Fryston, written to Robert Milnes at Thorne.- Cannot 'borrow any Sheep netts [sic] in this part of the country; asks Robert if he can make do, if not will send them at the end of the week. Has been talking over business with his mother, who proposes to give Robert Sykehouse and Fishlake as an equivalent for Derbyshire. She is is 'averse to any appointment about Fryston as she wishes (as she says) to be mistress of it as long as she lives, which she should not consider herself, if she made the appointment, though she is most determined that it should be Richard's'. Rodes advises that his brother should 'take this security & let the matter rest'; is sure his children will 'not be losers in the end'. Their mother told him she feel 'sadly lost at [Robert's] late correspondence'.
Adds postscript: Lady Petre and daughters are coming to visit for a couple of nights; knows Robert is talking of coming over and he may not like to see them.