John Swale of Stainley to Sir Robert Plumpton

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John Swale of Stainley to Sir Robert Plumpton
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WYL655/2 No. 168, p. 109
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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 81; Kirby, item 99
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

99 John Swale of Stainley1 to Sir Robert Plumpton              (No. 168, p. 109)

 

Right worshipfull Sir, after my duty I recomend me vnto your mas-
tership, beseching you to be good master to Henry Gulles concerning
one farmhold in Follifit,a which John Gullese now holdeth; þat if ye
can git John Gullese goodwyll, þat ye wilbe so good master vnto Henry
Gullese, þat he may have yt, & þe better master for my sake. No more
at this tyme, but Jesu perserue you.

     Your own to his power          John [. . .]b Swale of Staynleyc

Endorsed: Vnto my right worshipfull master Sir Robt Plompton knight
thes deliuered in hast

 

     a Marginal note: Lands in Folifoott.

     b Shaw deleted.

     c Appended: Copied þe 27 of Aprill 1613.

 

     1 John Swale, of South Stainley in the North Riding, was a defendant in a case of
trespass heard in Star Chamber c.1485, W. Brown (ed.), Yorkshire Star Chamber Proceedings,
i (YASRS, xli, 1909), 5–8.

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 LXXXI.

 

Unto my right worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, kt. be this
delivered in hast

 

Right worshipfull sir, after my duty I recomend me unto your
mastership, beseching you to be good master to Henry Gules
concerning one farmhold in Follifit, which John Gulles now
holdeth; that if ye can git John Gullese good wyll, that ye wilbe
so good master unto Henry Gullese that he may have yt, and the
better master for my sake. No more at this tyme, but Jesu pre-
serve you.
                                           Your own to his power,
                                                            JOHN SWALE of Staynley. a

 

    a John Swale of South South Stainley, com. Ebor. esq. ancestor to the Baronets of that
name. Follyfoot is a hamlet in the parish of Spofforth.