102 ^ THE WENTWORTH PAPERS.
castle's yett left for you. Its noe shame for a man to be refused, whye should you not write a letter to Lord Carburer to propose yourself to his daughter, and asure him you will desier nothing of her fortune tell he is dead. He is vastly ritch and will giv all he has to her, only is soe covetious he will part with nothing present ,; he is very old and will never marry again. Lord Shasbury he made this proposetion and was refused and yet Lord Raby may be excepted, besyds to be refewsed is noe disgrace.* Dear Soul forgiv this im- pertenanc from her whoe lovs you beyond exsprestion, and it would increas her days, the joy of seeing you well marryed.
��[Peter Wentworth.]
London, 2^ January, 17 10. Dear Brother,
I did not as I told you I wou'd last post persue my Lord Marlborough out of town with a memorial to desire his interest with her Majesty for you in what I had desired of Lord Treasurer, for since I under stood his going out of town was not to avoid sollicitations, but from a disgust he had received to find he cou'd not prevail with her Majesty to give either the tower or the Regiment to the persons he intended. Constable of the Tower I am told he ask't for Cadogan, but the Queen told him she had promised it to lord Rivers, and the Regiment wch was ask't for Merideth, she had promised to Coll. Hill, the last of wch was argued very long, as that Coll. Hill having an old Regiment of foot was as good as he was, and that 'twas a command that was expected to come among the General Officers. In short it ended in the Duke's going out of town, with a resolution not to return if he cou'd not have the naming the Coll. of that Reg*, where he staid till
- On June 14 this year Lady Wentworth had written to her son : —
.... Lord Shaftsbury would faen have Lord Carburry's daughter, but my Lord will not agree to it, although he would not desier a fardin with her, he is soe in lov with her. I wish you had made your court to him, I fancy you might have gained him, and then noe doubt of her.
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