<P_116>

<heading:edcomment:LXXII_UNTON,_LADY_DERING_TO_HENRY_OXINDEN>

Worthy Sir , Wee are still in the same distracted Expectassion you left
us ; (DERING-E2-P2,116.3)

only our fears a little increase , as the Armye draws nearer ;
(DERING-E2-P2,116.4)

it lyes now at St. Albons ; (DERING-E2-P2,116.5)

tomorrow the King comes to Tibbalds ; and on Saterday to Richmond .
(DERING-E2-P2,116.6)

This day we here of a Declaration from the Army , (DERING-E2-P2,116.7)

but $'t $is {TEXT:'tis} not to be seene till tomorrow ,
(DERING-E2-P2,116.8)

therfore I cann give you no account of it . (DERING-E2-P2,116.9)

I spake to Mr. Haberfield about that stone (DERING-E2-P2,116.10)

but he sayes he hath allowd for Sir Anthony's funerall and he hath no
more in that kind to doe , so that I must take care of it ; and if you
please to speake to Rob: Venetian , who is at Denton ,
(DERING-E2-P2,116.11)

he knowes where the stone is at Dover (DERING-E2-P2,116.12)

and will , I presume , gett <P_117> it brought safe to Denton .
(DERING-E2-P2,117.13)

I will sattisfie the charg of it , (DERING-E2-P2,117.14)

and you will be a noble worthy frend if you please to see it layd ,
after theyr Armes are Ingraven upon it and some Inscription worthy of
them . (DERING-E2-P2,117.15)

I understand by Mr. Haberfield that Mr. Barling told him that I was
buisey to undervalue the goods and beate downe the price sett in the
Inventory of severall things . (DERING-E2-P2,117.16)

I $can $not {TEXT:cannot} beleve him so unworthy .
(DERING-E2-P2,117.17)

Somthing that I knew the value of better then he , who would have over
rated it , (DERING-E2-P2,117.18)

I told him he was mistaken . (DERING-E2-P2,117.19)

$One was a little bableing silver watch she had , which he would prize
at 12=ll= . (DERING-E2-P2,117.20)

I told him , as was true , it never cost 4=ll= , (DERING-E2-P2,117.21)

and so of other things . (DERING-E2-P2,117.22)

Pray when you see him tell him of it . (DERING-E2-P2,117.23)

Is there none but falce Hearts under those black coates -
(DERING-E2-P2,117.24)

He parted with me in the greatest civillity and complement that could
be ; (DERING-E2-P2,117.25)

but I have done . (DERING-E2-P2,117.26)

Pray present my true and affectionat respects to your Dearest , sweete
Mrs. Oxinden . (DERING-E2-P2,117.27)

Sir your faithfull frend to serve you Unton Dering {COM:June_1647}
(DERING-E2-P2,117.28)

<P_118>

<heading:edcomment:LXXIV_UNTON,_LADY_DERING_TO_HENRY_OXINDEN>

Sir , I thank you for your acceptance of my endeavors which were very
hearty to serve you ; and your promise to preserve me iust in my word ,
which is a reall kindnes , (DERING-E2-P2,118.31)

for it is pretious to mee : (DERING-E2-P2,118.32)

I shall not be forgettfull of your desiers . (DERING-E2-P2,118.33)

Sir , you know how unhappiely frendless those dear pledges of my
pretious frends and yours <paren> so you are pleased to value them
</paren> are left ; and my selfe and sister as women being altogether
unable and unfitt to undergoe the care of that little estate left unto
them ; and my eldest brother at so great a distance as he $can $not
{TEXT:cannot} nether performe that office of love and <P_119> regard
toward them that otherwise he would and desiers . (DERING-E2-P2,119.34)

Wee have interested in the troblesome part of it , as setting and
letting and payeing , Mr. Haberfield chiefly ; (DERING-E2-P2,119.35)

and Mr. Kitchell is willing to be his assistant in his absence or
anything difficult ; (DERING-E2-P2,119.36)

and Mr. Haberfield to be every yeare accountable to Sir Phillip
Percivall of the disposall of the estate belonging to them - who upon
our intreaty and his affection to those gone is very willing to be
interested for them in anything for theyr good - (DERING-E2-P2,119.37)

Only he desiers some gentleman , and frend to them may be , be ioynd
with him in the Contrye wher the estat is ; by whom the faire carage of
Haberfield will be better desernd , and no accedent of absence or
otherwise be preiudiciall to the children , for theyr education or
otherwise . (DERING-E2-P2,119.38)

This frendly charitable office we doe intreat you <paren> of whose
loving regard and true well-wishes to those poore unhappie orphans wee
are very confiedent </paren> to joyne with Sir Phillip Percivall in ,
(DERING-E2-P2,119.39)

and we shall acknowledg it , as it will justly deserve , a curtesye of
a Noble and true frend . (DERING-E2-P2,119.40)

Pray lett me know by the next returne whether you will be pleased to
wellcome this troble - (DERING-E2-P2,119.41)

For I shall as soone as this Terme is done , returne home -
(DERING-E2-P2,119.42)

We are yett here undisturb'd by the Armye . (DERING-E2-P2,119.43)

The demanded members have withdrawne themselves from the House ,
(DERING-E2-P2,119.44)

but that will not serve ; (DERING-E2-P2,119.45)

the Army requiers to have them suspended the House ;
(DERING-E2-P2,119.46)

$'t $'is {TEXT:t'is} thought they will doe the King's buissnes and then
he will doe theyrs . (DERING-E2-P2,119.47)

God send us a good peace by any means he please . (DERING-E2-P2,119.48)

My best respects to yourselfe and Dearest (DERING-E2-P2,119.49)

I am unfainedly Your affectionat true frend Un. Dering .
(DERING-E2-P2,119.50)

I hope your little Naighbours at Denton are well .
(DERING-E2-P2,119.51)

St. Martin's lane (DERING-E2-P2,119.52)

July 1 1647 . (DERING-E2-P2,119.53)

<P_128>

<heading:edcomment:LXXIX_UNTON,_LADY_DERING,_TO_HENRY_OXINDEN>

Sir , According to your desier , I have spoken with Mr. Beven of
Ashford concerning your daughters being with him ;
(DERING-E2-P2,128.56)

he is very willing to doe you and them any servis in his power ,
(DERING-E2-P2,128.57)

and I am confiedent you will receave very good sattisfaction in your
charge , (DERING-E2-P2,128.58)

for he is a conscienable , discreete man , and one that stands uppon
his creditt ; and so industerous for the benifitting of his schollers
as if they be willing to receave , he will spare no paines to bring
them to perfection ; as I cann wittnes by experiance , when he taught
my daughter . (DERING-E2-P2,128.59)

And besides the quallietyes of musicke both-1 for the virgenalls and
singing <paren> if they have voices </paren> and writing <paren> and to
cast account which will be usefull to them hereafter </paren> he will
be carefull also that theyr behaviour be modest and such as becomes
theyr qualliety ; and that they grow in knowledg and understanding of
God and theyr duty to him , which is above all . (DERING-E2-P2,128.60)

For truely he is able to performe all this exceeding well :
(DERING-E2-P2,128.61)

and $'t $'is {TEXT:t'is} his delight as well as his duty .
(DERING-E2-P2,128.62)

They shall want no attendance or ought els nessessary for them ,
(DERING-E2-P2,128.63)

for his wife is an excellent good woman , and his daughter a civill
well quallified mayde , (DERING-E2-P2,128.64)

and both work very well . (DERING-E2-P2,128.65)

I presume you will think a yeare for both reasonable , when you
consider the hardnes of the times and that there is more troble with
Girles then boys ; (DERING-E2-P2,128.66)

and receave assuerance from me that these quallietys shall not-2 be
taught superviciously but really , if your daughters will bee
industerous . (DERING-E2-P2,128.67)

Pray lett me here your resolution speediely ; (DERING-E2-P2,128.68)

and I shall be glad therwith to be sattisfied of your and your beloved
safe <P_129> returne home . (DERING-E2-P2,129.69)

With my affectionat thanks for the favor of your companys here ; though
but a short time , <paren> so short as I cann scarse think it other
then a dreame </paren> . I shall hope for some other Opertunytie to
express better how much I vallue it ; (DERING-E2-P2,129.70)

in the mean time ever pray esteeme me as Unfainedly I am to you both A
truely affectionat frend Un. Dering . (DERING-E2-P2,129.71)

Surenden Dering (DERING-E2-P2,129.72)

the 2=d= of Aug. 1647 . (DERING-E2-P2,129.73)

I pray Intreat your wife to inquire how that sweete little babe of my
dear sister Per: is used by her Nurse . (DERING-E2-P2,129.74)

I $can $not {TEXT:cannot} beleve this report that she uses it ill and
beates itt . (DERING-E2-P2,129.75)

<heading:edcomment:LXXX_SAME_TO_SAME>

Sir , The chainge of the weather makes me hasten the dispatch of my
buissness at Denton , and by that opertunytie to returne you a more
full answer to your letter . (DERING-E2-P2,129.77)

First for your daughters ; Mr. Beven is this Michellmas removed from
Ashford ; but noe farther then to Mersham , where Sir Norton Knatchbull
lives . (DERING-E2-P2,129.78)

He will be settled there this weeke , and all accommodation as good
there , if not better , then at Ashford ; (DERING-E2-P2,129.79)

and $'t $'is {TEXT:t'is} somewhat neerer you . (DERING-E2-P2,129.80)

As soone as you shall please to send them he will respectively wellcome
them ; (DERING-E2-P2,129.81)

and promises me faithfully nothing shall be wanting to them <paren> in
his power </paren> for their good everywaie ; (DERING-E2-P2,129.82)

and he hopes you shall receave good sattisfaction in theyr time spent
with him . (DERING-E2-P2,129.83)

He hath a daughter , a civill well-disposed and discreete young mayde :
who works very well and playes excellent well of the virgenols ; who
shall attend them and accompany them in theyr imployments all day .
(DERING-E2-P2,129.84)

For the stone at Dovor , I will have it brought to Denton <P_130> by
all means ; and new polished ; (DERING-E2-P2,130.85)

and because it is to lye on the ground , an ingraven Epitaph will be
difficultly reade and be a good Charge ; though I must ever think the
preservation of the memory of theyr worths <paren> in any kind </paren>
above all such consideration . (DERING-E2-P2,130.86)

Yet not knowing how anything but of nessessity will be approved that I
doe , I desier the favor of you to Appoynt it to be brought from Dovor
and to be new polished ; and both theyr Armes with Crests in severall
scuchions to be ingraven upon it , with theyr Names , Ages , and day of
Death . (DERING-E2-P2,130.87)

And for those affectionat and frendly expressions you have made of them
<paren> for which you doe more and more indeere my best respective
acknowledgments to you </paren> , I would have them written upon a
Table , the ground black and the letters gold , and put in a black
frame and hung up by the table of Armes , which I think will be more
proper then ingraving it upon the stone . (DERING-E2-P2,130.88)

The Arms and Crest etc. , Gibbs of Cantb. can give , of both .
(DERING-E2-P2,130.89)

My brother's age I know not , (DERING-E2-P2,130.90)

she was about 33 <paren> if it be materiall to sett downe theyr ages
</paren> ; (DERING-E2-P2,130.91)

and I shall be much oblieged to you if you will please to take order
for the doeing of it : and to direct the layeing of the stone ;
(DERING-E2-P2,130.92)

and what the charge is I will be thankfully answereable to you for .
(DERING-E2-P2,130.93)

The money I shall be very well sattisfied should be in your Hands , and
upon the securiety alone of your bond and Mr. Denn's , if it were my
owne ; as I have given you testimony of ; (DERING-E2-P2,130.94)

but being intrusted for orphans , and of so deere parents ; and more ,
<paren> for this would well suit with my confiedence in you </paren>
many eyes being upon mee <paren> as Mr. Haberfield writs me word
</paren> , it will concerne mee to bee circumspect to prevent in the
beginning their censures ; though time will shew them in the end how
vaine theyr aptnes to jelloesies of me are . (DERING-E2-P2,130.95)

Therfore since I know your intensions are as just as I cann wish them ,
yett bee pleas'd , for full sattisfaction , to give your bond and Mr.
Denn's , and to acknowledge a recognizance , (DERING-E2-P2,130.96)

and after my returne from London , the money shall be redy ; wich will
be about a month after <P_131> Michellmas . (DERING-E2-P2,131.97)

A =ll= you might have presently : (DERING-E2-P2,131.98)

the rest is not yett gathered together . (DERING-E2-P2,131.99)

I must begg your pardon for my tedyous expressions , which have , I
feare , to long detained you from your better spent time .
(DERING-E2-P2,131.100)

I have only to present my affectionate respects to sweete Mrs. Oxenden
and your selfe , with assurance that I am Your professed faithfull
frend Unton Dering . (DERING-E2-P2,131.101)