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To the Ryght woorshipfull
hyr louynge cosyn henry
babyngton esquyer
To Alysander Whyte
this be delivered with
25 March 1565
gentle cossyn babyngton after my very hartye comendacions you shall
vnderstand that hauinge well & thoroughly consydred of the matter
for which you requered a metinge to be this weke I fynde so many thinges
towchinge the same to be consydred thatt withowt furder knolege
therof had & a longer tyme to be aduysed therin yt shold be in
vayne to troble the gentlemen ether to trauell or talke therof
therfore I desyre you furste sende me perfyght notes of thold
valwe of your landes, howe myche therof ys assygned for
Ioynture or otherweys, which shall desende to your sone Imedyatly
after you, which you will departe with presently to your sone
which fynes & recognysanses haue byne knowleged by your father
& your selfe so as I may vnderstond truly your estate
& which shalbe your demaunde & gyue me tyme tansure
you vntyll aester next & then vppon good occasion I shall
very gladly persade into furder talke as I well hope to a
good ende otherweys beinge destytute of councell for so weighti
a matter I dare not talke furdur: thus I haue thought
good to require of you before you for that cause trauell
more therin or troble the gentlemen therwith & so wyshe you
health this xxvth of marche 1565.
Your lovynge cosyn
Elezabeth Seyntloo
whyte whear you may vnderstande by thys letter that
my lady sentlow wold haue the vallues off the landes
and other order knowne befor the metyng off the
gentyllmen/ which ys a thyng most nessessary I wold
haue you to moue syr gervesse clyffton
and syr Ihon sowche nere efter apon a further
warnynge for so moch as ye may preseme my lady
wold haue a tyme off survey with aduyse/ and as towchynge
all hyr request I shall answer her reasonable In any wyse
cawse with theme I may haue theme
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