1633 - Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 10 February 1704

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Ashenhurst February ye Saturday February ye 10th. 17054
Dear BrotE:
I hope this will find you & all ye Family in Perfect Health, I was
this Day Sevenninght at Winkle, & after some talke with Willby my Fathers Order
{?Barlow} gave him Will Barlow notice to provide for himself at spring

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he told me he saw you at Maclesfield ye Munday before {^on wch. Day I wrote to you to desire you to come to Ashenhurst as soone as you might safely venture from home} wch. I was very
glad to heare {^of yE being abroad} & have since dayly expected to see you at Ashenhurst; must
therefore renew my request to you to come with ye first convenience, I
hope yE business may be settled, ye great desire I have to see it done, & my
earnest wishes to have ye cause of all strangeness amongst us taken
away, may make too importunate with you to undertake ye journess
but I hope you will impute it to no other then ye Causes above mencond
my FatE. gives his service to you & blessing to my sister & ye Children,
my BrotE. & Sisters joine with me in Service to yEself my Sister Aunt
Birtles Cousin Thorrileigh & ye Children, I am &c.
Ashenhurst February ye Saturday February ye 10th. 17054
Dear BrotE:
I hope this will find you & all ye Family in Perfect Health, I was
this Day Sevenninght at Winkle, & after some talk with Willby my Fathers Order
{?Barlow} gave him Will Barlow notice to provide for himself at spring

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he told me he saw you at Macclesfield ye Monday before {^on wch. Day I wrote to you to desire you to come to Ashenhurst as soon as you might safely venture from home} wch. I was very
glad to hear {^of yE being abroad} & have since daily expected to see you at Ashenhurst; must
therefore renew my request to you to come with ye first convenience, I
hope the business may be settled, ye great desire I have to see it done, & my
earnest wishes to have ye cause of all strangeness amongst us taken
away, may make too importunate with you to undertake ye journeys
but I hope you will impute it to no other then ye Causes above mentioned
my FatE. gives his service to you & blessing to my sister & ye Children,
my BrotE. & Sisters join with me in Service to yourself my Sister Aunt
Birtles Cousin Thorrileigh & ye Children, I am &c.
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Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 10 February 1704

Thomas again bemoans the strangeness between himself and his brother-in-law. He urges his brother to come and visit him soon.

Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family)

D231 M/B/8 [76]

Derbyshire Record Office

1705

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Saturday February 10 1704/5

Ashenhurst [Bradnop, Staffordshire, England]

[Alderley Park, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England]

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Thomas Hollinshead to his brother-in-law Mr Stanley, 10 February 1704, 1011705: Derbyshire Record Office, Hollinshead Letterbook (Okeover family), D231 M/B/8 [76]

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