My very good Lord. I doo vnderstand by Mr Foscue, yowre Lordshipes good dispositione, and willingnes to plesure me, in this my cause, wherin beinge deceyved by Hamptone, whome I dyd put in trust to followe the matter, forsomuche as he was the deuisor of the sute I sought remedie to her magestie that I myght have a newe lease to performe the first intentione of her graunte. In this I dyd not dout but to have ^had^ yowre Lordships fauoure, for that I was borne in hand by hamptone that I showld haue a better lease. But I do finde his report was vntrue, and yowre Lordship not aduertised of myne estate. Now therfore I have sent vnto yowre Lordship a remembrance, wherby yowre Lordship may vnderstand how I have ben delt wythe. And I hope ther is no occasione giuen, but that yowre Lordship may bothe fauoure, and further, my matter as
yow have ever done, being ryghtly
informed. whiche beinge once ended as I dout not by yowre Lordshipes good
meanes, and her Magesties dispositione to succore me at this tyme. As I desyred
of yowre Lordship by my letters when fyrst this troble began to breake out,
whilst her Magestie was at Thebaldes so I remayne in every poynt to satisfies yowre
Lordship, to yowre content and my quiet. whiche I hope by thes fewe lynes yow
will conceyve. and I have included herin thes notes as briefly as I may. whiche
also I have sent vnto her magestie for the better vnderstandinge how to giue me
remide. Thus desyringe yowre Lordship to fauoure me at this present as yow have
done in this sute and in others hertofore I will take my leave, remayninge
yowre Lordshipes
to Command
(signed) Edward Oxenford
Addressed: To the ryght honorable
and his very good Lord the lord Thresorer of England giue thes.
Endorsed (by Burghley): Vltimo
Iunij 1591. Erle of Oxford for entent of Skynnars land
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?”
- Gutenberg, proto-Hack Writers and Shakespeare. May 26, 2020. “A less well known effect of the Reformation was that many young Catholic men who had taken religious orders in order to receive an education began to lead lives at large from monastic discipline. Like Erasmus and Rabelais they took up the pen.”
- Shakespeare’s Funeral Meats. May 13, 2020. “Famous as this has been since its discovery, it has been willfully misread more often than not. No mainstream scholar had any use for a reference to Hamlet years before it was supposed to have been written.”
- Shakespeare Scholarship in the Internet Age. August 12, 2018. “I love to be presented with a legitimate challenge to any of my work. This does not change the fact that such challenges are followed by an unpleasant sinking feeling. Had I missed something?”
- 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 Letters Index: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford for many letters from this fascinating time, some related to the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
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