Thomas Stonor to his brother William Stonor

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Title
Thomas Stonor to his brother William Stonor
Reference
SC 1/46/125
Date
[1474]
Library / Archive
  • The National Archives, UK
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Carpenter, 'Kingsford's Stonor Letters', item 142; Kingsford, Vol I, item 142
Transcript from Christine Carpenter, 'Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483'

  142. THOMAS STONOR TO HIS BROTHER,
WILLIAM STONOR

 

[1474]

 

     This letter seems to be written before William Stonor's first marriage, pro-
bably therefore in 1474; or if it refers to Elizabeth Ryche, Stonor's first wife,
perhaps early in 1475. From A.C., xlvi, 125.

Broder Stonar, after all dewe forme of recomendacion hadde, plesse
hyt yow to hunderstonde þat I never longed so sore to speke with you
as I do now, marvellyng grettly þat ye be longe hense, remembryng how
grettely in consette ye stonde in London with a gentylwoman, and the
grette labore þat hys made for here agynes you: and grettely hyt hys
nossed and hasse bene tolde me with many persons þat but ye be ware
she shall be take from you. I here muche and sey no thyng: befor
the laste tyme þat ye where abowte suche a mater my speche and
presens with you hurte you, and awelde you not: wherfore orlt ye to
me a sewrte. I wolle in thys mater honsware no man, and yette I am
grettely question with for you of divers persons thynkyng þat I shulde
ken muche of your delyng: for I wolde not for my horsse and harness
and all my oder goode þat in thys mater ye toke a rebuke: wherefore
remembre you shortely for the pass[ion] of Gode, for syth I cam to
London xx men haffe questioned with me in thys mater, iffe ye shall
be at your comyng, wheche I beseche Jhesu be not longe, who have you
ever in kepyng.

                                                                                    Your fethefull broder Th. S.

 

     Thys letter be delyvered to my broder Willm. Stonar in hast.

Transcript from Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, 'The Stonor Letters and Papers 1290-1483, Volume I'

142. THOMAS STONOR TO HIS BROTHER,
WILLIAM STONOR

 

[1474]

 

     This letter seems to be written before William Stonor s first marriage, pro-
bably therefore in 1474; or if it refers to Elizabeth Ryche, Stonor s first wife,
perhaps early in 1475. From A.C., xlvi, 125.

 

     Broder Stonar, after all dewe forme of recomendacion hadde, plesse
hyt yow to hunderstonde þat I never longed so sore to speke with you
as I do now, marvellyng grettly þat ye be longe hense, remembryng how
grettely in consette ye stonde in London with a gentylwoman, and the
grette labore þat hys made for here agynes you: and grettely hyt hys
nossed and hasse bene tolde me with many persons þat but ye be ware
she shall be take from you. I here muche and sey no thyng: befor
the laste tyme þat ye where abowte suche a mater my speche and
presens with you hurte you, and awelde you not: wherfore orlt ye to
me a sewrte. I wolle in thys mater honsware no man, and yette I am
grettely question with for you of divers persons thynkyng þat I shulde
ken muche of your delyng: for I wolde not for my horsse and harnes
and all my oder goode þat in thys mater ye toke a rebuke: wherefore
remembre you shortely for the pass[ion] of Gode, for syth I cam to
London xx men haffe questioned with me in thys mater, iffe ye shall
be at your comyng, wheche I beseche Jhesu be not longe, who have you
ever in kepyng.

                                                                         Your fethefull broder Th. S.

 

     Thys letter be delyvered to my broder Willm. Stonar in hast.