Good afternoon,
I am a historian currently working on the correspondence of Humphrey Prideaux (1648-1724). I believe I have found a couple of entries which refer to his sister, Honour. These are my draft transcriptions.
Cornwall Record Office. PB/8/1, Letter book of Humphrey Prideaux[letter from Maria Bury, to, Humphrey Prideaux, 16 September [n. y.] [c. 1700](...) I had Sooner answeard yr last kind Letter, but yt I was much out of order for some time & am not yet very well: besides I had no great plesure to tell yu yt yr sister was married: by this time I doubt not but yu have heard it from other hands if not her own, I hear shee is gon wth her iron Husband into tems street wher shee is very Busy in seting her house in order, but I have never Seen her Since shee chang’d her name, neither doe I know whether I shall be wellcome to her or no: by this time I hope my Cosen in Crosby square is so well as to be able to receive a visit wch I intend to try next week. (...)
[letter from Maria Bury, to, Humphrey Prideaux, 28 September [n. y.] [c. 1700]'‘Twas no little surprize to me Dear Dr yt yu shou’d tell me ye newes of yr Sisters Death, & the Brut her Husband never let me know of her sickness nor give me any notice of her funerall.
Certainly my Cosen brought him to great a fortune to be huddled into her Grave so unworthyly, wthout giveing those relations wch were in this town ye liberty to wait upon her Corps, tis Signe he lov’d her mony better than he lov’d her.
As I was passing by ye dore last weeke I call’d to know when my Cosen Died, & wher shee was buried But nothing of mourning appeard ther; not so much as a hatchment hung over ye dore, wch plainely showes how Little Respect was pay’d to my poor Cosen, who I beleive paid Dearly for her folly in throwing away her fortune upon a fellow yt so little deserv’d it
But shee is gone, & tis in vain
For us to murmur or Complain
We’ve all liv’d long enough to try
Life is a toyle: tis rest to Die.
I hope my Dear Cosen is at rest, & yt she hath made a good exchange, God grant we may alwayes be thinking of yt time when we shall ly down in dust, for it cannot be long before ye world & we must part: in ye mean time good Dr continue yr kindness to, yr sincerely affect kinswoman & most Faithfull Servant,
M BAll yr Friends here Salute yu & yrs most affectionately'
I hope these extracts are of interest
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