_To my ryght trusty freende, Sir Thomas Howys, Parson of Castellcombe,
beyng at Castre, and William Barker, in haste, at Castre Yn, by
Jermuth._
[Sidenote: 1450 / OCT. 15]
Ryght trusty and welbelovyd freende, I grete you well. And as for Hygham
place to be sold, as ye avysen me to bye it at the some of C. mark or
wythynne, and reserve yn the said payment myne oune dewtee, and pay the
remenant in wolle to the said Hygham credytes as your lettre makyth
mencion; I hafe undrestand that William Jenney shall be her thys wek,
and I shall veele hym how neere it may be sold; for yff the wydow wolle
sylle it after xiiij. yeer or xv. yeere that it may be leten, sendyth me
utterly word, for I wolle not melle of it ellys thus avysed. And sende
ye me word how mech more yn value yn a stoon shall I syle my wolle, and
how [much?] anothyr chapman wole gefe me for the place when I hafe
bought it; but after xiiij. yeer I wold by the place.
Wretyn at London, the xv. day of October anno xxix. regni Regis Henrici
VI.