<County: Lincolnshire>
<Code: L0287>
<MS reference: London, BL Add. 34888>
<Text: Letter>

*RIGHT~ HONORABULL AND MY RIGHT~ WURSHIPFULL *LORD *J RECOmAUND ME *VNTO YOur GODE LORDSHIP WITH ALL MY SerUICE EUerMORE DESerENG
TO+HERE OF YOur ProSPerITE AND WELFARE THE WHICH *J PraY GOD ENCRES / AND COnTYNUE TO HIS PLESUR AND AFTer YOur OVNE HERTes DESIRE .
THANKYNG YOU OF THE GODE LORDSHIP y\T YE HAUE SHEWID ME AT ALL TYMES BESECHING YOU . ALWAY OF GODE COnTYNUANCE PLESID
YOur GODE LORDSHIP TO BE REMEMBRED . HOW AFORE THIS TYME HUGH *WYTHOM~ HATH SAID HE WOLD BE IN~ REST & PEESE W\T ME
& NOT TO MALIGNE AGAYN~ ME . Oyer-WISE yAN~ LAWE AND RIGHT WOLD / / THAT NOTWITHSTANDYNG VPON~ *MUNDAY LAST PAST HE
AND IIJ MEN . W\T HIm COME INTO A SerUuaNT HOUS OF MYN~ IN~ BOSTON~ CALD *WILLIA~ *SHIRREF AND yer AS HE SETE AT HIS WERKE .
STROKE HIM . VPON THE HEDE & IN~ THE BODY WITH A DAGGer & WONDET HI%M . SORE . & *PULLED HIM OUT OF HIS HOUS & SET HI%M
IN~ PreSON~ W\TOUT ANY CAUSE RESONABULL OR W\TOUT WRIT OR ANY Oyer ProCESSE SHEWID VNTO HI%M & y\T ME SEMES LONGes NOT FOR HIm
TO DO BOT AS HE SAIS HE IS ENDITED . & AS YOur GODE LORDSHIP KNAWES WELL *J AND ALL MY SerUaNTES ARE IN~ LIKE WISE BOT & ANY
MAN SHULD HAUE DONE HI%T IT LONGes OTHER TO THE SHIRREFF OR TO YOur BALIFF AS *J CONCEYVE . AND Oyer CAUSE HE HAD NON .
TO HI%M AS FER AS *J KAN KNAWE . BOT ALONLY FOR THE MALISSIOUSNES / y\T HE HATH *VNTO ME . NE *J KAN THINK NON Oyer BOT
IT IS SO AND NOW . YISTRE NYGHT . MY LORD *WELLES COME TO BOSTON~ W\T IIIJ\X\X HORSES & <ct> <sup>IN~</sup> y\E MORNYNG FOLOYNG TOKE HYM OUT
OF PreSON~ SAYNG AFORE ALL PEPLE . FALS THEFE y\U SHALL BE HANGET & AS MONY OF THY MAISTRE MEN AS MAY BE GOTEN
AS YOur SerUaNT *JOHN~ *ABBOT KAN REPORT VNTO YOur GODE LORDSHI%P & HATH TAKEN HIM AWAY WITH HI%M TO *TATESSALL
WHAT TO DO W\T HI%M *J KAN NOT SAY BOT AS *J SUPPOSE TO HAUE HI%M TO LINCOLN@ *CASTELL *WHERFORE *J BESECH YOur GODE
LORDSHIP IN~ yIS MATer TO BE MY GODE LORD AND AT IT PLEASE YOur GODE LORDSHIP TO WRITE A+LETTer TO THE *KEPerE OF THE *CASTELL
OF LINCOLN~ y\T IT LIKED HI%M TO DELIUer HI%M OUT OF PreSON~ *VNDRE A SUFFICIENT *SEURETY HAD FOR . HI%M FOR AND THAI~ MAY
KEPE HIM . STILL BE yIS MEYNE yAI~ MAY TAKE ALL THE SerUaNTes y\T *J HAUE . & SO *J MAY DO AGAYN~ IN~ LIKE WISE . *AND ALSO .
AS *J AM ENFOurMED W\TOUT HE BE HAD OUT OF PreSON IN~ HAST IT WILL BE RIGHT GREVEWIS TO HIm TO HEILE OF HIS HURT
HE IS SO SORE STREKEN~ AND IF yer BE ANY SerUICE y\T yOur GODE LORDSHI%P WILL COmAUND ME TO DO . IN~ ANY CUNTRE . PLESID YOU
TO SEND ME WORD AND IT SHAL BE DONE TO MY POWER W\T THE GraCE OF GOD WHICH HAUE YOU MY RIGHT~ HONORABULL AND
WURSHIPFULL LORD ALWAY IN~ HIS BLESSID *KOPYNG *WRITEN~ AT *KYME . *VPON~ WEDNESDAY NEXT AFTer OUR~ LADI~ DAY THE
*ASSUMPCION~ / <gap> *ALSO PLESIE YOur GODE LORDSHIP TO WIT AFTer yIS LETTer WAS MADE yer COME A MAN FRO *TATESSALL INTO .
MY FENNE WHICH OGH ME GODE WILL . AND BE-CAUSE HE WOLD NOT BE HOLDEN ENSPEIT<?> HE SPEKE W\T WEMEN WHICH
WERE MYLKAND *KYE . AND BAD yEME GOO TO A PREEST OF MYN~ TO *DOKDIKE . AND BID HI%M FAST GOO GIF ME WARNYNG
HOW y\T MY LORD *WILUGHBY MY LORD *CROMWELL AND MY LORD WELLES *PurPOSID yEME TO SET A SESSIONS AND HANG
y\E SAID *WILLIA~ SHIRREFF . & yAI~ MYGHT~ BRYNG yer ENTENT ABOWTE . & SO . AS *J & YOur SerUaNT *JOHN~ *ABBOT STODE TO-GEDer
y\E PREST COME & GAF ME WARNYNG HEROF *WHICH *J TRIST FOR MY WORSHIP YOur GODE LORDSHIP WOLD NOT SHULD
HAPPEN FOR IT WERE TO ME THE GRETTEST SHAME . y\T MYGHT FALLE . BOT & IT PLESE YOur GODE LORDSHIP TO WRITE TO
ALL YOur SerUaNTes IN~ yIS <cro>SH</cro> CUNTR~ . yAT yAI~ WILL BE REDY *VPON A DAY WARNYNG TO COME WHEN *J SEND yEME .
WORD *J TRIST TO GOD yAI~ SHAL NOT HANG HI%M AGAYN~ THE LAWE . BOT *J W\T HELP OF YOur GODE LORSHIP SHALL
BE ABULL TO LET HIT
*BY YOur SerUaNT
*WILLIA~ *TAILBOYS