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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 1

Brampton Gurdon to John Winthrop1
Gurdon, Brampton Winthrop, John

1626-02-19

To the worshipful and my verry louing freind Mr. Jhon Wenthrop thes
Sir

I thancke yow for your letter and for your expressyon of so many good purposes in the howes of Commons, I met the mayer of Sudberry on fryday at the lyon in grotton, he tole me that Sir Ro. Crane tocke it verry vnkindly at his hand that he laburred not to chos yow a Burges thear and yet he say Sir Ro. neuer mad his myend so knouen to him, Sir Go. Waldegue2 and I met thear to byend buchers and others we supprest cos man from keeping an alhous and Mr. Warren spacke ernestly to leaue the towne to the dyreccon of the doctor. it auayled not. it wear good if the parlament would reforme the exaccyon of pore buchers. Sir Ro. Crane I heare is apoyented to lye to morrow night at burntwod.3 I pray see Sir Jhon Corbet4 before yow come awaye and commend me to him I will writ to him at more laysuer. We met my sister Baker on thursday 318at Wenham and thear had a verry chearfule metteing. I prayes God for all his mersyes. Jhon Gurdon5 goo to morrow to grases and intend to stay theare for your commpany tile thursday or fryday. if yow haue any operteunyte I pray tacke order for the payment of the mony into the K. benche and the marshalse. it was sayed on fryday morning by a seruant of Sir Jhon Deans that his master could not then liue one hower6 but I haue hard nothing scins. and thus with my best loue to yow and to Mr. Downing I pray god geue vs a comfortabule metteng and so I rest Your verry louing frend

Brampton Gurdon. Assington this 19 Februr 1625–26
1.

W. 3. 185; 4 Collections , VII. 632–633.

2.

He represented Sudbury Borough in the Parliament of 1597. Parliamentary Papers, 1878, LXII, pt. 1. 435.

3.

A form of writing Brentwood.

4.

Sir John Corbett (c. 1591–1628) represented Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, in the Parliaments of 1625 and 1626. He was of Sprowston, son of Sir Thomas and Anne (Barret) Corbett, and married Anne, daughter of Sir Arthur and Margaret (Grey) Capell, of Hadham, co. Herts. Parliamentary Papers, 1878, LXII, pt. I, 464, 470; Cokayne, Complete Baronetage. I. 219.

5.

Son of Brampton Gurdon, by his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Barrett of Aveley, co. Essex. Muskett, 279. He died in 1679, and his will is in H. F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings, II. 959–960.

6.

Sir John Deane died in 1626. Muskett, 154.