Grace and peace be multiplied vppon yow. I John Bulbrooke your seruant though absent in Body yet present in spirit desirous hartily to remember my seruice to you: in humble manner, desiring God to blesse and aboundantly to prosper yow in all your proceedings: entreating your worship to remember your promised loue to me your seruant. so desiring to heare from you the next returne and some litle note of your prosperous iourney and of your love towards me so leauing you to the protection of the almighty who has promised to keepe and defend all thos that walke in a perfect way I rest Your seruant in the Lord

according to your request I went to lanham2 and tooke particulers of all your lands there (as neere as I could gather of your tennants) whereof ther is 83 akers or thereabouts, all of the which is Copy saving 3 or 4 akers which is free and houldeth of Mr. Barrow and the house with halfe an aker is also fre but they know not of whome it houldeth Mr. Doyle haue demanded 3 pence the yeere for it but ther have not any rent bin payed because they never knew iustly of whome it held Mr. Harman farmes 20 akers rents 7li 12s ther is 10 akers of it errable and the rest fennes and ther is a littell tenement vpon the ground Allin farmes where he dwelleth 20 8akers 28 akers of it is erreble the rest fennes saving one aker of medow which lyeth in a common medow it rents 20li 12s more Allen farmes 20 akers 13 of it erreble the rest medow it rents 13li 10s

Mr. Forth farmes one medow of 3 akers it rents 4li the yeerely rent with the Lords rent is 45li 14s the Lords rent is in all 3li 7s the yeere, 41s 4d to Mr. Hoges, 24s to Mr. Doyle, 1s 8d to Mr. Barrow and thus with my truest loue to you my Brother Downing and sister with commendationes to all the rest of my cosenes and freinds I rest Your ever loving vncle