MRP: 24th March 1665/66, Letter from James Oxinden to Sir GO, London
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24th March 1665/66, Letter from James Oxinden to Sir GO, London
BL, MS. 40,708 - 40,713, vol, 235, year 1665, f. 17
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BL, MS. 40,708 - 40,713, vol, 235, year 1665, f. 17
Most honnoured S:r
Never did my heart feell greater afflcition for the saddneresse my Penn sends yo:w of my Deare Aunts Death which is the more grievous because unexpected wee having been lulld into the ?severity of her life by the Flattering hopes, y:e Phyitians continually fedd us w:e whereby they injured is by unpreparing us for so great a Stroake & complyted not w:th her desires and demands which she often made them to know her danger, though with little foresight allways assuring her, twas as easy to [XXXX] her, as to tell her So untill at last her fatall & sudden Departure showd them ?theye [XXXX] & [XXX] injury, into which we are so deeply Plunged, y:t nothing but yo:r presence cann ever extur[XXX]te us, Never doo I thinke was there such agonn:ll losse, to yo:r Deare S:r because of your Relation & affaires I know inexpressible, & for my owne pticular, I can nott consider it without Trembling I experienced much of her kindness & fav:rs before I wney beyond sea, which were redoubled upon me at my returne, & shee was so studious for my advancement that I shall deplore how less to my grace This Dull Corner[1] wherein I now write (formerly a little Court by the lustre of her presence) now looks like a Dissmall Dungeon from where all worth & honour is frighted till yo:w come back againe to restore it to us, in the mean time I hope my Fathers vigilant industry will putt yo:r affaires in a good posture for yo:r reception to which if I cann contribute any Service I shall not faile to Imploy it w:te a great Deale of Allacrity & ffidelity being S:r
Yo:r most obliged Nephew & most humble Serv:t
James Oxinden
Pray psent my love to my Bro: Henry & Service to my Couzens
Notes
- ↑ Probably a reference to the "Old Corner", or "Corner, Old Bailey", which is the address used by several of the Oxenden family, when writing from London. See The Corner or Old Corner, near Ludgate (and Old Bailey), London
