James Emyson to Sir Robert Plumpton

216 James Emyson to Sir Robert Plumpton, [?1515 ? 1516] (No. 169, p.
        109)

Right worshipfull Sir, after my loving maner I hartyly recommend me
vnto your good mastership, desiryng euermore to heare of your good
health & wellfare, the which almighty Jhesu preserve & contynew to
his pleasure & to your most singular comforth. [p. 110] Sir, ?e speciall
cause of my wrytting to your mastership at this tyme is this: my lady
Ward,¹ your sister, hartely desires your mastership ?at ye wold be so
good brother vnto hir as for to let hir have Mrs Clare, your daughter,
to beare hir ladyship companie this tyme of Christynmas, at Gauthorp;
that done, she were much bound to your gud mastership. Letting your
mastership vnderstand ?at she is a heuy gentlewoman, wherfore, I
cannot say.

     Letting your mastership to know ?at Mr Nevell is come home, and
Master Watter Steyckland,² in like manner. As for other newes, I here
of none. Desiring your mastership to send hir ladyship your mynd by
wrytting, or els by word or mouth, be the berer of this letter, what
manner she shalbe ordred touching ?e primysses of this byll. No more
to yor mastership at this tyme, but almighty Jhesu haue you in his
keeping & all yors. Amen.

Your owne seruant to his power     James Emysonn^a

Endorsed (p. 109): To his right worshipfull master Sir Robt Plompton kt
deliuer these in hast

     ^a Appended: Copied the 28 of Apryll 1613.

     ¹ Margaret, wife of Sir Christopher Warde of Givendale (d.1521), sister of Sir Robert?s
first wife, Agnes Gascoigne, App. III.

     ² Ralph Neville of Thornton Bridge, and Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Sir Christopher?s
sons-in-law, 138.

LETTER CLXXVII.

To my right worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, kt. deliver
these in hast.

    Right worshipfull Sir, after my loving maner I hartyly recomend
me unto your good mastership, desiryng evermore to here of your
good health and wellfare, the which Almyghty Jesu preserve and
contynew to his pleasure, and to your singuler comforth. Sir, the
speciall cause of my wrytting to your mastership at this tyme, is
this; my lady Ward, your sister,^a hartely desires your mastership
that ye wold be so good brother unto hir, as fro to let hir have
Mrs Clar, your daughter, to beare her ladyshyip companie this
tyme of Christynmas at Gauthorp : that done, she wer much
bound to your gud mastership. Letting your mastership to un-
derstand, that she is a hevy gentlewoman; wherfor, I cannot say.
Letting your mastership to know that Mr. Nevell is come home,
and master Watter Stryckland in like maner.^b As for other
newes, I here of none. Desiring you mastership to send hir
Lady ship your mynd by wrytting, or els by word of mouth be
the berer of this letter, after what maner she shalbe ordred touch-
ing the premysses of this byll. No mor to your mastership at
this tyme, but almyghty Jesu have you in his keeping, and all
yors. Amen.

                                      Your owne servant to hs poer,
                                                                        JAMES EMYSONN.

    ^a Margaret, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawkthorp, com. Ebor, kt, by
his wife Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir John Nevill, of Althorp, com. Linc. kt. wife
of Sir Christopher Ward of Givendale, com. Ebor. kt. and sister of Dame Agnes, wife
of Sir Robert Plumpton, kt.

    ^b Sir Christopher Ward died 14 Hen. VIII. 122. (Esc. 14 Hen. VIII. n. 68.) when
it was found that Margaret the wife of Lawrence, (then sine prole,) Joanna wife of
Sir Edward Musgrave, kt. ?tatis 23 annorum, Catharine, wife of Walter Stirkland,
esq. ?t. 22, Johanna, wife of John Contable, esq. twin with the last, and Anne, wife
of Ralph Nevill, (who with her husband were then both dead,) should have been his
daughters and heirs.