Richard Aldburgh to Sir Robert Plumpton

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WYL655/2 No. 144, p. 87

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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 56; Kirby, item 204

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

204 Richard Aldburgh¹ to Sir Robert Plumpton [1502 ? 1509] (No. 144,
p. 87)

Worshipfull vncle, I recomend me to you as hartely as I can thinke;
and wher yt is ?at my servant, John Tomlynson,² hath taken a farmehold
of ?e abut of Fountayns, after the desseyse of the tenant ?at dwelleth
theron, which the abott wyll record the taking; & yt is so ?at the sone
of <him>, the foresayd tenaunt, clameth the farmehold after his father
dysseys, & he neuer toylke ?e sayd farmehold of ?e abott, nor of none
other man, but my sayd servant, John Tomlyson. Wher it is so, vncle,
at the matter betwyxt my servant & John Forest is put to iiij men and
the owmpreght³ of you. Yt is so, vncle, ?at I shold have bene with you
?e same day, butt ?at I had letting & busynes, but I besech you be gud
master to my servant as my specyall trust is in you, & at such a way
may be taken to right, & well to my servant; & I besech you giue
credence to the berer.

Your cousin & servant Richard Aldburgh^a

Endorsed: To my vncle Sir Robart Plompton kt deliuer these in hast

^a Appended: Copied ?e 19 of Aprill 1613.

¹ Son of Sir Richard Aldburgh (d.1476) and Agnes, daughter of Sir William Plumpton,
App. III.

² 111, 205.

³ Umpire, OED.

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 LVI.

To my uncle,Sir Robart Plompton, kt. deliver these in hast.

Worshipfull uncle, I recomend me to you as hartely as I can
thinke; and wher yt is that my servant, John Tomlynson, hath
taken a farmehold of the abut of Fountayns, after the desseyse of
the tenant that dwelleth theron, which the abott wyll record the tak-
ing: and it is so that the sone of him, the forsayd tenanut, calmeth
the farmehold after his father dysseys, and he never toylke the
sayd farmehold of the abott, nor of none other man, but my sayd
servant, John Tomlinson. Wher it is so, uncle, at the matter be-
twyxt my servant and John Forest is put to iiij men, and the
owmpreght of you; yt is so, uncle, that I shold have bene with
you the same day, butt that I had letting and busynes. But I be-
sech you be gud master to my servant, as my speciall trust is in
you; and at such a way may be taken to right, and well to my ser-
vant. And I besech you give credence to the berer.
Your cousin and servant, RICHARD ALDBURGH.a

a Son of Sir Richard Aldburgh, of Aldburgh, com. Ebor. kt. and Agnes Plumpton,
his wife.