Letter 4092

Mary Glentworth to J. Petiver – Juen the 22


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Date: Juen the 22
Author: Mary Glentworth
Recipient: J. Petiver

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 350



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Deare son this com to in quier of your helth which i shuld Bee very glad to heare of i have sent to my dater woodcock to kno and shee sent me word you were Better But your Are in ware laid open i shuld bee very glad to heare it were beter and how you doe as to your helth there ware a mesengar came from oxford this morning with the nues that my pore cusen wilam Pettiver lieeth so very week that tha veri much despare of his [lives?] and i all so this day Reseveed a leter from Elborowe of his [saves?] a [kival?] which i were much Regist to heare of my Brother and sister and your nes ginni present you with there love and servis and Bee plesed to eccept of my Blesin and Deare love to your selef wit my prares to the lord for your good helth is all at present from deare son your truly afeckinat mother Mary Plentworth Rugby Juen the 22

Mary Glentworth writes to James Petiver, inquiring about the state of his health. Glentworth mentions that her “pore cusen” William Petiver “lieeth so very week[.]” Glentworth reports that she recently received a letter from Elborowe. There is an additional message printed in the left margin but the text is too faded to read – unclear whether it is Glentworth’s or another individual’s handwriting in the margin. Mary Glethworth was the daughter of the wealthy Richard Elborow and mother of James Petiver. (D. E. Allen, ‘Petiver, James (c.1665–1718)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22041, accessed 15 July 2015])




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