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<heading:edcomment:LETTER_GREGORY_CROMWELL_TO_HIS_FATHER,_MR._THOMA
S_CROMWELL>

Most dere father , I humbly recomend me unto you ,
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,338.3)

and hertily beseche you of yowr dayly blessyng , naturally bownden
thayreunto ; for the wiche , and other yowr manifowld benefittes to me
colatyt , I am and $shall $be {TEXT:schalbe} yowr daly bedman ,
interely desyryng the contineweans of the same ; trustyng soo to
accomplysse and fulfyll yowr parentall com~andments in the passage of
myne erudicion , that yow , my good father , schall tharewith be ryght
welcontentyd by Gods helpe , the wiche with hys grace hee send hus .
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,338.4)

Amen . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,338.5)

Frome the howse of yowr bedman Mr. Doctor Lee (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,338.6)

thys Ester day in the mornyng . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,338.7)

By yowr vigelante sone Gregori Cromewell . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,338.8)

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<heading:edcomment:LETTER_GREGORY_CROMWELL_TO_HIS_FATHER._A_SECOND
_LETTER_OF_DUTY>

Right worschypfull father , I co~mend me un to you , desyryng you of
youre dayly blessyng , sartyfying you that I am in good helth , wyth my
cosens Bersfourd and Wellyfyd , thanks be unto God omnipotente ,
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.11)

and apply owre boks dylygently , as shall appere I trust to youre
worschyp and owre proffyts . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.12)

Father , I besetch you whan ye mett wyth the ryght honorable lorde of
Oxforth , to geue thanks un to hys Lorchyp , (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.13)

for whan he came to a towne callyd Yeldam , to the parsons there of to
hunte the foxe , he sente for me and my cossyns ,
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.14)

and mad us good schere ; (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.15)

and lett us see schuch game and plesure as I never saye in my lyfe ;
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.16)

more over father , I besetch you to geve thanks to the for sayde parson
of Yeldam , which sens I came in to the cuntry hath dyvers tymys sente
for me and for my cossyns and mad us hygh schere , and schewyd us gret
plesure . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.17)

For all other thyngs consarnyng my rayment , I beseche you geve credens
to my synguler good frende Mayster Doctor Lee .
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.18)

Thus Jhesu have you in hys kepyng . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.19)

From Topsfyld (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.20)

the xvii day of October . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.21)

By your lowly sone Gregory Crumwell . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,339.22)

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<heading:edcomment:LETTER_GREGORY_CROMWELL,_AGAIN_TO_HIS_FATHER>_ @

Ryght worshypfulle father , as harte canne thynke or tong canne tell ,
I hartely co~mende me vn to you , beyng always desyrus to here of your
prosperus helth and welfare , whych I pray Jhsu long contynwe to his
pleasure , and to your moste gentillyste hartis desyre , &c.
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.25)

The cause of my wrytynge vn to you at thys tyme ys , to desyre you to
send me your blessyng , which ys more treasure unto me then all the
abundance of worldly goods ; sertyfyinge you that I was in good helth
at the makynge of thys letter , thankyd be God omnipotent , and doo
apply my boke deligently , as I truste in God shall in process of tyme
apere to my proffyte , and to your contentacion and worship .
(GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.26)

I have recevid the tokyne that you sent by Master doctor Bekynsall ,
unto whome I pray you gyve thanks , (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.27)

for at his beyng now at Topsfylde bothe mad me gret cheare and all my
fellos , (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.28)

and gave me a crone to spende . Wherfore , I beseche you father , have
hym in your remembrance . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.29)

Thus Jhesu preserve you in his goodnes . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.30)

Frome Topsfylde (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.31)

the xxv day of October . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.32)

By your lowly sone Gregori Crumwell . (GCROMW-E1-H,3.1,340.33)