My very good Lord, where I
morgaged my lease of Auely to Mr Herdsone, and not as yet redemed, and now
aswell for the supplye of my present wantes, as allso to haue sume thre hundred
powndes of redye monye, to redeme certeyne leases at Henyngham, whiche were
gotten from me very vnresonablye, for diuers yeares yet induringe, and are of
as good clere yerely value, as my sayd leasse of Auely is, I therfore most
earnestlye desyre yowre Lordship, to signefie yowre lickinge to me in
wrightinge, to dispose of the sayd leas, at my plesure; otherwise ther is not
any will deale wythe me for the same, nor for any part therofe, wherin I shall
be greatlye behowldinge to yowre Lordship, as I am in all the rest of my whole
estate. the 5th of August
yowre lordshipes.
to Command.
(signed) Edward Oxenford
The lesse dependethe vpon diuers
casuallties, whiche lease I howld chieflye by yowre lordships fauoure, and the
casualties, & defectes are as followe.
First the lease is made by the
name of the master and chapleynes callede the Hospitall of the Sauoye, where
the corporatione is, the master & the chapleynes of the hospitall of the
Sauoy, & not called the Sauoye, & therfore the lease supposed voyde.
Secondlye Mr Paynes clayme, and
pretendinge interest to the sayde leasse, dothe cost me on[e] hundred pownd by
the yere to defende.
Thirdly any creditoure of myne,
to whome I am indetted, may by wryte of elegit, or fyre facias, or leuare
facias, extend and sell the sayd leasse for a tryffell, and vtterly defait me
therof. And I intend for 300l in
monye, to redeme leases of myne owne Lande, of a greater yerlye value.
Addressed (by Oxford): To the
ryght honorable and his very good Lord the Lord Thresorer of England giue thes
[seal]
Endorsed: Received 5 August 1590:
The Erle of Oxenforde to my Lord; Aueleie.
Second endorsement [only publicly available in modernized spelling]: That his lordship would signify his liking in writing to dispose of his Lease of Aveley, without which none would deal with him for it.
Also at Virtual Grub Street:
- A 1572 Oxford Letter and the Player’s Speech in Hamlet. August 11, 2020. “The player’s speech has been a source of consternation among Shakespeare scholars for above 200 years. Why was Aeneas’ tale chosen as the subject?”
- Edward de Vere, Shakespeare and Tycho Brahe. June 9, 2020. “When Brahe was encouraged by his friends and associates to publish a book on the November 1572 supernova for which he is now famous, his answer belonged to his times.”
- Malvolio’s Crow's Feet and “the new Mappe”. October 14, 2019. “Percy Allen’s candidate is not mentioned by any of these parties. The traditionalists, of course, could not consider it possible because it would suggest far too early a date for the play.”
- The Battle Over Shakespeare's Early and Late Plays. September 24, 2018. “The answers to the post-Oxford dilemma, of course, are three.”
- Check out the English Renaissance Article Index for many more articles and reviews about this fascinating time and about the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
- Check out the English Renaissance Letter Index for many letters from this fascinating time, some related to the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
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