Cely Papers - Richard III Society - New Zealand Branch

THE CELY PAPERS.
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75
Jhesu
No year or month is mentioned in this letter, but the promise of the buyer of
wool to fetch it away within the fourteen days after Candlemas fixes it as written
on January 30. The reference to the death of old Richard Cely as recent news,
fixes the year as 1482.
Ryghte worshipfull master I recomancle me unto yow lattyng
yow wyt that I have reseyvyd ij letters that cam frorae yow be the
whiche wryttyng I onderstoiid my mayster yowr fader is descesyd
on whose sowle God have mercy lattyng yow wyt that your woll &
fell ar in good sawte we lak no thyng but onely pelt & fer we can
have none her onder xx11 d. a dosen if it please yow v to send me
M1 wl next schippyng that cornys betwene I wolde pray yow Also
your broder Dalton hathe promysyd me Mc pelt that he hathe
boghte in Flawnders thay be not suffisient Also I lat yow wyt that
Bottrell hathe brok up a wyndew of the west syde off your wol-
liowse & ther he hathe caste in horsse donge upon your sellers I
dyd mak a man w* a donge fork in his honde to caste the donge
asyde Bottrell cam in & tuk the forke fro hym & bete hym wele
intliryftyle I seynge hes uncurtess delynge I prayd John
Kkynton Robert Turney John Ellyrbek & Wylliam Ilyll w* moo to
breke faste in your chamber for this entent to see the liurtes &
harms he dyd yow uppon your goodesthat tliay myghte beyr record
one other day what so ever ye wold sey thorto Doyng yow to wyt
that ther be no hohmderes come unto ther day that ther byll was
nmvd & than ther cam one cartt. Also I latt yow wyt tliaf your
broder Dalton hathe sohle xj sarpleres of woll to a mann oil'
s & he hathe mayd promyse to be here wfc in xiiij