The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

pepull of Abendon, likly to have kylled [him]: this man rekevered and come home. And apon a Sonday after evensong the moder of [this] same man, Bett, and the man also, made an oute cry apon the parson amonge all the parisshe . . . whiche were hevy to here off, iff it shuld be written. Item, Richard Browne com, and openly [declare]d afore the parson and the parisshe that Richard Colleman shuld have be beet, iff he had come . . . . . wey: the parson said he wold put on aventure the valure off his parsonage, but at the last . . . . . vjs. viijd., that Browne wold nat awow this: and Browne at all tymes will . . . [awo]w itt, and testifie it at alle tymes. The parisshones, for goode tranquillite, reest, and . . . [fe]ryng the greet hurt off the chirch ale at that tyme, beside alle other offences . . . . . and his preest to go in to the parsonage to kepe peas, and the parson redde a greet . . . bully, and called Maister Stonors men, and said stonde, wich we, Williham . . . . . and off this, and come to Dudcote and made peas unto the tyme Maister . . . . . at. Wherfore we wyll beseche youre maysterschip to have knowleche how and . . . . . en yet to make a new dyvysion ayen. Ther was a mason wroght on the . . . . . the parson wold have sett his horse on the chirchyerd in the night tyme, and . . . . . it in his horse, and desiryd him to put hym noon there by cause off the . . . off the scafoldys that were aboute hytt.

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Ryght worchepefull cossyn, y recommand me unto yow: and y pray yow, asse y may do any theyng to yowr plessur, that ȝe wolle grant me