County: Essex
Code: D3013
Reference: Ipswich, Suffolk Record Office: C/6/7/5
Function: Affidavit




To alle trewe crysten Peple the tenure of [...] or seyn Thomas Braunche Clerk Thomas Blan Gentylma
Joh Austy Rober Skape Joh Multon [...] Joh Beylham Thomas Songer Joħn Burgeynffuller Rober Bavly
wıllyam Semer and Joħn Lavendeer o the [...] Magdeley o the towne o Colchest ın the Counte of Essex~ sende gretyn
ı oure lor god euerlastyng [...] as [...] byfore god ther as nede ys to bere wıttenesse vn to trouthe we certıfye vn
to the knowleche [...] that wher as Anastase wyfe vn to oure feıtħfuỻ and welbelouy Neıgħbore Thomas Edwar
o the paryssħ o [...] beforseı spake vn to Syr wıllyam Peryma Preest o grette confıdens and very trust ı the yere o oure
souerey lor the kyn that nowe ys xxvıȷtıtħ · to gete hyr a xx seme malte goo and suffısaunt and o the best that mygħt be hadde ı the Counte o Suf
whervppo the seı sır wıllyam spake vnto oo Rober Brakstret o wykhameskeye ı the seı Counte o Suf husbondma for a xx seme malte to be delyuered vnto
the seı Anastase as Colchest beforseı And the seı sır wıllyam ꝓfre hym sel vn to the seı Rober to be suerte for the payement therof y that yt Were goo an
suffısaunt and wıtħ that yt were delyuere ı the forme beforseı by a certey Daye thero assessy and lymyte Whervppo the seı Rober caryed vn to Colchest
ıȷ seme malte goo and suffısaunt for a saumple seıyn and affermyn wıtħ feıtħfuỻ ensurance vn to the seı Thomas Edwar Anastase and other o oure rıgħt
feıtħfuỻ and credıble neıgħbores that the remenᷓnt o the malte shulde be as goo as the saumple whero Joh Bawdewy and Jsabeỻ hys wyfe hadde a seme
and the seı anastase the tother seme whıcħ prevy rıgh wel · And after that the seı Rober brougħt vn to Colchest vıȷ seme malte neıther goo [...]
ne no thyn lyke to the saumple whıcħ wol neuer preve to the purpose ı no maner wyse For the seı Anastase assaye a seme or twey ther o ı the [...]
wyse that she cowde ı ertħ to have entry yt to hır customers wherthorowe she hadde nye lost aỻ hırcustomers by whıcħ the seıd Thomas and Anastase [...]
harmes and skathes and be endamage to the value o xl  Jn so moche that whanne the seı Rober come next vn to Colchest to haue be payed for hır [...]
seyde pleynly vn to hym that they wol no more haue ‸ ado ther wıtħ ın no maner wyse wherfore the seı Rober spake to wıllyam Caley Fuller and preyed [...]
Chapma for the remenᷓnt o hıs malte and he wolde paye hym rıgħt wel for hıs labour And so the seı Rober by thelpe o the seı wıllyam solde vn to oon̄ Poule [...]
the Newheetħ o Colchest A ıııȷ seme o the same malte whero he yafe hym A quarter daye o payement And ı the mene tyme the seı poule dye And after that the seı Rober
come to Colchest and spake wıtħ the wyfe and executo᷑s o the seı Poule And they seyde pleynly vn to hym that yt was the most vntrewe goo that euer they adowıtħ so that they wol
paye peny therfore ı no maner wyse for yt was neıther wortħ ware ne money · ı so moche that he Wol neuer speke to hem more o the matıer vn to thıs daye And so thorough the vntrewe me
nys o the seı Rober the forseı sır wıllyam Thomas Edwar and Anastase were defraude gylously dısseyue and grettely hyndre ayens all lawe very rıgħt and goo [...]
the very effecte o the bargey beforseı · whıcħ we wıtħ an hundre o suffısaunt and credıble ꝑsonys o oure neıgħbores y nede be wyỻ verıfye recor and testıfye botħ byfore [...]
at aỻ dayes wherfore we beseche yow al and synguler to whome theys present ꝉres testymonyaỻıs shal come that vn to theıs pmysses ye yıfe stedfast feıtħ and [...]
Jn to wıtnes whero to thıs psent wrıtyn o testímonye oure seles we haue sette the xxıııȷtıtħ daye o Octobre ı the xxxvtıtħ yere o kyn herry sext after the [...]