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384 convenient speed yt may be. For wth yt poore colledge will be exceedingly bound to you and my selfe remayne as I am
 * yor Lps very lovinge ffreind and Brother


 * Croydon Aug. 17, 1635.

My Ld I have since receyved other Lrs from my Ld Strange, in which he signifyes unto me yt some body belowe hath been in treaty wth my Ld his fFather for ye House and Land wth it (wch was never meant) and yt his offers are very much under yt value. I have signified to his Lp yt I have entreated you to undertake ye prosecu$\overline{c}$on and setling of this busynes, and therefore I pray my Ld be pleasd to take some paines in it and to bringe it to yt best yssue you can."

"S. in Xpo My very good Lo:

Your Lrs of the 7th of Decemb. were delivered safely to me by your Sonne. In yem I understood you had received a resignation of the Vicaredge of Rachedale, and yt you were now able to make it good yt there are divers leases of the gleabe land of the Rectory of Whaley unexpired wch I am very glad to heare from you; because if Sr Ralph should flye off from ye agreement, I am the readier for him, but as he hath not reason soe I presume he will not; and I gave those your Lordps Lrs little or noe answere because much about ye time yt I received yem I sent you Lrs by Kenyon signifying to your Lop my agreement.

Now I have received other Lrs from yor Lop of wch you shall heere receive ye answere, and for wundefined I give you a great deale of thankes. It is true yt in my agreement wth Sir Ralphe I have augmented ye poor ministers' stipend £64 per annum, and if I live to another renewing I am like to make another augmentation (but of that I pray say nothing). And for ye Fine wch I have agreed to take of Sr Ra. I am of ye same opinion wth your Lordp and some others there, namely yt I have fallen farre short of yt Benefitt wth I might have made. But the truth is, Sr Ralph made such pittifull moane to me, wth deep protesta$\overline{c}$ons of his being in debt, and ye charge of 10 children, beside yt sonne upon whom the best of his estate is settled, and almost nothing left him but this