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L.a.274: Letter from Richard Broughton to Richard Bagot, 1593 June 3: autograph manuscript signed

Catalog record:http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=230544
Collection:Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire
Preferred Citation:Letter from Richard Broughton to Richard Bagot, 1593 June 3: autograph manuscript signed, Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire. Transcription by Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO). MS L.a.274, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
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Sr my tner & I are to give you thank{es} for your carefull
sendinge vp horses, but nowe god be thanked the sicknes
is greatlie slaked, there died the last weke in all of the
plague but xlix. & the weke before 63./ my L Mayre taketh
better order in keping the houses infected wth relief from
coming abrode, My busines was such that vntill
saterday next I could not dispatche, and one saterday
next I must be at Nonsuch ye cort wth my l of Essex
where I was wth his lp yestirday. and the day
before I was to see my l of huntingdon at Stoke
I thinke I shall be readie to go hence about{es} this
Day Senight, or as soone as I can/ terme causes ther
be none of importance by thadiornemt/ my pr will
eu{er}y day be desirous to go./ and so wold Nant Letice
& Malle. we thus in hast this wednesday morng
13 Iuni. wth all duties remembred I comitt you
& yors to the tuicon of thalmightie Yors R Br

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the worshipfull my very
ovinge father in lawe Mr
ichard Bagot Esquier

Richd. Broughton
to his father in law
Richd. Bagot