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Confirmation of bargain and sale from Sir William More and Sir George More, both of Loseley, Surrey, to Henry Weston of Ockham, Surrey
For manor of Hill Place, Horsell, and land in Bisley and Chobham, Surrey.
Good Evening, Sir George
EVEN MORE PEOPLE CALLED SIR GEORGE?
Autograph Letter Signed from John Donne to Sir George More
Donne thanks More for "this mild change of Imprisonm[en]t" and pleads for help negotiating a reconciliation with Lord Keeper Egerton, his former employer. Donne also requests permission to write to his wife Anne, More's daughter. Addressed "from my chamber."
Autograph Letter Signed from John Donne, London, to Sir George More
Donne relates the circumstances of his marriage to More's daughter Anne. He explains his reasons for not informing More beforehand ("I knew my present estate lesse then fitt for her; I knew, (yet I knew not why) that I stood not right in your Opinion; I knew that to have given any intimacion of it, had been to impossibilitate the whole Matter") and seeks More's favor. Written from Donne's lodging by the Savoy.
Autograph Letter Signed from John Donne, Fleet Prison, to Sir George More
Donne writes from prison and asks forgiveness for his secret marriage to More's daughter Anne. Donne insists that "all my Endevors, and the whole course of my lyfe shalbe bent, to make my selfe worthy of your favor, and her love, whose peace of Conscience, and quiett, I know must be much wounded and violencd, if your displeasure sever us."
Autograph Letter Signed from John Donne, St. Paul's, London, to Sir George More
Before leaving for his church in the country (either St. Nicholas, Sevenoaks, in Kent or Donne's other living at Blunham in Bedfordshire), Donne asks when and by whom More intends to pay the £100 that is soon due, so that he (Donne) can make financial arrangements for his children. Donne gives his address as "At Pauls house."
