[Sidenote: 1461 / JULY 15]
I recomand me to yow. Please yow to wete that I have sent to my cosyn
Barney, acordyng to your desyr in the letter that ye deed wright on
Relec Sonday to me, wheropon he hathe wreten a letter to yow and anothyr
bylle to me, the wyche I send yow. He tolde the masanger that I sent to
hym that the Undershereve nedyth not to fer hym nor non of hys; for he
seyd, after the aleccion was doo, he spak with hym at the Grey Fryers,
and prayyd hym of hys good masterchep, and seyd to hym that he feryd no
man of bodely harme, but only Twyer and hys felachep.
Item, Sir John Tatersalle and the baly of Walsynsham and the constabyll
hathe take the parson of Snoryng and iiij. of hys men, and sete hem fast
in the stokkys on Monday at nyght; and, as it is seyd, they shuld be
carryyd up to the Kyng in hast. God defend yt but they be shastysyd as
the lawe wolle. Twyer and hys felachep beryth a gret wyght of Thomas
Denys dethe in this contry abowght Walsynham; and it is seyd ther yf
John Osberne hade owght hym as good wylle, as he deed befor that he was
acqueyntyd with Twyer, he shuld not adyyd [_have died_] for he myght
rewlyd al Walsynham as he had lyst, as it ys seyd.
Item, Will Lynys, that was with Master Fastolf, and swyche other as he
is with hym, goo fast abowght in the contr, and ber men a hand,[291.1]
prests and others, they be Skotts, and take brybys of hem and let hem
goo ageyn. He toke the last wek the parson of Freton, and but for my
cosyn Jarnyngham the younger,[291.2] ther wold a led hem forthe with
hem; and he told hem pleynly yf they mad any suche doyngs ther, but
[_i.e._ unless] they had the letter to schewe for hem, they shuld aley
on her bodyys. It wer welle do that they wer met with be tymys. It is
told me that the seyd Will reportyth of yow as shamfully as he can in
dyvers place. Jesu have yow in Hys kepyng. Wreten in hast, the Wednysday
after Relec Sonday.
Yf the Undershereve come home, I woll a say to do for hym as ye desyryd
me in your letter. As for mony, I have sent abowght, and I can get non
but xiij_s._ iiij_d._ syn ye went owght. I wolle do my parte to get mor
as hastely as ye may.
By yowr,