George Emerson to Sir Robert Plumpton

146 George Emerson¹ to Sir Robert Plumpton 10 November [1500] (No.
          162, p. 104)

Right wyrshipful Sir & my special good mastre, after dew rec-
ommendations had, I hartely thank your good mastership that it wold
please you to cause mee to bee praied for. I beseeche almighty God
that I may liue to do you such seruice therfore as may contente your
mastership. I receiued your letter by Mr Sygskyke, clerk, & 2 ryals
closed therin; and acording to your commandement I haue retained in
the exchequer, by the aduice of Mr Blakewall, Mr Denny;² in the
chauncry, Porter,³ & giuen vnto them ther fees. I have deliuered all
your letters, and from Mr Blakwall I trust ye haue answer by on of Mr
Gascoygne servants; & also for all things compresed in your first letter
þat I receiued by John Wadd, as touching any accion to be taken
against [p. 105] you, or any diem clausit extremum for any office to be
found, I shall doe therin as much as lyeth in my power, þat your
mastership may haue knowledg therof. If ther be any such wryt made,
yt must be in Porters office, & he hath promysed me þat ther shall
none passe but he shall giue me knowledg therof; & if ther come an
inquisicio virtute officij, yt must come into the office, wherat^a Mr Deene is
dayly. Wherfore I trust to God þat your mastership shall have knowledg
if any such things fortune. They haue made search in the escheker for
the perdon þat was pledet, suppose the title had bene made therin as
here to Sir William, & when they saw þat it was by feffment they were
not well content.

     The names at are in the byll for to be schereff: Not[inghamshire] &
Derb[yshire], Sir Ralfe Langford,⁴ Ormond⁵ & Such;⁶ Yorkshire, Sir
William Bulmer,⁷ Sir William Engelby⁸ & Sir W[alter] Griffith;⁹ Sir
Humfrey Stanley¹⁰ laborers to be schereff in Staffordshire. Herof I shall
acertan you as sonne as the byll cometh from the king. I haue receyued
from your mastership xls; at the end of this terme I shall send you a
byll of all the matters of this terme; & as for the accon which procedeth
against Sir John Hastyngs,¹¹ I shall contynue yt to the next terme, by
þe grace of God who euer kepe you & yours. From London with the
hand of your servant, the x day of November.

George Emerson

Sir, also yt was shewed vnto me by one Mr Newdigate¹² þat thes names
for Not[tinghamshire] & Derb[yshire] were put in þe byll by þe labor
of the sayd Mr Newdigate, at the request & desire of Sir William
Meryngs heire;¹³ & yt please your mastership, me semes yt were well
done to send vnto Mr Meryng to know wheder he wilbe frindly in thes
matters or no, & if he may doe anything with the aboue named
personnes.^b

Endorsed (p. 104): To the right wyrshipful Sir Robert Plompton kt in
hast

     ^a MS wheras.

     ^b Appended: Copied the 26 of April 1613.

     ¹ The Lincoln’s Inn accounts for 1500–1 record the receipt of 26s 8d from John Pullein
and George Emerson for pensions, and their assignment to Newdigate’s chambers, J.R.
Walker and W.P. Baildon (eds), Records of the Society of Lincoln’s Inn: the Black Books (4 vols,
18₉₇–1901), i, 122.

     ² Edmund Denny, a clerk in the Exchequer, later appointed 4th baron, CPR, 1494–
1509, 420, 43⁶.

     ³ William Porter, granted the office of clerk of the chancery for life, 12 Nov. 1504,
CPR, 1494–1509, 401.

     ⁴ Of Longford, Derbys, pricked, List of Sheriffs, 104; 147.

     ⁵ John Ormond, of Alfreton, Derbys (d.1503).

     ⁶ William Zouche, of Morley, Derbys.

     ⁷ Of Wilton, Yorks (d.1531).

     ⁸ Sir William Ingilby, of Ripley, Yorks.

     ⁹ Sir Walter Griffith, of Burton Agnes, Yorks (d.1531) was pricked, List of Sheriffs, 163.

     ¹⁰ Sir Humphrey Stanley (d.1505), younger son of Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby.

     ¹¹ For detention of deeds, BL, Add. MS. 32,113, fol. 224v.

     ¹² John Newdigate called Sergeant, DNB.

     ¹³ Sir William Mering, of Mering, Notts. His family’s long-standing quarrel with the
Stanhopes of Rempston, the latter now backed by Richard Empson, erupted into violence
in 1501, when Sir William was set-upon and wounded by Sir Edward Stanhope, so that
he was unable to attend the Notts quarter sessions. The Stanhopes and their allies, the
Cliftons and Willoughbys, supported Empson against the Plumptons at York assizes,
1502, Payling, 192; Cameron, 29; 157.

LETTER CXIII.

To the right wyrshypful Sir Robert Plompton, kt. in hast.

    Right wyrshipful Sir, and my special good mastre, after dew
recomendations had, I hartily thank your good mastership that it
wold please you to cause mee to bee praied for. I beseeche
Almighty God that I may live to do you such service therfore, as
may contente your mastership. I received your letter by Mr.
Sygskyke, clerk, and 2 ryals closed therin; and acording to your
commandement I have retained in the Exchequer, by the advice of
Mr. Blakewall, Mr. Denny;^a in the Chauncry, Porter, and given
unto them ther fees. I have delivered all your letters, and from
Mr. Blakwall, I trust, ye have answer by one of Mr. Gascoygne
servants. And also for all things compresed in your first letter
that I received by John Wadd, as touching any accion to be
taken aganst you, or any diem clausit extremum for any office to
be founde, I shall doe therin as much as lyeth in my power, that
your mastership may have knowledge therof. If ther be any such
wryt made, yt must be in Porters office, and he hath promysed
me that ther shall none passe, but he shall give me knowledg
therof ; and if ther come any Inquisicio virtute officii, it must come
into the office, wherat Mr. Deene is dayly: wherfore, I trust to
God that your mastership shall have knowledg, if any such things
fortune. They have made search in the Escheker for the perdon
that was pledet, suppose the title had bene made therin as here to
Sir William, and when they saw that it was by feffment, they were
not well content. The names that are in the byll for to be sche-
reff; Not: and Derb: Sir Ralfe Langford,^b Ormound,^c and Such;^d
Yorkshire, Sir William Bulmer,^e Sir William Engelby,^f and Sir
W. Griffith.^g Sir Humfrey Stanley^h labors to be Schereffe in Staf-
fordshire: herof I shall acertan you, as sonne as the byll cometh
from the King. I have receyved from your mastership xl^s; at the
end of this terme, I shall send you a byll of all the matters of
this terme; and as for the accion which procedeth against Sir
John Hastyngs, I shall contynue yt to the next terme, by the
grace of God, who ever kepe you and yours. From London, with
the hand of your servant, the X day of November.

                                                                             GEORG EMERSON.

    Sir, also yt was shewed unto me by one Master Newdigate,
that thes names for Not: and Derb: were put in the byll by the
labor of the sayd Master Newdigate,ⁱ at the request and desire of
Sir William Meryngs heire.^k And yt please your mastership, me
semes that yt were well done to send unto M^r Meryng, to
know wheder he wilbe frindly in thes matters or no; and if he
may doe any thing with the above named personnes.

       (10 Nov. 1500.)

    a Edmund Denny, made fourth Baron of the Exchequer 6 May 1514.

    ^b Sir Ralph Langford, of Longford, com. Derb. kt.

    ^c John Ormond, of Alfreton, com. Derb. esq. obiit 1507.

    ^d William Zouche, of Morley, com. Derb. esq.

    ^e Sir William Bulmer, of Wilton, com. Ebor. kt.

    ^f Sir William Ingilby, of Ripley, com. Ebor. kt.

    ^g Sir Walter Griffith, of Burton Agnes, com. Ebor. kt.

    ^h Sir Humphrey Stanley, of Pipe, com. Staff. kt.

    ⁱ John Newdigate, called Serjeant, 18 Nov. 1511.

    ^k Sir William Mering, of Mering, com. Nott. kt.