Sheffield Record Office,
Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, Strafford Papers 13/21
Letter from
William Cavendish
, Earl of Newcastle
, to
Thomas Wentworth
, Earl of Strafford, noting the cost and success of the
entertainment, 5 August 1633. The letter occurs on fols. 1r-v of a single folded sheet.
Fol. 2v has subscription. [WWM Str. P. 8/21-23 provides a copy of this letter and of
Wentworth's answer]
[fol. 1]
My most Honored Lord
I harteleye Congratulate your Lordships safe ariuall In
Irelande, next I am to begg your pardon for nott presentinge my seruice to you by
letter
all this whyle but In good fayth my Lord the reson was I daylye harde you weer Goinge.
I
giue your Lordship humble thankes for your Noble& kinde Counsell, The truth is my Lord I haue
wayted off the kinge the scotch Jurneye both dilegentlye & as Si
r Robert Swifte sayde of my Lord of Carlile Itt was of no
Smale chardge unto me I Can not finde bye the kinge but he semed
to be pleased with me verye well & neuer used me better or more Gratiuslye, The
truth is I haue hurte my estate mutch withe the hopes of Itt & I haue been putt
Inn hope Longe & so Longe as I will Labor no more
Inn Itt butt lett Nature worke & expect the Ishewe att
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, for I woulde be loth to be sick In mynde bodye, & purse & when Itt is to
late to repente & my rewarde Lafte att for my Labor, Itt is better to giue ouer
Inn time With Summ Loss then Loose all & mende what
is to Coume since what is paste is nott Inn my power to helpe, besides my
Lord if I obtayned what I desier, Itt woulde be a more paynfull life & since I
amm so mutch plunged Inn debt Itt woulde helpe verye
well to vndoe me for I knowe nott howe to Gett neyther knowe I anye reson whye the
kinge
shoulde giue me anye thinge, childeren coumes on a pace my Lorde & with this wayghte
of debt that lies vppon me I knowe no diett better then a strict diett
Inn the Countrie which time maye recouer me off the prodegall disease,
by your fauor my Lord I Can not saye I haue recouered my selfe
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this summer butt runn mutch more In debt then euer
I did butt I hope herafter I maye, The truth is my Lord for my Courte busines your
Lordship with your Noble freindes & myne
haue spoken so offten to the kinge & my selfe refreshed his memorye
Inn that perticular so that I mean nott to moue my freindes anye more
to their so great trouble butt what soeuer pleases his Majestie be
fullye Contented & louke after summ other litle Contentmentes within
my selfe which shall well serve me duringe my life And iff the kinge Comm
ande me I am att all times redye to serue him, iff no comm andes praye
for him harteley
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for by my troth my Lord I knowe no
man Inn the whole worlde more bounde vnto his Majestie
then my selfe. for that poynte to trie your Lordships freindes
Inn my behalfe I humblye thanke you for the motion & I desier your
Lordship to followe Itt for the kinges perticular likinge of my
proper person, I thinke my Lord of Carlile woulde doe best or what doth
your Lordship thinke to his Ladye, for further I woulde nott willingly
haue Itt Goe butt I asure your Lordship I amm most
confident of the kinges Good opinion of me & aboute my Lorde Sauills business &
myne his Majestie pleased me extremlye being neuer moued bye me or anye
freinde Inn my behalfe that I desiered. My Lord
Tresarer used me extreme well & exterordinarily kindlye my Lord off Carlile
for your Lordships sake, butt the greatest newse is my Lord off Hollande
courted me extremlye. And so to Conclude with this business I Intende to be quiett
&
Nott press the kinge att all butt to leaue his Majestie to his one time
& rest quietlye Heer Inn the Countrie And this I assure your
Lordship is my resolution & my full Intention, & exsept Itt
be to the purpose their greatest frendship is to lett me rest heer
I must euer be faythfully your Lordships most Humble seruant.
W. Newcastle
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the5: of August 1633
Bibliography
Wentworth (1739),
1.101
H&S, 10.704 (from Knowler,
1739)