My very good Lord. yf yt pleas yow to remember, that about halfe a yere or there about past, I was a sutor to yowre lordshipe, for yowre favoure. that whearas I found sundrie abuses, wherby bothe her maiestie, & my selfe, were in myne office greatly hyndred, that yt wowlde please yowre Lordship, that I myght fynde suche fauoure from yowe, that I myght have the same redressed. At which tyme I found so good forwardnes in yowre Lordship, that I thowght my self greatly behowldinge for the same; yet by reason at that tyme myne Atturnye was departed the towne, I could not then send him to attend vpon yowre Lordship, accordinge to yowre appoyntment. But hopinge that the same dispositione styll remaynethe, towards the iustnes of my cause, and that yowre Lordship to whome my estate is so well knowne & how muche yt standethe me on, not to neglect as hertofore, suche occasions as to
amend the same may aryse, frome myne office, I most hartely desyre yowre
Lordship, that yt will please yow to giue eare to the state of my cause, and at
yowre best lesure, admit ether myne Atturnie, or other of my councell in lawe
to informe yowre Lordship that the same beinge perfectly layd open to yowre
Lordship, I may injoy the fauoure from yow which I most ernestly desyre. In
whiche doinge I shall thinke my self singulerlye behowldinge in this, as I have
ben in other respects. this 7th of Iuly 1594.
Yowre Lordships ever to Command
(signed) Edward Oxenford (sec. f;
4+7)
Addressed (O): Too the ryght
honorable & his very good Lord the Lord Thresorer of England. [seal]
Endorsed: 7 Iuly 1594 Erl of
Oxford to my Lord; Great Chamberlainshipp of England
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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