County: Lincolnshire
Code: L0287
Reference: London, BL Add. 34888
Function: Complaint




Rıgh honorabuỻ an my rıgh wurshıpfuỻ Lor J recōaun me Vnto yo gode lordshıp wıtħ aỻ my uıce eumore deeng
tohere o yo ꝓsꝑıte and welfare the whıcħ J pᷓy god encres / an cōtynue to hıs plesur and aft yo ovne hertꝭ desıre ·
thankyng you o the gode lordshıp þt ye haue shewıd me at aỻ tymes besechıng you · alway o gode cōtynuance plesıd
yo gode lordshıp to be remembre · how afore thıs tyme hugħ Wytho hatħ saıd he wold be ı rest  peese wt me
 not to malıgne agay me · oþ wıse þa lawe and rıght wol / / that notwıthstandyng vpo Munday last past he
and ııȷ men · wt hı̄ come ınto a uᷓnt hous o my ı bosto cal Wıllı Shırre and þ as he sete at hıs werke ·
stroke hım · vpon the hede  ı the body wıtħ a dagg  wondet hím · sore ·  Pulle hım out o hıs hous  set hím
ı pso wtout any cause resonabuỻ or wtout wrıt or any oþ ꝓcesse shewı vnto hím  þt me semes longꝭ not for hı̄
to do bot as he saıs he ıs endıte ·  as yo gode lordshıp knawes wele J and aỻ my uᷓntes are ı lıke wıse bot  any
man shul haue done hít ıt longꝭ other to the shırref or to yo balıf as J conceyve · and oþ cause he had non ·
to hím as fer as J kan knawe · bot alonly for the malıssıousnes / þt he hatħ Vnto me · ne J kan thınk non oþ bot
ıt ıs so and now · yıstre nygħt · my lord Welles come to bosto wt ıııȷxx horses  ‸ ı þe mornyng foloyn toke hym out
o pso sayn afore aỻ peple · fals thefe þu shaỻ be hanget  as mony o thy maıstre men as may be goten
as yo uᷓnt Joh Abbot kan report vnto yo gode lordshíp̄  hatħ taken hım away wıtħ hím to Tatessaỻ
what to do wt hím J kan not say bot as J suppose to haue hím to lıncol Casteỻ Wherfore J besecħ yo gode
lordshıp ı þıs mat to be my gode lor and at ıt please yo gode lordshıp to wrıte alett to the Keꝑe o the Casteỻ
o lıncol þt ıt lıked hím to delıu hím ou o pso Vndre a suffıcıent Seurety~ had for · hím for and tha may~
kepe hım · stıỻ be þıs meyne þa may take aỻ the uᷓntꝭ þt J haue ·  so J may do agay ı lıke wıse · An also ·
as J am enfome wtout he be had out o pson ı hast ıt wıỻ be rıgħt grevewıs to hı̄ to heıle o hıs hurt
he ıs so sore streke an ı þ be any uıce þt þo gode lordshíp̄ wıỻ cōaun me to do · ı any cuntre · plesıd you
to send me wor and ıt shal be done to my power wt the gᷓce o go whıcħ haue you my rıgh honorabuỻ and
wurshıpfuỻ lord alway ı hıs blessıd Kopyng Wrıte at Kyme · Vpo wednesday next aft ou lad day the
Assumpcıo /   Also plesıe yo gode lordshıp to wıt aft þıs lett was made þ come a man fro Tatessaỻ ınto ·
my fenne whıcħ ogħ me gode wıỻ · and be cause he wold not be holden enspeıt he speke wt wemen whıcħ
were mylkan Kye · and ba þeme goo to a preest o my to Dokdıke · an bıd hím fast goo gı me warnyng
how þt my lord Wılugħby my lord Cromweỻ and my lord welles Pposıd þeme to set a sessıons and hang
þe saıd Wıllı shırref ·  þa mygh bryng þ entent abowte ·  so · as J  yo uᷓnt Joh Abbot stode to ged
þe prest come  ga me warnyng hero Whıcħ J trıst for my worshıp yo gode lordshıp wold not shuld
happen for ıt were to me the grettest shame · þt mygħt falle · bot  ıt plese yo gode lordshıp to wrıte to
aỻ yo uᷓntꝭ ı þıs sh cunt · þat þa wıỻ be redy Vpon a day warnyng to come when J send þeme ·
wor J trıst to god þa shal not hang hím agay the lawe · bot J wt help o yo gode lorshıp shaỻ
be abuỻ to let hıt
[signed: By yo uᷓnt
Wıllı Taılboys]