Robert Eyre III to Sir Robert Plumpton

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WYL655/2 No. 107, p. 64

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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 109; Kirby, item 139

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

139 Robert Eyre III¹ to Sir Robert Plumpton [15 October 1499] (No. 107,
p. 64)

Right worshipfull brother, I recomend me vnto you & to my lady, &
also to my daughter² & yours, with all my other yong cousins, desiryng
hartely to here of your welfaire & theres both, which I besech Jesu
preserve vnto his pleasure & your harts comforth, ever thanking you &
my lady, both, of þe great worshipe & gud chere þat I & my frinds
had at my last beyng with you. Brother, it is so þat your farward,
Christopher Law, is departed of this word & hath left behind him a
wyfe & vij smale children; wherfor I hartely pray you to be gud master
vnto hir, so þat she might haue hir farme, & the rather for my prayer; &
if it please you, when your servants come over into this country, þat
they will haue my mynd in the letting of the sayd house; & I trust to
take such wayes therin as shalbe for your worship & profit both, as
Jesu knoweth, who ever preserue you. At Padley, the Tewsday next
afore St Luke Day in hast.

Your loving brother Robert Eyre^a

Endorsed: To my right worshipfull brother Sir Robart Plompton kt this
byll be deliuered

^a Appended: Copied þe 7 of Aprill 1613.

¹ Son or younger brother of Robert II, 69; App. III.

² Sir Robert’s daughter Margaret, wife of the writer’s son Arthur Eyre.

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 CIX.

To my right worshipfull brother. Sir Robart Plompton, kt. this
byll be delivered

Right worshipfull brother, I recomend me unto you, and to my
lady, and also to my daughter and yours,^a with all my other yong
cousins, desiring hartely to here of your welfaire and theres both,
which I besech Jesu preserve unto his pleasure and your harts
comforth, ever thanking you, and my lady both, of the great wor-
ship and gud chere, that I and my frinds had at my last beyng
with you. Brother, yt is so that your farward, Christofer Law, is
departed of this word and hath left behind him a wyfe and vii
smale children, wherfor I hartely pray you to be gud master unto
hir, so that she might have hir farme, and the rather for my
prayer. And if it please you, when your servants come over into
this contry, that they will have my mynd in the letting of the
sayd house; and I trust to take such wayes therin, as shalbe for
your worship and profit both, as Jesu knoweth, who ever preserve
you. At Padley the tewsday next afore St. Luke dayb in hast.

Your loving brother,
(15 Oct. 1499.) ROBART EYRE.

^a Margaret Plumpton, who was at this date contracted to marry the eldest son of
the writer. (See Letter CXI. Postea.)

^b18 Oct.