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LETTER6: Letter by Elizabeth Fisher to Richard Napier, 2 January 1624

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To my very loving Frind Mr Napeir give this

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Good Mr Naper

Ianvary the {illeg} ii

becase I wolde doo my best \to/ give yov all the notis I can I have sent to my nvrs to knowe what tyme I was borne and as shee sayse I was borne the weddensday \in/ easter wicke a bovt brake of daye and shee sayse my father was to goo to london and in that considdracion I was baptised with in too or three dy dayes fter I was borne I was borne in bedfordshier at a placse called henwickes hall I have sent yov me|y| ages \w{i}ch wich/ is nvly taken ovht of the regerstr I have now sent you all the {illeg}ense I cantell how I maye give \yo/ to know {illeg}{r} ages and {illeg} \so/ with my best love to yov I rest

yovr everloving fring {sic} Eliz Fisher

I praye yo when yov will have {me} knowe yovr {mi}nd right to {illeg} for I never {illeg} my sarvantes {kno}we my ming|{d}|

Notes:

Editorial Note :  This letter consists of one sheet of paper bound into a manuscript as pages 474 and 467.

Editorial Note :  The author of the letter is Elizabeth Fisher, Lady Fisher (PERSON16629). It followed on from a consultation in person (CASE57550) and gave rise to the nativity CASE57562.

Transcribed text from MS Ashmole 174, p. 474 and p. 467

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘LETTER6: Letter by Elizabeth Fisher to Richard Napier, 2 January 1624’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/letters/LETTER6, accessed 29 October 2026.