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.

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.

143. HENRY DOGETT TO [? WILLIAM STONOR] [? 1474]

There is nothing to show the date, but since it was found stitched to A.C., xlvi, 227-33—see Nos. 138, 139, 144—it may probably be assigned to 1474. From A.C., xlvi, 225.

Ryght Worshepfull maister, I recomaund me to yow with all my service. Plesith yow to wete that I have herkened to understond off your Audite: I woll attende at suche tyme as shall please yow; and I pray yow that ye like to remembre the letter that my maister Courtnay sent to yow, that my maister Ric. Fowler may by yow undistond the tenor þerof, as my parfete trust is in yow. And I trust to your maister|shep that ye woll se þat I kept harmeles for the money that Ric. Pygot, my servaunt, delivered yow at Tacham &c. Syr, a bedde þat I pro[mysed] your maistershep shall be redy, and my servaunt, with Godes

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Title: 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.
Canvas: Page 149
Publication: London,: Offices of the Society,; 1919.
Subject terms: England -- Social life and customs; Stonor family.

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