A tenant of Stanton to Sir Robert Plumpton

96 A tenant of Stanton¹ to Sir Robert Plumpton (No. 183, p. 120)

Most & honorable & worshipfull master, of whom myne intellygence &
service lyes vnto, with all due recomendations in þe most humylitywyse
þat I can thinke, or may. I recomend me vnto your worthy estate,
beseching you of this simple wryting & matter to giue audience &
intelleccyon, vnder what forme þe wrytting is made to you in preue.
Please you to vnderstand, the cause of my writting is this: your lordship
of Stanton,^a wher þat I dwell, is made lesser of rent & halfe your
valow, & yt may contynew so, & be suffered of you & yours, be the
gressing of xx oxen be yere [. . .]^b for ther be such men dwelling in
Stanton þat thus deale, þat will no other way but so; they will haue yt
by ther [p. 121] seying be yt right or wrong; & yt please you to send
your counsell over to hold a court, he shall haue such informacion be
vs þat be your tenaunts, þat your lifflod shalbe saued & kept vnto
you & yours, with þe grace of God, who haue you in his blessed
keeping; & vppon this conclusion, & yt please you so to do, þat you
seek up your evydence of a place is called Renald Riding, vnder what
forme you haue yt, for except your euidence specyfie, you be lyke to
goe without yt; & if yt please you þat these things here wryttin shalbe
performed, I besech you þat I may haue answere fir to make your
tenaunts perfect under what forme ye wold haue them demeaned, &
they & I to be redy to do you a pleasure with our body & our goods,
with þe grace of God, who defend you & yours, Amen.^c
Endorsed: To my right worshipfull master Sir Robt Plompton kt

     ^a Marginal note: Lordship Stanton.

     ^b ther deleted.

     ^c Appended: copied þe ij of May 1613.

     ¹ A Derbys property acquired by the Plumptons through the Foljambe inheritance,
App. II, 11.

LETTER LXXXVI.

To my right worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, kt. be this
delivered.

    Most honorable and worshipful master, of whom myne intelly-
gence and service lyes unto, with all due recomendations in the most
humylitywise that I can thinke, or may, I recomend me unto your
worthy estate, beseching you of this simple wryting and matter to
give audience and intelleccyon, under what forme the wrytting is
made to you in preve. Please you to understand, the cause of my
writting is this; your lordship of Stanton,^a where that I dwell, is
made lesser of rent, and halfe your valow, [and yt may contynew so
and be suffered of you and your,] be the gressing of xx oxen be
yere. For ther be such men dwelling in Stanton that thus deale,
that will no other way but so; they will have yt, by there seying, be yt
right or wrong. And yt please yow to send your counsell over to
hold a court, he shall have such informacion be us that be your
tenaunts, that your lifflod shall be saved and kept unto you
and yours, with the grace of God, who have you in his blessed
keeping. And uppon this conclusion, and it please you so to do,
that you seek up your evydence of a place is called Renald Riding,
under what forme you have yt, fro except your evidence specyfie,
you be lyke to goe without yt. And if yt please you that these
things here wrytten shalbe performed, I besech you that I may
have answere, for to make your tenaunts perfect under what forme
ye wold have them demeaned, and they, and I, to be ready to do you
a pleasure with our body and our goods, with the grace of God,
who defend you and yours. Amen.

    ^a Stanton Hall, a manor belonging to Sir Robert Plumpton, in the county of Derby,
of the lands of the Foljambes.