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L.a.275: Letter from Richard Broughton to Richard Bagot, Blithfield, 1593? September 9: 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, Blithfield, 1593? September 9: autograph manuscript signed, Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire. Transcription by Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO). MS L.a.275, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
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Sr I haue written a lre to Sr Wr harecot a litle to put
him in remembrance of his promise that at the furthest
I should be paid the begyning of this michelmas terme
I pray you to send one wth it to him & to request
his answer/. my r and I are to thanke you for yor
hops wch will stand hir in stede for here it cost her
at bps costell viid the pound/. Newes from London
my tner hard that all her ffrind{es} there are well
But that her neighbor and good ffrind. Mr
Sergeant Branthwait Languisheth still of
a conceited sicknes not like to escape//. here
we haue no Newes but all the contry in great quiet
and health. but the wethr is verie changeable
for harvest, and the harvest Late ot{es} in most
plac{es} not gote in. Thus not having els wth
duties remembred from eu{er}y bodie here I comitt
you and yours to the tuicon of thalmightie not forgetting
comendacons to yorself my mothr Nant Letice. &
blessing{es} to Nob Mall and Lill. this ixth of Septe
Yors R Br


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Richd Broughton to his
F. in Law Richd Bagot

the R worll Richard
Bagot Esquier at
Blithfeld