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.

ȝow that my servant schold take owte of his hows v. li.: and yt can be prevyd, he scall abyd the otermost of the lawe: but I trow hyt well be ffond ffor evyll wylle: but and ȝe take no dysplesuyr, Syr, I wold avisse Hary Gorton to kepe hys tong ther, and be prevyd on hym a worsse talle then thys, or ellys say ȝe that I ham ffauls. Moreover I hard say hyt schold plesse ȝow to calle hym a theffe: by my trowthe I know hym for none, nor by my wyll I wolle kepe none. I have merveyle that hyt wolle plesse suche a worchypffull man as ȝe are to sclander eny powyr man so for suche a dobbull manys wordes as Hary Gorton ys: I scall preve affore hym that he dothe ȝow more dysworchyp then good servyce. Cossyn, I and all myne scall do ȝow servyce; and I trust to do ȝow better servyce in on owyr then yt scall ley in hys powyr to do all the dayys off hys lyve: and that scall I be reportyd in the same towne that he dewlyt in: and he wher nott ȝowr servant he wold welle know that hys dellyng wher nott good, that in schorte space: hyt ys ffor ȝowr sake and not ffor hys owne that he ys ffavoured so long. No more to ȝow at thys tyme, but I beseche all myty Jhesu to preserve ȝow and all ȝowrys.

By ȝowrs to hys powyr Edmond Hampden.

To my Cossyn, Syr Wyllm. Stoner.

220. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR 7 JULY [? 1478]

This letter clearly belongs to the same time as Nos. 219 and 221. Since Stonor is a knight the date cannot be earlier than 1478. Otherwise the only clue to the date is the statement in this letter that the King was to be at Windsor on 8 July, and was going thence to Nottingham. Edward IV was at Nottingham in 1478, 1481, and 1482. In 1482 he went north at the end of May—see No. 313—and during July was in Kent—3rd, Manor of Knoll, 7th and 8th, Canterbury, 9th to 18th, Dover (Chancery Warrants, Series I, File 882). In 1481 he seems to have been at Southwell on 28th June to 5th July, and at Scrooby on 13th to 19th July (Cal. Pat. Rolls, iii, 279-80). The Chancery Warrants (for Privy Seals) do not give clear evidence for move|ments in July, 1481, which year the evidence of the Patent Rolls makes un|likely. If the year is 1481 there is the further difficulty that Stonor must have married his third wife within two months of the death of his second. In 1478 Edward IV was at Greenwich from 2nd to 6th July, was perhaps in

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

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