MRP: 30th March 1663, Letter from Max Dalyson to Sir GO, Hampton
30th March 1663, Letter from Max Dalyson to Sir GO, Hampton
BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, ff. 66-67
Editorial history
02/00/09, CSG: Completed transcription
13/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki
Abstract & context
This is a short, social letter, from Maximilian Dallison (alias Dalyson) to his uncle, Sir George Oxenden, dated March 30th, 1663, from his home at the Hamptons, West Kent.
Maximilian was the eldest child and only son of Elizabeth Dallison, Sir George Oxenden's elder sister. He was writing from his home, the Hamptons, West Peckham, a few miles from the city of Rochester. The house had been leased to Maximilian and his widowed mother, Elizabeth, on Maximilian's marriage to Frances Stanley, the daughter of a Kent brewer and property investor, Thomas Stanley
Suggested links
See biographical profile of Maximilian Dallison
See The Hamptons
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(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript in BL
Transcription
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[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, ff. 66-67]
[f. 66]
Most Hono:d Unckle
It joyes mee not á little to heare y:t you are safe arrived & in health at Surr:t where Considering yo:r much busienesse you meete w:th by reason of yo:r great employments causes mee to beleeve it weare an injury to trouble you with many lines, yett knowing it weere in excusable if I should not write at all; Since y:e losse may prove y:e more acceptable, I onely begg yo:r love & favour w:ch I much prise & valew Beseeching the
[f. 67]
Lord to multiply his mercy on you prospering of you in all yo:r undertakeings & grant in his due tyme yo:r happy retourne to your Native country w:ch is much desired by him who is
S:r
Yo:r most affectionate Nephew to Command
Max:s Dalyson
Hampton March 30: 1663.
Pray S:r present my love to my relations w:th you as Coz:n Masters,[1] Bromfield,[2] & to honest M:r Gdeyer[3]
