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Thanks him for entering into a bond on his behalf for the payment of his taxes to the king.

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From his physician, who has ordered balsam pills and syrup for him. Instructs him that the ale may be sweetened with the syrup of cowslips to taste.

Nathaniel Johnston name taken from the roll of the Royal College of Physicians, I, 453.

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Instructions from his physician concerning his want of appetite. Includes a receipt for a drink to strengthen his head.

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Requests Wentworth's opinion as to the appointment of his kinsman Sir Thomas Wentworth, bart. as captain of the trained bands of Barkston Ash and Skircoat, and of Sir Thomas Osborne, later Duke of Leeds, of those of Tickhill and Straffourd. Address leaf includes a note to the postmaster signed by Langdale, the notation "post paid," and "Ferribride" (i.e. Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire)

Several seals, one intact.

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Concerns Rockley's dispute with Sir John Kay, bart. (the second husband of George's daughter-in-law).

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Informs him that the decision of the court of King's Bench in the case involving him (Sir Thomas) and his brother, Sir Matthew Wentworth, 2nd bart., went against them. Address leaf includes a note to the postmaster of Ferrybridge and the notation "post paid. 3d."

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Concerning payments out of his estate. Presses them to collect his arrears. Would like Thomas Edmunds to become his steward (Edmunds is a known person, d.1663).

Thomas Wentworth later Sir Thomas Wentworth, bart., of Bretton.

Scope and Contents Asks his kinsmen to further his business concerning his estate and trust. He has written to his Uncle Clare to get passes for the Earl of Strafford's sisters to come out of England, and hopes that his uncle and aunt will come with them, but if in doing so or in staying at Woodhouse they "find any preuidice," he desires that his sisters entreat "My Lady" to be with them there. He has heard since that his uncle intends not to go away, of which he is glad. His sister Anne will acquaint them...

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Asks him to make his (William's) children his heirs, to keep the estate in the Wentworth name. The funeral was magnificent, costing £1200 (possibly Sir Thomas Wentworth's, d. 1675).

Seal intact.

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Suggests a marriage between Sir Matthew's son and one of Whitehead's nieces. Describes the various nieces and their fortunes. He has taken his wife and daughter to London, so "that they may see this Famous Citty."

Seal intact (slightly damaged).