<County: Durham>
<Code: L0147b>
<MS reference: Durham, Prior's Kitchen, Dean and Chapter Muniments, Small Prior's Register I, fols 122v, 127v>
<Text: Letters>
<fol. 122v>Wirshippfull Sir J comend me to 3owe thankand yow of yowr
gret kyndnes tendirnesse & gret labour shewid to me & my brether
and owr cell of Coldyngham Prayand 3ow of your gode conti
nuance Doyng 3ow to vndrestand yt J haue resauyd your
letter and consauyd yowr credence be my brother Th ward in
ye whilke yhe desire ye office of ye bailyere of Coldingham
for terme of lyffe . lykytt yow to remembre how yt J wrat
to yˆ[o]w howe my lord of Durham yt last died whoos saule
gode assoile in A visitacon~ made an ordinance yat noon~
office suld be graunt be vs for terme of lyfe ne for no
lange yhere3 to-gedir And þar-for at our annuell cha
petre be-for whyttsonday at ye whilk will be ye Prior
of Coldyngham as J suppose & other Priours yt lange3 till
vs J sall common wt yam and other of my brether~ and
son eftre send . yowe ane answere wt ye grace of god
Prayng 3ow of goode continuance to yat tyme & c~ And
god almyghty haff yow in hys kepyng wrytyn at Durham
ye xxvij day of March <lat><11 lines></lat>
<fol. 127v><line 8> Wirshipfull Sir J . commend me to yowe thankyng yowe of all
tendirnesse and labour~ of lang+tyme shewid to my brether and our~
Cell of Coldyngham prayand yowe of yowr goode continuance
and as touchand þe office of ye Bailyeri of Coldyngham whilke
þhe desire to haffe for lang terme3. likhitt yowe to vndirstand
þat J haff commond wyth þe Prior of Coldyngham and my brether
and J . and yai ar agreede to graunt þowe þe said office for silke
terme3 as whe traiste fully yhe sall hald þowe wele plesid
so þt yhe do execucoun of þowr office profitabily as other bailie3
doos in þe countre yt is to say in settyng of ye landys of þe said
place to þe maste a-vayle . and noght oure chargyng ye forsaid place
as þe brynger of þis lettre sall declare to þowe And gode almygh
ty haff þowe in his kepyng wrytyn~ at Durham þe x . day of August . <lat><8 lines></lat>