The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483; ed. for the Royal historical society, from the origial documents in the Public record office, by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

53. ALYS, LADY SUDELEY TO THOMAS STONOR before 1431

The writer is Alys, daughter of Sir John Beauchamp of Powyk, who married (1) Thomas Boteler of Sudeley (d. 1398) and (2) Sir John Dalyngrygge of Bodiham, Sussex; she held Sudeley in dower, and died in 1442-3. The letter must therefore have been addressed to the first Thomas Stonor and be earlier in date than 1431. From A.C., xlvi, 39.

Right trusty and entierly welbeloved frend y commaund me unto you: and, where as y of singler trust in you have before this enfeffed you with other in my Maners, londes and tenements withyn dyvers shires, wole and hertely prey you, for gret consideracions and causes touching my worship and gret profyt, that ye seale the deedes, made yn youre name and other, of the seid Maners to suche persons as be named in the same, wheche seid deedes the berer of this shall shewe unto you, as my full trust ys and hathe be unto you, like as the berer hereof shall enfourme you: to whom y prey you geve credence. And, sir, yf ther be anything that y may do for you in any mater in tyme comyng, y wole do yt with all myn hert, and that knoweth God, who have you in his blessed kepyng. Wreten at Sudely the iiij day of Avrell.

Alys, lady Sudeley.

To the worshipfull and my trusty frend Thomas Stoner.