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L.e.641: Letter from John Ferrers to Lady Anne Ferrers (née Bradbourne), Walton, circa 1580s - 1590s, December: autograph manuscript signed

Catalog record:http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=244731
Collection:Papers of the Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle
Preferred Citation:Letter from John Ferrers to Lady Anne Ferrers (née Bradbourne), Walton, circa 1580s - 1590s, December: autograph manuscript signed, Papers of the Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle. Transcription by Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO). MS L.e.641, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
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Good mother. I have sent you herein enclosed my
Lady Digby's her letter, & she professeth
great kindness to my father & you, she
was a good means as I am persuaded
to keep my father from being Sheriff,
for she promised me to do what she
could, to accuse him, & not troubling you
any. further with my humble duty & my
wife's I take my leave, this first of
December

Your loving &
obedient son
John Ferrers

post Scriptum: my cousin
Egerton taketh you sending
for him, very kindly, &
sayeth in anything
you shall command him


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To his very loving
mother the Lady Ferrers
at Walton give
these:


Ferrers