MRP: 25th March 1666/67, Letter from John Portman to Sir GO, London
25th March 1666/67, Letter from John Portman to Sir GO, London
BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 72-73
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Abstract & context
John Portman wrote to Sir George Oxenden on March 25th, 1666/67. The letter was sent from London.
In the letter, Portman XXX
John Portman (b. ?, d. 1683) was a London goldsmith. His business was in St. Mary Woolnoth. His eight hearth dwelling was located "Street syde" on Great Lombard street, adjacent to the nine hearth dwelling of the goldsmith Charles Everard. Edward Blackwell, another major goldsmith, was close by, in a larger building with thirteen hearths. Isaac Meynell was also on the streer side, with a dwelling of seven hearths.[1] Two other goldsmiths on the north side of Great Lombard street were Sir Robert Vyner, in a dwelling of eleven hearths, and John Colville, in a dwelling of nine hearths.[2]
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See 2nd October 1667, Letter from John Portman to Sir GO, London
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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 72-73]
[f. 72]
Honored S:r
Yo:es of y:e tenth of Septemb: last past I reced w:ch gives me so high an assurance of xxx great love & kindness to my sonn[3]) y:t I shall ever Acknowledg my selfeto be very much oblidged unto yo:w pray yo:w to shew kindness to M:r Jn:o Portmans son who went on y:e Affrican
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- ↑ Sir William Ryder, writing to Sir George Oxenden, about the same time as John Portman, prayed him "to shew kindness to M:r Jn:o Portmans son who went on y:e Affrican." See 16th April 1667, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London
