| 25–243 |
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| 25–258 |
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| 25–462 |
| Sent by: | Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady |
| on: | 1673/01/02 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/01/04 |
| Notes: | family matters (asks for help with son Harry); Lady Hobart; Sir Nathaniel |
| Queries: | NB have altered dates to 1673 - although letters says 1672 |
|
| 25–463 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/02 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/01/03 |
| Notes: | chat; family matters (concerned at EV's wife's illness - urges 'all lawful meanes' to help her); gossip (King of Spain has smallpox) |
| Queries: | date received written as '1672/3' |
|
| 25–464 |
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| 25–465 |
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| 25–466 |
|
| 25–467 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/06 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/01/08 |
| Notes: | chat (lightning hit castle in Guernsey and are several dead); Sir Thomas Morgan governor of Jersey; gossip (Sir George Lane appointed sec of state for Irish affairs; Coleman; has sent a little book |
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| 25–468 |
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| 25–469 |
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| 25–470 |
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| 25–471 |
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| 25–472 |
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| 25–473 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/09 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/01/10 |
| Notes: | estate matters (mistake about hay for the farrier); Mr Ffall; family matters (ordered Indian gown for his daughter, hopes shes will be restored 'to her senses and reason'); military matters; Holland; Bay of Biscay; chat about Guernsey; gossip (Duke of York has given Holmby to the Marquess of Blandford; Mr Atturnes sick at Kensington; thanks him for dog but it is ugly and has mange |
|
| 25–474 |
| Sent by: | William Ffall? Fall, William |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/11 |
| to: | Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas |
| Notes: | answers to letters of Nov, Dec from Dublin (complains at tone of these letters; financial matters) |
|
| 25–475 |
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| 25–476 |
|
| 25–477 |
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| 25–478 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/13 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/01/14 |
| Notes: | family matters (Mun's servant Jane in love); military matters; gossip |
| Queries: | sends him an item - not named |
|
| 25–479 |
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| 25–480 |
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| 25–481 |
| Sent by: | Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas |
| from: | Dublin |
| on: | 1673/01/14 |
| to: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| Received at: | Russell St, Covent Garden, London |
| Notes: | money matters (Mr Osbolstone of London Bridge; Benjamin Cook of Dublin) request for funds from his nephew; William Petty |
|
| 25–482 |
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| 25–483 |
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| 25–484 |
|
| 25–485 |
| Sent by: | Framlingham Gaudy Gaudy, Framlingham |
| on: | 1673/01/15 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/01/18 |
| Notes: | family matters (4 names to be set 'on the stone' - Bassingbourne Gaudy, William Gaudy, Framlingham Gaudy, Mary Gaudy) |
|
| 25–486 |
|
| 25–487 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/16 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/01/17 |
| Notes: | family matters (about servants' wish to marry - she has 'neither birth, money, youth nor beauty'); gossip (Mr Finch well again, Bishop of Winchester nearly dead, Duke of Richmond died 'dead drunke' - discusses the Duke's estate); estate matters; John Busby; doubts all Edmund's dogs are mangy; military matters; hay that soldiers took at Maides Morton |
| Queries: | with a parcel? |
|
| 25–488 |
|
| 25–489 |
| Sent by: | Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas |
| from: | Dublin |
| on: | 1673/01/18 |
| to: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| Received at: | Russell St, Covent Garden, London |
| Notes: | money matters (his need for it); chat |
|
| 25–490 |
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| 25–491 |
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| 25–492 |
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| 25–493 |
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| 25–494 |
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| 25–495 |
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| 25–496 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/23 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/01/24 |
| Notes: | gossip; Bishop of Winchester; Mr Haswell; Mr Harrison; Mr West; Robert Dormer was robbed on the coach; O? St John dead; Capt Blankes ? is dead 'from fat'; chat |
|
| 25–497 |
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| 25–498 |
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| 25–499 |
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| 25–500 |
|
| 25–501 |
| Sent by: | Mary Countess of Thanet Thanet, Mary, Countess of |
| on: | 1673/01/28 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/01/28 |
| Notes: | family matters; financial matters (about Anna Tuston her daughter's marriage settlement re. Mr Grinston) |
|
| 25–502 |
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| 25–503 |
|
| 25–504 |
|
| 25–505 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/01/27 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/01/29 |
| Notes: | chat; Warwick, Wroxall. Salt cellar he saw in London. About a new sword. Jack. |
|
| 25–506 |
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| 25–507 |
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| 25–508 |
|
| 25–509 |
| Sent by: | Henry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/01/27 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/29 |
| Notes: | estate matters (about tallow and candles); Mr Coleman; Mr Churchill; financial matters |
|
| 25–510 |
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| 25–511 |
|
| 25–512 |
| Sent by: | Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady |
| on: | 1673/01/29 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/01 |
| Notes: | family matters (Harry Gaudy probably married to Mrs Cockens'? daughter; Lady Desmond) |
|
| 25–513 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/01/30 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/01/31 |
| Notes: | military matters ( Sir Jo Busby and warrants for hay for soldiers; Lords Albemarle, Peterborough, Vaughan; Northampton, Allington; spy being sent to Chepstow Castle); gossip (impending death of Sir Will Tyringham; Bab May to be a Lord, Lord Aran to be earl of Leighton; Mrs Cockain's eldest daughter to marry Mr Fielding); famil matters (sister Gardiner's illness) |
| Queries: | with a bundle' |
|
| 25–514 |
|
| 25–515 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/01/30 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/01/31 |
| Notes: | family matters (SRV's sister's health declines; she received Holy Sacrament) |
|
| 25–516 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/02/01 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/03 |
| Notes: | family matters (SRV's sister's health improved, has eaten some chicken) |
| Queries: | letter written at 10am Sunday morning |
|
| 25–517 |
| Sent by: | Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady |
| on: | 1673/02/05? |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/08 |
| Notes: | family matters (about Harry Gaudy - who has not got married after all) |
|
| 25–518 |
|
| 25–519 |
|
| 25–520 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/02/03 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/05 |
| Notes: | family matters (SRV's sister's health; Dr Sharrock) |
| Queries: | written 10 o' clock Tuesday morning |
|
| 25–521 |
|
| 25–522 |
|
| 25–523 |
| Sent by: | Holmes Holmes, Hugh |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/03 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/02/05 |
| Notes: | estate matters (about the hay; Mr Parrat; Leicestershire?; Goodman; 'Old Gamble') |
|
| 25–524 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/06 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| on: | 1673/02/07 |
| Notes: | Mr Ffall; estate matters (would be well he had something to prevent an inclosure in Steeple Claydon; Sir Edmund Challoner?, freeholders and copyholders; about buying Sir Joseph Churchill's Half Yard Land; Capt Wisdom's land; about arable land in East Claydon; Brookes Common at Copsley-hills); money matters (Mr Coleman; Thomas Verney's requests for money); politics; wonders if he wants flounders for his pond as Ralph can bring them in the 'great fish tubbe' from Hedzer? wharf; gossip (Earl of Chesterfield's child, Lord Norries, Duke of York, Duke of Innsbruck?, Lady Brackley) |
|
| 25–525 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/03 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/05 |
| Notes: | chat (fire on Tuesday night - Navy office burnt down, plus 2 great houses and 18 lesser houses, 7 or 8 blown up to prevent fire spreading); military matters (Prince Rupert, Holmes, Sir Edward Spragg, Lord Duras); gossip |
| Queries: | annotation of date on envelope appears incorrect, as it states 1672/09/03; sends an 'enclosed' to Coleman |
|
| 25–526 |
|
| 25–527 |
|
| 25–528 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/02/08 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/12 |
| Notes: | family matters; about the weapon he has been sent - chat of swords and scimitars and daggers |
|
| 25–529 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/08 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/11 |
| Notes: | gossip; politics; Lord Tywill; Alderman Backwell; Lord Wharton; Dale Smith?; smallpox in London; sends a note for Mr Coleman |
| Queries: | with half a hog's head in a box |
|
| 25–530 |
|
| 25–531 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/10 |
| to: | Dame Vere Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady |
| Notes: | family matters (his reply to her letter about Harry Gaudy's marriage); Mr Corkam |
| Queries: | presumably a copy of letter |
|
| 25–532 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/10 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/12 |
| Notes: | gossip (Dr Townshend full 'of amours' too 'apt to flatter himself with hopes'; military matters (Capt Bar.); politics |
|
| 25–533 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/02/10 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/12 |
| Notes: | family matters (SRV's sister's health improved; cousin Nicholas; Mr Ffall; Jack; Mr Gardiner; Mr Butterfield |
|
| 25–534 |
| Sent by: | Henry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/10 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/12 |
| Notes: | estate matters (about bridge between Mr Winwood's? ground and Round Hill; smith repairing a gate; no holly to be gathered; has no straw or dung to be sold; have sold little wood this year |
|
| 25–535 |
|
| 25–536 |
|
| 25–537 |
|
| 25–538 |
|
| 25–539 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/13 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/14 |
| Notes: | politics; family matters; estate matters (about buying land to save it being enclosed; land more value than a house; Lord Brooke's common); concerns at his illness - SRV attributes to servant's carelessness; Sir Charles Ouslies; importance of airing bed linen. |
| Queries: | letter torn so some text missing |
|
| 25–540 |
|
| 25–541 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/02/12 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/14 |
| Notes: | family matters; Doll Smyth |
| Queries: | letter written at 10am Thursday morning |
|
| 25–542 |
| Sent by: | Dick Hals Hals, Richard |
| on: | 1673/02/10 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| on: | 1673/02/14 |
| Notes: | thanks for his deliverance; Sir Charles Gaudy at Crows Hall?; military matters (goes to next campaign in Holland) |
|
| 25–543 |
|
| 25–544 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/02/15 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/19 |
| Notes: | family matters; Dol Smith recovered; Jack; Mr Gardiner; Aylesbury |
|
| 25–545 |
|
| 25–546 |
|
| 25–547 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/02/17 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/19 |
| Notes: | about SRV sending him a bottle of water and salt - gives instructions for method of sending, wishes instruction in how to take |
|
| 25–548 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/02/17 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/19 |
| Notes: | family matters (SRV's sister's health; wishes advice for his son) |
|
| 25–549 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/17 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/19 |
| Notes: | family matters (Mun's health, Lady Gaudy's family's health; fever and smallpox in London); politics; military matters (Marshall Turdine; Doll Smyth; sends 'enclosed' for Mr Butterfield |
|
| 25–550 |
|
| 25–551 |
|
| 25–552 |
|
| 25–553 |
|
| 25–554 |
|
| 25–555 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/20 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/21 |
| Notes: | estate matters (has no money to buy Half Yard Land in Steeple Claydon but suggests Mun does; about importance of custom in relation to common land; about buying more land; politics (Sir Jol ? Charlton, Mr Semour now Speaker; military matters (ships from Viriginia lately taken); PS 'If you like this colour better than the green you may have it dyed...' |
| Queries: | with a sword' |
|
| 25–556 |
|
| 25–557 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/02/22 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/02/26 |
| Notes: | chat (has been 'strutting' with his scimitar of which he is very proud; sends two seals |
|
| 25–558 |
|
| 25–559 |
|
| 25–560 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/24 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/26 |
| Notes: | family matters; military matters (Prince Rupert, Brackley; ship from Viriginia back safe after all; Capt Wistom; Mulgrave; Capt Sheward; politics (petitions against Alderman Backnell's election, from Mr Wharton and town of Wendover; Wickcombe; Sir William Egaton, Sir John Burlace; Duke of Monmouth); gossip (Bishop of Norwich dead; Sir Thomas Tipping, smallpox in Lincolns Inn; Sir John Dornd's (?) wife miscarried; enclosed for Coleman |
|
| 25–561 |
|
| 25–562 |
|
| 25–563 |
| Sent by: | Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas |
| from: | Dublin |
| on: | 1673/02/20 |
| to: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| Received at: | Russell St, Covent Garden, London |
| on: | 1673/03/08 |
| Notes: | money matters (Cook a 'shuffling dealer'; Mr Olbaston's bill of exchange; request for money) |
|
| 25–564 |
|
| 25–565 |
|
| 25–566 |
|
| 25–567 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/02/27 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/02/28 |
| Notes: | estate matters (land in Steeple Claydon, enclosure); politics; Mr Stewkeley, Brackley, a gelding; gossip (Lady Dormer dead); politics; Dr Tillotson; Mr Butterfield |
| Queries: | with a box |
|
| 25–568 |
|
| 25–569 |
| Sent by: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/03/03 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/03/05 |
| Notes: | politics; Dick Hals; Sir Wm Egerton, Sir John Borlace, Thomas Wharton, Mr Godwin, Wm Stewkeley |
|
| 25–570 |
|
| 25–571 |
|
| 25–572 |
|
| 25–573 |
|
| 25–574 |
|
| 25–575 |
| Sent by: | Dr Robt Townesend Townsend, Robert |
| from: | Radcliffe |
| on: | 1673/03/07 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/03/11 |
| Notes: | illness of SRV's boy Robin ('humour flowing down into his leg'); estate matters; Woodcock; chat |
|
| 25–576 |
|
| 25–577 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/03/06 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/03/07 |
| Notes: | estate matters (not able to buy land; Steeple Claydon; Coleman); chat (Stewkley; horse racing; Lady Dormer's body; Richmond; Quainton Church; politics; Sir George Downing; Mr Wharton; military matters (Sir William Anderson to be Captain of Foot; Captain Blankes; Sir John Busby |
| Queries: | with a sword, a canvas bag and bundle of brown papers |
|
| 25–578 |
|
| 25–579 |
|
| 25–580 |
|
| 25–581 |
|
| 25–582 |
|
| 25–583 |
| Sent by: | Ro Baxber Baxter, Robert |
| from: | Kingsmith? |
| on: | 1673/03/09 |
| to: | Mr Hombs? Holmes, Hugh |
| Notes: | chat; Dr Townsend; illness of Sir Ralph's man |
|
| 25–584 |
|
| 25–585 |
|
| 25–586 |
| Sent by: | Thomas Verney Verney, Thomas |
| from: | Dublin |
| on: | 1673/02/22 |
| to: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| Received at: | Russell St, Covent Garden, London |
| on: | 1673/03/08 |
| Notes: | money matters; Mr Cook; |
| Queries: | Thomas Myles signs statement at bottom for recipt of £10 from William Ffall |
|
| 25–587 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/03/10 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/03/12 |
| Notes: | politics; the King; chat (Lord Peterborough; Jack Dorrington; estate matters (gelding; Coleman; Wendover) |
|
| 25–588 |
| Sent by: | Lucy Sheppard Sheppard, Luce |
| on: | 1673/03/11 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Russell St, Covent Garden, London |
| on: | 1673/03/20 |
| Notes: | money matters (Dr Denton; pays £7 interest money; Mr Willie Withers); chat (Sir Nathaniel Hobart; Lindley) |
|
| 25–589 |
|
| 25–590 |
|
| 25–591 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/03/15 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| Notes: | chat about illness (his and Mr Dutton's; Dr Lyddall); estate matters (list of those renting land etc) |
|
| 25–592 |
|
| 25–593 |
|
| 25–594 |
|
| 25–595 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/03/20 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/03/21 |
| Notes: | chat; Amersham; politics; Sir Thomas Chargins?; Lord Arran; Dick Talbot; Tipperary; gossip (cousin Ellis married to Mr Langley) |
|
| 25–596 |
|
| 25–597 |
| Sent by: | Lady Hobart Hobart, Ann [Leeke] |
| on: | 1673/03/20 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/03/21 |
| Notes: | chat; family matters; Frank; Sir Charles Gaudy |
| Queries: | with a basket of 'orings' oranges and lemons |
|
| 25–598 |
|
| 25–599 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| from: | Wroxall |
| on: | 1673/03/29 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/03/28 |
| Notes: | chat; hasn't received delivery of the water; Mr Streamer; Mr Comer |
|
| 25–600 |
|
| 25–601 |
|
| 25–602 |
|
| 25–603 |
|
| 25–604 |
|
| 25–605 |
|
| 25–606 |
| Sent by: | Tobyas Yates Yates, Tobias |
| from: | Hampton Court |
| on: | 1673/03/31 |
| to: | Richard Hall Hall, Richard |
| on: | 1673/04/18 |
| Notes: | about a goose |
|
| 25–607 |
|
| 25–608 |
|
| 25–609 |
|
| 25–610 |
|
| 25–611 |
|
| 25–612 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/04/07 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/04/13 |
| Notes: | chat about the bottle of 'stone water'; Mr Streamer; Sir Nathaniel Hobart; about his new gardener; Mr Looker; gossip (Dr Paman ) |
|
| 25–613 |
|
| 25–614 |
|
| 25–615 |
| Sent by: | Jack Stewkeley Stewkeley, Jack |
| on: | 1673/04/10 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/04/11 |
| Notes: | chat; Lady Hobard; Mr Wacomb; Lady Gaudy; gossip (Lord Brackley married; Mr Grimston |
|
| 25–616 |
|
| 25–617 |
| Sent by: | Lady Gaudy Gaudy, Vere, Lady |
| on: | 1673/04/14 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/04/18 |
| Notes: | chat; family matters; gossip (Mr Grimston to marry; Mr Stewkeley) |
| Queries: | letter torn; envelope annotated 'about the sale of Preshaw' |
|
| 25–618 |
|
| 25–619 |
|
| 25–620 |
|
| 25–621 |
|
| 25–622 |
|
| 25–623 |
| Sent by: | Jack Stewkeley Stewkeley, Jack |
| on: | 1673/04/17 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/04/18 |
| Notes: | money matters (payments to Mr Gape and Lady Hobarrt); chat (Lord Cornwallis dead), Kingston, Mr Grimston |
|
| 25–624 |
|
| 25–625 |
| Sent by: | Mr Balls Ball, Richard |
| on: | 1673/04/17 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/04/18 |
| Notes: | chat, Hampton Court, Mr Yeate - king's gardener at Hampton Court; gossip (Sir Thomas Draper's geese at Sunning Hill), Harry Mumford Berkshire; about a ewe tree he sent him |
|
| 25–626 |
|
| 25–627 |
| Sent by: | Robert Harts Harts, Robert |
| on: | 1673/04/21 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/04/21 |
| Notes: | business matters, suggest names of men to be appointed officers: John Oswill?, Mr Witt? Parry, Mr Clement? Sumerford, Mr Paul Harding |
|
| 25–628 |
|
| 25–629 |
|
| 25–630 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/04/24 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/04/25 |
| Notes: | chat; gossip (Rupert Ormond? Chancellor; politics and riligion ('observed the Act on Sunday', Justice Deputy Lineton, use of initials instead of names |
|
| 25–631 |
|
| 25–632 |
|
| 25–633 |
|
| 25–634 |
|
| 26–017 |
|
| 26–018 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/12 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/14 |
| Notes: | estate matters (orders for stone and prices, Mr Coleman, the woods) |
|
| 26–019 |
|
| 26–020 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/05/12 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/14 |
| Notes: | chat; gossip (Master of the King's Robes, Lord Chamberlain; Sir Edmund Pye? Dead; Duke and Sir Harry Bellowe's widow); military matters; politics (Chief Justice Hales), Mr Butterfield; next sessions at Aylesbury?; estate matters (Brackly carrier, spring trees, Coleman) Sir John Busby, Mr Hobart, Waddson Trayning?, Lincoln's Chappell, Sir Richard Ergolsy?, Harry Parker, Alex Denton |
| Queries: | with 'spring trees' |
|
| 26–021 |
|
| 26–022 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/05/15 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/17 |
| Notes: | business matters (about witnesses for the sessions); Mr Parker, Coleman; estate matters (Lord Dormer? likely suing about the common, Sir William Russell 'cunning', Worcestershire; right of commons, Copsley Hills, Mr Parker; military matters; gossip (Lady Hooker sister to Mr Butterfield died); two rhymes about 'Crow' and 'Atkins'; Hogshaw; Lady Smith, Mr Sheerd? |
|
| 26–023 |
|
| 26–024 |
|
| 26–025 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/05/19 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/21 |
| Notes: | chat (Wroxall, Essex, brother Oglethorpe to 'the North'), religious matters (about taking the sacrament, avoiding a fine); no need yet for the bottle of water |
|
| 26–026 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/19 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/21 |
| Notes: | estate matters (about stones); pistols to Aylesbury; Sanders ground; Sidnill, Harry Scott?; his father will employ R Rondey? and John Warner? |
|
| 26–027 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/05/19 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/21 |
| Notes: | chat (spring trees not delivered, Banbury coachman did not bring his 'Pole'? again, Mr Duncombe, Sir John Dormer, Mr Parker); politics ( Lord Bridgwater, Wiccombe election; military matters (Sir John Busby, trayning at Walden); gossip (Lord Treasurer may retire for Osborne to take his place) |
|
| 26–028 |
|
| 26–029 |
|
| 26–030 |
| Sent by: | Wm Ffall Fall, William |
| from: | Exeter |
| on: | 1673/05/22 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/28 |
| Notes: | chat (did not write from Salisbury as exhausted by journey, Mr Tregragle?, Sir Wm Hooker) |
|
| 26–001 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/01 |
| to: | Sir Richard Temple Temple, Sir Richard |
| Notes: | business matters ( about being accused of keeping Sir John Busby and brothers from being commissioners for new tax); Wm Ffall, Sir Wm Smith; Sir John Dorlands |
| Queries: | first m/s of reel 26; copy of the letter? |
|
| 26–002 |
|
| 26–003 |
|
| 26–004 |
| Sent by: | Jack Stewkeley Stewkeley, Jack |
| on: | 1673/05/01 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/02 |
| Notes: | chat (Lady Ann and her husband), gossip (Sir Henry Vane?, Countess of Bath, Sir G Hewett?, Mr Daniel Finch, Mr Grimston's wedding |
|
| 26–005 |
|
| 26–006 |
|
| 26–007 |
|
| 26–008 |
|
| 26–009 |
|
| 26–010 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/05/05 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/10 |
| Notes: | business matters (new tax commissioners); estate matters (Fee farm rent), chat Wroxall; family matters, Jack |
|
| 26–011 |
|
| 26–012 |
|
| 26–013 |
|
| 26–014 |
|
| 26–015 |
|
| 26–016 |
|
| 26–031 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/22 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/24 |
| Notes: | in French |
| Queries: | letter sent by John Jurden of Banbury as Brackley carrier did not come |
|
| 26–032 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/05/22 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/23 |
| Notes: | estate matters (Mr Ffall, Steeple Claydon, who to choose as commissioners - suggests Ffall and Mr Butterfield; about Lord Brookes' commons); chat (Dr Townshend, Buckingham market, Will Gape died, Covent Garden church, Harry Fookes), Sir John Downer; |
|
| 26–033 |
|
| 26–034 |
|
| 26–035 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/26 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/28 |
| Notes: | estate matters (box left at Mr Rasons' in Aylesbury; ? read letter left at Mr Weatherhead's; sold trees); money matters; Mr Mane tanner? Thame; E Coudall, stones, Claydon, Ralph? Roades, John Warmer, Ranse Hill, Bosonour Wood |
|
| 26–036 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/05/26 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/05/28 |
| Notes: | about swearing the oaths at quarter sessions in Warwick, Sir Harvey?, Mr Stonns, Jack, Wroxall |
|
| 26–037 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/05/26 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/28 |
| Notes: | spring trees; military matters (Capt Sergeant, Mr Rawson, Mr Conway, Mr Leary, Capt Wian, Capt Wisdom); chat ( Lrd Brackley, Ashridge, Sir John Busly, Lord Bridgewater, about stables; estate matters ( Sir John Dormer, Copsley); family matters (his 'boy' Robbin ill maybe with smallpox); military matters; money matters (Wheeler); |
| Queries: | is an 'enclosed' for Holmes |
|
| 26–038 |
|
| 26–039 |
|
| 26–040 |
|
| 26–041 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/05/29 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/05/30 |
| Notes: | chat (Coleman, spring trees, Lord Brackley, Ashridge, Ivinge?, Lord Bridgwater); about the oaths (Finch, North, Churchill, Keck); gossip (Alderman Backwell, Mr Wharton's match is off); military matters (ships yielding great plate for the king); politics (Lord Treasurer, Sir John B, Sir Tho Lee); gossip (Sir Rich Temple to marry Mrs Bridges daughter of Lord Shandois?); family matters (Robin still has smallpox); estate matters (Mr Parker, Brookes Common, enclosed for Dr Townsend); military matters (king at Black Heath, Helser? wharf); St Neots; money matters |
|
| 26–042 |
|
| 26–043 |
|
| 26–044 |
|
| 26–045 |
|
| 26–046 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/02 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/04 |
| Notes: | chat (will go to Mr Rawson's and deliver pistols and buff coat); estate matters (selling of trees, Mr Mannoring, Henry Simans?) |
|
| 26–047 |
| Sent by: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| from: | Cornwall |
| on: | 1673/06/02 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/06 |
| Notes: | chat (dislikes Cornwall, people live 'in a fume pipeing from morning till night, especially the women', local women mostly common sort 'sluts in nature'; ate at a friend's house but disliked the food so much made his own dinner when he returned |
|
| 26–048 |
|
| 26–049 |
|
| 26–050 |
|
| 26–051 |
|
| 26–052 |
|
| 26–053 |
|
| 26–054 |
|
| 26–055 |
|
| 26–056 |
|
| 26–057 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/02 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/03 |
| Notes: | estate matters (Sir John Dormer - hope will let his commons; suggests Mun purchases land to prevent enclosure); poor treatment of Mun's coach horses; gossip (Col Russell, Sir Walter Vane); military matters |
|
| 26–058 |
|
| 26–059 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/09 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/11 |
| Notes: | money matters (Thomas Watson of Edgmouth, Mr Coleman, Mr Tomson); Mr Rawson, about pistols and buff coat); estate matters (wood, Mr Holmes) |
|
| 26–060 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/09 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| on: | 1673/06/10 |
| Notes: | chat (cos Dormer); estate matters (Mr Coleman, Lee, Mr Parker, Ld Brookes, - both think Claydon men have spoiled all their sheep deliberately, have gone on the commons, Claver, James Steeudes?); military matters (prince's letter, Dick Hall's, Sir Nathaniel Hobart, Black Heath); gossip (Duke of Bucks accused of being a papist; James Hamilton dead, Lord Witherington, Mr Tufton brother to Lady Ann Grimston to have his hand amputated); Mr Dunions?, Sir J Beauly |
|
| 26–061 |
|
| 26–062 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/11 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/04 |
| Notes: | estate matters (detailed account of altercation between some of his tenants - young boys - and tenant of cousin Dormer, Richard White of Lee, Winslow, Symons of Lee - gardener to Rich Piggot, East Field, Mr Duncomb, Thomas Hughes, Robin, John Hughes, Robert Jame, Holloway, William Hughes) |
|
| 26–063 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/11 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/12 |
| Notes: | estate matters (feels tenants are not guilty of deliberately spoiling the sheep, Lord Brooke, cos Dormer, old Sylvester, old Clavers, Robert Jame, Barte Franklin, James Stephens gone to Newport fayre, Wimslow, Mr Parker, Mr Dormer, Jack Dormer's 'bundle of lies'; pond on Coppesley Hill, Gore Gate, Lee field; cos Dormer wishes to oust them from from common on Coppsley Hills, EV wants to rent 'my Lord's common', cos Dormer 'vexatious man' |
| Queries: | by the Aylsbury coach |
|
| 26–064 |
|
| 26–065 |
|
| 26–066 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/12 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/13 |
| Notes: | chat (Brackley carrier, Tom Grimes, Wheeler 'poore rascal that is in prison at Bedford',); estate matters (high price of sea coles at St Neots - but 'better and cheaper for our kitchin than to burne wood'); horse for Jack Stewkeley |
|
| 26–067 |
|
| 26–068 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/12 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/13 |
| Notes: | military matters (the king, Lord Halifax, Amsterdam, Lord of Sandwich's body found, 'his George' brought to the king) |
|
| 26–069 |
|
| 26–070 |
|
| 26–071 |
|
| 26–072 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/16 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| Notes: | chat (Aylesbury coach, Brackley carrier, Mr Parker); estate matters (cos Dormer, Lord Chancellor, Sir John Dormer); military matters (French king, Mastreit?, Duke of Monmouth, Prince Rupert, Duke of Yorke) |
| Queries: | is an 'enclosed' for Holmes |
|
| 26–073 |
|
| 26–074 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/16 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/18 |
| Notes: | chat (Mr Rawson, buff coat and pistols); estate matters (about wood, had heavy rain, Richard Steward?, sold two rams? that were in Knowles Hill) |
|
| 26–075 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/23 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/25 |
| Notes: | estate matters (about wood, wet weather and floods, barley, stones, Maush?, Thomas Miller, Steeple Claydon) |
|
| 26–076 |
|
| 26–077 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/19 |
| to: | Mr Bulman Bulman, Mr |
| Notes: | estate matters (copy of note to reduce rents of 3 tenants of Sir Nathaniel Hobart's, Robert Bugg, William Chamberlain and John Gibson) |
| Queries: | note on letter says 'to Aaron Smith, Old Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane' |
|
| 26–078 |
|
| 26–079 |
| Sent by: | Nelly Denton Denton, Alexander |
| from: | Oxon |
| on: | 1673/06/19 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/06/20 |
| Notes: | chat (James?, Stratton Audley, Mr Kilby of Hulvern (Holborn?), cousin Stuetly? [Stewkeley?], Claydon |
|
| 26–080 |
| Sent by: | Hester Denton Denton, Hester |
| from: | Hillesdon |
| on: | 1673/06/17 |
| to: | Mrs Verney Verney, Mary [ Abell] |
| Received at: | Hatton Garden, London |
| Notes: | chat (Betty, shifts, muslin, hears Mrs V and cousin V going to Tunbridge for the waters) |
| Queries: | with a box |
|
| 26–081 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| from: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/16 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | London |
| on: | 1673/06/18 |
| Notes: | estate matters (heavy rain, Winslow Lane, Roase, Thomas Bownow, stones, John Hinton, Maush, Bignills Maddow, Will Clarke, young ashes) |
| Queries: | signed Walter King |
|
| 26–082 |
|
| 26–083 |
|
| 26–084 |
| Sent by: | Hugh Holmes Holmes, Hugh |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/06/25 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/07/02 |
| Notes: | estate matters (coals and wood, wine, Mr Ffall, Burlingham? Fair) |
|
| 26–085 |
|
| 26–086 |
|
| 26–087 |
|
| 26–088 |
|
| 26–096 |
|
| 26–099 |
|
| 26–100 |
|
| 26–103 |
|
| 26–104 |
|
| 26–105 |
|
| 26–106 |
|
| 26–107 |
|
| 26–108 |
|
| 26–109 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/07/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/19 |
| Notes: | chat (Alex Denton, family, bad weather - heavy rain means hay will be spoiled) |
|
| 26–110 |
| Sent by: | Jack Stewkeley Stewkeley, Jack |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/07/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/08 |
| Notes: | chat (Lady Robard, Claydon, apologises for behaviour) |
|
| 26–111 |
|
| 26–112 |
| Sent by: | Dr Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/07/05 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/11 |
| Notes: | George at Holborn bridge; chat (Lady Gaudnet ?, Lady Hobart, Jack, Chalfont, Latherdale, Bath); military matters |
|
| 26–113 |
|
| 26–114 |
|
| 26–115 |
|
| 26–116 |
|
| 26–117 |
| Sent by: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| from: | Temple Churchyard |
| on: | 1673/07/10 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/11 |
| Notes: | estate matters (g Woodus ?, parchment, Chilt wood?, Mr Ffall) |
| Queries: | marked from Alex Denton 'lawyer' |
|
| 26–118 |
|
| 26–119 |
|
| 26–120 |
|
| 26–121 |
|
| 26–122 |
|
| 26–123 |
|
| 26–124 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/07/17 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/19 |
| Notes: | military matters (Black Heath, 'k.' - the king?, Mns Shomberg, Capt Gondall, Prince Rupert, Latherdale, Bucks, Monmouth, Don Carlo, France, Don Bernardo, the Spanish, Holland); chat (Endetson?); the weather (much rain) |
|
| 26–125 |
|
| 26–126 |
|
| 26–127 |
|
| 26–128 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/07/24 |
| to: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| Notes: | family matters / legal matters (copy of his letter to Alex Denton about Mrs Harman's daughter, Middleton Shonty? in Oxfordshire, cos Woodward, Nicholas Harman, discussion of possible settlement, Hillesdon) |
|
| 26–129 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/07/23? |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/25 |
| Notes: | money matters, Claydon; military matters, French, Dutch, Wittenberge, Duke of Modina; George at Holborn bridge |
|
| 26–130 |
|
| 26–131 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/07/26 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/27 |
| Notes: | chat, Mun, Nelly; gossip (Frank Bridgman married yesterday, Essex House, Barbican); military matters; Scarborough, Sir ? Ashfield, Dr Cox |
| Queries: | by Aylesbury coach at Black Bull in Holborn |
|
| 26–132 |
|
| 26–133 |
| Sent by: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| on: | 1673/07/29 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/29 |
| Notes: | family matters and legal matters (cousin Alex Denton about his nephew Alex Denton and Mrs Harman's estate, Hester, Anne), Nelly |
|
| 26–134 |
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| 26–135 |
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| 26–136 |
|
| 26–138 |
| Sent by: | John Wigson Wigson, John |
| from: | Eydon |
| on: | 1673/07/27 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/29 |
| Notes: | estate matters (about stones and their delivery) |
|
| 26–139 |
| Sent by: | Tho Isham Isham, Thomas |
| on: | 1673/07/28 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/07/28 |
| Notes: | about an appeal; military matters (Yarmouth, Harwich, 'talk of the coffee houses'); cousin Drake, Sir Ralph |
| Queries: | written on same sheet as letter from Edmund Verney, sent East Claydon on 1673/08/06 in reply |
|
| 26–140 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/07/30 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/07/30 |
| Notes: | family matters (has great concern for Mun, Harman and Nelly, Cox and Scarborough) |
| Queries: | note says this letter to be burned |
|
| 26–141 |
|
| 26–142 |
|
| 26–143 |
|
| 26–144 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/07/30 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08/01 |
| Notes: | family matters (old Nelly, young Nelly, Mun improved slightly, Dr Patrick, sister Adams); gossip (Duke of Monmouth, Duchess of Portsmouth, Chelsea) |
|
| 26–145 |
|
| 26–146 |
|
| 26–147 |
|
| 26–148 |
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| 26–149 |
|
| 26–150 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08/08 |
| Notes: | family matters (Mun's illness, reports of his stools); gossip (Frank Bridgman married to Sir Richard Barkey's daughter, Bowood) |
|
| 26–151 |
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| 26–152 |
|
| 26–153 |
|
| 26–154 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| from: | Tandridge? |
| on: | 1673/08/06 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08/08 |
| Notes: | note with chat (Mun improving, will try and send box with writings from Prestaw, Mr Ffall) |
| Queries: | with a 'doal'? box; scribbled note says box is not there as writing is not ready |
|
| 26–155 |
|
| 26–156 |
|
| 26–157 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/09 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08/10 |
| Notes: | family matters (Nelly, Harman); money matters (Wm Gape); military matters (Barbados, East India men); gossip (Montagus to marry Northumberland, Jenkins) |
| Queries: | section in centre of this letter has been cut out |
|
| 26–158 |
|
| 26–159 |
| Sent by: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/08/10 |
| to: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| Notes: | family matters (draft of a letter from Alex Denton junior to his uncle about the settlement, Middleton) |
|
| 26–160 |
|
| 26–161 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/11 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08/12 |
| Notes: | chat (being a Royal 'pimpr', Sir Phillip, Dr Wharton, Jenkin); gossip (cousin of Peterborough 'gone from Paris about his amours'); military matters; Nelly, Windsor |
|
| 26–162 |
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| 26–163 |
|
| 26–164 |
|
| 26–165 |
| Sent by: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| from: | Temple Churchyard |
| on: | 1673/08/14 |
| to: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| Received at: | at SRV's house at Middle Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08 |
| Notes: | family matters (copy of letter from uncle to nephew about the marriage settlement, Middleton, Sir Ralph, Mr Harman, Woodward, Sir Richard Templer); Banbury coach, Aylesbury coach |
|
| 26–166 |
|
| 26–167 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/14 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/08/15 |
| Notes: | chat (received pigeons, Frank Fuller, Preshaw, London); military matters (East India fleet); family matters (Middleton, Norwich, about the marriage settlement, Mun); gossip (Duke of Portsmouth) |
| Queries: | adds a note about a book |
|
| 26–168 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/15 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Mid Claydon, Bucks |
| on: | 1673/08/16 |
| Notes: | chat (Tom); military matters (Harwich, Yarmouth, Dutch East India boat, French squadron, St Helena, Horley); family matters (Mun dined with them, still weak) |
|
| 26–169 |
| Sent by: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/08/17 |
| to: | Miss Floodman Miss Floodman |
| Received at: | Stratton Audley |
| Notes: | family matters (copy of letter) |
| Queries: | letter begins 'dear Uncle', but addressed to 'aunt' |
|
| 26–170 |
|
| 26–171 |
|
| 26–172 |
|
| 26–173 |
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| 26–174 |
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| 26–175 |
|
| 26–176 |
|
| 26–177 |
|
| 26–178 |
| Sent by: | Nancy Nicholas Nicholas, Nancy [Denton] |
| on: | 1673/08/24 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/08/25 |
| Notes: | family matters, David, cousin Jenny, Windsor,; chat (Mrs Jepson, cousin Mary, Mrs Sands of Glister [Gloucester?] |
|
| 26–179 |
|
| 26–180 |
|
| 26–181 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/25 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/08/26 |
| Notes: | military matters (St Helens, taking of East India Dutch ships, Kinsale, Capt Munday, Portsmouth, Lord St Albans); chat (talk of 4 new lords being made); family matters (about Nelly |
| Queries: | with a 'dial box' |
|
| 26–182 |
|
| 26–183 |
|
| 26–184 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/08/28 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/08/29 |
| Notes: | family matters (Nelly and the settlement, Hillesdon; military matters (Dutch besieged Utrect); chat (Mun, fully recovered, Lady Northumberland married) |
|
| 26–185 |
|
| 26–186 |
| Sent by: | Lady Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704 |
| on: | 1673/09/01 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/09/06 |
| Notes: | gossip (Tichfield, Mr Whorton, Lord Middlesex, Lady Verney, Lord Buckhost, Lord Warwick, Mr Winwood, Mr Mountigne, Lady Northumberland); family matters |
|
| 26–187 |
| Sent by: | Anne Woodward Woodward, Ann [Denton] |
| on: | 1673/09/01 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/09/02 |
| Notes: | family matters (Mr Woodward from Middleton, Hester Harman); she wonders whether she should accept a settlement on her relation |
| Queries: | contained an 'enclosed' from Mr Woodward which is to be read but not kept |
|
| 26–188 |
|
| 26–189 |
|
| 26–190 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/09/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/09/06 |
| Notes: | chat; about the settlement; venison, Mr Arthur; price of coals; gossip (Lady Northumberland did not leave Ditton Park till Monday; politics |
|
| 26–191 |
|
| 26–192 |
|
| 26–193 |
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| 26–194 |
|
| 26–195 |
|
| 26–196 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/09/06 |
| to: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| Notes: | letter (draft?) about Alex Denton's newphew's marriage; money matters, inivtes him and cousin Woodward to dinner. Ends letter 'And so conclude and sing Hay Ding a Ding wife [?]' |
|
| 26–197 |
| Sent by: | Alex Denton Denton, Alexander |
| from: | Stratton Audly Sattford |
| on: | 1673/09/06 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/09/06 |
| Notes: | family matters (about his nephew's marriage; money matters) |
|
| 26–198 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/09/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | says received 1673/08/22 cannot be correct |
| Notes: | military matters (Dutch, East India merchants, French squadron, van Trump, Rupert, 'noe butchers of Modina', Peterborough); Mr Gape |
|
| 26–199 |
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| 26–200 |
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| 26–201 |
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| 26–202 |
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| 26–203 |
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| 26–204 |
|
| 26–205 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/09/11 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/09/12 |
| Notes: | chat (AD has not been heard of for some time; thanks for venison); coals coming at the Thames mout; Mr Gape chosen as sheriff of London but refused |
|
| 26–206 |
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| 26–207 |
|
| 26–208 |
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| 26–209 |
|
| 26–210 |
| Sent by: | Anne Woodward Woodward, Ann [Denton] |
| on: | 1673/09/12 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/09/12 |
| Notes: | chat (Mrs Harmon sent her patterns - enclosed - for her daughter's wedding garments, wants his opinion on whether it should be trimmed |
|
| 26–211 |
|
| 26–212 |
|
| 26–213 |
|
| 26–214 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/09/10? |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/09/19 |
| Notes: | chat (Mr Gardiner of Betford died); price of coals; military matters (Flanders); Lady Osborne, George, Nick and Paratt; Duke Lautherdale, Scotland, Pete Talbot, Dick and Father Patrick, France |
| Queries: | with a small bundle' |
|
| 26–215 |
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| 26–216 |
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| 26–217 |
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| 26–218 |
|
| 26–219 |
|
| 26–220 |
|
| 26–221 |
| Sent by: | Lady Gardiner Verney, Cary [Lady Gardiner / Mrs Stewkeley] d.1704 |
| on: | 1673/09/22 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/10/04 |
| Notes: | chat (Miss Lee?, Mr Arundell, Mr Whorton, Jack, Lady Northumberland, Mr Mountigue, Lady Diana Verney); family matters (Aunt Denton, death of John Gardiner, Sir Thomas Gardiner); estate matters (land and tenants, rent, Thomas Birch of Coddiston); money matters (Mr Butterfield |
|
| 26–222 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/09/22 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| Notes: | gossip (Duke of York married to Modina); military matters (French ships, Virginia ships); chat (Arundell, Wharton, Geo Woodward) |
|
| 26–223 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/09/22 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/10/04 |
| Notes: | family matters (Aunt Denton sad to hear news of Mr Gardiner's death); money matters (payment of Gardiner's rent which was in arrears); estate matters (Sir Thomas Gardiner, yearly rent of the land,Bedford, wants to ascertain yearly value of the land, Burch); chat (cousin Wharton, Alex Denton, Jack) |
|
| 26–224 |
|
| 26–225 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/09/25 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Sir Roger Burgoyne's house, Wroxall |
| on: | 1673/09/27 |
| Notes: | gossip (Duke of York married to Modina; Peter Talbot and brother Dick and father Patrick gone to France; ? Marching alone to Scotland); family matters (death Mr Gardiner); 3 cloaths sent in a bundle; gossip (Arundel fought Wharton and disarmed him; Fall's letter; military matters (Dutch, French ships, Virginia |
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| 26–226 |
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| 26–227 |
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| 26–228 |
|
| 26–229 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | Wroxall |
| on: | 1673/09/29 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Notes: | chat (wet weather when arrived, horse very lame, Castle Bromage); money matters (price of coals fallen 'were it not for the villany' of coal merchants might be cheaper); Sir Roger has toothache, his son in Essex; gossip (Duchess from Modina, the king, Lord Peterborough declared a Papist, Peter Talbot the bishop gone for France with brother Dick and father Patrick; Sir Walter Vaine) |
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| 26–230 |
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| 26–231 |
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| 26–232 |
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| 26–233 |
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| 26–234 |
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| 26–235 |
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| 26–236 |
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| 26–237 |
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| 26–238 |
| Sent by: | John Stewkeley Stewkeley, John |
| on: | 1673/10/06 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/10/11 |
| Notes: | family matters (SRV's sister's illness, Cary had a fever) |
| Queries: | or in SRV's absence to Edmund Verney |
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| 26–239 |
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| 26–240 |
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| 26–241 |
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| 26–242 |
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| 26–243 |
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| 26–244 |
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| 26–245 |
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| 26–246 |
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| 26–247 |
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| 26–248 |
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| 26–249 |
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| 26–250 |
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| 26–251 |
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| 26–252 |
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| 26–253 |
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| 26–254 |
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| 26–255 |
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| 26–256 |
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| 26–257 |
|
| 26–258 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/10/20 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Covent Garden, London |
| on: | 1673/10/24 |
| Notes: | chat (quit of the stone but taken with 'a great looseness' on Saturday, East Claydon, Mr Stewkeley) |
|
| 26–259 |
|
| 26–260 |
|
| 26–261 |
| Sent by: | Jn Pary (Cary?) Cary, John |
| from: | Mr Byron's house? |
| on: | 1673/10/23 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/10/24 |
| Notes: | money matters (Lord Wharton, Major Salway, Adderbury, Mr Gilbank) |
|
| 26–262 |
|
| 26–263 |
|
| 26–264 |
| Sent by: | [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable] |
| on: | 1673/10/24 |
| to: | Lady Downer Downer, Lady |
| Received at: | Codd |
| Notes: | reports Mr Bunch's comments on the land , Downesfield in Coddesdon in county of Oxon |
| Queries: | 3 pages - the document might not relate to the envelope |
|
| 26–265 |
|
| 26–266 |
|
| 26–267 |
|
| 26–268 |
| Sent by: | Dr Wm Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/10/27 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/10/29 |
| Notes: | chat (Mr Butterfield, Harlow); military matters (Flanders, Montrenculis?, Germans, Coblentz, French army); gossip (Modina, Paris, Sir Tho Meeres?, Sir Nathaniel, Netty, Dr Townsend) |
|
| 26–269 |
|
| 26–270 |
|
| 26–271 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | Claydon |
| on: | 1673/10/30 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| Notes: | chat (messenger from 'one Dover' in Northampton prison, possibly Harry Dover's son, intends to help him; Mr Curson, London) |
|
| 26–272 |
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| 26–273 |
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| 26–274 |
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| 26–275 |
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| 26–276 |
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| 26–277 |
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| 26–278 |
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| 26–279 |
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| 26–280 |
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| 26–281 |
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| 26–282 |
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| 26–283 |
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| 26–284 |
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| 26–285 |
|
| 26–286 |
|
| 26–287 |
|
| 26–288 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/10 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/11/12 |
| Notes: | account of court case (Waddesdon, Mr Ellis guilty of riot, as is his son in law and 4 or 5 others, Sir John Busby, Mr Ferrar); estate matters (Mr Parker, hopes for lease of Coppsely Hills and Nether Lawne, Mr Arden, Mr Ogden, cousin Dormer, Joseph Churchill offered him land, Ralph Harley, the Brackley carrier); politics (the king); chat (Mrs Betty Butterfield's distemper) |
| Queries: | writes in English as wants to be sure of expressing himself clearly |
|
| 26–289 |
|
| 26–290 |
|
| 26–291 |
|
| 26–292 |
|
| 26–293 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/13 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/11/15 |
| Notes: | chat (Mr Ellis, Dr Busby, Sir John); legal matters (hopes he can resolve matters with cousin Dormer but if not will consult lawyers - Mr Sayer, Mr Stevens, Mr West, Mr Ferrar); estate matters (deeds for land from Joseph Churchill to Edward Kibble, Thomas Kibble, Anne Kibble); chat (Alex Townsend, Mun Denton, Alexander Denton, Mr Bancks, Mrs Harman, Middleton church, Nancy Woodward) |
|
| 26–294 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/13 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/14 |
| Notes: | chat (Mr Ffall now gentleman usher to 'my Lord Keeper', Mr Arden, Mr Parker, cosen Dormer); estate matters (Steeple Claydon); political matters ( Lewis is sheriff); chat (Mr Ellis, riot, Betty Butterfield) |
|
| 26–295 |
| Sent by: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/13 |
| to: | Thomas Wood Wood, Thomas |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/14 |
| Notes: | chat (has new job, too busy to send sugar, has received the money) |
| Queries: | marked Ffall 'now servant to Mr Keeper Ffinch' |
|
| 26–296 |
|
| 26–298 |
| Sent by: | Anne Woodward Woodward, Ann [Denton] |
| on: | 1673/11/16 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/11/19 |
| Notes: | family matters (Frank Drake's potential marriage to SRV's god-daughter, nephew Denton, Claydon) |
|
| 26–299 |
|
| 26–300 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/17 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/18 |
| Notes: | estate matters (received black box with papers about new purchase at Steeple Claydon, Ffall); chat (cousin Dormer, Mr Arden, Mr Parker, boy Robbin); military matters (Bon taken by the Imperialists, 'Spaniards and Negroes joining together at Jamaica', West India) |
|
| 26–301 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/17 |
| to: | Hugh Holmes Holmes, Hugh |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| Notes: | estate matters ( Richard Storr?, Mr Flock says RS is one whole year's rent in arrears) |
|
| 26–302 |
|
| 26–303 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/18 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/11/21 |
| Notes: | chat (Fayrebrother, Holmes, John Busby, Briske? Thomas Berry's landlord, London); money matters (sends money so SRV can buy him a sound horse up to price of £40); is 'weary of this deepe dirty country life', Irish bogs, Lincolnshire weather |
|
| 26–304 |
|
| 26–305 |
|
| 26–306 |
|
| 26–307 |
|
| 26–308 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/20 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/21 |
| Notes: | chat (Robin, Ffall,); estate matters (Mr Parker, John Milward); politics (Sir Francis North, Sir Will Jones); gossip (Duke went to Dover, Bishop of Oxford, Mr Montague) |
|
| 26–309 |
|
| 26–310 |
|
| 26–311 |
|
| 26–312 |
|
| 26–313 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/21 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/23 |
| Notes: | chat (Holmes left bag with £20 for the mare, suggests Mun sends Ralph or Jack for her); money matters (Harry Churchill paid £12 at Mr Fowles' goldsmiths's); gossip (Lord Lotherdale); military matters (soldiers' riot near Branford Beale, broke windows and threated arson); Ceton of Buckingham, Mun? Butterfield |
| Queries: | last m/s on reel 26 |
|
| 27–001 |
|
| 27–002 |
| Sent by: | Harry King King, Harry |
| on: | 1673/11/24 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/26 |
| Notes: | money matters (Mr Churchill, Layton, Mr Croese?, Sir Nathaniel Hubard's house in Charmine Lane, Mr Ffowles goldsmith's at Black Lion) |
|
| 27–003 |
|
| 27–004 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/24 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/25 |
| Notes: | estate matters (Mr Parker, the commons, Mr Ardein, Tame, Hasker, Sir John, Mr Duncomb, Mr Ceton of Buckingham, Steeple Claydon, Mr Reading); chat (Dover out of prison in Northampton, has requested financial aid); gossip (new Duchess gone to Dover, Bishop of Oxon, Canterbury, Rochester, the king in barge to Gravesend; military matters (French king, riot, Captain Walds, Westminster, Marshalsea); gossip (Lady Baltinglasse, Mr Brice, Sir Rich Temple) |
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| 27–005 |
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| 27–006 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/26 |
| to: | William Ffall Fall, William |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/28 |
| Notes: | money matters ( ordered sugars from the grocer, suit of clothers and riding coat from tailor, paid Will Scott, Mr Nicholas, Mr Churchill, Mr Ffowles goldsmith's); chat |
| Queries: | chat written on 27/11 |
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| 27–007 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/11/27 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/11/28 |
| Notes: | chat (cousin Dormer); estate matters (enclosure Water Stratford, Chancery, Mr Price the parson, Lady Balbringlase; Steeple Claydon, Mr Churchill, Mr Ceton, Mum Butterfield, Mrs Churchill); chat (sorry Holmes did not buy him the mare, sends Dr Shillinflleet's? sermon, Ffall, cousin Denton) |
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| 27–008 |
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| 27–009 |
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| 27–010 |
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| 27–011 |
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| 27–012 |
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| 27–013 |
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| 27–014 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/11 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/12 |
| Notes: | chat (concerned at Mun's illness, suggests drank too much with Frank Drake); estate matters (Ffall, Mr Farrar, Steeple Claydon, Mr Seaton, Sir Rich Pigot, Mr Butterfield, James); politics (parliament of Scotland, Duke Hamilton); military matters (seamen mutinied); financial matters |
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| 27–015 |
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| 27–016 |
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| 27–017 |
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| 27–018 |
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| 27–019 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/08 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/1673/12/09 |
| Notes: | chat (Mun's laziness, Mr Seaton); gossip (old Alexander's match is off, cosen Drake; military matters (Arlington, Lord Owary, ship called the 'Ann' blown up coming out of Sheerness), chat (plague) |
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| 27–020 |
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| 27–021 |
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| 27–022 |
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| 27–023 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/08 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/12/10 |
| Notes: | chat (received box clothes, A Denton, Mr Townsend, Jack, Frank Drake, Stratton Audley, contents of a black box, his health, weather - a hard frost until today when began to rain, very cold likely to freeze again, Holmes); legal matters (deeds, Joseph Churchill, Thomas Kibble, Anne Kibble, Cowes Commons, Mr Seaton); estate matters (Sir Rich Piggott, Cos Woodward, Mun Butterfield, Thomas Twynam, Dick Ealley); gossip (Buckingham to go to France soon if escapes mischief from Mr Mountaigne, parliament, Italy) |
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| 27–024 |
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| 27–025 |
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| 27–026 |
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| 27–027 |
| Sent by: | Sir Roger Burgoyne Burgoyne, Sir Roger |
| on: | 1673/12/06 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/12/10 |
| Notes: | chat (weather changes, brother John and family coming from Northampton); estate matters (disputed land, Duke, Mr Mountainge) |
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| 27–028 |
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| 27–029 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/11 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/12/13 |
| Notes: | estate matters (common, Lord Brooke, Hogshaw, Piggot, Copsley Hills, the king, cousin Dormer); chat (Mr Rushford dined with him) |
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| 27–030 |
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| 27–031 |
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| 27–032 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/04 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/05 |
| Notes: | chat; estate matters ( Mr Seaton, Mr Ffall, Robt Tame, Thomas Miller, Mr Butterfield, Steeple Claydon), about the black box, Munsley; gossip (Ralph Montague sent to the tower, Lady Northumberland, Duke of Buckingham, the king); Dr Lidall |
| Queries: | with a black box |
|
| 27–033 |
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| 27–034 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Notes: | estate matters (common, Lord Brooke's lease, Coppsley hills,' sheepes common'); addition on 11th Dec estate matters (Lord Brooke's claim on common, cousin Dormer); chat (Mr Rushford) |
| Queries: | date on letter 11th Dec, but annotated as 4th Dec |
|
| 27–035 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/04 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/12/06 |
| Notes: | estate matters (Coleman, Dr Townesend); chat (lots people have colds, A Denton, cousin Drake, death Jack Dodington 'a very ingenious man, and he owed me ten pounds', cousin Stafford also dead; religious matters (king more willing to satisfy people concerning Roman catholics); politics (king of Poland, house of Austria, French king, Colbert); Lady Hobart; gossip (Alexander Denton's match to Mrs Whittaker broken off, Joseph Churchill) |
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| 27–036 |
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| 27–037 |
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| 27–038 |
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| 27–039 |
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| 27–040 |
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| 27–041 |
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| 27–042 |
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| 27–043 |
|
| 27–044 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/01 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/03 |
| Notes: | estate matters (Mr Farrar, Allislery ?, Mr Ceton, Steeple Claydon, Wald? Stratford, Sir Richard, Mr Parker, Bottle? Claydon, East Claydon, Hogshaw); chat (Dr Denton); politics (king, St James, palace of Whitehall, king of Poland might be dead); chat (send Lady Hobart new bacon); money matters (Ffall, goldsmith's note); foreign affairs (Pope may be dead, Colbart in Bastille, French king); Coleman |
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| 27–045 |
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| 27–046 |
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| 27–047 |
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| 27–048 |
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| 27–049 |
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| 27–050 |
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| 27–051 |
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| 27–052 |
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| 27–053 |
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| 27–054 |
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| 27–055 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/15 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12 |
| Notes: | military matters (talk of peace, Spanish ambassador, Dutch, fishing rights, king, king of Spain); gossip (Alderman Bard of Cawdesfield?, Mr Abdy, Uxbridge, Middlesex); estate matters (Lord Brooke, Mr Parker, Coleman, Dr Townesend, Mrs Betty Butterfield, sea coals much cheaper, Hedsor Wharf, St Neots) |
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| 27–056 |
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| 27–057 |
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| 27–058 |
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| 27–059 |
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| 27–060 |
|
| 27–061 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/18 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/19 |
| Notes: | chat (Sir Nathaniel, wishes Mun had a horse, Benet Sherard, Isham, Mr Stafford of Bloderick); estate matters (coals, wood); gossip (sheriff charged 4 times, Sir Richard Pigot) |
|
| 27–062 |
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| 27–063 |
|
| 27–064 |
|
| 27–065 |
|
| 27–066 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/18 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/12/20 |
| Notes: | chat (Coleman, Joseph Churchill, Dr Townsend, Mrs Betty Butterfield); politics (parliament, Spanish ambassador, Dutch); estate matters (St Neots for 'sea coles' but cheaper in London, Hedsor, Watt King, cousin Dormer pheasant hawking, Meerstones ? In Bunts ditch, Coppsley Hills, Lord Brookes, common, Michael Stopp ?, old Fourd's daughter, Thomas Lee, Mr Barker) |
|
| 27–067 |
|
| 27–068 |
|
| 27–069 |
|
| 27–070 |
|
| 27–071 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/22 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/23 |
| Notes: | chat (cousin Sherard, Isham, Alisley); estate matters (cousin Dormer, Copsley Hills, Mr Parker); gossip (Mr Lovat's daughter, Mayke Norton, Dr Bate's son, Duchess of Newcastle dead 'no small satisfaction' to Lord Ogle for had she outlived the duke is thought she 'would have ruined' the estate, Sir Richard Pigot, Judge Atkins, Lady Bridgman, Henry Summer); enclosed for Coleman |
|
| 27–072 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/11 |
| to: | John Verney Verney, John, [2nd Bart., 1st Viscount Fermanagh d.1717] |
| Received at: | Aleppo |
| Notes: | family matters (looking forward to his return, Claydons, Alex Denton heir of Hillesdon married to Mrs Harman of Middleton Stony in Oxfordshire); gossip (Duke of York, Duke of Modena's daughter); military matters (French, Spaniards, Dutch, Germans) |
| Queries: | a draft letter? |
|
| 27–073 |
|
| 27–074 |
|
| 27–075 |
|
| 27–076 |
|
| 27–077 |
|
| 27–078 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/25 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| Received at: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/26 |
| Notes: | chat (Sir Nathaniel Hobart very ill, Miles Cooke, Mr Butterfield, cousin Woodward); estate matters (Ffall, price of coals, had worst venison ever sent up, Coleman) |
|
| 27–079 |
| Sent by: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| from: | East Claydon |
| on: | 1673/12/25 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Chancery Lane, London |
| on: | 1673/12/31 |
| Notes: | estate matters (Mr Farrer, Alesbury [Aylesbury?], Walton, Lincolnshire, Thomas Kibble, Anne Kibble); chat (Weedon for a grey gelding, Mr Clavers, Holmes, Sir Nathaniel Hobart); gossip (Mr Bates, Mr Lovat's daughter, Lady Busby had another daughter, Duchess of Newcastle, Lord Ogle, Richard Piggot); family matters (Benet Sherard, Thomas Isham, Stratton Audley) |
|
| 27–080 |
|
| 27–081 |
|
| 27–082 |
|
| 27–083 |
|
| 27–084 |
|
| 27–085 |
|
| 27–086 |
|
| 27–087 |
| Sent by: | Jack Stewkely Stewkeley, Jack |
| on: | 1673/12/29 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/31 |
| Notes: | chat (Preshaw, Sir Nathaniel Hobart); family matters (cousin Drake, cousin Nancy, sister Gardiner) |
|
| 27–088 |
|
| 27–089 |
|
| 27–090 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| on: | 1673/12/22 |
| to: | [Uncertain/Unknown/Not Applicable] |
| Notes: | family and estate matters - note saying Lady Hobart showed him a deed settling her husband's land in Norfolk (bought from Bell) on Ann Hobart, he refused to read it as she had concealed it from him till now |
|
| 27–091 |
|
| 27–092 |
|
| 27–093 |
| Sent by: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| from: | London |
| on: | 1673/12/30 |
| to: | Edmund Verney Verney, Edmund [d.1688] |
| on: | 1674/01/03 |
| Notes: | chat (received fat turkey); gossip (Lady Tywill had a daughter, Mrs Blunt); estate matters (Mrs Bates, Maydes Morton, Ffall, purchase of a boat); family matters (cousin Danby, Mrs Susans, Nancy Hobart) |
|
| 27–094 |
|
| 27–095 |
|
| 27–096 |
|
| 27–263 |
|
| 28–021 |
|
| 28–074 |
| Sent by: | Dr William Denton Denton, Dr William d.1691 |
| on: | 1673/03/20 |
| to: | SRV Verney, Sir Ralph [d.1696] |
| Received at: | Middle Claydon |
| on: | 1673/03/20 |
| Notes: | chat (Sir G Hewytt and drunken comrades made a hubbub in the playhouse, Edm Lindsay, Bucks); military matters (French, Luxemburg, Wm of Furtenberg, armies of Orange, Monterey?, Lorraine, Dutch) |
| Queries: | question the 1673 date |
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