103. 1689. March 16, Amsterdam. LEONORA David to JOHN STRYPE. Domestic afflictions.

104. 1689. May 31, Amsterdam. The same to the same.

To introduce Mr Benzlin.

105. 1688. April 23. JOHN KENT to JOHN STRYPE.

Concerning a poor-rate payable on part of a house in Low Leighton

Parish.

106. 1682. July 30.

(1) EDWARD Lowe (brother of Mrs Strype) to JOHN STRYPE. Dissatisfaction of Strype with his father-in-law's Will.

(2) CHARLES LOWE to Mrs STRYPE.

Begs her to send home his boy, if troublesome.

107. 1682. August 8, Oxford. EDWARD LOWE to JOHN STRYPE. Difficulty in disposing of his father's effects. Will to be proved in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, though already proved in the Prerogative Court.

108. 1679. October 1, Asp[eden]. JOHN DUCKFIELD to JOHN STRYPE. Endorsed by Strype: Concerning Dr Lightfoot's Papers, sent to me by Mr Duckfield his son-in-law.'

109. 1679, Apr. 14. Asp[eden]. The same to the same.

Concerning the Publication of Lightfoot's Concordance and Sermons.

110. 1682. June 13, Batavia Rode. ROBERT KNOX to JOHN STRYPE. His voyage to Bantam in Java. The Dutch, called in by the king to aid him, take possession of the town, and command the English, French and Danes to quit the place.

111. 1686. May 27, Plimouth. The same to the same.

Seven sail of Turkish men-of-war off the Lands End, have forced him to put into Plymouth, to wait for a Convoy. They had captured 13 Dutch ships, but no English. The value of his freight £10,000.

112. 1687. May 16, Bombay Rode. The same to the same.

Long voyage. 'Ordered to take all ships belonging to the Grand Mogoll.' Chased four, but took only one; which he was ordered to deliver up in Persia. Complains of the treatment he has met with in England.

113. 1689. June 17, Falmouth. The same to the same.

His providential deliverances. Bad prospects of the East India Company at home and abroad.

114. 1689. July 6, Falmouth. The same to the same.

Continued kindness of Sir Josiah Child. Excuses his failures in India.

Last exploits there. Voyage home. War in India.

115. 1689. July 11, Falmouth. The same to the same.

Excuses himself for not doing impossibilities. Effects of Parliament discountenancing the E. I. Company. Fears his crew will be pressed.

116. 169. Jan. 18, Bencoolen. The same to the same.

The Coast of Madagascar full of Pirates. Ordered to Fort St. George. 117. 1693. Sept. 19, Berbados [Barbadoes]. The same to the same. His crew pressed by a man-of-war.

118. 1684. Feb. 27. NICHOLAS CROss to J. STRYPE.

Begs him to resolve his doubts about the Sabbath, Election and FreeWill, Baptism, Mixt Communion, and Eating blood.

Notes of Strype's answer in cipher on the back.

119. 1682. July 25. WILLIAM SMYTHIES to J. STRYPE.

Praying him to use his influence with Richard Sadler on behalf of Widow Stanton against Mr Duvall.

120. 1688. April 7. GILES STEELE to J. STRYPE.

Prays him not to keep him a prisoner for debt.

Endorsed by Strype: 'By this man I lost £160.'

121. 1693. December 15. M. HOUBLONS to J. STRYPE.

Thanks him for a copy of Cranmer's Memorials.

122. n. d. J. WRIGHT [Vicar of Walthamstow] to J. STRYPE. Endorsed by Strype: 'About reading K. James's Declaration.'

123. n. d. JOSHUA STANLEY [Vicar of West Ham] to J. STRYPE. Resolved not to read the Declaration. Mentions others of the same mind. Endorsed by Strype: 'This relates to K. James's Command for reading the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience. About Anno 1687. I read it not. J. S.'

124. 1693. Jan. 9, Surat. CHARLES LOWE to J. STRYPE.

Sends his sister, Mrs. Susanna Strype, some silk and tea by Mr Ovington, Chaplain of the Benjamin, Capt. Len. Browne, Commander; inclosing an invoice.

125. Jan. 1, 1685. R. KIDDER to J. STRYPE.

Endorsed: 'Leers a printer at Francker for Dr Lightfoot's MSS. which I sent, and they were printed with his works put into Latin. One complete Booke in 2 Vol. sent to me.'

126. 1693. May 25, Wells.

RICHARD [KIDDER,] Bishop of Bath and Wells, to J. STRYPE.

Endorsed Concerning printing Dr Lightfoot's Remains.'

:

[R. Kidder consecrated Bishop of Bath and Wells, August 30, 1691, d. 1703.]

127. 1694. April 26, St Peter's Hill.

MICHAEL HICKES to Sir WILLIAM HICKES.

Warns him against the designs of his enemies in the matter of the differences about Low Layton Church.

128. 1693. March 21. NICHOLAS CHARLTON to J. STRYPE.

Threatens him, if he does not quietly give John Davis possession of a pew in the Chancel of Low Layton Church.

129. 1689. Sept. 4. THEO. HARRISON to J. STRYPE.

Arrangements about Sunday Services.

Endorsed: 'Mr. Harrison, Dean of Clonmacnois in Ireland.'

130. 1694. June 29. THO. HARRISON to J. STRYPE.

Account of a visit to Fournese [Furness] Abbey.

131. n. d. (the post-mark is June ...) SAMUEL CRISP [Rector of S. John's, nigh Bungay], to J. STRYPE.

Sir William Hicks's purchase at Ellingham.

132. 1694. June 25, S. John's [Bungay]. The same to the same.

College Contemporaries. Family of Eachards. The new Bishop of Norwich. [John Moore, consecrated July 5, 1691, translated to Ely 1707, d. 1714.]

133. 1694. August 28. The same to the same.

College Contemporaries. Archbishop Sancroft's last days. The Bp. of Norwich offers papers for Strype's Life of Archbp. Parker. His eldest son.

134. Nov. 28, St. John's. The same to the same.

To enquire about Mr Neal a Surgeon in Lime-street, to whom he thinks of apprenticing his second son.

135. Dec. 7, S. John's. The same to the same.

Thanks him for his information, and resolves to proceed no further. Asks his further help. The Bp. of Norwich a Collector of curious books. The two Burnets.

136. Feb. 12, St John's. The same to the same.

Concerning his second son.

137. 1695. Nov. 20, S. John's. The same to the same.

Has disposed of his second son. Is under Ecclesiastical censure for not observing the State Fasts and Thanksgivings.

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138. 169. March 5, Stamford. ROBERT MARTIN to JOHN STRYPE. Breaks silence after 25 years. Has been 20 years Rector of S. Mary and S. John, Stamford.

139. 1668. June 29, Radwinter, Essex.

JOHN STRYPE to ROBERT MARTIN.

Excuses his silence.

[This Letter was enclosed by R. Martin in No. 138, in evidence of their old friendship.]

140. 1693. March 21, Stamford. R. MARTIN to J. STRYPE.

William Cecil, Lord Burleigh. His monument and house. Private and family matters.

141. 1694. April 1, Stamford. The same to the same.
Urges him to answer his last letter, [i. e. No. 140].

142. 1694. May 16, Stamford. The same to the same.

Sends him the inscription from Ld. Burleigh's tomb in S. Martin's chancel.

143. 1694. June 27, Stamford. The same to the same.

Lord Exeter' resents your endeavours mighty honourably...about removing the scandall upon his noble Ancestor [Ld. Burleigh] about Nassaburg Hundred.' Ld. Burleigh's tomb.

144. 1694. Sept. 13, Stamford. The same to the same.

Enquiries at Burleigh house not yet satisfied. Earl of Nottingham has begun a new famous house at another Burleigh (on the hill of the late Duke of Buckingham's Estate) on which he is to lay out £40,000.

145. 1694. Dec. 6, Stamford. The same to the same.

Encloses notices of the Hundred of Nassaburgh from Ld. Exeter. [See No. 143]. Going to elect a son of Ld. Lindsey member for Stamford. 146. 1694. Dec. 27, Stamford. The same to the same.

Asks him to resolve him three queries.

147. 169. January 30, Stamford. The same to the same.

Apologises for offence unintentionally given. Bishop Moore often at Stamford, where he had a Presbyterian brother. Mr Whiston his Chaplain a great Mathematician of Clare Hall.

148. n. y. March 5, Stamford. The same to the same.

Resolves his questions concerning 1. 'Our late neighbour the Bishop of Peterborow,' [i. e. R. Cumberland] 2. Bp. More's brother, an ironmonger in the town, as was his father before him, 3. Walloon Hall and their Preacher, 4. Dowager Lady Campden of Brook.

149. 1695. July 1. The same to the same.

Injunctions to the Clergy, supposed to be Bp. Tenison's. Bp. Gardiner's charity. Cradock, Provost of Eton, to be Dean of Norwich. Dr Busbye's charity.

150. 1695. Nov. 26. The same to the same,

The King's visit to Burleigh house. Hopes to get for one of his churches part of Dr Busbye's charity.

151. 169. Jan. 21, Stamford. The same to the same.

His claims to a share in Dr Busbye's Legacy. Ld. Exeter's eldest son 'much in the King's eye.'

152. 1694. July 2, Stratton, Beds. SIR JOHN COTTON to J. STRYPE, Allowing him the use of his Library under the usual limitations.

153. 1695. July 19, Amsterdam.

The WIDOW of JACOB DAVID to J. STRYPE.

Death of her husband and children. Her troubles about her property.

154. 169. Jan. 10, Christ's Coll. Cambridge.

DANIEL DUCKFIELD to J. STRYPE.

Unwilling to part with a collection of so much care and labour.' 'Everything but money ready towards publishing the Targum.'

155. 169. Feb. 6. Christ's Coll. Cambridge. The same to the same. About the transmission of papers.

Notes in cipher of Strype's answer Feb. 13.

156. 1696. June 8, Tower-Hill London. FISHER TENCH to J. STRYPE. Dissuades him from seeking some preferment in London. (See No. 157.) 157. 1696. June 9, London. SAMUEL CORNOCK to J. STRYPE. The value of St Katharine Cree not more than £100 p. a.

158. [1695.] Oct. 14, Lichfield. FRANCIS COLSON to J. STRYPE.

State of health of Mr Hutchinson, Prebendary of Tervin, in the cathedral church of Lichfield, 84 years of age.

159. 1696. June 29, Lichfield. The same to the same.

Extracts from Records of Lichfield relating to Richard Sampson and Thomas Bentham, Bishops of Lichfield. Ecleshall palace, ruined in the civil wars, not yet rebuilt. Mr Hutchinson Prebendary of Tervin.

Note by Strype: 'I had an option for his Prebend granted me from Mrs Tillotson the Archbishop's widow.'

160. 1696. July 20. ROBERT OSLER to J. STRYPE,

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