MRP: 13th October 1667, Letter from Ann Master to Sir GO, Langdon Abbey

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13th October 1667, Letter from Ann Master to Sir GO, Langdon Abbey

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 45-47

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Suggested links


See 31st March 1663, Letter from Ann Master to Sir GO, Langden
See 10th March 1665/66, Letter from Ann Master to Sir GO, London
See 15th January 1666/67, Letter from Ann Master to Sir GO, Langdon



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[BL, Add MS. XX,XXX, ff. 45-47]

Langdon Abby 13th Octob 1667

Deare Brother

This incloased write in ye sbring as yow many see by ye date y:n woe shipps went as was entended by reason ye warr continued, but now we have Peace againe w:th all our neighbours, beginne to sttill to a trade, this is but a ?runing shipp y:t sailes to bring uo:w good news of Peace so I hope yo:w will prepared yoselfe to com home against fiting shipps shall be sent for yo:w, & y:n I hope to see yo:w settled amongst yo:e freinds, my husbands sister Matt[1] Masters is very happily married to a Merch:t in London one M:r Edward Watts[2] lives now in marke laine he mett her in London, & took such a likeing to her yt he would take noe answer of deniall nor ever inquired w:t her portion was; only desired a good wife w:ch I am confident she is XXXX could he have speed better any where y:e like good fortunn to yo:e owne content, I wish yo:w w:n yo:w returne home, I suppose by ye next shipps I shall write yo:w yt yo:w Nephew James Masters will have accomplished yt worke also: yn is some sure thing in agitation at this time & in great ?er forwards y:n formerly, ye loard bless it to him, she is a Judgs daughter w:ch will sute his profestion as well, at last God bring all things to pass w:n his good time is, their be more marrages it is said but I live farr from ye [the copiest left a blank of about 3 cm] & Am not acquainted w:th y:te intregus of affaires y:t are aoe farre from me; so will say no more; but leave yo:w to ye information of such as can best doe it; our states affaires are very berridussom [CSG, 12/09/08 – does she mean burdensome?] alteratton are all ready & more like to be but w:t will be ye end Lord knowes, poore England hath suffered very much of late many waies & y:s late summer hath bine very greivous to us in kent, by reason of ye Duch lieing soe XXXXX in ye sinXXX & burning of so many of our shipps At Chatham, w:tch did very often allarum us, all over ye country ye perticulars I leave to ye relation of ye Cap:t of ye shipp & other officers w:ch I suppose might be eye witnesses of all business y:t happened, but to ye Kingdoms great loss & disgrace ye parliament now begins to sett againe, & it is hooped will have all things in examination; where & by whom all thes misdemeinours have bine caused, w:te were like to have brought a totall ???rewing upon all ye Nation but ye Lords hath prevented it by his mercy & power w:ch I beseach him allwaies to extend to us If wee may bee in a capacity to rejoyce w:th our freinds, w:th I hope yo:w will ptake of by returning yo:selfe home unto us; w:ch is ye daiely prayers of,

Yo most affectionate sister desirous to serve yo:w in w:t she may

Ann Master

My husband[3] presents his best love & service to yo:w begging yo:e excuse from writing y:s time he hath lately had a fitt of sikness is not yet pfectly recovered but is in a good way, ys fall hath bine a very sikly time, both in towne & country but blessed be God not many died

All ye family at Deane are in London have bine their ever since Aprill, are in good health my mother was well pleased w:th their ??remove hath her health very well hops to see yo:w againe before she dies, w:ch she sayes would be her great Joy w:ch I verily beleave it would yeares are much and ??seene upon her, but all her senses very pfecte & good, God be praysed for it y:e India I spake of in S:r Christ: Turner[4] on of ye barrons of Exchequer his younger years he was ??aseuantt to my sister Sibbella Oxinden now his daughter shall be mine allso



Notes


Joyce Turnor (m. James Master, 1667)


Daughter of Sir Christopher Turner, Knight, a Baron of the Exchequer

[IN DANBURY PARISH CHURCH, CO. ESSEX] "Near this place lyeth the body of Joyce Master, (it being her desire to be buried where she died). She was Relict of James Master of East Langdon in the County of Kent. Esqre, and the only Daughter of Sir Christopher Turnor, of Milton-Earnest in the County of Bedford, one of the Barons of ...[GOOGLE SNIPPET ENDS]"[5]



Mr. Edward Watts, merchant, of Mark-Lane


"[September 16th, 1655] A letter of intelligence from Spain.[6]

San Lucar the 19th of Sept. 1655. [N. S.]

V. xxx. p. 239.

Mr. Edward Watts,

Sir,

On the 11th current here was a general imbargo made in these parts upon what effects were found of the English, which is what we have long feared, and therefore but little found, &c. The governor of this town, in regard he cannot find effects in the English power, hath imbargoed several parcels in the hands of Spaniards and Flemings, which are really sold, and the money paid for long since. The Conde was pleased to honour me with his first visit, being about five a–clock in the morning, and wondred to find so great a house, and so little goods in it; but I told him, we feared this long since, and that the birds were flown.

San Lucar, the 26th of Sept. 1655. [N. S.]

Sir,

The above lines are a copy of my last over land; since which hath not offered any thing worth your notice. Not yet any order from Madrid for the sale of what little effects hath been imbargoed of the English, nor hope there will not come any, for if it once come to that, it will be a public war.

The Spanish fleet is still abroad; but it's thought now will speedily retire into port, by reason the winter begins to come on."


"[May 1661] Sir William Vincent and Sir George Smith are accepted as security for indigo, and Edward Watts and James Stainer for calicoes."[7]

"[DATE? YEAR?]The warehouse in Mark Lane belonging to Edward Watts to be cleared and the King's goods removed from thence to the warehouse in Leadenhall, and 10l. to be charged to His majesty's ..."[8]

"Edward Watts, living 11 February 1669/70 mar. Martha [Masters], bapt. at Ospringe 23 September 1625; mentioned in wills of her father 18 May 1648, of her brother James Master, 17 May 1656, and of her niece, Anne Master, 11 February 1669/1670; marr. 19 June 1667, marriage licence (Faculty Office) dated 18 June 1667; ...."[9]

"Ed. Watts Mark lane"[10]

Christopher Boone, in his will, mentioned "my loveing ffriend M:r Edward Watts of London Merchant and his Daughter"[11]



Possible primary sources


PROB 11/372 Drax 1-51 Will of Edward Watts, Grocer of City of Westminster, Middlesex 05 January 1683
  1. Martha Masters (b. 1625, m. 1667, d. 1699. Father was Sir Edward Master and mother was Audrey Streynsham)
  2. An "Ed. Watts" with the address of "Mark Lane" is listed in John Camden Hotten, The little London directory of 1677 (London,1863), unpaginated
  3. Richard Masters, brother-in-law of Sir George Oxenden
  4. Sir Christopher Turner, a Baron of the Exchequer, and father of James Master's future wife
  5. George Streynsham Master, Some notices of the family of Master (XXXX, 1874), p. 53
  6. Thomas Birch (ed.), 'State Papers, 1655: September (2 of 4)', A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, vol. 4: Sept 1655 - May 1656 (London, 1742), pp. 15-30. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=55406 Date accessed: 23 December 2011
  7. 'A Court of Committees, May 13, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 371) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India Company, 1660-1663(Oxford, 1922), p. 113
  8. Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes, etc., of the East India Company: 1664-1667 (Oxford, 1923), p. 330
  9. Joseph Jackson Howard, Visitation of England and Wales (London, 1906), p.176
  10. John Camden Hotten, The little London directory of 1677 (London,1863), unpaginated
  11. PROB 11/385 Lloyd 136-181 Will of Christopher Boone, Merchant of London of All Saints Lee, Kent 29 July 1686, See Christopher Boone will