CLXXIV. Richard Bucke. A Letter to Sir Edwin Sandys
June 22, 1621
Ferrar Papers
Document in Magdalene College, Cambridge. Autograph Letter, Signed, with Seal
List of Records No. 252
Honõble Sr
your former favours to me haue induced me onc more to prsum to be
an hūble Sutor to you, about my old petitiõ. I receyved your letters
wch gaue me much content & comfort yt or lord god stirred vp so
worthi an instrument to §doe§ me good, I hūbli thank you for your payns
for me, ye lord reward you an inheritanc among ye saynts, after you haue
rune your race & finished ye good course wch ye lord hath appoynted you
to fullfill.
As touching ye men you mencioned in your letter (wch I haue sent herin-
closed) I recyved none, neyther cam any order to or governor to deliver
any to me, for he is so religious, yt he doth augment & not decrease any
meanes of my comfort, yet I hūble thanke you for your good will to me,
& my brethren as yet vnprovided of favours, if it please you they can
never com to late; for m
r Sands & my selfe have a great hope y
t you will
be pleased in your chtian care to be mindfull of vs.
As touching my other desires to you about yt mony wch is due to me by
ye Company, I besch you to p̱don my boldnes, seing ye lord affordeth me
no other meanes yn your self to help me herin. I humble therfor crave
your favor & what soeuer you doe herin shall content me.
I haue solicited ye governor & Counsell to moue ye iusnes of my cause to
you, who wt great deliberatiõ searched ye truth of my petitions & now I
rest in hop yt I shall eyther get yt mony wch is due to me or men to be
sent over to me at what reat ye Company shall please.
I haue no acquayntance about London to solicit my sute to you, let my
cause plead for it self, only I hūbli desire you yt you will be pleased to
moue ye Company in my behalf, & if they agree to pay me my mony, yt
you would be pleased to receiue it for me, & if they will send men to me
yt [yt] I may haue wt ye first conveniency, for ye time of my old servants
is now expired & I would be loth to make another vioage into England
for servants if I could vpon any reasonable rate be p̳vided otherwise. I
have sent to you a Coppi of ye agrements wch ye Company made wt me,
but as yet I have had little p̱formed to me, yet I am content so yt I might
have yt mony wch I have allredy payd & left in ye hands of ye Company,
wch, wer it layd out in men, wt ye other monies in p̳visiõ, would be a good
estate for me & ye releife of my wife & Children, who all of vs ar once
more humble petitioners to you yt you would be pleased to take or cause
into your Consideratiõ, & I shall be herby ye better incoraged to goe
forward in ye work of ye lord, & be allways bond to prayse ye lord for
you, & I will not cease in my dayly prayers to be * * * midfull of you.
James City this 22 of June 1621.
At your service ever to be Com̃anded in all duty
Rich̃ Bucke.
[Indorsed by Sir Edwin Sandys:] Mr Richard Bucke from Virginia 22.
June: 1621.
[Addressed by self:] To ye honoble and most noble disposed Knight Sr
Edwin Sands one of ye Counsell of Virginia, be these d̴d̴.
