The earl of Northumberland to Sir William Ingilby, Sir Robert Plumpton, Sir William Beckwith, and John Gascoigne, esq.

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The earl of Northumberland to Sir William Ingilby, Sir Robert Plumpton, Sir William Beckwith, and John Gascoigne, esq.
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WYL655/2 No. 42. p. 28
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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 14; Kirby, item 47
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

47 The earl of Northumberland to Sir William Ingilby, Sir Robert Plumpton, Sir
     William Beckwith, and John Gascoigne, esq., [?1487]1 (No. 42, p. 28)

 

Sir Randall Pygot, Sir William Stapleton, Sir Piers Middleton, Sir
Christopher Ward, Sir Thomas Maliverer,2 [. . .]a John Hastings, John
Rocliffe were comaunded to be ready vpon an ower warning.3
Endorsed: To my right hartely beloued cousins and frinds Sir William
Inglebie, Sir Robart Plompton, Sir William Beckwith kts and John
Gascoigne esquier

 

     a Sir christopher Ward repeated.

 

     1 This summons may not refer to the meeting at Barnsdale in 1486, but to another
occasion, perhaps Lincoln’s invasion in June 1487, Hicks, NH, xiv, 99.

     2 Of the knights, all save Plumpton and Middleton had been closely associated with
Gloucester; they were recruited by Northumberland between 1483 and 1489, Hicks,
loc.cit., 106–7.

     3 The esquires were John (later Sir John) Hastings, of Fenwick (d. 1504), John (later Sir
John) Rocliffe, of Cowthorpe (d.1531), and John Gascoigne, a kinsman of Sir William
Gascoigne of Gawthorpe, App. III.

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 XIV.

To my right hartely beloved Cousins and frinds, a Sir William In-
    glebie, b Sir Robart Plompton, Sir William Beckwith, c Kts. and
    John Gascougne, Esquier. d

    Sir Randall Pygot,e Sir William Stapleton, f Sir Piers Middle-
ton, g Sir Christofer Ward, h Sir Thomas Malliverer, i John Has-
tings, k John Rocliffe l were comaunded to be redy upon an ower
warning.
                                       Your Cousin, HEN: NORTHUMBERLAND.

 

    a The knights to whom this brief notification was made by the Earl of Northum-
berland were his feed-men, receiving his wages. When King Henry VII. made his
progress into the north parts in the first year of his reign, the Earl met him by the
way in Barnsdale, a little beyond Robin Hood's stone, with thirty-three knights of
his feed-men, besides esquires and yeomen.?(Lel. Coll. vol. IV. p. 185.)

    b Sir William Ingleby, of Ripley, com. Ebor. kt.

    c Sir William Beakwith, of Clint, com. Ebor. kt.

    d John Gascoigne, esq. uncle to Sir William Gascoigne, of Gawkthorp, com.
Ebor. kt.

    e Sir Randall Pigot, of Clotherholm, com. Ebor. kt.

    f Sir William Stapleton, of Wighill, com. Ebor. kt. He died 16 Dec. 1503.

    g Sir Piers Middleton, of Middelton, com. Ebor. kt.

    h Sir Christopher Ward, of Givendale, com. Ebor. kt.

    i Sir Thomas Malliverer, of Allerton, com. Ebor. kt.

    k John Hastings, of Fenwick, com. Ebor. esq. afterwards Sir John Hastings, kt.

    l John Rocliffe, of Cowthorpe, com. Ebor. esq. afterwards Sir John Rocliffe, kt.