John Darneton, abbot of Fountains, to Sir Robert Plumpton

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John Darneton, abbot of Fountains, to Sir Robert Plumpton
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WYL655/2 No. 64, p. 38
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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 26; Kirby, item 76
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

  76 John Darneton, abbot of Fountains1, to Sir Robert Plumpton [before
      1494] (No. 64, p. 38)

 

Right worshipfull Sir, after dew recomenndations, pleaseth you to know
pat, after as I am enformed, one John Bailton of Knaresbrough of layt
bought & receiued of my kynsman, ?e brynger, a ton of wyne, for the
which he hath nought content. And noe for his offence all his goods
standeth vnder arrest & in your will. I wold & hartely pray you that
my sayd kynsman myght, for my sake, either haue his wyne againe, or
els contentation therefore, after there comaunds; & ye therefore shalt
have my good hart in any thing I may dooe for you. So knoweth our
Lord, who haue you in his protection. From Fountayne, this same
Tewsday.

     Your awne     John, abbot of Fount[ayne]a

Endorsed: To my right worshipfull Sir in God, Sir Robart Plompton kt
be this deliuered in hast

 

     a Appended: Copied 11 day of March 1612.

 

     1 Elected abbot of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary of Fountains, near Ripon, in 1478,
he appears to have ruled there until 1494, VCH, Yorks, iii, 138.

     2 Between 1446 and 1458 Sir William had been on terms of friendship with the abbey;
Thomas Swynton (by 1471 Darneton?s predecessor as abbot) conferred at length with
him on two occasions; his minstrel and players entertained there, and he was paid a fee
of ?3 6s 8d as feodary, J.T. Fowler (ed.), Memorials of the Abbey of St Mary of Fountains, iii
(SS, CXXX, 1918), 18, 25, 31, 59, 74, 110.

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 XXVI.

 

To right worshipfull Sir in God, Sir Robert Plompton, kt. be this
byll delivered in hast.

 

    Right worshipfull Sir, after dew recomendations, pleaseth you to
know, that after as I am enformed, one John Bailton of Knars-
brough, of layt bought and received of my kinsman, the brynger,
a ton of wyne, for the which he hath nought content; and now
for his offence all his goods standeth under arrest and in your will.
I wold and hartely pray you, that my sayd kynsman myght for my
sake, either have his wyne, againe, or els contentation therefore,
after there comaunds; and ye therfore shall have my good hart in
any thing I may doe for you. So knoweth our Lord, who have
you in his protection. From Fountayne, this same tewsday.
                                 Your owne, JOHN ABBUT OF FOUNTAYNE.a

 

    a John Darneton, abbot of Fountains from 1478 to 1494. (And see note to Let-
ter XVIII.)