The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . ntry,where he was, and stayed as long as I could with him, wch hetooke kindly from mee, & carryed him a Letter [illegible] &wch all desired him y^ when hee came to Amsterdam againe,hee would accept of an English Bedd : & an English dish ofMeate wth mee and [not] lye in a publick house, for wch heethanked me & tould [me] hee would accept of my proffer, andaccordingly on Monday Seven : night in ye afternoone Came& stayed till Satturday morning and hardly went out furt
The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . ntry,where he was, and stayed as long as I could with him, wch hetooke kindly from mee, & carryed him a Letter [illegible] &wch all desired him y^ when hee came to Amsterdam againe,hee would accept of an English Bedd : & an English dish ofMeate wth mee and [not] lye in a publick house, for wch heethanked me & tould [me] hee would accept of my proffer, andaccordingly on Monday Seven : night in ye afternoone Came& stayed till Satturday morning and hardly went out furtherthan ye doore but spent most of ye time in reading & was verymuch pleased w^^ being here wth us, Insoemuch he desired mee& my wife hee might be [here] all this winter (coming), & hewould take it kindly & give for his being with mee what Ipleased, I tould him hee should be soe heartily wellcome & givewhat hee pleased, . . att all which hee was very exceedingglad, & said hee would send over for some Ale from his ownehouse, & some haunches of Venison powdered up : & some. SIR JOHN HOTHAM, THE 3RD BARONETOB. 169I THE THIRD BARONET 1655-1691 113 golden pippins, and some other frute, and threatned howmerrily he would spend ye ensuing winter amongst us atAmsterdam. And on Satturday morning he rose to goe away, drest him-self & went to ye door, & satt talking wth my wife till I drestmee to waite on him, whereatt said hee I am not very well, Ihave a mynd to lye down a whyle and stay for ye afternooneboate, and bad yt if he should over sleep himselfe wee shouldcall him for hee found himselfe inclinable thereto : & accord-ingly my wife went in, withdrew ye curtains a little way back,saw him lying on his back with his mouth and eyes oppen &looked very paile. Shee came running to mee & tould meeSr John lay asleep in a very strainge posture. Soe I went wthher & call^ severall tymes Sr John ! Sr John ! & hee not speak-ing I drew back the Curtains and found him starke dead, &Could ; and had
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