MRP: 10th April 1667, Letter from Thomas Fox to Sir GO, London

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10th April 1667, Letter from Thomas Fox to Sir GO, London


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[f. 119]

Right Wor:ll

And much honoured S:r Salute, viz [?] yo: kinde Courtious & frindlylines, P:y Affrican I reced & for yo:e friendly advice, & love to my sonne Tho: heartily thanke yo:w, & were it my power, I would not be wanting in requitall, Sir if anythinge I might bee service able

[f. 120]

to yo:w here, freely Comand me, & be assured of faithfull performance, my son Tho:m is gon for guiney on ship Eagle God send him home in safety Times are here very badd occationed pty by these unhappy warrs, & partly by a dreadfull fire, w:ch began in Pudding layne sep:t 1:th Sunday morning 2 a Clock & Continued till Wensday y:e 4:th at night w:ch burnt & consumed in howses goods & Merchandize attending y:e best Calculations at least : 7500000: [could be 150000, but less likely] here are six: kn:ts, & Aldermen marcht of y:e Change sence Christmass & severall otheres eminent Marchts (as reported) besides more very much feard to followe; The Lord put an end to these unhappy warres w:ch in these ten dayes, here are going Ambassa:s to breda to Treat w:th y:e French, Dutch, & Danes, Y:e Persons to goe are y:e L:d Hollis & my S:r Coventrys sonne, The sweed to bee y:e Umphire, they goe in great state, & great preparations, are made for y:m at Breda, The Lord give a happy shue [???] & send us a firme peace, I have not to enlarge, but my humble service, desiring of God y:e Continuance of yo:e good health, & to send yo:w in safety to yo:w native Country, are y:e earnest desires & hearty prayers of

[RH SIDE]
Yo:e most humble servant
Thomas: Fox


Notes


Thomas Fox

Thomas Fox and Thomas Ryder (eldest son of Sir Wiliam Ryder [TBC]) were trading in Guinea in 1655-59 period:

"On hearing that twenty tons of iron and 360 pieces of calico have been entered by Thomas Ryder and Thomas Fox for Guinea, and the iron and half the calicoes (the latter belonging to Captain Connis) laden aboard the Marigold, the Court orders this to be noted in the Black Book and the owners of the ship to be charged with 20l. per ton freight..."[1]


"[November 1663] Quilts bought by Thomas Fox to be delivered on payment of the principall money, the interest due to be charged to his account."[2]

"[September 1667] James Hill, Thomas Fox, and Robert Woolley promise to clear their goods shortly."[3]


Possible primary sources


PROB 11/339 Eure 55–107 Will of Thomas Fox, Merchant of Camberwell, Surrey 31 July 1672

PROB 11/362 Bath 1-59 Will of Thomas Fox, Mariner now bound forth on a voyage to Guinea in the Ship Arthur of Saint Paul Shadwell, Middlesex 03 April 1680
  1. ↑ Ethel Bruce Sainsbury, (ed.), CCM 55-59 (Oxford, ?1916), p. 207
  2. ↑ 'A court of committees, November 4, 1663' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 697) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, ?1923), p. 352)
  3. ↑ 'A committee of debts, September 18, 1667' (Court Book, vol. xxv A, p. 39) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1664-1667 (Oxford, ?1923), p. 374

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