Peter Caversham, Abbot of Nutley, to Sir William Stonor

302. PETER CAVERSHAM, ABBOT OF
NUTLEY, TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR

[? 1480-81]

Peter Caversham was abbot of Nutley, or Notley from 1480 to 1503. This
letter was clearly written soon after Stonor?s second or third marriage, i.e.
either about the middle of 1480 or the end of r481. As to Crendon see No.
239; the farm of the manor of Crendon belonged to the abbey (Monasticon,
vi, 280). From AC, xlvi, 184.⁶²

Worsypull Syr, y recomend me unto yowe, and y pray yowe y myƷt
byn recomendyd to my lady yowr wyfe as a contreyman nowe of hurs
nat to her kowyng, but with Þe grace of God and yowr gentylnes y schall
byn &c. As to be intent of Þis byll, Þis hyt ys: ther one Paddenall of
Crendon, whom Ʒe kowe well and longyng unto Ʒowe, and trobull me
sore in my myndys of many dyverse matres, Þe wych ar so long to writ
unto yow and then hit wulde wery a man or he had don, and in
specyall such a sympull writer as y am &c: prayng yowe, as my
synguler trust is in yowe, and in tyme schert I schull reward yowe, Þat such
commynantes¹ as y made with yowe of Þe ferme of Crendon myƷt byn
performyd: for Þis sympull man, Þe wych y release hit to, whom Ʒe had
promysyd me fryst, at yowr request, bydyth by no promysse Þat he made
to us, but trobull me: prayng of your gentyllnes to take none displesur
thoy y trobull hym acordyng to Þe lawe; for, saffe yowr reverans, he ys
untrewe, for he sclaunders me Þat Thomas Salman schuld seye Þat y
had more stondyd out j acre of ?e kynges ground, the wych Þe other
never seyd nother never cowde make profe Þerof: y wuld naut he myƷt
for an hondur pond: Þis myƷt every worsypull man byn sclaunder: as
my trust, send me word howe Þat Þe wyll deale on ?is mater, for in gode
soth saffe for yower sake he schuld havyn kowyng Þerof ar Þis: as Þe
thynke hit is gode to yowe remember me, and I schall yowe, as my most
trust. At Nott. by Syr Peter abbot of ?e same.

         Unto my most gode specyall frend, Syr William Stonor, in hast.

 ¹ Apparently meaning ?covenants?.

302. PETER CAVERSHAM, ABBOT OF
NUTLEY, TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR

[? 1480-81]

     Peter Caversham was abbot of Nutley, or Notley from 1480 to 1503. This
letter was clearly written soon after Stonor’s second or third marriage, i.e.
either about the middle of 1480 or the end of 1481. As to Crendon see No.
239; the farm of the manor of Crendon belonged to the abbey (Monasticon,
vi, 280). From A.C., xlvi, 184.

     Worsypull Syr, y recomend me unto yowe, and y pray yowe y myЗt
byn recomendyd to my lady yowr wyfe as a contreyman nowe of hurs
nat to her kowyng, but with þe grace of God and yowr gentylnes y schall
byn &c. As to þe intent of þis byll, þis hyt ys: ther one Paddenall of
Crendon, whom Зe kowe well and longyng unto Зowe, and trobull me
sore in my myndys of many dyverse matres, þe wych ar so long to writ
unto yow and then hit wulde wery a man or he had don, and in
specyall such a sympull writer as y am &c: prayng yowe, as my
synguler trust is in yowe, and in tyme schert I schull reward yowe, þat such
commynantes¹ as y made with yowe of þe ferme of Crendon myЗt byn
performyd: for þis sympull man, þe wych y release hit to, whom þe had
promysyd me fryst, at yowr request, bydyth by no promysse þat he made
to us, but trobull me: prayng of your gentyllnes to take none displesur
thoy y trobull hym acordyng to þe lawe; for, saffe yowr reverans, he ys
untrewe, for he sclaunders me þat Thomas Salman schuld seye þat y
had more stondyd out j acre of þe kynges ground, the wych þe other
never seyd nother never cowde make profe þerof: y wuld naut he myЗt
for an hondur pond: þis myЗt every worsypull man byn sclaunder: as
my trust, send me word howe þat Зe wyll deale on þis mater, for in gode
soth saffe for yower sake he schuld havyn kowyng þerof ar þis: as Зe
thynke hit is gode to yowe remember me, and I schall yowe, as my most
trust. At Nott. by Syr Peter abbot of þe same.

     Unto my most gode specyall frend, Syr William Stonor, in hast.

¹ Apparently meaning “covenants”.