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Sir William Penn

 

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Fields : [petition]

'So home; and no sooner come but Sir W. Warren comes to me to bring me a paper of Fields (with whom we have lately had a great deal of trouble at the office), being a bitter petition to the King against our office, for not doing Justice upon his complaint to us of embezzlement of the King's stores by one Turpin. I took Sir Wm to Sir W. Pens (who was newly come from Walthamstowe), and there we read it and discoursed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir William Penn      Manuscript: Sheet

  

John Creed : The victory over the fleet of the States General ... in the late engagement begun the 25 of July inst., as it came from His Highness Prince Rupert and His Grace the Duke of Albemarle

'But this morning, getting Sir W. Penn to read over the Narrative with me - he did sparingly, yet plainly, say that we might have intercepted their Zealand squadron coming home, if we had done our parts.'

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Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir William Penn      

  

Samuel Pepys : [report on the case of Mr Carcasse]

'And by and by to Sir W. Batten, and there he and I and J. Mennes and W. Penn did read and sign with great liking'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir William Penn      Manuscript: Unknown

  

[unknown] : [draft of the victualler's contract]

'and so W. Penn and Lord Brouncker and I at the lodging of the latter to read over our new draft of the victualler's contract'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir William Penn      Manuscript: Unknown

 

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