William Sanderson to Sir Robert Plumpton

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Reference

WYL655/2 No. 179, p. 117

Date

[1501]

Library / Archive

Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)

Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 124; Kirby, item 155

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

155 William Sanderson¹ to Sir Robert Plumpton, [1501] (No. 179, p. 117)

After my duety, please yt your good mastership to wyt þat Sir John
Rocliffe & Master Antony Clifford² [. . .]^a send for me to Notingam, &
when I came þither they asked me whether I had brought money, and
I shewed them ye herd receiued it alredy, & then they were very
angree, with many sore words. I was neuer so werie & soferd of my
life since I was borne; & they wrote euery word I sayd & more; & I
trow, but þat they were in troble before, I shold neuer have escaped
them; & all ther seruant beated me one after another. I trust I shall
hold me at home if they send for me; & euer they thratte me þat I
shold goe to London, & if I wold come up vnsent for yt shold be þe
better for me; & if I taryed tyll I were sent fore I shold be vndone.
Wherfore, Sir, I pray you let yt be loked to if they wold take out any
accon against me. I bere me much of Master Sacheuerell, which is
your stuard;³ but they had me in þat case, whatsoeuer they sayd I durst
not say nay, nor I wist not what I sayd nor what I did.

Your bayley & seruant William Sanderson^b

Endorsed (p. 117): To my right worshipfull master Sir Robart Plompton
knight

^a said deleted.

^b Appended: Copied þe 30 of Apryll 1613.

¹ On 2 July 1500 Robert Bubwith and Richard Burgh appointed William Sanderson
and William Sacheverell their attornies to take seisin of the Derbys manors of Edensor,
Stainton, Pilsley and Darley, of which the last-named had been awarded to the Plumptons
in 1483, 120; App. II, 58.

² Apparently Elizabeth Sotehill’s attorney.

³ By charter dated 7 March 1501 Thomas Sotehill, son and heir of John Sotehill
enfeoffed Bubwith and Burgh in his manors of Ockbrook, Spondon, Chaddesden, and
Hassop, of which the last-named was still in Plumpton hands, and appointed William
Sanderson and Edmund Lenton his attornies therein, WYASYAS, MS. 650, p. 351.

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 CXXIV.

To my right worshipfull master, Sir Robart Plompton, knight.

After my duety, pleaseth your good mastership to wyt, that Sir
John Rocliffe and Master Anthony Clifford send for me to
Notingham; and when I came ther, they asked me whether I
had brought mony, and I shewed them ye had received it alredy,
and then they were very angree with many sore words. I was
never so werie and soferd of my life, since I was borne. And
they wrote every word I said and more; and I trow, but that they
were in troble before, I shold never have escaped them. And all
ther servant beated me one after another. I trust I shall hold me
at home, if they send for me. And every they thratte me that I
shold goe to London, and if I wold come up unsent for, that shold
be the better for me; and if I taryed tyll I were sent for, I shold
be undone. Wherfore, Sir, I pray you let yt be loked to, if they
wold take out any accion against me. I bere me much of Master
Sacheverell, which is your stuard; but they had me in that case,
whatever they sayd I durst not say nay, nor I wist not what I
sayd, nor what I did.

Your bayley and servant,
(Anno 1501.) WILLIAM SANDERSON.^a

^aBy letters bearing date 2 July, 15 Hen. VII. 1500, Robert Bubwith and Richard
Burrow constituted William Saucheverell and William Sanderson their attornies, to take
possession of the manors of Edensor, Derley, Stanton, and Pillesley, com. Derb. and
of Combridge and Crakemarsh, com. Stafford, which they had by force of the feofment
made by Richard Fawberge to them and their heirs. (See Letter XCV.)