Thomas Bawdewin
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to yor desire therein haue sent you the Counterpaine
of Whitakers lease the note vnder Mr Andersons hand
and the Copie of William Beckwithes Conveyaunce
I sent yor lettre to my brother Io: Manners who hath
written agein, you shall receiue his lettre herewth/
Blytheman is agreed wth all and therefore the
proces sent downe is Lost ffor tharrerages you
write of greyhoundes. I would haue you looke to yt
and to deale wth my L. Treasorer and so to take
order for yt./ ffor the Conveyaunce for Wildemore
I will send to Richard Cooke but I thinke yt
will be the next terme before you can do any thing
in yt more than is doone// Yf yt shall be thought
good by my Counsell that there shall be any Comissions
of Chosen for Woolland (allthoughe Mr Manners dislyketh
thereof,) for Nottinghamshire I thinke I thinke
that ffrauncis Woortley and ffrauncis Leake of of
Darbyshire, Thomas Knyston of Mirraston &
Richard Cooke, ^S.r^ Anthony Gell ^Mr Ralphe Secheverell of Morley^ of Darbyshire,
ffor Nottingham shire/ Brian Lasselles esqr
Mr Dabbescourt, Iustices of peace; Mr Mason
Of theis, exepte they dislyke of darbishire men to
be Commissioners I thinke that Mr Gell and Mr
Secheverell of Morley are the fittest, but yf
they be disliked or exeptions taken agenist them
then you may make choise of two ^or three^ of the other
whome you thinke good. And for my offer of
a thousand markes to my La Mountegle I neuer
made any such offer neyther meane I to do, but
Let hir take hir thirdes as they shall fall ~
ffor Mr Winters matter looke as well to yt as you can
I haue allready written (as you know) to my L. Chancellor
as spedie as you can out of ffraunce, because
you haue begonne in sondry theis Causes I would
haue you to end them (wch will lye a
slepe till you Come ^agein^ Commend me to my boies
& will them to applie their studies & they shall
want nothinge God blesse them./ Sheffeld
this viijth of ffebruary 1581
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yor departure Remembar my sute
yett consyderenge hur mate
is gone I can nott see how you
can do it/ / / / you must of the money
that you take ordar by my derecsyon to lett
the boyes have Ich of them xli as gyven them
by my wyfes Requeste/ §/