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9th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 105-106

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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 105-106]

Aprill y:e 9:th 1663

[f. 105]

Deare Brother

Once more give mee leave to sallute thee haveing an opportunity to send to Cap:t Millett,^[1] this inclosed was sent mee last night from M:r Raworth:^[2] I had forgotten in my severall lres to advise you y:t I recvd a Dimond Ring sent you by Cap:t Browne^[3] from Bimgee Parrack^[4] & 4 good Cornelian Rings large some of them, fitt for Banstrings (sic) [?]: I gave severall of them a way, as to M:r Vincent,^[5] M:r Bultell [Bulsell?]^[6] & other freinds, as I saw occasion, But lett mee tell you they weare not excellent, for hee y:t sent them in his lre promised to send you six good ones by y:e Truroro but I received none; y:e Dyamond I prayed M:r Dunckar^[7] to vallew hee offered mee 4s 10: & sayed hee would gett but Tenn shillings by it; my Brother Long^[8] was with mee, this day hee sayes hee wcvd á lre from Dixey Naper^[9] the young Roger Nevington^[10] & young Stevens;^[11] weare sorely putt to it, for they had noo provision for them of Bedding, w:ch you know I had provided

[f. 106]

by yo:r order & sent it aboard yo:r Shipp by Tenell [??]; pray Broth:r as it lyes in your way doo Dixy Naper all y:e good you cann, my Brother Longe often putts mee in mind of yo:r promise to shew his Godson^[12] all y:e favour you cann; Now á Word of y:e Lord Aungier^[13] it is not Certaine knowne whither hee bee slaine or not, it is y:e talke of y:e Towne, sum (sic) affirme it others denye it, yett Both patyes very Considerable, but if you will know my sednce [?]; I verily beleeve hee is slaine, & most are of my minde; I have looked in y:e Bannyans lre & finde hee sent y:e Chaw (sic), a Dyamond Ring, 4: Cornelyan Rings, & a Japan Stick, by M:r Nicho:s Buckeridge,^[14] y:e Bannians name is Bhimgee Cullian Parrack^[15] I deligt to take any occasion to Converse w:th you; O Deare Geo: shall I once more bee soo happy as to Injoy thy good Comp:a Truely I will answeer my selfe & hope God hath such a Blessing in store for mee & y:e rest of thy deare relations, wee all want thy presence, but in pticular my selfe who am destitute of a Comfort & support w:ch thow weart to mee in all my straights; Deare Brother Continew to love her y:t Loves thee, & shall ever acknowledge her selfe

Thy most highly oblidged
Sister
Elz:a Dalyson

Aprill y:e 9:th , 1663:

Deare Hart Cap:t Millett hath á Cristall Boate w:ch hee sayes you & hee will stoore [?] yo:r good wishes to mee much Longs to yo:r hands, & protestes it was maine Cause which putt him upon this voyadge, hee protestes a high [XXXX] for you, & designes now to signifie soo much to you, w:ch as you soo Cause lett him know I have; S:r Geo: Smyth^[16] hath a high vallue for him w:chbesides yo:r owne inclinations will make you love him who is yo:r Servant; But I am ever thine.

E.D

Notes

Sir Francis, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford (b., 1558, d. 1632)

Francis Aungier was the eldest son of Richard Aungier, Esquire and Rose Steward. Richard Aungier was a barrister of Gray's Inn.

Francis attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, before entering Gray's Inn in 1577, being made reader in 1602. He was appointed to the irish Privy Council, was made Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and was knighted all in the year 1609. Reappointed Master of the Rolls of Irleand by Charles I, 1625. Commissioner of the plantations at Munster in 1616 and Longford in 1620. Appointed a commissioner of the Great Seal in 1619. Created Lord Aungier, Baron of Longford in 1621. Resided in Dublin, having purchase the lands of the White Friars monastery.

Married three times; firstly to Douglas Fitzgerald; secondly to Anne Barne; thirdly to Margaret Cave. Five children by first two marriages, the eldest son being Gerard Aungier, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford, and the second son being Ambrose Aungier, Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Died 1632.^[17]

Gerald Aungier, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford (b.?, d. 1655)

Married Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Onslow of West Clandon in Surrey. Died a widow in 1655, with no issue, and was succeeded by his nephew.^[18]

Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford (b.?, d. 1700)

Son of Dr. Ambrose Aungier (b. ?, d. ?), Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin. Francis Aungier's brother was Ambrose Aungier, 2nd earl of Longford.

Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, was a captain of a troop of horse in 1660. He was made Viscount Longford in 1668 and obtained a patent for the incorporation of the town of Longford. He was created Earl of Longford in 1677. Appointed commissioner of the revenue in 1682 and keeper of the great seal in 1697.

Married Lady Anne Chichester, younger daughter and coheir of Arthur, 1st Earl of Donegal. Died without issue in 1700, when his titles went to his brother Ambrose Aungier.^[19]

Gerard Aungier (b. ?, d. ?)

The second son of Dr. Ambrose Aungier and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin. His elder brother was Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron of Aungier of Longford, who inherited the title from his uncle Gerard, 2nd Baron of Aungier of Longford, in 1655. At the death of Ambrose, 2nd Earl of Longford, in 1704, all the titles became extinct

Gerard Aungier had a younger brother, Ambrose, who succeeded his elder brother as the 2nd earl of Longford, in 1700, and two sisters, Douglas (sic), who married Edmund Ludlow, Esquire, in 1669, and Alice, who married Sir James Cuff, M.P.

Appointed to Surat in XXXX.

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Possible primary sources

Frances, Lord Aungier (1675): SEE: MS now in BL: “Essex Papers. Vol. IX. (ff. 462). June— Bee. 1675.

1. Account of the quarrel between the Lords and Commons, by

Francis, Lord Aungier ; London, 5 June, 1675. f. 21.“

↑ Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the Loyal Merchant
↑ Robert Raworth, a lawyer of Gray's Inn and legal advisor to Elizabeth Dallison and Sir George Oxenden
↑ Captain Browne may have been Captain Arnold Browne
↑ Bhimgee Parrack was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ ?John Vincent, a lawyer
↑ It is not clear who Mr Bultell was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Mr. Dunckar was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Long was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Dixy Naper was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Roger Nevington was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Stevens was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Long's godson was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Lord Aungier was Francis, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, the elder brother of Gerard Aungier. Francis had inherited the title from his uncle, Ambrose, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1655. Francis and Gerard were the first and second sons of Dr. Ambrose Aungier, Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and of Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin. Francis was a captain of a troop of horse and presumably it was some dispute of honour which led to the runour that he had been slaine. The rumour, however, proved to be wrong, and Francis lived till 1700, when the titles were inherited by his youngest brother, Ambrose Aungier. The titles became extinct on Ambrose's death in 1704 (Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18
↑ Nicholas Buckeridge was XXXX
↑ Bhimgee Cullian Parrack was XXXX. See Missing faces
↑ Sir George Smith, London merchant
↑ 'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18; 'Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Aungier,_1st_Baron_Aungier_of_Longford, viewed 28/01/12
↑ 'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18
↑ 'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18

[1] Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the Loyal Merchant

[2] Robert Raworth, a lawyer of Gray's Inn and legal advisor to Elizabeth Dallison and Sir George Oxenden

[3] Captain Browne may have been Captain Arnold Browne

[4] Bhimgee Parrack was XXXX. See Missing faces

[5] ?John Vincent, a lawyer

[6] It is not clear who Mr Bultell was XXXX. See Missing faces

[7] Mr. Dunckar was XXXX. See Missing faces

[8] Long was XXXX. See Missing faces

[9] Dixy Naper was XXXX. See Missing faces

[10] Roger Nevington was XXXX. See Missing faces

[11] Stevens was XXXX. See Missing faces

[12] Long's godson was XXXX. See Missing faces

[13] Lord Aungier was Francis, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, the elder brother of Gerard Aungier. Francis had inherited the title from his uncle, Ambrose, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1655. Francis and Gerard were the first and second sons of Dr. Ambrose Aungier, Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and of Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin. Francis was a captain of a troop of horse and presumably it was some dispute of honour which led to the runour that he had been slaine. The rumour, however, proved to be wrong, and Francis lived till 1700, when the titles were inherited by his youngest brother, Ambrose Aungier. The titles became extinct on Ambrose's death in 1704 (Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18

[14] Nicholas Buckeridge was XXXX

[15] Bhimgee Cullian Parrack was XXXX. See Missing faces

[16] Sir George Smith, London merchant

[17] 'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18; 'Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Aungier,_1st_Baron_Aungier_of_Longford, viewed 28/01/12

[18] 'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18

[19] 'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18

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 Deare Brother
-Once more give mee leave to sallute thee haveing an opportunity to send to Cap:t Millett,<ref>Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the ''Loyal Merchant''</ref> this inclosed was sent mee last night from M:r Raworth:<ref>Robert Raworth, a lawyer of Gray's Inn and legal advisor to Elizabeth Dallison and Sir George Oxenden</ref> I had forgotten in my severall lres to advise you y:t I recvd a Dimond Ring sent you by Cap:t Browne<ref>Captain Browne may have been Captain Arnold Browne</ref> from Bimgee Parrack<ref>Bhimgee Parrack was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> & 4 good Cornelian Rings large some of them, fitt for Banstrings (sic) [?]: I gave severall of them a way, as to M:r Vincent,<ref>?John Vincent, a lawyer</ref> M:r Bultell [Bulsell?]<ref>It is not clear who Mr Bultell was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> & other freinds, as I saw occasion, But lett mee tell you they weare not excellent, for hee y:t sent them in his lre promised to send you six good ones by y:e ''Truroro'' but I received none; y:e Dyamond I prayed M:r Dunckar<ref>Mr. Duckar was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> to vallew hee offered mee 4s 10: & sayed hee would gett but Tenn shillings by it; my Brother Long<ref>Long was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> was with mee, this day hee sayes hee wcvd á lre from Dixey Naper<ref>Dixy Naper was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> the young Roger Nevington<ref>Roger Nevington was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> & young Stevens;<ref>Stevens was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> weare sorely putt to it, for they had noo provision for them of Bedding, w:ch you know I had provided
+Once more give mee leave to sallute thee haveing an opportunity to send to Cap:t Millett,<ref>Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the ''Loyal Merchant''</ref> this inclosed was sent mee last night from M:r Raworth:<ref>Robert Raworth, a lawyer of Gray's Inn and legal advisor to Elizabeth Dallison and Sir George Oxenden</ref> I had forgotten in my severall lres to advise you y:t I recvd a Dimond Ring sent you by Cap:t Browne<ref>Captain Browne may have been Captain Arnold Browne</ref> from Bimgee Parrack<ref>Bhimgee Parrack was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> & 4 good Cornelian Rings large some of them, fitt for Banstrings (sic) [?]: I gave severall of them a way, as to M:r Vincent,<ref>?John Vincent, a lawyer</ref> M:r Bultell [Bulsell?]<ref>It is not clear who Mr Bultell was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> & other freinds, as I saw occasion, But lett mee tell you they weare not excellent, for hee y:t sent them in his lre promised to send you six good ones by y:e ''Truroro'' but I received none; y:e Dyamond I prayed M:r Dunckar<ref>Mr. Dunckar was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> to vallew hee offered mee 4s 10: & sayed hee would gett but Tenn shillings by it; my Brother Long<ref>Long was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> was with mee, this day hee sayes hee wcvd á lre from Dixey Naper<ref>Dixy Naper was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> the young Roger Nevington<ref>Roger Nevington was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> & young Stevens;<ref>Stevens was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> weare sorely putt to it, for they had noo provision for them of Bedding, w:ch you know I had provided
 [f. 106]
-by yo:r order & sent it aboard yo:r Shipp by Tenell [??]; pray Broth:r as it lyes in your way doo Dixy Naper all y:e good you cann, my Brother Longe often putts mee in mind of yo:r promise to shew his Godson<ref>Long's godson was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> all y:e favour you cann; Now á Word of y:e Lord Aungier<ref>Lord Aungier was the elder brother of Gerard Aungier, who was with Sir George Oxenden in Surat.  The rumour of Lord Aungier's death proved to be wrong</ref> it is not Certaine knowne whither hee bee slaine or not, it is y:e talke of y:e Towne, sum (sic) affirme it others denye it, yett Both patyes very Considerable, but if you will know my sednce [?]; I verily beleeve hee is slaine, & most are of my minde; I have looked in y:e Bannyans lre & finde hee sent y:e Chaw (sic), a Dyamond Ring, 4: Cornelyan Rings, & a Japan Stick, by M:r Nicho:s Buckeridge,<ref>Nicholas Buckeridge was XXXX</ref> y:e Bannians name is Bhimgee Cullian Parrack<ref>Bhimgee Cullian Parrack was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> I deligt to take any occasion to Converse w:th you; O Deare Geo: shall I once more bee soo happy as to Injoy thy good Comp:a Truely I will answeer my selfe & hope God hath such a Blessing in store for mee & y:e rest of thy deare relations, wee all want thy presence, but in pticular my selfe who am destitute of a Comfort & support w:ch thow weart to mee in all my straights; Deare Brother Continew to love her y:t Loves thee, & shall ever acknowledge her selfe
+by yo:r order & sent it aboard yo:r Shipp by Tenell [??]; pray Broth:r as it lyes in your way doo Dixy Naper all y:e good you cann, my Brother Longe often putts mee in mind of yo:r promise to shew his Godson<ref>Long's godson was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> all y:e favour you cann; Now á Word of y:e Lord Aungier<ref>Lord Aungier was Francis, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, the elder brother of Gerard Aungier.  Francis had inherited the title from his uncle, Ambrose, 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1655.  Francis and Gerard were the first and second sons of Dr. Ambrose Aungier, Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and of Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin.  Francis was a captain of a troop of horse and presumably it was some dispute of honour which led to the runour that he had been slaine. The rumour, however, proved to be wrong, and Francis lived till 1700, when the titles were inherited by his youngest brother, Ambrose Aungier.  The titles became extinct on Ambrose's death in 1704 ([http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA18 Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18]</ref> it is not Certaine knowne whither hee bee slaine or not, it is y:e talke of y:e Towne, sum (sic) affirme it others denye it, yett Both patyes very Considerable, but if you will know my sednce [?]; I verily beleeve hee is slaine, & most are of my minde; I have looked in y:e Bannyans lre & finde hee sent y:e Chaw (sic), a Dyamond Ring, 4: Cornelyan Rings, & a Japan Stick, by M:r Nicho:s Buckeridge,<ref>Nicholas Buckeridge was XXXX</ref> y:e Bannians name is Bhimgee Cullian Parrack<ref>Bhimgee Cullian Parrack was XXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> I deligt to take any occasion to Converse w:th you; O Deare Geo: shall I once more bee soo happy as to Injoy thy good Comp:a Truely I will answeer my selfe & hope God hath such a Blessing in store for mee & y:e rest of thy deare relations, wee all want thy presence, but in pticular my selfe who am destitute of a Comfort & support w:ch thow weart to mee in all my straights; Deare Brother Continew to love her y:t Loves thee, & shall ever acknowledge her selfe
 Thy most highly oblidged
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 Married Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Onslow of West Clandon in Surrey. Died a widow in 1655, with no issue, and was succeeded by his nephew.<ref>'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA18 Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18]</ref>
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-===Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron (b.?, d. 1700)===
+===Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford (b.?, d. 1700)===
-Son of Dr. Ambrose Aungier, Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin.  Francis Aungier's brother was Ambrose Aungier, 2nd earl of Longford.
+Son of Dr. Ambrose Aungier (b. ?, d. ?), Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin.  Francis Aungier's brother was Ambrose Aungier, 2nd earl of Longford.
-Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, wsa  a captain of a troop of horse in 1660. He was made Viscount Longford in 1668 and  obtained a patent for the incorporation of the town of Longford. He was created Earl of Longford in 1677.  Appointed commissioner of the revenue in 1682 and keeper of the great seal in 1697.  Married Lady Anne Chichester, younger daughter and coheir of Arthur, 1st earl of Donegal.  Died without issue in 1700, when his titles went to his brother Ambrose Aungier.<ref>'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA18 Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18]</ref>
+Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, was a captain of a troop of horse in 1660. He was made Viscount Longford in 1668 and obtained a patent for the incorporation of the town of Longford. He was created Earl of Longford in 1677.  Appointed commissioner of the revenue in 1682 and keeper of the great seal in 1697.
+Married Lady Anne Chichester, younger daughter and coheir of Arthur, 1st Earl of Donegal.  Died without issue in 1700, when his titles went to his brother Ambrose Aungier.<ref>'Aungier- Baron Aungier, of Longford, Viscount Longford, and Earl of Longford' in [http://books.google.co.uk/books/reader?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA18 Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant: abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 18]</ref>
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 ===Gerard Aungier (b. ?, d. ?)===
-Presumably the second son of Dr. Ambrose Aungier and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin.
+The second son of Dr. Ambrose Aungier and Grisel Bulkeley, daughter of Lancelot Bulkeley, the Archbishop of Dublin.  His elder brother was Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron of Aungier of Longford, who inherited the title from his uncle Gerard, 2nd Baron of Aungier of Longford, in 1655.  At the death of Ambrose, 2nd Earl of Longford, in 1704, all the titles became extinct
+Gerard Aungier had a younger brother, Ambrose, who succeeded his elder brother as the 2nd earl of Longford, in 1700, and two sisters, Douglas (sic), who married Edmund Ludlow, Esquire, in 1669, and Alice, who married Sir James Cuff, M.P.
 Appointed to Surat in XXXX.