The earl of Northumberland to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Reference

WYL655/2 No. 41, p. 28

Date

26 June [?1487]

Library / Archive

Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)

Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 59; Kirby, item 53

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

53 The earl of Northumberland to Sir Robert Plumpton, 26 June
[?1487] (No. 41, p. 28)

Right trusty and welbeloued cousin, I grete you hartely well. And if
you haue suffered any person that was vnder your ward within the
castell of Knaresbrough¹ to be deliuered at the desire of Sir Thomas
Wortley, kt.² I lett you witt ?at I am not therewith contented. Wherefor,
cousin, see ?at this be [. . .]^a <reformed>, and not to suffer any person
within the said castell to depart thence vnto ?at ye haue knowledg of
the pleasure of the kings highnes, or from me, as my speciall trust is in
you, whom God keepe. Written in thabbey of Funtayns þe xxvj day of
Juyn.

Your cousin Hen: Northumberland^b

Endorsed: To my right trusty and welbeloued cousin Sir Robart Plompton
kt

^a refused deleted.

^b Appended: This letter hath a seale. Copied the 23 day of February 1612.

¹ The letter shows that Sir Robert had been granted the deputy stewardship etc. of
Knaresborough; his predecessor in office, Sir William Gascoigne, died in March 1487,
Wedgwood, 364; App. III.

² Sir Thomas Wortley, of Wortley (d.1514), knighted 1482. Knight of the body to
Richard III; came to terms with the new regime and by Aug.1487 held the same office
under Henry VII, CPR, 1485-94, 192.

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 LIX.

To my right trusty and welbeloved Cousin Sir Robart Plompton, kt.

Right trusty and welbeloved Cousin, I grete you hartley well.
And if you have suffered any person, that was under your ward,
wihin the Castell of Knarsbrough, to be delivered at the desire
of Sir Thomas Wortley, Kt.a, I lett you witte this be reformed, and
not to suffer any person within the said Castell to depart thence,
unto that ye have knowledge of the pleasure of the Kings high-
nes, or from me; as my speciall trust is in you, whom God kepe.
Written in thabbey of Funtayns, the xxvi day of Juyn.
Your Cousin, HEN. NORTHUMBERLAND.

a Sir Thomas Wortley, of Wortley, com.Ebor. was a knight of the King's body
to Edw. IV. Rich . III. Hen. VII. and VIII. adn traditionally reported to have been
a man of principal power and consequence in his neighbourhood. (See Hunter's
Hallamshire and South Yorkshire.) This letter is a corroborative proof of the in-
fluence attached to his requests.