Richard Cely jnr. to George Cely

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Rychard Cely the younger

Jhesu M¹iiij^ciiij^xxj

     Ruight whellbelovyd brother I recomende me hartteley unto
yow informyng you at the makyng of thys howr father and mother
and whe aull ar in good heyll and so whe treste that ze be Syr I
have whryttyn to yow dyvarys lettyrs byt I have of them none
anssor the laste I sente be Kay therin wher many maters and
amonge aull I pray you remembyr the x li that ze pwrvayd at the
laste marte and send hyt at the nexte passayge for I had beyn in
Cottyssowlde hen thys byt for tarryng on that mony and as for
howre matter that howr father and I and Loutlay wher in dyttyd
for whos be Brandons sormyse that whe schulde dryve an harte
howyr Temys the qweche whos sclayn at Darteford and that whe
schulde sole ij hynde caulluys and aull thys he dyde hymsellfe w^t
myche more and ys in dyttyd hymselfe for the detthe of ij harttes
and sartte cawluys hyt ys so that Syr Tomas Mongehowmbre^a ys
comyng to Calleys wharde and so he whyll consent Tomers^b for to
fete my lady I pray you at hys comyng whate apon hym and
thanke hym for us for he has beyn howr spessyall good master in
thys mater and has promysyd me to contenew and labord for for
[sic] us and thorrow hys labor I am cwm in qwaytans of dyvars
whowrschypfull men that wyll myche for ws for hys sake I gawhe
hym of howr fathers pwrs an c s. and Ramston a gentyllmane of
hys iij s. iiij d. I pray yow make hym good scheyr for he has beyn
good cellyssytor for ws and he brynge ys yow a letter frome me
and whe whoulde be ryughte glade and ze myhyt be redy to cwm
in cowmpany of my lady w^t master Mongewmbre for he pwrpos to
be heyr afor Cyrstemes and as for howre for sayde matter whe
have howre supar sedyas for aull iij and howr father ys fully
agreyd that ze schawll have howyr at yowr depattyng ageyn Hectyr
and four [sic] for the lewhenftenawt of Gravenyng^a in recwm-
pense of yow bothe for he wyll kepe no mo grewandes a whyll be
greabyll to kepe a hawke and spaynellys and so I have my loordys
hawke and a kepar byt he cwmys not heyr tyll I cum howt of
Cottyssowlde for he and sche goys w^t me to Attyrbery^b and as for
yowr hawke I cowde not kepe hyr my besynes whos so gret I
have sowlde hyr for vij nobullys byt whone nobyll ys pwt on yowr
wyll at yowr comyng sche whos not hawlfe in samyde I whowlde
awyse yow to bryng anothyr w^t yow and ze may grhyt hyr gowd
schepe hyt ys informyd howr father at ther ys myche Normandy
canwhas at Calles he wyll that ze by for hym iij^c awnys and send
them be the wholschypys and as for tydynges I cane none byt my
zeunge lady of Zeurke^c ys deyd no mor to yow whryttyn at
London the xxvj day of Nowhembyr.

                                                                      per yowr brother

                                                                                   Rychard Cely.

howr mothe whowlde the ze wyllyd by for hyr
mor greyn gynger and a qwhattyrn safron

     Addressed: Unto my ruight whellbelovyd
                                brother George Cely merchand
                                of the estapell beyng at Calleys
                                so dd:

^a Sir Thomas Montgomery.            ^b sic. It means, ‘ Come to St. Omer.’

^a Gravelines.     ^b Adderbury, in Oxfordshire.

     ^c Lady Anne Mowbray, the nominal wife of the child Richard, son of
Edward IV.