MRP: 10th March 1662/63, Letter from William Wild to Sir GO, London
10th March 1662/63, Letter from William Wild to Sir GO, London
BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 14-15
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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 14-15]
[f. 14]
Right Worp:ll
S:r I hope I may congratulate yo:r Sagfe Arrivall att Surr:tt where I heartily wish you á Confluence of all happiness, Att yo:r departure from England, you were pleased to ffavo:r mee soe farr as to receive some paperrs from me Relating to Cap:t ?Leon:d Bushill[1] deceased, w:ch if you pleased to give yo:r Trouble as to ?puse you will find by them á considerable sum:e of Money oweing by M:r Walter Travers[2] [OR, "Traviers"] ffacto:r for y:e hon:ble East India Comp:a at ?Cailevelab[3] unto y:e Said Leon:d Bushill, Now I humbly beg y:e ffavo:r of yo:r Assistance in y:e behalfe of his Relations to whome he left his Estate I am Informed by á lre rcvd from M:r Matthew Gray[4] dated y:e 20:th Jan:r 1660: y:t M:r Jn:o Lambton[5] has recvd on Acco:t 900: Mam:ds the w:ch be pleased to demand of him, & if y:t or any other be rcvd by yo:r order be pleased to returne it, in y:e first Shipp bound for England either by bill of Exch:a or in such goods as yo:r Worp: shall Judge fitting, & in Soo dooing, you will Infinitely Oblidge all his relations they haveing great expectations to receive much benefitt, being undertaken by soe hon:ble a pson as yo:r selfe; S:r I shall not Trouble you any farther butt humbly beggging á
[f.15]
Line from you by y:e Next Shipp, & leave to Subscribing my Selfe
London, y:e 10:th March 1662/3
Yo:r most humble Servant
W:m Wild
Notes
Walter Travers
"[January 13-13, 1658] The following men to be disposed of as the President shall see cause: John Berrisford, Robert Carleton, Ephraim Widdrington, John Gray, Walter Travers, Thomas Atkins, and John Mould. To be writers : Thomas Rolt, John Harrington, Matthew Gray, Robert Santill, Richard Bladwell, Richard Wild, and Philip Gifford."[6]
"[At Calha Velha (CHECK)]...Walter Travers, John Harrington, and Alexander Grigsby. At Mokha: Anthony Smith. In Persia: Nicholas Buckeridge (Agent), Stephen Flower, and Edward Swinglehurst..."[7]
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PROB 11/194 Rivers 111-157 Will of Samuel Wilde, Draper of Saint Mary Abchurch, City of London 04 December 1645
PROB 11/306 May 158-210 Will of Leonard Bushell, Mariner of Limehouse, Middlesex 10 December 1661
- ↑ Captain Leonard Bushell, commander of the Society. His will was proved in late 1661 (PROB 11/306 May 158-210 Will of Leonard Bushell, Mariner of Limehouse, Middlesex 10 December 1661)
- ↑ Walter Travers was XXXXX
- ↑ Calle Velha, near XXXX
- ↑ Mathew Gray was XXXX
- ↑ John Lambton was XXXX
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock', January 13-13, 1658 (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 51), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 212
- ↑ EFI 61-64, p. 27