Richard Empson to Sir William Gascoigne

120 Richard Empson¹ to Sir William Gascoigne, 7 September [possibly
        1497]           (No. 79, p. 44)

Master Gascoygne, after most harty comenndations, pleaseth you to
wyt that Richard Falbarne,² late clarke to Bryan Rowclife, according
to the trust put in him, hath made astate of dyuers maners, lands and
tenements, late Sir William Plompton in the county of Yorke,³ wherwith,
as it is sayd, Sir Robart Plompton taketh dyspleasure, and his servants
speake such words & so to demeane them selfes that the poor man for
dread dare not apply his busines. Sir, I heare þat ye be frend to þe
sayd Sir Robart; I pray you move him þat the pore man may passe
his busines in Gods peace and the kyngs, the rather at this my motion,
ore þat ye wyll please to send me word of his disposition, to thentent
I may further do & provide that best may before the poore mans suerty
in this partie, and þat I may know the sayd Sir Robart is disposition
by you herin; whereby ye shall bynd me to do your good pleasures, if
it be in me. So knoweth our lord God, who preserue you. Fro Gascoyn,^a
in vj day of September.

By yours verely     Rich: Empson^b

Endorsed: To the right worshipfull Sir William Gascoygne kt deliuer
these

     ^a A copyist’s error: Stapleton suggests ‘Easton’, Richard Empson’s house in Northants, p. 123n.

     ^b Gascoyn deleted.

     ^c Appended: Copied the 17 day of March 1612.

     ¹ Empson was at this time attorney-general of the Duchy, Somerville, i, 392–3.

     ² Richard Fawberg, Introd., above p. 14.

     ³ Fawberg was the surviving feoffee for the midlands estates, App. II, 29.

LETTER XCV.

To the right worshipfull Sir William Gascoygne, Kt. deliver these.

    Master Gascoygne, after most harty comenndations, pleaseth
you to wyt that Richard Falbarne, late clarke to Bryan Rowclife,
according to the trust put in him, hath made astate of dyvers
maners, lands, and tenements, late Sir William Plompton, in the
county of Yorke^a; wherwith, as it is sayd, Sir Robart Plompton
taketh dyspleasure, and his servants speake such words and so
demene them selfes, that the poor man for dread not apply
his busines. Sir, I heare that you be frend to the sayd Sir Ro-
bart, I pray you move him that the pore man may passe his
busines in Gods pease and the Kyngs, the rather at this my mo-
tion; ore that ye wyll please to send me word of his disposition,
to thentent I may further doe and provide, that best may be, fore
the poore mans suerty in this partie, and that I may know the
sayd Sir Robart is disposition by you herein; wherby ye shall
bynd me to do you good pleasures, iffe that be in me. So know-
eth our Lord God, who preserve you. Fro Gascoyn,^b the vii day
of September.

            By yours verely,                            RICH. EMPSON.
    (7 Sept. 149-.)

    ^a The feofment of Sir William Plompton, of Plompton, com. Ebor. kt. of his manors
and lands in the counties of Nottingham, Derby, and Stafford, under which Richard
Fawberg had the legal estate as surviving feoffee, was dated 1 Jun. 4 Edw. IV. 1464.
The conveyance by the latter here spoken of, was make before 2 July, 15 Hen. VII.
1500, of which date is the letter of attorney to William Saucheverell and William San-
derson from Robert Bubwith, clerk, and Richard Burrow, chaplain, who claimed
under it, to take seisin in their names. (MS. Add. 6698.)

    ^b Sic, sed lege Easton, the name of the seat of Sir Richard Empson in the county
of Northampton. (See Baker's Northamptonshire, Easton-Neston.)