German de la Pole to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Title
German de la Pole to Sir Robert Plumpton
Reference
WYL655/2 No. 99, p. 58
Date
8 November [1502]
Library / Archive
  • West Yorkshire Archives
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 132; Kirby, item 167
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

   

                         

167 German de la Pole to Sir Robert Plumpton, 8 November [1502]     (No.
        99, p. 58)

 

[p. 59] Right worshipfull father, in the most humble & lowly wyse þat
I can or may, desiryng to here of your prosperous health, worship and
welfaire, which I hartely besech almighty Jesus encrease & contynew,
to his pleasure & your most comforth. Father, I am very desirous to
here from you & to know how you doe in your matters. I can noe
more doe therin, but hartely pray to God to helpe you in your right, &
send you gud speede. And I pray you let my wyfe haue some word
from you, by this next carryer, how you doe in your sayd matters; &
[she and] my sister Ellynor hartely recomend them vnto you, & pray
you of your dayly blessing; & both they & I pray you þat we may be
recommended vnto my brother William Plompton & all your folkes,
and we rehearsed them by name. And thus the Holy Ghost guid you &
all the matters þat you labor about. Scribled in hast the viij day of
November. Father, I can not yet tell whether I come to London my
selfe on this side of Christenmas or not, my servent, the brynger herof,
shall shew as sone as he hath the certenty, whether I shall come or be
at home.

Your loving son to his smale poore     Germayn Polea

Endorsed (p. 58): To his right worshipfull father Sir Robart Plompton kt
deliuer thes

 

    a Appended: Copied þe 2 day of Aprill 1613.

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 CXXXII.

To his right worshipfull father, Sir Robart Plompton, kt.
deliver thes.

    Right worshipfull father, in the most humble and lowly wyse
that I can, or may, desiryng to here of your prosperous health,
worship, and welfaire, which I hartely besech Almighty Jesus en-
crease and contynew to his pleasure, and your most comforth.
Father, I am very desirous to here from you, and to know how
you do in your matters. I can noe more doe therein, but hartely
pray to God to helpe you in your right, and send you gud speede.
And I pray you let my wyfe have some word from you by this
next carryer, how you doe in your sayd matters; and she and my
sister Ellynor humbly recomend them unto you, and pray you for
your dayly blessing. And both they, and I, pray you that we may
be recommended unto my brother William Plompton and all your
folkes. (And we rehersed them by name.) And thus the holy
Ghost guid you and all the matters that you labor about. Scrib-
bled in hast he viii day of November. Father, I can not yet tell
whether I come to London my selfe on this side Christenmas or
not; my servant, the bringer hereof, shall shew, as sone as he
hath the certenty, whether I shall come or be at home.

                Your loving sone to is smale poore,

    (8 Nov. 1502.)                GERMAYN POLE.