Reference
X786/1
Title
Letter from Robert Lovett, Elstow, to 'Honoured Sir' asking for his help in getting him a discharge for money said to be owed.
Date free text
29 September 1654
Production date
From: 1654 To: 1654
Scope and Content
My humble duty presented with much desyre of your good health with comfort and happinesse. Haveing bine lattely greatly afflicted with the sore paynes of my former infirmities to add more affliction to misery this inclosed was sent mee from Mr Cokayne on Saturday night last which hath much troubled mee in my weaknesse and the more for that Mr Haselden and Mr Woodard are Exempted who have not had that Charge and trouble nothing neare as I have had in the transaction of this bad and unfortunate ymploment. About a yeare since my sonne Crompton delivered my accompt to the committee for the army makeing it clearely to appeare tha I had and have payd more than I am or can be charged withall if quartering and the £98.10s may bee allowed for wounded Souldyers which is denyed and have long since acquainted you at large with theare severall exceptions. And upon ye examinations of my accompt with some others at that tyme the result of that commitee was that if Mr John Spencer did come up and make good his accompts the rest of the recever shold be discharged but Mr Spencer hath donne very ill in so much neclecting his duty thearein as not to give any or the least satisfaction to the Committee for the Army or threasowers at warr in that particular but now upon this letter being much urged by Mr Mathew Denton and sonne Crompton hee sayth hee will come to London the next weeke which I much doubt for it is said theare are considerable expences in his and Mr Jo. Cockaynes hands which is not well to bring trouble and discontent upon others that are not culpable. Sir, I am not in a condition to enlarge. Doe beseech you let not my wryting bee in vayne but whylest you are in London bee pleased to put the distracted worke to a full end and period. It hath cost me more than ten pounds in laboring to gett a discharge besydes all the trouble and discontent and yet doe still ly under the lash without any cause which is greevous. Iam not able to travel otherwaise wold have wayted on you but if I may receve a lyne from you my Sonne shall speedily come up and attend you. So Humbley praying you will take the premisses into a right and due consideration, I rest Sir your most faithfull and humble sarvant
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