abowt (about)

absence

accordyng (according)

accordyngly (accordingly)

 

 

 

accordingly

accordinge (according)

 

 

 

 

accusat(i)on (accusation)

acquayntance (acquaintance)

acquaynted (acquainted)

adm(inis)trators (administrators)

Admyrall (admiral)

advauncem(en)t (advancement)

aduertise (advertise)

adu(er)tised (advertised)

Adu(er)tyzed (advertised)

advyse (advice)

to advyse (to advise)

the aduise and consaill (the advice and counsel)

against

thambassado(ures) (the ambassadors)

amplyfyed (amplified)

And

Awndyrons (andirons)

 

Annexed (annexed)

app(er)eth

awnswer (answer)

answerable

 

apley (apply)

(apoynted) appointed

Ap(ri)le (April)

thapp(er)ten(i)nc(es) (the appurtenances)

arguynge (arguing)

Armes (arms)

art(ic)le (article)

artillerye (artillery)

auctorytie (authority)

 

 

 

auctoritie (authority)

away

bags of pepp(er) (bags of pepper)

balyffe (bailiff)

baskett(es)

baylywick (bailiwick)

be

berer (bearer)

bearer

barynge date (bearing date)

becawse (because)

bycawse (because)

because

1590

bed

been

behauio(ur) (behavior)

beleve (believe)

bere (beer)

besiege

gotten w(i)th childe (gotten with child)

 

 

 

 

begotten w(i)th child

bett(er)

byd (bid)

bisshop (bishop)

 

 

 

 

 

byshope (bishop)

blasphemys (blasphemies)

Book(es) bought (books bought)

bounte (bounty)

brother

burgeses (burgesses)

bvsynes (business)

 

Butt(e)r (butter)

call

Carpinters (carpenter’s)

Castle

catholik(es) Catholics

cawtherne (cauldron)

cawse (cause)

s(yr)ten (certain)

 

certifieng (certifying)

chayne (chain)

Chamb(er)

Chancery (chancery)

Charyott (chariot)

Chest

chosyne (chosen)

Church wardens

Churchyard

clerk

Clerks and Seru(au)nts (clerks and servants)

 

 

 

 

clocke (clock)

Coffyn making (coffin making)

com(e) a myse (come amiss)

comendacions (commendations)

Co(m)mission (commission)

co(m)myssion(er)s (commissioners)

Commynykacion (communication)

cons(er)nynge (concerning)

 

 

 

 

coniectures (conjectures)

consyderac(i)ons (considerations)

y(ou)r consyderation

co(n)clusions (conclusions)

 

 

 

the hooll co(n)sistorie (the whole consistory)

Contented

Controu(er)sie (Controversy)

co(n)venyent (convenient)

convicted

copie (copy)

copye (copy)

coppied (copied)

copiholde (copyhold)

cold (could)

comodytye (commodity)

Cowncell (counsel)

countye (county)

Countie (county)

Co(u)rt of Spayne (court of Spain)

Cort Rowlles (Court rolls)

cousin

doth covenant and graunt (does covenant and grant)

creato(u)r (creator)

credybelly (credibly)

credyte (credit)

creditt (credit)

Credyt (Credit)

Crossing

Cupberer (cupbearer)

curtesie (curtesy)

Custody

custumes (customs)

Custom(er)s

a damasking dagger (a damascene dagger)

daughter

day

debt(es) (debts)

decyphered (deciphered)

defendo(ur) (defender)

delayes (delays)

 

 

 

 

delyte (delight)

delyu(er)d (delivered)

delyu(er)ye (delivery)

delyu(er)y (delivery)

dep(ar)ted (departed)

dep(ar)ting (departing)

dep(ar)ture (departure)

deputie (deputy)

directyd (directed)

desyring (desiring)

 

desyrous (desirous)

devise

differences

dyned (dined)

disbursed

dyschardge (discharge)

discourse

discretion of my executour (discretion of my executor)

my dispatchinge (my dispatching)

 

 

 

 

devyne s(er)vice (divine service) 

dyspleasynge (displeasing)

do

don (done)

do(o/u/n)ne (done)

dowbte (doubt)

dowbting (doubting)

drawght (draft)

Dvblyn (Dublin)

dewe (due)

duelie (duly)

dutie (duty)

my humbell duty (my humble duty)

dwelled

dwelling

Therle (the Earl)

Easter

eccliasticall (ecclesiastical)

In Clossid (enclosed)

effecte (effect)

eth(er) (either)

Elizabethe

endevored (endevoured)

englishemen (Englishmen)

ent(ire)ly

 

esq(uie)r (esquire)

estate

estimate

eu(er)

eu(er)y (every)

eu(er)y bodie (everybody)

evidence

euell (evil)

excuses

Executo(u)rs (executors)

expecta(n)ci(e)s

exp(re)ssinge (expressing)

Ingrossinge (engrossing)

inquirie (enquiry)

interteignement (entertainment)

Interteyneme(n)t (entertainment)

esquyer (esquire)

 

 

 

 

Eternal

eu(er)mor(e) (evermore)

ex(am)ina(t/cion) (examination)

examinac(i)ons conc(er)ning (examinations concerning)

examyned (examined)

exceedinglye (exceedingly)

thexcheker (the exchequer)

excused

Expens(es) (expenses)

expresse (expresse)

expressed 

Ex(tr)aordinarie Charges (extraordinary charges)

extra ordinary payment(es) (extraordinary payments)

father

ffether (feather)

ff(F)yrste (first)

fishe (fish)

 

flete (fleet)

flowers

forrayne (foreign)

 

foure (four)

frynd (friend)

frendshipp (friendship)

furnyshed (furnished)

furnishinge (furnishing)

furnyture (furniture)

geldinge (gelding)

gentl(eman) (gentleman)

gyfftes (gifts)

I geue & bequeth (I give and bequeath)

geeven (given)

gyveing (giving)

to gyve god thank(es) (to give God thanks)

god wyll(in)g (God willing)

gowte (gout)

great

grudg(es) (grudges)

gwardyan (guardian)

handwryting 

hartiest (heartiest)

have 

havyng (having)

 

hawkes (hawkes)

hartelye (heartily)

heires (heirs)

erbes (herbs)

heriditam(en)t(es) (hereditaments)

yo(ur) hono(u)r (your honour)

horseback and on fote (horseback and on foot)

horses

howse (house)

howss (house)

howses (houses)

howsehould stuffe (household stuff)

thesaid housseplace (the said house-place)

Imprysoned (imprisoned)

inasmoche (inasmuch)

inclosed ground(es)

increase

indebtid (indebted)

 

yndeede (indeed)

This Indentur(e) (this indenture)

 

 

 

 

 

 

inhabita(n)t(es)

Iniuryes (injuries)

intended

Issuyng (issuing)

J(e)suyt (Jesuit)

Jesuytes (Jesuits)

Jewlye (July)

iust & reasonable (just and reasonable)

know

kyll (kill)

killed

kild (killed)

kyng of England

(th)e kyng(es)

land(es) (landes)

larnyd (learned)

layt (late)

lease

alett(e)r (a letter)

a l(ett)re (a letter)

let(te)rs (letters) 

L(ett)ers of credence (letters of credence)

our form(er) l(ett)res (our former letters)

 

 

 

my said l(ett)res (my said letters)

lyable (liable)

liberall (liberal)

lib(er)tie (liberty)

lib(er)ties (liberties)

Lighthorsme(n) (light horsemen)

lyke (like)

lykewise (likewise)

lymyt(es) (limits)

ly(ue)ry (livery)

Lodging

y(ou)r L(ord)ship (Your Lordship)

yo(u)r lo(rdshi)pps (your lordships)

the Lord(es) sp(irit)uall & temp(or)all

lowe Coontrye (Low Country)

maid s(er)vant (maidservant)

her maiesties (her majesty’s)

 

 

 

 

maister mason (master mason)

man(ner) (manner) 

in mann(er) & forme (in manner and form)

manservaunt (manservant)

maynie (many)

marveling

m(aster)

m(aster)shipe (mastership)

matter(s) (matters)

mayo(u)r (mayor)

meane (mean)

meanes (means)

malancolly (melancholy)

men

m(er)cernary

marchandyse (merchandise)

 

m(er)chandize (merchandise)

merchandize (merchandise)

m(er)chandise (merchandise)

merchant

merchauntaylo(u)r (merchant taylor)

m(er)cie (mercy)

to make merie (to make merry)

mydsomer (midsummer)

myles (miles)

myserablie (myserably)

misrule

 

mondaie (Monday)

 

Such muney (such money)

mowthe (mouth)

necke (neck)

Nephewe (nephew)

neu(er) (never)

neu(er)thelas (nevertheless)

next

northe (North)

a breefe note (a brief note)

 

 

 

 

obs(er)uac(i)on (observation)

offenders

 

yo(ur) orato(ur) (your orator)

oxford (Oxford)

Oxeforde (Oxford)

 

 

 

 

 

pasyfycatyon (pacification)

packet 

paccett (pacquet)

Pacquet (packet)

a packett of l(ett)res (a packet of letters)

p(ar)cels (parcels)

p(ar)ish church (parish church)

our p(ar)yshe (our parish)

o(u)r p(ar)yshe (our parish)

p(ar)liament (parliament)

p(ar)liam(en)t (parliament)

p(ar)lo(u)r

in good p(ar)te (in good part)

p(ar)te or p(ar)cell

particuler (particular)

partycularyties (particularities)

p(ar)ticulerly (particularly)

 

 

 

 

p(ar)tycularly (particularly)

 

p(ar)ticulers (particulars)

the p(ar)tic(u)lers (the particulars)

p(ar)tner

my p(ar)tner

Parteners (partners)

Pawles (Saint Paul’s)

Pawlett (Paulet)

paymentt (payment)

paym(en)t (payment)

paym(en)t(es)

paym(en)t(es)perceyving (perceiving)

p(er)fect

p(er)fourme

p(er)petuall

p(er)petuall s(er)uitude

p(er)plexed

eu(er)y p(er)son (every person)

in p(er)son (in person)

y(ou)r p(er)sone (your person)

p(er)son

p(er)sonages (personages)

p(er)sonnall (personal)

p(er)suad (persuade)

p(er)swade (persuade)

p(er)swaded (persuaded)

p(er)suaded (persuaded)

p(er)suadyth

p(er)tayninge (pertaining)

Physicians

pley(e)rs (players)

plesyth (pleases)

the pleas(ure)

plesure (pleasure)

Pleasure (pleasure)

plott(es) (plots)

poore (poor)

posnett(e)s (posnets)

possession

post

postscripte

pouertie (poverty)

to o(u)r full po(we)r (to our full power)

p(re)ched (preached)

p(re)desessors (predecessors)

p(re)ferm(en)t (preferment)

p(re)ferment (preferment)

 

 

 

 

 

p(rei)udyce (prejudice)

p(re)misses (premisses)

p(re)misses (premisses)

p(re)misses (premisses)

prep(ar)ation (preparation)

p(re)pare

p(re)posterous (preposterous)

in the presence

p(rese)nt (present)

present

p(re)sently

p(re)sently

pres(er)uac(i)on (preservation)

p(re)tended

prynce (prince)

prison

prison(er)

p(ri)vyledges (privileges)

p(ro)cesse (process)

p(ro)clamac(i)on (proclamation)

p(ro)cured

p(ro)curing (procuring)

p(ro)ffyttabull (profitable)

p(ro)mise

p(ro)mysses

p(ro)p(er)ties & necessaries (properties and necessaries)

p(ro)phesyinge (prophesying)

p(ro)tested (protested)

provided

p(ro)vyded

p(ro)vided

p(ro)vince (province)

punyshment (punishment)

purpose

Quenes (queen’s)

quene of Scott(es) (Queen of Scots)

the Quenes Ma(ies)tie (the Queen’s majesty)

the Realme (the realm)

rebells

rec(eyue)

receive

receyved (received)

Receyved (received)

receved (received)

resyvyd (received)

Receyved (received)

Redd (red)

Richerde (Richard)

reco(m)pense

rectifycat(ion)e (rectification)

Regiment

the Raigne of o(u)r Sou(er)aigne (the reign of our sovereign)

Resseuyd s(er)ten (received certain)

recusant

reigne (reign)

religione (religion)

remayne (remain)

remayninge (remaining)

yo(ur) ffrendlye rem(e)mbrance (your friendly remembrance)

reme(m)bre (remember)

rent

rep(ar)ac(i)ons (reparations)

request

at the request of

reparac(i)ons (reparations)

a Reskue (a rescue)

resyst (resist)

resolution

Resolution (resolution)

be resolued (be resolved)

retorne (return)

Robert

the sayd (the said)

the sayd (the said)

the said

the sayd (the said)

St Johns Colledge (Saint John’s College)

satisfy

satisfied

 

 

 

 

saterdaie (Saturday)

Scotland

scripture scited (scripture cited)

sendyng (sending)

to send 

septemb(er) (September)

s(e)rmon (sermon)

s(er)monde (sermon)

a s(er)pent (a serpent)

 

 

 

 

 

the oulde serpente (the old serpent)

a serpent

s(e)ru(au)nte (servant)

 

 

 

 

S(e)rvante (servant)

a s(er)vant (a servant) 

 

 

 

 

my seru(au)nte (my servant)

servaunts (servants)

sarvants (servants)

Servaunt (servant)

yo(u)r s(er)uaunt (your servant)

s(er)ve (serve)

s(er)vyng man (servingman)

services

seruice (service)

s(er)uys (service)

service

s(er)vice (service)

s(er)uices (services)

service

Seu(er)all poynts (several points)

shal be greatly (shall be greatly)

Shippe (ship)

should

owght of syght (out of sight)

signed

signet

Sylke (silk)

simple

synce (since)

S(ir) (Sir)

the Sayd Syr (the said Sir)

Sister

syster (sister)

Syxe (six)

slayne (slain)

sowldyers (soldiers)

soldyers (soldiers)

sorry

sorte(sort)

sond(er) (sounder)

his sou(er)ain (his sovereign)

 

 

 

 

o(u)r sou(er)eygne (our sovereign)

spaniells (spaniels)

to speike (to speak)

spech (speech)

spediest (speediest)

the starre (star) chamber

strange

stuffes (stuffs)

subgiett(es) (subjects)

subgiets (subjects)

subsidie (subsidy)

subscrybe (subscribe)

such sufficyent dusties (such sufficient duties)

suter (suitor)

sundry

suspected 

suspysion (suspicion)

sweet smelling

takynge (taking)

terme

testament

testymone (testimony)

testimony

thanckes (thanks)

they

thinges (things)

think

this

thowght (thought)

thraldome (thraldom)

to morrow

towchy(n)ge (touching)

(tolde) told

the frenche tongue (the French tongue)

to

to the others

towching (touching)

toward(es) (towards)

toward(es) (towards)

 

 

 

 

 

treasons

treasouror (treasurer)

trinketes (trinkets)

trobelyd (troubled)

troblesome dealing(es) (troublesome dealings) 

Tryall (trial)

trouthe (truth)

Tewsday (Tuesday)

vncles (uncle’s)

vnd(er)

 

tundrestand (to understand)

vnkyndnes (unkindness)

vrged (urged)

vzuance (usance) 

Vicechimb(er)leyn (Vice-chamberlain)

virtue (vertue)

vos valete & plaudite

warrante (warrant)

weke (week)

weyghtye affayres (weighty affairs)

I went

Whearas (whereas)

where

wydowe (widow)

whishinge (whishing)

whoes (whose)

widowe (widow)

wief (wife)

w(i)t(h) wynes (with wines)

wytnes (witness)

witnes (witness)

witnesse (witness)

to write

wryte (write)

wryteinge (writing)

written

wryghten (written)

wrytten (written)

hastelye wryten (hastily written)

yeare (year)

yest(er)day (yesterday)

 wintre (winter)

zeale (zeal)