Percival Lambton to Sir Robert Plumpton

115 Percival Lambton to Sir Robert Plumpton, 9 February [1495/6]             (No.
        171, p. 110)

[p. 111] Please yt your good mastership to vnderstand, your seruant &
atturney, Mr Owen Barley,¹ desired mee to labor to my lord of Duresm²
that sum meanes might bee found to excuse your appearance if the
priuy seale were deliuered unto you, which one Kilburn³ labored
against you this last term; and according to his desire I haue labored
at diuerse tymes. My lord shewed me dyuerse things which was shewed
him in þat matter, as I shall shew your mastership at lasor; & in
conclusion this is his mynd: if the privie seale be deliuered you afore
his comyng home into þat country, which I trust wilbe about þe iiijth
weeke of Lente, thin he wold ye shold set seale your selfe & send a
seruant to me as shortly as ye can, & he & I shall purvey a remedy þat
ye shall take no hurt therby; & if ye privie seale be not deliuered afore
my lords comyng home, than he sayeth þat he will send for þe partie, &
cause þe matter be exomyned endefferently; & thus he was content þat
I shold wryt vnto your mastership. ⁴ And therfore dowt not in this
matter, but take your ease & in no wyse charg yourselfe with comyng
upp for this matter, thoffe the privie seale be deliuered vnto you. Herin,
I assure you, I shall giue as great delygence as the matter were myne
owne, & thus our lord God preserue your mastership to your most
comforth. At Lyncolnes Inn, the xith day of February. By þe hand of

Your seruant     Percivall Lambton^a

Endorsed (p. 110): To my good master Sir Robt Plompton knight at
Plompton in hast

     ^a Appended: Copied þe 28 of Aprill 1613.

     ¹ Surely the writer of 114.

     ² Richard Fox, translated from Durham to Winchester Aug. 1501, HBC, 221.

     ³ 112.

     ⁴ Bishop Fox as lord privy seal was here ‘privately rendering nugatory his official acts’,
Pollard, Reign of Henry VII, ii, 124.

LETTER XC.

To my good master Sir Robart Plompton, knyght, at Plompton, in
hast.

    Plese yt your good mastership to understand, your servant and
atturney, Mr. Owen Barley, desired mee to labor to my lord of
Duresm,^a that sum meanes might be found to excuse your appear-
ance, if the privy seale were delivered unto you, which one Kil-
burn labored against you this last term; and according to his de-
sire, I have labored at diverse times. My lord shewed me
dyverse things, which was shewed him in that matter, as I shall
shew your mastership at laser. And in conclusion this is his
mynd; if the privie seale be delivered you afore his comyng
home into that country, which, I trust, wilbe about the iiijth weeke
of lent, thin he wold ye shold set stale yourselfe, and send a
servant to me, as shortly as ye hurt therby. And if the privie
seale be not delivered afore my lords comyng home, than he
sayeth, that he will send for the partie, and cause the matter be
examyned endefferently; and thus he was content, that I shold
wryt unto your mastership. And therefore dowt not in this
matter, but take your ease, and in no wyse charg yourself with
comyng upp for this matter, thoffe the prive seale be delivered
unto you. Herein, I assure you, I shall give as great delygence,
as the matter were myne owne. And thus our lord God preserve
your mastership to your most comforth. At Lyncolnes Inne,
the ixth day of Februray, be the hand of

                    Your servant
    (9 Feb. 1495-6.)            PERCIVALL LAMBTON.

^a Richard Fox, Bishop of Durham.