Edward Lee, archbishop of York to William Plumpton

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Title
Edward Lee, archbishop of York to William Plumpton
Reference
WYL655/2 No. 18, p. 197
Date
9 August 1539
Library / Archive
  • West Yorkshire Archives
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Stapleton, 'To other members of the Plumpton family', item 13; Kirby, item 233
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

233 Edward Lee, archbishop of York1 to William Plumpton, 9 August
       1539         (No. 18, p. 197)

 

Mr Plompton, after my herty comendations,a wheras some contreverse
hath bene betwen Sir William Mydleton2 and Sir Oswold Wilesthorpe3
for a tith which the said Sir William Mydleton hath certaine yeares
had in his own hands; for as much as afore me they be condescended
and agred that the said tith shall be gathred and inned by some man
indefferent, and in place semblable, and of all other hath thought you
most convenient and indefrent frind to chouse such men as shall se the
ining and ordering therof as to the place. This is, first on my behalfe,
and eftsones theirs, to desire you hertely to take the paines betwene
them, to apoynt alwayes such men as place infefrent, [p. 198]b so that
it may remaine in the said place and custode to such a day as they
haue apoynted that further order shold be taken for the same. And
thus far you hartyly [. . .]c well. From Cawood, the ix day of August
1539.

Your loving frind     Edw: Eborumd

Endorsed (p. 197): To my louing frind William Plompton of Plompton
esquire

 

     a Marginal note: 18 letter by Edward Eborum.

     b Marginal note: 18 by Edward Eborum.

     c far deleted.

     d Marginal note: Copied the 9 June 1626, Friday.

 

     1 Sir Oswald Wilstrop, son of Guy Wilstrop (d.1530) and his wife Agnes, daughter of
Sir Ralph Pigott of Clotherholme (d.1467), grandson of Miles Wilstrop, Flower’s Visitation,
355; 18, 40, 89.

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 XIII.

 

      To my loving frind William Plompton of Plompton, esquire,

 

    Mr. Plompton, after my herty comendation, whereas some con-
treverse hath bene betwen Sir Wiliam Mydleton a and Sir Oswold
Wilesthorpe b for a tith, which the said Sir William Mydleton
hath certaine years had in his own hands ; for as much as afore
me they be condescended and agred, that the said tith shall be
gathred and inned by some man indeferrent, and in place semblable,
and of all other hath thought you most convenient and indefrent
frind to chouse such men as shall se the ining, and ordering therof
as to the place : this is, first on my behalfe, and eftsones theirs, to
desire you hertely to take the paines betwene them, to apoynt
alwayes such men as place indeferent, so that it may remaine in
the said place and custode, to such a day as they have apoynted
that further order shall be taken for the same. And thus far you
hartyly well. From Cawood the ix day of August, 1539.

                                                                           Your loving frind,
    ( 9 Aug. 1539.)                                                     EDW: EBORUM.c

 

    a Sir William mydleton, of Stockeld, com. Ebor. kt.

    b Sir Oswald Wilsthorp, of Wilsthorp, com. Ebor. kt.

    c Edward Lee, Archbishop of York, ob. 10 Sept. 1544, ?. 62.