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The Reverend John King Martyn to the Reverend William Mudge, his son-in-law from Ockbrook to Eastington

1 Apr 1837

From: 1837 To: 1837

"I have heard nothing from Thomas, but what is very curious. Mr Gould, the present Curate at Pertenhall, received a letter from a clergyman who is going to marry Mrs Gould's sister, saying that a gentleman had arrived in Sandwich near Margate 'with a raw-boned country girl and he feared he should soon have the job of tying them together' and we hear from Perten-hall under date of March 25 that they were married a fortnight before". Mr. Gould asks for first refusal of the advowson, should it be sold. I am not disposed to sell to a stranger, but offer it again to you. The furniture in the house would be swallowed up by dilapidations. I still feel no confidence in his promised resignation. I was too hasty in making him the promise I did of an annuity equivalent to the income of the living. I pitied his miserable state, and wished to encourage his retirement from an office which he felt himself unfit for, but had no notion of the miserable step he was about to take. How far I am bound by such a promise is a question. I wish to deal honourably and also kindly towards him, and should be obliged by your advice. No tidings yet from John. Samuel is well. News of Pertenhall people. Has not heard lately from Maiden-head.

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Martyn, John King,
Mudge, William,
Martyn, Thomas,
Gould,
Martyn, John

PERTENHALL, general correspondence, Ockbrook, Eastington, clergy, Sandwich