John, Lord Lovel, to Viscount Beaumont

LETTER XXX.

To my right worshipfull and my moost best beloved Lord Fadre
my Lord Beaumont’.

RIGHT worshipfull and my moost best beloved Lord
     Fadre, I recomaunde me unto youre good Lordship, please
it yow to wit, I have consayvid yo^r writyng right well and for
asmoche as ye desure the Stiwardship of Baggeworth for youre
wilbeloved Thom’s Everyngh’m which y trowe verely be right a
good and a feithfull gentilman. How be it my Lord youre
desure shall be had in all y^t is in me; and at y^e instaūnce of yo^r
Lordship y by thavise of my Counceill shall gyf it hym in
writyng undre suche fourme as shall please yow, wheryn y wold
be glad to doo y^t at might please youre good Lordship, p’yng
yow right hertly ye wold be myn especiall good Lord and Fadre
in all suche as ye can thynk shuld growe to my worship or p’fite
in any wise as my synguler trust is moost in yow.

     And y alwey redy to doo yowe s^rvyse with Goddes g’ce who
have yow my right worshipfull and my moost best beloved Lord
Fadre ev^r in his blessid kepyng.

     Writton at Roy^rfild Gray the xxiiij day of Juyle, &c.

Fury^rmore my Lord and it like yow, my Lady my modre
recom’aundid her unto yo^r good Lordship yn whom her moost
feith and trust is in, p’yng yow ye woll be good brother unto
her for she hath taken yow for her chief Counceill, &c.

                                                                     John Lord Lovell.

  10 by 5 ½.

Rotherfield Gray, in Oxfordshire,

    24th of July, between 1455 and 1460, 34 and 39 H. VI.

This Letter, though it contains no historical or memorable Event, exhibits the dutiful
style of a Son to a Father, and on that account deserves to be read; it was written between
1455, when John succeeded his Father William, as Lord Lovell, and 1460, when Lord
Beaumont was slain.

 John Lord Lovell, married Jane, Daughter of Viscount Beaumont, and at length
Heir to her Brothers William and Henry, who both succeeded to the title, but died
without issue. Pl. 1. N^o 11.

Lord Lovell, died in 1464, leaving his Son and Heir Francis Lord Lovell, who was
Lord Chamberlain to King Richard III. and attended him at the battle of Bosworth field.

The Impression on the wax of the Seal is worn out, but it has a braid of twine neatly
fixed round it.

LETTER XXX.

To my right worshipful, and my most best beloved Lord Father,
my Lord Beaumont.

RIGHT worshipful, and my most best beloved Lord Fa-
     ther, I recommend me unto your good Lordship; please
it you to weet, I have conceived your writing right well, and
forasmuch as ye desire the Stewardship of Baggeworth for your
wellbeloved Thomas Everingham, which I know verily, be
right a good and a faithful Gentleman. Howbeit, my Lord,
your desire shall be had in all that is in me; and at the instance of
your Lordship, I, by the advice of my Council, shall give it
him in writing, under such form as shall please you; wherein I
would be glad to do that, that might please your good Lordship,
praying you right heartily, ye would be mine especial good
Lord and Father, in all such as ye can think should grow to my
worship, or profit in any wise, as my singular trust is most in
you, and I alway ready to do you service with God’s Grace,
who have you, my right worshipful, and my most best beloved
Lord Father, ever in his blessed keeping.

     Written at Rotherfield Gray, the 24th day of July, &c.

Furthermore my Lord, and it like you, my Lady my Mother
recommended her unto your good Lordship, in whom her most
faith and trust is in, praying you, ye will be good Brother unto
her, for she hath taken you for her chief Counsel, &c.

                                                                        JOHN LORD LOVELL.

  10 by 5 ½.

Rotherfield Gray, in Oxfordshire,

    24th of July, between 1455 and 1460, 34 and 39 H. VI.

This Letter, though it contains no historical or memorable Event, exhibits the dutiful
style of a Son to a Father, and on that account deserves to be read; it was written between
1455, when John succeeded his Father William, as Lord Lovell, and 1460, when Lord
Beaumont was slain.

 John Lord Lovell, married Jane, Daughter of Viscount Beaumont, and at length
Heir to her Brothers William and Henry, who both succeeded to the title, but died
without issue. Pl. 1. N^o 11.

Lord Lovell, died in 1464, leaving his Son and Heir Francis Lord Lovell, who was
Lord Chamberlain to King Richard III. and attended him at the battle of Bosworth field.

The Impression on the wax of the Seal is worn out, but it has a braid of twine neatly
fixed round it.

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JOHN, LORD LOVEL, TO VISCOUNT BEAUMONT¹

To my right worshipfull, and my moost best beloved Lord Fadre,
my Lord Beaumont.

     Right worshipfull and my moost best beloved Lord Fadre, I recomaunde
me unto youre good Lordship. Please it yow to wit, I have consayvid your
writyng right well; and for asmoche as ye desure the stiwardship of Bagge-
worth for youre wilbeloved Thomas Everyngham, which y trowe verely be
right a good and a feithfull gentilman. How be it, my Lord, youre desure
shall be had in all that is in me; and at the instaunce of your Lordship,
y by th’avise of my counceill, shall gyf it hym in writyng undre suche fourme
as shall please yow, wheryn y wold be glad to doo that at might please youre
good Lordship, prayng yow right hertly ye wold be myn especiall good lord
and fadre in all suche [matters] as ye can thynk shuld growe to my worship or
profite in any wise, as my synguler trust is moost in yow. And y alwey redy
to doo yowe servyse with Goddes grace, who have yow, my right worshipfull
and my moost best beloved Lord Fadre, ever in His blessid kepyng.

     Written at Rotherfild Gray, the xxiiij. day of Juyle, &c.

     Furthermore, my Lord, and it like yow, my Lady my modre recommaundid
her unto your good Lordship, yn whom her moost feith and trust is in, prayng
yow, ye woll be good brother unto her, for she hath taken yow for her chief
counceill, &c.

                                                                                                JOHN, LORD LOVELL.

     ¹ [From Fenn, i. 128.] The writer of this succeeded to the barony of Lovel in
1454, and married Jane, the daughter of John, first Viscount Beaumont, the person
addressed. As Beaumont was slain at the battle of Northampton on the 10th July
1460, this letter cannot be later than 1459, but may be some years earlier.

Between
1454
and
1459