False and impious fiend, do you mean to starve your father, who gave birth to you, and raised you, and set you on the path of your current fortune? We have here not one joint for the household, nor flour, nor ale or wine. Thankless child, dog of a Puritan, you defy the edicts of God and the church by your churlish withholding of maintenance for your father and his household. You shall be judged and most severely. Not only do you abandon your father, your refusal to answer his letters, or visit him, all in all a complete abandoning of him in his blessed old age reveals you are most base of scoundrals and curs. If you will not or cannot visit then send funds, at least ten pieces, or five groats. The servants are to their last rusk.

Sir George Holyfen The Rectory, Holyfen, Huntingdonshire

To: Sydney Holyfen, The Old House, near St John's Gate, London.