To my loveng wyff att
chatesworth yeve thys
wyth spede./
my honest swete chatesworth I lyke the wekelye pryce off my
hyred cowrte stvff so evyll thatt apon thvrsdaye nextt I wyll
send ytt home agayne att whyche daye the weke endyth
I praye yow cawse soche stvff as mowsall left packt in a schete
to be browght hythar by the nextt caryar there be hand
towels and other thyngs therein thatt I mvst occvpye when
I schall lye att whyte hawll my men hath neyther schvrtt
nor eynye other thyng to schyft them vntyll thatt cvm./
trust noen off yowre men to ryde eynye yowre howsyd horsys bvtt
onelye Ihames cromp or Wyllyam marchyngton bvtt neyther
off them wythowte good cawse serve spedelye to be doen
for nags ther be enow abowte the howse to serve other
pvrposys./ one handfvll off otes to everye one off the geldyngs
att a wateryng wylbe svffysyent so they be not laboryd
yow mvst cawse svm to overse the horskepar for thatt
he ys verye well learnyd in loyteryng./ the qvene hath
fownde greatt fawt wyth my long absens sayeng sche
wolde talck wyth me farder and thatt
sche wolde well chyde me therevnto I anseryd
thatt when her hyghnes vnderstode the trawth and the
cawse sche wolde nott be offendyd wherevnto sche sayed
verye well [syr] very well howbeytt hand off hers dyd
I nott kysse./ the lorde kepar hath promysed me fayth
fvllye to be att boeth dayes heryng and that yff eyther
lawe or consyens be on my syde I schall have ytt to my
contentasyon./ Vawghan ys cvm vnto towne bvtt not yett
bagott./ stevyns and we schall go thoro on frydaye nextt
at whyche tyme hys brothar wylbe here who hath dysbvrsed
sevyn hvnderyed off the xij. hvnderyed pownds./ I
have had extreme payne in my teeth sythens sondaye
dynar./ thvs wyth akeng teeth I end prayng the lyveng
to preserve the and all thyen wrytan att london ageynst
my wyll where I my yff other wayes owre mattars
myght well be endyd thys xxiiijth off
october./
yowr loveng hvsband wyth akeng hartt vntyll
we mete
Wyllyam Seyntlo/
yff yow thynck good lease
yowre fysschyng in dove vnto
agard we ar the losers by
svfferyng hytt as we have doen./
