MRP: 7th October 1667, Letter from John Privett to Sir GO, Gun Yard, Houndsitch

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7th October 1667, Letter from John Privett to Sir GO, Gun Yard, Houndsitch

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXXX, ff. 42-43

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John Privett wrote to Sir George Oxenden in a letter fated Octover 7th, 1667, and sent from Gun Yard, Hounsditch.

In his letter, he XXXX

A "Jno: Privett" appears in the Houndsditch Precinct of St Botolph Aldgate in the 1666 hearth tax returns with a dwelling of six hearths.[1] There is also an inventory for a John Privett of "St. Buttolph without Aldgate, London", dated October 3rd 1674.[2] The latter inventory needs to be inspected by this author.

A Captain John Privett commanded the London 1667-1672 on several trips to Bantam and Surat. He kept a journal of a voyage from England to Bantam in the London, which survives in manuscript form at the British Library.[3]

The same Captain may have died commanding the Assistance, retaking St Helena from the Dutch ca. 1674.[4]

He was involved commercially with William Williams, who appears to have been both Captain, citizen and merchant taylor, with a house in Aldgate.[5]

However, it is not certain that the above Captain John Privett is the same person as the writer of the letter below to Sir George Oxenden.



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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXXX, ff. 42-43]

Right Worp:ll S:r George Oxinden

I am very glad to here of yo good hearte and happiness, these are to arguaint ye words of yo servants good health & giving yor many haumble thanks

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Yo worp:s most humble obedient servant, whilst I am
John Privett

Gunn Yard in Houndsditch
this 7th Octob: 1667


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PROB 4/10386 Privett, John, of St. Buttolph without Aldgate, London 1674 3 Oct. (1673)
  1. ↑ 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Botolph Aldgate : Houndsditch Precinct', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118518 Date accessed: 07 February 2012
  2. ↑ PROB 4/10386 Privett, John, of St. Buttolph without Aldgate, London 1674 3 Oct. (1673)
  3. ↑ 'Journal of John Privett " in "the shipp London, from England to Bantam begane in Jan., Anno Dom. 16??." (Sloane MSS., 3668) CHECK THIS REFERENCE AND MS."
  4. ↑ CCM, 74-76, p. 15
  5. ↑ This is the footnote text

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