No. 37.

Letter from King Henry VIII to Alderman Monoux desiring him to part with certain property whereon to erect an Exchange. Dated Chichester, 13 August [1538].

Journal 14, fo. 124.

By the Kynge

Trusty and welbelovyd we grete you well. And where as we under stande that ye have certeyn howsyng and tenementes abowt lombard strete in our Citye of london whiche ar veray mete and expedyent for certeyn intended purposes to the weale and commen furtherance of merchauntes and entrecours of the same w^tyn that o^r Cytye lyke as o^r trusty and Ryght welbelovyd servaunt S^r Rychard Gresham maio^r of the same and other hys brethern there can declare unto you Forasmoche as we tender moche that theyre good mynde and purpose in that byhalf may take effect And not dowbtyng but beyng brought up there ye have a good zeale and affeccõn to the same we have therfore thought hartely to requyre you that nowe shewyng the same ye woll nowe vouchesave at o^r intercessyon to bestowe upon suche a common weale and furtheraunce so moche of yo^r sayd howsyng as shall nede for thaccomplysshement of the same freely and frankely Or at the least w^t so reasonable an agreament indelayedly to be made betwene you and the sayd Gresham as they maye have cawse to thynke that ye want no good affeccõn towardes the sayd cytye And also that ye have suche good respect to our requisicõn herein as apperteigneth Assuryng you that yo^r gentle confirmite so to doo shalbe by us thankfully accepted and remembred accordyngly Yeven under o^r signet at or citye of Chichestre the xiij daye of August.