A letter from
John Brownlowe
to
William Trumbull
(d.
1635, diplomat)
mentioning
Ben Jonson
in
France
with
Wat Ralegh
(1593-c. 1618, son of Sir Walter)
, 3 Apr.
1613 . The document is bound in a series of letters from various authors
to
William Trumbull
. The letter occupies page 1; page 2 contains the address.
Eugene Giddens
[fol. 37]
...
hearwith
I retarne youe your lettre to Monsieurs
Aenskombe & send youe Inclosed mr Rawleghe & mr Inosons[sic] bills of
exchange: who Importuned me soe earnestly for £10 more, that I could not refuse
them. I haue here entered £20li vppon your accompt, lent them over &
besides the 20li
<charge> of Si r
william Stanley ...
[fol. 37v]
[turned 90 degrees]
<>
[date obscured by binding]
from Mr Iohn
Brownlowe.
Bibliography
H&S, 11.581
Trumbull was a protégé of Sir Thomas Edmondes , and succeeded him as resident [ambassador] to the court of the Archduke Albert of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, in Brussels in 1609. He remained there for 16 years, although he was appointed to an ordinary clerkship to the Privy Council in Feb. 1614. Much of his correspondence survives.
Frequently known as Wat, Ralegh was born, probably at Sherborne, in Oct. 1593. He graduated BA (Oxon.) in 1610; Daniel Featley was his tutor. He was killed at St Tomas, on his father's ill-fated expedition to Guiana, some time before 8 Jan. 1618 (when the news was brought to his father).