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.

yn your lyvere, other I shall purvey for them, and of ther komyng hom. Yf yowr maystership commaund me, I shalbe with yow before the feest and purvey for my cure, other withyn ij dayes after the feest: it shalbe at your commaundment. I commaund me with all mekenesse and reverens to my moost singuler good lady, Mr. Thomas, and then to the hooll house, hom I commit to Goddes governans: he yow ever preserve by his speciall grace, Amen.

Be your scolar Edmunde.

To hys most singler and good mayster Sir William Stonor, Knyght.

196. MICHAEL FIELD TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR [after 1477]

From A.C., xlvi, 156.

Ryght wyrchepefull Mayster, y recomend me unto yowr Maysterchype lattyng yow wette þatt I haf recevyt yowr letter off yowr servand: and as ffor my schepe, war sold last ȝer all þatt ever I myght spare, bott I wyll labor and porway for yowr maysterchyp as son as I may godly: and bott schepe was never so der with us, and yff ȝe myght bye to sum fayr, ȝe myght do better: bott we pay iiij marke for a scor: bott I wyll assay qwher eny ys ffor to be sold and þe lest pryse with all for your Mayster|chype, and bryng yow word: bott ytt wyll nott be affor Ester, I knaw wele. And as ffor yowr owxyn, and yowr fatt schepe, ȝe schall hafe þam as son as ever I may: ffor I wyll go þar abowte as fast as I can to plese yow. Nomor, bott owr lord preserve yowr Masterchype to hys most plesor. And as for yowr mony þat yowr Maysterchype layd down for me, x. s., I send yt be yowr servand now. Mekell Field.

To my moste wele beloffyd Mayster, Mayster Syr Wyllm. Stonar.

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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 35
Publication: London,: Offices of the Society,; 1919.
Subject terms: England -- Social life and customs; Stonor family.

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