To the most reverend man of religion the lord Sacrist of (Bury) St. Edmund (Suffolk), the Archdeacon of Ely's Official: Greeting in Him who is the true salvation of all.

We notify your lordship by these presents that John of the Moat, painter, and Beatrice of Ely-At-Lanes-End, wife of Peter of Soham but adhering to the adulterous embraces of the said John, have merited the sentence of greater excommunication
launched by us for their repeated contumacy and manifest offence. We have caused this sentence to be solemnly published
through each of the parish churches of the city of Ely on Sundays and holy days, and have further forbidden anyone to presume
to communicate in any way with them or either of them during the period of the said excommunication on pain of the same
treatment. They have in no way feared to reject the Church's keys in pertinaciously persisting under this excommunication for a
long time now thus tainting the Lord's flock as far as in them lies. They have, however, moved away in search of refuge to
various places sometimes in southern parts, sometimes to the north. We have heard from trustworthy people that they now lurk
at St. Edmunds and reside in your jurisdiction. We therefore require and request of your Discretion as strongly as we may that,
as part of the mutual cooperation which Ordinaries [ecclesiastical authorities operating jurisdiction] are bound to offer each
other, and since the said John and Beatrice are known to be living in your parts, you should please have them and those
communicating with them publicly denounced as excommunicate and most strictly avoided by everyone, until they return,
blushing with shame, to the bosom of Holy Mother Church and earn the right the benefit of absolution from us. If it pleases you
to act on the aforesaid matters, we shall be bound to do for you the same or a greater service. May your reverend lordship
flourish and grow strong through the daily round. Given at Cambridge the 3rd of the Ides of August A.D. 1289.