Sir Rober[t] Cecil. whearas I have delt with the Earle of Darbye, about my dowghters allowance, and that he hathe promised me to assure her to that intent a thowsand pound a yeare, for so muche as I now vnderstand vpon sume discontentment yat he hathe not attayned to that honor which yt semethe he dyd at thys tyme expect, he determines to morrow to depart into Lancashiere, and yat he hathe neyther in his house, or for herself, sett downe any stey, wherby ether in her owne loginge, or yf she shall follow her attendance vpon her Maiestie, she is prouided as his wyfe. I doo therfore most hartely desyre yow as her vncle, and good friend to deale ernestly with my Lord Thresorer, vnto whome I have also wrytten, that he wowld send vnto him, or els speake with him, to the end that eyther he showld fulfyll his promes, or vntyll suche tyme as he shall, to take that order which is fytt for her place wherin she serues her Magestie and for his wyfe. I doo vnderstand by my dowghter how good an vncle she findes yow,
and how redie to friend her,
wherin I allso take my self behowldinge vnto yowe. of whatt fancies his humors
are compounded, yow know well inowghe, and therfore I pray yow to be ernest
with my lord, that he may deale effectually vpone so good a ground as his woord
and honor, which he hathe giuen. Also I vnderstand that my Ladie Russell for
sume offence conceyved of my doughter hathe latly written to my Lord Thresorer
to discorage and diswade him to vrge the Earle of Darby. But for yat she was
her self ^the first^ that moved this allowance, and hathe sythence altred her
mynde vpon sume conceyt, I hope my lord wyll not be carried away vpon suche
vnconstant ballence. Yet yf yow finde any suche hinderance, I pray yow never
the lesse styke to yowre nece, and further her in what yow can, sythe her
desyre is iust, in that yt ys his promise, & resonable in that she ys his
wyfe. Thus what yow shall doo for her, esteminge yt myne owne bond, I refer her
whoole cause to yowre kindnes.
Yowre Assured friende.
(signed) Edward Oxenford
Addressed: To ye ryght honorable
& his very good friende Sir Robert Cecill one of her Magesties pryve
Councel give thes. [seal - boar]
Endorsed: 24 April 1595; Erle of
Oxforde to my Master.
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?”
- The Fascinating Itinerary of the Gelosi Troupe, 1576. June 10, 2019. “The Spanish soldiers had not been paid and unpaid soldiers tend to rob and loot. The citizens were prepared to give them a fight. Violent flare ups were occurring everywhere.”
- A Thousand Years of English Terms. June 2, 2019. ‘One person did not say to another, “Meet you at three o’clock”. There was no clock to be o’. But the church bell rang the hour of Nones and you arranged to meet “upon the Nones bell”.’
- 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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