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WILL FULFILL MY PROMYSSE TO YOWE W\T ALL MYN@ HERT FOR SO YHE TREWLY DESirUYD FOR ELS ITT WILL BE FULL HERD TO ME TO GRaUNTE A LETTRE APON~ ANn OTHIR *AND IFF Sir *DAVY WILL NOzT CONFORME HYM@ TO GOODE ACORDE AFTIR MY PURPOSSE *J AMm LEESSE HALDYN@ TILL HYM@ *AND y\T SALL HE FYNNDE IN WHATT WEISSE YHE SALL WEETE OR EFTIR NOGHT LANG TO PRAYNG YOWE OF YOUR~ GUDE CONTINUANCE IN FORTHERYNG OF MY BROTHER y\E PRIOUR~ OF *COLDYNGHaM AND y\T THYNGEz y\T LANGEz TO y\E PLACE *AND GOD HAFF YOWE IN HIS GraCIOUSE KEPYNG WRITYNn AT DURHaM y\E IIIJ DAY OF *MARCH **HONORABILL Sir *J RECOMEND ME TO YOWE LATTAND YOWE WEITE y\T SEN@ YOur LAST BEYNG AT *DURHaM BE-FOR *MICHAELMESSE *J HAFFE RECEUYD FRO YOWE DIUerSE LETTREz OF y\E WHILK IN AN YHE LEETE ME WETE OF CONAND INDENTIDE BE=# TWIX YOWE & YOUR COSYN@ Sir *ALEX~ OF y\E OFFICE OF y\E *BAILYERY OF *COLDYNGHAM IN y\E WHILK YHE SAY y\T YHE MADE GRETT BESYNESSE TO y\E *PRIOUR OF *COLDYNGHaM OFTYMEz & NOzT GAnN LANG SEN TO ME TO PURCHASSE y\T *BAILYERY TILL y\E SAID Sir . *ALEX~ TO y\E WHILK *J SAY y\T BE-FOR YOUR~ BEYNG AT *DURHaM DIUerSE TYMEz OF DIUerSE zHEREz YHE WRATTE & ALSO SENDE TO ME TO HAFF y\E SAID *BAILYERY TO YOUR SELF TERME OF LIFE AT ALL y\T TYME NO *WORD WRATTE NE SAID FOR YOUR~ SAID *COSYN Sir *ALEX~ *AND ^AT YOUR SAID BEYNG AT *DURHaM OR y\E TYME y\T YHE AND WHE WARRE THROGH y\T YHE SULD HAFFE y\E SAID *BAILYERY FOR TERME OF XL WYNTRE YHE NEUer SPAK WORDE FOR Sir *ALEX~ BOT EFTER OUR CONCLUSIONn YHE SAID LIGHTLY & NOzT EFFECTUALLY y\T IFF WHE WALD GRaUNTE y\E SAID *BAIL# YERY TO Sir *ALEX~ TERME OFF LYUE I%T NOzT DISPLESYD YOWE AS *WILLaM HOTON@ & DIUerSE OF MY BRETHIRE WILL BEERE WITTNESSE *AND IF WE AT y\T TYME HADD HADD KNAWLEGYNG OF y\E COnNAND BE-TWIX Sir *ALEX~ AND YOWE WHE WALD LANGAR~ HAFFE BEENn AVISID OR WHE SA FARRE HAD ProCEDID AS WHE DEID . *AND TOUCHAND *EDMOND HAYSAYNG WHILK YHE REHERSE IN y\E SAID LETTRE *J SAY y\T y\E SAID *EDMOND AND *J BE OUR~ SELFE COmMEND OF y\E SAID MATRE *AND SAID SEnN y\E *ALEX~ FULLI PUTT HYM@ TO STANNDE TO MYN@ ORDYNaNCE *AND IF HE DILYGENTLY LABOURD FOR y\E *AMISSIOnN OF *JOHN *ELL AND YHE WALD DO yE SAME MY WILL WAS IF MY BRETHER yerTO WALD CONSENNT FOR TO OR# DAYN@ AMEENn OF GUDE CONCORDE BE-TWIX Sir *ALEX~ & YOWE AND I%FF YHE RES TO STAUNDE TO MYN@ ORDYNaNCE OR NOGHT WALD LABOUR~ FOR TO SPEDE OF *DAUn *JOHN *ELL *J WAS LESSE HALDYN~ TO YOWE AND ParAUENTRE WALD CHAUNGE MY PURPOSSE OF GRaUNTE FOR TERME OF LYUE BOD WHATT WAS y\E ENDE BETWIX Sir *ALEX~ & ME IT WAS ENDENTID BE-TWIX VS OF y\E WHILK *J SENDE YOWE A COPY *AND WHAR~ YHE SAY IN AN OTHER LETTRE I%TT HAS NOzT BEN@ HARD IN YOUR~ COM MY LETTREz TO *JUSTE OR ANn TO COMEnN IN y\E CONTRARY OF ANn OTHER . *J SAY y\T ALL MY LETTREz TO YOWE SENNDE TOUCHAND y\I/S MATRE IS NOzT BOD y\T *J LEGGE ANn ORDYN# aUNCE MADE AFORTYME FOR y\E WHILK WE WALD GRaUNT NA *STEWARSHI%PP IN *ENGLAND NO *BAILYERY ATT *COLDYNGHaM FOR TERME OFF LYUE WHILK ORDYN# aUNCE AND MY WRITYNG BYNDes NOGHT ME THEnN *J MAY W\T GOODE LEUTEE AND FOR CAUSE RESONABLE y\E SAID ORDYNaNCE AND WILL OR PURPOOSE CHAUNGE FOR y\E BETTRE AND y\T BE ALL LAWE SPIRITUALL & TEMPerALL BOD WHAT *J WILL DO IN y\I\S *J . 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