Thomas Hawksworth to Sir Robert Plumpton

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WYL655/2 No. 125, p. 76

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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 82; Kirby, item 100

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

100 Thomas Hawksworth¹ to Sir Robert Plumpton (No. 125, p. 76)

Right worshipfull Sir, I oftymes comend me vnto your mastership, and
for so much as ther is a matter betwixt John Marshall and his mother,
I vnderstand, Sir, that his mother hath put hir matter to your mastership.
Sir, and it be so, he shall byd your mastership in likewyse. Wherfore,
Sir, I pray you hartely, and as euer I may do you service, for to be
good master to John Marshall, & the better for this my prayer. For,
Sir, I haue spoken of þat matter herbefore, and they sayd at they wold
haue bydene my rule. Sir, I am well pleased þat ye haue a rule in þat
matter, or another matter in this country; it pleases me well; for, Sir, I
will take your part in any matter ye have here, or in any other place.
Sir, I pray you harteley þat ye wold for my sake to let the matter rest,
to þat I may speake with your mastership, for this my prayer. For, Sir,
I am to you as I was to my master, your father, & so shall I be while
I live, with grace of God, who kepe you. Morover, Sir, it is letten me
wytt þat they have enformed your mastership þat John Marshall labors
to a gentleman in this country. Sir, it is not so, and þat shall ye well
know when I speak with you; & Jesu keepe you.

By your trew cousin and man Thomas Haksworth^a

Endorsed: To my worshipfull master Sir Robart Plompton kt delyver
these

^a Appended: Copied the 14 of Aprill 1613.

¹ Of Hawksworth (fl.1492), one of the jurors at the Yorks IPM after the death of Sir
William, App. II, 42.

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 LXXII.

To my right worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, kt. delyver
these.

Right worshipfull Sir, I oftymes comend me unto your master-
ship, and for so much as ther is a matter betwixt John Marshall
and his mother, I understand, Sir, that his mother hath put hir
matter to your mastership. Sir, and it be so, he shall byd your
mastership in likewise. Wherfore, Sir, I pray you hartely, and as
ever I may do you service, for to be good master to John Marshall,
and the better for this my prayer; for, Sir , I have spoken of that
matter herbefore, and they sayd at they wold have bydene my
rule. Sir, I am well pleased that ye have a rule in that matter, or
any other matter in this country; it pleases me well, for, Sir, I
will take your part in any matter ye have here, or in any other
place. Sir i pray you hartely that ye wold, for my sake, to let
the matter rest to that I may speake with your mastership, for
father, and so shall I be while I live, with grace of God, who
kepe you. Morover, Sir it is letten me wytt that they have en-
formed your mastership, that John Marshall labors to a gentleman
in this country; Sir, it is not so, and that shall ye well know when
I speake with you, and Jesu keepe you.

By your trew cousin and man,

THOMAS HAKSWORTH.^a

^a Thomas Hawkesworth, of Hawkesworth, com. Ebor. esq. vixit 8 Hen. VII.
(See pedigree in Thoresby's Ducatus Leodiensis, 2nd edit. 1816, p. 173.)