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To the Ryght honorabell
my very good lord
my Lord burghly Lord
tresurar of
englande
22: June
The Erle of Shrowsbury
to my L.ord
The tenantes of Ashford.
X
967
My very good Lord as I Am lothe to trobell your Lordship
with Any brablyng mattares. so wold you take it
vnfrendly if whan Any thynge of Importans hap
me I forbere to crave at your handes those frendly
you Arre wyllenge to doo./ there is sarten lewde &
persuns coppy holdares in Amanare of my wyfes called
Asford within this counte of Darbe that beinge bo
boldened with the favore my tenantes ha of gloss
hadde lately At the courte & there Retorne withoutte
ponesmente. dare & doo presumme to perswade th
members to Ioyne with them in complentes & exclamacy
to hur ma.jeste Rathare sekenge hur majeste vnquyete
thereby than Apon Any Iust cause At All
& where sum of them of late made petecion
to me for Redresse of there supposed grefe & I
apoynted this daye to here there grefes wyche I dyd
with promes that my celfe wold this weke see
the plase where they suppose wronge to be. &
gyve ordare if cause were for Reformasyon to there
Resonabell contentemente. & yett nottwithstandenge
sum offe them as I Am Informed cett towardes the courte
with commplents to her ma.jestie wherefore good my to A
the lyke presumsyons & Inconveyences maye
grow thereby. Lett me have your nobell frendly
favore towardes the ponesment of those bade
persvns of Asford woh now complene Agenst my
wyfe & with no Reson can be satesfyed & helden At
home & yett doo nott I seke to hyde or kepe from
your knolege any wronge or extremyte can they can Immagen
my wyfe hath done to them/ but wold nott have her majeste
trobled with any complents./
out of thes partes where All is quyett but these
few lewde persuns. if therefor your Lordship with sum my Lords
& othare of the counsell wyll take the penes to
the cause of there complentes & what can be sayd one my
wyfes behalf thervnto or if they be nott therwith conten
to compell them to seke there Remede in sum hur majestes court
where they beste lyke & yett nott to escape without
ponesmente due for there prosumsyon. this is my
Requeste to your Lordship & to my LLords of othares of the councell one
my wyfes behalfe/ that it may be sum tarrore
to the lyke offendares & so Refarrenge vs holy to your
Lordship's frendly consyderacyon I take my leve of your good
Lordship with my wifes most harty commendasions
Chatsworth xxij of Iune 1579
Your Lordship's evare Assured
G Shrewsbury
Good my lorde yt shall falle out yn proffe that
thoyes at asshorde whych conplene haue nether
wronge att all nor are preuyudysed by me any
wayes I desyre nothynge more then the
truthe may apeare to your .L.ordship and the
reste of the lordes of har magystyes
consell my only feare ys leste har
magystye shulde be trobeled with ther
complentes wherof as of all the reste
that apertenes to me your .L.ordship wyll hau
as frendly care as I cane wysshe and
therfor leuynge my sone forder to ynforme
your .L.ordship therof I take my leaue of your good
.L.ordship with my moste harty comendacyon to my
good lady burley and my lady of oxforde
your .L.ordship's moste assuryed louynge
frends EShrouesbury
967x
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