The earl of Northumberland to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Reference

WYL655/2 No. 52, p.31

Date

31 January, [1499-1503]

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Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)

Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 164; Kirby, item 183

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

183 The earl of Northumberland to Sir Robert Plumpton, 31 January [1499 ×
1503] (No. 52, p. 31)

Cosin Sir Robart Plompton, I commend me vnto you, & am informed
þat ye pretend a tytle & clame vnto a litle land in Rybstone, the which
without tyme of mynde hath belonged vnto the parson of Spofford the
tyme being, and hath [. . .]^a always bene at his disposition to now lait
that, as I pereciue, ye be aboutward, against all right to imbarr &
exclud my [p. 32] chapleyn, now parsonn ther,¹ and [. . .]^b my service
is the same; wherof I greatly marvill, considring his predesessors alway
hertofore hath quietly & peasibly had it. And furthermore, well assured
I am, cousen, that my chaplayn wold not convit to haue it, but for the
[. . .]^c aforesaid, & in the right of his church, the which for that I [am]
patron thereof, I must & will, in that I can, helpe to defend as myne
owne inheritaunce. Wherefore I desire & pray you noe further to
intromete you with the sayd land & right of his church more then ye
haue in tyme past, in the dayes of other his predesessours. And in case
ye medely will, wherof I wold be right sory, know ye veryly ye cannot
haue my good will & favour. And that morover it shalbe greatly against
my will that ye or any other shall wrong me in the right of the same,
whill I liue. Written in my mannor of Petworth, the last day of January.

Your loving cousin Hen: Northumberland^d

Endorsed (p. 31): To my right hartely beloued cousin Sir Robart Plumpton
knight

^a bene deleted.

^b A gap in the MS.

^c A word, perhaps reason, omitted.

^d Appended: copied the 27 day of February 1612.

¹ Robert Pichard, 178.

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 CLXIV.

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

Cosin Sir Robart Plompton, I commennd me unto you, and am
informed that ye pretend a tytle and clame unto a litle land in
Rybstone, the which without tyme of mynde hath belonged unto
the parson of Spofford the tyme being, and hath alwayes bene at
his disposition to now lait that, as I perceive, ye be aboutward
against all right to imbarr and exclud my Chapleyn, now parsonn
ther, and . . . . my service of the same; wherof I greatly mar-
vill, considring his predesessors always hertofore hath quietly and
peasibly had it. And furthermore, well assured I am, Cousen,
that my chaplayn wold not covit to have it, but for the . . . . .
aforsayd, and in the right of his Church; the which, for that I . .
patron thereof, I must and will, in that I can, helpe to defend, as
myne owne inheritaince. Wherefore, I desire and pray you noe
further to intromete you with the sayd land and right of his
church, more then ye have in tyme past, in the dayes of other his
predesessours; and in case ye nedely will, wherof I wold be right
sory, know ye veryly ye cannot have my good will and favour.
And that, morover, it shalbe greatly against my will, that ye or any
other shall wrong me in the right of the same, whill I live. Writ-
ten in my mannor of Petworth, the last day of Januarie.

Your loving Cousin,

HEN: NORTHUMBERLAND.