The earl of Northumberland to Sir William Plumpton

23 The earl of Northumberland to Sir William Plumpton, 25 September [1473
     × 1475] (No. 4, p. 152; CB 614)

Right trusty & withal my hart my right welbeloued cosin, I gret you
wel,^a and desire and pray you to labor Sir Richard Aldborough, to
caus him¹ to deliuer unto my cosin Dame Isabel Ilderton² such beasts
and cattel as he retayneth and witholdeth from her; for she hath no

other mean to help herself with unto that a determination be had
betwixt Thomas Ilderton and her of the liuelyhed that standeth in
trauers betwixt them. Cosin, as ye loue mee, that ye wil endeuor your
selfe for the performance of the praemisses, wherin you shal deserue
great thank of God, and to mee right great pleasure; that knoweth our
Lord, who haue you, cousin, in his blessed keeping. Written in my
manor of Lekingfield, the twenty fiue day of September.

                      Your cousin                                        H. Northumberland

Endorsed: To my trusty and welbeloued cossin Sir William Plompton
knight

     ^a Marginal note: 4 letter.

     ^b Marginal note: Copied 9 December 1612.

     ¹ Sir William?s son-in-law Sir Richard Aldburgh, of Aldburgh, near Knaresborough,
App. III.

     ² Dame Isabel Ilderton, widow of Sir Thomas Ilderton, of Ilderton, near Wooley (d.
before 1470), brought an action against her husband?s cousins, Thomas (d.1478) and John
Ilderton in 1472?75 for removing her deceased husband?s evidences ?to the disenheritance
of the heirs of the said Thomas and Isabel,? M. Hope Dodds (ed.), History of the County of
Northumberland (15 vols, 1893?1940), xiv, 274; CFR, 1452?61, 113, 274; ibid., 1461?71, 196;
ibid., 1471?88, 151.

LETTER XX.

To my trusty and welbeloved Cossin, Sir William Plompton, knight.

    Right trusty and withal my hart my right welbeloved cosin, I
gret you wel, and desire and pray you to labor Sir Richard
Aldborough, a to caus him to deliver unto my cosin, dame Isabel
Ilderton,b such beasts and cattel as he retayneth and withholdeth
from her: for she hath no other mean to help herself with, unto
that a determination be had betwixt Thomas Ilderton and her, of
the liverlyhed that standeth in travers betwixt them. Cosin, as ye
love mee, that ye wil endevor yourselfe for the performance of the
pr?misses, wherin you shal deserve great thank of God, and to
mee right great pleasure. That knoweth our Lord, who have you,
cousin, in his blessed keeping. Written in my manor of Leking-
field, the twenty-five day of September.

    (25 Sept. 1471-6.)        Your Cousin, H. NORTHUMBERLAND.

    ⁿ Sir Richard Aldborough, kt. married Agnes, daughter of Sir William Plumpton,
and was dead 16 Edw. IV. 1476. (Esc. de eod. ann.)

    ^b The family of Ilderton were "of that ilk" in Northumberland, near Wooller.