Transcript

[fol. 38r] Being glad Sir to understand of your good health, & my La: with all your lyttle ons, I perceve by my brother Johnson, that yow were desyrowes (yf my credyte so serves me) that I sholld move my L. of Lecester, towching the retorne of the sheryfe in the County of mountgomery, to have him stay the pryckeng of John Owen Vaugan, at your reqwest, for that he was a person unffyt for many respects, to be in the rome, and namely at this presente by reson of certayne sutes in lawe depending betwen yow and him, which sholld predycate and hinder your right, yf he that was corrupt of him self sholld be the minister of justice in his owne cawse: which charge of yours declared unto me by my brother Johnson, I did willingly undertake, & with the best credyte & skill that I had (which is verey mene) dellt therin with my L. of Lecester on satturday at night, till I had talked him a slepe./ I found him verey well inclyned not only to favour so juste a motyon, but also to have suche a sheriffe pricked as your self cowd lyke with, which as yt is a beneffyte verey extraordynary, so is yt worthe the knowledging in due sorte to him agayne. I following my instructyons, named Griffith Lloyd, to be an indifferrent man, being also in the retorne & servant to his brother the L. presydent, whom he was content to allowe, I had sondry speches with him further towching yourself, fyndeng that there hathe bin yll offyces used betwen yow (wherof ye shall nede take no knowledge till I see yow my self, which god willing shalbe verey shortly, & then ye shalbe fully instructed of things) but I (as my sinceryty hathe bin allwaies towards yow upright and loving) did so edeffye him of yow in all points, as I lefte him well satisffyed and will assyst yow in endyng your accompts for the mynte with the Q. Majestie & favor your procedings for Powys, I did let 7 good words fall of my cosin master Edward H: of mountgomery which he toke in verey thanckfull part, wherof I wolld that my sayd cosin had som understanding by yow, if yt so plesed yow, his lordshippes grettnes is suche with her majestie as that he and my L. Thresuror (bothe my good lords) [fol. 38v] dyrects all, his booke of exchange is graunted and passeth for the some of iiij C li. a yere. I gave my brother order to send yow the occurents of Portingall, which ar of credyte, & so yow may esteme theme, wher with comending me with my harte unto yow, yow have the power to comaunde me, as on of your own. raptim Redcrosstrete vij ^o^ novembris 1580 your poorest frynd.