- Great Britain. Record Commission. State Papers, Published under the Authority of His Majesty's Commission. King Henry the Eighth. Vol. 2, part 3, London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan, 1830, p. 402.
- 1536
Jhesus.
My specyall and welbelovyd frynd, I hartely commend me onto you. And I beseke and pray you to delyver and send me by thys berer, my trusty servant, John Rothe, 20$ sterlyng, upon the plate that you have in custody of myn. And in so doyng you shall show me very gret kyndnes and plesure, for I have now very gret nede. Also I beseke you, that you do not breke nor square with the Deputye, but rather agre wythe hym. And also I beseke you to helpe and ayed hym in the Kyngys besynes, yf he have nede; and so shall you do the Kynges Grace plesure, the which you may be sewer Hys Grace woll bothe remembur and reward, and in so doyng you shall also bynd me to do for you eny thyng, that shall ly in my power.
| By your lovyng frynd, | |
| (Superscribed) | THOM̃S FYTZ GERALD. |
| To my trusty and welbelovyd frynd, Obryen. |