1632 - Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 14 January 1705

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January ye 14th. 1704 5.
Dear Sister
I hope this will find all well at ye Parke, my FatE. was in
hopes thought ye good Season of weather would have invited you to
take a journy to Ashenhurst, wch. if it might be we should all very
much rejoice for; {^I should have been glad to have come to see you but things will not yet suit for yt purpose} Str Hampton had a Letter lately from my Aunt
Nairne, wherein she wrote yt her youngest Daughter was dangerously
ill; Old Jon. Barlows son has taken ye House his FatE. lives in for
3 years. my FatE gives his service to my BrotE & Blessing to yEself & ye
Children my BrotE & Sisters joine with me in service to my BrotE. Stanley
YEself & ym. I am Dear Sister &c
January ye 14th. 1704 5.
Dear Sister
I hope this will find all well at ye Parke, my FatE. was in
hopes thought ye good Season of weather would have invited you to
take a journy to Ashenhurst, wch. if it might be we should all very
much rejoice for; {^I should have been glad to have come to see you but things will not yet suit for that purpose} Str Hampton had a Letter lately from my Aunt
Nairne, wherein she wrote that her youngest Daughter was dangerously
ill; Old Jon. Barlows son has taken ye House his FatE. lives in for
3 years. my FatE gives his service to my BrotE & Blessing to yourself & ye
Children my BrotE & Sisters joine with me in service to my BrotE. Stanley
YEself & ym. I am Dear Sister &c
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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 14 January 1705

Thomas is unable to come and visit his sister. Their father had hoped that the good weather would have encouraged her and her family to come to them. Aunt [Lady] Nairn’s youngest daughter is dangerously ill.

Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)

D231 M/B/8 [75]

Derbyshire Record Office

1705

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January 14 1704/5

[Ashenhurst, Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]

[Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]

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Thomas Hollinshead to his Sister Stanley, 14 January 1705, 1411705: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [75]

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