 | Cheshire (England) - 1892 - 334 pages
...Roger, were boon companions, and gives the following letter: — Mostyn, — 1674. Dear Pyers, — I hope you will excuse me for asking for the £4 you owe me for the pair of oxen ; for I want the money to make up £20 to send my son to Oxford next week. — I am, dear Pyers, yours,... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1926 - 250 pages
...largely in cattle. Sir Roger Mostyn wrote in 1674 to his neighbour Piers Pennant : 2 " DEAR PYERS, ' ' I hope you will excuse me for asking for the £4 you...make up £20 to send my son to Oxford next week." It was natural that the surplus cattle of Wales should find their way to the rich feeding-grounds of... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1881 - 842 pages
...friend thus addressed him : " Dear Pyers,— I hope you will excuse my asking you for the four pounds you owe me for the pair of oxen, — but I want the money to make up twenty pounds, to send my son to Oxford." WILLIAM PLATT. Callis Court, St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet... | |
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DEAR PYERS. — I hope you will excuse me for asking for the £4 you owe me for the pair of oxen; but I want the money to make up £20, to send my son to Oxford next week. , " I am, Dear Pyers, your's, &c. " ROGER MOSTYN. " Postscriptum — How does... 
