APPENDICES 



CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EARL OF NEWCASTLE 



WITH STRAFFORD 



A few letters between the Earl of Newcastle and Strafford have 



been printed by Dr. Knowler in the Strafford Papers. 

 Those from Strafford to Newcastle are five in number : 

 July 19, 1634, vol. i, p. 274 ; April 9, 1635, vol. i, p. 410 ; June i, 



1638, vol. ii, 210; December 10, 1638, vol. ii, 246; February 10, 



163*, vol. ii, 281. 



Those from Newcastle to Strafford are only two ; the first written 



under his earlier title of Mansfield. 



The Lord Viscount Mansfield to Sir Thomas Wcntworth, Bart. 



Noble Sir, — I think myself much bound to you for your favours to me 

 in my absence, and your kind letter with your good counsel, which I have 

 taken, and writ my mind at full to my Lord Duke, and, I protest to God, 

 no more sparing the old Cavalier or his nature than I would speak of him 

 to you, nor mincing my desires or my nature, which is not to do courtesies 

 for injuries. Mr. Endymion Porter, Mr. Richard Oliver, with Dr. More 

 are my agents, and all with my own letters to my Lord Duke, but to let 

 things stand as they were, which I hope is so reasonable a suit, since I 

 am not repaired in the Keepership, that I shall not be denied. When 

 that is done, I beseech you, sir, give this bearer Thomas Bamford leave 

 to wait of you, with one Robin Butler to advise but how to make a ground 

 to bring him into the Duchy, and have a suit of it, and then I make no 

 doubt but to have the better of him. There is no man gladder than 

 myself of your absolute liberty, and I hope now we shall not be long with- 

 out a Parliament, which God grant. And so I rest affectionately, your 

 most faithful kinsman and humble servant, 



W. Mansfield. 



Welbeck, Jan. 24, 1627 



The Earl of Newcastle to the Lord Deputy 



My most honoured Lord, — I heartily congratulate your Lordship's 

 safe arrival in Ireland, next I am to beg your pardon for not presenting 



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