"THE LOYAL DUKE OF NEWCASTLE." 5 



conclude with you about your workes, & this answer hee bad 

 mee send to you, which is very wilhngly obayd by, 



"Sir, 

 " yo" most humble serv', 



" F. Hutton." 



" For my hon^"* freinde, 



" George Sitwell, l^sq'*, 



" at Renishaw. 

 " Welbeck, the 4th of Feb., 1660-x. 



"Sir, I have presented the Contents of yu' letter to my Lord 

 Marquis, who is pleased to give this answer : that at the present 

 hee is so full of businesse al)out the Voluntiers & Militia 

 settleinge before my Lord Mansfield goeth up to London, that, 

 till that bee settled, hee can not thinke of any private businesse, 

 & tiierefore desires yo"^ Patience till my Lord Mansfield be gone, 

 vi^^ will be as designed to-morrow senneth. This, Sir, is liis 

 answer and all I can serve you is to lett you know it. I wishe it 

 were more in my power to manifest myself 



" yo' most faithfull 



" humble serv', 



'•J. Hutton." 

 [Seal of the Hutton arms.] 



[Undated letter to Mr. Hutton.] 



" Sir, it's now a great while since I writt to ynu to London 

 concerning the woods bought of my late Lord Mansfield It was 

 a true & shortt narrative of the businesse, but, lenst that be left & 

 what I then writt be forgott, I have herew"" sent a coppy of it to 

 shoritt-n this. I was in hope his honor would have taken it in 

 to consideracion before this time, & have determined some thing 

 of it. I acknowledge I neither have nor can deserve any 

 freindshipp, notw"'standii-.g. yt it was in my pore power anyways 

 to be serviceable to his honor or my Lord Mansfield, none should 

 be more ready & willing. In graunting this my suit, to make 



