154. WILLIAM STRACCHELEGH TO [? WILLIAM STONOR] OCT., [?1475]
Ryt Worschupful and my speciall gode Master, y recomownde me unto yowre god masterchyppe: fyrdermore, yf hyt plese yowre master|chyppe, ye grontyd j tenement yn Keyaton wyt the purtenans to Willm. Mugge for duryng the tender age of John Ley: hyt ys so þat John Fortescu, the yownger, toke j close of the sayde tenement of the father of the sayde cylde for ij yere, the wyche ij yere byt past at Michelmas last was, and layd a downe hys mony affore wytyn pryse of the valu, and now he wyll hold hyt lengger agaynst the pore man ys wyll, þe wyche pore man com yn by the grawnte of yowre masterchyp, payyng to yow myche mony: and yowre masterchyp muste warent hym agaynst al men. Y-wryte at Ermyngton te Tuysday next afore the fest of Sci. Luke þe evangelyst.
Yowre servent Willm. Stracchelegh.
No endorsement.