Box X.d.428 (151-203)
Contains 53 Results:
Letter from Henry de Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, to Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1542? March 10
Thanks him for entering into a bond on his behalf for the payment of his taxes to the king.
Letter from Nathaniel? Johnston to Sir Thomas Wentworth, bart., 1675 April 22
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.
Letter from Nathaniel? Johnston to Sir Thomas Wentworth, bart., 1675 April 30
Instructions from his physician concerning his want of appetite. Includes a receipt for a drink to strengthen his head.
Letter from Marmaduke Langdale, Baron Langdale, London, to Sir George Wentworth, Woolley, Yorkshire, 1660 July 14
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.
Letter from Francis Rockley to Sir George Wentworth, 1658 March 30
Concerns Rockley's dispute with Sir John Kay, bart. (the second husband of George's daughter-in-law).
Letter from James Shiers to Sir Thomas Wentworth, bart., Bretton, Yorkshire, 1662/3 February 10
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."
Letter from William Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Rouen, to Sir George Wentworth of Woolley and Thomas Wentworth, 1648 April 15
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.
Letter from William Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Rouen, to Sir George Wentworth of Woolley and Thomas Wentworth, Esq., 1648 October 15
Letter from William Wentworth, London, to Sir Matthew Wentworth, 2nd bart., Dublin, 1675/6 January
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.
Letter from John Whitehead, London, to Sir Matthew Wentworth, 2nd bart., 1675/6 March 14
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).