Richard Cely jnr. to George Cely

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Richard Cely the younger

Jhesu M^liiij^ciiij^xxj

     Riught interly whelbelovyd brother I recomend me harttely
onto you thankyng you of aull good brotherhod that ze have
scheuyd to me at aull tymns Syr ze know whell that I have bene
in the northe contre and ther I have had grette scheyr of my
nowlde aqweyntans as the bryngar heyrof can informe you and as
for my noncle ys exseketurs has promysyd me and Plomton be the
faythe of ther bodys to be w^t howr father her myhellmes and to
make a neynd w^t hym and as I whente northe wharde I met
Roger Wyxton a thyssyd Northehamton and he desyryd me to do
so myche as drynke w^t hys whyfe at Laysetter^a and after that I
met w^t Wylliam Daulton and he gave me a tokyn to hys mother
and at Laysetter I met w^t Rafe Daulton and he brahut me to hys
mother and ther I delyvyrd my tokyn and sche prayd me to come
to brekefaste on the morow and so I ded and Plomton bothe and
ther whe had a gret whelfar and ther whos feyr oste and I pray
yow thanke them for me Syr and ze be remembyrd whe thaulkyd
togydyr in hour bed of Dawltonys syster and ze ferryd the con-
dyscyons of father and brethyrn byt ze neyd not I saw hyr and sche
whos at brekefaste w^t hyr mother and ws sche ys as goodly a
zeunge whomane as fayr as whelbodyd and as sad as I se hany
thys vij zeyr and a good haythe I pray God that hyt may be
inpryntyd in yur mynd to sette yowr harte ther Syr howr father
and I comende togydyr in new orchard on Fryday laste and a
askyd me many qwestyonys of gyn and I towlde hym aull as hyt
whos and he whos ryught sory for the dethe of the schlde^b and I
toulde hym of the good whyll that the Whegystons and Dawltons
hows to yow and how I lykyd the zenge gentyllwhoman and he
comaunded me to whryte to yow and he whowlde gladly that hyt
whor brohut abohut and that ze laborde hyt betymys and I have
towllyd howe father of Schestyrs douter how that I whowlde fayne
be ther and howar father whos ryught glad of thys comenycacyon
Daultons mother comendes hyr to you and thankes you for the
kuynys that ze sente to hyr howr father has ressayvyd a letter
frome you wherby he undyrstond of the salle ij sarplers and a plke
as for the mony as ys by yow he whyll that hyt ly be yow tyll
Sencyon marte and lette the mersars have the lengar days bothe
Browell and Paullmar and ther mony acordyng Syr I thanke you
at hyt plesehyd you to leve me Goos for he has don to me good
sarves in thys gornay and I have delyvyrd to him x^s to bryng hym
to yow. My godfather has be syke byt he ys whell mendyd thankyd
be God thys same day my loord^a ys comyn to London to aske the
Kyng leve to go to the Rodes^b for he ys sent for Syr I send you be
Goos a purs sche as whos gewyn me at Zeorke^c and I pray yow by
for Alyson Myhell a mantell of fyn blake schankys for I have mony
ther for and sche comendes hyr to you. No mor to yow at thys
tyme Jhesu kepe you. Wrytyn at London the iiij^the day of Juyn.

                                                            per yur brother

                                                                                Rychard Cely.

     Addressed: Wnto my riught whelbelovyd brother
                                 George Cely merchand of the
                                 estapell of Callez be thys dd.

^a Leicester.

     ^b This is not ‘Margaret’s’ baby. See date of August 29, 1482.