County: Middlesex
Code: D0539
Reference: Brighton, East Sussex Record Office: RYE/7/47/1/10
Function: Letter




Rıgħt worschıpfuỻ Sıre we Certıfıe you that the vte Day of the monetħ of Juy nowe last passed we Receyue ~~~
fro you í seuaỻ wrıtyngꝭ / the oo beryng Date the same vte Day of Juy and thother the xxtħ day of the same monetħ
And accordyng to yo desıres ín that behalue we haue calle afore vs ín the kyngꝭ Cote wty the Jnnez Chambre of the
Guyhal of the Cıtıe of londo o Cocıteȝeíns Rıchard Capo Stokffıshemong  oo Joħn Russeỻ
And as touchyng the vıȷ ꝉı xııȷ whıcħ yo Combaro Thomᷓs Ada claymetħ of the seı Rıchard Capo The same
Rıchar confessyng afore vs the seı duetıe hatħ paıe an delyue ín to the seı Cote the seıd vıȷ ꝉı xııȷ whıcħ
remaynetħ there to thuse of yo seı Combaro abıdyng a suffıcıent dıscharge for payment of the same And as for
the Damagꝭ susteyne ın that behalue by yo seıd Combaro we thynk he ougħt none to haue Forasmocħ as the seı
money was neu Requyre of the seı Capo by yo seıd Cōbaro whıcħ was alweıes redy to pay the same ıf he at
eny tyme hadde therunto be requyre And as touchyng the [...] í  whıcħ yo seıd Cōbaro claymetħ of o seı
Cocıteseí Joħn Russeỻ The same Joħn therof by vs [...] Requyre / vtterly denyetħ eny sucħ money by
hy to be due or eny ꝑceỻ therof And for hıs Answere ín that [...] he hatħ brougħt ín to the seıd Cote a bıỻ ín
man of a plee vnder the fome of the wordꝭ ensuyng that ıs to [...] And the foreseıd Joħn Russeỻ ín hıs ꝓpre
ꝑsone defendetħ the wordꝭ  dette of the foresaı Thomᷓs Ada and saıtħ that he owt not the seıd íí ꝉı ıȷ nor eny
ꝑceỻ therof vnto the foreseı Thomᷓs Ada ín man  fome as the seıd Thomᷓs Ada hatħ suppose and that the
seı Joħn Russeỻ ıs redy to defende by hıs lawe as a Freema of the Cıtıe of londo after the Custome of the same Cıtıe
to be doo By whoos answere  further examynacıo therupo hadde we ca not ꝑceyue that the seıd ııȷ ꝉı í nor
eny ꝑceỻ therof shuld ín enywıse be due As yo seı Combaro hatħ alledge And where we ꝑceyue by yo ꝉres
date the vııȷte Day of thıs ínstaunt monetħ of July that ye haue cause Joħn Benyngto  hen Arnest of londo
beyng o Cocıteseíns to be attache by wey of wethern at the sute of yo seı Combaro for the seı í seuaỻ duetꝭ
We thynk that the seı attachementꝭ may ín nowıse by ordre of the lawe be íustıfıe Forasmocħ as yo ꝉres of ꝓcesse
were not duely delyue as we haue afore declared í delyue o oo day an the oo beryng date xv daıes afore
the other An also the suppose condempnacío ayenst the seı Joħn Russeỻ o Cocıtezeín ıs clerely voıde For that
that ín yo ꝉres of ꝓcesse ıs made mencıo that the seı ııȷ ꝉı ıȷ  shul be due  owyng by oo Joħn Russeỻ
yermonger And by aỻ the serche that we haue made we fynde no sucħ wty the Cıtıe But we haue founde
Joħn Russeỻ Skynner whıcħ hatħ made Aunswere as ıs aforeseı An also the Conveyers  bryngers of
yo wrıtyngꝭ were requyre wt goo man to tary  haue conuenyent aunswers therof aye wt they whıche
aunswer  seıde they wol not tary / but shortly so deꝑte Wherfore the pmysses wele  Delıƀatly consıdre
we desıre yon to suffer o seı Cocıtezeíns B‸enyngto  Arnest to deꝑte oute of prıso an to be at large  at theır
lıbertıe So that they be no further hyndre ín theı vıage leste that the lawe be attempte ayenst you or other yo
Cōbarons for the wrongfuỻ vexacıo of o seı Cocıtezeíns Benyngto  Arnest thus trouble to theı greate
Damage  losse ‸ fo vıȷ ꝉı xııȷ  xȷ  alweyes redy to be paıe And for ııȷ ꝉı ıȷ wherof by aỻ that we ca ꝑceyue
ıs neu a peny due Neuthelesse ıf yo seı Cōbaro wıỻ resorte vnto vs  pleynly declare  ꝓve the seı
íí ꝉı í  to be due by the seı Russeỻ Skynn we shaỻ mynystre to hy Justıce accordyng to the lawes of the
seı Cıtıe an also to other yo Combarons whıcħ hereafter shaỻ sue to vs ín theı reasonable Requestꝭ An
mocħ the rather ıf ye accordyngly entreate o Cocıteȝeíns And so go preserue you Wrıtte at londo vnder
the Seale of thoffıce of Maıraltıe of the same Cıtıe the xtħ Day of the monetħ of July The vııȷte yere
of the Reıgne of o souaıg lor kyng henry the Eıgħt /
[signed: By yo lovyng Frendes the Maıre 
Aldreme of the Cıtıe of londo]
To the worshıpfuỻ Maıre and
Juratꝭ of the Tow  porte of Rye