Sir Marmaduke Constable of Flamborough to Sir William Gascoigne

210 Sir Marmaduke Constable of Flamborough to Sir William Gascoigne, 11
       November [1514]        (No. 75, p. 42)

Right worshipfull cousin, I recommennd me vnto you. And where it
was appoynted for the matter in traverse betwixt my cousin Plumpton,
my cousin Roclife and his cooparsoners,¹ the meetyng to be at Yorke
upon Fryday next afore St Wylliam Day, supposing than it had bene
the morning next after the twelt day.² Cousin, in ?at matter we toke
the day wronng, for ?at same Fryday is veryly the twelt day. Wherfore
?at it will like you to apoynt some other day, for ?at day cannot keepe,
for causes aforsayd. And if it like you to appoynt the Munday or
Tewsday next after St William (Day, or) any day in ?at weke, I, havyng
knowledg from you, I shall not fale to apoynt. [p. 43] And the cause
why I am desirus to know the day now, is cheifly because I wold
common with Sir William Parpoynt,³ who is now comyng fro beyond
the see, and know his mynd thorowly in this matter afore our meting.
And thus I besech Jhesu preserve you. Wrytten at Holme, the xj day
of November.

           Your loving cousin Marmaduke Constable of Flamborgh^a
Memorandum to appoynt the Tewsday next after Twelt Day.⁴
Endorsed (p. 42): To my right worshipfull cousin Sir William Gascon be
these deliuered

     ^a Appended: Copied the 15 day of March 1612.

     ¹ Elizabeth Sotehill, widow of Sir John Sotehill, died 21 Sept. 1506, leaving twin
granddaughters, Joan and Elizabeth, daughters of her son Henry (d. by 1506) as her
heirs. Sir Marmaduke Constable (d.1518) purchased the marriage of Joan Sotehill for his
4th son John (d.1571) and with her the manor of Kinoulton. Elizabeth married Sir
William Drury, CIPM, Henry VII, iii, 158, 177?8, 256?7; Apps II, 77; III. For the descent
of the Sotehill and Rocliffe moieties, see genealogical table, pp. x-xi; App. II, 67.

     ² Friday 6 Jan.

     ³ Sir William Pierpoint was married to Joan, widow of Henry Sotehill, and in Jan.
1509 he was granted the wardship and marriage of her twin daughters and custody of
their lands, Test. Ebor., iii, 365; L & P, i (i), 79, 322; App. III.

     ⁴ The meeting took place on 10 Jan. 1514/15, when the parties agreed to abide by the
award of arbitrators headed by Richard Fox, bishop of Winchester, CB, 840, 841; App.
II, 74, 75.

LETTER CLXX.

To my right worshipfull Cousin, Sir William Gascon, be these
delivered.

    Right worshipfull Cousin, I recommend me unto you. And
where it was appoynted, for the matter in traverse betwyxt my
Cousin Plumpton, my cousin Roclife, and his cooparsoners, the
meetyng to be at Yorke, upon fryday next afore St. Wylliam day,^a
supposing than it had bene the morning next after the twelt day.
Cousin, that matter we toke the day wrong, for that same fry-
day is veryly the twelt day. Wherfore, that it will like you to
apoint some other day, for that day cannot keepe for causes afor-
sayd. And if it like you to appoynt the Munday or Tewsday next
after St. William day, or any day in that weke, I having know-
ledg from you, I shall not fale to keepe the same day that ye list
to apoynt. And the cause why I am desirus to know the day
now, is cheifly because I wold common with Sir Wylliam Par-
poynt, who is now comyng fro beyond the see, and know his mynd
thorowly in this matter afor our meting. And thus I besech Jesu
preserve you. Wrytten at Holme, the xi day of November.

                            Your loving Cousin,
                                 MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, of Flaunborgh.^b

(M^d. to appoint the Tewsday next after twelt day.)
    (11 Nov. 1514.)

     ^a The feast of the translation of St. William, Archbishop of York, was kept on the
Sunday next after the Epiphany. In the year 1515, 6 Hen. VIII. the Epiphany, or
Twelfth Day, fell on a Friday.

    ^b King Henry VIII. Aug. 22, in the first year of his reign, granted to Sir William
Perpoint, knight, of Holme, com. Nott. the custody of Joane and Elizabeth Southill, and
their marriage. (Rot. Pat. pars lma. l Hen. VIII.) He had also, July 24, 2 Hen.
VIII. the custody of the lands and tenements which were Henry Sothills and Elizabeth
Sothills, widow, as long as they remained in the King's hands. (Ibid. pars 2da. 2 Hen.
VIII.) At the same time Sir William Pierpoint married Joan, the widow of Henry Sote-
hill, and the mother of these twin sisters, his co-heirs; she, it has been mentioned,
was the daughter of Sir Richard Empson, kt. who towards the close of the reign
of Henry VII. had been made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. (See Thoro-
ton's Notts. edit. 1797, vol. i. p. 176) The wardship and marriage of Joan, the
eldest co-heir, was subsequently purchased by Sir Marmaduke Constable of Flam-
borough, com. Ebor. kt. conjointly with his fourth son, John Constable, esq.
afterwards a knight, who eventually married the lady, and resided at Kinalton.
He died 13 Eliz. 1571, leaving issue by her three daughters: 1. Anne, the wife of George
Babington, esq. in her right of Kinalton, by whom she had no issue, and secondly, of
Sir Anthony Thorold, of Marston, com. Linc. kt. whose only daughter by her became the
wife of George, son and heir of Sir Gervase Clifton, of Clifton, com. Nott. kt. and carried
the representation of the ancient house of Plumpton, together with the estate at Kinalton,
to the family of that surname; 2. Cecilia, first wife of William Bevercotes, esq. and
secondly, of Clement Oglethorp, esq. She had issue by both husbands, and upon the
partition of the land which was the Lady Jane Constable's, late of Kinalton, com. Notts.
by virtue of an indenture bearing date 28 Mar. 19 Eliz. 1577, between Cuthbert Be-
vercotes, esq. of the one part, and William Oglethorp, esq. of the other part, the
moiety of the lordship of Clifton (Steton?) was assigned to the former, and the moiety of
the lordship of Idel to the latter. (MSS. of J.C.B. in Coll. Arm.) 3. Catharine, without
issue. Elizabeth, the second of the daughters and co-heirs of Henry Sotehill, was
married to Sir William Drury, of Hawsted Place, com. Suff. kt. of whose descendants
a full and detailed account will be found in the History of Suffolk, "Thingoe Hundred,"
ately published by my esteemed friend, John Gage, esq. Director S.A. who since
the demise of his brother, the late Robert Joseph Gage Rookwood, of Coldham Hall,
in Stanningfield, com. Suff. esq. without surviving issue, has, upon succeeding to the
estate, asumed also the name of Rookwood. (Hist. and Antiquities of Suffolk, p.
428, London, 4to. Bentley, 1838.)