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And considering that ye were assigned to be here this day wt
me in like wise, to make aunswer of yor opinion and mynde in
this mater, with the names of asmany as be of like mynde as
ye be of, I gretely mervaile that ye comme not hider to shewe
yor aunswer therein accordingly. Wherefore I requir you to
be here wt me on Monday next, by ix of the clok before noone,
to make and ley in yor aunswere in this behalve, as ye shal
thinke good, wt the namys of asmany other persons as be of
yor opinion and mynde in the same mater : to thentent that I
may certify my Lord Cardinal thereof accordingly; and yor
myndes knowen I shalbe glad that suche order and wey may
be taken in this mater as ye shal thinke may best stand with
the pleasire of God and the common weale of thinhabitantes of
that cuntrey, nowe beeing and which hereafter shalbe : and in
case ye can not thus certify me by Monday next, then I requir
you to certify me of yor mynde, and of others of like myndes,
at Maidestonne, on Sancte Thomas day next commyng. If ye
had made yor aunswer herein, I mought have certified my said
Lord Cardinal thereof furthwt howbeit by yor delay I am compelled
to differre the said certificat. At Otford, the last day of
Juny [1525].
WILLAM CANTUAR
Addressed : To my right welbeloved William Whetnal, William
Waller, and Henry Pane, and to every of theym.
Indorsed : Thinhabytauntes of Tunbridge had rather theyre
Pryory stode still than to have a schole for xl children, to be
sent thence to Oxford.
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17. FROM THE SAME TO CARDINAL WOLSEY.
(The state of feeling among the inhabitants of Tunbridge, at the
suppression
of the Priory there, and the proposal to found a free school.)
Pleace it yor grace to understand, that upon sight of
yor late letters, I wrote immediately to certeyne substantial persons of
Tunbrige and theraboutes, to be advertised by theym, what
murmur or brutes were made there concernyng the prioury
there, and if any suche were, the same tobe diligently suppressed.
Whereupon this morenyng I have receved aunswere
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