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.

4. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, TO SIR JOHN DE STONOR [before 1351]

ABSTRACT. A fragment of a formal letter addressed to "Johan de Stonor et ses compaignons du Comun Banc" with reference to a suit "parentre le Priour de Merton et les povres tenauntes del auncien demaigne du manoir de Merton," begging them to be "auxi favorables et cedauntes en dit ple come vous purrez par voie de resoun," and not to allow the tenants to be vexed by clerks, serjeants, or other people of the Court. "Don souz nostre prive seal a nostre manoir de Kennyngton le xj jour d'Averil."

Another even more fragmentary letter in the same behalf is from Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Dated "a nostre manoire de Savoye a Londres le ix jour d'Averil, par le Counte de Lancastre". Addressed: "A mon chers amys monsyr Jo[han] de Stonore et monsyr Ric. Wyloughby, justices nostre Seignur le Roy en le comun Banc". From A.C., xlvi, 3 and 5.