| Content Description | Says he has received the king's [William III] commission and has been sworn his deputy [in Ireland]; thinks the army commissions should be received 'immediately from the King's owne Royall hand'; acknowledges receipt of Portland's letters; states that he will serve Lord Coningsby as he did his brother-in-law, whom he has recommended to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 'where he will sitt safe, and in noe hazard of being sumon'd'; refers to the recent death of the Bishop of Down, saying he has recommended Edward Walkington to succeed him; asks Portland to use any influence he has to this effect; says the people in Ireland are aware of the king's 'gracious intentions' towards them.
Has heard from Lord Shrewsbury that the king has signed warrants for the alterations he proposed, but will not send them until he has had further word; says he has written again for them; refers to the Earl of Essex and their 'Domesticks'; says he has heard from Vanhomrigh of the need to make 'severall amendments and alterations in the course and maner of my nephew's living'; hopes to be able to put things on a better footing.
The date of this letter is likely to be old style. |