<County: Wales, Denbighshire>
<Code: L1363>
<MS reference: London, BL Cotton Cleopatra F.iii>
<Text: Letter>


Worschipfull lord J recomande me to 3ou and to 3our~ lordschip / And J wold pray 3ou hertli þt 3e wold her~ how þe fals John Wele serued me / As
al men knoyn wel J was vndur þe protexion of Mered ap Owein he sende to me be trety of my Cosynes Maester Edward and Edward
ap dauid / And askyt 3yf J wold cum in And he wold gete me þe kyng~-is <1-2 letters> Charter and J schuld be Maester Forster and Keyshat in
Ch<ill><a hole, ?ir></ill>ke-is lond And oþur þinges he behi3t me þe qwich he fulfullyt not / Afturward he askyt me qweþur J wold go ouer see wt hym
And he wold gete me my Charter of þe kyng~ and bring me to hym sounde and saff and J schuld haue . wages as muche as
any gentilman schuld haue þt went wt hym / And ouer þis he seide be-for~ þe Byschop of Seint Assaph And befor~ my
forsaede Cosynes þt raþer þen J schuld fael he wold spene of his own godde . xx . Marke / her~ apon J trust And gete me
ij men and bo3t armery at al pees and horses and oþur araement and come to Oswestr~ a ny3t befor~ or þei went / And on
þe morw þerafter J . sende Piers Cambr~ þe Reseuour of Chirke-is lond þryes to him for to tel him þt J was redy he saed þt J schuld
speke no word wt him And at þe last he saed þt he hade no wages for me / . And þt he hade al his retenev but bade me go to sir
Ric~ kakin to loke qweþur he hade nede of me / wt þe qwych J hade neuer ado nor no Couenande made / for J nold a-gon for no wages
wt hym ouer see . but for to haue my Charter of þe kyng~ and sum leuyng~ þt J my3t duel . in pees and in Rest / And þis as
be wytnes of sir Ric~ lakyn and of Strange J . was redy and wylly for ˆ [to] a-gon wt hym hedde he be truw . He come And saed priuely
to sir Ric~ and to straunge / qd he / her~ is Gruffuth ap dauid ap Gruffuth in þis town And has no Sauecondyt but in Chirke-is
lond And 3e mown take hym and 3e wolle / And ˆ [a] gode frende come and told me þis / and J . hert þis and trust me þens in al .
þe haste þt J my3t And so J . was begyllyd and deseyued of þt fals wele . as al men knoyn welle / And so J hade no leuyng~ norþur
quowth no worche but take my leuyng~ as ˆ [gode] wolle ordeyn for~ / And as J . herd / þer ben taken ij horses of 3our~ men þt wern
pyte in 3our~ parke / þoo horsys J wod qwer~ þei ben / but for~ no hatered þt J hade to 3ou or 3our~ lordschip / þei wern taken / but my men
toke ham / and ˆ [J] bo3t ham of hem / And hit was told me / þt 3e ben in purpos for to make 3our~ men bran and sle in qwade so+euer
Cuntr~ þt J be / and am reseued in / wt-owten doute as mony men ˆ t 3e slen] And as mony howsin þt 3e sl bran for my sake
as mony wol J bran And sle for 3our~ sake / And doutes not J wolle haue . boþe bredde And ale of þe best þt is
in 3our~ lordschip / J can no mor~ but gode kepe 3our~ worschipffull astate in prosperite J-wrettin in grete haste
at þe parke of Brinkiffo . þe xj day of June //
From Gruffuth ap dauid ap Gruffuth