Sir Henry Savile to William Plumpton

242 Sir Henry Savile to William Plumpton, 28 November 1544 (No. 31,
          p. 212)

Cossin Plompton,^a I hartely recommend me vnto you, thanking you
for all your goodnes at all times. I haue receiued your letter by Roger
Brindell, and wheare that ye wryte thear is noe dowghts if the matter
had come to comunication. Ye ar the man that I trust, & by you I
wold haue bene ordered, and if ye had so thought, I would haue
confeined my selfe to you. But I perceiue the parte is not minded to
commone with him; his wife thinks him to light. And I think, consider
his qualeties, his living, his posabilete, and confer al together, I think,
as good chepe as this I shall git a living for him, both as good and as
fare;¹ <&> I am sur ther haith bene <comredis won with other far
wars> then he, <excep> one faute. And as for that, ther is and haithe
bene many good men with that faut: it is the thing that he cannot
amend. It lets him not to eat, drink, slepe; he can liue as well of it I
haue giuen him, as though it had desendit to him. And if his brother
dy without isew, in all by gift he shall haue v hundreth mark land,
[. . .]^b <& if> he were but inheretable by the law, [p. 213] he shold be
heir to him;^c but for defaut of heirship, I thinke he will not change his
estate in this case; and for defaute of heires of my body lawfuly begotten
he shall inherit all that I haue. But in the meane onely his fault so shall
not hirt him in no profets. Let this matter pas. I hertyle thank you as
much as if it had come to pase. He is much bownd to you; and, if euer
he be able to do you pleasure. I trust ye shull se him git a living ere
þe yeare is past. At York, if ye will come and kill a hind, ye shal be
hertyly welcom. Wryten at Sothill² the xxviij of November, anno 1544,
36 H.8.

Your asured frind     Henry Savill knt^d

Endorsed (p. 212): To my right worshipfull coussin Mr Wm Plompton of
Plompton esquire this deliuer

     ^a Marginal note: 31 letter by Henry Savill.

     ^b A word deleted.

     ^c Marginal note, as above.

     ^d Marginal note: Copied 16 June, Friday.

     ¹ The writer’s determination to endow his illegitimate son adequately was fully realised,
App. III.

     ² The estate near Thornhill, acquired by Sir Henry in right of his wife, Elizabeth
Soothill, who inherited a large part of the Yorks possessions of her father, Thomas
Soothill (d.1535), Smith, 217.

                                                 LETTER XXIII.

To my right worshipfull Coussin, Mr. William Plompton of Plomp-
ton, esquire, this deliver.

    Cossin Plompton, I hartely recommend me unto you, thanking
you for all your goodnes at all times. I have received your letter
by Roger Brindell, and wheare that ye wryte thear is no dowghts
 

if the matter had come to comunication ; ye ar the man that I
trust and by you I wold have bene ordered: and if ye had so
thought, I wold have confeined myselfe to you. But I perceive
the parte is not minded to commone with him ; his wife thinks
him to light. And I think, consider his qualeties, his living, his
posabilete, and confer al together, I think, as good chepe as this I
shall git a living for him, both as good and as fare. And I am
sur ther haith bene comredis won with other far wars then he, excep
one faute. And as for that, ther is and haith bene many good
men with that faut ; it is the thing that he cannot amend. It lets
him not to eat, drink, slepe ; he can live as well of it I have
given him, as though it had desendit to him. And if his bro-
ther dy without isew, in all by gift he shall have v hundreth mark
land, (and if he wear but inhiretable by the law, he shold be heir
to him, but for defaut of heireship, I thinke he will not change his
estate in this case ;) and for defaute of heires of my body lawfuly be-
gotten, he shall inhirit all that I have. But in the meane onely, his
fault so shall not hirt him in no profets. Let this matter pas ; I
hertyle thank you, as much as if it had come to pase. He is
much bownd to you, and, if ever he be able, to do you plea-
sure. I trust ye shull se him git a living, ere the yeare is past.
At York, if ye will come and kill a hind, ye shall be hertyly
welcom. Wryten at Sothill, the xxviii of November. Anno
1544, 36 H. 8.

                                                              Your asured frind, HENRY SAVILL, knt. ^a

    (28 Nov. 1544.)

    ^a The context of this letter has plainly reference to some hoped for settlement in
marriage of the writer's illegitimate son, Robert, to which matter an allusion is also
made in the preceding letter. The affair, however, seems never to have reached a
proposal, because it was perceived the mother of the intended thought a bastard "to
light" to wed with her daughter.