William Elleson to Sir Robert Plumpton

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William Elleson to Sir Robert Plumpton
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WYL655/2 No. 142, p. 86
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  • West Yorkshire Archives
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 129; Kirby, item 164
Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

                           

164 William Elleson to Sir Robert Plumpton, [November 1502] (No. 142,
        p. 86)

 

Right worshipfull Sir, in my lowlyest wyse I comend me to you. Sir, I
purpose, with the grace of God, to be with you or Martynmas, if I
may. This day I must ryde to Yorke, & how long I shall tary ther I
cannot shew you; & as for compleanyng to my lord Archbyshop of any
ryott,1 the tyme is not now; and when I speake with you, i shall shew
you more of my mynd. With the grace of Jesu, who I besech preserve
you, &c.

Your servant     William Elesona

Endorsed: To his worshipfull master Sir Robart Plompton kt

 

     a Appended: copied the 19 of Aprill 1613.

 

     1 There had been violence at Plumpton following attempts to distrain the goods of
tenants refusing to pay their rents, 168.

 

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 CXXIX.

 

To his worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, kt.

 

    Right worshipfull Sir, in my lowliest wyse I comend me to you.
Sir, I purpose with the grace of God to be with you or Martyn-
mas,a if I may. This day I must ryde to Yorke, and how long I
shall tary ther, I can not shew you. And as for compleanyng to
my lord Archbishop of any ryott,b the tyme is not now. When I
speake with you, I shall shew you more of my mynd, with the
grace of Jesu, who, I besech, preserve you, &c.

                                                                    Your servant
(November 1502.)                                             WILLIAM ELESON.

 

    a 11 Nov.

    bTo the attempt on the part of the lessors of the plaintiffs, Rocliffe and Sotehill, to
eject Sir Robert Plumpton from his manor of Plumpton, a forcible resistance had been
made by him and his servants, and a riot had ensued in which his servant, Geffrey
Towneley, appears to have lost his life. (See Memoirs.)