matters (Newark, Scots, Newcastle, in code), signed in code
05–364
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/03/29
to:William Roades? Roades, William
Notes:chat (letters, Moyses?, Croton); estate matters (tenants); money matters (Boulton, rents, Sutton, Tuckwell, Jerome, Horsly, in code)
05–365
Sent by:Sam Lavington Lavington, Sam
on:1644/04/31
to:William Roades Roades, William
Received at:Middle Claydon
Notes:estate matters? (East Horsly, Will Brewer?)
05–366
Sent by:Mall Verney? Verney, Mary [Lloyd]
on:1644/03/31
to:William Roades Roades, William
Received at:Middle Claydon
Notes:family matters (sister Susan, sister Pen, Sir Peter, aunt Verney)
05–367
Sent by:Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/03/00???
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters
Queries:undated note
05–368
Sent by:Dol Leeke Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/04/03
to:SRV? ('Mr Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/10 (20 Apr)
Notes:To Mr Smith. chat (his wife, letters, England, sister C)
05–369
Sent by:? Ffloyd Lt Col ? Ffloyd Lt Col
on:1644/04/02
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:military matters (authority for John Andrews to pass guards to Middle Claydon 'without molestation'
05–370
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
on:1644/04/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/04/10 (20 Apr)
Notes:military matters (Newark, Prince Rupert, Hopton, Winchester, col B?, London, Reading, Oxford, Lord Garett?)
05–371
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/04/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/04/10 (20 Apr)
Notes:political matters? (Council of State, in code); military matters (Sir Witt Walker, Sir Witt Balfore?, Hopton, Lord John, ? J Richmond's brother, Earl of Forth, Sir John ? taken 200 of Prince Rupert's horse by Derby, Col Lambert, Mr John Ballas?, Sir Thomas Fairfax, Scots, in code); signed in code
05–372
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/04/08
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/10 (20 Apr)
Notes:chat (unhappy times); money matters (request for money)
05–373
Sent by:Dol Leeke Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/04/07
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:family matters (Mun, Cook)
05–374
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/09
to:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
Notes:family matters (England, letters, poor Harry)
Queries:9 Apr/19 Apr
05–375
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/09
to:Dr Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691
Notes:chat (letters, Lavington, London)
Queries:hard to read; draft letters?
05–376
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/04/10?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:political matters; business matters (about his absence from the house, he owes his country, Sir William Uvedale, Sir John Holland)
Queries:anonymous letter?
05–377
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/04/10?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-290 above
05–378
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/04/11
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/17 (27 Apr)
Notes:To 'Ralph Smith'. military matters (Sir Will Waller, Sir Ralph Hopton's forces, king intends to gather his forces, parliament, Earl of Manchester, Hampshire, Crowland, Peterborough, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Carlisle, Mr Edward Russell, Lord of Thanet, Lord Willowbie, Lord Fairfax, Newcastle forces, Scots, House of Commons, York, Sir Will Belsore, Bishop of Winchester); chat (Sir W Dr has liberty still, Sir John Holland) in code, signed in code
05–379
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/04/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:?
Queries:very hard to read
05–380
Sent by:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
from:Chigwell
on:1644/04/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/24 (4 May)
Notes:family matters (Irish captain, his daughter, Ireland, Susan, purges); money matters (asks for a better allowance for Susan, Roades)
05–381
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/04/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/24 (4 May)
Notes:chat (in code); military matters (victory in the North, Lord Fairfax and Sir Thomas his son, Lord of Newcastle, Selby in Yorkshire, John Ballasie?, Sir John Ramson?, Sir Thos Strickland, Newark, Sir Will Udall, in code), signed in code
05–382
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
on:1644/04/19
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/04/24 (4 May)
Notes:business matters; political matters (sequestration, Twyford?, Fulbrook, Quinton?); military matters (Oxford, Prince Maurice?, Plymouth, Prince Rupert, Lichfield, JD, Lrd Gr?, Hopton)
Queries:very hard to read
05–383
Sent by:Anne Lee Lee, Anne [daughter of Eleanor Wortley]
on:1644/04/22??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/04/24 (4 May)
Notes:chat
05–384
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/04/24
to:? 'dear sister' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat; family matters
Queries:very hard to read
05–385
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/04/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter; chat (England, London, taxes, Buckinghamshire, her difficulties, Essex)
05–386
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/05/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/08 (18 May)
Notes:money matters (her need for money, Sir Robert Loite? and son dead, bond); chat (uncle Dr, Ireland, Nic Aris' house burned down)
05–387
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/05/01
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-300 above
05–388
Sent by:Thos Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/05/03
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/03
Notes:military matters (report on taking of Reading, is not sure if it is true, parliament, his feeling about possible imprisonment)
05–389
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/03
to:? 'sweet cozen' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:family matters; money matters (his father said C to have £40 a year for her own clothes, Pen might also desire a portion, Will); note on bottom to Will to pay DL £12)
Queries:3 May/13 May
05–390
Sent by:Dol Leeke Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/00/00???
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat (Chigwell, Suffolk); political matters (hear queen is safe, Mrs Lucas and Lady Gardiner with her)
05–391
Sent by:Dol Leeke Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/00/00???
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-304 above
05–392
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/05/08
to:SRV? 'sweet brother' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/15 (25 May)
Notes:chat (Claydon, sister); money matters (Mr Roades says will pay her £40, asks for £10 more)
05–393
Sent by:Dol Leeke Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/05/07
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat; military matters (armies prepare for destruction of kingdom, confident shall make an end of it in a month, great taxations, all people sequestered that have anything, has heard several parliament men call her husband delinquent, ill reward for his opinion of them, York, Lord of Essex and Sir William Waller to be reconciled, Oxford, London, Prince Rupert, 'Sherwbury', Newcastle, Lord Byron, the queen is at Exeter, France); family matters (Lady Sid gone to her Aunt D who is a prisoner for no less than £500, pair of sheets, Mun, cousin S); money matters (Mr Frances W, her need for money, Nan)
05–394
Sent by:Dol Leeke Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/05/07
to:Lady Verney (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-307 above
05–395
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Rotterdam
on:1644/05/17
to:Jonas Abeels Abeels, Jonas
Notes:business matters (Rouen, 'Orleance', goods, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Holland, imposition on household goods being transported, the Hague, England)
05–396
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Rotterdam
on:1644/05/17
to:Jonas Abeels Abeels, Jonas
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-309 above
05–397
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/05/13
to:William Roades Roades, William
Notes:money matters (his need for money, SRV desires to govern his brothers and sisters, Cambridge,Mr Lavington)
05–398
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/05/14
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/12 (22 June)
Notes:family matters; money matters (liberty by committee in Cambridge, Earl of Essex, needs to pay £40 for the use of the parliament, has persuaded wife's mother to lend him £20, asks for £20, Mr Lavington, Holland, the Indies)
05–399
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1644/05/15
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/15 (25 May)
Notes:family matters; money matters
05–400
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/05/16
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/22 (2 June)
Notes:chat (in code, Hull); military matters (Lincoln taken by Lord of Manchester, York is besieged, Lord Buckhurst, Copt Hall, Sir Will Udall); political matters; signed in code
05–401
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/17
to:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
Notes:chat (Mr Shelbon?, old Bailey, brown paper, times full of danger)
Queries:17 May/27 May
05–402
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/17
to:Susan Verney? 'sister Susan' Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
Notes:family matters (aunt UV, brown paper); money matters
05–403
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1644/02/26
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/08 (18 May)
Notes:money matters; family matters (his imprisonment, Hillsdon, Sir Alexander Denton); PS dated 19 Mar/29 Apr, says a prisoner at St Johns College, Cambridge
Queries:26 Feb/7 Mar
05–404
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/10
to:? 'sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:political matters (about his absence from the House, did not want to offend, malice of some), signed H but SRV's hand
Queries:10 May/20 May (annotated 'with letter of 10 Apr')
05–405
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/10
to:?'sir' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-318 above
05–406
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/05/24
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/05/29 (9 June)
Notes:chat
05–407
Sent by:Jane Parker Parker, Jane
on:1644/05/22
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/05/22 (2 June)
Notes:household matters (the writings are safe, hangings); money matters (asks for money due to them)
05–408
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/05/23
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/05/29 (9 June)
Notes:military matters (Lord General now in Reading, Sir Will Waller, York is besieged, and Lord of Newcaatle in it); chat (in code), signed in code
05–409
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/24
to:? 'good cozen' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:family matters?, Lavington
Queries:24 May/4 June; draft letter, mostly crossed out
05–410
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/05/29
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/05 (15 June)
Notes:chat (difficulties of the time, London, Mrs Nicholas?, Sir Harry will not let her enjoy her estate in Essex, little Harry); family matters (vexed his aunt sent about the cordial in the brown paper)
05–411
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/05/29
to:Mary Verney? Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat
05–412
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/05/29
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06/12 (22 June)
Notes:chat; military matters (Scots, Prince Rupert)
05–413
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/05/23
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06/12 (22 June)
Notes:business matters (dungeon); military matters; family matters? (sister Gardiner); money matters (W R, Bolton)
Queries:hard to read
05–414
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/05/30
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06/05 (15 June)
Notes:chat (Sir W L); political matters (Lord Conway, Suffolk house, Sir Will Udall not come to the house though ready to conform, in code, the king, Lord General, Sir Will Walter); military matters (Abbington, Oxford, Massy, Mambarrough?, Lord of Berkshire), signed in code
05–415
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/31
to:? 'sir' Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:chat (Sir William, in code, Chant, full of sadness)
Queries:31 May/11 June
05–416
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/07
to:? 'sir' Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:chat (in code); money matters (Mr Fr Drake, Mr Parker, rents due, Dol Leake, debts, Lavington, Mr ? of Lincoln)
Queries:7 June/17 June
05–417
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/07
to:? 'sir' Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:handwritten transcript of letter 05-330 above
05–418
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/05/31
to:? 'sir' Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:handwritten transcript of letter 05-329 above
05–419
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/06/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06/12 (22 June)
Notes:military matters (Capt Hall, Sir W V, Lord Conway, Hens, Croton House threatened to be burned, Oxford, Lord General, Sir W Waller, Worcester, Mr Nickalls?, Woodstock, king at Burford?, York, Scots); chat (in code); signed in code
Queries:dated April but writes beneath it should be June
05–420
Sent by:Lady Cary Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:1644/10/00??
to:SRV? 'dear brother' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/08 (18 Oct)
Notes:Begins 'Dear Brother' chat
05–421
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/00??
to:Lady Cary Gardiner? 'sister' Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
Notes:chat (bottle of syrup); money matters
Queries:draft letter?
05–422
Sent by:Lady Cary Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
on:1644/10/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcript of letter 05-334 above
05–423
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/00??
to:Lady Cary Gardiner? 'sister' Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704
Notes:typed transcript of letter 05-335 above
05–424
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/07
to:Lady Ursula Verney? Verney, Ursula, Lady
Notes:chat (brown paper, London)
Queries:7 June/17 June, draft letter?, smudged and faded, annotated 7 January
05–425
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/07
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat (brown paper)
Queries:7 June/17 June, draft letter?, smudged and faded
05–426
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/06/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcript of letter; family matters (sis Mary, niece Pen, sis Susan, Hildon)
05–427
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/06/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/20 (30 June)
Notes:manuscript of letter 05-340 above
05–428
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/24
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (accounts, London); family matters)
05–429
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/06/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06/27 (7 July)
Notes:chat; military matters (Lord General, Dorchester, Lord of Warwick, Oxford, Srgt Glanvill come to London, Col Grantham, Sir Christopher Wray, Lincolnshire, in code), signed in code
05–430
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/14
to:Harry Verney 'bro Harry' Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:chat; money matters (aunt Ursula)
Queries:14 Jun/24 June, draft letter? many crossings out
05–431
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/14
to:Harry Verney 'bro Harry' Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:typed transcript of letter 05-344 above
05–432
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/14
to:?'sweet sister' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat (cousin WC, his man was drowned in the river, he is gone to Paris, Mrs Cadderman, Lady Kingsmill, Sir HC)
Queries:14 Jun/24 Jun, draft letter? many crossings out
05–433
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/14
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:?
Queries:draft letter, all crossed out
05–434
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/14
to:?'sweet sister' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcript of letter 05-346 above
Queries:14 Jun/24 June
05–435
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/14
to:? 'sweet brother' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:handwritten transcript of letter; money matters (accounts, about his portion of father's money, should not complain); family matters, Harries
Queries:14 Jun/24 Jun
05–436
Sent by:Jonas Abeels Abeels, Jonas
from:Amsterdam
on:1644/06/26
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06
Notes:business matters (goods, Rouen, Rotterdam); money matters (charges)
05–437
Sent by:Jonas Abeels? Abeels, Jonas
on:1644/06/06
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (account for freight etc £180/13/-)
05–438
Sent by:Jonas Abeels Abeels, Jonas
on:1644/06/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-350 above and part of 05-351 above
05–439
Sent by:committee [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/06/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:legal matters (copy of warrant to sequester SRV's estate, tenants of Thomas Broke, signed Henry Coke, Chr Eglet?, Rich Baldwin?, John Janewell?)
05–440
Sent by:committee [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/06/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcript of warrant 05-353 above
05–441
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/06/17
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/07/03 (13 July)
Notes:chat (niece, cordial in brown paper, Oxford, Leventon, Harry, Roades, Oxfordshire)
Queries:very hard to read
05–442
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/06/17
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-355 above
05–443
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/06/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/07/03 (13 July)
Notes:chat (in code, Henns, Sir J Hall); military matters (Weymouth, 'Lime', Sir W Udell, parliament, Lord Gen, king, Sir W Palmer of Hill by Bigglesward, Sir Will Waller, York still besieged, Scots, Lord of Manchester, Lord Fairfax), signed in code
05–444
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/06/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/06/20 (30 June)
Notes:chat (difficulties of the time, in code); military matters (Lord General, Sir Will Waller went after the king towards Worcester, Oxford, York still besieged and hope will soon be taken, Sudeley Castle in Wiltshire, Coll Granth)
05–445
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/06/13
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-358 above, some of the code deciphered
05–446
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/06/21
to:William Roades Roades, William
Notes:business matters (owner of Moyses, Croton, Mrs Alp); money matters (rent of Bolton, Henns, Mr Thomas); chat (Mall, Sir Gar ?, use of a symbol as code, Sutton)
Queries:hard to read, faded and smudged
05–447
Sent by:Anne Lee Lee, Anne [daughter of Eleanor Wortley]
on:1644/07/02
to:Mrs Smith' (Mary Verney) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat (Mrs Gadimon?, Lady Kingnell?, France, parliament, ladies)
05–448
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/06/25
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/07/03 (13 July)
Notes:chat (friends think his return would be to his advantage, misery of the times)
Queries:very hard to read
05–449
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/06/25
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-362 above
05–450
Sent by:Anne Lee? Lee, Anne [daughter of Eleanor Wortley]
on:1644/07/02
to:SRV (' Mr Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/07/11 (21 July)
Notes:chat (London the most wretched place that can be, WC, Sir HC)
05–451
Sent by:Anne Lee Lee, Anne [daughter of Eleanor Wortley]
on:1644/07/02
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-364 above
05–452
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/07/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/07/11 (21 July)
Notes:business matters (about finding a servant); military matters (the king, Bucks, Sir Will Waller, Edgcott, Hanwell, Banbury)
05–453
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/07/00?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/07/11 (21 July)
Notes:chat (Lrd Paulet, Lime, Lrd Shandois, London, Lord of Leicester, Srgt Glandvill, in code); money matters (Warwickshire); legal matters, signed in code
05–454
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/07/00?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-367 above
05–455
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/07/06
to:William Roades Roades, William
Received at:Claydon
Notes:money matters (demand for money, says is destitute, Claydon)
05–456
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/07/10
to:SRV? 'dear brother' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/08 (18 Oct)
Notes:chat (carrier searched and fears letters lost); money matters; family matters (smallpox, brown paper)
05–457
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/07/11
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/07/08 (28 July)
Notes:chat (letters, in code); military matters (York, 3 generals, Lesly, Manchester, Fairfax, routed Prince 'Robert', Lord of Newcastle, Lord Withrington, Scarborough, Exeter, queen gone to Pendennis castle, king gone towards Leicester - Sir Will Waller after him), signed in code
05–458
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/07/03
to:? SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcript of letter; family matters (bro Denman, Mary Den, Mr Isham, your aunt, Jaconia Croiny?, Ireland, Scot, English); chat
Queries:3 July/13 July
05–459
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/07/03
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/07/03 (13 July)
Notes:original manuscript of letter 05-372 above
05–460
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/07/18
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/07/25 (4 Aug)
Notes:chat (dating of letters, in code); military matters (success at York, Oxford, Newcastle, Withrington, Coll King, king is gone to Bristol, Tiverton, Tanton castle, Exeter, Sir Robert Pie, Prince Rupert, Lord Fairfax younger son Charles Fairfax is dead, Greenland House is taken); political matters; signed in code
Queries:a great deal of code
05–461
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:London
on:1644/07/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/09?
Notes:money matters (has his liberty but at a dear rate, vexed with sequestrators, extreme need for money, Mr Aris, Millsdon house, Will Roades, Mr Lavington)
05–462
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
from:London
on:1644/07/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-375 above
05–463
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/07/29
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/08 (18 Aug)
Notes:chat (cordial, Sir John L, London, lack of money, taxes, Essex)
Queries:very hard to read
05–464
Sent by:Eleanor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/07/29
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter 05-377 above
05–465
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/07/13
to:SRV ('Ralph Smith') Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/08 (18 Aug)
Notes:chat (sister Mary, Lady Sid, Mrs Hobart, Miss Leacke, Elizabeth, Lady Gardiner, black bed); money matters
06–001
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/08/10
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:France
on:1644/08/08 (18 Aug)
Notes:chat (M. W?); military matters (parliament ships, Pr Rogt.?); England, Newcastle, Mns H?
Queries:hard to read
06–002
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/08/08
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/15 (25 Aug)
Notes:business matters (30.9.16.40.28.9.17.30.17.13= concerning 6.30.14.10.4.18.8=); military matters (Basin house is taken, Welbeck Lord of Newcastle's house in Nottinghamshire, Mefsy?); political matters (House of Commons took into consideration propositions of peace, Lord of Inchoqum in Ireland is turned to us, shall be glad to hear of any good the Queen does in France); chat, signed in code
06–003
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/08/15
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/22 (1 Sept)
Notes:business matters (talks of dangers); military matters (her bro's son John slain, Abtone, Sir William Wallace's forces); chat (Dr, Hildon, 'Palsey' [palsy]?, Col Smyth, Margaret, Miss Evie?, Sir D)
06–004
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/08/15
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/22 (2 Sept)
Notes:chat (Mr 9.16.28.15.9.17.17.13=25 is not in town, suppose 20.14.18.16.28.11.5.17.28 has acquainted him with the business, Knight); military matters (Warcum? is taken, Motton?, Robert, Maurice, Lord of Forth, more names in code) signed in code
06–005
Sent by:Sir John Bacchus Backhouse, Sir John [also spelt Bacchus, Backhurst]
from:from 'my prison'
on:1644/08/16
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/22 (15 Sept)
Notes:? Business matters?
Queries:very hard to read
06–006
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/08/00??
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/08 (18 Aug)
Notes:money matters (thanks for directing his man to pay her the £10 for his bro, Denton, Harry, Bacar?, lack of truth, Roades); chat (her sadness)
06–007
Sent by:Lady Ursula Verney Verney, Ursula, Lady
on:1644/08/00??
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter -06-006
06–008
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/09
to:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
Notes:chat (glad he has obtained his liberty); money matters (agrees to pay TV some money)
Queries:9 Aug/19 Aug; copy of letter
06–009
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/09
to:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
Notes:typed transcription of above letter -06-008
06–010
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:Sir John Leake? Leeke, Sir John
Notes:business matters (cousin Bad?, Mr Freake?, daughter Dol); money matter; chat (Martin Bruce)
06–011
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/08/22
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/28 (7 Sept)
Notes:military matters (in expectation of news from Lord General in the west, in hope of gaining Newcastle but they are unwilling to surrender it to the Scots); political matters (House of Commons calling of some of 'the Malignants' land, names in code); signed in code
06–012
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/23
to:? Elizabeth Isham's brother? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:family matters (condolences at his loss); business matters (encloses papers, the Queen is at the waters, state sent her 10,000 pistolls to defray her journey, the lover of Paris preparing for her a pistoll worth 14 or 15 s of English money)
Queries:23 Aug/2 Sept
06–013
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/23
to:? Elizabeth Isham's brother? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter 06-012
06–014
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/08/26
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/09/05 (15 Sept)
Notes:miliarty matters (county of Cornwall, D Roberts, king); business matters (Sir R Verney, lands)
Queries:very hard to read
06–015
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/08/29
to:Lady Verney' (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat (effusive display of affection, London, Sir Alex)
06–016
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
Notes:family matters (eldest sister's remove, difference between Harry and Lady Urs, Munn and his bro Tom V, Besse, Dr); money matters
Queries:21 Aug/31 Aug
06–017
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter 06-016
06–018
Sent by:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/08/00?
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/15 (25 Aug)
Notes:chat; family matters (aunt Ursula, Chigwell, angry with Harry, bro Mun, his uncle E? is killed); money matters (Mr Roades)
06–019
Sent by:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/08/00?
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter 06-018
06–020
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/08/29
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/09/05 (15 Sept)
Notes:chat (not heard about Back.,); military matters (Lrd Gen still in the west, Col Middleton, London, Sr Witt Brereton?, Prince Robert, good news from Ireland, Lord Inchoquen routed Lord of Castleffeneac?, many names in code); signed in code
06–021
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:London
on:1644/08/29
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/05 (15 Sept)
Notes:chat (now in a safe place, Aunt Eure at Misterton, Holland); business matters (Will, Laventon, SRV's estate sequestered this week, trust not to friends where Sr Ed lives); military matters (Lord Willmote now a prisoner with the king)
06–022
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/08/29
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter 06-021
06–023
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/30
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:family matters (condolences at loss of young man); political matters (lover at Paris no longer preparing for the Queen); money matters
Queries:30 Aug/9 Sept
06–024
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/30
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:typed transcript of above letter 06-024
06–025
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/09/18 (28 Sept)
Notes:chat (Cambridgeshire, London, Dr, Aqua celestis comforted his heart)
06–026
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/09/12 (22 Sept)
Notes:handwritten transcript of letter below 06-027
06–027
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/09/12
Notes:chat (will try and help, Sir John); money matters (JD); military matters (Sir Ja Ashley, sunk two ships, siege around Newcastle, Manchester, Lord Geatt)
06–028
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/12 (22 Sept)
Notes:family matters; money matters (Aunt Birte and bedfeller, no one will lend them any money); his business
06–029
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/09/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter 06-028
06–030
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/09/10
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat (about his business, his servant, London, she will try and help him, Polly?, Lady Monmouth, the Queen); money matters)
06–031
Sent by:Elinor, Countess of Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
on:1644/09/10
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcript of above letter 06-031
06–032
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/09/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/18 (28 Sept)
Notes:chat (his business, Sir Edward's lady); money matters (Lady Ursula, Mr Baker, England); Sir Alex
06–033
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/09/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/18 (28 Sept)
Notes:estate matters (will get his 'grine and white beade', House, Mr Roades)
06–034
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/09/12
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcript of letter above 06-032
06–035
Sent by:Aunt Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
on:1644/09/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat (sorry to hear of her misfortunes, Mistr Ish, black bed and furniture)
Queries:6 Sept/16 Sept; possible draft letter, many crossings out
06–036
Sent by:Aunt Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
on:1644/09/06
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter above 06-035
06–037
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/06
to:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:business matters (his concerns, asks for advice, WR, Dick, Frank D, Harry)
Queries:6 Sept/16 Sept
06–038
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/13
to:Sir Alex Denton? Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:business matters (Sir John, sequestration of land, WR, deed being produced showing land legally belonging to Dick, FD and Littleton); second letters business matters (Sir John Bac would take any advantage he can)
Queries:13 Sept/23 Sept (on same page letter dated 20 Sept/30 Sept)
06–039
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/09/19
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:chat (letters, her sister)
06–040
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/09/19
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/09/26 (6 Oct)
Notes:chat (Bes Heath)
06–041
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/13
to:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:typed transcript of letter above 06-038
Queries:13 Sept/23 Sept (on same page letter dated 20 Sept/30 Sept)
06–042
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/06
to:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:typed transcript of letter above 06-037
06–043
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (note about £25)
Queries:21 Aug/31 Aug
06–044
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcript of letter above 06-043
06–045
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:Harry Parker Parker, Henry
Notes:money matters (money from tenants swallowed up in taxes)
Queries:21 Aug/31 Aug
06–046
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:Harry Parker Parker, Henry
Notes:typed transcript of letter above, 06-045
06–047
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:typed transcript of letter; family matters (hears Lady Ursula his enemy, she complains she is out of purse, Mr Baker, Dol, London, Pen, Munn, Dr)
06–048
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/08/00?
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:estate matters (note saying hears SRV's whole estate is to be sequestered for the use of the parliament)
06–049
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/08/00?
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcript of above note 06-049
06–050
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/19?
to:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:chat (letters, Besse, London, Lady Ursula, says hears ruin coming upon his family and does not know how to avoid it, Frank D, Sir Edward's lady, encloses 2 letters for aunt Misterton)
06–051
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/19?
to:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:typed transcript of above letter, 06-050
06–052
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/09/03
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/12 (22 Sept)
Notes:political matters (K and Lord Gen still in the west, council of war for punishing those that deserve it, delivered names in code, Croton, Finner, signed in code)
06–053
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/09/03
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcript of above letter, 06-053; code is de-crypted, names are revealed as a sentence about delivering writings
06–054
Sent by:? SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/20
to:? Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:chat (Aqua celestis, Dr, letters)
Queries:20 Sept/30 Sept; not SRV's usual hand but could be due to different pen?
06–055
Sent by: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/09/20???
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:fragment of note, text crossed out, mentions 'Roan' (Rouen?)
06–056
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1644/09/26
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/10 (20 Oct)
Notes:family matters (London, Launiton?, Roades, Miss Ish, sister Pegg, sister Susan, sheets); note on bottom in SRV's hand
06–057
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/09/29
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (receipt of £5 from William Roades)
06–058
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/09/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/10/07 (17 Oct)
Notes:chat (English, Aqua celestis, key of the house)
Queries:hard to read
06–059
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/20
to:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:typewritten transcript; business matters (writing to Sir John Bac would hinder his business, asks advice, the day draws near and he hopes for deliverance)
Queries:20 Sept/30 Sept
06–060
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/09/10
to:? 'good brother' [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:handwritten transcript; chat (letters)
Queries:10 Sept/20 Sept
06–061
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/27
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat (pamphlets, sorry to hear about gentleman who is likely to be ill used, interception of letters); business matters (FD, confusion about taking of land, Sir John)
Queries:27 Sept/7 Oct
06–062
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
on:1644/10/09
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/10/17 (27 Oct)
Notes:family matters (she has been in prison and couldn't write, sis Susan and niece fellow prisoners, bro Thomas v helpful, Dr, bro in Latin still a prisoner?, Gate House)
06–063
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/10/00?
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/10 (20 Oct)
Notes:family matters (how she was taken prisoner, Bess, kept prisoner for 8 days, nothing could be brought against her, was thought she had a hand in helping cousin out of prison but she didn't, Essex)
06–064
Sent by:John Denton? Denton, John [of Lincolns Inn]
on:1644/10/10
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/17 (27 Oct)
Notes:business matters
06–065
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/10/00?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/10/17 (27 Oct)
Notes:chat (London, letters, been a great fire at Oxford 600 to 1000 houses burned down and some colleges); military matters (Col Morley, king at Sherborne, Lord of Manchester at Newberry, Sir Will Walter at Chanberry?); political matters (House of Commons); signed in code
06–066
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/09/27
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:typed transcript of letter above, 06-061
06–067
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1644/07/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/08 (18 Oct)
Notes:family matters (Dr, her difficulties, her expenses, Mrs Raling, bro Harry)
06–068
Sent by:Pen Verney Verney, Pen[elope Denton/Osborne d. 1695]
on:1644/07/04
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcript of above letter, 06-067
06–069
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/18
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:legal matters, money matters (Sir John Bachus, doubts he will pay £120 to Parliament that is due to him, money was for land SRV sold on to Edward Ellis which Bac then bought from him, asks recipient to go and demand the money, will send a warrant, London, has a plan to get his money and asks for help, Mr Milton, Francis Drake)
Queries:18 Oct/28 Oct
06–070
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/10/24
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/04 (14 Nov)
Notes:chat (about enemies, in code); military matters (Newcastle, Lord ? of Manchester, Sir Will Waller, Basin?, the king, Oxford, 60 prisoners); signed in code
06–071
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/10/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/07 (17 Nov)
Notes:chat (Chante, letters); military matters (king's armies routed about Newberry, Oxford, Newcastle taken); political matters (in code); signed in code
Queries:hard to read
06–072
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/10/31
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/07 (17 Nov)
Notes:typed transcription of letter above 06-071; code deciphered as 'William Udall was this day admitted into the house' and 'Drake is not satisfied for all your letter'
06–073
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/11/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter; business matters (trust SRV placed in him in letter of 18 Oct, code deciphered as cannot demand money as due to him, letters); military matters (Newberry victory, Newcastle town and castle taken, Tinmouth castle, Newark, Sir John Gell, taken Liverpool in Lancashire, Sir John Meldrum, Massy); signed in code
Queries:response to letter 06-069
06–074
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/15
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:typed transcription of letter; legal matters, money matters (about a bond, authority to demand and receive money, Fimer, Chant
Queries:15 Nov/25 Nov
06–075
Sent by:Margaret Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
from:Misterton
on:1644/11/04
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter; family matters (her sadness at death of gallant man, Misterton)
06–076
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/10/18
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:typed transcription of letter above, 06-069
06–077
Sent by:Margaret Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
from:Misterton
on:1644/11/04
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
Notes:manuscript of letter above 06-075
06–078
Sent by:Thomas Clansey Clansey, Thomas
on:1644/11/06
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/14 (24 Nov)
Notes:business matters (Jutland, Garttin?, Willisdon, passage to England, London, Baylis, money, E Heath?)
06–079
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/11/14
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (bro Thomas has a potential match for her, a widower, uncle Den, money)
Queries:14 Nov/24 Nov
06–080
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Misterton
on:1644/11/07
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
Notes:family matters (London, saw sisters, Sir Edmund, dispute between Roades and sisters about wood for their chamber, Bess, cousin Hobart); money matters; Miss Whitehouse
06–081
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Misterton
on:1644/11/07
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:written transcription of letter above, 06-080
06–083
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/11/07
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/11/14 (24 Nov)
Notes:manuscript of letter above 06-073
06–084
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:Misterton
on:1644/11/07
to:lady Smith' Mary Verney? Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:chat; family matters (Mun, Sir Edmund, Cary's husband a prisoner)
06–085
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/11/07
to:lady Smith' Mary Verney? Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:typed transcription of letter above, 06-084
06–086
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/15
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:manuscript of letter above, 06-074
Queries:15 Nov/25 Nov
06–087
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/15
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:legal matters, money matters (money, estate, London)
Queries:annotations says enclosed in letter of 15 Oct)
06–088
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/00/00???
to:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:business matters, money matters (Mr Ostler? very strict, hopes they will both soon be free of affliction)
06–089
Sent by:Susan Verney Alport, Susanna [Verney] d.1651
on:1644/11/15
to:Col Henry Verney? Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:family matters (happy for her, Sir Alexander and his bro John); money matters (R has order to pay her usual allowance)
Queries:15 Nov/25 Nov
06–090
Sent by:Col. Henry Verney? Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/11/08
to:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
Notes:chat (letters, London); family matters (dispute between sisters and WR for his obeying their commands concerning their allowance, asks for the truth of it)
Queries:8 Nov/18 Nov
06–091
Sent by:Col Henry Verney? Verney, Henry [d.1671]
on:1644/11/08
to:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
Notes:typed transcription of letter above, 06-090
06–092
Sent by:Sir John Leak Leeke, Sir John
from:London
on:1644/11/18
to:?SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (sister S likely to have a husband, man a widower, aunt, Roades, Oxford, John); money matters (the knight, Norfolk, Natt); chat (had the Lady with him but is gone and lodged in the Colergarden?, Bidde? Misk, Ireland)
Queries:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
06–093
Sent by:Sir John Leak Leeke, Sir John
from:London
on:1644/11/18
to:?SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter above, 06-092
06–094
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/18
to:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
Notes:chat (letters, hopes to hear from him, ambassador, Sir Ed. Sid, Sir Charles Gaudy, bro Gardner)
Queries:18 Nov/28 Nov
06–095
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/18
to:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter, 06-094
06–096
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
on:1644/11/08
to:Aunt Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
Notes:family matters (WR, Dr, sisters' dispute with WR)
Queries:8 Nov/18 Nov
06–097
Sent by:Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
on:1644/11/08
to:Aunt Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter, 06-096
06–098
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/10
to:Nathaniel Hobart Hobart, Sir Nathaniel
Notes:chat (letters, Lavington, Oxford, Capt Canes?, hopes for an end to their troubles, Lady Hoale, Mish Nannecook?)
Queries:18 Nov/28 Nov
06–099
Sent by:?SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/15
to:good Tom' (Thomas Verney?) Verney, Thomas
Notes:Begins 'Good Tom'. money matters (has ordered payment of his annuity)
Queries:15 Nov/25 Nov
06–100
Sent by:?SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/15
to:good Tom' (Thomas Verney?) Verney, Thomas
Notes:typed transcription of letter above 06-099
06–101
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne? Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/11/21
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
Notes:legal matters (note written on the back of letter of Attorney, in code, Mr Smith)
06–102
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/11/21
to:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
Notes:legal matters (fears letters intercepted, in code, Staples Inn, letter of Attorney, Fimar); political matters (propositions went to the king, Earl of Denbigh, Lord Mainard executed, Lord Mackland, Scots, House of Commons, Lord Weyman, Mr Hollis, Mr Pierrepoint, Mr Whitlock, MackMaukur? of Irish rebels condemned to suffer as a traitor, MackGuire, BPP of Canterbury); signed in code
06–103
Sent by:Robert Leslie Leslie, Robert
from:Paris
on:1644/11/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rone' (Rouen?
on:1644/11/23 (3 Dec)
Notes:chat
06–104
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/11/27
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12/05 (15 Dec)
Notes:chat (letters); political matters; signed in code
06–105
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/11/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:family matters (sis Susan); money matters (request for money, Mr Gregory)
06–106
Sent by:Sir Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1649]
on:1644/11/30
to:SRV? Letter says 'dear madam' Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/01/09 (19 Jan 1645)
Notes:family matters (London, says confident she once believed him her friend)
Queries:30 Nov/9 Dec; envelope to SRV, but letter says 'dear Madam'
06–107
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/12/05
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12/13 (23 Dec)
Notes:legal matters, money matters (JD, Fimer, in code); political matters (Earl of Manchester, Coll Cromwell?, Dunington, Oxford, Duke of Richmond, Earl of Southampton, Westminster); gossip (mad business concerning 'pimie Griston?' say he has laid with Lord Harbert's lady 3 times, is under the black rod, Sir John Hotham's trial at Guildhall); signed in code
06–108
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/12/00?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12/20 (5 Jan 1645)
Notes:chat (letters, JD, St Albans, HP?, in code, Lady Gorhambury); political matters (Duke of Richmond, Earl of Southampton, Queen of Sweden desires may join together against popish enemies); signed in code
06–109
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/12/00
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of above letter, 06-108
06–110
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/12/05
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12/13 (23 Dec)
Notes:chat (house at Aldersgate); family matters (asked SRV's bro Mun if married and he denied it, Cary's husband prisoner at Stafford, Miss Eure, ?)
06–111
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/06
to:Harry Parker Parker, Henry
on:1644/12/06 (16 Dec)
Notes:business matters (discusses his situation, parliament, sequestration)
06–112
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/18
to:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
on:1644/12/06 (16 Dec)
Notes:family matters (sister S married to an honest man, news of his brother's marriage); business matters (? daughter shot in the thigh); chat (Norfolk, Bidde?, Mick); money matters (Mr Rye?, Mr Rob Maine, Sir John, honest Natt)
06–113
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/06
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:money matters (FD, bonds, details of debts); Mr Homes?
Queries:6 Dec/16 Dec; might be part of a letter, many crossings out
06–114
Sent by:Elizabeth Isham Isham, Elizabeth [Denton]
from:Whitefield
on:1644/12/09
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1645/01/09 (19 Jan)
Notes:family matters (her house burned and plundered, Dr, London); money matters (her bro, Nicholas, her expenses, the bond, land, request for money)
06–115
Sent by:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/12/11
to:? 'good cousin' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/26 (5 Jan)
Notes:chat (Sir Alexander); political matters (king, parliament, Duke of Richmond); family matters (cos Susan, her bro Tom prisoner, cousin ?, Claydon)
06–116
Sent by:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Alexander
on:1644/11/21
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
Notes:chat (his imprisonment, nephew Mun); military matters (Donnington?, London, Newbury, Businge?, Dsn. Hollier?, Scotch, Oxford, Prince Rupert, the king, Englishmen, various names incl. Ashby, Paris)
Queries:hard to read
06–117
Sent by:Hen Parker Parker, Henry
on:1644/11/21
to:?SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/11/28 (8 Dec)
Notes:chat (offers advice on situation, section in code)
Queries:recipient name removed
06–118
Sent by:John Denton? Denton, John [of Fawler, Oxfordshire]
on:1644/12/12
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12.19 (29 Dec)
Notes:money matters; military matters (County of Bucks, king's army, Scots)
06–119
Sent by:Chas Snelling Snelling, Charles
from:London
on:1644/12/12
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12/19 (29 Dec)
Notes:money matters (Sir Roger Burgoyne, ? of Paris, Mr Willat)
06–120
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/12/12
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/19 (29 Dec)
Notes:political matters (House of Commons gives audience to the French agent, going to Jack Hotham's trial, Sir John [Hotham] condemned to be beheaded, Sir Alexander Cary also condemned); business matters (JD, Lincoln's Inn, FD, Duke of Richmond, ? of Southampton, in code)
06–121
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/13
to:Sir Alex Denton Denton, Sir Alexander [d. 1645]
Notes:chat (about missing letters)
Queries:13 Dec/23 Dec
06–122
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
from:Rouen
on:1644/12/14
to:Robert Lesley Leslie, Robert
Received at:Paris
Notes:chat
06–123
Sent by:Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas
on:1644/12/14
to: [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:money matters (receipt of £10 from Thomas Busby, William Roades)
06–124
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Aunt Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter below, 06-125; chat (London, her uncle)
Queries:20 Dec/30 Dec
06–125
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Aunt Eure Denton, Margaret [Pulteney -1637; Mrs Eure 1639-44; Mrs Sherrard 1645-?]
Notes:ms of entry above, 06-124
Queries:20 Dec/30 Dec; many crossings out
06–126
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:handwritten transcription of letter below 06-127; family matters (dispute about wood, petty quarrels); chat (Regg sick of the smallpox, enclosed for aunt Misterton, black bed)
Queries:20 Dec/30 Dec
06–127
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Harry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:ms of entry above, 06-126
06–128
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:London
on:1644/12/19
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/12/26 (5 Jan 1645)
Notes:chat (cousin Drake); business matters (Bess, Rouen, Mary); political matters (Lord of Southampton, the Duke); family matters (Susan, Aunt Misterton)
06–129
Sent by:Col Henry Verney Verney, Henry [d.1671]
from:London
on:1644/12/19
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:handwritten transcription of entry above, 06-128
06–130
Sent by:Nathaniel Hobart Hobart, Sir Nathaniel
on:1644/12/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1644/08/01 (11 Aug)
Notes:chat (passage to Oxford full of danger, intends to get home, France, London); money matters (request for money)
06–131
Sent by:Nathaniel Hobart Hobart, Sir Nathaniel
on:1644/12/20
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:typed transcription of letter above, 06-130
06–132
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Lady Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
Notes:chat (letters, London, considers it safer than any part of the kingdom); political matters (Queen, Lord Wilmot, Paris, Oxford, Lord Digby, England); family matters (about an item he will only sell if he has to, his little girl sick of smallpox)
Queries:20 Dec/30 Dec
06–133
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Lady Sussex Wortley, Eleanor [Lady Lee, Countess of Sussex, Warwick, Manchester]
Notes:handwritten transcription of above letter, 06-132
Queries:20 Dec/30 Dec
06–134
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:money matters (in code, Mr Snelling); part of a letter
Queries:20 Dec/30 Dec
06–135
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/20
to:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
Notes:typed transcription of entry above, 06-134; code decrypted as 'has asked a friend to lend him £200', asks Burgoyne to lay out some of the money
06–136
Sent by:SRV? Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/00???
to:Robert Busby Busby, Robert
Received at:Brussels
Notes:business matters, legal matters (note with list of questions such as - if a will is made in France to dispose of goods in England, will it be good, Sir RB, Sir Tho H, land, Paris, Antwerp)
06–138
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/00?
to:William Roades? Roades, William
Notes:money matters (list of payments made, Miller the Taylor, Rob, Ireland, Sir William's servant, Richard Preston, Francis Rogers, Simon Delbo?, James Butler)
Queries:note says referred to in his letter of 1644/12/20
06–139
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/00?
to:William Roades? Roades, William
Notes:money matters (list of monies received, Sir William's servant, Sir George G, Mr Richards, London, Henry G, Ireland, Westshoste?)
06–140
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/30
to:William Roades Roades, William
Received at:Mid Claydon
Notes:money matters (letter suggests items 06-138 and 06-139 were enclosed with this); chat (little girl has smallpox)
Queries:note says about Sir Edmund Verney's business
06–141
Sent by:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/27
to:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
Notes:family matters (Mun, Pegg, smallpox, his and wife's illnesses); money matters
Queries:27 Dec/6 Jan
06–142
Sent by:Sir John Leake Leeke, Sir John
from:London
on:1644/12/28
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1645/01/09 (19 Jan)
Notes:chat (not able to pay rent, Ireland); political matters (Lord Brongsall?, Sir Perry Smith?, Lord of Inchequin, Munster, committee of both kingdoms, Duke of Richmond, Earl of Southampton, Captain Michael Berrisford, London)
06–143
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/12/00?
to:?Madam [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
Notes:chat (Sir Robert Cromp often broken his promise); money matters
06–144
Sent by:Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger
on:1644/12/26
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1645/01/09 (19 Jan)
Notes:money matters (bond, Fimer); political matters (parliament, Duke of Richmond, Earl of Southampton, Sir Alexander Cary was executed, London, Sir John Hotham was to have died but reprieved till next Tuesday, his ? to suffer the day after); signed in code
06–145
Sent by:Lady Elizabeth Peyton [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/00/00???
to:Lady Verney' (Mary Verney?) Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Notes:money matters (Mr Verney, Sir Robert Crompton's money)
06–146
Sent by:? [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable]
on:1644/12/26
to:SRV 'Ralph Smith' Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Received at:Rouen
on:1645/01/09 (19 Jan)
Notes:chat (Mr Tho, about writings, bond from Maine?, Mrs Mac, Su)
06–147
Sent by:Sir Robert Crompton Crompton, Sir Robert
on:1644/12/00?
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/12/28 (7 Jan)
Notes:money matters (request for money)
06–157
Sent by:Dol Leake Leeke, Dorothy [Doll]
on:1644/12/09
to:Mary Verney? ('Ralph Smith's wife') Verney, Mary [Blacknall] d.1650
Received at:Rouen
on:1645/01/16 (26 Jan)
Notes:family matters (sisters' falling out with WR, their allowance, cousin P)
07–032
Sent by:John Aris Aris, John
on:1644/09/00??
to:SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
Notes:money matters (receipt for sum of ?, William Roades)
10–120
Sent by:srv Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696]
on:1644/08/21
to:?? hv Verney, Henry [d.1671]
Notes:21/31
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