This will soon change thanks to the efforts of Dr. Huw Pryce, Dr. Charles Insley, and Dr K. L. Maund. For more information about this project go here . This document has long been overlooked even though closely related letters in PRO SC1 were published in 1866 by W. W. Shirley in his Royal Letters , and in 1935 by J. Goronwy Edwards in his Calendar of Ancient Correspondence Concerning Wales. This is certainly because of the document's poor state of preservation. The letter is very badly stained and darkened over all.
Ink is faded in places, especially at the edges.
The letter is virtually illegible except under ultraviolet light. Because of these difficulties, my transcription contains many lacunae and tenuous conjectures. It is my hope that the community of interested paleographers and historians will be able to amend these faults and illuminate the historical context of this letter.