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]