Thomas Thorpe, priest, to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Thomas Thorpe, priest, to Sir Robert Plumpton

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WYL655/2 No. 150, p. 93

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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 33; Kirby, item 59

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

59 Thomas Thorpe, priest, to Sir Robert Plumpton (No. 150, p. 93)

Right worshipfull master, I recomend me vnto you, thanking you of
your benyngne mastership shewed vnto me, for the which, Sir, without
feyning I am, and shalbe, your trew & faythfull beadman. Beseching
your mastership after the contemplation of this byll, þat it wyll please
you to stand good master vnto the brynger herof in such matters as he
shall shew vnto you. Sir, he hath bene with us & spoken with Sir
Thomas Morwyn, and with Sir William his brother [and] with other
dyuers of our brethren, þe which recomend tham vnto your mas-
tership; & he hath shewed vnto them his intent & desire, þe which we
intend, with Gods grace, to endeuer us to fulfill, if our power may so
extend, in þe which we besech you to take no dyspleasure. Wherin ye
shall bynd me, with all afore rehersed, to impend vnto your sayd
mastership our prayer & service, according vnto our duety. By þe grace
of Jesu, who preserve you euermore to his pleasure. At Newburght¹ in
great hast this day.

Your chaplayn & bedman Sir Thom: Thorp chanon^a

Endorsed: To the right worshipfull and specyall gud master Sir Robart
Plompton knyght [deliuer these deleted] in hast

^a Appended: Copied pe 20 day of Aprill 1613.

¹ Newburgh, an Augustinian priory near Coxwold.

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 XXXIII.

To the right worshipfull and my specyall good master, Sir Robart
Plompton, knyght, deliver these in hast.

    Right worshipfull master, I recomend me unto you, thanking
you of your benyngne mastership shewed unto me, for the which,
Sir, without feyning I am, and shalbe, your trew and faythfull
beadman. Beseching your mastership after the contemplation of
this byll, that it wyll please you to stand good master unto the
brynger herof in such matters as he shall shew unto you. Sir,
he hath bene with us, and spoken with Sir Thomas Morwyn, and
with Sir William his brother, and with other dyvers of our bre-
thren, the which recomend tham unto your mastership; and he
hath shewed unto them his intent and desire, the which we intend,
with Gods grace, to endever us to fullfill, if our power may so
extend, in the which we besech you to take no dyspleasure; wherin
ye shall bynd me, with all afore rehersed, to impend unto your
sayd mastership our prayer and service, according unto our duety,
by the grace of Jesu, who preserve you ever more to his pleasure.
At Newburght in great hast.
                                          Your chaplayn and bedman,
                                                              Sir THOMAS THORP, Chanan.