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 axte of hym why he had noȝt levyd Midsomer rent and Myghel|mas . . . and sayd ye wold noȝt, for he was as famelier with Werthe as any." The writer urged Stonor to "give credence of no reports till I speke with you," and advised him "to gete you a letter from my lord Marcas [Dorset] . . . for hit is to much for Graynfeld. . . . . Reco|maund me unto my lady your wiff."

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Myne especyall Gode Master, after all dewe recommendacyon y recommaund me unto your gode masterschip, doyng yow to wete that on Assencyon evyn Thomas Worthe came unto yowr Manor of Wolveston, ther of Thomas Hayward, yowr trewe servant, wold have had the keyys of yowr plase: the sayd Thomas denyyd hym: he sayd he wold enter in to the plase, or else he wold dye ther for: apon this wordes the sayd Thomas Hayward came to me abowte xj at clocke in the same nyght, and acsyd myne avyse what was beste to do: y avysyd hym to take Rygby, yowr trewe servant, and syche companye as thay cowthe gete to brynge in to the plase befor, to resyste the sayd Thomas Worthe: and by the morow sons rysyng y wold be ther my selfe to se what wold be done ther. And so yt was, or any man came ther, and at the comyng of yowr trewe servantes, Thomas Hayward and Rygby, we wente wher at Worthe was loggyd, to understond hys dis|posision: we mette hym by the way to Wolston ward: we ayste hym wether he wold: he sayd, to Wolston: we sayd, hit [wo]ld not be his ese to come ther, but he had bene better companyyd. And so wordes the wer betwene Thomas Hayward and hym: of the whiche ye schall