Writs are fun to write because they are so close to the original period texts, requiring fewer modifications than most. There are lots of letters summoning persons to appear before Crowns.
They are also easy to write up on short notice. :-)
Here are two Writs that went out on Saturday, both for very dear people. I pulled them on very short notice from the same set of source texts -- letters by Margaret of Anjou -- so they do sound essentially similar. But, there is not a lot of variation in Writ language anyway.
Ivan the King and Matilde the Queen, to Raziya bint Rusa, King’s Champion of the Arts and Sciences, greeting. Whereas we have ordained our parliament to be held in the Crown Province of Ostgardr upon the Feast of Saint Scholastica, being 10 February, for the discussing, ordaining and making of new Champions of the Arts, we hereby command and direct that you, who are held to do homage to us, appear there in that same place personally to answer the question of whether you will accept elevation to the Order of the Laurel. Given at Buckland Cross on the first day after the ides of December in the fifty-second year of the Society.
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Ivan the King and Matilde the Queen to Mistress Rhiannon the Curious, greeting. We command that, giving up all other business, you attend by every means you can at our colloquium which shall be held in the Crown Province of Ostgardr upon the Feast of Saint Scholastica, being 10 February, for discussing with us and with other magnates of our realm who shall then be present, assembled in the same place, concerning certain arduous business touching us and our kingdom, to wit: whether you will accept elevation to the Order of Defence. So ordered and commanded upon 16 December, in the fifty-second year of the Society.
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