MRP: Dover Castle - Revision history

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-==Dover Castle==
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 '''Editorial history'''
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 '''THIS ENTRY IS IS PREPARATION AND IS IN NOTE FORM'''
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-'''Plan of Dover castle'''
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-[[File:PLATE_Plan_Of_Dover_Castle_Memorials_Of_Old_Kent_Ditchfield_PH_Clinch_G_1907_BetwP160P161.png|thumbnail|450px|none]]
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-James Master, Sir George Oxenden's nephew and one of his legal advisors, described the presence of the Dutch fleet off Dover and Deal in early 1665/66
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-''"I shall finish [the letter with] the Story of Sheremaine [a horse belonging to Sir Henry Oxenden] which being no ordinary one may be worth your reading & behold a wonderfull strange thing, poore Shoremain was billed in y:e Service ag:st the Dutch, about Michalmas (sic)  last  w:ch ffleet being cone in having taken Severall Dutch prizes, & two rich East India shipps among them the Dutch ffleet came upon y:e Coast & lay ag:st Deale on the otherside of the Goodwin, Sometimes were against Dover sometimes against Thanet, this allarmed the Countrey the trained Bands, horse & foot were up & Shoremaine was á Trooper in S:r Thomas Engham’s troops being at Deale upon á W Cister & giveing a Volley of shott, the Cap:t houlding fourth his Pistoll not w:th intention to discharge it as he saith, it went off & downe fell Shoremaine (being in y:e first ranke w:th the mann upon his backe, & upon Search three bulletts went into his head neare his eare, it was well he mist the mann & this fell Spittfire in the field hono:bly S:r Thomas promises great recompense too S:r Henry but when it will come I know not"''<ref>BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from James Master to Sir George Oxenden, March 10th 1665/66, ff. 17-22</ref>
+[[File:PLATE_Plan_Of_Dover_Castle_Memorials_Of_Old_Kent_Ditchfield_PH_Clinch_G_1907_BetwP160P161.png]]
-James Oxenden, Sir George Oxenden's nephew, wrote in January 1666/67 to Sir George praising the rabbit warren at Dover castle:
+Plan of Dover Castle in P.H. Ditchfield & George Clinch, ''Memorials of Old Kent'' (London, 1907), betw. pp. 160 & 161
-''"...for considering yo:e infirmity, & want of health where yo:e are, w:ch might be much meliorated in yo:e owne native aire by y:e injoying, & care of yo:e relations, & y:e Exercising [?] Pleasure of field sports, w:ch yo:w know o:e Country affoords great variety, & never were more & better followed y:n now: Dover Warrin being infinitely fruitfull of haires, Governor Strondesfare [or care?], who lives princelike, keeping open hous, & a Pack of hounds & hath made a brave park, w:th in y:e Castell walls o:e old littlebourn xxx continues still to maintainance of w:th a great many of a Neighbour Gentry, pay a yearly Contribution, & we have Constituted S:r Rich:d Hards<ref>Sir Richard Hardres</ref> superintendent of y:e hunt, who promises us y:t w:th in few yeares we shall have y:e best pack of dogges in England, so I hope w:n yo:w returne we shall show yo:w sport enough upon asham downes w:ch is y:ee usuall purgatory of ares, & Theater of ? Recreations..."''<ref>Letter from James Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, January ?, 1666/67, ff. ?-?</ref>
+Sir James Oxenden, Sir George Oxenden's father, wrote on June 2nd, 1637, to his nephew Henry Oxinden at Barham:
-[[MRP: Sir Henry Oxenden|Sir Henry Oxenden]], Sir George's elder brother, wrote in April 1667 to Sir George and mentioned:
+"Pray come to dinner, when I beleive you shall meete the leiutenant of [[MRP: Dover Castle|Dover Castle]], when you may begin you acquayntance with him.  So in hast I rest"<ref>Sir James Oxinden wrote to his nephew Henry Oxinden  on June 2nd, 1637.  See [[MRP: Sir James Oxinden to Henry Oxinden (of Barham, nephew): Letter 7|Sir James Oxinden to Henry Oxinden (of Barham, nephew): Letter 7]]</ref>
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-''"I was on Thursday at Dover Castell where y:e Duke of Richmond was y:e day before"''<ref>Letter from Sir Henry Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, April ?? 1667, ff. 92-99</ref>
+==Mentions of Dover and Dover Castle in Sir George Oxenden's correspondence==
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-==Mentions of Dover castle in other Oxenden correspondence==
+===James Oxenden, January 1666/67===
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-===Image credits===
+===Sir Henry Oxenden, April 1667===
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-===Sources===
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 ''"I was on Thursday at Dover Castell where y:e Duke of Richmond was y:e day before"''<ref>Letter from Sir Henry Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, April ?? 1667, ff. 92-99</ref>
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 James Master, Sir George Oxenden's nephew and one of his legal advisors, described the presence of the Dutch fleet off Dover and Deal in early 1665/66
-''I shall finish [the letter with] the Story of Sheremaine [a horse belonging to Sir Henry Oxenden] which being no ordinary one may be worth your reading & behold a wonderfull strange thing, poore Shoremain was billed in y:e Service ag:st the Dutch, about Michalmas (sic)  last  w:ch ffleet being cone in having taken Severall Dutch prizes, & two rich East India shipps among them the Dutch ffleet came upon y:e Coast & lay ag:st Deale on the otherside of the Goodwin, Sometimes were against Dover sometimes against Thanet, this allarmed the Countrey the trained Bands, horse & foot were up & Shoremaine was á Trooper in S:r Thomas Engham’s troops being at Deale upon á W Cister & giveing a Volley of shott, the Cap:t houlding fourth his Pistoll not w:th intention to discharge it as he saith, it went off & downe fell Shoremaine (being in y:e first ranke w:th the mann upon his backe, & upon Search three bulletts went into his head neare his eare, it was well he mist the mann & this fell Spittfire in the field hono:bly S:r Thomas promises great recompense too S:r Henry but when it will come I know not''<ref>BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from James Master to Sir George Oxenden, March 10th 1665/66, ff. 17-22</ref>
+''"I shall finish [the letter with] the Story of Sheremaine [a horse belonging to Sir Henry Oxenden] which being no ordinary one may be worth your reading & behold a wonderfull strange thing, poore Shoremain was billed in y:e Service ag:st the Dutch, about Michalmas (sic)  last  w:ch ffleet being cone in having taken Severall Dutch prizes, & two rich East India shipps among them the Dutch ffleet came upon y:e Coast & lay ag:st Deale on the otherside of the Goodwin, Sometimes were against Dover sometimes against Thanet, this allarmed the Countrey the trained Bands, horse & foot were up & Shoremaine was á Trooper in S:r Thomas Engham’s troops being at Deale upon á W Cister & giveing a Volley of shott, the Cap:t houlding fourth his Pistoll not w:th intention to discharge it as he saith, it went off & downe fell Shoremaine (being in y:e first ranke w:th the mann upon his backe, & upon Search three bulletts went into his head neare his eare, it was well he mist the mann & this fell Spittfire in the field hono:bly S:r Thomas promises great recompense too S:r Henry but when it will come I know not"''<ref>BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from James Master to Sir George Oxenden, March 10th 1665/66, ff. 17-22</ref>
 James Oxenden, Sir George Oxenden's nephew, wrote in January 1666/67 to Sir George praising the rabbit warren at Dover castle:
-''...for considering yo:e infirmity, & want of health where yo:e are, w:ch might be much meliorated in yo:e owne native aire by y:e injoying, & care of yo:e relations, & y:e Exercising [?] Pleasure of field sports, w:ch yo:w know o:e Country affoords great variety, & never were more & better followed y:n now: Dover Warrin being infinitely fruitfull of haires, Governor Strondesfare [or care?], who lives princelike, keeping open hous, & a Pack of hounds & hath made a brave park, w:th in y:e Castell walls o:e old littlebourn xxx continues still to maintainance of w:th a great many of a Neighbour Gentry, pay a yearly Contribution, & we have Constituted S:r Rich:d Hards<ref>Sir Richard Hardres</ref> superintendent of y:e hunt, who promises us y:t w:th in few yeares we shall have y:e best pack of dogges in England, so I hope w:n yo:w returne we shall show yo:w sport enough upon asham downes w:ch is y:ee usuall purgatory of ares, & Theater of ? Recreations...''<ref>Letter from James Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, January ?, 1666/67, ff. ?-?</ref>
+''"...for considering yo:e infirmity, & want of health where yo:e are, w:ch might be much meliorated in yo:e owne native aire by y:e injoying, & care of yo:e relations, & y:e Exercising [?] Pleasure of field sports, w:ch yo:w know o:e Country affoords great variety, & never were more & better followed y:n now: Dover Warrin being infinitely fruitfull of haires, Governor Strondesfare [or care?], who lives princelike, keeping open hous, & a Pack of hounds & hath made a brave park, w:th in y:e Castell walls o:e old littlebourn xxx continues still to maintainance of w:th a great many of a Neighbour Gentry, pay a yearly Contribution, & we have Constituted S:r Rich:d Hards<ref>Sir Richard Hardres</ref> superintendent of y:e hunt, who promises us y:t w:th in few yeares we shall have y:e best pack of dogges in England, so I hope w:n yo:w returne we shall show yo:w sport enough upon asham downes w:ch is y:ee usuall purgatory of ares, & Theater of ? Recreations..."''<ref>Letter from James Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, January ?, 1666/67, ff. ?-?</ref>
 [[MRP: Sir Henry Oxenden|Sir Henry Oxenden]], Sir George's elder brother, wrote in April 1667 to Sir George and mentioned:
-''I was on Thursday at Dover Castell where y:e Duke of Richmond was y:e day before''<ref>Letter from Sir Henry Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, April ?? 1667, ff. 92-99</ref>
+''"I was on Thursday at Dover Castell where y:e Duke of Richmond was y:e day before"''<ref>Letter from Sir Henry Oxenden to Sir George Oxenden, April ?? 1667, ff. 92-99</ref>
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 '''Plan of Dover castle'''

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-= Dover Castle =
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 '''THIS ENTRY IS IS PREPARATION AND IS IN NOTE FORM'''
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 [[File:PLATE_Plan_Of_Dover_Castle_Memorials_Of_Old_Kent_Ditchfield_PH_Clinch_G_1907_BetwP160P161.png|thumbnail|450px|none]]
-'''Mentions of Dover and Dover Castle in Sir George Oxenden's correspondence'''
+===Mentions of Dover and Dover Castle in Sir George Oxenden's correspondence===
 James Master, Sir George Oxenden's nephew and one of his legal advisors, described the presence of the Dutch fleet off Dover and Deal in early 1665/66
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-''Image credits''
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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialsofoldke00ditc#page/160/mode/2up Plan of Dover Castle in P.H. Ditchfield & George Clinch, Memorials of Old Kent (London, 1907), betw. pp. 160 & 161.]  Book and image are both out of copyright.
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-''Sources''
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 BL, Letter from James Master to Sir George Oxenden, March 10th 1665/66, ff. 17-22

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