1590 11 Oct/ Mr Henry Darell Gent/ yt he hath no Iron furnace/ but only makes Iron/ bares/
To the ryght woorshipfull/ Sir John Leveson knight/ ........... thes w[it]h spede/ Att Hallinge./
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Ryght woorshypfull, I receved your le[tt]ers, dated the viij of/ thys instant octobre, the xj of the same and for answers/ therof, I do assure <youe> of my credytt that I have neath[er]/ in Kent nor in Sussex any Iron Furnace nor Iron/ Worke where, att any tyme any Iron Gonnes hath or/ Can be made or caste// I have only an Iron Forge/ where only Iron is wrought into barres, neather can/ there yf I wolde any Iron gonnes be made there,/ And thys I assure yowe ys trewe on my [.........]// / And where you require to me to repayre to your/ house on Thursdaye next, I wolde ther wayte/ on you yf I weareable to travell so Farre, but/ I assure you I ame nott w[i]thoute daynger of my lyfe/ For I have ben sycke and synce the mydle of/ August laste and ame yet so weale that I ame nott/ well able to travell so Farre. And besyde thys that/ I enformed you beinge there. There is nott any/ Cause for me to putt in bonde to cast no gonnes, beinge/ I have no Iron worke in neather of thes shires where/ any Gonnes Can be made or caste, And so besechynge/ yow for the causes before aleged, to p[ar]don my comynge to/ you att thys tyme, I humbly take my leave, thys xjth da of octobere 1590// From my poore house Scotney/
Your verye lovinge Frende/ to Commande/
Henry Darrell
After I had posted your le[tt]er I sent the same to/ Rychard Ballarde p[re]sentynge
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(with permission of South Staffordshire County Council)
D593/S/4/28/14
Nicholas Myller
Watton
Thomas Barham
Catelyn
Clarke
Byng
Henry Darrell
Sir John Leveson