Will[iam] Ward to Adam Ottley. The bearer, who is married to the writer's aunt Wight's daughter, has occasion for the £200 which the recipient promised to pay in part of his bond. The writer asks the recipient to let the writer have the said £200 together with a year's interest due. Subscribed: memorandum in the recipient's hand that he paid Mr Watkins, the bearer of the letter, £200 principal.
Will[iam] Wight at Arley to [Adam Ottley]. Almost three years' interest is due. The recipient says in his letter that he cannot safely pay it to anybody but the legal representative of Mr Ward. If the recipient will let the writer's sons have £30 or £40 the recipient will have what security he pleases for it. His wife has enclosed a letter to 'my Lord B.'.
Will[iam] Wight at Arley to Adam Ottley at Pitchford. Mr and Mrs Ward are both dead. In his last letter the recipient recited the contents of Lady Wolryche's will: this is not at all material. The writer's financial situation; he begs the recipient to pay the interest which the recipient has in hand. He wishes to meet the recipient in Bridgnorth the following Tuesday: if he is disappointed it may end in his ruin. Dorse: copy of reply, dated at Pitchford Nov. 14 1720. The writer of the reply finds that he cannot safely pay the interest due upon his bond to his late cousin Marg[are]t Wolryche to anyone but the legal representative of Mr Ward.
Will[iam] Wight at Arley to [Adam Ottley]. He has sent to Mr Ward in London and neither can he get an answer nor an order for the payment of what is due, and he cannot subsist any longer without it; details of how the recipient can help him. Dorse: brief note of contents, also copy of reply, dated at Pitchford Sept. 23 1720. The writer of the reply is concerned that Mr Ward will not give them ('us') any answer to their letters. He, the writer, is now advised not to pay any more interest but to Mr Ward. He quotes from his cousin Marg[are]t Wolryche's will.
Will[iam] Wight at Arley to [Adam Ottley]. Mr Ward has lately come from London to Willingworth and the writer asks the recipient to pay the interest as soon as he conveniently can. The writer has purchased an estate of £460 and must beg another favour 'of paying 4 hundred pounds at midsumer next'. Subscribed: copy of reply, dated at Drakelow Oct. 16 1717. The writer of the reply intends to send £40, being a year's interest, to Mr Ward at Willingsworth and must beg leave to consult him about payment of £400 principal.
Will[iam] Wight at Arley to [Adam Ottley]. Since he received the recipient's letter ordering the payment of £80 to Mr Priest his family have been told by Mr Priest that the recipient has countermanded his order. There is a great want of money in the family; he has 'run out' £200 to serve the recipient; he wishes the recipient to continue his order. Endorsed: name of writer, date.
Will[iam] Wight at Arley to [Adam Ottley]. Since he saw the recipient he has sent to Mr Ward in London to acquaint him with the recipient's payments to Mr Wood and Mr Holliar.
Will[iam] Windham at Braxted to [Adam Ottley]. He cannot but again recommend the recipient to acquaint General Palmes with his desire to dispose [of his commission] during the coming winter. Second page: i. copy of reply to the above. The writer of the reply cannot tell how to address himself to the General without the recipient's introduction, which makes him beg that the recipient would be pleased to enclose 'this' [see below] to the General. The garrison of St Venant marched out the previous day, it is thought that Aire will hold out at least three weeks longer. ii. copy of letter from [Adam Ottley] at the siege of Aire to Lieut[enant] Gen[era]l Palmes, dated Oct. 3 N.S. [1710]. He wishes for leave to dispose of the commission of cornet in the recipient's regiment, which he has had the honour of serving for the previous two years.
Will[iam] Windham at Braxted to Adam Ottley. He forwarded the recipient's letter to their colonel and has received an answer, with one enclosed for the recipient [see above no. 2585].
Will[iam] Windham At Buckingham street in York Buildings [London] to Herbert Rudhale Westpaling, ESQ., at Rudhale near Ross, Herefordshire. Mr Ottley has often been with the writer, pressing to get him liberty to dispose of his post. Despite the writer's promise of assistance the Duke's sudden departure makes him afraid that it will be impossible to conclude the matter until another year.
W[illiam] Wotton at Carmarthen to Adam Ottley. When he waited on the recipient at Carmarthen he mentioned Dr Wilkins's code of Anglo-Saxon laws as ready for the press. He is sure that the recipient's love of the antiquities of their forefathers will lead him to promote a work which Dean Hickes wished in his Thesaurus to have been undertaken. The recipient was so kind as to promise that the writer should have a copy of the folio Welsh bible; details of the binding desired. Mr Clark and Mr Havard go the next day to Cambridge, and Lady Rudd sends Sir John Rudd along with them that he may see before hand what sort of things universities are. Endorsed: name of writer, date.
[?]Wilst Rich[ar]d: Wilding at Salop to Add[am] Oattley at Pitchford. He wishes to make the recipient's official seal. Endorsed: brief note of contents.
Winnifrid Moreton at Shiffnall to Adam Ottley at his house at Pitchford. She wishes the recipient to pay the money to Mr Pearce in Shrewsbury, or to the gentleman the recipient paid it to the previous year. Endorsed: brief note of contents.
Winnifrid Moreton at Shiffnall to [Adam Ottley]. She wishes to have the £10 due on the 6th of September. Endorsed: brief note of contents and of contents of reply.
