Goddard Oxbryge to William Stonor

164. GODDARD OXBRYGE TO WILLIAM
STONOR

                                                           9 MAY, 1476

    Since 9th May was Thursday, the barge took four or five days to Henley.
From A.C., xlvi, 107.

    ¹ Probably for "medell"; cf. "medell woll cottys wolde," ap. Cely Papers,
p. 31.

                                     Jhesus. M . iiij C . lxxvj.

    Right worshipfull and Reverent Sir, plesith hit you to understonde
þat as these daye I have Res[seyved] fro Thomas Betson and fro
Thomas Henham iij letterys, that is to saye ij to you and j to Thomas
Howlake. And Sir, Thomas did write to me that I shuld shippe þe
sarpler, the pooke, and the ij pokets woll, beyng at the Wollkey, now at
this shippynge: And whan I have weyyde heme to reconne with þe
custumerys clarkys and pay þem for you and for heme ij. s. iiij. d., and
to the weyor ffor every sake j. d., and to þe chalker j. d., and to þe
porors viij. d.: thys is Thomas Betson is wrytyng to me. And Sir, I
have delivered to William Somer, bargemane, to care to Henly: ffirst
vj burdenys of rusys: Item xij saltffish, of þe whiche saltffish iiij be
lengys: and a fardell aynte (?) in canvase, in þe wheche fardell is a
bage with spysys, and ij brassys, a payer of pauenys for my maistres, a
gowne of annyse de Padawis, and a mustard querne: and as these day
at none þe barge departyd fro London; and he saythe he will be at
Henli a Mondaye, or a Tuysdaye at þe fardyst, with the grase of God,
wo have you in hese kepynge. At London, the ix daye of Maye,

                                                        By your prentyse Goddard Oxbryge.

    [To my] good maister, Willm. Stonor, esquier, at Stonor.

164. GODDARD OXBRYGE TO WILLIAM
STONOR

9 MAY, 1476

     Since 9th May was Thursday, the barge took four or five days to Henley.
From A.C., xlvi, 107.

Jhesus. M. iiij C. lxxvj.

     Right worshipfull and Reverent Sir, plesith hit you to understonde
þat as these daye I have Res[seyved] fro Thomas Betson and fro
Thomas Henham iij letterys, that is to saye ij to you and j to Thomas
Howlake. And Sir, Thomas did write to me that I shuld shippe þe
sarpler, the pooke, and the ij pokets woll, beyng at the Wollkey, now at
this shippynge: And whan I have weyyde heme to reconne with þe
custumerys clarkys and pay þem for you and for heme ij. s. iiij. d., and
to the weyor ffor every sake j. d., and to þe chalker j. d., and to þe
porors viij. d.: thys is Thomas Betson is wrytyng to me. And Sir, I
have delivered to William Somer, bargemane, to care to Henly: ffirst
vj burdenys of rusys: Item xij saltffish, of þe whiche saltffish iiij be
lengys: and a fardell aynte (?) in canvase, in þe wheche fardell is a
bage with spysys, and ij brassys, a payer of pauenys for my maistres, a
gowne of annyse de Padawis, and a mustard querne: and as these day
at none þe barge departyd fro London; and he saythe he will be at
Henli a Mondaye, or a Tuysdaye at þe fardyst, with the grase of God,
wo have you in hese kepynge. At London, the ix daye of Maye,

                                                       By your prentyse Goddard Oxbryge.

     [To my] good maister, Willm. Stonor, esquier, at Stonor.