[Jane Stonor (?) to her daughter
- Medieval Family Life
- Title
- [Jane Stonor (?) to her daughter
- Reference
- SC 1/46/244
- Date
- ?c. 1472
- Library / Archive
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- The National Archives, UK
- Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
- Carpenter, 'Kingsford's Stonor Letters', item 120; Kingsford, Vol I, item 120
- Transcript from Christine Carpenter, 'Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483'
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120. [JANE STONOR(?) TO HER DAUGHTER]
c. 1472 (?)
It seems most likely that the writer of this letter is Jane Stonor, in which
case the date is probably between 1470 and 1473, since her husband is alive:
he Queen is then Elizabeth Woodville, and possibly the daughter is with the
Duchess of Suffolk (see NO. 172). The end of the letter with the signature
has been destroyed, and there is no endorsement. From A.C., xlvi, 244.Welebylovyd doughter, I grete yow wele: and I understond ye wold
have knowlech how ye shuld be demenyd. Doughter, ye wot wele ye ar
there as it plesyd þe quene to put yow, and what tyme þat ye cam fyrst
fro myn: albeit myn husbonde and I wold have had . . . wherewith þe
quene was ryght gretly displisyd with us both: hall be it we knowe
ryght wele it cam nat of her selfe. Also me thynk pay sshuld nat be so
wery of yow, þat dyd so gret labour and diligence to have yow: and
wher as ye thynk I sshuld be unkynde to yow, verrely þat am I nat, for
and ye be as I left yow, as I trust verrely þat ye be, I am and wyll be
to yow as a moder sshuld be, and if so be þay be wery of yow, ye sshall
cum to me, and ye wille your selfe: so þat my housbond or I may have
writyng fro þe quene with her awn hand, and ells he nor I neyther dar
nor wyll take upon us to reseyve yow, seyng þe quenys displesyr
afore: for myn housbond seyth he hath nat wyllyngly disobeyde her
comaundment here afore, nor he wyll nat begynne nowe. Also I
understond . . .55No endorsement.
- Transcript from Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, 'The Stonor Letters and Papers 1290-1483, Volume I'
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120. [JANE STONOR(?) TO HER DAUGHTER]
c. 1472 (?)
It seems most likely that the writer of this letter is Jane Stonor, in which
case the date is probably between 1470 and 1473, since her husband is alive:
the Queen is then Elizabeth Woodville, and possibly the daughter is with the
Duchess of Suffolk (see No. 172). The end of the letter with the signature
has been destroyed, and there is no endorsement. From A.C., xlvi, 244.Welebylovyd doughter, I grete yow wele: and I understond ye wold
have knowlech how ye shuld be demenyd. Doughter, ye wot wele ye ar
there as it plesyd þe quene to put yow, and what tyme þat ye cam fyrst
fro myn: albeit myn husbonde and I wold have had . . . wherwith þe
quene was ryght gretly displisyd with us both: hall be it we knowe
ryght wele it cam nat of her selfe. Also me thynk þay sshuld nat be so
wery of yow, þat dyd so gret labour and diligence to have yow: and
wher as ye thynk I sshuld be unkynde to yow, verrely þat am I nat, for
and ye be as I left yow, as I trust verrely þat ye be, I am and wyll be
to yow as a moder sshuld be, and if so be þay be wery of yow, ye sshall
cum to me, and ye wille your selfe: so þat my housbond or I may have
writyng fro þe quene with her awn hand, and ells he nor I neyther dar
nor wyll take upon us to reseyve yow, seyng þe quenys displesyr
afore: for myn housbond seyth he hath nat wyllyngly disobeyde her
comaundment here afore, nor he wyll nat begynne nowe. Also I
understond . . .No endorsement.