120. [JANE STONOR(?) TO HER DAUGHTER] c. 1472 (?)
It seems most likely that the writer of this letter is Jane Stonor, in which case the date is probably between 1470 and 1473, since her husband is alive:
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.
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- 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.
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- 1919.
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"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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ACA1723.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2025.
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Page 123, vol. 1
the Queen is then Elizabeth Woodville, and possibly the daughter is with the Duchess of Suffolk (see No. 172). The end of the letter with the signature has been destroyed, and there is no endorsement. From A.C., xlvi, 244.
Welebylovyd doughter, I grete yow wele: and I understond ye wold have knowlech how ye shuld be demenyd. Doughter, ye wot wele ye ar there as it plesyd þe quene to put yow, and what tyme þat ye cam fyrst fro myn: albeit myn husbonde and I wold have had . . . wherwith þe quene was ryght gretly displisyd with us both: hall be it we knowe ryght wele it cam nat of her selfe. Also me thynk þay sshuld nat be so wery of yow, þat dyd so gret labour and diligence to have yow: and wher as ye thynk I sshuld be unkynde to yow, verrely þat am I nat, for and ye be as I left yow, as I trust verrely þat ye be, I am and wyll be to yow as a moder sshuld be, and if so be þay be wery of yow, ye sshall cum to me, and ye wille your selfe: so þat my housbond or I may have writyng fro þe quene with her awn hand, and ells he nor I neyther dar nor wyll take upon us to reseyve yow, seyng þe quenys displesyr afore: for myn housbond seyth he hath nat wyllyngly disobeyde her comaundment here afore, nor he wyll nat begynne nowe. Also I understond . . .
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