Year
1670
Sender Place
Lancaster Castle; Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Receiver
Ralph Pemberton
Receiver Place
Aspull, Lancashire, England; Blackrod, Lancashire, England; at the sign of the White Horse
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1670-09-11
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
54.04981, -2.80562
Country, State, Location 2
53.565216, -2.585102; 53.609469, -2.549958
Keywords
Phineas Pemberton, Lancaster, Lancaster Castle, Ralph Pemberton, Aspull, Reginald Allenson, Blackrod Lancashire, sign of the White Horse, Nehemiah Poole, Francis Dunn, Quakers, Society of Friends, Prison, Justice system, Jails, Persecution, Imprisonment
Abstract
Letter dated September 11, 1670 (September 1, 1670 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his father, Ralph Pemberton. Phineas tells his father of an offer for liberty if he and his fellow prisoners sign a certificate for their jailer.
Transcription
Lo: fa: [Loving father] [Ralph Pemberton]
my duty to thee [you] rembered [remembered] this is to acqaint thee [you] yt: [that] this day Isaac moss [Isaac Moss’s] son
ye [the] bearer hereof Came from manchester to this towne [town] & [and] there will be [unknown character: space filler]
Nothing done as to our liberty; unless we will give a certificate under our [unknown character: space filler]
hands unto ye: [the] Jaylor [jailer] = yt: [that] we will pleade [plead] unto ye: [the] Indyctnt: [indictment/incident] att [at] ye: [the] Next quarter [unknown character: space filler]
sessions att [at] manchester, I have sent both ye: [the] paper yt: [that] was sent from west
to ye: [the] Justices att [at] manchester, & [and] ye: [the] Answer yt: [that] ye [the] Justises [justices] gave to Isaac moss [Isaac Moss’s]
wife, & [and] to Nemiah Poole [Nehimiah Poole], where thou [you] may better understand the thing
how it is, how ever [however], looke [look] in ye: [the] paper yt: [that] west sent, & [and] thou [you] shal [shall] see [space filler: xxx]
(untill [until] ye: [the] Next Lancaster sizes [assizes] to be here held, & [and] then to plead according to
Law, & [and] as ye [the] said Justices shal [shall] so cause)^*^ now looke [look] in theire [their] Answer
& [and] thou [you] shal [shall] se [see] (you would Answer att [at] yt: [that] Next sessions as ye: [the] Noate [note] said)
now this is theire [their] polecy [policy] ye: [the] note doth [does] not mention ye: [the] sessions but the
sizes [assizes], but as I understand ye: [the] [they] would have us Answer according to ye [the]
Note yt: [that] is to plead, for which cause we were sent hither [here] because
we would neither submit nor [t…avis?] & [and] if we do yt: [that] now we fall under
them so I canot [cannot] say what Isaac [Isaac Moss] will do in it, but I am sure [ink blot: if]
I do not Intend to comply so far to their wills, so I would have thee [you]
to send me my box by ye: [the] first for as I said before I can feele [feel] littel [little]
of our liberty unless we must use some Indyrect [indirect] meanes [means], so I
desire to heare [hear] from thee [you] & [and] how it is with my master by ye: [the] first
I heare [hear] he has not gone home it is not much matter of letting
him see this letter but if thou [you] se [see] ocation [occasion] thou [you] may show him
these 2 papers, I would have thee [you] to see if ye: [the] seale [seal] yt: [that] it ben [been]
[ink blot: PP] lest att [at] any time my letters should be broken up if ye: [they] be let
me know ffrancis Dunn [Francis Dunn] had got his liberty before I came & [and]
was gone away, littel [little] said for my staying, ye: [the] man but tooke [took] for
ye: [the] hire of ye: [the] horse 2s: [2 shillings] being some thing [something] in hast [haste] I Rest with
my love to my ant [aunt] & [and] Elin [Elinor Haydock?] & [and] to all ye: [the] Rest of freinds [friends], thy [your] duty=ful [dutiful]
son
if thou [you] have a comb for me I would have thee [you] to ^Lap [wrap?] it in paper^
& [and] [uncord?] ye: [the] box thou [you] may put it under the lid & [and] cord it again
phinehas pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]
1 day 7 mo [month]
1670
[Written along the left margin. Asterisk from “cause.”]
* if we have our liberty by this Note yt [that] west
write it some thing [something] Engages us to plead att [at] ye [the] sizes [assizes], but ye [they] would have us at ye [the] sessions
[page 2]
[At the top of the page.]
ffor [For]
His Loving ffather [Father] Ralph: [character: \\]
pemberton [Ralph Pemberton] in Aspull [symbol: ddd] [deliver?]
Leave this att [at] Regnall: [character: \\\]
Allenson [Reginald Allenson] att [at] ye: [the] Signe [sign] of the
wt: horse [White Horse] neare [near] Blackrod [Blackrod, Lancashire, England] to be
sent as above written [character: \\\\]
[In a more modern hand, upside down at the bottom of the page.]
Phineas Pemberton
7 mot [month] 1/70 [1st day 1670]
to
Ralph Pemberton
Aspull
HSP DAMS ID
15753
Language
english
Type
article
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions
Citation
Phineas Pemberton, Lancaster Castle; Lancaster, Lancashire, England, to Ralph Pemberton via Reginald Allenson, Aspull, Lancashire, England; Blackrod, Lancashire, England; at the sign of the White Horse, 1670-09-11, vol. 1, pg. 40, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15753, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/24/.