Kensington y^e 2^d of October
I received [illeg] y^e favour of y^r letter last night, in
behalf of a worthy person, of whom I have often
times casualy heard a very good Character
[deleted] therefore sorry it is not {^in} my power
to doe him any service, Lord Godolphin, went
yesterday to Newmarket for a fortnight or 3 weeks
but if he were here I think it would be just y^e
same thing, noe Ecclesiasticall preferm^ts being now
in y^e Lords justices nor in y^e king but in a comisscion
constituted by his Majesty of 5 Bpps of w^ch y^e
Arch Bpps are two, & if I mistake not, y^e others
are Ely: Worcester & Salisbury, to whom I cant pre=
=tend to make any sort of application, & I doe presume
this thing will be disposed of before his Majesties
return, in my poor opinion, y^e likeliest way for
M^r Arundel to succeed in it, were by a recommendation
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to some of this commission, or to y^e whole of it, by y^e Bpp
of y^e Diocese or y^e Arch Deacon y^t visits him, but
I must ask: pardon for pretending to advise in this
case, & beg y^e favour likewise of presenting my
owne & sons & daughters humble service to my
cosen Fortescue, Ime very glad to hear she is better
in her health then of late, & y^t her fine children
are well, I can say soe of Miss Margret, I saw
her yesterday, I think she is much grown, & her
shape mends every day, y^u must give me leave
to say, wee are all in admiration at y^e long delay
of y^r affayris here, rather then ours tho indeed I
think all y^t are concernid in my Brother Boscawens
will, ought to be concern:d, y^t it is not yet proved
nor noe acct taken of y^e personal estate, Ime told
there are severall Fallies long since payable &
every body knows y^e Interest ceases from y^t time
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besides accidents y^t may happen to loos: y^e principal
allsoe, pray stir up y^r Neibour a little, we have
been expecting him many weeks, from his owne
letter to me, my son has writ to him a good
while since, to y^e same effect but has had noe
reply, indeed I grow impatient to see things
put into a method of proceeding regularly
in y^t great affayr:, in y^e mean time people
are at liberty to think & say what they pleas:
of this unaccountable delay, but I hope it will not
be in any bodies power to [damaged]ate a difference
or misunderstanding between two familys, in w^ch
I think there ought to be upon all acc^ts, & I hope
ever will be a strict friendship, Ime sure
it is y^e sincere desire, & accordingly shall be
y^e endeavour it s^r
y^r affectionate humble
serv^t J Boscawen
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Kensington y^e 2^d of October
I received [illeg] y^e favour of your letter last night, in
behalf of a worthy person, of whom I have often
times casually heard a very good Character
[deleted] therefore sorry it is not {^in} my power
to do him any service, Lord Godolphin, went
yesterday to Newmarket for a fortnight or 3 weeks
but if he were here I think it would be just y^e
same thing, no Ecclesiastical preferments being now
in y^e Lords justices nor in y^e King but in a commission
constituted by his Majesty of 5 Bishops of which y^e
Arch Bishops are two, & if I mistake not, y^e others
are Ely: Worcester & Salisbury, to whom I cant pre=
=tend to make any sort of application, & I do presume
this thing will be disposed of before his Majesties
return, in my poor opinion, y^e likeliest way for
M^r Arundel to succeed in it, were by a recommendation
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to some of this commission, or to y^e whole of it, by y^e Bishop
of y^e Diocese or y^e Arch Deacon that visits him, but
I must ask: pardon for pretending to advise in this
case, & beg y^e favour likewise of presenting my
own & sons & daughters humble service to my
cousin Fortescue, I'm very glad to hear she is better
in her health then of late, & that her fine children
are well, I can say so of Miss Margret, I saw
her yesterday, I think she is much grown, & her
shape mends every day, you must give me leave
to say, we are all in admiration at y^e long delay
of your affairs here, rather then ours though indeed I
think all that are concerned in my Brother Boscawens
will, ought to be concerned, that it is not yet proved
nor no account taken of y^e personal estate, I'm told
there are several Fallies long since payable &
every body knows y^e Interest ceases from that time
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besides accidents that may happen to lose: y^e principal
also, pray stir up your Neighbour a little, we have
been expecting him many weeks, from his own
letter to me, my son has writ to him a good
while since, to y^e same effect but has had no
reply, indeed I grow impatient to see things
put into a method of proceeding regularly
in that great affair:, in y^e mean time people
are at liberty to think & say what they please:
of this unaccountable delay, but I hope it will not
be in any bodies power to [damaged]ate a difference
or misunderstanding between two families, in which
I think there ought to be upon all accounts, & I hope
ever will be a strict friendship, I'm sure
it is y^e sincere desire, & accordingly shall be
y^e endeavour it sir
your affectionate humble
servant J Boscawen
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[change hand]
[cut – close written text, time consuming to read, appears to be about the travel of trustees to London, and legal disputes over Hugh Boscawen’s will, very little body information]