[Sidenote: 1450 / DEC. 27]
Begs them to have heed to his matters to be sped on Tuesday after the
Twelfth, especially ‘to labor the jury that was supposed to ’a past in
the office found for Tychewell,[201.3] that they may appear at Lynne,
and there make a certificate before my Lord of Oxford, and the Justice
William Yelverton, that they were never privy nor consenting to such an
office-finding.’ On this an action may be founded against Dallyng, ‘the
false harlot.’ Would like Berney rewarded for his labor, if it were
secretly done, and Dynne also. ‘Ye wete what I mean. I pray you see well
forth, for _Mitte sapientem_, &c.’
London, in haste, St. John’s day in Christmas;[201.4] ‘for he cam to
Castre, and there seye myn evydence, and than made the office therby,
and for Suffolk also, the fals offices found there in likewise, &c.’ You
must sue him to the utmost.
[The date of this letter is determined by the reference made in it
to the Sessions held at Lynn, in the January following, before the
Earl of Oxford and Justice Yelverton. --_See_ No. 167. At the foot of
the original MS. is this inscription:-- ‘Donum Rev. Fra. Blomefield,
10 Dec. 1735.’]
[Footnote 201.2: [From MS. Phillipps, 9735, No. 237.]]
[Footnote 201.3: _See_ No. 153; also _PS._ to No. 162.]
[Footnote 201.4: This, which is written after the date, would
appear to apply to Dallyng.]
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