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A reply to a letter of the 10th Oct. Sir William Godolphin at Madrid having resolved to part with his Auditor's place of Wales, the writer has lately written him for the pre-emption thereof, which he expects will cost him no less than 16 or 1700 pounds, Sir William having been formerly offered £2,000 for it. That is why the writer cannot be so positive in complying with Ellis's demands as he would wish. As to the demands, he has never consented to them. Notwithstanding, he may agree to them if at the next session of Parliament the dark cloud which at present seems to hang over them be dissipated so that a man may hopefully say that he is likely to have property in what he calls his own. The land shall be purchased at 17 years value, and the wood and timber - as much thereof as is fit for sale - may be sold and the proceeds thereof equally divided, and the rest bought by his son at a reasonable value. The chattels within and without doors to be treated in much the same manner as the wood and timber. The whole of Abertanat is to be settled on the young lady in the manner mentioned in Ellis's paper. All the writer's lands in Cornwall to be settled forthwith on his son, and surrendered forthwith into his possession; and the latter is to be considered as the writer's eldest son on the writer's decease. He also professes in all seriousness that such is the high esteem he has for that noble family and those incomparably obliging ladies, that nothing in his power will be withheld to complete his son's happiness under God in this affair: to expect more would but infelicitate J.G.

Her letter of the 15th gives him to understand that his letter of the 13th is plain and positive as to the land and that it gives her satisfaction regarding his sincerity. But she asks him to be as plain and positive about her other demands contained in the papers delivered to him by Mr Ellis. In answer he now says that by £8,000 for the lands he means the woods and timber to be comprised in that sum; that the household stuff shall be valued by indifferent persons; that two-thirds of Abertanat be settled on her sister for life; that his lands in Cornwall be given in possession to his son in marriage; that although he will not promise to settle £200 per annum more on him in reversion after the writer's death, yet he will consider him as his eldest son when he dies; and lastly that the whole estate of Abertanat be settled as they themselves shall please and as counsel shall advise.

Mr Sheriff is very well and Sir Job' commends him highly in his care for the appearance of the grand jury where brave gentlemen appeared. He bid the writer write to her for twenty pounds more that he may discharge all accounts. They hope to be home on Saturday night. PS John Davies bid the writer acquaint her 'that her concerns about Rylownyd' will not be done until the next Assizes. And 'stockins bysness' is agreed upon: she is to have £105.

The writer has taken care - according to Owen's request when the writer was at Porkington - to mind the return of sheriffs for Shropshire, and now believes that Owen is out of danger there - though Mr Roger Evans, his neighbour, is not. But unexpectedly this evening going to wait on the Lord President in order to excuse a South Wales gentleman on the commands of a person of quality, the writer found Owen's name in front of the Denbighshire list - and so he promised some money to have Owen excused. He could not prevail to have his name put out, but he believes that it will be Mr Langford of Trefalun whose name will be pricked. He thinks that his landlord, Brereton, is concerned as third person: how it will fare with him he knows not, though the writer is obliged to do him all the slender services he can but he hopes it will be fixed on Langford without redemption as the middle man between them both. He thinks that if he had not by chance seen Owen's name, the latter would have been pricked, even if later excused. Owen's cousin, Griffith Vaughan, is the first man in the Merionethshire list, and as far as the writer can find has nobody to look after him. Mr William Salesbury wrote the writer a letter to offer £5 to excuse him if he were returned, but it seems it is a contemptible sum among the Lord President's favourites.

Has received two letters from his son since the latter was with him; on New Year's day, the day on which the recipient was born, the writer's wife was delivered of a son, who after two or three hours died and was buried by the rest in Clerkenwell. She has been very weak ... but there are now good hopes of her recovery, and her ague is beginning to abate. He hopes his son and his wife and both the little ones are well. His papers for raising money are with Lord O'Brian who approved them, and intended to know the King's pleasure therein with the Lord Treasurer. This was eight days ago, but he has heard nothing since. If it takes, it will do well, otherwise they are as they were. Their cousin, Sidney Godolphin, went to Spain about six days ago by the King's order. War with France is now likely. Asks his son to make compliance punctually with Mr Weeks and Mr Walton. Expects his brother, Thomas Martyn, every day, but how to answer his expectation he knows not, by reason of those late unexpected great losses on his wife's estate, unless Providence make it up to him in some other way. If the papers in Lord O'Brian's hands take, all may be well, for the writer has taken care thereby for his son as well as himself. Whether the King approves of them depends on the Lord Treasurer's opinion, whose daughter the Lord O'Brian's son married.

Compliments and acknowledgment of Owen's letter. He has also received one other which was so tattered and worn out with carriage that he is still ignorant of the substance of it. He will wait on Owen after Christmas provided he receives word when Owen will be at home, which may be sent by post to Shellrock, the postmaster at Salop. The writer will continue to be dear Robin's friend and servant, etc.

Thanks her for acquainting her with the news of Madam Ellen's recovery. She was much troubled when she had a letter from Mrs Twistleton. Not having heard anything since, she sent on purpose to know how she is, as well as the rest of the good company. She encloses bills for what she has returned for Sir Robert, and so much money as will make up £700. She desires an acquittance from Mrs Owen's hands for all that has been received by her; by next time the writer will produce notes of what she has received and from whom. There was a rumour in those parts that Sir Robert was like to pass himself off for £2,500 which she hopes is altogether untruth. She thinks it is better for his interests and Madam Jane's that he should be as he is than to adventure on so small a fortune, and when St Andrew's is past she hopes he will be in a condition to have more: the recipient will also receive another note complete of what has been raised on the tenements, but no more is to be expected for this year, for she has let all the tenements except Arddu Bach. She has demanded the rent charge of 1/10 due upon the house and tenement of Charles of Penmorfa. He says he will not pay them unless he be forced to it. PS She had almost forgotten to add that Mrs Jones of Caernarvon had bosses in their burying place of Llanbeblig for her maids and her brother's maid, which the writer caused to be removed. Mrs Jones also disowns any right the Owens have in the chancel of the town church, though the writer knows it to be otherwise. How she has agreed with Maurice Griffith about his great repairs, she will let them know hereafter.

Has received information that Parliament is dissolved. Asks Wynne to give his interest with her husband in the new election in which he stands as knight of the shire. This has happened at a juncture when his Lordship is absent, but she hopes that his business will soon permit his return.

His heels being - by God's Providence - at liberty once again, the writer was ambitious to acquaint Owen therewith, and to send him a letter which he wrote in October and which has been in prison ever since - thanks to Sir William Waller - together with its poor author. The history of his sufferings is too large to give an account of in this little piece of paper; yet this he can say, that if he had been a villain by nature, his imprisonment administered temptations sufficient to have improved him. But he was bold enough to resist the devil, so that he fled from the writer. But he did err in yielding credit to some menaces which sounded very harsh and would not have done so either, but that he was betrayed thereunto by a pretended friend and that was the cause of an additional information and of the false report that he had recanted the first. Mr Clarke and the writer often drink to Owen's and Mr Lloyd's health.

The writer thought that Owen had conversed with so many ingenious persons of this age that laughed at that idle thing called love, and fancied that Owen when he last saw him, was inclined to be of the same opinion. But he now guesses from Owen's last letter that he is as good as smitten, and so will no longer be a heretic in love - 'and therefore Good Lord deliver you'. The writer will take care to give the credit desired by Owen and pay Mr Jeffreys in a day or two. He is sure that Jeffreys expects something more of which Owen says nothing. Jeffreys is known to love money extremely well: what Owen pays is a considerable sum, though the ordinary fees and therefore fair. When Owen has his estate, the writer knows he will make the best advantage of it, and hopes that he may live to see him as great as his own heart can wish. PS How Owen rejoices in the misfortune of poor Mr Griffith; but let him have a care of falling into the same mischief himself.

Asks for instructions in the legal issue between Owen and (Price) for the approaching term. He heartily wishes that those matters were determined in an amicable way, for he doubts the issue of a contest will not be so successful as Owen's well-willers desire, if the matter is rightly apprehended by E.V.

She was informed that afternoon that Mr Griffith's man and the deputy sheriff's man went to the house of her uncle, Robert ap Prichard, to demand something. They agreed to postpone matters until the following Tuesday, Mr Robert Ellis not being at home. Hopes they can do Wynne no harm.

Has received Owen's intelligence of Mr Lloyd's death. 'Lord God! a gentleman of so vigorous a constitution, and - in a manner - but young too to be snatched away thus in his prime.' His physicians could not have understood his distemper and habit, or he tampered too much with himself. A day or two before the writer had Owen's letter, he received a worthy token from Lloyd, and some money to purchase two of 'Dr Grew's musaeums'. Does not know now to whom he should send them, nor the pamphlets Lloyd had ordered, unless to Owen. Is deeply concerned for the loss of so worthy a friend. His own ill stars are not yet fully over, and to contend with fate is the way to be further worsted. As for news there is little stirring save that the King in Council has ordered the 'true Protestant joyner' to be tried at Oxford the 17th of this month, and preparations are being made for other trials: some lords, he hears, are taking, or have taken, pardons, and are to be witnesses against others, viz the Earl of Sh(aftesbury) and Lord Howard, etc. The Pr(ince) of Or(ange) is said to discover great things, namely how the Earl of S(haftesbury) and the Earl of Sunderland - one being then President of the Council and the other Secretary of State - plotted with the Hollanders by Mr Sidney, the ambassador, to do many mischiefs, the effect of which, it is thought, has been felt in the contradictory proceedings of the late English parliaments.

The writer called at Hereford and drank Owen's health heartily with some of the latter's female acquaintance. He also touched at Bath where he would have been content to spend a fortnight if his occasions had allowed. He has since drunk Owen's health pretty freely at Launceston - where the assizes for the county were held - with Tom Jones who is much Owen's humble servant. He hopes Owen's success in the Shropshire assizes was as good as his in this county. If Owen could have been with him on this journey he would not have thought the time ill spent though clogged with the writer's dull conversation. If Owen plans a visit to the Marquis of Worcester or to any of his friends in the western climate, the writer will be glad to meet him for he has promised Lord Sturton a visit as the writer returns. But if he has a fortnight or three weeks to spare, he will be welcome in Cornwall. The way there is to ride to Swansea - which is little more than a day's journey from Porkington - and there a vessel can be had almost every day, at this time of the year, to Falmouth, Penzance, or St Ives. The voyage will take six or eight hours, the passage being very safe, and none of these places is above eight miles from the town where the writer dwells. There would be a buck and a hogshead of claret to welcome him, and some of the sports of the country to entertain him, which are masculine and would therefore please him. Services to Owen's brothers and sisters. PS Letters should be addressed to the Dolphin, Helston, Cornwall, by way of London.

Thought it his duty to acquaint Owen that Colledge is condemned at Oxford for high treason. He had many witnesses among whom was Dr Oates who when called the scholars cried out 'No Doctor! No Doctor! Then the judge bid call Master Oates, at which the scholars excepted and cried 'No Master! No Master! Then the judge commanded them to call Titus Oates, but the scholars impatiently cried 'No Titus! No Titus!'. The judge at this began to be angry, which the scholars soon perceiving endeavoured to satisfy the court about their last exclamation, and said they cried 'No Titus' because he was never christened, his father being an anabaptist. But the attorney-general has also been very 'plaine' with the Doctor and has told him of his eating of the King's bread, lodging in his palace, and liv(ing on) his mere grace and mercy, which he now so ung(ratefully) requites by espousing the cause of traitors ag ... torn ... and Fitzgerald affirmed that fifteen credible witnesse(s have) given information of high treason against the Doctor, and prayed that he might be committed. 'All this, dear Sir, seems to me to confirm your prophetical letter to mee of him: and I could not but give you notice hereof.'. PS Hopes that Owen's ague has left him by this time.

Mr Commissary's not coming to St Asaph before Thursday has freed the recipient of a trouble at this time, by obliging the writer to return directly home, where some earnest concerns expected him. Advises Owen to seek the advice of counsel in his business. He returns with humble thanks Owen's books of 'travailes', both the authors of which come short of one Tavernier, as Tavernier in English comes far beneath the original; for the English translator, to save the credit of their dearly beloved brethren in commonwealth - the Hollanders - has omitted several things in his edition, which the Hollanders themselves - who study more their advantage of trade than conscience of honour - had the confidence to publish in the Leyden edition. He also sends the sycamore plants which he has long since promised, and hopes that Owen may ace them full grown to shade his walks where in a prosperous old age he will have nothing but heaven to meditate upon and nothing else to expect.

He has not been so ill mounted for a long while. Asks Owen to help him. He would not have troubled him if both money and horse-flesh had not been scarce.

Encloses a letter from Mr George Gatacre, and adds that he agrees with Gatacre's opinion relating to those tenants who have 'a life in being' from their first grants. He asks Owen to peruse the award which Gatacre, he thinks, has very well drawn up, and to make what abatements he thinks convenient for those tenants, and they shall be complied with. The writer will himself be in London next term.

The writer's tenant has been served with a declaration of ejectment for the lands of Lecheiddior by the directions of Mr Griffith who it seems pretends title thereto. She knows that the writer's brother, her late husband, warranted them to him, and therefore she and the writer's niece now become liable under the covenants then made. He encloses the declaration so that she can take care to defend the title, for he will be at no charge therein.

Received Owen's letter of April 30th on May 7th. He is sorry to send word that Owen's rejoicing at the Hans en Keldare [an unborn child] must receive its period, the Duchess having unfortunately this last week miscarried, but yet - blessed be God - is pretty well, and young enough to bring many a brave boy to town, and he hopes that some of the royal babes will live long also. But to exalt you again, it is certain news that Lady Anne is contracted to the King of Denmark's brother and that the marriage is speedily to be concluded, so that there are more hopes of lengthening the royal line. The City charter has been most learnedly argued by the Attorney-General for the King, by Mr Pollexfen for the City. The former has proved it forfeitable and forfeited; the latter endeavoured to prove it jure divino and unforfeitable unless every man in the city were a criminal. To whom the Lord Chief justice replied that if a charter were unforfeitable then every corporation was a kingdom of itself, and wholly independent of the crown of England, and unaccountable to the Kings thereof, who first gave them their privileges. Judgment alone is wanting, which all loyal and prudent men believe will pass for the King at the latter end of term. As to Owen's present affair, hopes his good stars may prosper it, his year in general seeming very kind and successful to him. PS The Duke of Ormonde has obtained a verdict against Hetherington of £10,000 damage for bringing him into the plot. Supposes that Lord Peterborough will shortly begin with Mansel and Dangerfield.