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.

100. THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR [1469]

The reference to "my moder and your" shows that this was written to Thomas Stonor. Mull had presumably married a daughter of Alice Drayton by her second husband. The date is probably some time early in 1469, or at all events within a year of Alice Drayton's death; it is clearly earlier than that of No. 111. "Rayne of Devonshire" is perhaps the lawyer Reyny, who was an arbitrator in the suit of Stonor v. Fortescue, see No. 79. From A.C., xlvi, 106.

Right worshipfull Master and Brother, I recommaund me unto you: prayng you to conceyve that or Robert Barre come I had borowed iij. li. to content and paye Rayne of Devonshir for your offis upon the diem clausit extremum after the dethe of my good Mastres and Moder and your, whos sowle God assoyle, which I have payd hym. And syr, I conceyve by Robert ye wold I shold make up the offis accordyng to suche instruccion as ye sent by hym to my cosyn Willyam in a bille, which I dar not take uppon me, for I conceyve it not a right: wherefor I pray you to come your self and to bryng with you the cope of all thos dedes: or ell, and ye be not disposid to come here this terme, send us a pleyn cope of al your dedes made seth the dethe of your ffader with a more playne instruccion, and ye shall have my service: and I woll call to me sum good master or felowe: and I will geve him for his labor, and spede your mater as well as we can. And as for the mater of my lord of Caunterbury, thowgh ye come not this terme, I trust to God to kepe me from al hurtes in that behalf. And syr, as for this mone whiche ye have sente me, before God I have leyd oute for you therof, which I borowed, iij. li.: and so with me abydeth therof no more but xl. s.: and I shold have resceyvid of you at this tyme x. li. and v. nobles, which I must paye and dispose or Wennesday nexte cummyng, or ellys I must be untrewe to God and to them that be dede, and fals of my promys, which God defend me fro. Wherfor I praye and beseche you, as my servis may and shalbe redy to you at al tymes, that I may have my mone her uppon Tewesday nexte commyng: and I shal be redy to your plesyr with Goddes grace, which preserve you and yours.

T. M^ll (Mull).

To my master Stonor.