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Surname/tag: cely
SC 1/53/45; The National Archives, Kew, London
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Hanham Transcription and Notes
Letter #93 by Alison Hanham in The Cely Letters 1472-1488.
Malden Transcription
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Modernization
By Nicholas Adams.
Of Jesus 1480
Right reverend and worshipful father, after all due recommendation pretending, I recommend myself to you in the most lowliest-wise that I can or may. Furthermore, please understand that at my coming to the Syngsyon marte, I spoke with John Descyrmer of Gent, and he has made to me, and to diverse [members] of my fellowship here at the marte, great complaint of your middle wool which I sold to him. He swears ro me forcefully that he has had of yours, in times past, better middle young Cotswold than this wool. They show me great unkindness that I deal with them in this manner. They tell me that you might have taken out of the 6 sarplers and a poke 2 sarplers of middle young. It is so because they would not quarrel with me. They do otherwise than they intended – they bought it for their own drapery, and now there is no man who will drape any of those sar[lers at Gent, nor at Brugge, but he is going to bring them to the marte and sell them there, because of which I am right sorry [very upset/put out]. In good faith I cannot say where I write to you or know where. I have much work at Calais. Here I could have it appraised for Cotswold, but much option was against it amongst the Fellowship. In the service of Good, see better to the packing of your wool that shall come, or else your wool is likely to lessen that name that it has had here before in times past. I never witnessed you send courser wool to Calais for fells than this last was. I am resolved to come over to you when this marte is done, and then I will tell you more plainly by mouth.
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