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 pmysses ye yıfe stedfast feıtħ and [...]
Jn to wıtnes whero to thıs psent wrıtyn o testímonye oure seles we haue sette the xxıııȷtıtħ daye o Octobre ı the xxxvtıtħ yere o kyn herry sext after the [...]