Legal information and advice concerning a suit in which Cromwell has been retained as counsel by the wife of Sir Robert Clere, the sister of Rochford. Pleasyth it yo_ur_ good lordship to be adu_er_tysed howe that it hath pleasyd my ladye yo_ur_ sust_er_ wyff to S_i_r Rob_er_te Clere Knyght to requyre and desyre me to be of counsayll w_i_t_h_ the sayd S_ir_ Robert her husbande in a certayn[749] Matyer in varyaunce betwene the lady Feneux late the wyff of s_ir_ John Feneux Knyght cheffe Justyce[750] desseasyd of and For the deffence of a wrytt of extent of late passyd out of the Kyng_es_ hygh courte of the Chauncery dyrected vnto the Sheryff of Norffolke and Suffolke aswell for the extendyng of the land_es_ of the sayd s_ir_ Rob_er_te w_i_t_h_in the sayd countyes as alsoo For the puttyng in execution the bodye of the sayd s_ir_ Robert Clere for the satysfactyon and payment of Foure hundreth pound_es_ supposyd to be due to the sayd late cheff Justice disceasyd And For asmoche as by the reporte of my sayd lady yo_ur_ sust_er_ and alsoo by the syght of certayn Indentures of Couen_au_ntt_es_ & deffauntt_es_ made aswell bytwene s_ir_ John Paston Knyght disceasyd and the sayd S_ir_ Rob_er_te Clere as alsoo bytwene the sayd late cheff Justice and the sayd s_ir_ Robert yt maye appere that the sayd Statute of the Staple of cccc^{li} was made and delyu_er_ed to none other intente but onlye For the p_er_fformaunce of certayn couen_au_nt_es_ of Maryage For the assuraunce and onlye aduaunseme_n_t of a Joynter to be made to one Elyzabeth late the wyff off one Will_ia_m Clere disceasyd so_n_ne and heyre at that tyme to the sayd s_ir_ Rob_er_te whiche Elyzabeth ys nowe wydowe and was lately the wyffe of the sayd late lorde Feneux cheff Justice all whiche couen_au_nt_es_ of Maryage the sayd s_ir_ Robert Clere hathe always as I am Informyd bene redye and yet ys to p_er_fourme notw_i_t_h_standyng[751] that the sayd S_ir_ John Paston in hys lyffe nor s_ir_ Will_ia_m Paston nowe lyuyng so_n_ne and heyre of the sayd s_ir_ John wolde ne wyll not accordyng to suche couen_au_ntes[752] as the ‹same› be boundyn vnto paye vnto the sayd s_ir_ Roberte Clere cc^{li} Resydue of foure hundreth Mark_es_ for the sayd[753] assuraunce of the sayd Couenauntt_es_ of Maryage[754] yet dewe and vnpayd the none payment wherof ys A greate matyer and it were gret pytye and also ayenst bothe reson & Conscyens that the sayd s_ir_ Roberte shulde haue his land_es_ extendyd and be co_m_pellyd to paye the sayd so_m_me of foure hundreth pound_es_ consyderyng the sayd bounde was made but for the p_er_formaunce of the couen_au_ntes of Maryage whiche[755] the sayd Syr Robert was and ys Redye to performe and good Reason it were that the Couenauntt_es_ on the p_ar_tie of the sayd S_ir_ John Paston also sholde be p_er_formyd and the sayd cc^{li} payde. Neuertheles the sayd Syr Robert Clere ys vtterlye w_i_t_h_out Remedye by course of the co_m_mon