MRP: 23rd March 1662/63, Letter from Michael Godfrey to Sir GO, London
23rd March 1662/63, Letter from Michael Godfrey to Sir George Oxenden, London
[CSG, 22/05/09 – TRANSCRIPTION IS COMPLETED]
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Right Worp:ll
London y:e 23:rd March 1662/3
Yo:r most Accomplisht Sister Madam Dallyson, my hon:d Cozen, hath beene pleased to name me in Chancery for one of y:e Arbitrators to put an end to yo: es & M:rs Nokes difference w:th Alderman Love & Partners, Thereby makeing me soo happie as to be in a Capacity to render you Some Services or at least wise to give you a Testimony of my Willingness, to doo you what service lyes in my power, had I noo other obligation than y:t of hon:r & a good conscience, y:e Justness of y:e Cause, & y:e hard dealings you have Recd here from some psons would oblidge me to doo you all y:e Right y:t might be, But y:t & y:e kindness you have beene pleased to show to my Brother in Law M:r Casar Chamberlaine, y:e bearer hereof is a double obligation to me, to be extraordinary Actve in any thing I may Advance yo:r Interests & contendments [??]; I leave you to y:e Narration you may Receive from my Cozen Tho: Papillon[1] & my Cozen Dallyson[2] to Informe you of y:e Obstructions y:t have been
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beene layd before us, & of what we have done & suffred, & really [?] had M:r Papillon & Madam Dallyson & yo:r Arbitrators beene as mad w:th a Serious Resolution of Patient undergoeing & Suffering all y:t can be Imagined y:e others Should Say or doo, yo:r Adverse (sic) pty had obtained theire (sic) end, In frustrating us, of giving up o:r Report in Chancery making o:r making any Conclusion, one of w:ch you will Spedily heare of (& I dare Assure you (almost) of a Speedy and in Chancery concurr:t w:[X?] o:r Report of y:e Case) It is a great happiness y:t hath Attend:d you in y:e Justice & Equity of yo:r Cause to have fallen into y:e hands of men y:t are Impartiall & will all as I conceive doo Justice where they find it due & are likewise men of noe Small experience, of w:ch my Selfe y:e most uncapable, but as ready & willing to Support yo:r Just demands Soe farr as y:e Reason God hath given me (sic) Shall direct w:th as much Zeale & Passion as any man alive, w:t I have done for you, or may doe for you, In this or any thing elce [?] I shall desire you to repay it, In y:e kindness you may Show to my Deare Brother M:r Casar Chambrelan, whose tender yeares & want of Experience may Justly Require y:e ffav:r of yo:r Support, In Case you may not find him of y:t Capacity as others who have beene Abroad In other pts of y:e World, what ffav:r he shall receive from you I shall esteem as done to my Selfe, & shall ever be bound to pray for yo:r health & prosperitie, whilst I remaine as ever I hope to doo in the hon:r of being
Yo:r most Humble Serv:t
Michaell Godfrey
P:S:
Our Cozen M:r Rich:d Hardres who was unhapily left behind out of y:e Convertine will Aquaint you how much beholden he is to Madam Dallyson & myselfe for pcuring his passage to India in this Shipp w:th á Recommendation of him to yo:r Selfe for a future employment I hope his Carriage wilbe such as may deserve á preferment from you”
Commentary
- ↑ Michael Godfrey was a long term commercial colleague of Thomas Papillon as well as relative. They were both apprenticed to the same master, Thomas Chambrelan. As young apprentices Michael Godfrey and Thomas Papillon went to France together (XXXX; Richard Grassby, Kinship and capitalism (XXXX, 2001), p. 229
- ↑ Peter Godfrey, Michael Godfrey's father, married a daughter of William Lambarde. William Lambarde’ s second wife was the widow of William Dallison, father of Sir Maximilian Dallison, and hence Sir Maximillian Dallison was the cousin of Michael Godfrey’s father and Michael Godfrey and Elizabeth Dallison were second cousins through Elizabeth’s marriage to William Dallison, son of Sir Maximilian Dalyson (XXXX; XXXX
