Dame Agnes Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton

171 Dame Agnes Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton, [21 December 1502]  (No.
        83, p. 46)

Right worshipfull Sir, in my most hartie wyse I recommennd me vnto
you, desiring to here of your welfare & good speed in your matters.
I & all your children is in good health, blessed be Jesu. And, Sir, so it
is, as God knowes, þat I have mayd as great labor as was possible for
me to make to content your mynd in all causes; & now I haue mayd
the usance of xxli & sent you with Thomas Bekerdike¹ to content where
ye know; & I pray you to send some wrytting to Thomas Meryng² for
the repayment of the money & your discharg. Sir, it is so þat my lord
Archbyshop hath indyt my sone William & xvj of his servants an
Tewsday was a senit. But Anthony Cliforth gaue in the byll of dytement
against my sone & his servants, but the quest³ would not endyte them.
But my lord Archbyship caused them, or els he bad them, tell him
who wold not, & he should ponishe them, þat all oder should take
insample; & I cannot get the copie of the indytement, for my lord hath
it in his hand. No more at this tyme. The Lord perserue you. From
Plompton in hast, this St Thomas Day.

By your wyfe     Dame Agnes Plompton^a

Endorsed: To the [right deleted] worshipfull Robart Plompton knight be
this byll deliuered in hast

     ^a Appended: Copied þe 19 of March 1612.

     ¹ Thomas Bickerdyke, yeoman, one of the Plumpton servants accused by Thomas
Babthorpe of invading the manor of Babthorpe and stealing 5 horses, c.1506/7, App. II,
69.

     ² A receipt from Thomas Meering, dated 18 Oct. 1512, for 21s payable by the vill of
Plumpton for the tenth granted to king, is extant, CB, 837.

     ³ Jury of inquest.

LETTER CXXXVI.

To the worshipfull Robart Plompton, knight, be thes byll delivered
in hast.

    Right worshipful Sir, in my most harte wyse I recommend me
unto you, desiring to here of your welfare and good speed in
your matters. I and all your children is in good health (blessed
be Jesu). And, Sir, so it is, as God knowes, that I have mayd as
great labor as was possible for me to make, to content your mynd
in all causes; and now I have mayd the usance of xxli, and sent
you with Thomas Bekerdike to content where ye know. And
I pray you to send some wrytting to Thomas Meryng^a for the
repayment of the money and your discharg. Sir, it is so that
my lord Archbishop hath indytt my sone William and XVI of his
servants, on tewsday was a senit. But Anthony Cliforth gave
in the bill of dytement against my sone and his servants, but the
quest would not endyte them. But my lord Archbishop caused
them; or els he bad them tell who wold not, and he should
ponishe them, that all oder should take insample. And I cannot
get the copie of the indytement, for my Lord hath it in his
hands. No more at this tyme. The Lord preserve you. From
Plompton in hast, this St. Thomas day.

                    By your wife, dame

    (21 Dec. 1502.)            AGNES PLOMPTON.

    ^a Thomas Meryng was one of the Collectors of the tenth granted to Henry VIII.
in the fourth year of his reign; his receipt for 21^s. from Robert Smith, constable of
the vill of Plumpton, bears date 18 Oct. 4 Hen. VIII. 1512. (Chartul. No. 857.)

    In Dodsworth's MSS. in the Bodleian library is a transcript of a letter from Sir Ro-
bert Plumpton addressed to his wife about this time, soliciting money, and stating that
his suit was not yet gone into. (Dodsw. vol. cxlviii. f. 62-63.)