County: Lincolnshire
Code: D0288
Reference: Durham University Library, Dean & Chapter Muniments: Locellus 25.135
Function: Request




Ryght trusty and withe alle my hert Right enterely welbeloued in god J grete you oft tymes wele withe hoolle hert / And forasmoche as J am enformed þt for diuerse sikenesse & othur
causes wiche þat ben fallen bery þe suffrance of oure creatur vnto þe priour of Newsted Senct leonerd biside Stanford furst for þe most pleisance vnto oure saide creatur secondly
proufit and welfar of his owne persone / withe gode wille is pourposed to Resigne þe saide priorye vnto dan John his Broþer þt now is þere yf so were þt it liked vnto
you as ye þt ben souerein and fadur os in god to amytte and accept him þerto / þe wiche dan John trewly boþe J withe othur lordes ladys and gentils in these parties
haue gode love and effeccion~ vnto / boþe for his fame gode Name and wise gouernance / als wele as for þe sustentacion~ and gouernance of þe saide place /
wherfor J pray yow tendurly at þe reuerence of me þis tyme ye wille graunte þe Resignacion~ of þe saide place vnto þe saide dan John it to Reyoise as priour
And yf ye so do trewly J wil be gode and tendur lady vnto þat saide place / And sture and pray alle oþur þat wolle do for me in þe same wise wt-owten
ow any feintise And yf ye put ony oþer þerin trewy J wille not do so moche as J wolde do for þe said dan John / This matere J pray yow to tendre like J may
do for yow ony þing in tyme Comyng in case like or in ony othir wiche trewly J wil do withe alle my hert / That knowes oure lorde God þe wche
yow euer-more haue in his keping / wryten at Stanford þe viij day of Auerille
[signed: Eliȝabeþ lady Grey]