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The next two letters were written after Lord Huntingtower had
succeeded to the Dysart Earldom in 1698, but they are not dated. They
are written by Grace, Countess of Dysart.
“ July ye 16.
“ My Lord
“I receav’d Your Letter ye 14 of this Month: ye Expecktatn of
which defer’d my Sending ye inclos’d Letters for two or three Dayes.
Hear wos One Mr Carrody y‘ Lives betwixte Hellmingham and Berrey
[Bury St. Edmunds} to See You and my Sonn: and Din’d Hear.
Once hee Lodg’d att Richmond. I am verie sorrie to heare y‘ Yor
Elecktn shud Robb Mee off Youre Companie soe long as 3 Wekes. I
shud be gladd yl You wld Contrive to Send Mee some Venson and
some Suffok Stronge Beere. All my Children are verie Well & Present
their Dutys to You.
“ Adieu.
“ G. D.
“ For ye Right Honble Earle of Dysart att Hellmingham neare Epswich
in Suffok. Free by London.”
“July 28.
“ My Lord
“ I hope You Resaved my Letter of Satterday was Fortnight.
“ My Sonn wants Bisnesse for a Subjeck for Writing. All his
Discourse is about his Grandmother’s Invitatn to Weston.1 But iff he
Desires to Goe into Suffok he shall writt You Word himselfe. My
Lord Rochester2 and his Family came down into the Countrey last
Weeke to stay this Sumer. My Children are All well: but Betty is
much Inclining to Melancholy.3
“ Yor most obed1 Ser/ G. D.
“For ye Right Honble ye Earle of Dysart att Hellmingham near
Eppswich in Suffok. Free This.”
The fourth letter was written by Elizabeth Lady Wilbraham to her
son-in-law, Lionel Earl of Dysart. The letter refers to Lady Wilbraham’s
grandson, Lord Huntingtower, who was then twenty-three; and it was
probably written from Woodhey.
1 Elizabeth Lady Wilbraham’s property in
Staffordshire.
2 Laurence, first Earl of Rochester. He
married a daughter of the Earl of Burlington.
3 Elizabeth Tollemache, afterwards Lady
Cotton of Combermere.
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succeeded to the Dysart Earldom in 1698, but they are not dated. They
are written by Grace, Countess of Dysart.
“ July ye 16.
“ My Lord
“I receav’d Your Letter ye 14 of this Month: ye Expecktatn of
which defer’d my Sending ye inclos’d Letters for two or three Dayes.
Hear wos One Mr Carrody y‘ Lives betwixte Hellmingham and Berrey
[Bury St. Edmunds} to See You and my Sonn: and Din’d Hear.
Once hee Lodg’d att Richmond. I am verie sorrie to heare y‘ Yor
Elecktn shud Robb Mee off Youre Companie soe long as 3 Wekes. I
shud be gladd yl You wld Contrive to Send Mee some Venson and
some Suffok Stronge Beere. All my Children are verie Well & Present
their Dutys to You.
“ Adieu.
“ G. D.
“ For ye Right Honble Earle of Dysart att Hellmingham neare Epswich
in Suffok. Free by London.”
“July 28.
“ My Lord
“ I hope You Resaved my Letter of Satterday was Fortnight.
“ My Sonn wants Bisnesse for a Subjeck for Writing. All his
Discourse is about his Grandmother’s Invitatn to Weston.1 But iff he
Desires to Goe into Suffok he shall writt You Word himselfe. My
Lord Rochester2 and his Family came down into the Countrey last
Weeke to stay this Sumer. My Children are All well: but Betty is
much Inclining to Melancholy.3
“ Yor most obed1 Ser/ G. D.
“For ye Right Honble ye Earle of Dysart att Hellmingham near
Eppswich in Suffok. Free This.”
The fourth letter was written by Elizabeth Lady Wilbraham to her
son-in-law, Lionel Earl of Dysart. The letter refers to Lady Wilbraham’s
grandson, Lord Huntingtower, who was then twenty-three; and it was
probably written from Woodhey.
1 Elizabeth Lady Wilbraham’s property in
Staffordshire.
2 Laurence, first Earl of Rochester. He
married a daughter of the Earl of Burlington.
3 Elizabeth Tollemache, afterwards Lady
Cotton of Combermere.
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