1. ^{Dalton’s mother lived at Leicester. Perhaps Jone was his wife.}
2. ^{Packhorses, the more usual method of carrying goods.}

Riught welbelovyd brother I recomend me unto yow & and to my syster hyt ys so that her ys Dodlays mane the bochar of Eschepe and I hawe p^dhym aull the mony that I hawhe zeyt I how hym xxxiij^s iiij^d wheche I pray yow pay hym and send me a nobyll be Tomas Wade the iij oxsyn for the margett comys to xxxv^s that ys xv^s xx^d a paye at my comyng a Wednysday I wantt a lyttyll fardell w^t ij craddyll clothys a tyn basson w^t oder geyr zeffe hytt hapyd to be layd yowr bott I troste hytt wylbe saffe I wndyrstonde be Adlynton at Mydwyntter ys com God ryd ws of hym. Send me a byll of yowr mynd I pray yow.

De hac litera allocatur per auditorem vj^s viij^d

B. e. xiij

Memorandum quod scrutetur bene pro istis xxxiij^s iiij^d solvendis et inquiratur utrum solvantur per Georgium Cely vel non.

On the Dorse: Broder I recomawnd be unto yow and to my.

On the Dorse:

1. ^{Molands, George’s Essex property.}

Addressed: To my ryght worschyppfull mastyrs Richard and George Cely merchauntes of the stappel of Callez at London yn Martt Lane so ytt dd:

1. ^{Was this the sweating sickness, the disease peculiarly fatal to Englishmen?}

On the Dorse, in a different handwriting (Rich. Cely’s?):

Item the seid William hath paid to the Attorney of Master Lewys de More his dutee & receyvid his bill.
Item delyverd to William Cely–

• a letter of payment of Benygne Decason conteynyng lx^li
• a letter of payment of Jacob van de Base conteynyng xxix^li xix^s iiij^d

1. ^{Probably Clive Cleeve, or Bishop’s Cleeve, in Gloucestershire.}
2. ^{A house called ‘Causkey,’ probably the Cross Keys, stood at the corner of St. Nicholas and Great Friar Street, Calais.}

1. ^Zealand.
2. ^{Perhaps Cadsand.}
3. ^Sluys.
4. ^{Sir James Tyrrell, a trusted servant to Edward IV., Richard III., and Henry VII. Executed 1502 for conspiracy with the Earl of Suffolk, and alleged to be guilty of the murder of Edward V. and the Duke of York.}

1. ^Dunkirk.

1. ^{Philippe, fifth son of Louis I. of Savoy, who succeeded as Philippe II. in 1496 and died in 1497. In his younger days, being without any lands, he was known merely as Philippe Monsieur, and served both France and Burgundy.}
2. ^{Liège. Jean IX. de Horn, who succeeded the murdered Louis de Bourbon.}
3. ^Sluys.
4. ^{Sir John Weston.}
5. ^{There had been more or less maritime war with the Danes, partly owing to disputes about the Iceland trade. Peace was formally concluded in 1489 (Rymer, xii. 374).}
6. ^Ypres.

1. ^{Magistracy. See Introduction.}
2. ^{Cunnagium, mint.}

1. ^Guines.
2. ^{St. Tricaise, now St. Tricat, in the Calais Pale.}
3. ^{Middleburgh in Zealand.}

1. ^Delft.
2. ^{Possibly Kingsey, in Buckinghamshire, not far from the sheepwalks in the Chilterns. The manor belonged to the Marneys of Essex.}
3. ^Delft.
4. ^{Balling Mart, or Bammys Mart. See Introduction.}

The first viage of the Margaret of London was to Selond in the yere of our Lord God M^liiij^ciiij^cv. The secunde to Caleis and the thrid to Burdews¹ ut videt.

M^d to se the pursers accomptes of the seide viages.G. Cely.

F.2

M^d that heyr after aperythe the reckenyng of howr costes doyn be me Rychard Cely, George Cely & Wylliam Maryon as well for ryddyng, byeng of aparrell w^t awll odyr costes as the byeng of a schype latt cawllyd the Margett of Penermarcke² bohutt John Burdeycke marrener of Penermarcke in Bretten as be passeltz aperrythe mor playnely

Maryon

Seland Viage.

Change of handwriting:

Wylliam Maryon.

Change of handwriting:

In the same handwriting as F. 9.

The paymentes of the marynars of the Margett.

1. ^Bordeaux.
2. ^{Penmarche, in Bretagne.}
3. ^Ospringe.
4. ^Southampton.

1. ^{Sittingbourne.}

5. ^Gravesend.
6. ^Erith.
7. ^Purfleet.
8. ^Ibid.
9. ^{Perhaps, accommodation.}
10. ^Ibid.
11. ^Bordeaux.
12. ^{Altered from xjs viijd.}
13. ^{Sic, but perhaps, Black bollys, or Black bowls, drinking vessels, were meant.}
14. ^{Altered from vli xijs ijd.}
15. ^{Altered from xxs ijd.}
16. ^{Altered from vjli iijs vd.}
17. ^{Thames Street.}
18. ^Erith.
19. ^Bordeaux.
20. ^{This entry is crossed out.}
21. ^{Altered from viijli xviijs iiijd.}

F.1

1. ^{These two words crossed out.}
2. ^{‘vjd’ is crossed out.}

1. ^{Written below ‘Summa totallis ijciijli xijs jd fl.’ crossed out.}
2. ^{The ‘xiijs iiijd’ inserted.}

1. ^{Sic. It should be xxiiijs viijd.}
2. ^{Allowing eleven persons, not ten as above, Rychard Whode’s share, including the wayne, would amount to about ijs xd. But four of the rest only paid ijs xd between them.}

Item the iiij^th day of Augost be me in the name of my fadyr Rychard Cely unto James Hollond master of the Blythe of London for the frayght of ij sarpler vj^sviij^d, Summa xiij^s iiij^d premage ij^d. Summa. . .

1. ^{Corrected from ‘Robard More.’}
2. ^{Millhall, on the Medway.}
3. ^{Corrected from ‘vjd‘.}
4. ^{Bradwell in Essex.}
5. ^{Malling in Kent. The parish touches the Medway; but it might be miswritten for Halling.}
6. ^{Walberswick, in Suffolk.}
7. ^{Milton, in Kent.}
8. ^Rotherhide.
9. ^{Brightlingsea, in Essex.}
10. ^Ibid.
11. ^{Malling, in the Medway, probably; see above.}

1. ^{Elorn in Bretagne.}
2. ^{Bourgneuf in Bretagne.}
3. ^{Machecoul in Bretagne.}
4. ^{Le Conquet in Bretagne.}
5. ^{The accounts of the ‘Brittissh child’ are wrong.}
6. ^{Crossed out.}
7. ^Ibid.

Ryght trusty and welbelovyd frend I recommaund me unto you acertynyng you sent your departyng ther hath ben labour mad ayenst you and your brother for the mater ye knowe but my fortune was to be by my lorde whan it was questian and I rememberyd my lord wiche had forgotyn the sayd mater and so after my rememberaunce my lord mad suche arnswere as shal be to your plesure in so muche as my lord hath promysid his singuler good lordshipp unto you and youre brother all men receyvid and yn anythyng els he cawdo for you or your brother he wulbe your good lorde. And to my power I schall be your frend duryng my lyfe. Fellow George I require you bespeke me xij dosun payre of loven¹ glovis of the mark of iij and iiij dosun of the mark of ij. I must within thys viij dayes send you wurd to pray you to ley owte mony for vj horharnese for my lorde of Cokyngham²and I shall paye you for it at Calis I pay [sic] you send me wurde how ye wuldo for me in thes maters by the next that comyth to the wiche tyme I schall thynk long to as knowith Jhesu who have you in his keping. From Calis the ij day of May w^t the hand of your tru loving frend

On the Dorse: Item my xij dosun payre of glovis
Item iij stykkes of tarny sateyn or els vyelett sateyn of Bruges.

1. ^Louvain.
2. ^{Perhaps Buckingham.}

1. ^Guines.

Brother Jorge I pray you as my speciall trust ys in you that ye wyll remember me for to pay to Wylliam Norton of London, draper, for me xl or l^liwhat ye may spare me but for xij or xiiij dayes for I owe hym iiij^xx li. of the whyche he hathe a byll of my hande for I loke yevery day for tydynges owte of Holand for my schypp & my prisoners, & brother, this payment lyeth my pore onestie apon wherfore I beseche you to remember me as my speciall trust ys in yow above all others & by thes my hanwryteng I promes yow to answerr yow at yewre pleseur what ye delyver the seyd Wylliam.

1. ^Delft.
2. ^Leyden.

1. ^{Barnsley, St. Mary, Gloucester, on the road between Cirencester and Burford.}
2. ^Guines.
3. ^{St. Tricaise or St. Tricat.}