My Lord,
[William Ingram.]
Wakefield, October ib, ^TH-
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I received your lordship's letter last Wednesday in the evening and not before, and that day Sir Rowland Winn had been about our towne and gott a great many votes. I sent my clark next morning to your tennants not to promise or ingage their votes till they heard from you ; but my clark tells mee that some of them had promised Sir Rowland their vote that day, and indeed I had on Sir Rowland's application to mee last week promist him my vote and intrest, which I could not tell how to deny him, since hee is one of my best clyents and I am under greate obligations to that family. Besides if I had denyed him I should have disobliged several of his friends who are my best clyents, and truly, my Lord, I cannott live as I do without buisinesse, wherefore I hope your lordship will pardon me if I cannott oblige your lord- ship herein ; and I hope Sir Rowland will bee for the intrest of the country, and never prevailed on to accept of a pension or place. And since Sir John Stapleton is dead, who unfor- tunately dyed yesterday by a fall from his horse on Brammam Moor or thereabouts, I could wish that the gentlemen att their meeting at York would think Sir Rowland a fit person to represent this county I am &c.
��[Lord Bruce.]
York, Wensday night, October i\, 'i-lll- My Lord,
We are all very much concerned to hear of your lord- ship's having been taken ill, and much hope it will go off.
Upon a meeting of our friends last night, we were unani- mously of opinion to set up Sir Miles Stapleton, who was accordingly proposed too day at the George, after waiting almost an hour for Sir Rowland Wynn, and his friends, who
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