Thomas Graynfyld to Sir William Stonor

267. THOMAS GRAYNFYLD TO SIR WILLIAM
STONOR

13 MAY [1480]

   The year is fixed by comparison with No. 272. In 1480 Ascension Day
was 11 May. The writer is Thomas Graynfyld, or Grenville, of Stow, who
was great-great-grandfather of the famous Sir Richard Grenville. From
A.C., xlvi, 165.

   Myne especyall Gode Master, after all dewe recommendacyon y
recommaund me unto your gode masterschip, doyng yow to wete that
on Assencyon evyn Thomas Worthe came unto yowr Manor of
Wolveston, ther of Thomas Hayward, yowr trewe servant, wold have
had the keyys of yowr plase: the sayd Thomas denyyd hym: he sayd
he wold enter in to the plase, or else he wold dye ther for: apon this
wordes the sayd Thomas Hayward came to me abowte xj at clocke in
the same nyght, and acsyd myne avyse what was beste to do: y avysyd
hym to take Rygby, yowr trewe servant, and syche companye as thay
cowthe gete to brynge in to the plase befor, to resyste the sayd
Thomas Worthe: and by the morow sons rysyng y wold be ther my selfe
to se what wold be done ther. And so yt was, or any man came ther,
and at the comyng of yowr trewe servantes, Thomas Hayward and
Rygby, we wente wher at Worthe was loggyd, to understond hys dis-
posision: we mette hym by the way to Wolston ward: we ayste hym
wether he wold: he sayd, to Wolston: we sayd, hit [wo]ld not be his
ese to come ther, but he had bene better companyyd. And so wordes
the wer betwene Thomas Hayward and hym: of the whiche ye schall
hyr her her after; but howe ye wyll hit schall be awnsweryde her after,
yowr sayd sarvant and y woll pray yow to have knowlyche: for Pom-
meroy and he byth bothe on: y hope he¹ schall be abyll to withstond
them bothe by the graee of Jhesu, ho ever have yow in hys blessyd
kypyng. At my pore Stowe, the xiij^th day of May.

                                  Yowr awne in that y can, Thomas Graynfyld.

To his especyall Gode master, Syr Wyllm. Stonar, this be delivered.

267. THOMAS GRAYNFYLD TO SIR WILLIAM
STONOR

13 MAY [1480]

     The year is fixed by comparison with No. 272. In 1480 Ascension Day
was 11 May. The writer is Thomas Graynfyld, or Grenville, of Stow, who
was great-great-grandfather of the famous Sir Richard Grenville. From
A.C., xlvi, 165.

     Myne especyall Gode Master, after all dewe recommendacyon y
recommaund me unto your gode masterschip, doyng yow to wete that
on Assencyon evyn Thomas Worthe came unto yowr Manor of
Wolveston, ther of Thomas Hayward, yowr trewe servant, wold have
had the keyys of yowr plase: the sayd Thomas denyyd hym: he sayd
he wold enter in to the plase, or else he wold dye ther for: apon this
wordes the sayd Thomas Hayward came to me abowte xj at clocke in
the same nyght, and acsyd myne avyse what was beste to do: y avysyd
hym to take Rygby, yowr trewe servant, and syche companye as thay
cowthe gete to brynge in to the plase befor, to resyste the sayd
Thomas Worthe: and by the morow sons rysyng y wold be ther my selfe
to se what wold be done ther. And so yt was, or any man came ther,
and at the comyng of yowr trewe servantes, Thomas Hayward and
Rygby, we wente wher at Worthe was loggyd, to understond hys dis-
posision: we mette hym by the way to Wolston ward: we ayste hym
wether he wold: he sayd, to Wolston: we sayd, hit [wo]ld not be his
ese to come ther, but he had bene better companyyd. And so wordes
the wer betwene Thomas Hayward and hym: of the whiche ye schall
hyr her her after; but howe ye wyll hit schall be awnsweryde her after,
yowr sayd sarvant and y woll pray yow to have knowlyche: for Pom-
meroy and he byth bothe on: y hope he¹ schall be abyll to withstond
them bothe by the grace of Jhesu, ho ever have yow in hys blessyd
kypyng. At my pore Stowe, the xiij^th day of May.

                                       Yowr awne in that y can, Thomas Graynfyld.

     To his especyall Gode master, Syr Wyllm. Stonar, this be delivered.

¹ Sic in MS.; read “we”.