County: Middlesex
Code: D4195#4
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/009, fol. 212r-v
Function: Proclamation




[fol. 212r][line xx]For as moche as Thomas of Forde of Caunterbury Sawyer other wyse called Thomas of
Forde Sothseyer that here stant be a solempne enquest afore the Maır and Aldermen take ·
was endıted and aftur be a nother enquest atteınt and convıct of hıdous trespasses and dısseıtes
that ıs to seye þat he now late cam to oon Jonet þat was þe wyfe of Jauyn Cook of Estchepe seı̄g
that he was a sotħseyer and trewely wolde telle here where CC ꝉı and more was be come wıtħ
a lıtel Cofre closed be her housbond ın hıs lıfe was berıed ın þe ground ıf ıt so were þat she wold
paye as weỻ for the sotell ınstumentes [sic] þat longen to hıs craft as for hıs mete and drınke
that he spended al þe mene whıle þat he were ın thıs toūn and wıtħ that also þat she
wolde ensuır hım to be wedded to hım whıch Jonet nat knowyng hıs falsnesse and
dısceıt paıed at hıs byddyng for hıs ınstrumentes and mete and drınke xl  and more onward
and Jnnocently trustyng to hes wordes and beheft behot hym for to do aỻ þat he desıred wıtħ
[fol. 212v]that condıcoū that he wolde perfourme and do as he hadde hıgħt and ꝓmısed the
whıche Thomas Contynuyng hıs falsnesse and dısceıt aboueseyd wıtyng wel þat he mıgħt
Ne cowde nat perfourme þat he hadde behıght delaıed her forth fro day to day tılat the laste
he knoulıched hıs Falsnesse and profered hem amendes and ın the same wyse he begıled and
dısceyued an other woman þat hıgħt Nauerıne Maunceỻ behetyng here for to gete a geyne
half a gowne of clotħ of gold whıcħ was stolen out of here kepyng and made here to spende
vpon hym up trust therof xvııȷ  vȷ  and more For the whıcħ falsnesse and dısceytes þe
Maır and Aldermen wıllyng þat suche shul be war be hym ın tyme comyng han a
warded after þe Custume of thıs Cıte þat he as a fals lyere and dısceyuer of þe comune
peple shal stonde here vpon þe pıllorye thre market dayes eche day an hour wıþ a
westoū aboute hys necke ın tokene of a lyere ⸫ ~~~ [signed: Carpenter]