My very good Lord.
I do understand by Mr Foscue, your Lordship’s good disposition, and willingness to pleasure me, in this my cause, wherein being deceived by Hampton, whom I did put in trust to follow the matter, forsomuch as he was the deviser of the suit, I sought remedy to her majesty that I might have a new lease to perform the first intention of her grant. In this I did not doubt but to have ^had^ your Lordship’s favour, for that I was borne in hand by Hampton that I should have a better lease. But I do find his report was untrue, and your Lordship not advertised of my estate. Now therefore I have sent unto your Lordship a
remembrance, whereby your Lordship may understand how I have been dealt with. And I hope there is no occasion given, but that your Lordship may both favour, and further, my matter as you have ever done, being rightly informed. Which being once ended as I doubt not by your Lordship’s good means, and her Majesty’s disposition to succor me at this time. As I desired of your Lordship by my letters when first this trouble began to break out, whilst her Majesty was at Theobalds, so I remain in every point to satisfy your Lordship, to your content and my quiet, which I hope by these few lines you will conceive. And I have included herein these notes as briefly as I may, which also I have sent unto her majesty for the better understanding
how to give me remedy. Thus desiring your Lordship to favour me at this present as you have done in this suit and in others heretofore I will take my leave, remaining your Lordship’s
to Command
(signed) Edward Oxenford
Addressed: To the right honorable
and his very good Lord the lord Treasurer of England give this.
Endorsed (by Burghley): Ultimo Junij
1591. Earl of Oxford for intent of Skinner’s land
Also at Virtual Grub Street:
- On the Question “Who knew Edward de Vere was Shakespeare?” December 14, 2020. “But was the word going around that his wife, the Countess of Oxford, conceived two children in his absence?”
- King’s Place: home of the Earl and Countess of Oxford, 1596-1604. November 10, 2020. “In 1596, Elizabeth Trentham received King’s Place, in Hackney, from the estate of one Sir Rowland Hayward. She and her husband, Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, moved in shortly afterward.”
- 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?”
- 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.”
- 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.
1 comment:
I Heard many things about WS but this IS thé most outrageous one since there IS ni Way to understand his english. For further notice keep in mind that only Victor Hugo knew WS since he wrote his biographie with only his birthdate !
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