To the right honorable my
very good Lorde, Lorde
Tresurar of England
my very good Lord, yt pleased her magestye at my Laste attending
of her highnes, of her gracyus goodnes to assure me that your Lor[dship]
and master Secretary should in shorte tyme heare and make a fynall
end betwene my Lord me and my chyldryn, of such wronges as
ys done to vs; my Lord then promyssed to send vp his sonne harry Talbott
to attende one your Lordship and master Secretar for the fenishing of thes
Lamentable Longe delayed causes, yet ys the mattar styll put of
and yt ys now iij yeares and more that I and myne haue indured
thes extreme wronge, I beceache your Lordship to be ameane to her magesty
that we be no Longar delayed and that by your Lordship's paynes and
trauell therin we may growe to some ende, else are we not
able to indure yt any further, but to our vttar vndoing, her
magestye knowes I haue comytted no faulte, my desire was
to doe the beste saruice that dyd Lye in me, without respecte of any
perryll myght happen to me or myne my assured hope ys
that her magesty wyll deleuar me and not suffar Longar delays,
and that I may Leue with my husband as I oughte, my Lord
makes asporte at this broken reconsylment seing he ys suffared
to vse me as he Lyste since his coming downe hath he not
ben paste thryse with me, stayed not aboue a day at a tyme;
nevar would suffar me to come to him to any other of his
houses, tho I earnestly sued for yt, and that he promyssed
her magesty to sende often for me./ her magestys good
pleasur was and comandymente that I should adresse my selfe
to your Lordship from tyme to tyme, for any thinge wherin I
found my selfe wronged, which makes me presume to troble
your Lordship the more, knowing that your Lordship wylbe moste ready to
see althinges parformed that her magestys pleasur ys to haue
done./ and thus beseeching the almighty to send your Lordship
amoste happye Longe Lyffe I humble take my Leaue./
at wengfeld this vjth Octobar
your Lodyship's pore frende greatly
oppressed
EShrouesbury
