Dame Agnes Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Reference

WYL655/2 No. 84, p.47

Date

19 March [1503/4]

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Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)

Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 149; Kirby, item 186

Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

186 Dame Agnes Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton, 19 March
[1503/4] (No. 84, p. 47)

Ryght worshipfull Sir, in my most hartie wyse I recomend me vnto
you, euermore <desiring> to here of your prosperitie & wellfaire, &
good sped in your matters, shewing you pat I and all your children is
in good health, blessed be Jhesu, and prays you for your blessing. Sir,
it is so now ?at I haue mayd you thewsans of the money ?at ye sent
to me for, & I haue sent it you with John Walker at this tyme, the
which I shall shew you how I haue mayd schift of at your comminge; &
I pray you that ye be not miscontent that I sent it no sooner, for I
haue made the hast that I could that was possible for me to do; & also,
Sir, I will not lett Thomas Croft wife plow nor occupy her fermeald,
but saith she <shall> not occupy without yer life;¹ & also I pray you
to send me word how you speed in your matters againe, as soone as
ye may;² & also to send me word where ye will your horses to come
to you. No more at this time, but the Trinity keep you. From Plumpton,
in hast, the xixth day of March.

By your wife Dame Agnes Plompton^a

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

^a Appended: Copied ?e 19th of March 1612.

¹ On 20 April 1503 Sir William Conyers, sheriff of Yorks, directed a writ of capias to
Thomas Spinke, bailiff of Claro, against a number of husbandmen, yeomen and others
at the suit of William Plumpton, on a plea of trespass, CB, 820.

² On 16 July 1503 the king directed a precept from Collyweston to Sir Christopher
Warde and Sir William Calverley to the effect that William, ?son and heir of Sir Robert
Plumpton, peaceably inioy the lordships of Plumpton and Idle and the rents &c?,
WYASL, Acc. 1731/9-m, 18.

Transcript from Thomas Stapleton, 'Plumpton Correspondence: A series of letters, chiefly domestick, written in the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII'

LETTER CXLIX.

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

    Right worshipfull Sir, in my most hartie wyse I recomend me
unto you, evermore desiring to here of your prosperytie and well-
faire, and good sped in your matters, shewyng you that I and all
your children is in good health (blessed be Jesu) and prays you for
your blessing. Sir, it is so now that I have made you thewsans
of the money, that ye sent to me for, and I have sent it you with
John Walker at this tyme; the which I shall shew you how I mayd
schift of, at your comminge. And I pray you that ye be not micon-
tent that I sent it no sooner, for I have made the hast that I could
that was possible for me to do. And also, Sir, I will not lett Tho:
Croft wife plow nor occupie her fermeald, but saith she shall not
occupy without yer life. And also I pray you to send me word
how you speed in your matters againe, as soon as ye may; and
also to send me word where ye will your horses to come to you.
No more at this time, but the Trinity keep you. From Plumpton
in hast, the xixth day of March.
                                               By your wife,
        (19 March 1503-4.)                  Dame AGNES PLOMPTON.