The Cely Letters are a collection of family correspondence written in the 15th century, which describe the lives and business activities of a family of London wool merchants.
[1] Key members were Richard Cely and his wife Agnes and their sons Robert, Richard, and George.
[3] While the Paston Letters cover a period spanning over 3/4 of a century, the Cely Letters cover a much shorter period of time between 1472 and 1488.
The Cely letters were preserved only because they were used as evidence in a lawsuit.
[4] The Cely Letters are primary sources of information about the English economy and English society at the end of the Wars of the Roses.