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quarrell which happened betwixt Mr. Bridgman and S^r John Browne knight,^[1] and which yo^r Lo^p desired me to inquire after, I never heard of before the reading of the letter; nor am I able at this p'sent to give yo^r Lo_pp satisfaction concerninge the same; and thereof to make further inquirie I now hold it unnecessarie, since Mr. Bridgman came latelie to this Towne, and told me yesterday that yo^r Lo^p had sent for him, and that he purposed to imbarque himselfe for England w^thin these few dayes. By which this timelie remoovall for a short season I doubte not but the heate of that quarrell will either be extinct or in a faire way (by the mediation of friends) composed; and in the meane time yo^r L^pp shall be freed from the feare of such daungers and jeopardies of his life and estate as might happen to befall him. I am now remooving with my family to Elphin, and Mr. Bridgman hath promised before my goinge hence to pay me the twentie pounds w^ch he borrowed of me, being to receive it here (as he saith) of a merchant in Dublin. My best counsell and advice for his good shall not be wantinge; and my heartie prayers unto Allmightie God shall ever be, yea my hopes are, that in following yo^r Lo^ps good directions, and in makinge right use of those noble p'tes and rich indowm̄ts wherewith God hath blessed him, he may prove verie happie and successful in that militarie way of life by him undertaken, and so, in the harvest of yo^r age, for his misguided and youthfull courses may yeeld yo^r Lo^p a full compensation of joy and comfort.

So he praieth and hopeth who is

yo^r Lo^pps most obliged ffriende and Brother

Dublin, 26 Septemb., 1639. Henric' Elphinensis."^[2]

Below this letter bishop Bridgeman has written "Upon this lr̃e I return 20^li to my Lo. B^p of Elphin by Alderman Edwards of

↑ There is nothing in bishop Tilson's letter to enable us to identify this Sir John Browne, but it is not unlikely to have been Sir John Browne, son of Sir Thomas Browne, of Hospital, in the county of Limerick, to which he succeeded soon afterwards, and nephew of Sir Nicholas Browne, of Molahesse and Rosse, in the county of Kerry, ancestor to the Earl of Kenmare. Sir John Browne married Barbara, daughter of Dr. John Boyle, bishop of Cork, and was killed by Sir ... Barnewall in a duel, leaving issue one son, Sir Thomas, who died unmarried, and four daughters, of whom Elizabeth, the only survivor, married her cousin Captain Thomas Browne, son of Sir Valentine Browne, of Molahesse, baronet (Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, vol. vii. p. 53, note).
↑ Family Evidences.

[1] There is nothing in bishop Tilson's letter to enable us to identify this Sir John Browne, but it is not unlikely to have been Sir John Browne, son of Sir Thomas Browne, of Hospital, in the county of Limerick, to which he succeeded soon afterwards, and nephew of Sir Nicholas Browne, of Molahesse and Rosse, in the county of Kerry, ancestor to the Earl of Kenmare. Sir John Browne married Barbara, daughter of Dr. John Boyle, bishop of Cork, and was killed by Sir ... Barnewall in a duel, leaving issue one son, Sir Thomas, who died unmarried, and four daughters, of whom Elizabeth, the only survivor, married her cousin Captain Thomas Browne, son of Sir Valentine Browne, of Molahesse, baronet (Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, vol. vii. p. 53, note).

[2] Family Evidences.

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