1436 E/28/56/40 Privy Seal: Instructions to Sir John Stokes and other Ambassadors (draft)
By the kyng Trusty & welbeloued ffor asmoch as we be credebly enfourmed þat (how it be þat) Thambassatours. of
þe heres of Spruce & of þe cees of þP Citees of þe hansere haue be sumwhat taryed in
þeir comyng for to haue mete with you for þe materes þat we sende you for Neuerthelees. þei
beth in comyng: We and as we vndrstonde wol come down to Bruges (wher for) we wol & charge you þat ye abyde stylle at
Caleys without þat ye departe fro þens vnto þe tyme þat ye haue redy word fro þe sayd Ambassatours
tat þei beth come to bruges & (wher) þat ye (& þei) shal meete with hem
þer or at Caleys abouesaid for þe speed of þe matteres wherfor ye be sent. Yeuen at westmin istre
þe vij day of March Anno xiij To maistre Iohn Stokes & oþer our Ambassatours ioyned with
him beyng at Caleys
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