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.

"[I recommend m]e to you. Leke yowe Remembur the laste terme at Lundon y made labur to yowe ffor the delyveraunce. . . . . Standelf: at whiche time ye made a byll to your servaunde ffor the delyveraunce of the same. . . . . How be hytt, as hytt ys seyd, vij of the beste of the seyd catell reste yette with yowe. . . . . Prayng yow they may be de|lyvered accordyng to suche direction as wasse taken."

Halle then goes on to ask that:—

"þe day may be had as ye apoynted before Mydsomer: my ffather Rede wolbe redy with a resonable . . ., for he thyngketh he is nott kyndely deled with, rememberyng he wasse nevyr speke with in þat mater . . . [w]asse taken uppon the Assencion Eve, and uppon the Friday nexte aftur cam Lentall to hym . . . fro yowe, which he thynketh onkynde delyng. Accordyng to my promyse to yow at Lundon I wrote [la]tely to John Felowe for þe lande þat ye well know and incontinent upon the syght of my letter. . . . .

The remainder is too broken to extract any of the meaning.

. . . . . "the Tewysday in the Whytson. . . . ."

. . . rde Halle."

To his ryght worshipfull Sir William Stonor, knyght, this letter be delyvered.

242. SIR EDMOND REDE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR 4 [JULY? 1479]

This belongs to the same year as the previous letter. The most likely years are 1479, when Whit-Tuesday was 1 June, or 1481, when Whit-Tues|day was 13 June. Borstall is in Bucks, near Brill. The Stonors had lands at Standelf or Standhill (see vol. ii, p. 183). From A.C., xlvi, 196.

Worshypfull Cosyn, I comawnde me to yow with alle my herte: pleaseth hyt yow to wytt that as y am informed ye have lett owte yowre landys ande medues in Standelf to fferme: how be hytt y have hadd them to fferme of yow and of my cosyn yowre ffather, whos sowle Gode asoyle, this xl^ti yere ande more, and truly payed my commond therefore: and so y wulde a doo to yow yeff hytt hadd pleased yow I shulde a hadde them styll. And as me semeth, Cosyn, yef hytt pleased yow,

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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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