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To my synguler good
ladye & mestres the ladye
Seyntloo delyuer these//
X.d.428
(19)
19
I haue Receuyd the instructcyon & the bokes for master wyllyam
candysche with the other bokes./ brocke as I do here ys lothe to
departe owt of the howse at shotell there wylbe sute made
for hym there to Remayne as I take it: he hathe had warning
to avoyde nowe before our ladye daye/ dyckynes shalbe with your ladyship
at london god wyllng on Sondaye the xth daye of marche next
with as moche moneye as I can gete ether he shall com with the
caryer of derbye or with the caryer of tutburye I ame in dowte
yow shall not haue your moneye of the master sturle nowe to
serue your turne for your payment Iohn Sotton hathe spoken with
bothe with Iohn sturle & with sir antony sturle there ansewers you
shall haue by Iohn Suton/ you dyd wryte that yow wolde
not haue the inde of the grete galery next the grete chaumer
selyd but a portall ther to be made he Iamys Ioyner is in hande
with the portall he had onse framyd the seleng worke someparte
therof his altoryd for the portall not moche I do not vnderstande
your meneng for the cornysche I am sure yow wyll haue
the cornysche to be as the Rest is & of lyke heyght let me
knowe your plesure farther therin in the meane seson he shall goo
forewarde with the portall yow most haue a portall at the//
coming in to the galery as nycolas tellyth me/ let me knowe
wethur he shall do the seleng fyrst or the portall/ I shall
asserten yow by dyckynes of the close yow sholde purchase of
wattewodde yow most take hede howe yow dele with hym for
he is acraftye yomon as I am tolde/ but for this close I
shall larne that I can/ yf it be all Redye fownede by
presentment of xij mene to be consylyd lande then the matter
is sure I were/ the beter for yow to dele with/
I do nat here nothing from harry cokes wyffe I do thyngke she
shall Remayne quyet where she is tyll your ladyship's commyng hom
I dyd sent hyr worde to com & tell me yf she were molestyd
but she is not that I do herof/ master I haue not harde from
hyr this monyth & more I haue sent hyr worde that I wolde
come & speke with the man that dothe haue the howse yf
nede Requyryd/ So that harry coke shall haue no nede to
trobull hym selffe for that/ your ladyship's mother mistress leneger with all
the chyldre be in helyth & merye thanckes be geven to god
who preserve your ladyship in helythe ffrom chatteseworth the xxvjte of
ffebrarye by your obedyent seruant
Iamys Crompe//
Initial release version, September 2013