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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England -- Social life and customs
Stonor family.
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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 May 3, 2025.

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142. THOMAS STONOR TO HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM STONOR [1474]

This letter seems to be written before William Stonor's first marriage, pro|bably therefore in 1474; or if it refers to Elizabeth Ryche, Stonor's first wife, perhaps early in 1475. From A.C., xlvi, 125.

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Broder Stonar, after all dewe forme of recomendacion hadde, plesse hyt yow to hunderstonde þat I never longed so sore to speke with you as I do now, marvellyng grettly þat ye be longe hense, remembryng how grettely in consette ye stonde in London with a gentylwoman, and the grette labore þat hys made for here agynes you: and grettely hyt hys nossed and hasse bene tolde me with many persons þat but ye be ware she shall be take from you. I here muche and sey no thyng: befor the laste tyme þat ye where abowte suche a mater my speche and presens with you hurte you, and awelde you not: wherfore orlt ye to me a sewrte. I wolle in thys mater honsware no man, and yette I am grettely question with for you of divers persons thynkyng þat I shulde ken muche of your delyng: for I wolde not for my horsse and harnes and all my oder goode þat in thys mater ye toke a rebuke: wherefore remembre you shortely for the pass[ion] of Gode, for syth I cam to London xx men haffe questioned with me in thys mater, iffe ye shall be at your comyng, wheche I beseche Jhesu be not longe, who have you ever in kepyng.

Your fethefull broder Th. S.

Thys letter be delyvered to my broder Willm. Stonar in hast.

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