Master Henry Hudson to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Reference

WYL655/2 No. 165, p. 107

Date

18 November [c. 1486]

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Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)

Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 13; Kirby, item 45

Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

45 Master Henry Hudson to Sir Robert Plumpton, 18 November
[c.1486] (No. 165, p. 107)

Reverend & my right trusty good master, due reuerence done, know
ye I am at your comandment with prayer for you, my gode lady your
wyfe, & mother, & your children. My lord¹ faryth well & recomends
him vnto you, with harty thanks of your good & fast love, which he
entendeth to content your mynd for. Sir, yt is so pat Sir Alexander²
hat a dedimus potestatem³ dyrect to thabot of St Mary in York,⁴ Sir
Richard Tunstall⁵ & Sir John Hart,⁶ for þe which matter my lord hath
wrytten to thabot & Sir John Hart in recomendation of Sir Alexander.
Wherfore, when expedient tyme shalbe apoynted, my lord wilbe glad &
well content pat ye se the deling, and as ye vnderstand þat it will lest
you, certyfie me by your wryting derected to me; & thus almyghty God
preserve you. From Grenwich, pe xviij day of Nouember.

By your loving & due beadman Master Henry Hudson^a

Endorsed: To my right worshipfull master Sir Robt Plompton kt

^a Appended: Copied þe 27 of Aprill 1613.

¹ The earl of Northumberland.

² The writer was probably assistant priest at Spofforth under the rector, Alexander
Lye, who was presented in 1481 by Northumberland, and resigned c.1499. Plumpton was
in his parish, 110.

³ A writ commanding the taking of evidence.

⁴ Probably William Senhouse (or Sever), 50.

⁵ Sir Richard Tunstall of Thurland, Lanes (d.1492), steward of the honor of Pontefract,
CB, 548; App. III; 56, 71.

⁶ Rector of the church of St Martin, Micklegate, York, 1476–1519, where the Plumptons
held the advowson, CIPM sive Escaetarum, iv, 403; App. II, 2.

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 XIII.

To my right worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, Kt.

    Reverend and my right trusty good master, due reverence done,
know ye I am at your comaundment, with prayer for you, my
gode lady your wyfe, and mother, and your children. My lord a
faryth well, and recomends him unto you, with harty thanks of
your good and fast love, which he entendeth to content your mynd
for. Sir, yt is so that Sir Alexander b hath a dedimus potestatem
dyrect to thabot of St. Mary in York, Sir Richard Tunstall c and
Sir John Hart; d for the which matter my lord hath wrytten to
thabot and Sir John Hart in recomendation of Sir Alexander.
Wherfore, when expedient tyme shalbe apoynted, my lord wilbe
glad and well content that ye se the deling, and as ye understand
that yt will lest you, certyfie me by your wryting derected to me;
and thus almighty God preserve you. From Greenwich, the xviii
day of November.
                                   By your loving and due beadman,
        (18 Nov. anno circiter 1486.)                      Master HENRY HUDSON.

a The Earl of Northumberland is doubtless the lord to whom the writer alludes, he
being then with Court at Greenwich.

b Sir Alexander Lee, rector of Spofforth, is the person here spoken of. (See Let-
ter LXXVII.) Plumpton was in this parish.

c Sir Richard Tunstall, kt. Steward of the honour of Ponterfract.

d Sir John Hart, rector of the church of St. Martin in Micklegate, York, form
1476 to 1519.?(Drake's Eboracum, p. 472.)