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Below is a semi-diplomatic transcription of Folger manuscript [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/0m53bx L.d.839]. The transcription below was created by the [[Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO)]] project. To access an image of the original leaf, click on each transcription's heading.
Below is a semi-diplomatic transcription of leaf 1 recto of Folger manuscript [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/0m53bx L.d.839]. The transcription below was created by the [[Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO)]] project. To access an image of the original leaf, click on each transcription's heading.


=== [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/j1dhh2 L.d.839,  leaf 1 recto] ===
=== [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/j1dhh2 L.d.839,  leaf 1 recto] ===
Our dewtyes remembred, Whereas vppon certayne articles here tofore preferred by your worshippes officers, we were compelled to sett downe our knowledge by verdytt what our Customes were touching the state of your segnorye and of our Tenamentes which we do ffynde an hundred yeares past and more, hath much differed from the   tyme present almost on all thinges, and consideringe your Worshipes grand father was in his tyme a learned ma[n] Iudge, and a grave man both feared and Loved of all men in Respect of his goode dealinge, who allowed the Tenantes in his tyme which were oure forefathers and ancetors, to take vp by dissent their Landes as we of late have done, and for the most part in all the tyme of                                                                                                   Kinge Henry the seuenth, & Kinge Henry the eight ded & observed the Rulinge of fynes likewise as of late have bene we thought we might the more boldly present, as we ded in our  Verduytt sett downe, wherin if any thinge be done by vs to your mislikinge, we ar readye with all dutyfulnes to be reformed by those to whom the matter is committed, most humbly besechinge yow, that whereas the Ripplinge of our estates, and the controversyes which may aryse & grow therevpon ar unspeakeable, and the forfitures of bondes & incommbrannces which may be brought in question ar innume rable, that we may finde yow our good Lord, to permitt & suffer vs to enioye our inheritannce as our forefathers ded in the tyme of your worshippes anncetors, vnder such dew order or instrument as the law will allow off, and we your poore Tenanntes shall thinke our selfes dayly bound to pray to god for the preservation of your life in much worshippe longe to continew at Heydon the xxviijth of Ianuarie your Tenanntes at your worshipes co mandement.  Signatures in the left column: the marke of Richard Marchall  [no mark]                                                                                                   Erasmus Hamleton                                                                                                                                 Ihon Clerkson                                                                                                                                       Robert Thistleton                                                                                                                              Andrew Dewynne                                                                                                                                   Ihon Garrett                                                                                                                                          William Hoclinges   Ihon Garrett                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Robert Worth                                                                                                                                                         Iohn Lockett Signatures in the right column:                                                                                                                         Thomas Hunt                                                                                                                                               the mark of Edward Peck  [mark] the mark of Nicolas Bell  [no mark] by me Edmund bell [mark]                                                                                     Wyllm manye                                                                                                                                          Iames Bell the mark of Iohn Allyns   the mark of Richard Adams  the mark of Peter hall                 by me Robert Taylor
Our dewtyes remembred, Whereas vppon certayne articles here  
 
tofore p''re''ferred by your worshipp''es'' officers, we were compelled to sett  
 
downe our knowledge by verdytt what our Customes were touching  
 
the state of your segnorye and of our Ten''a''me''n''t''es'' w''hi''ch we do ffynde  
 
an hundred yeares past and more, hath much differed from'' the ''
 
<nowiki>  </nowiki>tyme p''re''sent almost on all thing''es'', and consideringe your Worship''es ''
 
grand father was in his tyme a learned ma[n] Iudge, and a grave ma''n ''
 
both feared and Loved of all men in Respect of his goode  
 
dealinge, who allowed the Ten''an''t''es'' in his tyme w''hi''ch were oure
 
forefathers and ancetors, to take vp by dissent their Land''es'' as  
 
we of late have done, and for the most part in all the tyme of  
 
Kinge Henry ''the'' seuenth, & Kinge Henry the eight ded &  
 
observed the Rulinge of fynes likewise as of late have bene  
 
we thought we might ''the'' more boldly p''re''sent, as we ded in our   
 
Verduytt sett downe, wherin if any thinge be done by vs  
 
to your mislikinge, we ar readye w''i''th all dutyfulnes to be reformed  
 
by those to whom the matter is com''m''itted, most humbly besechinge  
 
yow, ''tha''t whereas the Ripplinge of our estates, and the co''n''troversyes
 
w''hi''ch may aryse & grow therevpon ar unspeakeable, and the forfitures  
 
of bondes & incom''m''brannces w''hi''ch may be brought in question ar innume  
 
rable, ''tha''t we may finde yow our good Lord, to p''er''mitt & suffer
 
vs to enioye our inheritannce as our forefathers ded in the tyme  
 
of your worshipp''es'' anncetors, vnder such dew order or instrume''n''t
 
as ''the'' law will allow off, and we your poore Tenan''n''t''es'' shall  
 
thinke our selfes dayly bound to pray to god for the p''re''servation
 
of your life in much worshippe longe to continew at Heydon
 
the x<s>x</s>viij<sup>th</sup> of Ianuarie your Tenannt''es'' at your worship''es'' co  
 
mandement.   
 
'''Signatures in the left column: '''
 
the marke of Richard Marchall  [no mark]   ''' '''
 
<nowiki>    </nowiki>Erasmus Hamleton                                                                                                                                
 
Ihon Clerkson  
 
Rob''e''rt Thistleton                                                                                                                               
 
Andrew Dewynne                                                                                                                                
 
Ihon Garrett                                                                                                                                           
 
Willia''m'' Hocling''es''
 
<nowiki>   </nowiki>Ihon Garrett  
 
Robert Worth
 
Iohn Lockett  
 
'''Signatures in the right column: '''
 
<nowiki>                      </nowiki>Thomas Hunt  
 
''the'' mark of Edward Peck  [mark]  
 
''the'' mark of Nicolas Bell  [no mark]  
 
by me Edmund bell [mark]
 
Wyllm manye                                                                                                                                           
 
Iames Bell  
 
''the'' mark of Iohn Allyns
 
''the'' mark of Richard Adams   
 
''the'' mark of Peter hall  
 
by me Robert Taylor

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Tenants' Petition to Sir Roger Townshend (1543?–90), Norfolk

January 20, ca. 1550–1600

L.d.839

Guide to the Bacon-Townshend collection, 1550-1640

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Transcriptions

Below is a semi-diplomatic transcription of leaf 1 recto of Folger manuscript L.d.839. The transcription below was created by the Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) project. To access an image of the original leaf, click on each transcription's heading.

L.d.839, leaf 1 recto

Our dewtyes remembred, Whereas vppon certayne articles here

tofore preferred by your worshippes officers, we were compelled to sett

downe our knowledge by verdytt what our Customes were touching

the state of your segnorye and of our Tenamentes which we do ffynde

an hundred yeares past and more, hath much differed from the

tyme present almost on all thinges, and consideringe your Worshipes

grand father was in his tyme a learned ma[n] Iudge, and a grave man

both feared and Loved of all men in Respect of his goode

dealinge, who allowed the Tenantes in his tyme which were oure

forefathers and ancetors, to take vp by dissent their Landes as

we of late have done, and for the most part in all the tyme of

Kinge Henry the seuenth, & Kinge Henry the eight ded &

observed the Rulinge of fynes likewise as of late have bene

we thought we might the more boldly present, as we ded in our

Verduytt sett downe, wherin if any thinge be done by vs

to your mislikinge, we ar readye with all dutyfulnes to be reformed

by those to whom the matter is committed, most humbly besechinge

yow, that whereas the Ripplinge of our estates, and the controversyes

which may aryse & grow therevpon ar unspeakeable, and the forfitures

of bondes & incommbrannces which may be brought in question ar innume

rable, that we may finde yow our good Lord, to permitt & suffer

vs to enioye our inheritannce as our forefathers ded in the tyme

of your worshippes anncetors, vnder such dew order or instrument

as the law will allow off, and we your poore Tenanntes shall

thinke our selfes dayly bound to pray to god for the preservation

of your life in much worshippe longe to continew at Heydon

the xxviijth of Ianuarie your Tenanntes at your worshipes co

mandement.

Signatures in the left column:

the marke of Richard Marchall [no mark]

Erasmus Hamleton

Ihon Clerkson

Robert Thistleton

Andrew Dewynne

Ihon Garrett

William Hoclinges

Ihon Garrett

Robert Worth

Iohn Lockett

Signatures in the right column:

Thomas Hunt

the mark of Edward Peck [mark]

the mark of Nicolas Bell [no mark]

by me Edmund bell [mark]

Wyllm manye

Iames Bell

the mark of Iohn Allyns

the mark of Richard Adams

the mark of Peter hall

by me Robert Taylor