196. MICHAEL FIELD TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR [after 1477]
Ryght wyrchepefull Mayster, y recomend me unto yowr Maysterchype lattyng yow wette þatt I haf recevyt yowr letter off yowr servand: and as ffor my schepe, war sold last ȝer all þatt ever I myght spare, bott I wyll labor and porway for yowr maysterchyp as son as I may godly: and bott schepe was never so der with us, and yff ȝe myght bye to sum fayr, ȝe myght do better: bott we pay iiij marke for a scor: bott I wyll assay qwher eny ys ffor to be sold and þe lest pryse with all for your Mayster|chype, and bryng yow word: bott ytt wyll nott be affor Ester, I knaw wele. And as ffor yowr owxyn, and yowr fatt schepe, ȝe schall hafe þam as son as ever I may: ffor I wyll go þar abowte as fast as I can to plese yow. Nomor, bott owr lord preserve yowr Masterchype to hys most plesor. And as for yowr mony þat yowr Maysterchype layd down for me, x. s., I send yt be yowr servand now. Mekell Field.
To my moste wele beloffyd Mayster, Mayster Syr Wyllm. Stonar.