Rygt worshypfull Sir, I beseche the blessed Trinite hafe yow yn hys gouvernaunce.
Wrete at London, the fyrst day of Feverzer, anno 36 R. H. VI.
Moreover, please you to wete that William Canyngs the merchaunt wryteth an aunsuer of your lettre. I trust it shall be the better for your wrytyng.
My brother promytted me a certeyn somme when I maryed, and I shall hafe it of my sister yff I may. Your humble servauntte, W. Botoner, dit Worcestyr.
[125.1] [From Fenn, i. 150.] Fenn states that he has omitted, as of no consequence, the first part of this letter relating to the holding of some courts and some other law matters wherein Yelverton, Fylongley, and others were concerned.
[125.2] The modern version in Fenn reads ‘here being.’
[125.3] Charles VII.
[125.4] Ladislaus V., who died on the 23rd November 1457, when on the point of marriage with Magdalen, daughter of Charles VII. of France. He is believed to have been poisoned.
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William Botoner to Sir John Fastolf