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 eumore deeng
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 pso 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 pso 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 pso 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 enfome wtout he be had out o pson 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 Pposıd 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]