<County: Staffordshire>
<Code: L0301>
<MS reference: London, BL Cotton Nero C. xii>
<Text: Memorandum>

<fol. 155r><line 10>MEmoranDum THAT *THOMAS *ERLE OF WARREWYK LORD OF WALSHALE THE XIX\E YERE OF KYNG *RICHARD
THE SECONDE SENDE HIS SerUONTES & CONSELOURS ; *THOMAS KNYGHT PerSON@ OF THE CHI%RCHE OF
HANSTAPE SURVEIOUR OF THE LONDES OF THE SAYD *ERLE *JOHNn HUGFORD & WILLIAM *SPERMORE
*SQUYERES TO HIS TOWNE & LORDSHI%P OF WALSHALE FOR THE OUerSYGHT & GODE GOUerNANCE OF
THE SAYD TOWNE & LORDSHIP@ ; AND THERE AT THAT TYME ON *JENKYN *COLE FERMOUR OF MY
SAYD LORDES *MYLLE I%N WALSHALE YCALD THE PORTMYLLE ; COMPLAYNODE TO MY SAYD LORDES
CONSEL THAT THE BURGESES OF THE BURGHT OF WALSHALE WOLDE+NOT GRYNDE AT MY
SAYD LORDES *MYLNE AS HIT WAS HORE <exp><cro>DEWED</cro></exp> DEWETE . AND HOW THEY CARYODE
HORE CORNE TO *RUYSSHALE *MYLNE & TO ODER DYUERS MYLNES I%N THE CONTRE &
GROND HORE CORNE & MALT FROM MY SAYD LORDES MYLNE TO THE GRET PREI%UDICE
& HURT TO THE SAYD *JENKYN *COLE FERMOUR~ OF MY SAYD LORDES *MYLNE . WHEREOF
HE PREYETH REMEDYE ; *THE WHICHE MATYERE & COMPLAYNT WEL CONSEYLODE &
VNDERSTONDON@ BY MY SAYD LORDES CONSEL ; THEY SENDE FORE<lower half of F illegible> ALLE BURGESES OF THE SAYD
BURGHT OF WALSHALE TO+COME <hole>E HEM <hole>NSWERS <hole>HE COMPLAYNT ABOVE REHERSOD
*OF THE WHICHE MATYERE MY SAYD LORDES CONSEL EXAMYNODE THE SAYD TENANTES & B<ill>..</ill>
ASSOWEL CEUERALLY AS IENERALLY ; AND THERE THE SAYD CONSEL OF MY LORD OF WARREWYK
FONDON@ BY THE OTHES OF . XIJ . MEN OF THE SAYD TENANTES & BURGESES & ALSO BY FEYR
EVIDENCE I%N WRYTYNG THAT WAS SHEWEODE . THAT THE SAYD BURGESES OF WALSHALE
BE AT HORE FREDAM TO GRYNDE WHERE THEM LYSTE & TO CARYE HORE CORNE & MALT
<fol. 155v>OR DO HI%T TO+BE CARIODE TO WHAT *MYLNE THAT HYM BEST LYSTE THAT OWETH THE SAYD CORNE OR MALT ;
*AND VPON THYS MATYERE THUS FOUNDON@ MY SAYD LORDES CONSEL CALD BEFORE HEM . THE SAYD
*JENKYN *COLE FERMOUR OF MY SAYD LORDES *MYLNE & BEDE HYM & CONSELODE HYM THAT
HE SHULDE FRYNDON@ HYM BETORE WYTH THE BURGESES OF WALSHALE & THAT HE
SHULDE GETE HYM A CONNYNGE *MYLNER & SerVE TREWELY MY LORDES TENANTES . *AND
I%N SYCHE MANER TRETE HEM THAT HE MYGHTE HAUE THER GODE WYLLES ; *AND BY
SYCHE MENES DRAWE TO HYM THE GRYST OF THE SAYD TOWNn OF WALSHALE ; FOR <cro>I%N
NON ODER FORME</cro> THEY OUGHTE NOT TO COMPELLE HEM TO GRYNDE AT MY SAYD
LORDES *MYLNE I%N WALSHALE FOR HIT YS AT HORE OWNE FREDAM TO GRYNDE WHERE
THEM LYSTE .