MRP: 12th January 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to John Lambton, London

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12th January 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to John Lambton, London

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX ff. 24-25

Editorial history

09/06/09, CSG: Completed transcription
14/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki




Abstract & context


Nicholas Buckeridge wrote from London to John Lambton in Surat in letter dated January 12th, 1662/63.


Suggested links


See 13th January 1662/63, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London
See 31st March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London
See Late March 1662/63, Letter of attorney from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO
See 4th April 1663, Letter from Edmund Buckeridge to Sir GO
See 4th April 1663, Power of Attorney from Edmund Buckeridge to Sir GO
See March 1665/66, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO
See March 1665/66, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO_Letter2
See March 1665/66, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO_Letter3
See 26th December 1666, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London
See 16th April 1667, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London
See 7th August 1667, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London
See 10th October 1667, Letter from Nicholas Buckeridge to Sir GO, London


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Transcription


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[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX ff. 24-25]

[f.24]

My Worthy Good ffreind
M:r John Lambton

Since my coming into England I have not had an opportunity to write to you before now nor Could I acknowledg y:e receipt of yo:r lre bearing date 2:dayes after I left Swally By Cap:t Rickman[1] who sent it mee some tyme after wee both arrived heere.

The muske you Comitted to my Care proves soo bad y:t noo man offers any thing for it, Else I should not bee unmindefull to accept y:e first markett as you desired; I Would sell it for 20:s; p. oz: & give 6:m:p tyme for paym:t of y:e money but Cannot gett it accepted on these Conditions soo y:t I allmost despare of selling it soo soone as to make returne by those shippeing & y:e Comp:as strictnesse is such y:t I could not remitt its proceeds in Broad Cloth, though I weare imbursed therewith But I shall not bee wanting both to sell & make you retunres soo soone as possibley I can.

I am very mindfull to further a Conclusion of M:r Hen. Youngs:[2] difference w:th M:r Tho:s Andrewes[3] if any oportunity presents & hsall therein use my best endeavours for your Content & Advantage; what I left w:th you both moneyes debtes & goods I hope is all sent mee before these come to you but if any thing should still Happen to remaine in yo:r hands of mine please to deliver it to S:r Geo: Oxinden who hath my lre of Attourney & is impowered to give you â discharge; What Errors I know in y:e acco:t shall bee rectified & sent you by y:e shipping; Good S:ir excuse my present brevity being now in its hast & some what straightened for tyme, But by y:e shipping I intend more fully

[f. 25]

to advise w:t needfull in y:e Interim w:th a thankefull acknowledgment of your many Civilities I humbly rest.

Lond:o Jan:y y:e 12:th 1662

Yo:r oblidged ffreind & serv:t
Nich:o Buckeridge


Notes

Thomas Rickman


Calendar of State Papers: Colonial Series, vol. 8 mentions Richard Rickman at the time of President Wm. Methwold

Thomas Rickman mentioned in EFI 60-63, p. 272-3 in context of "articles of confederacy, between, and others"

"Thomas Rickman, Josias Smith, John Wootes, Samuel Ward, William Stannard, Thomas Hall, Matthew Crover, Joseph Trancmore, George Mastle, Samuel Smith, James Mackefield, William Adrim, Francis Dyer, Thomas Girdio, Samuel Bresson, Leonard Gey, Thomas Harman, and John Mercer do covenant and agree by and between themselves, their respective executors and administrators, not to serve the East India Company upon any conditions but those contained in the annexed printed paper, and also upon the condition that the said Company, or the commanders of their ships, certify under their hands that it shall be lawful for the said men to put their goods, which they shall bring home, into any of His Majesty's warehouses they shall think fit, without let or hindrance from the Company ; and that none of the said men shall seal any obligation to the Company above the penalty of 25 l. without the consent and agreement of any twelve of them had and obtained in writing under their hands ; and that none of the said men shall hinder or intercept one another in any employment undertaken under the said conditions, or they shall pay to such a one so intercepted 100l. sterling within three days of the said hindrance or interception, notwithstanding any pretence of law or equity to the contrary. To the performance of this covenant and agreement the said men bind themselves severally each to other in the sum of 200l. The copy is signed John Bowchett, Abchurch Lane, November 21, 1662."[4]


Possible primary sources


PROB 11/485 Gee 223–265 Will of John Rickman, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 03 December 1705
PROB 11/500 XXXX Will of Samuel Rickman, Mariner in Her Majesty's Ship Dover 03 March 1708

PROB 11/617 XXXX Will of Michael Rickman, Seaman board the Ship Devonshire 27 September 1727
  1. ↑ Captain Rickman was XXXX
  2. ↑ Henry Young was XXXX
  3. ↑ Thomas Andrewes was XXXX
  4. ↑ 'Articles of Confederacy between Thomas Rickman and others, November 10, 1662' (Home Miscellaneous, vol. xlii, p. 75), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), pp. 272-273

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