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.

R[eceived] fro Calise ij letters to you, and I wulld a sent theme to you before thise time, but I cowd no none body to convey theme savyng I had delyverde theme to a woman of Henly, and assone as sche was on horsebake in the strete sche wase arestid, and that is þe cause that you had theme nat before these tyme. And sir, I ame callyd apon for þe ["for þe" repeated in MS.] monys, the wheche Davyd owyt, and in spesyall of the good man of þe marmayd, and of the polt'. And sir, I have inqueryd of maister Wrohntn is comemyng to London, and as yet he is nat come, but as sone as he ys come you schalle have understondyng with þe grase of God, who have your Right worschipffull and Reverent maister in his blessyd kepyng ever. At London the xij daye of Maye.

My nowne hartely belovid Cossen Kateryn, I recomande me unto yow withe all the inwardnesse of myn hart. And now lately ye shall understond þat I resseyvid a token ffrom you, the which was and is to me right hartely welcom, and with glad will I resseyvid it; and over that I had a letter ffrom Holake, youre gentyll Sqwyer, by the which I understond right well þat ye be in good helth off body, and mery at