John Morre to Sir Robert Plumpton

141 John Morre to Sir Robert Plumpton (No. 167, p. 108)

Right worshipfull & my especiall good master, I recomend me vnto
your mastership, thanking your mastership hartyly of your kindly &
hartely mastership shewed vnto me, vndeserued of my partie as yet. I
besech almyghty Jhesu þat I myght doe þat thing <myght> be pleasure
to your mastership: ye shall haue my seruice. I haue many things to
thanke your mastership for, & especially for Richard Ampleforth, the
which I besech your mastership to be good master to helpe, ayd &
assist him in his necessitie; & wher he thinks that he offendeth to your
mastership in any behalfe, he shall amend it at your pleasure. Your
mastership shall vnderstand his wyffs confescion, as she hath shewed
vnto me.¹ She besecheth your mastership to be [p. 109] hir good
master & to helpe hir & sucker hir in hir great necesity, & to set hir in
rest & peace anente Thomas Saxton; for without your mastership wilbe
good master to hir husband & to hir, she shall neuer be in rest &
peace; & if she wilbe a good woman, it is a good and gracious dede to
your mastership to help hir; & if I know þat she wold be a miskidyd
woman, I shold neuer speake word to your mastership for hir, nor to
no other also.

     I besech your mastership to be good master to John Myming, your
owne servant. I trust veryly þat you haue a trew seruant of him, to his
power, to whome I pray your mastership to give credence. I beseech
God thank your mastership of þe great reward þat you gaue the sayd
John Myming, whom you sent into Bishopprike² to me. No more at
this tyme, but I am your seruant, as God knowes, who your mastership
preserve to his pleasure. At Knaresbrough in hast.

Your servant     John Morre^a

Endorsed (p. 108): To my most speciall good master Sir Robt Plompton
knight be this deliuered in hast

     ^a Appended: Copied þe 27 of Aprill 1613.

     ¹ 136.

     ² County Durham.

               LETTER XLVIII.

To my most speciall good master, Sir Robart Plompton, knyght,
be this delivered in hast.

    Right worshipfull and my especiall good master, I recomend
me unto your mastership, thanking your mastership hartyly of
your kindly and hartely mastership shewed unto me, undeserved
of my partie as yet. I besech Almyghty Jesu that I myght doe
that thing, that myght be pleasure to your mastership; ye shall
have my service. I have many things to thanks your mastership
for, and especially for Richard Ampleforth, the which I besech
your mastership to be his good master to helpe, ayd, and assist
him in his necessitie; and wher he thinks that he offendeth to
your mastership in any behalfe, he shall amend it at your pleasure.
Your mastership shall understand his wyffs confescion, as she
hath shewed it unto me. She besecheth your mastership to be
hir good master, and to helpe hir and sucker hir in hir great
necessity, and to set hir in rest and peace anente Thomas Saxton;
for without your mastership wilbe good master to hir husband
and to hir, she shall never be in rest and peace. And if she wilbe
a good woman, it is a good and gracious dede to your mastership
to help hir; and if I knew that she wold be a myskidyd woman,
I shold never speake word to your mastership for hir, nor to no
other. Also I besech your mastership to be good master to John
Myming, your owne servant; I trust veryly that you have a trew
servant of him to his power, to whome I pray your mastership to
give credence. I besech God thank your mastership of the great
reward that you gave the sayd John Myming, whom you sent
into Bishopprikea to me. No more at this tyme, but I am your
servant, as God knowes, who your mastership preserve to his
pleasure. At Knaresbrough in hast.
                                                                    Your servant,
                                                                                  JOHN MORRE.

      a The County of Durham was in common parlance called the Bishoprick.