1ОЋўћљ‡‡‡C:\WORD\STANDARD.DFVHP4B850Eˆ@†7иr‡Е|The_Innsbruck_Corpus_of_English_Letters_from_1386_to_1688 |(prepared_by_ICAMET,_i.e._THE_INNSBRUCK_COMPUTER_ARCHIVE_OF |MACHINE-READABLE_ENGLISH_TEXTS,_1994) |Part_1:_The_15th_Century_(1386-1500)_(74_letters) |(for_details_see_letter15.hlp) |1.__A_Petition_of_the_Folk_of_Mercerye_(1386), |A_book_of_London_English,_pp._33-37, |MS._Pub._Rec._Off.,_Ancient_Petitions,_File_20,_No._997. [T]o the moost noble & Worthiest Lordes, moost ryghtful & wysest conseille to owre lige Lorde the Kyng, compleynen, if it lyke to yow, the folk of the Mercerye of London, [as] a membre of the same citee, of many wronges subtiles & also open oppressions, ydo to hem by longe tyme here bifore passed. Of which oon was where the eleccion of Mairaltee is to be to the fre men of the Citee bi gode & paisible auys of the wysest & trewest at o day in the yere frelich, there nought-withstondyng the same fredam or fraunchise, Nichol Brembre wyth his vpberers purposed hym, the yere next after John Northampton, Mair of the same Citee with stronge honde, as it is ful knowen, & thourgh debate & strenger partye ayeins the pees bifore purueyde was chosen Mair in destruccion of many ryght. For in the same yere the forsaid Nichol, with-outen nede, ayein the pees made dyuerse enarmynges bi day & eke bi nyght & destruyd the kynges trewe lyges, som with open slaughtre, some bi false emprisonenmentЈ, & some fledde the Citee for feere as it is openlich knowen. And so ferthermore, for to susteyne thise wronges & many othere, the next yere after, the same Nichol, ayeins the forsaide fredam & trewe comunes, did crye openlich that no man sholde come to chese her Mair but such as were sompned, & tho that were sompned, were of his ordynaunce & after his auys. And in the nyght next after folwynge he did carye grete quantitee of Armure to the Guyldehalle, with which as wel straungers of the contree as othere of with-jnne were armed on the morwe, ayeins his owne proclamacion that was such that no man shulde be armed; & certein busshmentЈ were laide, that, when free men of the Citee come to chese her Mair, breken vp armed cryinge with loude voice 'sle! sle!' folwyng hem; wherthourgh the peple for feere fledde to houses & other [hidy]nges as in londe of werre, adradde to be ded in comune. And thus yet hiderward hath the Mairaltee ben holden as it were of conquest or maistrye, & many othere offices als. So that what man pryue or apert in special, that he myght wyte, grocchyng pleyned or helde ayeins any of his wronges, or bi puttyng forth of whom so it were, were it neuer so vnpreuable, were apeched, & it were displesyng to hym Nichol, anon was emprisoned. And, though it were ayeins falshede of the leest officer that hym lust meynteigne, was holden vntrewe lige man of owre kyng; for who reproued such an officer, maynteigned bi hym, of wronge or elles, he forfaited ayeins hym, Nichol, & he, vnworthy as he saide, represented the kynges estat. Also if any man bi cause of seruyce or other leueful comaundement approched a lorde, to which lorde he, Nichol, dradde his falshede to be knowe to, anon was apeched that he was false to the conseille of the Citee, & so to the kyng. And yif in general his falsenesse were ayeinsaide, as of vs togydre of the Mercerye or othere craftes, or ony conseille wolde haue taken to ayeinstande it, or as [tyme] out of mynde hath be vsed, wolden companye togydre, how lawful so it were for owre nede or profite, were anon apeched for arrysers ayeins the pees, & falsly many of vs, that yet stonden endited. And we ben openlich disclaundred, holden vntrewe & traitours to owre Kyng, for the same Nichol sayd bifor Mair, Aldermen, & owre craft bifor hem gadred in place of recorde, that xx. or xxx. of vs were worthy to be drawen & hanged, the which thyng lyke to yowre worthy lordship by an euen Juge to be proued or disproued, the whether that trowthe may shewe, for trouthe amonges vs to fewe or elles no man many day dorst be shewed. And nought oonlich vnshewed or hidde it hath be by man now, but also of bifore tyme the moost profitable poyntes of trewe gouernaunce of the Citee, compiled togidre bi longe labour of discrete & wyse men, wyth-out conseille of trewe men, for thei sholde nought be knowen ne contynued, in the tyme of Nichol Exton, Mair, outerliche were brent. And so ferforth falsehede hath be vsed that of tyme he, Nichol Brembre, saide in sustenaunce of his falshede owre lige lordes wille was such that neuer was such, as we suppose. He saide also, whan he hadde disclaundred vs, which of us wolde yelde hym false to his kyng, the kyng sholde do hym grace, cherise hym & be good lorde to hym. And if any of vs alle, that wyth goddes help haue & shulle be founden trewe, was so hardy to profre prouyng of hym self trewe, anon was comaunded to prisone as wel bi the Mair that now is as of hym, Nichol Brembre, bifore. Also we haue be comaunded oft tyme vp owre ligeaunce to vnnedeful & vnleueful dyuerse doynges. And also to wythdrawe vs, bi the same comaundement, fro thynges nedeful & lefful, as was shewed whan a companye of gode women, there men dorst nought, trauailleden barfote to owre lige lorde to seche grace of hym for trewe men as they supposed, for thanne were such proclamacions made that no man ne woman sholde approche owre lige lorde for sechyng of grace, & ouer-many othere comaundementЈ also bifore & sithen, bi suggestion & informa_cion of suche that wolde nought her falsnesse had be knowen to owre lige lorde. And lordes, by yowre leue, owre lyge lordes comaundement to symple & vnkonnyng men is a gret thyng to ben vsed so famulerlich with-outen nede, for they, unwyse to saue it, mowe lyghtly ther ayeins forfait. For thy, graciouse lordes, lyke it to yow to take hede in what manere & where owre lige lordes power hath ben mysused by the forsaid Nichol & his vpberers, for sithen thise wronges bifore saide han ben vsed as accidental or comune braunches outward, it sheweth wel the rote of hem is a ragged subiect or stok inward, that is the forsaid Brere or brembre, the whiche comune wronge vses, & many other, if it lyke to yow, mowe be shewed & wel knowen bi an indifferent Juge & Mair of owre Citee; the which wyth yowre ryghtful lordeship ygraunted for moost pryncipal remedye, as goddes lawe & al resoun wole, that no domesman stonde togidre Juge & partye, wronges sholle more openlich be knowe & trouth dor apere. And ellis, as among vs, we konne nought wyte in what manere without a moch gretter disese, sith the gouernaunce of this Citee standeth as it is bifor saide, & wole stande whil vittaillers bi suffraunce presumen thilke states vpon hem, the which gouer_naunce of, bifor this tyme to moche folke yhidde, sheweth hym self now open whether it hath be a cause or bygynnyng of dyuysion in the Citee & after in the Rewme, or no. Wherfore for grettest nede as to yow. moost worthy moost ryghtful & wysest lordes & conseille to owre lige lorde the kyng, we biseche mekelich of yowre grac[e] coreccion of alle the wronges bifore sayde, & that it lyke to yowre lordeship to be gracious menes to owre lyge lorde the kyng, that suche wronges be knowen to hym, & that we mowe shewe vs & sith ben holden such trewe [men] to hym as we ben & owe to ben. Also we biseche vnto yowre gracious lordeship that, if any of vs in special or general be apeched to owre lige lorde or to his worthy conseille bi comunyng with othere or approchyng to owre kyng, as wyth Brembre or his abettours with any wronge wytnesse beryng, as that it stode otherwyse amonges vs here than as it is now proued it hath ystonde, or any other wronge suggestion by which owre lige lorde hath ybe vnleeffullich enfourmed, that thanne yowre worshipful lordship be such that we mowe come in answer to excuse vs. For we knowe wel as for by moche the more partye of vs, &, as we hope, for alle, alle suche wronges han ben vnwytyng to vs or elles outerlich ayeins owre wille. And, ryghtful lordes, for oon the grettest remedye with othere forto ayein-stonde many of thilke diseses afore saide amonges vs, we prayen wyth mekenesse this specialich that the statut ordeigned & made bi parlement holden at westmystre in the sexte yere of owre Kyng now regnynge mowe stonde in strenghte & be execut, as wel here in london as elles where in the rewme, the which is this: Item ordinatum est & statutum quod, etc., etc. |2.__The_Aldermen_of_London_to_King_Henry_V_(1417), |A_book_of_London_English,_pp._68-70. |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccix. Of Alle erthely Princes Our most dred souereigne liege Lord and noblest Kyng, we, youre simple Officers, Mair and Aldermen of youre trewe Citee of London, with exhibicion of alle maner subiectif reuerence and seruisable lowenesse that may be hadde in dede,or in Mynde conceyued, recommende vs vnto your most noble and hye Magnificence and excellent Power, bisechyng the heuenly kyng of his noble grace and Pitee that he so wold illumine and extende vpon the trone of your kyngly mageste the radyouse bemys of hys bounteuous grace, that the begunnen spede, by hys benigne suffraunce and help yn your Chiualiruse persoune fixed and affermed, mowe so be continued forth, and determined so to his plesaunce, your worship, and alle your reumys proffyt that we and alle your other lieges to the desired presence of your most noble and graciouse persone, fro which grete distance of place long tyme hath priued vs, the sonner myght approche and visuelly perceyue, to singuler confort and special Joye of vs alle; Makyng protestacion, our most dred soueraigne liege lord, & noblest kyng, that be this feruent desire wiche we han to the bodyly sight of your most excellent and noble persone, our entente is noght to move you fro no thing of your hye worship, ne to no thyng that myght be perill to your lond, that ye haue put in obbeissaunce. Our most dred soueraign liege lord and noblest kynge, for-as-moche as we trust verryly that the kyngly desyre of your inspired excellence deliteth to here of the welfare of your forsayd Cite, which your noble and soueraign grace with innumerable prerogatifs & liberalle Fraunchises hath euer visited and endowed, Like it vn-to your kyngly mageste to vnderstonde that euer syn the tyme of your last departyng it hath stonde, yit doth, and euer shal, by the help of oure Lord almyghty, in as gret pees and tranquillite as euer ded Cite in absence of his most soueraign and excellent lord. And for-as-moch, most dred souerein liege lord and noblest kyng, as the hertly desire of your forsayd cite ys, as who seith, with an heuenly drynk and infusion so oftetymes gladed and refresshid as it hereth the soueraign helth and prosperite of your most graciouse & noble persoune; Therfor we, mekely bowyng our hertes to-for the clernesse of your kyngly mageste, biseche your high excellence and excellent highnesse that it lyke, of the roted gentillesse and gronded grace in your nobley, so to visyte vs in assertenyng of your souueragn helth and prosperite, as it is seyd before, that we, in defaute of such vistacion, languisse not as men from so hie a grace sequestred and exiled. Our most dred soueraign liege lord and noblest kyng, we, your symple officers, specially beseche vnto all the holy company of heuenly knyght_hode, assembled in the hie blisse wher-as is eternal ioye and non euynesse, so be-shyne the noble knyghthode in your cronicable excellence aporeued, that ye mowe in this world vpon vs and alle your other lieges with report of wordly victory longe regne and endure; and after, whan your graciouse erthely persoune from your inward spirit ys dessolued, that ye mowe be brought tofor the throne of the hye kynge, and ther with heuenly Ierarchies in eternel glorie perpetuelly duelle and abyde. Wryten at your forsayd Cite of london, the xx day of Decembre. Your humble lieges and simple Officers, Richard Merlawe, Mair, and Aldermen of your Cite of London. |3.__Aldermen_of_London_(1418), A_Book_of_London_English,__p._72/73 |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccxv. Responcio eiusdem littere. Of alle erthely Princes our most dred soueraign Liege lord and noblest kynge, we recomaunde vs vnto your soueraign highnesse and riall power, in as meke wyse and lowely maner as any symple officers and pouuere lieges best may or can ymagine and diuise vnto her most graciouse and most soueraign kyng, Thankyng with all our soules your most soueraign excellence and noble grace of шe right gentell, right graciouse, and right confortable lettres, which ye late liked to send vs fro your toun of pount-de_larche, which lettres wiш al lowenesse and reuerence we haue mekly resceyued, and vnderstonde bi which lettres, amonges al other blessed spede and graciouse tithinges in hem conteyned, for which we thanke hyly, and euer shulle, the lord almighty, ware we most inwardly conforted and reioysed, whan we herde шe soueraign helthe and parfit prosperite of your most excellent and graciouse persoune, which we beseche god of hys grete grace and noble pite euer to kepe and manteyne. And of the astate of your Cite of London, yif it like your soueraign high_nesse to here and vnderstonde, plese it your benigne grace to conceyue that in pesibler degre, treta[b]ler gouernaunce, ne Joy_fuller rest, as ferforth as absence of you шat ar our most soueraign and excellent lord may suffre, was neuer erthly Cite ne toun, y-blessed be god. Our most dred souueraign liege lord & noblest kyng, we lowly besech шe kyng of kynges, whos reaume shal endelesly Last, your blessed soule and noble body from either of ther enemys euermore to kepe and defend. Writen at your sayd Cite of London the xij day of Augst. The mair, shereues, Aldermen and all the comuners of your cite London. To the kyng our most dred and most soueraign Lorde. |4.__Aldermen_of_London_(1418), A_Book_of_London_English,_p._74-76. |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccxvi. |8_Sept.,_1418. Responcio Littere precedentis. Our most dred most soueraign Lord and noblest kyng, to the soueragn highnesse of your kyngly mageste with all maner of lowenesse andreuerence mekly we recomende vs, Nat oonly as we oughte and shulde, but as we best can and may, with alle our hertes thankynge your soueraign excellence of your gracious lettres in makyng gladsom in vnderstondyng and passyng con_fortable in fauoring of our poure degrees, which ye liked late to send vs from your hoost afore the Cite of Roan. In which lettres, after declaracion of your most noble entent for the re_fresshing of your hooste, ye recorde so highly the redinesse of our wille and power at alle tymes to your plesaunce, and thankyn vs therof so hertely, that treuly, saue oonly our preier to hym that al good quiteth, neuer was it, ne mighte it halfe be deserued. And aftur suing in your forsaid gracious lettres ye praye vs eff[e]c[t]uelly to do enarme as mani smale vessels as we may with vitaille, and specially with drinke, for to come up as fer as they may in to the riuer of seyne. And nat only this, but in the conclusion of your soueraign lettres forsayd, ye fede vs so boun_teuesly with behest shewyng of your good lordship to vs in tyme comyng, as ye haue euer don, that now and euer we shulle be the joyfuller in this lyfe whan we remembre vs on so noble a grace. O how may the simplesse of pouere lieges better or mor clerly conceyue the graciouse loue and fauorable tendresse of the kyng her soueraign lord, than to here how your most excellent & noble persone, more worthi to vs than alle wordly richesse or plente, in so thynne habondance of vitaill, homly disposed so graciously and goodly declare and vttre vnto vs, that ar your liege men and subgitz, your plein luste and plesaunce, as it is in your sayd noble lettres worthily conteyned. Certein trewe liege man is шer non, ne feithfu subgit coude шer non ne durste tarie or be lachesse in any wyse to the effectuell praier or comaundement of so soue_raign and high a lord, which his noble body peineth and knightly auentureth for the right and welfare of vs alle. Oure most dred, most soueraign Lord and noblest kyng, plese it your soueraign hig_nesse to vnderstonde how that your forsaid kyngly praier as most strait charge and comaundement we willyng in alle pointes obeye and execute; anon fro шe resceit of your sayd gracious lettres, which was шe xix day of august nigh none, vnto the makyng of шese symple lettres, what in getyng and enarmyng of as many smale vessels as we myght, doyng brewe boшe ale and bere, purveing wyne and oшer vitaille for to charge with шe same vessels, we haue don our besie diligence and cure, as god wot. In which vessels, wiшoute gret plente of oшer vitails шat men of your cite london auenturen, for refresshing of your host, to шe costes where your soueraign presence is Inne, We lowely send wiш gladdest wille vnto your soueraign excellence and kyngly magest by Johan credy and John Combe, poure officers of your sayd Cite, bringers of thes lettres, Tritty botes of swete wyne, that is to seye ten of Tyre, ten of Romeney, ten of Maluesey, and a Thousand pipes of ale and bere, with Thuo Thousand and five hundred coppes for your hoost to drinke of, which we besech your high excellence and noble grace for our alder comfort and gladnesse benignely to resceyue and accepte, nat hauyng reward to шe litel_hed or smale value of the yifte it self, which is simple, but to шe good will and high desir шat шe poure yeuers шerof han to шe good spede, worship, and welfare of your most soueraign and excellent persone, Of which spede an welfare, and al your oшer kyngly lustes and plesaunces, we desire highly be the sayd berers of thes lettres, or oшer whom your soueraign highnesse shal like, fully to be lerned and enfourmed. Our moost dred, most soueraign lord and noblest kyng, we lowely besech the kyng of heuen, whos body refused nat for our sauacion wordly peyne Gilteles to endure, шat he your graciouse persone, which for our alder good and proffit so knythly laboureш, litel or noght charg_yng bodily ease, in al worship and Honure euermore to kepe and preserue. Writen at grauesende, vnder шe seal of mayralte of your sayd Cite London, on шe day of шe Natiuite of our Lady the Blisful mayde. To the kyng our most dred and most soueraign Lord. |5.__Aldermen_of_London_(1419), |A_Book_of_London_English,_p._79-80 |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccxxxvi. |6_Sept.,_1419. Responsio littere precedentis. Our most dred and most souueraign ertly lord, we recomande vs vnto шe souueraign excellence of your kyngly mageste in шe most humble and lowely wyse шat any pouere or simple lieges can best imagine or deuise,lowely thankyng your souueraign excellence and noble grace of шe right gracious and right con_fortable lettres, which ye liked late to sende vs fro your town of maunt, be Johan Palyng. The which lettres, with al maner of honour and lowely reuerence, we haue mekly resceyued and vnderstonde. And trewely, most dred and souueraign lord, gladder ne moor confortable tithinges might neuer haue come, nor in better tyme, for to satisfie and refresshe the feruent desir of your poure lieges, шat haue loong thrusted aftur knowlech of your prosperite, than were your sayd gracious lettres, the which amongs al oшer special graces most Principalich for our hertly confort conteyned шe souueraign helш and parfit prosperite of your most souueraign and gracious persone. The which Crist of his souue_raign mercy and noble pite plese alwey to kepe in al maner of worship and Joye. Our most dred and most souueraign erthly lord whan we remembre vs hough шat your kyngly might and power, grouded in the trewe pees of god, is so vertuosly soonded wiш шe spirit of meknesse in deuout and continuel thankyng of god in al his soondes, and trust of good prayers of your peple, as your sayd lettres make gracious mencion: Trewely we ar meued be as gret consideracion and as resonable cause as euer were liege men to pray, as we haue and shulle yef god will, for шe good and gracious spede of your most excellent and gracious persone, And to thanke god lowely шat euer he sent vs so gracious and so vertuose a souueraign lord to regne and haue lordship vp-on vs. Our most dred and most souueraign lord, yef it like your souue_raign highnesse to here of шastat of your Citee london, Plese it your kyngly mageste to conceyue шat in more quiet ne pesibler rest, as ferforth as absence of you шat ar our most gracious & most souueraign lord may suffre, was neuer erthly Citee nor place, blessed be god. Our most dred and most souueraign lord, we lowely beseche god the kyng of pees, whos grace excedeth шe merit of hem шat pray, that he vouche-sauf your kyngly mageste stabilissh in al vertu, and euermore kepe your most excelent & souueraign persone in al Joy and prosperite to his plesaunce. Writen at your said Citee of london, vnder the seal of Mairalte шerof, шe vi day of Septembre. To the Kynge our most dred and most souueraign Lord. your pouere and humble lieges шe Mair Shirefs Aldremen & Commons of your Citee London. |6._Aldermen_of_London_(1424), |A_Book_of_London_English,_p._87/88 |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_K,_f._18_v. Littera missa per Maiorem & Aldremannos domino Duci Bedfordie. Right high, right myghty, and right honurable Prince, we recomaunde vs vn-to your Lordly excellens in шe most humble and seruisable maner that we can best ymagine and deuise, Thankyng lowly your noble grace of шo gracious lettres in makyng gladsom in vndyrstandyng and passyng confortable in fauoring of our pouer degrees Whyche you liked late to sende vs from Craille vpon case in Normandie, be шat worshypfull and wel-auised man John Salueyn, your esquier, whyche hath made vs notable report and right comfortable exposicion of шestate and tidinges of шat londe, blessed be god. Bot amonges alle other, more gladder ne more comfortable tidinges myght non haue come, nor in better tyme, to satisfie and refressh шe feruent desire of vs that long haue thursted aftir knowlech of your prosperite, шan were seid gracious lettres, шat yaven vs ful enfor_macion and singler comfort of шe gode hele and disposicion of your persone, whyche crist of his soueraign mercy and pite infenite euer preserue and mainteigne in Joye and honure to his plesaunche. Right high, right myghty, and ryght honurable Prince, of шat шat your Lordly clemence so benigly voucheш sauf, as is purported in шe parclose of your seid lettres to haue assercion be comers betwene of your gode desires, enclinyng your excellence to шaccomlissement of hem at alle tymes, it excedeth in-estimablich our power and konnyng to yeue you thankynges шerof recompensable in eny wyse. Bot god, шat is guerdoner of euery gode dede, quite rewarde yowe in stede of vs, wher we may not. And, for we truste and knowe verilich шat hit pleseth yow to here of шestate of шe Cite of London, to whiche ye haue euyr be right gode Lorde and fauorable, we certefie vn-to your gracious Lordship шat in more quiete ne pesibler reste was neuer Cite nor place, blessed be god, whiche of his incom_parable bounte send you gode and graciouse lif, to шe plesaunche of hym, and comfort of vs and alle your oшer welwillers, long for to lede. Writen at London. |7._King_Henry_V_(1417a), |A_Book_of_London_English,_p._67 |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._cxcix. Littera domini Regis Maiori & Aldremannis missa. By the Jyng -- Trusty and wel-beloued, We grete yow often tymes wel, Doyng yow to vnderstande for youre confort that by the grace of god we ben sauely arryued into oure lond of Nor_mandie , with all oure subgitz ordeyned to goo with vs for the ferst passage; and this day, the Euen of Seint Laurence, aboute mydday was yolden vn-to us the Castell of Touque, a-boute the whiche our wel-beloued cosyn therle of Huntyngdon lay, and the keyes of the sayd castell deliuered vnto vs withoute shedyng of cristen blood, or deffense mad by oure enemys; the whech Castel is an honneur, and all the viscountie and Lordshippes of Auge halden ther-of, as we ben enfourmed by such men as were ther yn. Wherof we thanke god lowely that hym lust of high grace to shewe vnto vs so faire begynnyng in our present voiage, Desiryng Also that ye thanke god therof in the most best wyse that ye can and that ye sende vs fro tyme to tyme suche tydyng, be komerys be-thwene, as ye haue in that syde the see. Yeuen vnder our signet, at our sayd Castel of Touque, the ix day of Aost. |8.__King_Henry_V_(1417b), |A_Book_of_London_English,_pp._67/68. |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._cc_v. Littera domini Regis Maiori & Aldremannis missa. By the Jyng -- Right trusty and welbeloued, We grete you often tymes wel, doyng you to vndirstonde that, on Seint Cuth_bertes day the Translacion, god of his high grace send vn-to oure handes oure town of Caen by assault, and with right litell deth of oure peple, wherof we thanke our saviour lowelich as we can or may, prayng you that ye do the same, and as de_uoutely as ye can; certefying you also that we and our host been in good prosperite and helth, thankyd be god of hys mercy, who haue you in hys kepyng. Yeuen vnde our signet, in our sayd town of Caen, the vte day of Septembre. Ferthermore, aftir the date of this lettres, our Castell of Caen ys yolden to vs, and hostages leyd upon this condicion, but yif they be rescowed bi bataille to be youen vn-to us by oure aduersaire of france, other his son called the Dolphin, other therle of Ermenak, be the xix day of the sayd moneth of Septembre. |9.__King_Henry_V_(1418a), |A_Book_of_London_English,_pp._71/72. |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccxxxvi. Littera Domini Regis missa Maiori & Aldermannis Ciuitatis Londonie. By the kyng. Trusty and welbeloued, we grete you well, and do you to vnderstonde шat we been in good prosperite of oure persone, and so ben al шastates of our hoost, blessed be god, which graunt you so to be, and as touching oure gouernaunce and tithing siш our last departyng fro Caen, we com afore oure Toun of Louiers & wan it by assiege, to the which place com to vs шe cardinal of Vrsin fro our holy fader шe pope, for to trete for шe good of pees Betwix boшe Reaumes, and is goon ayein to paris for to diligence шere in шis same mater, but what ende it shal drawe to we wote noght as yet. And aftur шat we hadde wonne our sayd toun of Louiers, we cam afore pount-de-larche, and bisieged it on шat oon syde of шe riuer of seyne, and vpon munday шe iiij day of шe moneш of Juill we gate vpon our enemys шe passage ouer the sayd riuer, and god of his mercy shewed so for vs and for our right that it was withouten шe deш of any mannes persone of oures, albehit that our enemys, with grete power, assembled nigh the same riuer, for to haue let and defended vs the same passage. And than we leyd our men afore the castell, and after that they withine the garnison sent to vs for to deliuer vnto vs the town, and the sayd Castell of pount-de-Larch, the xx day of the sayd moneth, Olesse шan they were rescowed by шat day, by batall to be youen to vs by our aduersaire, other his sone, the which thing we graunted, and toke шerupon hostage; and so ben the sayd castell and Toun yolden and deliuered into our handes, wherof, and of all our other good spede that our lord of his mercy sheweш vnto us, we thanke hym lowely with all our hert, as we haue grete cause, and so haue ye and all our liege men. Ferther_more we sent a poursuant of oures to the Duc of Burgoyne, to knowe whether he wolde kepe trewes taken bitwix vs and hym or no, and the same poursuaunt is comen ayein, and hath fully enfourmed vs the sayd duke casteth hym to yeue vs the bataill, and so we holde hym our ful enemy, and he is now at Parys. Of the deth of the erle of Armeignak, and of the slaghter that haш ben at Parys, we halde no nede to write to you, for we trowe ye haue full knowlach шerof. And god haue you in his kepyng. Youen vnder our signet, at our sayd Toun of Pount-de-Larch, the xxj day of Juill. To our right trusty and welbeloued шe mair, Shereues, Alder_men and good Comuners of our Cite of London. |10.__King_Henry_V_(1418b), |A_Book_of_London_English,_pp._73/74 |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccxvi. Littera missa Maiori, Aldermannis, & Comunibus Ciuitatis Londonie pro Victualibus mittendis Do_mino Regi in obsidione ante Rothomago iacenti &c. Right trusty And welbeloued, We grete you ofte tymes well, And forasmoche as, in шe name of Almighty god and in oure right, wiш hys grace, we haue leyd шe siege afore the cite of Roan, which is the most notable place in fraunce saue Parys, atte which siege vs nedeш gretly refresshing for us and for our hoost; and we haue founde you our trewe lieges and subgitz of good wille at al tymes, to do al thing that might do vs worship and ese, wherof we can you right hertely thank, And pray you effectuelly, that in al the haste that ye may ye wille do arme as manie smale vessels as ye may, goodly with vitaille, and namly with drinke, for to come to Harfleu, And fro шennes as fer as they may vp шe Riuer of Seyne to Roan-ward wiш шe said vitaille for the refressh_ing of vs and our said hoost, as oure trust is to you; for the which vessels шer shal be ordeigned suffisant conduyt, with goddes grace; wetyng well also шat ther-inne ye may don vs right gret plesaunce And refresshing for al our hoost aboue sayd, And yeue vs cause to shewe шerfor to you euer the better lordship in tyme comynge, wyth the help of oure saueour, the which we praye шat he haue you in hys sauf warde. Yeuen vnder our signet, in our hoost afore the sayd Cite of Roan, шe x day of August. To oure Right trusty and welbeloued шe Mair, Aldermen, and al the worthi communers of our cite of London. |11.__King_Henry_V_(1419), |A_Book_of_London_English,_p._78 |MS._Guildhall,_Letter-book_I,_f._ccxxxvi. |Date:_5_Aug.,_1419. Littera domini Regis missa Maiori Aldermannis & comunibus. Trusti and Welbeloued, We grete yow wel, And late you wete to youre comfort that we been in good heele and prosperite of oure persone, blessed be god, which graunte you always soo to bee; Ferthermore as touching tithinges, we signifie vnto yow шat god of his grace, worshiped be he, hath sent in to our handes our Toun of Pontoyse, and hough proffitable шe hauyng of it is vnto vs John Palyng, шe bringer of шis, can enfourme you. And we pray you thankeш god шerof, and of alle his gracious soondes шat he send_eth vs. And forasmoch as our aduerse partie wol noo pees nor accord haue wiш vs, but finally haue refused al meenes of pees, We be compelled ayein to werre thorough шair default, as he wot шat al knoweш. To whoos mercy we trust, for our good wil and redinesse to шe pees, to haue шe better spede heraftur, шe which we recomende to your good prayers wiш al our herte; And god haue you in his keping. Yeuen vnder our signet, at our town of Mant, шe v day of Augst. To our trusty and welbeloued шe Mair, Shirreues, Aldermen, and communs of our Citee of London. Tolyes. |12.__King_Henry_V_(1419), |A_Book_of_London_English,_pp._82/83. A lettre fro шe kyng to шe Mair, Aldremen and Comunes. By the Kyng -- Trusty and wel-beloued, We grete you well And we thanke you wiш al our hert of шe good wil and seruice шat we haue alweys founde in you hedertoward, And sp[ec]iallich of your kynde and notable profre of an ayde,шe which ye han graunted vnto vs of your owne good mocion, as our broшer of Bedford and our Chanceller of England haue writen vnto vs, yeuing шerinne good ensaumple yn diuerce wyse to al шe remanant of our sugitz in our lande, And soo we pray you, as our trust is ye wol, for to continue. And as to шe said ayde, шe which ye haue concluded to do vnto vs now at шis tyme, we pray you specially that we mow haue it at such tyme and in such wyse as our b[r]oшer of Bedford shal moor pleinly declare vnto you on our behalue, Lating you fuly wete шat we haue writen to al our frendes and allies шorwe Cristendom, for to haue socours and help of hem, ayeins шe same tyme шat our sayd broшer shal declare you, the which, when шey here of шarme and шarray шat ye and other of our subgitz make at home yn help of vs, shal yeue hem gret corage to hast шair comyng vnto vs moche шe rather and nat faille, as we trust fully. Wherfor we pray you herteley шat ye wolde do touching шe forsayd ayde as our sayd broшer shal declare vnto you on our behalue, Considering шat so necessarie ne so acceptable a seruice as ye may do, a[n]d wol do as we trust vnto you at шis tyme, ye ne might neuer haue don vnto vs seth our werres in Fraunce be-gan. For we truste fully to goddes might and his mercy, wiш good help of you and of our land, to haue a good ende of our sayd werre in short tyme, and for to come home vnto you to gret comfort and singuler Joye of our hert, as god knoweш, шe which he graunte vs to his plesaunce, And haue you euer in his kepinge. Yeuen vnder our signet, yn our Toun of Pontoise, шe xvij day of August. And weteш шat шe forsayd xvij day of August departed from vs at Pountoyse our lettres to you, direct in шis same tenur. And by cause it is sayd шe berer of hem is by our enemys taken in to Crotey, we renouelle hem here at Trye ш Castell, the xij=e= day of Septembre. T. Tibbay. |13.__William_Paston_I_to_William_Worstede,_John |Longham,_and_Piers_Shelton_(1426), |(Paston_Letters,_pp._1-2) |1426,_1_March |MS._Add._27443,_f._80. Address: A mez tres honnures meistres William Worstede, John Longham, et Meister Piers Shelton soit donne.: RIGHT worthy and worshepefull seres and maistres, I recomand me to yow and thank yow with al my herte of the gret tendre_nesse ye lyke to have of the salvacion of my symple honeste, preyng yow evermore of your good continuance. I have, after the advys of your lettre, doon dwely examyned the instrument by the wysest I coude fynde here, and in especial by on Maister Robert Sutton, a courtezane of the court of Rome, the which is the chief and most chier man with my Lord of Gloucestre and his matier in the seyd court for my lady his wyff. And here aunswere is that al this processe, though it were in dede proceded as the instrument specifieth, is not suffisant in the lawe of Holy Cherche.... Myn adversarie is become bysshop of Cork in Irland, and ther arn ii other persones provided to the same bysshopriche yet lyvyng, beforn my seyd adversarie; and by this acceptacion of this bysshopriche he hath pryved hym self of the title that he claymed in Bromholm, and so adnulled the ground of his pro_cesse ageyn me. And also, the tyme of his grevaunce pretendid, and the tyme of his sute, he was apostata, and I trowe is yet; and so unable to sue any swich processe. I purpose me to come homward be London, to lerne more in this matier if I may. I prey the Holy Trinite, Lord of your cherche and of alle the werld, delyvere me of my iii adversaries: of this cursed bysshop for Bromholm, Aslak for Sprouston, and Julian Herberd for Thornham. I have nought trespassed ageyn noon of these iii, God knowith; and yet I am foule and noysyngly vexed with hem to my gret unease, and al for my lordes and frendes matieres and nought for myn owyn. I wot not whether it were best, in any sermon or other audience in your cherche or elles_where, to declare ought of this matier, in stoppyng of the noyse that renneth in this case. I submitte me and alle this matier to your good discrecion; and evere gremercy God and ye, who evere have yow and me in his gracious governaunce. I suppose to se yow on Palme Sunday. Writen at Leycestre the Friday the thredde wyke of Lente.... Yowr man, W. PASTON |14.__William_Paston_I_to_the_vicar_of_the_Abbot_of_Cluny_(1429), |Paston_Letter,_pp._2-3. |Probably_1429 |MS._Add._27443,_f._87v. MY ryghte worthy and worshepeful lord, I recomaunde me to yow. And forasmeche as I conseyve verrayly that ye arn vicar general in Inggelond of the worthy prelate the Abbot of Clunie, and have hys powre in many grete articles, and among other in p[ro]fession of monkes in Inggelond of the seyd ordere. And in my cuntre, but a myle fro the place where I was born, is the povre hous of Bromholm, of the same ordre, in wheche arn divers vertuous yongge men, monkes clad and unprofessyd, that have abedyn there t abbyte ix or x yeere; and be lenger delaye of here profession many inconvenientez arn lyke to falle. And also the priour of hath resigned into yowre worthy handes by certeins notables and resonables causes, as it apperyth by an instrument and a symple lettre under the comune seal of the seyd hous of Bromholm, which the berare of this hath redy to shewe yow. Wherupon I prey yow wyt al my herte, and as I evere may do yow service, that it lyke to your grace to graunte of your charite by yowre worthy lettres to the priour of Thet_ford in Norffolk, of the seyde ordre of Clunye, autorite and powere as your ministre and depute to professe in dwe forme the seyd monkes of Bromholm unprofessed. And that it lyke yow overmore to accepte and admitte the seyd resygnacion by your seyd autorite and powere, wyth the favour of your good lordshepe, in confort and consolacion of your pouere prestes the monkes of the seyd hous of Bromholm; and therup to graunte your worthy letres wittenessyng the same acceptacion and admyssion of the seid resignacion, and al your seid lettres to delyvere to my clerk, to wham I prey yow to gyve feith and credence touchant this matier and to delyvere hym in alle the hast resonable. And I am your man and evere will be, by the grace of God, which evere have yow in his kepyng. Writen at Norwich the |{gap} of April. Yowres, WILLIAM PASTON |15.__Letter_from_Sir_David_Home_(1438-9), |(The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_p._109) |[Ex_Orig._Loc._25.] Reverent fadir in Crist I recomaund me to Јowr gude fader_hod & gude Lordship schawit to me at all tymys; and ples Јow to wit that this cuntre that I ame in standis disjoynt & in gret peril, as I trew Јe hafe herd; and I hafe ben lang tyme servand to saynt Cudbart & Јow; and if I hafe done gude service it likit me wele, and if I have done other way me repents. Ne_vertheless, sen I hafe ben to Јow a lang servant & in office, gyf it war plesyng to Јowr Lordschip & Јo=r= brethir I deyn to hafe Јo=r= lettres thar of for terme of my lyfe; and to hafe my pencion sumthyng amendit, as it myght be to the valew of cs inglisch, quhilk has ben ay befor bot to the valew of v marc & d. inglish. And gyf this can be done I will bynd my frendis & my selfe to defend Јowr right at our power: and gyf it can no=t= be, Јe mon hald me excusit; & at Јe will gyf credence to dan John Byrtley, for I commond wt hym apon this mater for to shaw Јow my en_tent in this mater. And reverend fadir in Crist the haly gast hafe Јow in kepyng. Wrytyn at the tour of Colbrandspeth, the xxiij day of februer. Be Јo=r=s in all thyng DAVID HOME OF WEDERBURN. |Indorsed Reverendo in Christo patri domino priori Dunell. eccleci‘. David Hum. |16.__Letter_from_Sir_David_Home_(1440), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_p._113 |[Orig._Loc._25.] Reverend fadir in Crist, I recomend me to your reverent fadyrhode w=t= all my hart, as Јour awyn servand, & to my brethr of Ј=r= chapytar. And lyk you to remember that i haff commonyt w=t= you my self, and alsua made divers menys & wryttyngs to you for this pur office that I ber of Coldyghame, that I mycht haff hade it for terme of lyve, swa that I had nocht spendit my youchede in your service, & syne be reqwest & menys of uthir lordchep be put thar fra in myne age, consi_derand qwat labour and travale I haff had for Јou and for Јour place in tym begane, nocht ganestanding Јe know qwhat debatis and striffis is lyk to ryss in our land, the qwilk is abill to wast Јour place, and it be nocht defendit w=t= fors and wysdome, baythe as Јour brether knawis that ar her, for thar is mony in the land, baith temporal lords and kirmen, contrary to Јour place, and tharfor Јe mone haff me excusit that I will not tak on me till aungyr baythe my kyn and my frends in the defens of it w=t= out at I be sekyr of the office for terme of lyve, and Јour entent her apon that Јe will wechsauff to certyffy me in wryt, be pais next to cum, and at Јe wald schaw this to Јour brether of the cha_pytar, and be avisit with thaim. and alsua at Јe wald gyff ferme credence to Јour sallirar of it at he sall schaw to you be_langyne me, for I haff chargit hym with myne entent forthir than I haff put in wryt: Јe reverend fader in Crist Јour reverend faderhede y=e= Haly Gast haff ay in graciouse governaunce. Yours in al thyng David de Hume de Wederburn. |17.__Letter_from_Sir_David_Home_(1442), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_pp._140-142 |[Ex_Orig._Loc._25.] This is the creddens made to my lord the priour of Durame and the cowent anent Aldcambos. Qwhar it is said that the Priour of Coldynhgame, the qwilk Gode assollЈhe, walde nocht assent to the said chang of that accione, thir ewydents beris witness, & therto I rafer you, and awssa to dan Johne Penscher that had the thaiths of the said priour of Coldynhame, and to the Priour and the cowent of Durame. And awssa I am enformit be ane of law and reputacion of this land that qwhar condiscionis is made and endentyd befor notabill witnes aws wil unsellit as sellit, the convencion sall be kepit of baycht the partis aws well as thai war selit and entyrchangit wycht ther awne hands. And suppose the ewydents war undon, or frawdfully away haldyn, the witnes beand of life sall ber all the effec of the said ewydents, so that the condiscion sal be hall in the slese aftyr as thai war acordit. And as twechand the convencion of Ald cambos I sal not forga it and condiscion be kepit at the lest, the qwhilk I thynk not to ga fra qwhill I hafe browcht it tyl enend, qwha sa ever trast the contrar. And alswa, as to the Priour of Coldynghame and the gowernanc of the place and the fredom therof, sen the said Priour and I com fra Durame he wald never be gowernit be my counsell in na matter, na be my ordinanc, bot as S=r= Alexand Hom wald enforme hyme. And sen Sr Alexand Hom was at discussion with me the said Priour has don als his besines, as I am enformit, to forthir the said Sr Alexander to his purpos in contrar of me and nt lukand to the awale na the fredom of the hows na to my lawte as I am bown, the qwilk lawte I sal kep for ony perall that may aper, God willande, as I sal answer and mak knawn to the hows & to you. And for to forthir the said S=r= Alexandre the said Prior has put the hows in peral, as is weill kend, to the cuntre, & for this caws I seand the perall aper, I have takyn the strencht of the hows in gowernanc, becaws I knew wile that the said Sr Alexander wald haf takyne it, and throwe it wald hafe suppleit thaim of Downfirmyllyng, or any other that wald best applie to hys gowernance; and this may well be trowitt be this caws fer I profferit to our frends to be lefit in the samyn plit as I fand it, so that he wald fynd surtre that it sulde be unkepit threw hym or ony that til hym pertenyt, and this he has refwssit, the qwilke I am bown to raquer my said lord the Priour and the cowent of Duram that the said Priour of Coldyngham his langag na wrytting be na hendering to me na to my matres, qwill he and I apper in propyr persons befor the chapatur and al the brether that best kanwis my gowern_ment , the qwilk apperans sal not be lang to wt myne assent, w=t= the grace of God. And on this Sonday in sklandyng of me he passit to Sant Ebbis, and gert his brether and the parys_prest pas witht hym, and wald lat na mese be said na ser_vice done to the parishyne withing the kyrk of Coldyngham, and I was not content therof & com to Coldyngham the sam Sonday, lat at evyne, and spak sumqwhatt with dene John Pencher for a pair of evidences that was in makyng betuex the said Priour & Sr Alexandr of Hum of xv yher tak of Alcombos; and I baid hym say to the Priour and he fulfillit thai evidentis thar suld never be frendchip bewex us, qwill I war lefande, for it is to me and myn herytaig and malyng, as I sal makit knawyn. And he send the substance of his harnes befor hym to Berwic, and thocht to pas thetir. And because of this langaig he hastit hym the souner, and passit on the nycht, foroute lef takyng, and tuk all his brethir wyth hym that was in Coldyngham. And quar it was said to yhou that I pourpost me to bige a tour in Aldcambos, and had laid stanis on the grounde, it is not sua, for trewly I na my son was never pour_post theron, bot thai that made that lagang first, it was for fourtheryng of thaim self and hyndryng of me. Quharfor I requer yhour lordschipp that yhe wald wyth the berer in hast wryt to the Priour of Coldyngham that he mad na sectyng of the said Aldcambos, qwill he and I com_perit before yhou in propir personis; soe and he mak ony setting of the said place I sal somonde hym befor the kyng or his justice or his scherif, quilk plessis me besst, and be the lawe of this lande compell hym to fulfill baith the tak and chang of the said place that was delyverit til hym to be gevyn to me & my sone, and as we wer accordit baith befor Inglis and Scotts that sal ber witness therto. And of all thir materis, quhat tym that I & my sone commys to yhour lordschipp, we will be mar rewlit be yhou & yhout chapiter than be ony that leffs, for we haf ever ben mekil behaldyn therto. And of ony discorde that is betuix the Priour of Coldyngham and his brethir that ther is and me I sal be ful laicht that it be hard ... ... quhill I cum to yhour presens, sa that he gef na tak til S=r= Alex of Aldcambos; and gif he dois, I requer yhour lordschip to hald me excusit to mak sic present to me as affor. Item I proferrit the said Priour til hald his curt and sett his land at his awin will and therby haf fewte of his tenannts, and as yhit I can not redos hym tharto, and quhen er hym list ther sal never be na falt in me. s.d. |18.__Litera_Directa_Domino_de_Hales_(1441), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_pp._121/22. |[Reg._II._parv._fol._146.] Right honorabill and wirshipfull lord, I commend me to your lordshipp, thankand yowe of the good grace tendirnese eese supportacion and hertly affeccion whilke yhe haff doon, and doose dayly, till all my brether and our celle of Coldyngham, besekyng yow evermore of Јour graciouse continuance. And as touchand the bailЈery of coldingham, for the whilk your lordshipp nowe late wrate to me fore, lik hitt your said lord_shipp to undirstand thatt diverse of my brethere thatt has duellid att Coldingham has lattyn me weete that Sir Davy Home has hadd grett labour and diseese, and oftymes has been in grett parell and doute of his life, for the fortherannce and the rightes of our celle of Coldingham; for the whilke gentilnesse and kyndnesse will that I and my brether be more favorabill till hym, and tharfor we haff grannt hym the office of the said bailЈery for certeyn yhere, undir certeyn condiciones. And, as your lordship wele knawes, Sir Alexander Home is mykill better endouid and gretter of lyveloode than is Sir Davy, and the office of the bailyery of Coldingham is grett help to the said Sir Davy, and tharfor to take hitt fro him hitt warr to hym grett hinderannce. Neverthelesse, if hitt like to your said lordshipp, as to yowe the whilke is most worthy of thayre kyn, to trete betwen thaym, that if Sir Davy will wyth full hertt and wyll discharge hym selfe, and delyvere to me or to the Prior of Coldingham the common seall, and also my seall, the whilke he has of the graunt of the said bailyery, I can wele agree for your sake and your request to grannt the said office of the bailyery to Sir Alexander Home, for certeyn yheres, like as hitt has been granntid afortym. And Gode and his blessid modre and oare haly patron seynt Cuthbert evermoore haff yowe in thaire haly kepyng. Writen at Durham, the xiii day of Octobre. |19.__Litera_Directa_Domino_de_Hales_(1441), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham_to_Johannes,_Prior_of_Durham. |[Reg._II._parv._fol._146_b.] |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_p._122 Wirshipfull sir, I commend me to yowe, thankyng yow of your goode supportacion shewid to your celle of Coldyngham, besekand yow of your good continuance. And lik hitt yow to weete that I haff receyvid your lettres, sennd to me by my bro_ther John Penchere. And as touchand the office of the bailyery of Coldingham, I am right sary thatt ony heavynesse or debate suld be betwen yowe and your cosyn Sir Davy for hitt, for in goode faith, and I warre nerhande yow, I wald labour wyth all myn hertt both wyth my goode and my body to make goode unite and pece between yowe. And yhe will, att the reverence of Gode, considir howe thatt Gode has endouid yowe wyth gretter lyveloode than is sir Davy, and if the fee of the Bailyery, the whilke is a grett help to his liveloode, be takyn fro hym, hitt ware to hym grett loose and hynderannce, and to yowe litill encresse. Never the lesse, as I have wrytyn to the Lorde of Hayles, who wrate to me for yowe for the office of the bailyery aforsaid, if the said Sir Davy will of his awen fre will surrendour his patenteЈ of the said office of the bailyery of Col_dyngham, and delyvere thayme to me or to the Prior of Col_dyngham, I can wele agree me to grannte yowe the said office for certeyn yheres apon certeyn condicionЈ. And God haff yowe in his graciouse kepyng. Wrtyn att Durham, the xiiI day of Octobre. |20.__Litera_Directa_David_Home, |The_Priory_of_Coldingham_to_Johannes,_Prior_of_Durham_(1441), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_p._123. |[Reg._II._parv._fol._147] Wirshipfull sir, I commend me to yowe, thankand yowe hertly of your good supportacion and labour shewid till my brether and oure celle of Coldingham, prayand yowe of your good contynuance. And as touchande the office of the Bailyery of Coldingham, lik hitt yow to undirstande that the lorde of Hales has wrytyn to me fore Alexandre Home for the office of the said bailyery, and also the said sir Alexander has writen to me rehersyng a certeyn condicion made betwix yowe and hym as touchand the said office, in whilke matere I haff wryten both to the said lord of HaleЈ and to sir Alexander on this manere, that if yhe will discharge your selfe on your awen fre will and surrendoure your patentys of your office to me or to the prior of Coldyngham, I can well agre to grannt to sir Alexandre the office of the bailyery of Coldingham for certeyn yhereЈ; noght gaynstandyng, I consele yowe be wele awisid or yhe delyvere thaym for yowe, for hitt is noght, ne has been my entent to disharge yowe of your office wythoutyn othere cause than yhe haff gevyn or will giffe, as I suppoose; and thar for putb no blame to me in tym commyng, for yhe shall haff no cause. And God almyghty haff yowe in his kepyng. Writen at Durham, the xiii day of Octobre. |21.__Litera_Directa_David_Home, |The_Priory_of_Coldingham_to_Johannes,_Prior_of_Durham_(1441), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,__pp._123/24. |[Reg._II._parv._fol._148_b.] Right honorabill and worshipfull lorde, I comend me to your lordship, thankand yow of the goode grace tendirnesse and supportacion whilke yhe haff doon and dayly doose to oure celle of Coldingham, besekyng you evermoor of your graciouse continuance. And as touchand the office of the bailyery of Coldyngham, to the whilke yhe desyre to be promote Sir Alex_ander Home, your welbelovyd cosyn, lik itt your said lordshipp to undirstande that before michaelmesse last past Sir Davy Home was att Durham, to wham I and my brethere grannte the office of the balyery of Coldingham for xl yheere, under certeyn condicionЈ, whe thatt tyme noght knawand na conande ne pacte made betwixt Sir Alexander and Sir Davy. Never_thelesse if the said Sir Davy Home will discharge hym selfe and surrendour his lettres to me, or to the Priour of Coldyng_ham I can well agree me for your sake and att your requeste to grannte the said office of the said bailyery to sir Alexander Home for xl yheere, upon certeyn condiconЈ. And Gode and his blessid modre and oure haly patron seynt Cuthbert ever_moore haff you in thayre haly keepynge. Writen at Durham, the xxiiii day of Novembr. |22.__Litera_Directa_David_Home, |The_Priory_of_Coldingham_to_Johannes,_Prior_of_Durham_(1441), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_p._124 |[Reg._II._parv._fol._148.] Right honorabill and worshipfull lord, I commend me to you, thankand you of your graciouse supportacion doon to oure celle of Coldingham, and to my brother John Oll, newly pre_sennt to the said celle, besekand yowe of your goode conti_nuance . And lyk itt you to remembre how att your request I grannt the office of the bailyery of Coldingham to sir Alexan_der Home for certeyn yhereЈ, if so be Sir Davy wald surren_dour his lettres of the said office to me or to the prior of Cold_ingham , and now lateb the said sir Alexander present your honorabill lettres to me as touchand the same matere. And as I wratt to your lordshipp befor, so wrytt I yhitt, thatt I and my brether att your especiall request will grannt to the said Sir Alexander the office of the said bailyery for lx yheere, so thatt sir Davy will surrendour his lettres, as I wrate to you afore. And Gode and our lady haff yow evermoore in thayre gra_ciouse kepyng. Wreten at Durham, the xxiiii day of Novem_bre. |23.__Litera_Directa_Magistro_Roberto |Rolston. |The_Priory_of_Coldingham_to_Johannes,_Prior_of_Durham_(1444), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_pp._153-54 |[Reg._II._parv._fol._188,_b.] Ryght wyrshipfull and reverent sir, I recommend me to yowe, thankyng yowe as hertly as I can of the grette gentilness and kyndnesse tendir loofe and effeccion that itt has likidd yowe alwey to shewe to me; besekyng yow of good continuance. and please it yow to wete that I and my brethere att this tyme sennd a brothere of oureЈ, the berer of this lettre, to the courte of rome; for certeyn maters concernyng the ryghts liberteeЈ and fredoms of the kyrke of Durham and the membres thereof; and especyell of the priory of Coldyngham in Scottland, and Lithum in Lancasshyre, as the berer of this has, if itt lyke yowe, to shewe moore playnly in wrytyng. wherefoor I beseek yowe, att the reverence of sent Cuthbert, who is your patron, and whoose ryghteЈ yhe are in maner bun to susteen and de_fennde , thatt yhe will laboure to oure soverayn lorde the Kynge for his gracious lettreЈ to oure holy fadir the Pope for the good speed and fortheryng of oure seyd maters aftir the forme con_savyde by my moste wyrshypfull lorde cardinall of Yowrke, by wham I and my brether are rewleydd and governanced in thys cause, whylke forme the berer of thys lettre, yf itt please yowe, sall delyver to you, to whom itt lyke Yowr reverence on my behalfe gyff full faith and credence. And Gode Almighty keppe you long in hegh whirshypp and easse of your hertte to hyss pleasawnce. Wreton at Durham the viii day of Septembre. Your awen at all hys power, John Priour of Duresme. |24.__Thomas_Bekynton_(1442), |The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_pp._186-190. Letter to the king. Littera ambasiatorum regi de statu Acquitani‘. In Anglicis. Moost high and moost mighty Prince and oure moost doubted and dradde Souverain Lord; After the moost lowly recommendacion that we your true hum_ble subgetts and servaunts may or can in any maner unto your roial mageste doo or devise, please hit your said roial mageste to have in knowlage that we your said subgetts and servaunts with all our felaship in good helth of body, blessed be God, cam and arrived to this your noble cite of Burdeaux on Monday the xvj. day of Juil, where at oure first commyng we founde as sorowful a town and as gretly dismayed and discoraged as any might be in th'erth, as poeuple desolat and cast out of al comfort of any socour to be had from your said mageste ayeinst your ennemies that ben in this countrey in grete puissaunce; and after deliverance made unto them of the town of Tarteys have geten by assaulte the town of Saint Severs; and also have wonne and subdued al the cuntrey of the landes except Baion and Ax. So that al that cuntrey was waxen almoost rebelle within viij. dayes, as wel barons as gentils and other. And nowe your said ennemies ben before the said cite of Ax, holding their siege there rounde about hit in grete multitude of men of armes; and another party of their puissaunce under the Lord Powns and other have laid siege to Sursak, which is but a day and a half journey from this your cite of Burdeaux, as men seyn here. And as tidings ben commen late from your towne of Baion your ennemies purposen to make iiij. bastilles aboute the said towne of Ax and stuff theryin with iij. or iiij. m. men of armes; and the remanent wol departe and besiege your said town of Baion; and so they enforce theim selve in oo tyme to gete both townes, and so streit to come down hider and besiege this your towne of Burdeaulx. Your adversaire of Fraunce and his son which calleth him selve dolphin, have been and beeth in propre per_sonne on the feld in all this voyage. Not oonly thees grete entreprisses and the mighty puissaunce of your said ennemies caused th'abaisshment of your triwe pouple of this your cite of Burdeaux, but more with_oute comparison the lettres whiche were sent from your highnesse under your prive seel and born hider by oon that calleth hymselveFraunceys, whoos name in dede Juon Goer, and delivered to divers estats here the Sonday before our arrival, in the which Sonday the said Frauncois and othere were sette on lande at Castellion, and from thens rood by lande unto Bur_deaulx, before our commyng, had reported and noysed thorugh the cite that they sholde no succours have; and, as theym semed, the letters meaned the same: so that at our commyng the cite was ful of rumour and of sorowe, and had noon other trust, beleve, nor conceipt, but that they were abandonned and cast awey for evere. But blessed be God which as we beleve verrely in a good houre sent us hider for your wele, Souveraine Lord, and of your countrey here, by our commyng and arriveng al your cite was gretly recomforted, and in especial by the comfortable re_porte of your succours to be had in haste, which to their grettest joye and gladnesse we shewed and de_clared unto theym, after the forme of your gracious lettres yeven under your signet of th'egle at your castel of Windesore the xxiij. day of Juyn, and sent unto us at Plymmouthe; the whiche your lettres we shewed openly and radde theym before al your Counsel and other estats here the Tuesday next foloweng; and after their desire we dede theym to be translated in to Frenish and delivered theym to the moost Reverend Fader in God th'archbisshop of this cite, which, the Wednesday next foloweng, making right a good and a right sturing collacion in his cathedral chirch radde and declared the said lettres so translated openly in the pulpitte before al the pouple, rehersshing the good and tendre zele that ye have to the con_servacion and the wele of this your cite, and of all your true subjetts in thees parties, and putting theym oute of doubte of souccurs to be had in right brief tyme; exciting theym furthermore and exhorting by the feith and liegeaunce that they owe to your high_nesse to do al their payne,labor, and true diligence aboute the defence and sauf garde of your cite on the meane tyme; and so in trouthe they have doon, and do dayly in the best wise; and have fortified the said cite with bulwerks, gunnes, engynes, and al other necessaire abiliments in the strengest wise; and also skured and pared the diches, and made their towne in al parties so redy and so mighty that in our con_ceipt they be grete and notable thanke worthy. And for sothe, Souverain Lord, we have not cessed nor cesse dayly to yeve theym comfort and courage, offer_ing oureselve and our pour company to be redy at al tymes to helpe theym and strength theym in as muche as in us is, for the defense and saveng of the cite, abiding here with theym stille: for as yet we can not conceive that we shall mowe, hanging this werre wel passe any ferther, after the nature and qualite of our message. Wherefore, moost gracious and moost Cristian Prince, we besech your high and noble grace that ye wol open your ighes of pite and compassion upon your true subgetts here, which as nowe lyven in grete dred, and withoute that help be had the rather been lyke to perisshe; and that ye wol also calle unto your consideracion how this your Duchie of Guienne is oon th'oldest lordship longing to your coroune of Englande; and thereupon of your moost merciful and pituous grace, commaunde and do suche diligence be had that your succours be sent in hasty tyme after the forme of your said lettres, so that by negligence or delaies it comme not to late, and inconvenients irrecuperable be growen the meene tyme, which God defende; in suche wise also that we be founde no gabbers in executing your com_maundement and declaring your lettres. Also, Souve_rain Lord, in taking of Saint Severs, Sir Thomas Rempston your seneschal is taken prisoner and, as it is said, the seel which he had and occupied under my Lord of Huntingdon is taken also, whereof we advise your highnesse to th'entent that yf your ennemies wol forge or contrive any writing under the said seel no credence be yeven thereunto. Maister John de Batute departed hens on Saturday at noen towards his cuntrey. Furthermore, Souverain Lord, before the closing of thees, tidings of trouthe ben sent hider that the town of Sursak, longing to the Baron of Gomonde, upon the ryver of Durdon, is taken by a party of your adversaires puissance, which is under the gouver_naunce of the Lord Powns and other; and they nowe have leyd siege to the town of Bellinder upon the same ryver, longing to the Archbishop of Burdeaux, which commeth nowe to your highnesse; and so they purpose to subdue al the fforteresses in that party of the said ryver, and passe into your cuntrey of Deux_mars and to wynne hit, the siege being at Burdeaux; for as for the cuntreys of Xantonge and of Madok they make noon doubt with oon over ryding soon to gete hit. Moost high and moost mighty Prince and our moost doubted Souveraine Lord, we beseche oure blessed Trinite ever to have you in His gracious keping and gouvurnaunce, and to sende you as grete prosperite as ever had erthly Prince, and send you victory of al your ennemies. Writen at Burdeaux in hast the xxiiij. day of Juyl. Your most humble subgetts and servaunts Roos R. and Thomas Bekinton. To ye King. |25.__Thomas_Bekynton_(1442b),_pp._196/97. In Anglicis. Litera missa secrete per ambassiatores. Please hit your highnesse to wete the tidings of this countrey; that on Fryday the third day of August, the cite of Ax, which is holden the strengest of all Guienne, was wonne, and your adversarie was in hit; and his son called the Dolphin with the Conestable and Marschall of France forth with have leyd siege unto your cite of Baion, which as they seith maketh theim sure to have hit within viij. dayes; and from thens streight to comme to Bourdeaux, wher, as God knoweth, is division and never was so litel help nor store of Englissh pouple, the lak of whom is cause of losse of al this cuntrey; as we doubt not on lesse that succour be had withoute any delaie all is goon. This we write unto you for our last and true acquitaille; God send grace that ye son and hastly sende hither som comfort and succours to revieve the herts of the pouple that been here, the which seeng that the promise of your lettres, which ye sent unto us unto Plymouthe and we by your com_maundement opene hit unto theym, is not fulfilled, been plainly dispaired; and for the wele of you and of this your cuntrey, trust noon other worde nor writing, for by our liegance this is trouthe. Writen at Burdeuax, the ix. day of August. Th'entent principal of al this is to lette the fruit of our message. Roos R., T. Bekinton. |26.__Thomas_Bekynton_(1442),_pp._212-215. In Anglicis litera Regi per Ambassiatores missa de misero statu Acquitanni‘. Moost Christian and moost gracious Prince, oure moost dred Souverain Lord: After our moost humble recommendacion, please hit your high and noble grace, as for tidings from this your cuntrey of Guienne, to wete, that after your adversary of France had taken your town of Saint Sever and your cite of Ax, and putt under his obeissaunce the cuntrey of the Lawndes, he drew hym down towards this your cite of Burdeaux, by the ryver of Garon, where in right brief tyme he hath geten and taken the townes and castles and forteresses whoos names be specified in the cedule her enclosed. And after that he had the towne of Marmande, he abode there with right litel puissance iij. weks and more; so that by all lyklyhode yf any stuf or pouaire of Englissh pouple had be here, he might never have had escaped by reason untaken. And sithens he hath of newe encrested his armee, and after that sieged and taken your town and castel of Mavesyn, and upon that the iij. day of this present moneth he leied siege to your town and castel of Rieul, which is but vij. leucks from this your cite of Burd', the whiche town he gate with a saulte the viij. day of this same moneth, and slewe therin muche pouple. Nevertheles the castel holdeth as yet, and within hit for lak of other help there ben of our felawship al such as we might spare: God send hem comfort and more help be tyme. After this he pur_poseth, as mey seym, to besiege the townes of Saint Makery, Cadiliac, and Rious; and he holdeth hym sure to get theym al by sault in right brief tyme, and than all is Frenissh, and by the said ryver unto the yatis of this your cite. Also please it your roial Ma_geste furthermore to knowe that after that your said cite of Ax and your town of Saint Sever were nowe late reduct to your obeissance, as we suppose ye have wel had in knowlage by such passagis as have comme fro your towne of Bayon, for as from hens sithen the departing of th'archbisshop of Burdeux went never passage; nor unto this tyme was no maner of navir for to passe inne. Your said adversarie hath com_maunded th'erl of Fux to leye newe siege to yowr said town and cite of Saint Sever and Ax. The which Erl, as is do us to understande by lettres sent hider for succurs from the said town of Saint Sever, hath disposed hit to besiege hit; and as we trowe he hath leied the siege before this. And here may be had no comfort of succours to helpe theym with, for we have not wherewith to help our selve, the which causeth grete hevynesse, desolacion, and sorowe amongis al your pouple here, seing that after promisse of succours de_clared unto theym by your commaundement is passed so longe a tyme and no comfort commeth, not so much in al this tyme as oon balanger to revive their herts, and putt theym in good trust and hope of comfort. Truly in conceipt of your true men here a lytel nombre of good men sent hider by tyme as hit was promissed mought have kept your cuntrey from this grete hurt; which xx=m=. li. wol not nowe by many dayes lightly recovere; and yet furthermore, yf your merchaunts had be souffred to passe hider for the vintaige in suche tyme as they have be accustumed in yers before, doubtles your ennemies wold not have abiden to do this grete harme that they have doon and dayly doth. God send us hasty tidings for comfort of your pouple here, which in trouth, as in our opinion, stode never so dismaied before this tyme. By thees tidings, moost gracious souverain lord, ye may clierly understande howe the weyes of our message been em_peched and forbarred; and as Maister John de Batute hath writen unto us, your said adversary by no man_ner of meen may be induced to graunte us his lettres of saufcondeuct; and so hit is not seyn unto us pos_sible as yet in any maner of wise to passe upward in surte of our personnes. Wherefore please hit your high and noble grace to late us have knowlage of your gracious pleasir in this behalve, and howe ye wol we shal be furthermore gouverned and demeaned. Over this at the request of your counseil here and for our true acquittaile we avis as we dare your Highnesse, for the wele of you and of this your cuntrey here, not lightly to passe upon suche graunts of your demaynnes or of other lands, rents, or revenues here, as peraventure shall be axed of your said Highnesse, but that hit please your Mageste t'abide the advisment of your said counseille, which purposen by commune and mure de_liberacion t'acertaine your said Mageste of such incon_venients as by suche graunts have growen herbefore, and in what wise they may for your wele be eschewed hereafter. Moost blessed Souverain Lord, we have right nowe received lettres from the Lord de Gramond, writen at Ax the ixth day of this moneth, declaring that the said towne of Saint Sever hath appointed with the said Erl to be Frenish on lesse than they be reskued within a moneth. Please hit furthermore your Highnesse to knowe that Sir Robert Clyfton, Knight, late your cone_stable of your castel of Burd', is to God passed the iij. day of this moneth; so hit is right expedient for your wele in hasty tyme to purveye an other souffisant officer in that behalve. Most Christian, etc. Writen at Burd', the xviij. day of October. Roos R. T. B. To the King our Souverain Lord. |27.__Thomas_Bekynton_to_Edmund,_Duke_of_Somerset_(1447), |Official_Correspondence_of_Thomas_Bekynton. |pp._340-342. |Soon_after_April_18,_1447._Woky. To the right excellent, myghty and gracious good lord The Duke of Somerseth. Right excellent and myghty Lord. After due and humble recomendacion please it your noble lordship to have a knowlache that amongs al other thyngis that haue be shewed and opened vnto me sithence my comyng in to my cur her to be reformed and corrected, oon the grettest and most greuous of open disobey_saunce and rebellion agenst God and the jurisdiction of the Cherche hath be made vnto me wyth grett cry and sorowful compleynt agenst certyn tenants of yours at Shirborne and other inhabityng your towne of Lang_port, whiche as men lawless, neither dredyng God nor liuyng after the lawes of holy Cherche, whythout any prest or clerc presume to do sacraments of the cherche, as in berying the dede, and wol not suffre their curate whiche vnder God and mee hath cur of their sowles, to do diuine seruice nor to ministre vnto theym any of the sacraments of the Cherche, nor noon of my ministres or officers to do eny correction of their trespasses in saluacion of their sowles. They beten also and vexen the pour people dwellyng ther about, as wel my ser_uants as other, that in places wher they ben ther dar noon of theym come for fere of losyng of their lyues. Many other offenses and dampnable dedes they vsen and doon that greuous and sorowful is to here. My Lord, it is seid that all thys they doon vnder bold_nesse of you and your myghti lordship, howbeit that I verrely trow and suppose that, and ye had vnder_standyng and knowlache of this their misgouernaunce and synful and obstinate lyuyng, ye wold -- as a trewe knyght to God and holy Cherche, as wel for your owne duete and trewe acquytail, that as Godys knyght ye owe to hym and to hys cherche, as for the merite of your sowle in chastysyng of suche synful lyuyng and rebellion agenst the cherche, to whos defense the swerde is delyuered vnto yow - wilne exhorte and stur al tho to whom sholde longe the preuencion and redresse in that behalue, to do and execute thes same truly, dili_gently and godly, as their duete is, their office and their power; yeving in it, if nede wer, your myghty assistence and eyde, as Godys lawe and holy cherches also requireth and commandeth. Truly, my lord, eny trewe Crystyn prince may wel vnderstande that wher as trywe obeisaunce is suffred to be wyth drawen from God and hys cherche, it must sone after, by Goddys ryghtful dome and punysshement, be withdrawen from man that suffreth and helpeth it to be doon. Wher_for after thys greuous compleynt, as is before seid, maed vnto me, I, your preest and bedman, before that I wolde in any wise procede to any correction, as I am beidde vnder pyn of dampnacion to do, have be delibered in myself to lete your noble lordship haue wetyng therof, to the intent that it may not by reason be demed or supposed that any wil shold passe vertu or hedynesse offende the vertu of humilite or patience, and also to thentente that I may haue hereinne sum maner vnder_standyng and felyng of your blessed disposicion, wherof I lowly beseche yow, and as fer as I may in Goddys behalfe require yow, in sum wyse to be consorted and acerteyned by the berer of thys my symple sorowe. My right excellent and myghti lord, I beseche Almyghti God to have yow euer in hys kepyng, and send yow good lyue and long. Wreten at Woky, the xviij=the= day of April. |28.__John_Shillingford_to_his_fellows_at_Exeter_(1447), |Letters_and_Papers_of_John_Shillingford,_pp._3-4. |[Draft_Letter.] Worthy sires y grete yow well alle; doyng yow to understonde that y rode fro Excetre on Fryday and cam to London on Tywys_day by tyme at vii atte cloke; and ther sithenys have full bisily labored to make an answere to the articulys. The cause of so longe taryng yn makyng of the answers hath be for right grete bysynes y=t= Alisaunder Hody hath hadde aboute his awne maters; netheles by the avys of Alisauder Hody and Dowrisshe and Roger Rawly, [they] beth made as may be yn so shorte tyme, trustyng to God that al the substance ys comprehended ther ynne, so that what tyme hit is amended, corected and made by avys of counseyll to be right well; of the whiche answeris so shortely made y sende to yow ij. copies, oon to be send to the Recorder yn hast yf hit may be for shortenys of tyme, &c., that other copy to abide w=t= yow, prayng yow Thomas Cook most specially w=t= the lutenaunt, callyng to yow William Noble, Coteler, Druell, and other wham ye seme is to be don, and that this answer be sadly over seyn; and yf eny thyng be ther yn to myche or to litell yn substance to sette the penne to sadly. This don y pray yow to calle be fore yow atte halle the substance of the comminalte, praynge every of tham yn my name and chargyng tham yn шe most streytest wyse yn the Kynges byhalf to come to fore yow yn haste for the tydyngs that y have sent home to yow; and that ye wysely declare to fore tham these answers; so that they sey manly yee and nay yn suche poyntes as yow thynke to be don, &c. and ш=t= шey wyll abide by ш=e= answers yn all wyse, and that labo=r= and spekyng be before to that entent. This don y pray yow that y have a gode man sende to me yn hast. |29.__John_Shillingford_to_his_fellows_(1447b),_pp._4-8. |[Draft_Letter.] |London,_Oct._30th,_1447. Memo=d= that on Monedey next before the feste of Seynt Luke the yere of the regne of the kyng that now is xxvj (Henry VI.) Richard Druell, William Speere and Henry Dobyn w=t= ham rode oute of Exceter to London-ward for nedes of the cite, that is to seye to kepe the dey of apparence atte xv. of Seynt Michall as the cite was bounde to, as hit appereth by a bounde conycionell, havyng w=t= ham sufficiant power and the comyn seell and xl s. of John Shil_lingford, Mayer, and xx s. of John Germyn, for their coustages; and so departed the seyde Monedey yerly. And as tochyng the seyde xls w=t= xls more that the seyde John Mayer payed to Trevy_lian, he was payed ayen by the feloship of the collecte mony to the plee, &c. How the seyde Richard Druell and William Speere spedde when they came to London hit appereth yn a sedule by the sayde Richard Druell and William Speer therof made, remaynyng w=t= the [seyde] Rychard Druell. Forthermore as tochyng the goynge of the seyde John Shillyngforde, mayer, he was all redy for to ride the seyde Monedey: varians y moved bytwene hym and the seyde Richard Druell, nerthelez better accorde, hadde by mene of Tho_mas Cook, Richard Druell wt other held his wey, and the seyde mayer abode at home yn to a tuysday next after Seynt Luke is dey for settyng of the kynges dyme, comyng of Trevylian, and other grete maters toching the cite, and yn especiall to have the feloship togeder, a sadde communicacion to be had or his departyng, the whiche communication myght not be had before Saterdey next after Seynt Luke is dey for this cause that the grete part of the feloship was at Calston is fayre, and thoo that war at home, as Upton, Cote_ler and Pope, were syke on theire beddes; and for all these causes the mayer abode at home so longe, and all that tyme he kepte his iij hors yn stabill every dey redy to ride to hym grete coste. The tuysday he rode and w=t= hym William Hampton and John Fagot. On Wendysdey at nyght they came to Sheftesbery and there mette w=t= Richard Druell, whiche made reporte of his gode spede and grete laboure at London, as hit appereth yn his sayde remembrance, and that on the beste wyse. The Saterdey next ther after the mayer came to westminster sone apon ix atte belle, and there mette w=t= my lorde Chaunceller atte brode dore a litell fro the steire fote comyng fro the Sterre chamber, y yn the courte and by the dore knelyng and salutyng hym yn the moste godely wyse that y cowde and recommended yn to his Gode and gracious lordship my feloship and all the comminalte, his awne peeple and bedmen of the Cite of Exceter. He seyde to the mayer ij tymes "Well come," and the iij=de= tyme "Right well come Mayer" and helde the mayer a grete while faste by the honde, and so went forth to his barge and w=t= hym grete presse, lordis and other, &c and yn especiall the tresorer of the kynges housholde, w=t= wham he was at right grete pryvy com_municacion. And therfor y, mayer, drowe me apart, and mette w=t= hym at his goyng yn to his barge, and ther toke my leve of hym, seyyng these wordis, "My lord, y wolle awayte apon youre gode lordship and youre better leyser at another tyme." He seyde to me ayen, "Mayer, y pray yow hertely that ye do so, and that ye speke w=t= the Chief Justyse and what tyme that ever he will y woll be all redy." And thus departed, &c. The Soneday abowte viij atte clokke y came to Lambeth, and w=t= me Dowrissh and Speere to myte and speke w=t= my seyd lord. We mette and spake w=t= hym yn the ynner chamber, he at that tyme beyng right bysy goynge yn to his closet. And w=t= right gode longage and gode chere yn godely wyse exscused hym that he myght not speke w=t= ous atte that tyme for grete bysynes, and comaunded ous to come ayen the morun. Y, mayer, prayed hym of oo a worde at that tyme and no more, y seyyng that y was enfourmed that he was dysplesed of my late comyng, and yf he so were, y bysoghte hym to hire myne excuse grete. He seyde, "Nay;" but that y was come yn right gode tyme and well come, and at hys departyng yn to his closet he seide, "Mayer, wolde God ye hadde made a gode ende at home." and y seide, "Wolde God my lord that we so hadde, and God y take to recorde y have done my due dilygent part therto, and that yn tyme y truste to God ye shall well knowe; for y have right meny thyng to enfourme yow of yf y hadde tyme." He seide, "Well, mayer," and bade me come ayen that same dey afternone, and so departed, &c. Y was by the Styward and meny other of the housholde full fayre y bede to abide atte mete, ne never hadde better chere of my lorde ne of the hous_hold then y hadde atte tyme. Netherlez y exscused me and wold not abide as for tyme. And so went over the water to Temple to Bluet, &c. and so went w=t= Bluet, Dowrissh, Speere and y to the chief justice and comyned of meny thynges w=t= hym. He is like as y conceve to have the grete rule yn this mater, for my lorde Chaun_celler seide, as hit is aboveseid, that he wolde attende when the justyse wolde, the whiche y seide to the justyse. The justyse seyde he wold be aredy at his callyng. And as y conceve by dyvers wordes that they have comyned of a rule yn this mater; what ever hit be y can not wyte as yet. God eve grace hit be gode, and so y truste to God that hit be. That afternone y went ayen to Lambeth to my lord after his commaundement aboveseid and when y come thider to hym yn his ynner chamber, there was myche peeple, lordes and other, my lord Tresorer, under Tresorer, the pryvy seel, land dyvers abbottes and pryours, and meny strangers aleyns of other londys. And then came yn the Duke of Bokyngham, and ther was grete bysynes at that tyme, hardly all men were bede to avoyde that chamber saaf the lordes. Nerhtelez y awayted my tyme and put me yn presse and went right to my lorde Chaunceller and seide, "My lorde y am come at youre commaundement, but y se youre grete bysynesse is suche that ye may not attende." He seide, "Noo, by his trauthe and that y myght right well se." Y seide "Yee", and that y was sory and hadde pyty of his grete vexacion." He seide "Mayer, y moste to morun ride by tyme to the Kyng, and come ayen this wyke: ye most awayte apon my comyng, and then y woll speke w=t= the justise and attende for yow, &c," Y seide, "My lorde, y woll do after youre commaundement," and prayed hym of hys gode and gracyous lordship of oo worde more, yf he were enfourmed by worde or by wrytyng of eny thyng that y have do or seyde or governed me yn eny wyse at home sithen the last terme my depart_yng fro hym other wyse then to his plesure and after his com_maundement. He seyde right hertly "Nay," but that y hadde governed me at home yn the most best and godely wyse and therfor he oowde me grete thanke, and seide hertely that y sholde have Goddes blessyng and his therfor, &c. And so departed, &c. Nota that Druell and Speere is beyng afore dide gode, for they dide theire part yn the most best wyse. |30.__John_Shillingford_to Dowrish:_(1447),_pp._25/26. |Exeter,_Wednesday,_Eve__of_St._Thomas_the_Apostle,_Dec._20,_1447. Right Worshipfull ser, y recommaunde me un to yow; doyng yow to understonde that as touchyng the grete maters yn debate by twene my lord the Bysshop of Excetre the Deane and the Chapiter ther, and the Maier and Comminalte of the seide Cite, the whiche maters at London this last term passed, by commaundement of the lordis ys put yn rule as hit appereth by a letter the whiche y have sende to William Hengston, wherof y sende to yow a copy; as well as of dyvers other bullis of supplicacions by the seide Maier and Comminalte y putte yn be fore the seide lordis. The whiche copies all y pray yow avysely to over rede and well understonde after the commaundement and rule aboveseide. And after the gode will, prayer, fourme, effecte, desire, and entent of the seide Maier and Comminalte comprehended yn the seide letter and bullis, to applie your gode will and to do your tendre and diligent labour to helpe to make a gode ende, and that all my feloship and y pray yow right hertly. And yn especyall that ye be oon of thoo pryncipall en_differently to entrete ther ynne that most gode may do ther yn, and with yow Radeforde and Hengston, and so that William Beef be oon with yow by your speciall meene to be brogh yn, for pleasur and the better to ende the mater hardly with the grace of God. Ye may constre moch thyng &c. bot this aboveseide thus don, y dowte noght, bot truste to God verily to have a gode ende and pees with the grace of God, whiche have yow ynh is kepyng. Amen. Writen at Excetre on Wendisdey yn the vigill of Seynt Thomas the Apos_tell. |Indorsed. A letter of advertysmentes. |31.__John_Shillingford_(1447),_pp._29-31. |Instructions_from_Shillingford_to_his_deputy._24_Dec.,_1447. After recommendacion had yn the most godely wyse, ye shall seye to my lord that the Maier yeveth yow yn commaundement to seye, that my lorde Chaunceller greteth hym well and sendeth hym the letter, bysekyng hym of his gode lordship avisely to overse hit: wherapon as ye suppose after the entent of the letter that ye most speke myche more with him, also bysekyng him of his gode lordship atte reverence of my lorde Chaunceller to yeve leyser and attend_ence therto; seyyng also that hit is the Maier is part to have come hym self with the letter and exscuse, &c, and then how dan_gerous hit was to make eny worthy man to come to hym att tyme for strange chere at Clist, &c, and that the Maier exscused hym ayenst my seide lorde Chaunceller to brynge the letter, &c., and pro_mytted to sende of the most worthiest as he hath, &c. Item, that ye commende my lorde Chaunceller yn the most beste and trust wyse, and that hit is his commaundement and other lordes, and longe tyme hath be, that we sholde entrete at home, the whiche hath be the Maier is grete laboure the grete part of all this yere, and myghte noght be excepted therto, and so he hath re_ported before the lordes as well as the furst coming to hym to Clist to seke his gode lordeship and pees for his exscuse: and yet the Mayer and the cite now aswell as before this tyme by commaunde_ment of the lordis and by their awne gode wyll prayeth and desireth that the matter myght be disclosed before his gode lord_ship , the Maier, the Recorder with other of the Cite at his pleser being present, trustyng to God verely al for the best, and myche the rather and the better to have a gode ende as lawe, reson, and right gode conscience requyren, he to fele alle the maters, and so as ye suppose to be his awne juge, and ende muche of the maters by his awne conscience, we knawing his blessednysse and gode con_science , and c. Forthermore, ye shall seye as for the Maier wher my seyde lorde hath seide, and sende hym worde that he is not the man that he wend that he had be, the which worde is to hym right hevy, and seith that he shall fynde hym the same oo man and same true man as he hath be, and so he trusteth to God he is take and knawe among the lordes above; but thogh he and other labor for the right of the Cite wt true menys as he hath do and none other_wise as hit shalbe well proved, hit is no cause, &c, they beth sworn therto as he is to the right of his benefice. make ye myche of this matter and of the deme suying, and of the short chere at Cliste, and the gode chere that the Maier had yn his closet, bryngyng Coteler to his gode grace, y yet praying the same yf y may be herde, and that ye desyre his gode leysur now, and but yf ye mowe now to come to hym ayen. |32.__Agnes_Paston_to_Edmond_Paston_I,_1445a,_(Paston_Letters,_pp._6-7). |1445,_4_February. |MS._Add._34888,_f._13. Address: To Edmond Paston, of Clyffordis Inne in London, be this lettre take. TO myn welbelovid sone. I grete yow wel, and avyse yow to thynkke onis of the daie of yowre fadris counseyle to lerne the lawe; for he seyde manie tymis that hosoever schuld dwelle at Paston schulde have nede to conne defende hym selfe. The vikarie of Paston and yowre fadre, in Lenttyn laste was, wher thorwe and acordidde, and doolis sette howe broode the weye schuld ben, and nowe he hathe pullid uppe the doolis and seithe he wolle makyn a dyche fro the cornere of his walle ryght overe the weye to the newe diche of the grete cloose. And there is a man in Truntche hyghht Palmere to, that hadde of yowre fadre certein londe in Truntche over vii yere ore viii yere agoone for corn, and trwli hathe paide all the Јeris; and now he hathe suffrid the corne to ben withsette for viii s. of rentte to Gymmyng_ham, wich yowre fadre paide nevere. Geffreie axid Palmere why the rentte was notte axid in myn husbonddis tyme; and Palmere seyde, for he was a grete man, and a wyse man of the lawe, and that was the cawse men wolde not axe hym the rentte. I sendde yow not this lettre to make yow wery of Paston, for I leve in hoope, and ye wolle lerne that they schulle be made werye of here werke; for in good feyth I dare wel seyn it was yowre fadris laste wille to have do ryghht wel to that plase, and that can I schewe of good prefe, thowe men wolde seye naye. God make yow ryghht a good man, and sende Goddis blessyng and myn. Wrettyn in haste at Norwich the Thorsdaie aftir Candelmasse Daie. By yowre modre, Angneis Paston. |33.__Agnes_Paston_to_John_Paston_I_(1451),_pp._19-20. |Perhaps_1451,_8_November. |MS._Add._34888,_f._76. Address: To John Paston, dwyllyng in the Tempyll at London, be this letter delyverid in haste. I gret you well, and lete you wete that Warne Harman, on the Sonday after Hallumes Day after ensong, seyd oponly in the cherch Јerde that he wyst wyll that and the wall were pud doun, thou he were an hondryd myle fro Paston he wyste well that I wolde sey he ded yt, and he xuld bere the blame; seying, `Telle yte here hoso wyll, thou it xuld coste me xx nobyllys it xall be pud doun ayen.' And the seyd Warnys wyfe wyth a loude vosse seyd, `All the devyllys of hell drawe here sowle to hell for the weye that she hat mad.' And at evyn a sertyn man suppyd wyth me, and tolde me that the patent grantyt to closse but a perch on bred, and that I had clossyd more than the grant of the patent is, as men seyd. And John Marchall tolde me that there was a thryfty woman come forby the watteryng and fond the wey stoppyde and askyd hym ho had stoppyd the weye; and he seyd they that had pore to yeve it, and askyd here wat was freere than yyfte. And she seyd she sey the day that Paston men wold not a sofferyd that. And God be wyth you. Wretyn at Paston on Monday after Hallumys Day. Be youre modyr, Annes Paston. |34.__Agnes_Paston_to_John_Paston_I_(1451),_pp._20-21. |Perhaps_1451,_21_November. |MS._Add._34888,_f._71. Address: To John Paston, dwellyng in the Tempyll at London, be thys lettere delyverd in hast. I grete yow well, and lete yow wete that on the Sonday before Sent Edmond, after evynsonge, Angnes Ball comm to me to my closett and bad me good evyn, and Clement Spycere wyth hyr. And I acsyd hym what he wold; and he askyd me why I had stoppyd in the Kyngys wey. And I seyd to hym I stoppyd no wey butt myn owyn, and askyd hym why he had sold my lond to John Ball; and he sore he was nevyr acordyd wyth your fadyr. And I told hym if hys fadyr had do as he dede, he wold a be achamyd to a seyd as he seyd. And all that tyme Waryn Herman lenyd ovyr the parklos and lystynd whatt we seyd, and seyd that the chaunge was a rewly chaunge, for the towne was undo thereby and is the wersse by an c li. And I told hym it was no curtese to medyll hym in a mater butt if he were callyd to councell. And prowdly goyn forthe wyth me in the cherche, he seyd the stoppyng of the wey xulld coste me xx nobyllys, and yet it chuld downe ageyn. And I lete hym wete he that putte it downe chull pay therefore. Also he seyd that it was well don that I set men to werke to owle money whyll I was here, butt in the ende I chall lese my coste. Than he askyd me why I had awey hys hey at Walsam, seyng to me he wold he had wyst it whan it was karyyd, and he chuld a lettyd it; and I told hym it was myn owyn grownde, and for myn owyn I wold holde it; and he bad me take iiii acre and goo no ferthere. And thus churtly he departyd fro me in the cherche yerde. Wretyn at Paston on the day aftere Sent Edmond. Be yowyr modyr, Angnes Paston. |35.__Agnes_Paston,_Memorandum_(1458),_p._23. |1458,_28_January. |MS._Add._43491,_f._3. |Endorsement: Erandys to London of Angnes Paston the xxviii day of Jeniver the yere of Kyng Herry the Sext xxxvi. TO prey Grenefeld to send me feythfully word by wrytyn who Clement Paston hath do his devere in lernyng. And if he hathe nought do well, nor wyll nought amend, prey hym that he wyll trewly belassch hym tyl he wyll amend; and so ded the last mayster, and the best that ever he had, att Caumbrege. And sey Grenefeld that if he wyll take upon hym to brynge hym into good rewyll and lernyng, that I may verily know he doth hys devere, I wyll geve hym x marc for hys labore; for I had lever he were fayr beryd than lost fore defaute. Item, to se who many gownys Clement hath; and tho that be bare, late hem be reysyd. He hathe a chort grene gowne, and a chort musterdevelerys gowne, were never reysyd and a chort blew gowne that was reysyd, and mad of a syde gowne, whan I was last at London; and a syde russet gowne, furryd wyth bevyr, was mad this tyme ii yere; and a syde murry gowne was mad this tyme twelmoneth. Item, to do make me vi sponys, of viii ounce of troy wyght, well facyond and dubbyl gylt. And sey Elyzabet Paston that che must use hyr selfe to werke redyly, as other jentylwomen don, and sumwhat to helpe hyr selfe therwyth. Item, to pay the Lady Pole -- xxvi s. viii d. for hyr bord. And if Grenefeld have do wel hys devere to Clement, or wyll do hys devere, yeffe hym the nobyll. |36.__William,_Prior_of_Durham_1447_(The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_pp._160/61). |Litera_missa_domino_Thom‘_Nessbitt_Priori_de_Coldingham. |[Reg._III,_parv,_fol._18,_b.] Trusty and welbelovyd brother, I grete yow oftymeЈ wele; and I suppose itt be nott unknawen to yowe the goode, dili_gent, rutefull, and notabill costeЈ and labour made in the courte of Rome for reduccion of patronage of our churcheЈ within the diocesse of seynt Andrew in Scotlande by my bro_ther dan John Oll, supprior, late Priour of Coldyngham, whilke of lang tyme to rightt I grete hurtt and importabill likly to fall to the said priory for dyverse consideracions has been oute of our possission, for whilke our saide brother, noght gaynstan_dyng grete labour and cost made in the courte of Rome, and our evidence right pregnante and goode, as the composicion made betwix the predecessors of the Bisshop of seynt An_drewe Ј and us purporteЈ and opynly sheweЈ, culde no way goo throgh with hym to have his goode lordshipp and will, or oure said brother, your praedecessor, paide to him cl of ScotteЈ money, whilke soume he borowde of right notabill marchanntt and seyntt Cuthbertt stedefaste and trew frennde, George of Fullay, dwellyng in Edinburgh, and bounde hym and his suc_cessours in oon obligacion to pay the saide George the forsaide cl at seyntt John day baptiste, now late agoo, for whilke pay_ment he lefte at Coldingham, beside the stuffe of the saide place, to pay the forsaide soeme of ccc=ma=iiij=xx= yoweЈ and xij ky with the offal, and all maner of profetts commyng both of the yoweЈ and ky sen that tyme to now; whilke goodeЈ yhe have tan to yow att this tyme, as it is saide. Therfor, I, con_sideryng dewly the notabill causeЈ and grounde how the said money was borowde and spennde, for the gret wele of the said place of Coldingham for evermoor, me semys goode reson and accordyng the same place bere the charge, sen the waill and profett bideЈ therwith. Wherfor I pray yow effectually thatt yhe dispoose yow in all goodly haste thankfully to pay and seith the saide George of the cl. aforesaide, as right and reson will, thatt my brother late your praedecessour trewth be keppide, and that no disturbilannce fall to the place for the nownpay_ment therof. And moor over, in supplement of the forsaide soeme, it is my will and my brother afor reherside, that yhe take the hendeЈ of the arrerage of his tyme thatt is unrayside of dan Richard Wrake, whilke arrerage yhe have stoppide, as it is saide, agayns right, and my brother aforesaide has exhibitt & shewide to me a bill of notabill costeЈ chargeЈ and expense made by hym in the tyme he stode Prior thar, whilke is no feende thyng, as he referys hym to his brether that was with hyme, and hase knawlege therof, as he will proofe in tyme and place requiryde in that party. And as for the dimission made to the abbot of Melrosse of certeyne teendeЈ, I will the said dimission be keppide to him like as the writyng purporteЈ and opinly sheweЈ. And what yhe purposse to doo in this mater yhe will certify me by your writyng in goode haste. And our Lord preserve yow fro all adversiteeЈ. Writen at Durham the firste day of July. |37.__William,_Prior_of_Durham_(1451),_pp._170/71. |Litera_domino_Williemlmo_Laxw_Capellano |Londinii_commemoranti_directa. [Reg_III._parv._fol._48,_b.] Right welbiloved frennde, I grete yow hertly wele, thankynge you entierly for all your diligent labours and favours doon and shewide to me and my brether afortyme; praying you of your goode and effectuall contynuance. For as mykil as I have written befor tyme to your cousin maistre John Laxe, our procuratour in the courte, for our celle of Coldingham, in the whilke mater I had no certayn knawledge what labour or soott is maade agayns us, therfor I pray yow that yhe will write tendirly to the said M. John Laxe, that he walde certifye me by writynge how the matier is prosecut in the courte; and in the mean tyme I sall provide for necessary costage and ex_pense for the goode spede and fortherannce of the same, with the grace of our Lorde, who have you, etc. Writen, etc. iiij day of May. |38.__William,_Prior_of_Durham_(1456),_pp._181/82. |Litera_prioris_Dunelmensis.] |Reg._III._parv,_fol._90.] Right wirshipfull and my full trusty and specielly beloved sir, I recommende me to you in my full hertely wise, thankynge you of all your good favour and supportt, trew luffe and stedefast hartt, the whilke yhe have shewid of your gentilnesse to me att all tymeЈ; besekynge you, as my singuler trust is and has been in you, of your goode and effectuell contynuance. Likett you to wete that right late I resaved your gentill lettre and writynge, wherein I consave and knawe perfitly your goode hertt and tendre affeccion that yhe have to the wirship welfare and fortherannce of seyntt Cuthbert monastery and myn awen person; for the whilke, and all your othre good labours and besynesse, I thanke you with all my hertt; besekynge you to labour effectually, as yhe have writen to me, that my brethre may be resaved and admytt to our place of Coldyngham; ther for to be devote oratours and contynuell bedemen for the wirshipfull estate and prosperitee of the excellent prince and myghty kynge of Scotlande, the welfare and the wirshipp of you and all your anncestres, and in moor especiell to pray for the devote sawleЈ of the noble progenitours of the kynge, the whilke were gracieux foundereЈ and speciell benefactours of the said place, for whoos sawleЈ we pray dewly, as we have grete cause, and are gretly bun to doo. Consideryng that by the absence of our brether in that place the suffrage and devo_cion, that suld be offered to almyghty Gode for remedy and relesse of payn, is lessened and mynnshett, grete parell and conscience to all thaym that giffes cause or favour herin. Wherfor, all these praemisseЈ deuly weghid by your high wise_dom & grete discreccion, I beseke you to do your diligent labour to accomplyssh my desire and entennt in this behalve; wherof yhe sall purchesse you singuler meade and grete rewarde of Almyghty Gode; who have you in his most gracieux protec_cion and savegarde, to your grete plesier and hertts ease lange to endure. Writen at Durham, xxiij day of June. Your awen trewe frennde, W. PRIOUR OF DURHAM. To the right wirshipfull and my full trusty and especiell beloved sir Alexander Home knyght. |39.__William,_Prior_of_Durham_(1456),_pp._182/83. |Litera_prioris_Dunelmensis.] |Reg._III._parv._fol._91,b.] Right wirshipfull and my full trusty and right specielly beloved sire, I recommende me to you in my full hertly wise, thankynge you of all your good favour and tendre supportt and furtherannce shewid to me and to our place of Coldyngham afortymeЈ, praynge you, as my singuler trust hath been and yhit is in you, of your effectuell contynuance in the same. And for so mykill as dan Thomas Nessbitt, priour of Coldyngham, is in grete agee and nown power, for sekenesse and mony othre diseaseЈ, that he may not perfitly rewle and governe the said place as it were nedefull, and also for thies grete cause; desireth of me and my brethre to be dischargett of his prioury, we con_syderynge thies pr‘misseЈ and his resonable desire, have grannt to hym his peticion to come to Durham where he began his first lyffe; and, by the assent of our brether, we have ordeynd and pr‘sentid to the said prioury dan John Pencher, your bedeman and trew luffre, to whom I and my brether beseketh you to shewe and doo effectually all your goode maistreshipp favour and supportacion, that he may by your grete wisedom counsell and helpp the souner be spede of the matiers that he hath for to shewe and doo in this behalve. Also I pray you be remembred of my last writynge sennt to you writen att Durham xxiij day of June, wherein I praid you to labour besily that my brethre may bee resaved and admytt to the said place ofCold_yngham as hath been usett and accustumed afortyme, ther to abide and bee devoute oratours and bedemen for the wirship_full estate of the excellent prince and myghty kynge of Scott_land, and for all the sawleЈ of the noble progenitours gracieux foundereЈ and especiell benefactours of the said place. In all thies matiers I pray you prove you a goode man to Seynt Cuthbert, and a stedfaste frennde and luffer to us and all our place; as we bere full trust and affiannce in you. And that knaweth our Lorde Jesus, whom I beseke have you evere in his most gracieux governance. Writen at Durham, the xv day of July. |40.__Margaret_Paston_to_John_Paston_I. |1465,_8_April_(Paston_Letters,_pp._41/42). |MS._Add._27444,_f._138. Address: To my ryght worchepfull hosbond Jon Paston be this deliveryd in hast. RIGHT worchepfull hosbond, I recommand me to you. Please you to wet that I send you a copy of a deed that Jon Edmondys of Taveram sent to me be the menys of Dorlet. He told Dorlet that he had suche a deed as he supposyd that wold don ease in prevyng of the tytyll that the Duk of Suffolk cleymythe in Dray_ton. For the same deed that he sent me, the seale of armys is lyke onto the copy that I send you, and noo thyng leke to the Duk of Suffolkys auncesters.... Item, Jon Russe sent me word that Barker and Herry Porter told hym in councell that the Duk of Suffolk hathe bowght on Brytyeff ryght, the wyche makythe a cleyme onto Heylysdon; and the seyd Duke is proposyd to entere wythin shorte tyme after Esterne; for in so moche the seyd Russe felte be the seyd Barker and Porter that all the feffees wolle make a relees onto the Duk, and help hym that they can into her power, for to have hys good lorchep.... Item, I understand be Jon Pampyng that ye wolle not that your sone be take into your hows, nor holpe be you, tylle suche tyme of yere as he was put owt therof, the wiche shalle be abowght Seynt Thomas Messe. For Godys sake, ser, ab pety on hym, and remembre yow it hathe be a long season syn he had owt of you to helpe hym wyth, and he hathe obeyed hym to yow, and wolle do at all tymis, and wolle do that he can or may to have your good faderhood. And at the reverence of God, be ye hys good fader and have a faderly hert to hym; and I hope he shall ever knowe hym selff the better herafter, and be the more ware to exchewe suche thyngys as shuld dysplease you, and for to take hed at that shuld please you. Pecoke challe telle you be mothe of more thyngys than I may write to you at this tyme. The blysyd Trinite have yow in hys kepyng. Wretyn at Caster in has[t]e the Monday next after Palme Sonday. Your M. P. |41._Margaret_Paston_to_John_Paston_I. |(1465),_10_May |MS._Add._27444,_f._141. |pp._42-44. Address: To my maystere John Paston, the oldest be thys delyveryd in hast. RYGHT wyrshypfull husbond, I recomaund me unto you. Pleyse you to wyte that on Wensday last passyd Dabeney, Naunton, Wykys, and John Love werre at Drayton for to speke wyth youre tenauntys there, to put hem in confort and for to aske money of hem also. And Pyrs Waryn, otherwyse callyd Pyrs at Sloth, whych ys a flykeryng felowe and a besy wyth Maystere Phylyp and the bayly of Cosshay, he had a plowe goyng in youre lond in Drayton; and there youre seyd servauntys at that tyme toke hys plowe ware, that ys to say ii marys, and broght hem to Haylysdon, and there they be yet. And on the next mornyng aftere, Maystere Phylyp and the baylly of Cosshay com to Haylys_don wyth a grete nombere of pepell, that ys to say viii men and more in harnysse, and there toke from the parsouns plowe ii hors, prise iiii marc, and ii hors of Thomas Stermyns plowe, prise xl s., sayng to hem that there was taken a playnt ayenst hem in the hunderd by the seyd Pyrs for takyng of the forseyd plowarre at Drayton, and but thay wold be bond to com of Drayton on Tewysday next comyng to awnswere to such maters as shal be sayd to them there, they shold not have there bestys ayen; whych they refusyd to do onto the tyme that they had an awnswere from you; and so they led the bestys forth to Drayton, and from Drayton forth to Cosshay. And the same afterenon folwyng, the parson of Haylesdon send hys man to Drayton wyth Stermyn for to speke with Maystere Phylyp, to know a way yf they shuld have ayen there catell or not; and Maystere Phylyp awnsweryd them, yf that they wold bryng hom there destresse ayen that was taken of Pyrs Waryn, that then he wold delyver hem thers, or els not. And he lete hem playnly wyte that yf ye or any of youre servauntys toke any dystresse in Drayton, that were but the valew of an hen, they wold com to Haylesdon and take there the valew of an ox therefore, and yf thay cannot take the valew therof there, that then they wyll do breke youre tenauntys howsys in Haylesdon, and take as moch as they cowd fynd therein; and yf they be lettyd therof-- wych shall never lye in youre powere for to do, for the Duck of Suffolk ys abyll to kype dayly in hys hows more men then Dabeney hadde herys in hys hede yf hym lyst ('and as for Dabe_ney, he ys a lewde felow, and so he shal be servyd hereafter, and I wold that he were hyre') - and therfore, he seyd, yf ye take uppon you to lette them so for to do, that then they wold goo into any lyflode that ye had in Norffolk or Suffolk and to take a destresse in lyke wysse as they wold do at Haylysdon; and othere awnswerre cowde they non gyte, and so they departyd.... Item, I pray you send hastely word how that ye wyll that we be gyded wyth thys place, for as it ys told me it ys lyke to stond in as grete jupardy in hast as othere don. On Thursday al day there were kypt in Draton logge into lx persons, and yet, as it ys told me, there be wythin dayly and nyghtly into a xvi or xx persons. Item, it ys told me that Thomas Elys of Norwych, whych nowe ys chosyn mayere, seyd at drayton that yf my Lord of Suffolk nede a c men he wold purvey hym therof, and yf any men of the town wold go to Paston he wold do lay hem faste in prison.... Item, I have left John Paston the oldere at Castere to kype the place there, as Richard can tell you; for I had levere, and it pleasyd you, to be captenesse here then at Castere. Yet I was nothyng pur_posyd to abyde here when [I] com from Hom but for a day or ii; but I shall abyde here tyll I here tydyngys from you.... Item, my modere told me that she thynkyth ryght strange that she may not have the profectys of Clyre ys place in peasabyll wyse for you. She seyt it ys hers and she hath payd most ther_fore yet, and she sayth she wyll have the profectys therof, or ells she wyll make more folk to speke therof. She seyth she knowyt not what ryght ne titell that ye have therin but yf ye luste to trobell wyth herre, and that shold be no wyrshep to you; and she sayth she wyl be there thys somer and repayre the housyng ther. In gode feyth I hyre moch langage of the demenyng betwene you and herre. I wold ryght fayn, and soo wold many moo of youre frendys, that it were otherwyse bytwene you then it ys; and yf it were I hope ye shold have the betere spyde in all othere maters. I pray God be youre gode spyde in all youre maters, and yef you grace to have a gode conclusyon of hem in haste; for thys ys to wyry a lyffe to abyde for you and all youre. Wryten in haste at Haylysdon the x day of May. The cause that I send to you this hastely ys to have an awnswere in haste from you. Yourys, M. P. |42.__Margaret_Paston_to_John_Paston_I. |1465,_12_July. |MS._Add._34889,_f._30. |pp._47/48 Address: To my ryght worschipfull husbond John Paston, in hast. RYGHT worshypful husbond, I recomaund me to yow, preyeng you hertyly that ye wyl seke a meen that yowre servauntys may be in pees, for they be dayly in fere of there lyvys. The Duke of Suffolkys men thretyn dayly Dawbeney, Wykys, and Richard Calle that wheresoevere they may gete them they schold dye, and affrayes have ben made on Rychard Calle thes weke so that he was in gret jupperte at Norwych among them. And gret affrayes have ben made uppon me and my felashep here on Monday last passyd, of whych Rychard Calle tellyth me that he hath sent yow word of in wryghtyng more pleynly that I may doo at thys tyme, but I shal informe yow more pleynly heraftyre. I suppose there schal be gret labore ageyn yow and yowre ser_vauntys at the assysis and cesciouns here, wherfore me semyth, savyng yowre better advyce, it were wele do that ye shold speke, wyth the justicys or they com here; and yf ye wol that I com_pleyn to them or to any othere, if good fortune me lyfe and helth, I wol do as ye advyse me to do, for in good feyth I have ben symply intretyd among them. And what wyth syknesse and troble that I have had, I am browte ryght lowe and weyke; but to my powere I wyl do as I can or may in yowre materys. The Duk of Suffolk and bothe the Duchessys schal com to Claxton thys day, as I am informyd, and thys next weke he schal be at Cossey. Whethere he wol com ferthere hyddyrward ore not I wot not yit. It is seyd that he schold com hyddyre, and yit hys men seyd here on Monday that he cleymyd no tytyl to thys place. They seyd there comyng was but to take owt such ryotus peple as was here wythin thys place, and suche as were the Kyngys felonys and indytyd and owtlawyd men; neverthelesse they wold schew no warauntys wherby to take non such, thow ther had ben suche here. I suppose if they myght have com in pesably they wold have made another cawse of there comyng. Whan alle was doo and they scholde departe, Harlyston and othere desyryd me that I schold com and se myn olde lady, and sewe to my lorde, and if anythyng were amysse it schold be amendyd. I seyd if I scholde sewe for any remedye that I scholde sewe ferthere, and lete the Kynge and alle the lordys of thys londe to have knowlech what hathe be don to us, if so were that the deuk wolde maynten that hathe be don to us by hys servauntys, if ye wolde geve me leve. I pray yow sende me worde if ye wyl that I make any compleynt to the Duke or the Duchesse; for as it is tolde me, they know not the pleynesse that hathe ben don in such thyngys as hathe ben don in here namys. I schold wryght muche more to yow but for lak of leysure.... The Trynyte have yow in kepyng. Wretyn the Fryday next after Seynt Thomas. By yowre M. P. |43.__Margaret_Paston_(1465),_p._53/54. 1465, 27 September. |[Unidentified_hand] |MS._Add._27445,_f._8. |[To_John_Paston_I] |[No_address_or_seal,_but_marks_of_folding.] RYGHT wourchipful husbonde, I recoumaunde me to yow, dyssyryng hertely to here of yowr welfare, thankyng yow of yowr grett chere that ye made me and of the coste that ye dede on me. Ye dede more cost thanne myn wylle was that ye choulde do, but that it plesyd yow to do so; God gyf me grase to do that may plese yow. Ples yt yow to wett that on Fryday after myn departyng fromme yow I was at Sudbury, and spake wyth the schreve, and Richard calle toke hym the ii writtys. And he brake them, and Richard hathe the copes of them; and he seyd he wollde sende the writtys to hys undreschryf, and a letter therwyth chargyng hym that he schowlde do therine as largely as he owt to do . And I and Richard informyd hym of the demenyng of hys undrchryf, how parciall he hade be wyth the other partye bothe in that mater and also for the acciounys beyng in the schere; and he was nothyng wel plesyd of the demenyng of hys undreschref, and he hat wretyn to hym that he choulde be indeferent for bothe partyes acordyng to the lawe, bothe for that materys and for alle othere. What the undreschryf wylle do therin I wot nere, for he is not yet spokyn wyth. Item, as for Cotton, I entryd into the plase as on Sunday last was, and ther I abode tyll un Wednysday last pasyd. I have left ther John Paston the youngere, Wykys, and other xii men, for to receyve the profyttys of the manere; and ayenst the day of kep_yng of the corte I hope ther chall be more to streynkyth them yf it nede. John Paston hath be wyth myn lorde of Norffolk seyth we entryd, and dyssyryd hys good lorchypp to streynth hym wyth hys howsolde men and other yf nede be, and he hath pro_mysyd he woulde do so. And I sent Richard Calle on Tusday to Knevett, dysyryng hym that he woulde sende to hys baley and tenantys at Mendlesham that thei choulde be redy to coume to John Paston whan he sent for them; and he sent a man of hys forthwyth, chargyng them in aney wyse that they choulde do so. And he sent me wourde be Richard, and hys soune also, yf wee were nott stronge inough that owther he or hys soune, or bothe yf nede were, woulde come wyth suche feleschipp as they coude gett abowt them, and that thei woulde do as feythfully as they knowde for yow, bothe in that mater and in alle other.... Item, I recyvyd a letter frome yow yesterday, wherof I thanke yow hertely, and I praye yow that I maye be as ye writt... Item, I have do spoke for yowr worstede, but ye may not have it tylle Halowmesse; and thane I am promysyd ye challe have as fyne as maye be made. Richard Calle challe bring it up wyth hym. Wretyn the Fryday next byfore Michelmas Day. |44.__Margaret_Paston_to_John_Paston_I. |1465,_17_October. |[pp._54/55] |[No_address,_but_seal.] |[James_Gloy's_hand.] ON Tuesday in the morwyn whas John Botillere, otherwyse callid John Palmere, and Davy Arnald your cook, and William Malthows of Aylsham, takyn at Heylesdon be the balyf of Ey, callid Bottisforth, and led for to Cossey, and there thei kepe hem yet wythought any warant or autoryte of justice of peas. And thei sey thei wull carie hem forth to Ey preson, and as many as thei may gete more of your men and tenauntes that thei may knowe that owe yow good wyll or hath be to you ward, they be thret to be slayn or presoned. The Duke came to Norwich on Tuesday at x of clok wyth the nombre of v hundred men, and he sent after the meyre and alder_man wyth the sherefes, desiryng hem in the Kynges name that thei shuld take an enqueraunce of the constablys of every ward wythin the cyte what men shuld a go on your party to have holpyn or socowryd your men at any tyme of thes gaderynges, and if any thei cowde fynde, that theI shuld take and arest hym and correct hym, and also certifie hym the names on Wyndenesse day be viii of clok; which the meyre dede, and wull do anythyng that he may for hym and his. And hereupon the meyre hath arested on that was wyth me callid Roberd Lovegold, brasere, and threte hym that he shall be hanged be the nek; wherfor I wuld that there myght come down a writ to remeve hym, if ye thynk it be to do. He was not wyth me not save that Harleston and othere mad the assaught upon me at Lammesse; he is right good and feythfull onto you, and therefore I wuld he had help. I have non man at this tyme to avayte upon me that dare be avowyd but Litill John. William Nawton is here wyth me, but he dar not ben avowyd for he is sore thret. It is told me the old lady and the Duke is set fervently ageyn us be the enformacion of Harlesdon, the baly of Cossey, and Andrewys, and Doget the balys sone, and suych othere fals shrewys the which wuld have thes matere born ought for there owyn plesere, the which causith an evyll noyse in this contre and othere places. And as for Ser John Hevenyngham, Ser John Wyndefeld, and othere wurchepfull men, thei ben mad but here doggeboltes, the which I suppose wull turne hem to disurcheth hereafter. I spake wyth Ser John Hevenyngham and enformed hym wyth the trough of the matere, and of all owyre demenyng at Drayton; and he seid he wuld that all thyng were wele, and that he wuld enforme my Lord as I seid to hym, but Harleston had all the wordes and the rewle wyth the Duke here, and after his avyse and Doctour Aleynes he was avysed here at this tyme. The logge and the remenaunte of your place was betyn down on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Duke rode on Wednysday to Drayton, and so for to Cossey, whill the logge at Heylesdon was in the betyng down. And this nyght at mydnyght Thomas Sleyforth, Grene, Portere, and the baly of Eye and othere had a cart and fetched awey fether beddes and all the stuffe that was left at the parsones and Thomas Wateres hows to be kept of owres. I shall send you billes erafter as nere as I may what stuffe we have forborn. I pray you send me word how ye wull that I be demened, wheder ye wull that [I] abide at Caystere or come to you to Lon_don. I have no leysere to write no more. God have yow in his kepyng. Wretyn at Norwich on Sent Lukes Evyn. M.P. |{Margaret_Paston.} |45.__Margaret_Paston_to_John_Paston_I. |1465,_27_October. |[pp._56/57] |MS._34889,_ff._36-37. |[Wyke's_hand.] Address: To my ryght worshypfull hosbond John Paston be thys delyveryd in hast. RYGHT wyrshypfull hosbond, I recomand me to you... I was at Haylesdon uppon Thorsday laste passyd and sey the place there, and in gode feyth there wyll no cryature thynke how fowle and orubelly it ys arayed but yf they sey it. There comyth moch pepyll dayly to wondere thereuppon, both of Norwych and of other placys, and they speke shamfully therof. The Duck had be betere than a m li. that it had never be don, and ye have the more gode wyll of the pepyll that it ys so foyll don. And thay made youre tenauntys of Haylesdon and Drayton wyth othere, to help to breke down the wallys of the place and the logge both, God knowyth full evull ayenst there wyllys, but that thay derst no nothere wysse don for ferre. I have spoken wyth youre tenauntys of Haylesdon and Drayton both, and putte hem in confort as well as I canne. The Duck ys men rensackyd the church and bare away all the gode that was lefte there, both of ourys and of the tenauntys, and lefte not so moch but that they stode uppon the hey awtere and ransackyd the images, and toke away such as thay myght fynd, and put away the parson owte of the church tyll thay had don, and ransackyd every mans hous in the town v or vi tymys. And the chyff maysters of robbyng was the baylly of Ey, the baylly of Stradbroke, Thomas Slyford; and Slyford was the chyff rob_bere of the cherch, and he hath most of the robbery next the baylly of Ey. And as for lede, bras, pewtere, yren, dorys, gatys, and othere stuffe of the hous, men of Coshay and Causton have it, and that thay myght not cary thay have hewen it asondere in the most dysspytuouse wyse. Yf it myght be, I wold som men of wyrshop myght be send from the Kyng to see how it ys, both there and at the logge, ore than any snowys com, that thay may make report of the troth; ellys it shall no mo be seyn so playnly as it may now. And at the reverens of God, spyde youre maters nowe, for it ys to orybell a cost and trobell that we have now dayly, and most have tyll it be othere wyse; and youre men dere not goo abowte to gedere uppe youre lyfflode, and we kype here dayly more then xxx persons for savacyon of ous and the place, for in very trowght and the place had not be kypyd strong the Duck had com hethere. The mayere of Norwych dede arest the baylly of Normandys, Lovegold, Grygory Cordonere, and Bartholomew Fullere wyth_outen any autoryte save only he sayth that he hath a comande_ment of the Duck to do so; and he wyll not lete hem oute of preson tyll he had suerty for ache of hem in iiii li. for to awnswere to such maters as the Duck and hys counsell wyll put ayenst hem at any tyme that thay be callyd, and so woll he do to othere, as many as he may gyte, that awe you any gode wyll. And also the Mayere wold have had hem sworen that thay shold never be ayenst the Duck nor non of hys, whych thay wold not do in no wyse.... At the reverens of God, yf any wyrshypfull and profetabill mene may be take yn youre maters, forsake it not in eschuyng of oure trobell nad grete costys and chargys that we have and may growe hereaftere. It ys thoght here that yf my Lord of Norffolk wolld take uppon hym for you, and that he may have a comyssyon for to enquere of such ryottys and robberyes as hath be don to you and othere in thys contray, that then all the contray wyll awayte uppon hym and serve youre entent, for the pepyll lovyth and dredyth hym more then any othere lord except the Kyng and my Lord of Warwyk, &c.... And I pray you hertely send me word how ye do and how ye spyde in youre maters in haste, and that I may have knowlych how your sonnys doth. I com hom thys nyght late, and shal be hyre tyll i hyre othere tydyngys from you. Wykys com hom uppon Satoreday, but he met not wyth youre sonys. God have you in hys kypyng, and send ous gode tydyngys from you. Wryten in haste uppon the Seynt Symon and Jude ys Evyn. By yourys, M. P. |{Margaret_Paston.} |46.__Richard_Byllingham_1467/8_(The_Priory_of_Coldingham,_pp._215/16). [Litera Ricardi Byllingham Priori Dunelmensi Directa]. |(Ex._Orig._Loc._25.) Right worshipffull and my singuler goude mastir, after al dew obedyens I recommend me to you hertely as I can, thank_yng you of all tendrenes shoinge to me heraffor, besechinge youe of goud contynuaunce, in especiall at the conclusion of your cause. I trust it be not unknawen to your goude fadurhode howe at London in gret siknesse I abode six wikes, to your grevous costes and my gret hynderaunce and hevynesse. After that I taryed at Dovour more than x days, abidyng passage, the whiche was right perilous for the thiknes of mistes; but, God be lovyd, I and my felishippe abowt myd nyght gat Calis in goud hele and sane gart. And ther I associat me with a chapplayn of my Lord the Archbischoppis of Yourke, and a marchant of London; and departid not till we come to Rome, thankyd be God, avoydit all parrell, not withstonding the gret werres that wer in every conteray we passid thorowe. And aftir my commyng to the court I mad dew scrutyny of the state of your cause; wher I found the regist=r= yeven to the Juge and the cause put into the rotte, ande the sentence thrize writton. at the last it was aspied we had not sufficiently provyd our spull; wherfore the juge nor the rotte wolde suffre noo sentence passe without we wolde prove our p'pule by thaym that wer present and se it. Wherfore we wer out of all remydie but on, and that was to have had a remys_sory to certain Jugges, and to have brought up ij or iij of our breder that wer present when the Prior and they were put owt be violence. This wolde have byn grevous costely and tedius; for on way and odur ye shulde not have schapid with c pund; but, thankyd be God, sodenly, accordyng to trouth and con_science and right, we fonde ij men that has testifyed the same, and layd the remyssory, fatigacion, and grevous costes apart. And within shorte days we trust fully, be Gods grace, to have an sentence; the which shalbe to youe and the Monastery the grettist worshippe that ever ye had in your dais. In this sumwhat Peter de Mellinis has writton to your goude fadur_hod. I beseke youe hertely remembre M. Will'm Clayton, for by his menys and succur ye have savyd gret goodes that shuld have byn spent, had his help not byn. He wil be with yow within fewe monthis. I beseche youe make hym goude cher and sendb me worde by hym how I shal be disposed and come Home to youe. Ther comys an man to youe callid Mr. John Norham notary papall and imperiall, the whilk testified of expulsion of ye Priour of Coldyngham and the intrusion of M. Patrik and Jon Hume. Odir dyvers notable and worship_full English men has notabilly deposed how they have hard, but M' John Norham and his felow deposit of personall pre_sens and sigt, the whiche is for our entent. More ov=r= ye shall receve by Mr John Norham, or sum man sent fro hym, a certain bull with odur instruments concernyng the mater of Hilton, for the whiche he is woorthy gret thanke and goud rewarde, as he hath deservyd, and I shal declair more largely to youe at my comynge, be Goddys grace, who kepe evermore youre gode fadurhod tyll hys plesur and comfort to youre subject. Ex Roma, vicesima prima Januarii anno domini M=o=CCCC=mo=LXVII. Reverendo in Christo patri et domino domino Richardo Bell priori Ecclesi‘ Cathedralis Dunelm. tradatur. Dunelmia. |47.__Richard_Byllingham_(1472),_pp._223-25. Litera Ricardi Billingham ad priorem Dunelmensem de curia Romana. IHS. Ryght wryshipfull and my most singuler gud fadir, after dew obedience, I recommend me onn my most humble wise to your gud fadirhed. Now but latt, the first day of July, in Consis_torio publico, wer the embassiatoreЈ of the KyngeЈ of Portugaly did ther obedience till our holy fadir the Pope, was proposett an comyssyon for your gud fadirhod and the chapitter to putt your adverrsarieЈ and in especiall Patryk Home and Jon Home to perpetual silence, et quod parerent judicato, Antony de Engubio proctour to Patryk Home interposett hym self for the said Patryk Home, your advocat Andreas de Sancta Cruce had dyvers commissioneЈ the said day to propose, and mor in especiall for your fadirhod and the chapitter, butt the Pope desyrett hym to propose onn in forma pauperum, ye will admytt your aduocat desirett the popeЈ holynes to her another commyssyon to be admytt and to put your adversarieЈ to per_petuall silence to the tyme thai obeyt the sentence yevyn agayn thaim, and till thai war reconsilett till our moder haly kyrk, and the kirk of Rome that thai had grevously offendit. And for so mekyll as for shortnesse off tyme he mЈyt noght utter till his holynesse his entent att that tyme, he besoght his holynesse to contynew the said commyssyon till the next Consistory and the cummyng of the Kyng of France embassiatoreЈ the wilk shall entre Rome the setterday nex after the day affor rehersett: wheruppon the Pope was ryght wele content and so degreet. Your advocat callett your adversarieЈ opyn thevys and rebelleЈ to the kirk of Rome and desyred that thai schuld defend thaim in all thar power and concell agayn the nex Consistory, war he wold opynly defend the cause off Saynt Cuthbert weruppon the ScotteЈ er ryght evyll ...... I pray for thaim as thai wold me and noght so evyll. Watt tyme I cam last to Rome I wold I had beyn beryd, savyng the defence off ye ryghteЈ off Saynt CuthberteЈ hous. God help me as I will the wele of the same. I besek yow ever mor to be my gud fadir, and AllmyЈty send me gud word onnys off your gud fadirhod and our brether. Wold God ye wer in Consistorio publico in the proposyng off Saynt CuthberteЈ commyssyon: ye will inspyrett Maister JaumeЈ mynd in the makyng theroff. Mor I wold have wryttn butt the tyme gifnes me impediment. God help me and save your fadirhod. Ex Roma, festinan_ter, primo die Julij, A=o=M=o=CCCCLXXII. Per vestrum oratorem et monachum RICARDUM BYLLYNGHAM DUNELM. I besek your gud fadirhod to exhort our brether to pray hertly for the cause of Coldyngham the wylk was proposet in Consistorio publico att cummyng off embassiatoreЈ off the kyng of Portugaly and for shortnesse of tyme the pope conti_newit itt to the next consistory wher schall do ther obedience the embassiatoreЈ off the kyng off France and your ryghteЈ utterly deciditt. Andreas de Sancta Cruce shall reassume our commyssion, and iff the Scottes reply Joachinus shall reply agayn thair replicacioneЈ, and att the last, iff ned be, Andreas de SeneЈ shall duplicat his replicacion with Andrew de Sancta Cruce and Joachyn, and so this wilbe onn off the solempne acteЈ that was don in Rome in our dayes. Wherfor I besek yow and all our brether to considir this, for yt is no feynyd thyng. Andreas de Sancta Cruce is mor glad her off and a man had gifeyn hym a c ducateЈ, and required the ScotteЈ to do ther uttermost and tak the best consaill thai culd have in Rome; wherfor thai ar ryght evyl paid with me and maister JammeЈ. The advocat has no dowt but thai shall obey thatt is juggett, in despytt off thaim that sais the contrary. Within few dayeЈ, be GoddeЈ grace ye shall have an end in this cause, the wilk has beyn full grevous to your fadirhod, butt itt shalbe be GoddeЈ grace to yow a perpetuall wirshipp. Your obliga_cion last send to me is her off non effect, wherfor had noght Sir Hew Spaldyng beyn, I and your cawseЈ had beyn utterly undon. He, for the luff that he berys me, till his hinderance has lent me the money upon the said obligacion, the wilk I have bound to hym in poenis Cameralibus in the Bank de Spi_mocheЈ att Rome. Wherfor I besek off repayment in all gudly hast and to consider his gentilnesse and my grett needeЈ and the difficulte off the causeЈ and the myЈtynesse off our ennimyes. In dorso -- MARIA . JESUS . CUTHBERTUS Reverendo in Christo Patri et domino domino Ricardo Priori Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelm' detur cum honore. London. Dunelm. |48.__Elizabeth_Stonor_1476_to_William_Stonor. |(The_Stonor_Letters_and_Papers,_pp._9/10.) 18 August, 1476 Jhesu. Ano. xvj Right well belovid Cossen, I recomaund me unto you with all myn hart and I шannke you hartely, gentill Cossen, off youre expediscion that ye have made in plesynge off my brodyr Stocker off his bucke: he is beholdyn unto you: at your comynge to London he will thannke you I dowt not as reason is; and I, as ffor my parte, шannke you ffor my venyson, the which I have R[eceived] by my brodyr Crooke. Also, gentill Cossen, I undyrstond ш=t= my douЈther Kateryn is craysed and hath a desese on hir neke: I marvell what it shuld be: yff it wold lyke you, I praye you hartely to suffer hir to come to London to me to the intent she may be holpyn шeroff. I send syr William, Annes Dibdale, and Howlake for hir, and on Twesday next I trust to see you here at London, and whanne ye come ye shall be welcom with more. Jesu spede you ever, amen. At London le xviij jour d'aoust. Elysabeth Stonor. P.S. in dorso. Gentyll Cossen, I praye you to bryng with you the ij baysons and hewers off silver, the silver Candelstikes and the monstrans, and the letill silver bayson to set it in. I wold have it here ayenst myn hysbonds terement, and it can not come better at no tyme шanne with you now because off strenght. To my most worshipffull Cossen Willm. Stonor, Esquyer, this be delyvered. At Stonor. |49.__Elizabeth_Stonor_1476_to_William_Stonor. |pp._10/11. 12 September, 1476. Right Reverent and Worshipfull and enteirly best belovyd Cosyn, I recommende me unto you in the most lowlyest wyse that I best can or may. And syr, as this day by your servaunt Thomas Mathew I recey_vyd a letter from you, by the which letter I understonde that Јe be sumwhat amended and shall every day better and better шen other by шe grace of God. Also, gentyll Cosyn, I understonde better that my brother and yowris is sore seke of the poxes: wherfore I am right hevy and sory of your beyng there, ffor the eyre of poxe is ffull contagious and namely to them than ben nye of blode. Wherfore I wolde praye you, gentyll cosyn, that Јe wolde come hedyr, and yif hit wolde plese you so to doo, &c. And yif that hit lyke you not so to doo, Gentill Cosyn, lettith me have hedyr some horsis I pray you, and that I may come to you, ffor in good faith I can fynde hit in my herte to put my self in jubardy there as ye be, and shall do whilst my lyffe endureth to the plesure of God and yours. For in good faith I thought never so longe sith I see yow. ffor in trowth I hadde will hopid that your horsis shulde a ben here as шis night; and that I thoЈt verely, and so poyntid my self for to a be with you as шe morue at night with Godes mercy, which shulde have ben to me right a grete comfort; ffor in good faith I have not ben mery at myn hert шis sevynnight day ffor dyverse maters the whiche hath ben brokyn to me. Wherfore I wyst full hertly dyverse tymes шat Јe hadde ben here: ffor I wot will that ye coulde an answeryd in certayne maters better шen I: ffor truly I had not so besy a weke sith I cam hedyr, exepte oone day, which sir William, and John Mathewe both can enfourme you parte шerof. And Syr, as towchyng my childeryn I hertly thanke you that hit lyke you so for to tend them: but Јit, Gentyll Cosyn, yif hit plese you to sende hem up with such horsis as hit lykith you to send for me, I wolde hertly pray you, ffor the poxe ben past out of this Countre and Cyte as fer as I understonde, blessyd be God. Gentyll Cosyn, I pray you hertly that I may have a redy worde from you on Saterday at nyght at шe ferthest; for in trowth I can not be mery unto шe tyme that I know verely how that Јe will I be demenyd hereyn. No more to you at this tyme, but almyghty Jhesu preserve you, and kepe you longe in good hele of body and longe to lyve in vertu to Godes plesure, and so to your moste hertes desire, amen. At London шe xij day of Septembr. A=o=xvj. And myn sonne Betson recommende hym unto you as hertely as he can or may, and bysowght to vouchsaffe to pray for hym &c.: and ye shall Rec. ij letters of hym by John Mathewe. And as this day viij of the Cloke in шe morning he toke his barge. I pray God sende hym good spede, amen. By your ovne Elysabeth Stonore. To my Right Worshipfull Cosyn, Willm. Stonor, squiere, this be delyvered. |50.__Elizabeth_Stonor_to_William_Stonor_(1476). |p._12. 9 October, 1476 Jhesu M. iiij=c= lxxvj. Right Interly and beste belovyde Cosyn, I recomaunde me unto you in moste lovyng wyse. Syr, I resayvyde ffrome you a letter by the wyche I consayvyde that ye canne not departe but it shulde be to your gret lose. Wherffor ye do ryght welle to set hyt in a suerte: ffore hyt thys no lytell monay that he howys you. And Syr, as ffore my Cosyn Fowler, he whas not come as thys nythe, but he wylle be to morow at his plase as hyt thys tollde me. And as ffore my son Betson I have no wrytyng syn you departe. I truste yt shall not be longe to or whe shalle have wrytyng ffrome hym. And Syr, ther as ye wrte unto me ther as шat Chetys and Hoderstone shulde be leffte ther stylle, truly so hyt thys: ffor I have put ffore no thyng save hondely for sarten plote. fforder more, Syr, ye schall under[stonde] шat Thomas a Wode hys very sore syke at the Sworde in Flete strete. Syr, the Kyng hys come to Westemester, and I understonde there schalle be a gret Counsell, where_ffore I wot never. My Cosyn Hellmys recommaunde hym unto you. And Syr, I thanke you hartely as I cane ffore your good tynchys: ffore truly thay whare very goode and swet as I het hany many a day. Whereffore I sent my ffader hone off them to hys soper. Whereffor he thanke you ryght hartely. No more unto you at thys tyme, Jhesu have you in his kepyng, Amen. At London the ix day of Octobur at ix a Cloke at nythe. By your owne Elysabeth Stonor. Allso Syr, ye schulle understonde that Thomas Wode hys [syke wi]th the pokys. To my Ryght Reverent and Worshipffull hosbon Wyllm. Stonor, Sqyer, at Orton thys letter be delyverd. In hast. dd. |51.__Elizabeth_Stonor_to William Stonor. |pp._14/15. 22 October [1476] Right interly and best belovyd husbond, I recomaund me unto you in my most herty wyse, evermore thankyng you right hertely off all kyndeness to me schewed at all tymes, and nowe ffor your good Veny_sone and Coneys, the wheche you sent me be Hery Blakhall, the whech is gret deyntis to have here in London: wherfor I sent the halffe hawnche to my ffadyr and a cowpyll off coneys: and they recomaund them unto you and thanke you ryght hertely. And sur, you schall undyrstond that I have be with my Lady of Southfolke as on Thursday last was, and wayted uppon hyr to my lady the Kynges Modyr and hyrse, be hyr commaundment. And also on Satyrday last was I wayted uppon hyr thedyr ageyne, and allso ffro thens she wayted uppon my lady hyr Modyr, and browght hyr to Grenwyche to the Kyngis good grace and the quenyse: and ther I sawe the metyng betwyne the Kynge and my ladye his Modyr. And trewly me thowght it was a very good syght. And sire, I was with my lady of Southfolke at this day hopyng that I myght have hade hyre at sume leysyre that I myght a spokyn to hyr ffor the money, but trwly sche was very besy to make hyre redy, ffor sche is redyne to Cauntyrbery as this same day, and sche wyll be here ageyne as on Satyrday next comyng, ffor so sche told me hyr selff. Also, Sire, I spake with my cosyn Fowler at my lady the Kyngis Modyr; and I thankyde hyme as hertely as I cowde for his gret kyndnese that he schewid to you and to me at all tymys, prayeng hyme of his good con_tynuans: and he askyde me when you wyld cum hydyr. And I tellyd hym that I supposyd that you wyld be her as this weke. And also I spake with my cosyne Rokysse: and he askyd me in leke wyse, and he seyth itt is not hys ffortune to mete with you here in London; and I spake to hyme ffor John Mathews mater, and prayed hym to be good master unto hym; and he awnswerd me ageyne, and seyde that he had lytyll cause, for he seyth that he have ben the most importune manne that myght be to hymewardes. And I awnswerd and seyde to hyme, that I coude never undyrstond hyt but that he owght hyme his servyse to his powre. And Sire, my lady of Southfolke is halfindell dysplesyd because that my Cystere Barantyne is no better arayed, and leke wyse my Cyster Elysabeth. And sche seyth with owght they be otherwyse arayed, sche seyth, sche may not kep them: and sche seyth that my Moder and yours schuld saye that yu have I-nowe to ffynd my Cyster Elysabeth with all. Also I undyrstond шat Sure John Buttelyr hath spokyn to my lady to have my Cyster Barantyne with hyme: what he menyth therin we wot nere, with oute that he wold have the rewle of hyr hysbandys lyvelode be that meane. Wherffore my Cyster wold speke with you ffore that mater to have your cownsell in what is best to do. And Sire, as ffor my sone Betsonne I herde no worde ffrome hyme sith you de_partyd: for ther commyth no passage this viij dayese. And Sire, I wold pray you whenne Davy Wrixame commyth to you owght off Cottys_wold, that ye wold send hyme hydder that he myght wryght to my sonne howe he have done in the contre. And good Sire, I pray you that my blewe gowne of damaske may be sent to me ageyne alhalowne day, and my cofferse and my dowter Caterynes, that I spake to you ffore. And sire, suche kercherse and smokkys and small japys that be in the chest that Cateryne my womanne had role of, whech chest stondyth in my sonne Betsonys Chaumbre. And Sire, I wold pray you that Јee wold send this gere to me that I myght take rekenyg of hyre: ffor sche skevisith hyr and sey that suche gere as I aske her is there. Sir, I pray you send me no more ryngis with stonys: ffore the ryng that you sent me be Hery Blakhall, the stone is fflalyn owght be the way and loste: wherffore I ame sory. Good sire, let it not be long or I may se you: for truly me thynke ryght long syth I se you. You chylderne and myne ffare well, blessyd be God, and they be to me a gret cowmfort in your absens. No more to you at this tyme, but almyghti Jhesu preserve and kepe you in long helth and vertue to hys plesure. At London the xxij day of Octobre. My owne Cosyne, I sende you a bladyr with powdyr to drynke when Јe go to bede, ffor hit is holsome ffor you. Be your ovne to my powre Elysabeth Stonore. To my Ryght well-belovyd Cosyn Wyllm. Stonor, squyer, at Stonore, this be delyveryd. |52.__Elizabeth_Stonor_1476_to_William_Stonor. |p._16. 25 October, 1476 Ryght Interly and beste belovyde Cosyne, I recomaunde me unto you as hartely as I cane. ffordermore, Cosyn, plesyth hyt you to under_stonde that I have resayvide a bore ffrom you: the wyche I thanke you ryght hartely ther ffor: the wyche bore hys very goode and well braunde. Allso Cosyn, my moder and yourys sent me monay to by her boge, and sche sent me a gobelet to amend: the wyche gobelet I have schuyde unto dyverys golldsmythys: and thay say hyt cane not be amendyd, but hyt be new made: and so I pray you to infforme my moder. And as ffor the boge my moder send unto me ffor, I send hyt to her by Folyhet, the brynger heroff. And so, Syr, I pray you to in_fforme my moder, as hyt thys: and I will kepe the gobelet unto the tyme that I have answere ffrome her. Allso, syr, I pray you to recommaunce me hartely unto here goode moderhode. Fordermore, Cosyn, I longe sore ffore you, to se you her in London, whanne you have done your besenes: but I understonde that you have hade gret besynys syn you de_partyd ffrome me. Syr, ye schalle understond that I had no wrytyng ffrome my son Betson: ffor as ny as I cane in-kewere, syn Howlake de_partyd ther came no passag ffrom Calys. Forder, syr, I pray you that ye wolde woche-saffe ffor to sen John Mathew unto Hendelay, ffor to breke the ffardell, and to wryte schuche thyngys [as] is in hyt, and to make ij ffardellys ther off, that hyt mythe be sent downe by the caryar off [Hen_delay] ffor I cane not have hyt ayenst the tyme helse: ffor I most nedes have hyt, ffor the chylld [eryn have] ne chaung, ffor they go so schamely that I have pete off them. And goode Syr, as ffor my nawne [gowne that I] wrothe unto you off, I pray you that I mythe have hyt as sone as ye may. No more unto you [at thys tyme], but Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at London the xxv day off Octobur. By your ovne Elysabeth Stonore. Unto my Right hartely well-belovyde Cosyn Wyllm. Stonor, Squiere, thys be delyverd, in hast. |53.__Elizabeth_Stonor_1476_to_William_Stonor. |pp._18/19. 11 December, 1476 Jhesu Ryght entirely and beste belovyd husbonde I recommende me unto you in the most lovyng wyse that I best can or may. moreover, pleseth hit yow to understonde that I have receyvyd your letter, a byll closid in the said letter, which I have redd and ryght well understondyd: and as for all such stuff as the said byll specefyth of, as yet I have not receyvyd. How be hit the barge is comyn with the said stuff as шis nyght at vij of clocke: and Sir, soo hit will be the morne or I can recyvyd hit. Ferthermore, syr, plesyth hit yow to wit that as on ffryday last past I dyende with my ffadir and my modir. And шer was at dyner with hym the frendys of the childe which was movid for oone of my doЈters at your last beyng heere. And so at after dyner they hadde there comunycation for the said mateer, wherby I understode ther dispocitions how that they were disposid in the said mateer. And truly hit was nothyng as hit was spokyn of at шe begynnyng: wherfore I answeryd and said in this wyse: that шoo shee were my childe, as she is, I coulde not anwere that mateer without yow nor noght wolde doo. How be hit, I answeryd in your byhalf: that I wyst ryght well шat Јe wolde be rygt kynd and lovyng ffadir, yif God ffortunyd that ye and they shulde dele. And Sir, there as ye wryte that шat шe bargemen ben loth to take and Rec. any stuff of ours I marveyle gretely: ffor truly to my knowlege I hadde never шing caryed by any of them but шat I paid them truly шerfore. And Sir, as for шe vj cowpull of haberndens, the which ye wryte ffore, they shall be bought and sente to yow ryght shortly. And as ffor your gownys of chamlet and dublettes of sylke, I have bought hem: the which shall plese yow ryght well, I trust to God, at your comyng, &c. And Sir, my sonne Betson recommende hym unto yow, and he come home as on Monday last past, and he hath brought with hym, blessid be God, good tythynges, the which he and I shall enfourme yow at your comyng. and ther as ye wryte that ye will sende me of a wylde bore and other venson ayenst Sonday, truly I thanke yow as hertly as I can. But truly yet I wolde pray yow that ye wolde spede yow hedyr als sone as ye can: ffor I wolde trust to godes mercy hit shoulde be to your profetes and avayle in tyme comyng by the grace of our Lord, who ever preserve and kepe yow to his plesur and your most herts comfort. Amen. At London the xj day of Decembre A=o= xvj. And Cosen, heras ye wryte to me that I had no leysyr: truly I have ben crised and besy, ellys I wyld have wryte to you or thys tyme. By your ovne Elysabeth Stonore. To my Ryght well belovyd Cosen, Willm. Stonere, esquer at Stoner шis be delyverd. |54.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_1476/7_to George Cely at Calais. |26_January_1476/7. |(The_Cely_Letters,_pp._10/11) Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxvj I grete the wyll, and I haue grete marvele that ye wryt not to me no letters of syche ty[dy]ngys as [ye] haue at Caleys, the weche ys meche speche of at London, for the weche I cannot wryt to the nothyng for lake of understan[d]yng how it stand in the pertys of the Dewke of Borgens londys and the Kyng of Franse, for here ys strange spekyng, for the weche I pray the be wyse, and be not or-haste in sale and delyueryng of good into Flanders, for I fere me sore of ware, and the Dewke be dede, as it ys sayd, and the Kyng of Franse enterd into Pecardy, as men saye, for the weche I pray the se wyll to. And also sayb to Thomas Kesten that he promysyd to me that the x s. of sarplere scholl be payd to John Tate, the weche ys not payd, for the wche I haue grete callyng for the payment there, and Wyll Maryon and Robard Cely for there perte, for the weche I am not wyll plesyd wyt Kesten for that mater, werefor wryt me answere wat he saythe, and also wat pontment makyt wyt Byfylde and all hoder men there as he ys intreted to, and saye to Thomas Kesten I tryste to hym that he wyll haue in rememborans ys promyse made to me wan I delyuerd hym plate, that I schall be plesyd wyt som payment of hym wtt hoder men. And he wyll do soe I schall be ys good frende, and that he schall wyll understand in tyme to com, for the weche I wyll be glade for to doe for hym and wyll hymselve. I wryt no more to the at thys tyme, but Jhesu kepe you. Wryt at London the xxvj day of Jeneuer in grete haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely the elder at London be thys delyuer. |(Seal_ and_ drawing |of_shield.) |55.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |23_May_1477. |pp._11/12. Jhesu M=liiij=c= lxxvij I grete the wyll, and I understand ther com no marchauntys to Caleys for to bye woll nor fellys, for the weche ys ryght heuy[nese] for the marchauntys of the stapyll, for the weche I fere me euery man wyll fende the mene for the sale and delyuer ys woll and fellys into svre men ys handys be the mene of sale to marchauntys strangers the weche haue repayryd to Caleys afor thys tyme, for the weche I wolde ye hadde commyngaschon wyt syche mar_chauntys as ye haue fonde svre men and good men, for to aventer som of my woll and fell in there handys be the mene of sale at long dayys, for I fele men schall do so at thys seson, for the weche I wolde thynke that John Underhaye were a good man for [to] tryste and hoder men suche as ye thynke good men. Spare not for a long day, for I fere me it wyll com thereto, for I understande wyll there be dyvers men of the Felychepe of the Stapyll of Caleys haue solde woll for iij Јere day, the laste payment, and the pryse kepyt, and the money xxij s. viij d. for the li. Also for money be exchonge at London ys vij s. x d. Fl., for vj s. viij d. ster., and for to resayue at London in hand and for to delyuer at Bregys at a monyth day after, vij s. x d. Fl. for vj s. viij d. ster., for the weche I can thynke money wyll better thys marte noe, for the weche doe as wyll as ye can, for I haue not schargyd the wyt a peny. Nor send me no ster. money, for the lose ys to grete at thys seson. I wryt no more at thys tyme, but Jhesu kepe. Wryte at London the xxiij day of May in haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys letter delyuerd. |(Shield.) |56.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |26_June_1477. |p._12. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxvij I grete the wyl, and I thynke long tyl I haue wrytyng from the of syche maters as ye haue to doe for me at the marte. God send you a good marte, and me also. Ye schall understand that Robard Cely and Thomas Folbord my pryntys be comyng to Caleys, for I muste make the forsayd Thomas Folborne, my prentys, freman of the Staple wythin iiij Јere of ys terme, the weche ys viiij Јere as aperyt be ys endentur, for the weche I wyll ye doe youre pert for me to make hym freman. I wryt no more to you at thys tyme, but Jhesu kepe you. Wryt at London the xxvj day of Jun in grete haste. per Rychard Cely the elder. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys delyuer. |(Seal_and_shield.) |57.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |1_May_1478. |p._19. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxviij I grete the wyll, and I wryt to the at thys tyme as I understand we sshal [paye] howre custon and subsete at Caleys to the sodears sterlyng money, xxiiij s. for the li. Were we payd xxj s. iiij d. Flemyche, we schall paye from henys forwarde after the rate of ster., that ys, ij ryallys for a li., hoder goldys after the rate and the valve of the same. I was wyt the Mayar of the Stapyll and the felychepe wyt the Kyng and ys lordys of ys Consell for thys mater, and there the mater was declarede be the Recordar of London and the answere was playnely schol be non hoder wyse -- the acte of Parlementys to paye them in sterlyng money, and so thay wyll be payd. The cavse I wryt to the ys for to beware [of] resayuyvng of syche goldys as gryte lose ys in at Caleys. The schepyng ys begone at London, but I doe notyng tyll the tyme I haue wrytyng from the, the weche ys long of comyng as me semyth. The laste day of Apperell I haue resayuyd ij letters from the, a let[ter wrete] at Caleys the xvij day of Apperell, be the weche I understande youre comyng t[o] Caleys, the toder letter wrete at Caleys the xxiiij day of Apperell, the weche I understand wyll. Ye schall understand the mater be thys letter of t[he] concleseon notyng for the welle of the Felychepe of the Stapyll, but men schepe faste at London, wherfor I am avysyd for to schepe xix sarplerys and a poke of my Cottyswolde woll, the weche was of John Busche gaderyng, of the same that ys to selle at Caleys, for the weche I wyll ye make som sale and ye may doe wyll and svere, for I fere me men [will] sele schortely wan the plete com to Caleys. John Cely hathe bogwyt for me iij Ml fell, but thay be not com to London yete. I pray the send me wrytyng as sone as ye can of youre avyse, for I wyll aponte me thereafter in schepyng of my woll, and as I haue conford from you. I wryte no more to you at thys tyme, but Jhesu kepe you. Wryte at London the fryste day of May in haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys delyuer. |(Seal_and_shield.) |58.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |18_May_1478. |p._22. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxviij I grete the wyll, and the xviij day of May I resayuyd a letter from the wryte at Caleys the viij day of May, the weche letter I haue wyll understande, and as for schepyng of woll or fell, I haue non schepyn at thys day, but be the grace of God I am avysyd for to schepe a perte of my woll; a xx sarplerys or more, and fell iij or iiij M=l= at thys neste schepyng, the weche ys not as Јete begone, nor I soppose schall not tyll thys scheppys com agane from Caleys. And also men wyll here and understand of thys Synsson marte, for the toder marte was not good for the Stapyll -- I hope thys schall be good. Thomas Bvrgane, mecer, wylled me to wryte to the: and ys man wyll haue money at thys marte he wolde haue [of] me, for the weche I wyll ye delyuer to ys man before hony hoder man. As the money in the marte, doe as wyll as ye can. God send vs a good marte, and good tyyngys of the warthe, and send vs pese; and I pray the kepe [the] in good felyschepe to the marte warde, and in the marte, and from the marte to Caleys warde, for there ys moste drede. I wryte no more, but Jhesu kepe you. Wryte at London the xviiij day of May in haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys delyuerd. |(Shield.) |59.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |17_June_1478. |p._23. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxviij I grete the wyll, and I haue resayuyd a letter from the wrete at Bregys the ix day of Jun, the weche letter I haue wyll understande euery ponte, and I haue resayuyd closyd in the sayd letter iij letters of payment acordyng to youre wrytyng be Thomas Granger bryngar, and I understand wyll the Јeyng of money be exchange at the marte ys not good, and also I understande be Thomas Granger the sodears at Caleys wyll not be plesyd for take for ther payment viij s. Fl. for the nobyll ster., for the weche it ys to grete a lose for the Stapyll to bere after there desyar, for the weche I am ry sory that I haue chargyd me so sore and so meche, but I wyll understande more of that mater or I schepe woll or fell. I bogwyt a v M=l= fell in Cottyswolde and they be good. I am avysyd not for to schepe neder woll nor fell tyll I haue wrytyng from the of syche maters and resaytys of money at Bregys, that be the grace of God ye sa[ll] and haue done fuill wyll, and Jhesu for ys grete mersy send a good pesse in the Dvke of Borgans londys, for ellys wyll be no good marchantys warde. I wryte no more, but Jhesu kepe you. Wryt at London the xvij of Jun in grete haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys delyuer. |(Shield.) |60.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_to George_Cely_at_Calais. |10_July_1478. |pp._24/25. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxviij I grete the wyll, and I haue resayuyd a letter from the wryt at Caleys the xxix day of Jun, the weche letter I haue wyll under_stand: of your demenyng at thys marte, the clerenesse, for the weche I am wyll plesyd, and of the sale of my woll: a poke solde to John Borsse, marchant of Ryssyll, and to John Delopys, Cornelys Vandorne and Gysbryght Van Whynsbeyg vj sarplerys of good woll Cottyswolde, and ij sarplerys and a poke of medell woll Cottyswold, for the weche I am wyll plesyd, and the waythe and the sum of money, and the iij=de= peny at xxv s. for the li., and to resayuyd at Bamys marte neste com, and the secon payment vj monyht, and the reste vj monyht after that. The schepyng of woll and fellys ys begone at London, for the weche I am avysyd for to schepe my woll and fell at thys tyme, for the weche kepe money for the frayght and costom and subsete. There was 1 li. lent beforhand and my parthyschom of iiij s. the li. schall halpe to. And Јete I may doe no more good, neder in byyng of woll nor fellys nor in byldyng, for defayte and lake of money, for the weche I schall thynke long tyll Bamys marte com. |[Written_later:] At thys day I haue schepyt x sarplerys woll and dayly do schepe, God send them wyll to Caleys and save, for yt ys lyke to be a grete schepyng of woll and fell at London. I wryt no more, but Jhesu kepe you. Wryte at London the x day of Jule in grete haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys delyuer. |(Shield.) |61.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |20_July_1478. |pp._25/26. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxviij I gr[ete the wyll a]nd I send the a letter wryt at London the xiij day of Jule of the answare [of] Јoure letter, but I fele wyll ye haue not that letter as Јete. I wryte to the that I haue schepyt and wyll schepe xl sarplerys of Cottyswolde woll and x packys of fell or more, for the weche I wyll ye schall make porveons for frayth and hossyng as ye schall vnderstand be my fryste letter afor wryte, and ye schall porvay for hossyng for Rychard [Cely] and thyselve for viij packys fell, wereof I haue a perte wyt you in the same fellys as ye schall understand be thy broder Rychard Cely at ys comyng to Caleys schortely, for the schepyng ys ner doe, and schall be wytin vj dayys, for the weche I wryt to the schortly and in grete haste, and also, in good faythe, for lake of money I forgoe many good barganys of fell, for the weche I am ryght sory, but I pray the haue thys mater yn my[nd] and leteb me understande wat redy mony I haue at Brygys of myn in hand that I may scharge the, and I may doe hony goo[d] therewyt, as I fele wyll I schall. I wryt no more, Jhesu kepe th[e]. Wryte at London the xx day of Jule in haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys letter delyuerd. |(Seal_and |shield.) |62.__Richard_Cely_the_elder_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |6_November_1478. |Cely_Letters,_ed._Hanham,_pp._34/35. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxviij I grete [the] wyll, and I haue resayuyd from the ij letters be Wyll Maryon, j lett[er wryt] the xxiiij day of Octobor, the weche I wyll understand, the toder letter wryt frysth day of Novembor, the weche I understand wyll, and of the sale of woll - xxxj sarplerys good woll Cottyswold, and j sarplere medell woll, all ys solde. Dayys be comyng, for the weche I am wyll plesyd: the mar_chauntys be good. Also I understand youre beyn[g] at Bamyse marte and the Јeueyng of money be exschonge: viij s. viij d. Flemyche for vj s. viij d. ster., the weche ys grete lose. I haue resayuyd of Wyll Maryon, the bryngar of the letters, a boxkys, therein ix letters of payment acordyng to youre wrytyng. Also I wrote to you in my laste wrytyng of the money, saiyng of in Flemders I harde of no labor at that tyme, but yt ys novne the Mayar of the Staple and the Felyschepe of marchauntys make grete svte to the lordys of the Kyngys Consell, of the weche ys lyke to be a conclesyon, and that mater schall be reformede, as I onderstand, to more profete for the Stapyll, for the weche kepe no money be the, for there wyll be meche lose to them that haue meche money in there handys. I pray the beware of lose, for I understande wyll there wyll be grete lose. Also I haue payd my byll of xvj s. viij d. the sarplere - xlvij li. xviij s. iiij d. - and youre byll - iiij li. xv s. x d. - and Wyll Maryons byll - ix li. vij s. vj d. I understand that I schall [haue] anoder byll in doket of my custom at Caleys, for the wech[e] I wolde understand befor the comyng of the sum that I make the sayd money redy, for I love not the scharpe callyng on at London, for I understode not ij dayys befor I payd the byll of xvj s. viij d. to John Tate. I am not payd of John Raynolde at the [day] nor a monythe after thys byll. send to me as sone as ye may clere my byll of custom and payd them schortely: I wyll understand the clerenese of my delyng and clere my boke. I wyll Rychard Cely com Home: lette hym wat a fayar weder, for Wyll Maryon was sore aferd for the grete myste, and [as for d]ede at London, ys no syche fere of syche thyng as youre moder wrote of, but in the Weste Contre ys gret. I pray you speke to Thomas Kesten: say to hym I loke that he wyll kepe the promyse he made to me at syche tyme as I delyuerd to [hym] ys plate and all syche sthofe as I hade areste. I was the fryste that relesyd my acschon and delyuerd the good the weche I hadde in warde to hymselve. Hoder men were conten[t] be agremen[t] agrete and sete in a waye, but I am not spoke wyt nor intrete lyke the promyse made to me at that tyme be Thomas Kesten, for the weche and Thomas Kesten wyll sete me in worse case of asvrete nor be [do] toder men, he kepe not ys faythefyll promyse. I here meche thyng sayd be hym, for the weche and I were intrete for asvrte of a comforde of paymen[t] I code doe and say for hym, the weche wolde be for ys profete and worschepe. I onderstand that wyll be dyverse men that I speke wyth and spere of me the gydyng and the desposycheon of Thomas Kesten, for the weche I wyll ye rede all thys clase to hym. Yt be for ys worschepe to remembor thys mater. I wryt no more to iou at thys tyme, Jhesu haue iou in kepeyng. Wryt at London the vj day of November in grete haste. per Rychard Cely. |Dorse: To Jorge Cely at Caleys be thys delyuer. |(Shield.) |63.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |9_December_1479. |p._69. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxix Ryught interly whelbelouyd brother, I recomend me wnto yow wyth aull my harte, desyryng grehytly to heyr of your amendment and good heyll. Informyng you at the makyng of thys owr father and mother, brother, godfather and all owr howssowld wher in good heyll, thankyd be God, and desywr grehytly to her of yours. Syr, whe marwell grehytly that whe haue no wrytyng from yow. Syn Wylliam Cely departyd whe had no letter from hym byt whone, and that wos wryttyn at Calles heuer a cam at yow. Syr, heyr ys Phelype Sellar ys factors come. The ton has weddyd Phelypys dowtyr, hos name ys John Forner, and the tother ys name ys Herry Demorres. Be the meyn of a brocar hos name ys John Jacope, a Lombar, whe bar them on hand at the byll wos prodeste and owr father pwt the matter in John Jakopys hand, and he has labord for payment, and the viij day of thys present monythe of Desembyr I ressayuyd iij=c= crowny, the qweych ar chosyn be the brocar howt of j iiij=c=, euery crown iiij s. The Kynge payd them euery crown at iiij s. vj d. The brocar has awardyt that I schaull ryd to owr father into Essex and bryng a letter of hys hand to them derectyd to you, that Јe may delyuer them the fardell wyth arras that Pelype Sellar leffyt wyth you, and I schawll haue v li. for the prodest and aull hother costys; byt the brocars parte wyl be myche, etc. I pray yow say to them at fette the arras from you at the byll was prodest. Syr, whe loke for yow dayly: I [pray God] send yow a fayre passage. Syr, my Lord has wryttyn to me to cum se hym thys Crystemas. I pwrppos to go to hym iij days afor Crysteme[s] and be ther iiij dayes and cum agen. And Јe cum not to London iiij dayes afo[r] Crystemes I pray you send me my ryng be sum trwsty man. Owr mother lokys for the cas for the peny that Јe toke mesur of. I pray Jhesu send you hydyr in sawete euer I go to Bawlsall, for than I schawl be better besene than I am lyke. No mor. Wrettyn at London the ix day of Decembyr. per your brother, Rychard Cely. Syr, I spake to you for hawlue a dosyn payr of Frenche glouys, iij for men and iij fo[r] whomen. |Dorse: Wnto my Ryught whelbelouyd brother George Cely, merchantt [of the Esta]pell of Calles be thys dd. |64.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Bruges. |12_December_1479. |pp._71/72. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= lxxix My ryught interly wheylbelouyd brother, I recommend me vnto you as harttely as I can dewyse or thynke, thankyng God hyly of yowr amendemente. Informynge [you] the ix=the= day of Desembyr I ressauyd ij lettyrs from you: the tone wos wryttyn at Andwarpe in Octobur and the tother wos wryt at Bregys the xxj day of Nowembyr, the qweche Јe delyueryd to Wylliam Fawkenar to a browhyt, on hos sowyll Jhesu haue marsy. Syr, Thomas Grawng has wryttyn a letter to owre fadyr and informyd hws of the dysses of the sayd Wylliam and how he has pwte the ij goshaukys in good kepyng tyll yowr comyng to Calles. I pray Jhesu sende yow and them hyddyr in sauete and schorttely. Ther ys a claws in your letter that Јe wrate laste, trystyng to God that whe schawl be so myry at owr mettyng that aull sorrowys schavll be forgettyn: I treste the same. I pray you labor yowselue not to sor tyll Јe fynd yoursellfe stronge, and then at Јe wylle come hyddyrwarde. I wolde wryte to yow of many thyngys, byt I tryste to telle yow them meryly be movthe. Syr, of aull Phelype Sellars matters I haue wryttyn you in another letter, sawe I hard Herry Demorrs, that wos Phelypys mane, say that Јe delyueryd to the forsayd Pelype a letter of your hande of seche thyngys as he leuyd wyth yow, byt thay wot not wher hyt ys. I tryst to yowr wysdome that Јe wyll se to whell inow. No mor to you at thys tym, byt I pray to the Ternyte sende yow heyll and brynge yow whell hyddyr. Wryttyn at London the xij day of Decemby[r]. per yowr brother, Rychard Cely, that thynke longe tyll he se yow. |Dorse: Ther wos neuer mor game abowt ws then the[r] ys now. I treste Јe wyll nat taryy longe at Calles at yow comyng Јeyfe ther be any sewyr passayge. Wnto my whelbelouyd brother George Cely, merchand of the Estapell beyng at Bregys, thys dd. |65.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |7_April_1480). |pp._73/74. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx= Ryugth enterly whelbelouyd brother, I recomend me harttely onto yow, and I thanke yow for aulle kyndnes schewyd be yow to me at yowr laste beyng heyr. Syr, whe wndyrstond be a letter frome my godfathyr of yowr comyng to Calles, and the woll flete, thankyd be God. Whe haue sente yow be a mane of master Thewhaytys the whete of the wolle and sch[y]pys namys acordyng to yowr desyr. Whe ar aull mery: my Loord has cepeyd hys Estyrn at Sente Johnys in London and I hav[e] bene wyth hym ther aull the tyme. He and hys howssowlde recomendys them harttely onto yow. The morne after the wrytyng of thys howre father departys to Awelay and [I in] to Cottyssowlde. Syr, ther is a deuysyon fawllyn betwen owr brother Robard and sche that schowlde a be hys wyfe, and he has geuyn hyr ower, and he pwrpos to absente hymsellfe and com to Calles schorttly, and as for John Rawns mater, I haue spokyn wyth the Kyngys bowЈer, and a sayes he has sent the syngnete to Calles, and heyr has bene Lenarde Boys, and thay has fonde the menys at the mony schawll be payd at Calles. Bawll ys in good plyte: he mornyd tyll he had felleschype, and the smythe has geuyn hym a drynke for the kow, and I haue sente hym to Awelay be Lontelay till I cwm agen. No mor to you at thys tym. Jhesu kepe yow. Wryttyn at London the vij day of Apryll. per your brother, Rychard Cely. |Dorse: Wnto my ryught whellbelouyd brother George [Ce]ly merchant of the Estapell beyng at Calles. |66.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |29_April_1480. |p._74. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx= Ryught interly welbelouyd brother, I recomende me wnto yow as tendyrly as harte con thynke, informyng yow at te makyng of thys howre father and mother wher in good hell, and whe aull, thankyd be God. Syr, I hawe bene in Cottyssowlde and packyd xxix sarpellerys woll for howr father, and in the mene sesun howre father ressauyd a letter frome yow to me derectyd, and of Lokyng_ton a carte and a cower qwherin I haue lokyd and fwnde aulthyng acordyng to yowr wrytyng. Howr father has payd for the kustum v s., and Lokyngton haskys for frayte vj s. viij d. - a ys not Јeyt payd. Syr, I haw bowte no felles Јeyt. I departe to Addyrbery te fyrste day of May and qwen I cwme agene I wyll wryte to you mor playnely. I pray yow seb my godfathers leter and lete hyme se yowrs. Howr father marwwellys that he haue no wrytyng frome you. I pray yow wryt byt for hoype in ws to a whor dyscwmfortys for heuer, ant therfor lete ws indewer ws to plese, as Jhesu geue ws grase to do, ho haue ws and howre good frendys [in] kepyng. Wryttyn at London the xxix day of Aprell. per yowr brother Rychard Cely. |Dorse: Syr, my Lord of Sente Jonys commende hym to you, and thankys yow for yowr tydy[ngys], and prays you of contynewans. He ys ryught glad of them, and he prays yow to remembyr hys sadyllys, styropys and spwrs, and clothe for hosyn. Aull tys a[t] thys Whytsuntyd he pray yow that hyt may be had. Wnto my ryught whelbelouyd br[o]ther George Cely merchande of the Estapell beyng at Calles so dd. |(Seal.) |67.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_at_London_to_George_Cely_at_Calai. |15_May_1480. |pp._75/76. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx= Ryught interly whellebelouyd and my syngeler good brother, I recomend me wnto yow in as louynge whyse as harte cone thynke, enformyng [you] at the makyng of thys howr father and mother, my godfather Maryon, and whe awll wher in good heyll, thankyd be the good Loord. Syr, hyt is so be grehyt labor that the whoman that howr brother Robard whos tangyllyd wyth, sche has made hyme a qwyetans, and sche has aull her awne good that was browhyt to howr brothers ageyn, and aull the good that howr brother leuyd wyth her, saue a gyrdyll of goulde wyth the bokyll and pendawnte sylluer and gylte, and a lyttyl golde ryng wyth a lyttyll dyamond, and a typete of damaske. Sche has awll hother thyngys that he leuyd wyth her, and wyll haue. Syr, howr father and mother wolde that Јe payd for hys bord at Calles and delyuer hym v s. [or mor] in hys pors, and Јe to take a byll of hys hande of as mwche mony as Јe lay houte for hyme; and whe wolde that he wolde come to Hawelay and be ther tyll the mater be better hessyd. Howr father thynkys he neddys not to be large of spendyng, remembyryng aulleth[y]ng. Syr, I pray you lette hyme not se thys letter ne tell hym note of tys Јend byt of the qwetans, and hy hyme to Hawelay in as gret haste as ye can. No mor to you at tys tyme. Jhesu kepe you. Wryttyn at London the xv day of Maye. Syr, I pray yow send my doblet by hym, or be the nexte frend that com. Hyt ys not for hyme to come in London Јeyte. per yowr brother, Rychard Cely. |Dorse: Wnto my ryught whelbelouyd brother George Cely, merchand of the Estapell at Callys, be thys dd. |68.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_at_London_to_George Cely |at_Calais_or_the_mart. |2_June_1480. |pp._80/81. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx= Ryught interly whelbelouyd and my syngeler good brother, I recomende me wnto you in as louyng whys as hartte con thynke. Plese hyt yow to wndyrstonde at the maky[ng] of thys howr father and mother, my godfather Maryon and whe aull [wher] at London in good heyll, thankyd be the good Loorde. Syr, I haue bene in Cottyssowlde and bohut for hus xxv=c= pellys, pryse le C of xv=c=: iij li., and of a M=l=: heuery C iij li. iij s. iiij d., and I haue payd and a mwste pay yyth[in] thys v days in parte of p[a]yment of thes fellys and for caryayge, xl li. and aboue, and I mwste pay to Wylliam Mydwynter at Bartyllmewys tyd xx li., and at Hallontyd xx li. for the forsayd fellys. Syr, I pray yow haue theys dayes in rememerans, my powr honeste lyes ther apon. And at my com_myngys howte of Cottyssowlde apone a schorte pwrpos howr father has schypyd xvij sarpellerys of hys wooll that whos packyd at Nor_lache syn Ester, and ther [ys] vj of theme myddyll, and that ys aull the myddyll woll of that soorte. I know hyt whell, ther come not better myddyll woll of howr father thys vij Јeyr; and at the next schyppyng howr father wyll schype the remenand of good whooll of thys sorte, and hawlle hys fellys, and so wyll I howrys. And I haue ressauyd ij lettyrs frome you, whon of howr brother Robarde, and therin whos of hys own hande contanyng iiij li. starlyng payabull the iiij day of [June]. I pray God send ws good payment, and another Edwhard Lenawllys, the qweche I do whell wndyrston[d]. I pwrpos be the gras of God to be at Lontelays whoddyng on Sonday next, and my godfather to. Syr, heyr ys yowr blake hors and youer gray at London: thay ar in good plyte. Ther ys no mane byd no mony for them, and thay stond you to grete coste dayly. As for horsse and hawkys, I pwrpos neuer to haue paste whon at onys. Syr, I wndyrstond be yowr wrytyng that Јe haue leuyd Thomas Grayngar to be your atornay at Calles whyll Јe go to the marte. I do send hym a letter, and therin the schypys namys and the whette of howr fathers, and nwmbyr that he schawlle ressaue hyt by, be the grasse of Jhesu, haue you in hys blessyd kepyng. Wrytyn at London the sekund day of June. Be your brother, Rychard Cely. |Dorse: Wnto my ryught whelbelouyd brother George Cely merchand of the Estapell at Calleys or at the marte be thys delyuerydd. |69.__Richard_Cely_the_younger_to_George_Cely_at_Calais. |30_June_1480. |pp._84/85. Anno Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx= Ryught enterly whelbelouyd brother, I recomende [me] wnto yow as louyngly as harte can thynke, enformyng you at the makyng of thys hour father, mother, and whe aull wher in good [hell], thankyd be God, and the xxvj day of thys monthe I resauyd ij lettyrs frome you, whon to houre father another to myselue, the qweche I do whell wndyrstone, and heyr I sende yow closyd in thys a byll of master Rychardys hand from the Mayar of the Estapell for the dyscharge of the xxiij s. iiij d. of the sarpler, for xvij sarpellerys xix li. xvj s. viij d. And I feyll be your letter at the woll schypyd at your departyng frome hens vhos not so good as I wholde hyt had bene. Howr father whos at the packyng therof hymselfe. I trwste to God thys wholl schaull plese you better; and as for myddyl wool, ye haue aull that belongys to that sorte. Syr, I haue resauyd not Јeyt byt xv of howr fellys, byt thay be good. I wndyrstonde be your wrytyng that Јe wyl come into Inglond schortely - I pray you kepe your porpos and whe schaull be myrry, be Godys grase. My loorde comendys hym to you and lokys dayly for the geyr that Јe promysyd to pwruay hym, and Gladman prayse yow to purway a saddyll for hyme, sumwhat lesse then my Loordys schall be. A lyes styll at Berwyke, and I thynke wyl do aull thys somar. Syr, I haue ressauyd at the day whell and trewly the iiij li. ster. of hour brother Robarde. And now the schype heyr, byt hour father powrpos not to schype tyll hyt be ny Myhellmas, and therfor whe wyl loke for yow dayly, and syr, I pray yow brynge wyth yow a the rekenyng that I am indettyd to you, and whe schaull se a way therin, be the grase of Jhesu kepe you and bryng you into Yngelond soyn and in safete. Wryttyn at London the laste day of Juyn. Syr, how father has ben dysesyd sor. I tryste hyt be byt an avys, byt I wolde fayne that Јe whor her tyll he be better mendyt. per you brother, Rychard Cely. |Dorse: Wnto my ryught whelbelouyd brother George Cely, merchand of the Estapell at Callyes be thys dd. |70.__William_Cely_to_George_Cely_at_London. |18._September_1487. |pp._234-236. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx=vij Ryght worschyppffull syrs and my reuerent mastyrs, afftyr all dew recomendacon precedynge I lowly recommend mee unto yowre masterschyppys. Fyrdyrmore, plese hytt yowre mastyrschyppys to understond that I haue receyued yowre lettyr datyd at London the ffyrst day of September, be the tenour therof I understond yowre mastyrschyppys hath take upp the exchaunge of John Raynold, mercer lx li. ster., payabull the xxv day of thys month, and of Deago Decastron, Spaynard, odyr lx li. ster., payabull the xxvj day of the same month, the whych schall be both content at the day. And as ffor mastyr Lowys More, Lomberd, ys payd and I hawe the byll. Hys atorney ys a wranglyng felow: he wold non odyr mony but Nemyng grotys, etc. Item, syr, I understond be yowre sayd letter that yowr mastyrschyppus hath receyued noo wryttyng from mee syns Addlynton was here, wherof I marvell, for I wrate ij letters to yow whyle I was at Brugys, specyfying of divers matters of Flaunders. The ton was sent from Calles be Jamus Jarfford, mercer; the toder be Peryman, packer of clyfte wullys. He ys logyd at the Crosse Keye. Syr, I hawe ben at Calles thys ix days, and abowte the latter end of thys weke I purpose to Brugyswardde agayne, and I leue Thomas Colton and Roberd Hubberd atorneys tyll I com, and I schall leve wyth Thomas Colton vj li. fl for yowre mastyrschypp yff ye com, and as for yowre black box, I leve hytt wyth Thomas Graunger. Syr, as for goyng ynto Flaundyrs, ys goode inowЈthe as yett, but all the jebardy ys yn comyng home, for and yf owre men of war take ther ffyscher, as I ffeyr they wyll, ther wyll be many Englyschemen stoppyd yn Flaunders; and allsoo the towne of Donkyrk ys nott content, and that wee schall well know yff soo be that they mete wyth any merchauntys of substaunce. And syr, as for a lettyr of atorney under the Stappell sell, I can hawe no wythowte I bryng a letter of atorney from yowrys mastyrschyppys owte of Ynglond, for yowre mastyrschyp hath ben at Calles diuersse tymes syns I was entryd yowre atorney, wherffor yowre presens hath deffetyd that entre; and a letter of atorney ys nedffull now at thys tym[e]. Item, syr receyued of John Saunders a letter wheryn enclossyd ij letters of payment, on of Benyngne Decason derectyd to Gabryell Desurle and Peter Sauly, Genovo[ise], conteynyng lx li. ster. Item, anoder letter of Jacob Van De Base derectyd to Anthony Corsy and Marcus Strossy, Spaynearddys, conteynyng xxix li. xix s. iiij d. ster., etd. Item, syr, yowre wull ys awarddyd be the sarpler that I cast owte last, etc. Item, syr, thys same day yowre mastyrschypp ys alectyd and poyntyd here b[e] the courtt oon of the xxviij the whych schall asyste the Mayer of t[he] Stappell now at thys parliament tyme, wheresomeuer hytt be holden, and to labore serten matters for the Place wherof ys ynstructons sent to the Mayer be wryttyng, etc. Item, syr, I send yow enclossyd yn thys letter a byll of the copy of John Delowppys boke of syche parcellys as he sayth he hath payd, to see yff yowre rekenyng and hys agree, etc. No more vnto yowre mastyrschypp at thys, but allmyghty Jhesu preserue yow. Wrytten at Calles the xviij jour de September. per yowre seruaunte, Wylliam Cely. To my ryght worschyppffull mastyr George Cely, merchaunte of the Stappell of Calles at London yn Martt Lane, soyt dd. |(Shield.) |71.__William_Cely_to Richard_and_George_Cely_at_London. |29_October_1487. |pp._236/37. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx=vij Ryght worschyppffull syrs and my reuerent mastyrs, afftyr all dew recommendacon precedyng I lowly recommend mee vnto yowr mastyrschyppys. Fyrdyr, plese hytt yowre mastyrschyppys to vnderstond that the worlde ys here nowe very caswell, for ther ys many wayns laden wyth Englyschemennys gooddys now arestyd at ostend and at oder dyuersse placys, and noo gooddys maye passe throw as yett noo ways; for Englyschemen hath taken many of ther fyschermen, whych causeth here a grett rombur. But wee vnderstond as many as hath sengler safcondutys, ther gooddys schall be delyuerd and lett passe throw; but as ffor the generall, they wyll nott obeye, ffor they anull hytt, sayinge that the Englysche schyppys fforffetyd hytt when they departyd owte of Selond, they beynge under arest. Wherffor the generall standyth yn non affecte, and soo many as be here havynge no sengler safcondute ar yn jeberdy. Wherffor syr, I pray yow [шat] I may hawe yn as goodely hast as may be yowr letter atorney under seall autetyc, that I maye be yn asewerte be te menys of yowre safcondute as yowre aturney, for safcondutys ar now put yn vre, etc. Item, [syr], as ffor yowr mony I hawe made over as yett but xxx li. ster. wyth John Etwell, mercer, at a xj s. and iij monthys. Thys rombur causyth that noo man dar charge here no more as yett. And as ffor heryng, I hawe ben at dam diuersse tymes; the rone ys at ix li xs and yett non to gett yn regard, but ther ys wrack inowgth, and viij li. the last. And soo ther ys a schypp at sclewce that goyth to to Calles callyd Rumbold Wylliamson, whereyn I hawe leyd [yow] iiij last heryng, iij wrach and on roone. The wrack cost viij li. and the rone ix li, the whych I trust to God schall come ffull well to Calles for Syr Jamus Tyrrell hath gooddys yn the same schyppe, etc. Item, syr, ther ys a grett rombur at Gaunt; the cheyff of the town be com and fled to Brugys: I ffere mee Gaunte wyll be Frensche schortly, etc. No more unto yowre masterschyppys at thys tyme, but allmyght Jhesu preserue yow. Wrytten at Brugys the xxix day of October. per yowr seruaunt, Wylliam Cely. |Dorse: To my ryght worshyppffull mastyrs Rechard and George Cely, merchauntys of the Stappell at Calles, at London yn Marte Lane, soyt dd. |(Shield.) |Written_sideways_along_the_page: Syr I haue receyued noo lettyr from yow syns your partyng hens, wherffor I beseche to wryte mee yowr [plesur in that] behalve, etc. |72.__William_Cely_to_Richard_and_George_Cely |at_London |19_November_1487. |pp._237/38. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx=vij Ryght worschyppffull syrs and my reuerent mastyrs, afftyr all dew recommendacon precedynge I louly recommend mee vnto yowr mastyrschyppis. Fyrddyrmore, plese hytt yowre mastyrschyppis to vnderstond that I am commvn to Calles yn saffte, thancked be allmyghty Godd, for I was never yn soo grett jebardy comyng owte of Flaunddyrs yn my lyeffe, ffor men a warre lyinge be the waye waytynge for Englyschemen; and allsoo I and my cumpany was arestyd ij days at Dunckyrke, but ffor Syr Jamus Tyrrellys sake wee were lett go. And soo, syr, the world goyth marvyllyusly yn Flaunddyrs now, for hytt ys open warre betwyxte Gaunte and the Kynge of Romayns, etc. Syr, as ffor makyng over of yowre mony, syns thys trubbull began I cowde nott make over a peny, savyng an xlviij li. ster., wherof I schall send yow the byllys at the nexte passage. But syr, John delowppis schewyd mee at my departyng that I schuld wryte unto yowr mastyrschyppis to vnderstond wheder there schall be any jebardy to brynge warys owte of the Est partyes ynto Ynglond now ffro hensforth or nott, as he sup_posyth that that acte of шe contrary schall be put yn susspence for dyuersse causys; wherffor, syr, he avysyth yow to bestowe yowre mony yn grosse warys now betymys at шis Barow martt; yn syche warys as yowre mastyrschyppis thynckyth wyll be best at London, wheder hytt be in madder, wax or ffustyans, but I trow madder be best. And soo be that ye wyll, Gomers De Sore schall bye hytt for your mastyrschyppis and schyppyd hytt yn Spaynysche schyppis yn his owne name, ffor John Delowppis and hee ar purposyd to bye myche madder to send ynto Ynglond. And yff soo be that [hit] ffallyth to pesse, ther wyll be goode doon uppon madder yf hytt be bowght betymes, and John Delowppis sayth, yff yowr mastyr_schyppis wyll he wull bestowe yowre mony as well as hys owne, and he sayth that that ys the best ways to make over yowre mony, for the exchaunge ys ryght nowgt, etc. No more vnto yowre mastyrschyppis at thys tyme, but allmyghty Jhesu preserue yow. Wrytten at Calles the xix day of November. per yowre seruaunte, Wylliam Cely. |Dorse: To my ryght worshyppffull mastyrs Rechard and George Cely, merchauntys of the Stappell off Calles, at London yn Marte Lane, soyt dd. |(Shield.) |73.__William_Cely_to Richard_and_George_Cely |at_London. |12_September_1487. |pp._232-234. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c= iiij=xx=vij Ryght worschyppfful syrs and my reuerent mastyrs, aftyr all dew recommendacon precedyng I lowly recommend mee unto yowre mastyrschyppys. Fyrdyr, plese hytt yowre mastyrschyppys to understond that I hawe receyued of John Delowppys uppon pay_ment of the byll the whych yee sent me be Adlyngton, but iij=c= li. fl, wherof I hawe payd to Guyott Strabant iiij=xx=iiij li. vj s. vj d. Fl. Item, I haue made yow ower be exchaunge wyth Benyngne Decasonn, Lomberd, and Ciiij=xx= nobullys sterlyng, payabull at usaunce. I delyuverd hit at a xj s. ij d. ob. Fl. le nobull: hit amountys C li. xvij s. vj d. Fl. Item I hawe made yowre ower be exchaunge yn lyke wyse wyth Jacob Van De Base iiij=xx=ix nobullys and vj s. ster. payabull at London at usaunce yn lyke wyse. I delyerd hit at a xj s. ij d. Fl. for euery nobull ster: hit amontys Fl. l li. Fl. And the rest of yowr iij=c= li. remayns styll by me, ffor I can make yow over no more at thys ceson, for here [is] no moo that wyll take any mony as yett. And mony goyth now vppon the Bursse at a xj s. iij d. ob. the nobull, and non odyr mony but Nenyng grotys, crownys, Andrew gylders and Reynysche gylders, and the ex_chaunge goyth euer the lenger warsse and wars. Item syr, I send yow enclossyd yn thys sayd letter the ij ffyrst letters of payment of the exchaunge above wrytten: Benyngne Decasons letter ys derectyd to Gabryell Desuyr and Petyr Sauly, Geneways, and Jacob Van De Base ys derectyd to Anthony Corsy and Marcus Strossy, Spaynard -- yn Lomberd Strete yee schall here of them, etc. Item, syr, John Lowppys long sore afftyr yowre comyng that he myght make a bergeyne wyth yow for yowre wullys. He de_syryth to hawe ij sarppllerys to prove hytt bye tyll yowre mastyr_schyppys come. He sayth yee schall be to ffar owte of the weye wythowte yee gree and bargeyne togeder. Syr, hytt ys well don that ye take yowre markett betyme for diuersse consederacons, etc; allsoo the margett wax very slacke here, ettc. Item, syr, plese hytt yowre mastyrschyppys to understond that I hawe sold yowre ffellys to Jacob Gyesbryghtson and John Doo of Dellfe: sum vij=c= fellys - the rest [be] reffewce -- prys le C, nobullys v s. ster., sum xxxix li. [j s. viij d.]; the whych to be payd be a byll of ther handdys yn thys Bam[mys mart]. Item, syr as tochyng the iij=c= li. Fl. receyued be me now of Joh[n Lowpys], I hawe wrytten hytt vppon the byll and hath the byll bye mee sty[ll]; howbe [hitt] John sayth be hys boke thys byll ys payd owte and mor to, ffor he saythe ther was payd yow yn Ynglond be Allvard vppon the same byll the vj day of Apryll, Clvj li. xvij s. vj d. Fl., besyde the l li. sterlyng take upp off Alverd at x s. ix d.; but [he sayth] at yowre comyng yee and he schall clere that rekenyng. And syr, I promysyd hym to a delyuerd hym ij sarppllerys of [your] wull tyll yowr comyng, and he schuld make mee a byll payabull at yowre plessyrs for the same at the pryce of that Place. But syr, I cannott hawe yowre wull yett awarddyd, for I hawe doo cast owte a sarpler the [whych] ys poyntyd be the Lefftenaunte to be casten owte to wardd the sortte bye, as the ordenaunce ys now made that the Lefftenaunte schall poynt the warddyng sarppllerys of euery mans wull; the whych sarpler that I hawe caste owte ys No xxiiij, and theryn ys ffound be Wylliam Smyth, paker, a lx myddyll fflessys, and hytt ys a very gruff wull, and soo I hawe causyd Wylliam Smyth preuely to cast owte anoder sarpler. No. viiij, and packyd upp the wull of the fyrst sarpler yn the sarpler of No. viij, for thys last sarpler ys ffayr wull inowЈth. And therffor Ie muste vnder_stond how many be of that sortte and the nombyr of them, for they muste be pakkyd agayne. Hytt ys a very redd leyr and grett flesys, etc. Item, syr, yff yowre mastyrschyppys hawe payd yowre marke of the sarpler, I pray yow sendb mee the waraunt from the solyster, that hytt myght be deductyd uppon yowre costom and subsede [here], etc. No more unto yowre mastyrschyppys at thys tyme, but allmyghty Jhesu preserue and kepe yow and all yowrys long yn goode helth and prossperyte, for allmyghty God vesettythe sore here yn Calles and the marchys wyth thys grett plage off syckness that raynyth, I beseche of hys mercy to serce hytt. Wrytten at Calles the xij jour de September. be yowre seruaunte, Wylliam Cely. Syr, the brynger of thys letter ys John Saunders. |Dorse: To my ryght worschyppffull mastyrs Rechard and George Cely, merchauntys of the Stappell of Calles, at London yn Mart Lane, soytt dd. |(Shield.) |74.__William_Cely_to_Richard_and_George_Cely |at_London. |13_August_1482. |pp._167/68. Jhesu M=l=iiij=c=iiij=xx=ij Ryght worshyppffull masters, after dew recommendaschon I louly recommend me vnto yowre masterschyppys. Furdermore, plese hit yowre masterschyppys to understond that thys day I receyed an letter ffrom yowre masterschyppys whereyn ys wrytten the nombyr and poyse off yowre wull and the tale off yowre ffelys whych ye hawe schyppyd at London yn thys fflete, and the namys off euery schypp, etc. Item syrs, I understond be the sayd letter that yowre masterschyppys woll hawe yowre wull howssyd yn yowre wulhowsse be the Est Wache Howsse, and yowre ffelys yn yowre howsse be Sent Nycolas Chyrche, whych at the ryvyng alond shall be howssyd aCordyng, etc. Furdermore, plese hytt yowre masterschyppys to understond that master Lefftenaunt and dyuersse off the Felleschypp hathe hadd commenyng wyth my Lordd Chamberleyn and the Kyngys Conssell ffor the payment off thys hallffe Јerys wagys, and I vnderstond they wull be payd at xxvj s. viiij d. ffor the pownd, and they wull hawe noo noder money than Nemyng grotys at iiij d. ob le styc. Syr, I vnderstond the goode that comys nowe ffrom London and Ypyswyche most paye partt off the same payment. Syr, hytt woll be a schrode losse to receyue the Nemyng grotys at v d. and paye hytt yn [to шe Place] at iiij d. ob, etc. Item, syr, plese hytt yow to understond that I am ott payd ffor non off yowre warauntys of xv s. off the pownd, nott yett, but hytt ys commaundyd be courtt that euery man that hath any warantys off xv s. off the pownde moste be browght ynto the cowrt the nexte courte day, and there the court to ffynde syche menes that all the warauntys schall be payd owte, etc. Syr, as ffor 8tydyngys, we hawe non here ffor very sarten, but that the Frensche_men lyeth styll yn garysons apon the borders, and gadryth and encresyth dayly, as hytt ys sayd; and as ffor the Dewke off Bor_gayne, hytt was sayd he was a thys syde Ypur wyth a grett ost off men, and schuld a be at Sent Tomers or thys tyme, but we here nott off hym yett - som men sey he ys gon backe agayne, etc. No more vnto yowre masterschyppys at thys tyme, but Jhesu kepe yow. 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