1383 - Thomas Hollinshead to his sister Stanley, 8 January 1704
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Dear Sister Ibid. eod.
The News of yE safe & happy Delivery {^wch we have continually wished & longed for} was most joyfully
recieved with us, ¬we rejoyced not a little ye more [deleted] to heare yt you
were pretty well after it; of ye continuance of wch I hope we shall be
further assjured in a little Time; perhaps I shall be tediousin troublingto you
you with business, but cannot forbeare to tell you yt I have done all I could
with my Father to have persuaded him to settle my BrotEs business to his
satisfaction but he had denied Three or Four Times to let me enter into Bond
upon his Acct. for him, will not faile to do all I can think of {^in it} before my
Father goes to London wch I believe will be in a little Time. my BrotE.
& sister present their Service to you {^with thanks for sending ye good news, I pray for yE health}
I & am Dear Sister &c.
for Mrs Stanley
The News of yE safe & happy Delivery {^wch we have continually wished & longed for} was most joyfully
recieved with us, &
were pretty well after it; of ye continuance of wch I hope we shall be
further assjured in a little Time; perhaps I shall be tedious
with my Father to have persuaded him to settle my BrotEs business to his
satisfaction but he had denied Three or Four Times to let me enter into Bond
Father goes to London wch I believe will be in a little Time. my BrotE.
& sister present their Service to you {^with thanks for sending ye good news, I pray for yE health}
I & am Dear Sister &c.
for Mrs Stanley
Dear Sister Ibid. eod.
The News of yE safe & happy Delivery {^wch we have continually wished & longed for} was most joyfully
recieved with us, ¬we rejoyced not a little ye more [deleted] to heare yt you
were pretty well after it; of ye continuance of wch I hope we shall be
further assjured in a little Time; perhaps I shall be tediousin troublingto you
you with business, but cannot forbeare to tell you yt I have done all I could
with my Father to have persuaded him to settle my BrotEs business to his
satisfaction but he had denied Three or Four Times to let me enter into Bond
upon his Acct. for him, will not faile to do all I can think of {^in it} before my
Father goes to London wch I believe will be in a little Time. my BrotE.
& sister present their Service to you {^with thanks for sending ye good news, I pray for yE health}
I & am Dear Sister &c.
for Mrs Stanley
The News of yE safe & happy Delivery {^wch we have continually wished & longed for} was most joyfully
recieved with us, &
were pretty well after it; of ye continuance of wch I hope we shall be
further assjured in a little Time; perhaps I shall be tedious
with my Father to have persuaded him to settle my BrotEs business to his
satisfaction but he had denied Three or Four Times to let me enter into Bond
Father goes to London wch I believe will be in a little Time. my BrotE.
& sister present their Service to you {^with thanks for sending ye good news, I pray for yE health}
I & am Dear Sister &c.
for Mrs Stanley
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Thomas Hollinshead to his sister Stanley, 8 January 1704
Thomas congratulates his sister on her recent safe delivery and good health. Though he knows it may be ‘tedious’ to her, he also reports on the financial matters concerning her husband and father, and expresses some frustration at his father’s refusal to let him resolve the matter.
Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)
D231 M/B/8 [41]
Derbyshire Record Office
1704
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Ibid. eod.
Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]
[Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]
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Thomas Hollinshead to his sister Stanley, 8 January 1704, 811704: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [41]