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.

ye desyre me, y dare be bownde for hym for hys trouthe and for suche covenauntes that he makyth [y will] fynde suffycyent suerte by syde to perfourme yn hys behalfe. And upon thys y have desyryd yowr parson to ryde to y[ow with] hym to keve yow ynformacon of hym what he ys. And as he knowyth ryght well he ys for yow and such a man [as] shall please yowe and all yowr tenauntes and odyr also, of whose comyng y wot well they wyll be ryth glad. [Sandes continued "of hys comyng," but crossed these three words out.] And Jhesus preserve yow bothe body and sowle. I-wrote at Andever on Corpus cristy day, hastie,

W. Sandes knyght.

To my Ryght trusty and welbelovyd Cosyn Sir William Stonor thys letter be delyveryd.

299. JOHN SHYNNER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR [c. 1481]

There is nothing to show the date except that it is not earlier than 1478. It is probably later than No. 298. It is placed here for convenience with Shynner's other letters. As to Shynner, see Note on No. 300. From A.C., xlvi, 203.

Most worchepfull and reveryend Mayster, I recummend me onto yowr reverynd Maisterchep also lowly as I can hoder may: wyllyng yowr Maysterchep to have knowleche þat syr Wylyam Sandys ys gretely dysplesyd with me, and Jaye do lesayd maner also, as for a grehowde þat I scholde send onto yowr maysterchep as they say: þe weche I know not what coler þis grehowd ys, noder no seche I send to yow, neyder was consente þer to: werefor I beseche yowr maysterchep to wrythe onto Syr Wiliam Sandys as for myne a skese, and to speke to Jaye at Londun, wen ye methe with hym, as my treste ys on yowr Maysterchep, and as I schall and am yowr preste to praye to God for yow and yowrys, ho have yow and yowrs in hys kepyng ever, Amen

your preste Syr John Shynner.

To my ryȝth worchepfull and reverynd Mayster Syr Wiliam Stonor, yn hast.

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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 133
Publication: London,: Offices of the Society,; 1919.
Subject terms: England -- Social life and customs; Stonor family.

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