Sir William Gascoigne to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Sir William Gascoigne to Sir Robert Plumpton
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WYL655/2 No. 71, p. 41
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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 116; Kirby, item 149
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

            

149 Sir William Gascoigne to Sir Robert Plumpton (No. 71, p. 41)

 

Vncle Plompton, I comend me unto you. And where I should haue
bene with you tomorow at Selbie, in good fayth it is so ?at I was
yesterday so crased and sicke ?at I kept my bedd all day, and this day
I am not of power to goe, nor ride as yet. And also there is with me
my vncle Ward,1 Thomas Lawrance,2 Ralfe Nevell,3 & others; but ?at
notwithstanding, if I had my health I should be with you. And if ye
cannot conclud tomorow, appoynt a new day, & I shalbe glad to be
with you, with the grace of Jesu, who euermore keepe you. Scribled at
Gaukthorp, this Fryday, in hast.

Your nepho     William Gascoygne kta

Endorsed: To my vncle Plompton be thes deliuered

 

     a Appended: Copied the 13 of March 1612.

 

     1 Sir Christopher Warde of Givendale, whose wife, Margaret, was Dame Agnes
Plumpton?s sister, 168.

     2 Of Ashton, near Lancaster, he married Sir Christopher Warde?s daughter Margaret.
In May 1490 he was commissioned to purvey capons, swans, pullets, pigeons and other
fowl for the royal household, CPR, 1485?94, 304.

     3 51, 138.

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 CXVI.

 

To my Uncle Plompton, be thes delivered.

 

Uncle Plompton, I comennd me unto you. And where I
should have bene with you to morow at Selbie, in good fayth it is
so that I was yesterday so crased and sicke that I kept my bedd
all day, and this day I am not of power to goe, nor ride as yet.
And also there is with me my uncle Ward,a Thomas Lawrance,b
Ralfe Nevell,c and others; but that notwithstanding, if I had my
health, I should be with you. And if ye cannot conclud tomor-
row, appoynt a new day, and I shalbe glad to be with you with
grace of Jesu, who ever keepe you. Scribbled at Gaukthorp,
this fryday in hast.

                                                           Your nepho,
                                                                 WILLIAM GASCOYGNE.

 

    a Sir Christopher Ward, kt. of Givendale, com. Ebor. He married Margaret
daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, kt. sister to Dame Agnes Plumpton, and aunt to
the writer of this Letter. He died 14 Hen. VIII. (Esc. 14 H. 8. n. 68.)

    bThomas Lawrence, son-in-law of Sir Christopher Ward. By his wife Margaret he
had no issue.

    c Ralph Nevill of Thornton-bridge, com. Ebor. esq. married Anne, another daughter
of Sir Christopher Ward, kt.; both were deceased before 14 Hen. VIII. (Esc. ubi
supra.)