County: Middlesex
Code: D0694#6
Reference: Hereford, Herefordshire Archives: BG11/17/3, item 3/3
Function: Request




And where as ye haue elected Rowland brıggꝭ  to me for yo
Cıtıe at the ꝑlamt we the v day of february haue apperıd for you~
 take the charge on vs the wıcħ for my ꝑte was for by
cause J was sworou to Meynteyn the cıtıe of herefor to my
p power  therfor J wold not suffer ‸ þe the cıtıeȝ to be amced 
for no kyndnes shewe on yo ꝑtıeȝ ıt ıs an holde sayng he
that doıtħ for a comnalty schaỻ haue lıtıỻ kyndnes  thankꝭ 
so J haue that hath spente my may Money ın þoou suesꝭ ıȷ
yerꝭ passe  cannot be payd of my wagꝭ J ensure you ıf the
lawe wıỻ J wıỻ haue ıt euy ‸ peny  as shortly as J can ‸ J wıỻ
dıscharge me of my nothe and wher as ye wrıtte that J schulde
be bounde to saffe you armeles at the ꝑlamt  that the quenys
tenᷓnt geytħ free of toỻ by an acte at the last ꝑlamt / as to
saffyng of you harmeles wysme May know whe we haue <·> entred
ın to the ꝑlemt we haue take the chargꝭ on [...] vs / and
at the lest ꝑlamt the passed no acte that quene ys tenᷓntꝭ schaỻ
no goo free for payng eny toỻ / but ther was an acte what landꝭ
the queene schuld haue to hı Joynt᷑ And Marcle was the ꝑte of
quene Elȝabetħ Joynto And ıt ıs not vnknowyn to you how hy
tenᷓntꝭ vsed they and he that caused you to wrıtte thes ıȷ ·
artıcꝉıs hatħ don yo cıtıe lıtıỻ goo  knowıtħ weỻ that
Mate  ı he cand devıse no othı thyngꝭ for yo cıtıe he May
spare pauꝑ / for J entend the same / wrıtten At lyncollꝭ Jnne
the vııȷ day o Feburary
[signed: Reynold
Meynos]
To the  Mey  the cıtesyȝ
o the cıtıe of herefor