A Capitalist Clothier in Oxfordshire
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[R. H. Gretton, The Burford Records, pp. 655-56.] 4 March.
Thomas Cade to Thomas Cromwell.
Plecythe ytt your good lordshyp to be advertysed thatt I am Informyd by thys Berar thatt he hathe entryd communicacion wythe Master Rytche and oder Commyssionars to the kynges hyghnes and hathe made sewt to them to take to ferm certeyn landes mylles pasturs medows and waters wythe oder commodities belonginge to the same, late in use off the kynges monastery off abyngdon now in the possession off the kynges sayd hyghnes, and for hys further spede in the premisses he Intendythe to make sewt to your lordshyp and hathe made me Desyr to be peticioner and sewter to your sayd gode lordchyp for hym and hathe gode trust thatt the rather att my pore contemplacioun you wylbe the better lord to hym and be the rather content to here hys resonabull sewtes. And soo, gode my lord, I moste hartylye beseche yow, and soo beynge ye schalbe assured off my contynewell prayer duringe my schort lyff, and over thatt, my lord, ye schall have hym redy att all tymes aswell in hys own person as also wythe xx tall men att hys leadynge to serve the kynges hyghnes att yowre comaundement. My lord, ye schall nott fayll to approve hym a very substanciall and just man in hys dealings bothe in word and dede, and he settythe in occupacione dayly fyve c off the kynges subjetts of all sortys, and yff he myght have kardinge and spynnynge he wolde sett many moo in worke than he dothe ; for thys I know for trewthe, my lord, thatt yff ye be gode lord to hym he wyll sett the Inhabitants off the kyngs Town off Abyngton yff they woll wyrk, on occupacion, soo thatt they schall gayn more in few yeres commynge than theyhave done in xxti yeres past. For thys I know, my lord, thatt wekely ned constreyneth hym to send to abyngdon hys kart lodyn wythe woll to be kardyd and spann, or els many tymes hys workmen schuld lak work, and lykewyes he sendythe to Strodwater. My lord, I know the man soo substanciall and just offhys word and dede thatt ytt gyvethe me Boldnes to wryte in hys favour, trustinge, my lord,thatt ye wyll be the better lord to hym att thys my pore sewte, and in soo beynge he schall gyff yow xxti li. to by yow a sadell and hys servic wythe my dayly prayer as knowys best the holy trynite, who ever have yow, my lord, in hys blessyd tuicion wythe longe contynewans in Joyous Selyate, from Burford on the wold the iiii day off marche wythe rude hande of yower daylye orator. Thomas Cade.
