Mr. Deane, after my right hertie co_m_mendations Forasmoche as my lorde of Chester is not onelie destitute of Myter Crosier and other thing_es_ necessarie but also shall to morowe be enbusied and occupied about_es_ other the king_es_ affaires I shall therefore hertelie requyre you to appoynte som other Bisshop to execute to morowe before the king_es_ highnes at the Courte, till my saide Lorde of Chester shall be better Furnysshed as app_er_tyneth Wherein ye shall do him moche pleasure. And so Fare ye well. At Stepney the xiii day of Maye. Your assuryd Freend THOMAS CRUMWELL. _Add._ To the right wo_r_shipfull Mr. Docto_ur_ Sampson dean of the king_es_ chappell be this youen. 74. CROMWELL TO THE SENATE AND CONSULS OF LÜBECK[819]. B.M. Vit. B. xxi, f. 107; Cal. vii. 707. May 24, 1534. On behalf of William Gilbank, whose ship was captured near Sandwich and taken to Lübeck, with goods worth 53 pounds sterling. {Henricus Dei gr_ati_a Rex Angliae, et Franciae, fidei defensor, ac D_omi_n_us_ Hiber[niae] ... Consulibus, et} Senator{ibus}es Ciuitatis Lubicen_sis_ _etc._ Amici{s} n_ost_ri{s} Car_issi_mi{s} {sal_utem_} plur_i_ma_m_ Sal_utem_ et Co_m_me_n_ ... Nuper apud {nos} ... humilite_r_ conq[uestus est] ...s, ac fidelis {noster potentissimi n_ostr_i Regis} eius subditus Willelmus gylbanke q_uod_ quum superioribus mensibus nauis quaedam cui Hugo ship ... [prae]erat, ex harmywe Zelandiae vico hoc {n_ostr_um} inclytum Regnum uersus nauigatura soluerat, ac varij generis merces ad u[alorem] ... quinquaginta triu_m_ librar_um_ sterlingorum in ea onerasset, commercij gr_atia_ huc aduecturus, accidit, ut dicta nauis iam ... [n]auigationis cursu {et n_os_tr_u_m} in eiusdem ser_enissi_mi D_omini_ n_ostr_[i] Regis portu_m_ Sandwic_ensem_ ferme ingressa, a v_est_ra Classe quae belli praetextu, quod aduersus hollandos ... bat, per hoc {nostrum} mare excurrebat capta, et una cum dicti {n_ost_ri subditi} Will_el_mi bonis, ac mercibus in ciuitate_m_ istam v_estr_am ... abducta fuit; erit longe quidem praeter vetere_m_ mutuamq_ue_ {n_ost_ram} amicitiam cum Ser_enissi_ma hac Regia M_aiesta_te, et ingenti {eiusdem subditi n_ost_ri Will_el_mi eius subdi[ti]} prefati sui subditi detrimento, id q[u]od quum inscijs vobis a v_est_rae classis praefectis {commissum fuerit, voluimus} eadem Regia M_aies_tas co_m_missu_m_ fuisse plane credat, iussit ut suo no_m_i_n_e n_ostr_is his l_itte_ris hanc causam vobis imp_rese_ntia commendaremus: Vos igitur quos p_ro_ intimis amici[s] habet impense rogat, ut pro vest[ro] erga iustas quasq_ue_ causas studio, pro mutuaq_ue_ {n_ostr_a} secum coniunctione, v_estr_a authoritate efficere velitis q_uod_ praedicta bona sic ablat[a] eidem {n_ostr_o subdito} Will_e_lmo uel eius procuratori in integrum restitua_n_tur, id quod {ut nobis} ut [e]idem Regie M_aiesta_ti maxime