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March 1662/63, Letter from Benjamin Glanville to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, ff. 113-114

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(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript at BL

(2) Check whether Richard Swift, merchant of London, was related to John Swift and to his sister Dame Martha Smith (née Swift)[1]


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[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, ff. 113-114]

[f. 113]

S:r Geo: Oxinden

S:r my often good wishes for yo:r health for yo:r prosperity I hope to heare in good tyme & yo:r mindfullnesse to answer y:e Defects of my ffreind, & Country man; M:r Ben: Clapton by yo:r favourable Encouragem:t preferm:t to y:t End you weare pleased to take á remembrance from S:r W:m Rider & my selfe, w:ch I presume you will not forgett; S:r I hope you have á Gallant Breed of game Cocks for yo:r recreation from those I presented you w:th & can at any tyme supply you if you fancy y:t sport; S:r My Brother Swift[2] presents his Humble service to you; who although hath endeavoured his utmost, & proferred all hee had to his Creditors; hath made noo end w:th them is now resolved to seeke his fortune w:th á small stock, hopeing in tyme to raise an Estate to pay his debts; & ifs resolved overland for psia; his ffreinds & relations request yo:r favour to call him thence into Imploym:t Hee takes this way because hee is unwilling to anger y:e Comp:a or put any Master of Shipp upon a penallty for his passage , & beleeveing you may y:e more freely favour him, because hee Breakes noo orders of y:e Comp:a – S:r I question not yo:r kindenesse heerein; soo farr as you Cann with hono:r to yo:r selfe Grattifye us. Hee will from Persia

[f. 114]

Sallute you & waite yo:r Call thence S:r w:th myne & my wives service to you presented; hopeing you will please in this to oblidge us, & freinds I cease yo:r farther trouble Craving yo:r pardon in this; & I remaine

Yo:r very humble serv:t at Comand
Benja: Glanvile [might just be Glainvile]


Notes

Imprisonment of Benjamin Clapton & Sir Edward Winter, Metchlepatam, XXXX


"...Sir Edward Winter together with Mr. Benjamin Clapton, who was secured and kept close prisoner in Metchlepatam by M:r W:m Jearsey chiefe of that place , for the said English East India Company, being sent thether by the said S:r Edward Winter to deliver a protest (made in his Majesties name) against the said Mr. Jearsey for intercepting and detaining his Majesties Letters and others his Majesties Subjects..."[3]


Benjamin Glanville, tin, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1669, 1670, 1672


"Dec. 10. [1665] Ostend. [Item] 85. Benjamin Glanville to Sir Wm. Clarke. Alderman Backwell is embarked for England, intending to sail by way of Calais; being at Bruges with the Bishop of Munster's agent, hears that all things are in a good posture. Letters from Amsterdam state that Gen. Gorgas, with his wife and children, are taken, but such reports gain no credit. Has found some of the stolen tin. Salvage is required for the Martin's cables and anchors, which are taken up. [Adm. Paper.]"[4]

"Jan. 13. [1666] Cockpit. [Item] 9. Duke of Albemarle to Lord Arlington. Lord Berkeley will have the saltpetre out of the East India Company's hands; wishes he could pay for it, or they will be loath to part with it, as money is owing them for the former saltpetre; hopes they will accept of money on the new Act. The East India ships are preparing, so the instructions for Bombay should be considered of. Has received orders that all ships going to foreign plantations take one fifth Dutchmen. An explosion of gunpowder has injured the Convertine, a Dutch prize at Chatham. Asks if the King have any employment at Ostend for Benj. Glanville, an ingenious man who carried the tin over there."[5]

"April 30. [1666] Ostend. [Item] 99. Ben. Glanville to the Navy Comrs. Sends by Capt. Watson, of the Mermaid, the anchor and two cables belonging to the Martin. Has directed Capt. Watson, on his arrival, to acquaint the Surveyor of the Navy. [Adm. Paper.]"[6]

"Aug. 30. [1666] Dover. [Item] 89. Warham Jemmett, sen., to Williamson. Sends to Sir Phil. Frowde two or three times a week news about the Dutch fleet sent by Mr. Glanville and Mr. Custis. Quotes a French letter from Mr. Richard, master of the posts from France to England, thanking him for the news, and hoping for peace. The news sent was of the affair of the Vlie and Schelling, which has made the names of the generals terrible all over France. Sir Lewis Dives has arrived, leaving the Earl of St. Alban's at Calais, waiting an order for a convoy thence. Begs favour in his trouble by being bound for Sir Arthur Slingsby. The captain is still in prison; threatens to lay on him the whole 200l. unless he pay the 100l. to Mr. Banks. Mr. Carlisle has married a young widow. [2 pages.]"[7]

"May 20. [1667] Dover. [Item] 67. Warham Jemmett, sen., to Williamson. Forwards a letter from Benj. Glanville. The vessel with Lady Temple's coach has arrived; will send her servant with the coach and a guide to Knowlton, to Sir Thos. Peyton's, as her ladyship directs. Begs consideration for his great losses in the packet boat service, and in import and export of prisoners; also for the hazard of his life during the contagion, in receiving letters and packets from all parts of Christendom, sent under cover to him; this was not his duty, but done to serve King and country; his vessels have often been much plundered by the French taking away colours and small tackle and provisions."[8]

"Oct. 7. [1667] Treasury Chambers, Whitehall. [Item] 80. Sir G. Downing to Williamson. The Lords of the Treasury desire he will move Lord Arlington to write a letter to hasten Mr. Glanville from Flanders, as the whole account of the tin business is stopped till he comes. Alderman Backwell will send the letter to him. Asks for the King's warrant to the Lords of the Treasury, concerning Sir Stephen Fox's 68,000l.[9]

"Feb. 23. [1669] Treasury Chamber, Whitehall. Sir George Downing to Williamson. The Lords of the Treasury desire you to move Lord Arlington to recommend to Monsieur Ognati, in his Majesty's name, that Phil. Cornelissen may take the remainder of the tin sold to him by Benj. Glanville, on behalf of his Majesty, and pay for it, or that it may be freed from Cornelissen's arrest at Ostend, and be otherwise disposed of. [Copy. Ibid. No. 21.] Prefixing,

Case stating that Glanville sold to Cornelissen, in Oct. 1666, 20,000 lbs. of his Majesty's tin, at 59 guilders per cwt., to be paid in Flemish money. That part of the tin has been delivered, and paid for, upon the agreement, of which Glanville has rendered an account to his Majesty, and has also declared that the rest of the tin was weighed off to Cornelissen's order long since, but has been detained for want of payment of the rest of the money due; and that his Majesty expects that Cornelissen shall, upon demand and offer of the tin, pay the remainder of the money at the price he bought it at, or leave his Majesty to dispose of it in some other manner. [Copy. Ibid. No. 211.]"[10]

"April 21. [1670] London. Ben. Glanville to Williamson. Thanks for past kindness. I have been advised by our friends Chas. Porter, Capt. Cook, Jack Fenn, &c., to solicit your interest with Lord Arlington for some employment in the new commission for wines, coals, &c. I have faithfully served the King, and doubt not but your interest and willingness to serve me will prevail. [Ibid. No. 196.]"[11]

"July 20. [1672] Greenwich. Benjamin Glanville to Williamson. As his frequent applications to him have ever been frustrated by press of business, sending him the enclosed account, which has been ready ever since he came to England, and requesting him to peruse it and show it to Lord Arlington, if necessary, and to appoint him any time to wait on him, he being above 200l. in disburse, besides the reward for his services as his Majesty's agent. [S.P. Dom., Car. II. 313, No. 18.]"[12]


Benjamin Glanville, King's agent, Ostend, 1666


"If Lord Arlington did not always acknowledge or return the compliments which were paid to him, he respected the feelings of his friend, even when excited by insufficient causes. A Mr. Glanville had been sent over to Ostend, upon business connected with the recovery of the tin which had been lost: the jealousy of Temple was excited, and he complained in his usual style of affected indifference:-

I had resolved never to mention Mr. Glanville more, since he takes occasion to publish at Ostend and Bruges that I have done all I can to oppose his being the King's agent at Ostend. but that the copies of my letters are sent him still be the next post, though they have been to so little purpose, that his commission is now prepared, and will come next week; which, God knows, I trouble my head so little about, and if his Majesty thinks fit to have his residency here broken into so many splinters, I shall repent it no otherwise than is due to the present unwillingness of the resident.[13]


Possible primary sources

TNA


PROB 11/164 Russell 58-117 Will of John Glanvill, Merchant 14 November 1633
PROB 11/180 Harvey 66-135 Will of Sir Francis Glanvill of Tavistock, Devon 04 May 1639
PROB 11/194 Rivers 111-157 Will of Richard Swift, Merchant of London 09 September 1645
PROB 11/204 Essex 53-107 Will of William Glanvill, Merchant of Heavitree, Devon 20 May 1648
PROB 11/380 Cann 52-107 Will of John Glanvill of Plymouth, Devon 02 July 1685


BL


'Glanville (Benjamin), merchant, Letter to J. Fenn, concerning tin shipped to Ostend, Aug. 1666. 5753. f. 303'[14]

- "A long letter from Glanville to John Fenn, dated Bruges, Aug. 15, 1666, NS, is preserved in the British Museum. Glanville gives a full account of the transportation of the tin, of which he claims to have been ..."[15]
  1. ↑ PROB 11/194 Rivers 111-157 Will of Richard Swift, Merchant of London 09 September 1645
  2. ↑ John Swift, London merchant; brother of Dame Martha Smith. For a less favourable view of John Swift's attempts to satisfy his creditors see a letter from the London merchant Robert Cranmer, a former subscriber to the Smirna Venture Joint Stock (27th March 1663, Letter from Robert Cranmer, London). John Swift made his way out to Surat, chosing the overland route via Aleppo, which he reached in August (20th August 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale to Sir GO, Aleppo). By November 1663 he was in Goa, where he was the joint author of a letter with Robert Ferrand to Sir George Oxenden, dated November 24th 1663 and sent from Goa (24th November 1663, Letter from Robert Ferrand and Mr. John Swift, Goa). Sir George Smith, his brother-in-law, wrote from London to Sir George Oxenden in March 1665/66, having heard of Swift's death, regretting his past support for the now deceased Swift, who had disappointed him by his behaviour in the East Indies (March 1665/66, Letter from George Smith to Sir GO
  3. ↑ XXXX (ed.), The diary of William Hedges, esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), during his agency in Bengal: as well as on his voyage out and return overland (1681-1697), (London, 1888), p. cccxxiii
  4. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II - volume 138: December 1-12, 1665', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1665-6 (1864), pp. 81-99. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54822 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  5. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II - volume 145: January 12-22, 1666', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1665-6 (1864), pp. 200-215. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54829 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  6. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II - volume 154: April 17-30, 1666', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1665-6 (1864), pp. 355-374. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54838 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  7. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II - volume 169: August 26-31, 1666', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1666-7 (1864), pp. 67-84. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54867 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  8. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II - volume 201: May 16-24, 1667', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667 (1866), pp. 102-120. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54917 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  9. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II - volume 219: October 1-12, 1667', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1667 (1866), pp. 501-522. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54935 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  10. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II: February 1669', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1668-9 (1894), pp. 177-218. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=54995 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  11. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II: April 1670', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1670: With addenda 1660-70 (1895), pp. 144-193. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=55029 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  12. ↑ Mary Anne Everett Greene (ed.), 'Charles II: July 1-20, 1672', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1672 (1899), pp. 296-370. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57154 Date accessed: 18 January 2012
  13. ↑ 'May 7. 1666', Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (ed.), Memoirs of the life, works, and correspondence of Sir William Temple, bart, vol. 1 (London, 1836), p. 235
  14. ↑ Index to the additional manuscripts: with those of the Egerton collection, preserved in the British museum, and acquired in the years 1783-1835 (London, 1849), p. 198
  15. ↑ Homer Edwards Woodbridge, Sir William Temple: the man and his work (XXXX, 1940), p. 74

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