<B STONOR>

[^SAMPLE 1 = THE STONOR LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1290-1483, VOL. I-
II. ED. BY KINGSFORD, CHARLES LETHBRIDGE. CAMDEN THIRD SERIES
29, 30. 1919.
SAMPLE 2 = SUPPLEMENTARY STONOR LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1314-1482.
ED. BY KINGSFORD, CHARLES LETHBRIDGE. CAMDEN MISCELLANY 13.
CAMDEN THIRD SERIES 34. 1924. (REFERRED TO AS VOL. 3 IN PAGE
NUMBER CODING.)^]

<S SAMPLE 1>
<Q STO 1424 T1STONOR>
<A THOMAS STONOR1>
<P I,38>
[} [\46. THOMAS STONOR TO (SIR JOHN FORTESCUE)\] }]
[\30 October, 1424\]
<P I,39>
   Ryth welle belovyd syr, I grete yow well, doyng yow to
undurstonde +tath yowre son Jon and I beth fully acorded as
towchyng to the ferme of the Maner off Ermyngton, as hys
endenturys +terof beth enseylyd. And ye shall have +te lawe
Court of Mychellmasse last passed. Fur+turmore I send yow be the
berer of +tys letter endenturys betwene yowre sone Rychard and
my feffeys, +te wyche ben made be avyse and asent of yowre son
Jon: prayinge yow that ye delyver nat the party of +te same
endenturys enselyd be my feffeys into the tyme that yowre sone
Rychard have enselyd hys party of the same endenturys: and
thanne hys party soo enselyd that ye delyver sesyng unto the
same Rychard and hys wyff aftyr the fourme of the endenturys: to
wyche endenturys lakketh +te selyng of my uncle Belknap, wyche
shall ensele +tem whanne he com fro beyonde see. And seeth that
yowre forseyde son Rychard duly ensele +te same endenture, for
yowre son Jonys honestie hanketh theron. And as towchyng the
warde of Wytburyes heyr, and of +te londys, the wyche longen to
me, I pray yow that ye soo see +terto that my ryth be saved,
that I and my frendus schull have yow thonke therfore. And yf ye
see that hyt may lawfully be sesyd +tath ye sesed [\hyt
AFTERWARDS ERASED\] as my trust ys in yow. Nomore y wryte unto
yow at thys tyme, but the holy gost have yow in hys kepyng.
I-wrytte at London the Monday nexte before alle-halwenday. 
   By Thomas Stonore.
[\NO ENDORSEMENT.\]

<Q STO 1420S? ASUDELEY>
<A ALYS, LADY SUDELEY>
<P I,47>
[} [\53. ALYS, LADY SUDELEY TO THOMAS STONOR\] }]
[\before 1431\]
   Right trusty and entierly welbeloved frend y commaund me unto
you: and, where as y of singler trust in you have before this
enfeffed you with other in my Maners, londes and tenements
withyn dyvers shires, wole and hertely prey you, for gret
consideracions and causes touching my worship and gret profyt,
that ye seale the deedes, made yn youre name and other, of the
seid Maners to suche persons as be named in the same, wheche
seid deedes the berer of this shall shewe unto you, as my full
trust ys and hathe be unto you, like as the berer hereof shall
enfourme you: to whom y prey you geve credence. And, sir, yf
ther be anything that y may do for you in any mater in tyme
comyng, y wole do yt with all myn hert, and that knoweth God,
who have you in his blessed kepyng. Wreten at Sudely the iiij
day of Avrell.
   Alys, lady Sudeley.
   To the worshipfull and my trusty frend Thomas Stoner. 

<Q STO 1462 JFRENDE>
<A JOHN FRENDE>
<P I,55>
[} [\63. JOHN FRENDE TO THOMAS STONOR\] }]
[\? April, 1462\]
   Right worshipfull maister, I comaunde me unto yov: praying
yov to sende me word by your letter where ye wil come in to
Devenshire to abide other no &c: and what I shall do with the
corne, syder, and wyne: yf ye come nought, hit were best, me
semeth, that hit were sold betyme &c. Also tenentes of Modbury,
that is to sey John Torryng
<P I,56>
and other, have made an ende with Ric. Fortescu in your defaute,
understondyng to them that ye wold have come, and kepe not your
promise at no tyme &c. Item, waen Ric. Fortescu was there in
lente nov last past he sende to Modbury by John Saunder seyng,
that he hadde recoveryd of Thomas Stonore a C. li: and wel a
wist they schuld be cast in suche daunger as they schuld never
abere: and for fere of suche langage the seid Torryng and other
have made there ende under this condicion, what they schall
paie, though &c hit passe ayenst them. Item, the mede I kepe in
your honde unto tyme ye sende me word what I schall do. Item, I
do yov to wete that my maister Drayton hath sende me word that I
schulde fylle a grete parte of the Southwode: I pray yov sende
me word where hit be your will or noo.
   By John Frende of Ermyngton, Boucher.
   To my worshipful maister Tho. Stonor in hast.
[^LIST OF ENDORSED NAMES OMITTED^]

<Q STO 1462 JFRENDE>
<A JOHN FRENDE>
<P I,56>
[} [\64. JOHN FRENDE TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\c. 1462\]
   Right worshipfull maister, I recomaunde me unto yov: letyng
yov wete that Thomas Baron, John Peperell, the son of Robert
Peperell, mauneseth me dayly, and put me in suche fere of my
lyffe, that with other the servauntes of Ric. Fortescu, that I
dere not go to cherche ne 
<P I,57>
to chepyng. Also now late the seid Baron and Peperell have
sklaunder me that I schuld sende divers men to the hous of the
seid Thomas; and ther and at that tyme the seid persons, that is
to wete John Gune, John Cleveff and other, schuld take theefly
xxvj. s. viij. d. of the godis of the seid John Peperell, vj
spones of silver of the godis of Thomas Barons, and a girdell
with silver harnes of his susters, and divers polen, and brynge
althis to the hous of John Frende of Ermyngton: and there and at
that tyme then schuld recette: uppon the whiche sklaunder and
untrue noyse the seid John Frende hath made his purge with meny
worshippfull gentilmen and gode yoman. Wherefore I pray yov that
ye see a meane that I may be in ese: for hit is worse than ever
hit was: for ye have seid many tymes that ye wold come thether,
and dwelle ther: and that thay putteth in uterance daily that we
schalbe undowe, for ye nel never come to helpe us. Also I pray
yov that my maister Drayton may se this letter, and be enformyd
thereof. And also I pray yov to take hede above, and make gode
wacche for Thomas Baron. And Thomas Horne bethe come uppe to
London a fote, for make labour ayenst me. Also but ye come and
defende me, I wille do the service no lengher, for I may not ne
dernot. And for the sege for my maisteres is made after your
device.
   By your servaunt John Frende of Ermyngton.
   To Thomas Stonor, squyer, in hast.

<Q STO 1462 THAMPTON>
<A THOMAS HAMPTON>
<P I,57>
[} [\65. THOMAS HAMPTON TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\1462\] 
<P I,58>
   Rytht wurschypfull and my tender welbelovyd Cosyn, I
recommaunde me to yow: letyng yow wyte +tat my Suster Swete
recommaundyth her to yow, and hertyly thankyth yow for her
chylderyn, and so do I as well for owr venyson. Syr, sche prayth
yow specyally to make your effectuell labor un[{to{] the parson
of Sylverton +tat he wull in weye of Crystes charyte loke up all
suche evydens as in eny wyse may make eny proffe Thomas to be
+te son of Syr Water and Jahne his ffurst wyff. Of Margete and
Isabell: Margete was weddyd un[{to{] John Hunteley: Isabell was
weddyd unto John Popham. That +tese persons, all or some of
+teyse wer +te chyldryn of +te seyde syr Water and Jahne: lete
hym schewe hit in the wey of good and of concyens. +Te parson,
+te Kynges Chapeleyn, when he was with hym sye a full fayre Dede
and Sealle of Armys: and when +te parson of Sylverton sende his
ffolke to London, +tey wulde in nowyse schew +tat dede. And
+tyff my Suster Swete mochte hafe had mony at here wyll, the
parson schulde haf com over to yow; hit wulde nat be. Moreover,
syr, we haf a ffyn reryd unto Syr Water and Jahne terme of +ter
lyvys, +te rem. +terof unto Thomas, +te son of Jahne, and thit
[\SIC\] he was +te son of +tem bo+te, of Domerz and Morton: but
Wykes wuld haf +te ffyn servyd in Stapulham, because hit ys in
+te same parische, surmyttyng +tat Jahne schulde furst hafe ben
weddyd unto Amaryke Northlode, and he to be ffader to +te sayde
Thomas. And for certeyne Stapulham came never by +te ffyn, +te
wyche was reryd A=o= xxiiij Regis E. iij: but by a latter
tytull. Lete hym geder all +te dedys of Stapulham to geder, +tat
hit may be provyd +tat hit ys no parcell of +te ffyn: and lete
+tem be schewyd, and by here trouth to haf all +te dedes +tat
consernyth here enherytaunse +tat he hath in his kepyng: sche
wull +tat he haf Stapulham as sure &c., as we all can make it.
   Moreover, Syr, I wryte aparte +tat hit may be kette away,
+tyff ye lust to schew +tis above unto +te parson of Sylverton.
The case was soo when my Suster Swete man schulde go sche kowth
haf no money as for +te ffyndyng of +te Offyces, unneth to make
hym bryng yow +tis my sympyl byll. Nevyrthelese here we praye
yow that ye make some redy apoyntement with the Eschetor, +tat
he wull not fayle yow, but be redy at suche tyme as ye and we
schall sende unto hym both to haf hit fond yn +te Com. of Suth.
as well as in Wylschere: and what he wull haf to ffynde hit in
on, and what in the to+ter Schyre: for per case +te on schall
suffyse. Ano+ter poynte, +tat ys we kepte not sende +te Dede
aboute
<P I,59> 
into +te tyme hit were enrowlyd, for drede of losyng &c., Syr,
we haf ffonde a gentylmanly thynge, a copy of +te Kynges
Recordes +tat Thomas, ffader to Syr Th., was seysyd and dyde
seasyd A=o= regis H. iiij=ti= ij=o=, the wyche schall make owr
ffyn gode. And so thys fondyn, he most breff Margete, Suster to
Th., bastard, wych was ffader to Syr Th. Nomore to yow at +tis
tyme: but almythty Godd haf yow in kepyng. Amen.
   By your owne Thomas Hampton.
   To my ryght wurschypfull Thomas Stonor, be +tis delyvered. 

<Q STO 1462? THAMPTON>
<A THOMAS HAMPTON>
<P I,59>
[} [\67. THOMAS HAMPTON TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\31 Aug. (1462)\] 
<P I,60> 
   Rythe wurschypf[{ull Co{]syn, I recommaunde me to yow, letyng
yow understande +tat my Suster Swete ffulherteyly dayly praying
Godd for yourre gode. S[{yr, sche recomaunds{] her to yow,
s[{pec{]yally prayng yow to do your tender dyligens as unto the
parson of Sylverton for +te hafyng of p[{rofe . . .{] . Syr, ye
were no rather gon fro my house but +te parsons man came unto us
and lete my Suster understande +tat his mayster had ff[{ound{]
fayre evydens under seale to profe Thomas to be sone of syr
Water Romsey and Jahne, his ffurst wyff, and with +tat sche wuld
ordeyne a suffycyaunte persone to be bounde with here in maner
and forme, as we ben boundyn and as ye must nedys see: ffor +te
sayde Obligacion moste nedys be delyveryd by your hands or by
+te hand of Phylyp Pymme acordyng to an endenture made betwene
+te parson man and [{. . . Mo{]reover, Syr, in eny wyse +tat we
may haf notyse of +te parson what maner tytull Wykes made ffor
Stapulham ayenst hym and ayenste Syr J. Beynton, Knyth, and thyf
hit were by d[{er{]ayng, +tat in eny wyse +tat we may haf a
copye of hit; and thyf hit be by wey of ple, +tat we may haf +te
Record and what yere hit was, and what terme: and +tat +te
parson wull stere theym +tat were of Beyntons Counsell and his
to be of owr Counsell for owr mony. And also, Syr, I lete yow
wyte +ter schall no more be don to +te offyse ffyndyng in no
wyse. Hyth wat ye may +tat ye were wyth uns, ye schall
understande a beter meane &c. on. Remembre . . . my lord of
Suthfolke wull be in the mater and he be made on of +te ffeffes,
as ye wull desyr hym ye or naye, or m . . . ch on as ye dar
truste: the mater ys beter +ten we understode, a grete dell,
+tankyd be Godd. No more to yow at +tis tyme, but he +tat made
both yow and me preserve us in perpetuyte, Amen.
   Wrytyn at London in Our Palys of the Flete, +te laste daye of
August.
   By your owne Thomas Hampton.
   Gode syr, I pray yow remembre Mowne in your comyng homward
+tat he woll be my gode Cosyn, +ter ys non o+ter mene, but +te
Kyng wull haf mony me semyth by Fowler.
   Unto my ryght Wurshypfull Cosyn, Thomas Stonor, be thys
delyveryd in hast.

<Q STO 1462? HUNTON>
<A HUGH UNTON> 
<P I,61> 
[} [\68. H. UNTON TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\? 1462\] 
   Right worshipfull Maister, I recommaunde me unto you &c. And
thanket be God that my Maistres is amendet. Letyng you wete,
Syr, that Maister Mylle and I have ben dayly with Maister Fouler
and Maister Danvers, and as yet Nassh is not comyn. And syr, as
for Wykes, he is not here, nor on Kene nayther. And so Hampden
of Kymbell movet us that ye shuld have had all Wykes landez in
your hand, and have assignet old Wykes a certeynte to lyf apon;
but I supposet ye wold not so, and I durst take opon to chaunge
your opynyon. Mayster Mylle wold ye shuld have take an annuite
of xl. s. yerly of old Wykes and his wif, and yong Wykes and his
wyf, and of all the feffez: bot I supposet ye wold not so, for
by cause of the penalte of the payment of the xl. s. yerly. And
I told Hampden, withoute we dro to an end that ye wold execute
your exigent ayeynest yong Wykes: and so I trowe we shall draw
to an end. And all myghty God have you in kepyng.
   Your owne servaunt H. Unton.
   To my right worshipfull Maister, Thomas Stonore.

<Q STO 1463 JSTONOR>
<A JANE STONOR>
<P I,62>
[} [\70. JANE STONOR TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\2nd August, 1463\] 
   Syr, I recommende me to +gow. Plesyth +gow to wete +tat upon
Wednesday last passyd my cousin Langforth ys sone browthe +gow a
privy sele, and to all +te jentylmen off +te schyre. So I
resseyved sore akenyn my wyll. Y +tesyryd of hym to have kept
ytt stylle, for +ge were not at home: butt he wold nott so doo,
but counsellyd me to sendyd +gow in all hast. And he promysys me
+tat he wold informe +te kyng +tat +ge were not at home, and he
told me +tat upon +te Thursday folwyng +te kyng remevyth
northward, and purposyth into Schottland, ef +ten he com akeyn.
For 
<P I,63>
+tat o+ter party hathe bysechyd +te castell +tat was late
rescuyd, and +ter ys of +tam moo +ten V. m., as +te Kynge hath
word. Other tydynges y can none send: but y beseke +te holy gost
be +gour gyde. I-wrytyn at Stonor +te Tuesday after seint Annis
day.
   Yowr owyn J. S.

<Q STO 1465 THAMPDEN>
<X THOMAS HAMPDEN>
<P I,69>
[} [\75. THOMAS AND MARGERY HAMPDEN TO THOMAS STONOR\] }]
[^MARGERY HAMPDEN'S POSTSCRIPT FOLLOWS AS A SEPARATE LETTER^]
[\c. 1465\]
   Ryght worchepefull cossyn, y recommand me unto yow: and y
pray yow, asse y may do any theyng to yowr plessur, that +ge
wolle grant me
<P I,70> 
the nexte avoydanys that ffallethe yow of any benyffys off
yowrys that ys off valew off xx. li., or +geffe hyt be better
then xx. markes; and y werr be hold unto yow, +geffe hyt lyke
yow to do sso moche ffor me, and allso +ge bynde me to do ffor
yow yn that that yn me ys: y wysse, Cossyn, y have a beneffysse
that ther hathe benne prest ther yn at my unkyll your faderys
dessyr and yowrys alle moste theys xl. wynter, and onne I putte
yn at yowr dessir my selffe. Y wryte unto yow for a jantylmane,
that I darr promysse yow schall do yow tru servysse and plesurr,
and he ys a worchepeffull man and a well rulede, prayng yow to
sende me a answerr by wrytyng. And allmyty God have yow yn ys
kepyng, and all yowrys. Y beseche yow thys sympyll byll may
recommand me unto my cossyn your wyffe. Y-wrytyn at Hampden onne
Newyerys day.
   Your cossyn T. Hampden off Hampden.

<Q STO 1465 MHAMPDEN>
<X MARGERY HAMPDEN>
<P I,70>
[^MARGERY HAMPDEN'S POSTSCRIPT TO THOMAS HAMPDEN'S LETTER NUMBER
75^]
   Cossyne, I recomaund me untoo yow, and I beche yow of yowre
gode cossyne hode yn +te performyng off my husbondes dessyr &c.
Cossyne, and +ge had desyred me or myne soo ofte as I have
desyred yow and my cossyns, yowr sones, I wold have sene yow
oftener. I wesse, cossyne, het greveth me &c. Ther may no man
hold +tat woll awaye: and ther for I moste take het as weele as
I can, and thenketh thes delyng under wissedome ne kyndnes all
thyngys consederbred to be soo strange &c.
   To my right worchepefull cossyn, T. Stonore.

<Q STO 1465 THAMPTON>
<A THOMAS HAMPTON>
<P I,70> 
[} [\76. THOMAS HAMPTON TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\c. 1465\] 
   After almaner of due recommendaciouns, in my most tender wyse
I recommaunde me to yow. S[{yr ...{] haf knowlyche whether +te
sute be takyn ayenst Will. Tystede ye or nay, and W . . . for as
hit was law, tolde me he scholde sey he sette not +ter by: What
hit menyth
<P I,71> 
I can not sey. My moder, my wyf, and all my douchters, your pore
kynnyswymmen, tenderly recommaundyn +tem to yow, of whos
preferment I pray yow to haf rememberaunce, +tyf eny fortune may
grow in eny plase. Syr, I haf late been in the Counte of
Stafford with my Cosyn John Hampton, sometyme Squier for +te
body with Kynge H., and in my +ter beyng he hath made estate of
xl. markes of his lond, and takyn estate of me ayen ther of his
lyff and of his wyffes, +te remaynder to me and to myn heyres,
with all +te evydens acordyng, where of I haf the more parte at
home, wyche +tey schall enyoye with al o+ter of my londes. Syr,
when and what tyme we schall see yow and my cosyn W., I pray yow
sende me worde. Syr, +tat tyme I haf worde by my Cosyn Waller,
brynger of +tis my sympull byll, Gode Syr, whether Palmer be
delynge ge . . . ye, and how my Suster Swete doth. No more at
+tis tyme, but almythty godde have yn hys kepyng, Amen.
   By your owne T. Hampton.
   To my Rythe Wurshypfull Cosyn, T. Stonor, be Wylyam be +tis
delyveryd.

<Q STO 1466? JYEME>
<A JOHN YEME>
<P I,77>
[} [\81. JOHN YEME TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\11 June (? 1466)\] 
   Rygth Reverent Mayster, y recomand me unto yowe, desyryng to
here of yower wellefare and prosperyte of body and sawle,
besekyng Almy+gthy Jhesu preservy hit unto his plesure and to
yower worly worschyppe and herte ys desyre. Furdermore, as for
the accion of sewryte of pese, the wycche Thomas Horne hathe
ayenst me, y have aperyd therto and have y-putte yn iij
seuryteys, John Kyrton ys on, John Frende of Seynte Jely's
parysche ys the secunde, and a cosyn of myn ys the thirde. And y
hadde myche labur to gete me a weye. Fudermore, Walter Frende
recomandes hym to yower good maisterchyppe, and he wolle pray
yowe to sende hym worde wher to Mylle of Ermyngton schall be
y-koweryn with stone or strawe, and wher he schall ordeyne any
haye ayenst yower comyng. Y wold have come home to your
maisterchyppe, but y have y-taryd vij dayys yn London apon you:
for the osteler tellyd me that ye wolde have y-be ther atte the
<P I,78>
begynnyng of the terme. All so y have y-bofte me a hors atte
London, for y loste my hors ful falsly and untreuly apon the
waye, as I tryste to Godde to enforme yower maysterchyppe and
ever y may speke with yowe. And y have y-spende mycche mony to
gete me awaye fro the Marschall ys warde: for y was comyttyd
ynto his warde, but yette y thanke Godde and ffrende men for.
All so Ric. Fortescu ffaryth ffowle with Walter Frende and me,
and layyth his men yn awayte to murder me when y was laste atte
Ermyngton atte Corte: and all ys for by cawse y wolde notte
suffry hym to have his yntente at Plympton Corte: but y tryste
he schal never have non yntente ayenste them that he sewyth
ther. And as for the Corte of Tremeton, y have mycche laburr
ther; but yette y have notte geffe no ple ther, for he ys
asoynyd ij tymys a rewe yn his oune pleynte. And that sawe y
never yn no place but ther: but that ys Menwynnycke, a felow of
Corte of his, ys doyng, the whycche ys Steward ther. No more to
yowe atte thys tyme. And Jhesu preservy yow yn his blessyd
kepyng, Amen. Y-wrytyn atte London on Seynte Barnebe y Evyn yn
all haste. 
   By yower pore servant John Yeme.
   To my Reverent Mayster Thomas Stonor, Esquyer, thys letter be
y-dylyveryd in all haste.

<Q STO 1466? HFORSTER>
<A HUMPHREY FORSTER>
<P I,93>
[} [\87. HUMPHREY FORSTER TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\21 October (1466)\] 
   Ryght worshypfull and my goode kynde brother, in my most
feythefull wyse I recommaunde me to yowe: and liketh yow to be
remembrid to commune with the Eschetour of Bokyngham shire for
the wrytte of (\diem clausit extremum\) of my brother Saquevile,
whom God assoyle: and +tat ye like to wryte unto me as ye fynde
hym disposed: for I ensure yowe I have communed with your
worshipfull and weldisposed Suster Saquevile as for suche estate
as shulde be made unto your doughter and Rokes' sone, wherin I
fynde her as well disposed as ye wold desire your self, so +tat
her husbondes wille be not broken ne she hurte duryng her lyff.
Brother, I dowte not ye shall have worship of her grete sadnesse
and +te vertuous disposicion +tat she is of &c.: hit were to
grete pite to put hir to trowble or charge to cause her to
change from +te disposision +tat she is fully astablisshed to.
My goode brother, yef it please yowe ferthermore to remembre of
+te letter my lord wrote unto yowe, Marmyon 
<P I,94> 
and me, as for +te matter betwene Fowler and Heynes, whiche
Heynes hath be with me and is bounde in an Obligacion of ij. c.
li. to abide +te rewle of alle +te matter betwene Fowler and hym
of yow, Ric. Quatermaynez, William Marmyon and me. And Fowler to
appoynte suche season as ye and other may atende; and +te souner
+te lever to Haynes. I have wryten to Fowler in semblable wyse
in this matter: whether my lettre be come to hym or no, I wete
ner. I pray you to put hym in knowlache, and to understonde of
hym whether my wrytyng be come to hym or no, and to move hym by
your wysdom after my lordes wryting, as ye understonde hym. And
so I pray yow to sende me worde in wrytyng, for I have sent
diverse tymes to Fowler place, and he hath at alle tymes be owte
&c. My goode brother remembre of +te woman ye wote of &c. And
God preserve yow. Wreten +te xxj day of Octobre.
   Your trewe brother Humfrey Forster.
   To my ryght worshipful Brother Thomas Stonore +tis be
delivered.

<Q STO 1468 T2STONOR>
<A THOMAS STONOR2>
<P I,97>
[} [\91. THOMAS STONOR TO JANE STONOR\] }] 
[\8 October, 1468\] 
   Myne oone good Jane, as hertely as I can I recumaunde me to
yow. Like yow to wyt that my ffadyr is gone to God also: and the
there was a sone wytyng: and my modyr on Saterday by the morne,
and my ffadyr on Munday by [{d{]ayrove. And I pray yow that
William is chyld may cum with hym, and a amblyng hors for me in
hand led. I saw [\?\] yow a letter as this that was wrytyn
yestyrday. And let them cum with William that I wroote ffor, and
they shull have her clothe of blak to make hem gounys with. And
where William hathe wrytyn a letter unto me for his parsonage,
whan he comyth let hym tell me tale of trouthe and hit shall be
remedyyd, with mercy of God. And myne owne Jane, I thanke God
myne adversari of Devenshere hathe had no wurshyp: ffor ther
aperyd xliij gentlymen as this day, and he is shamyd and nonsuyd
in the cort to his great shame. And Lemman, charge Wykys to gete
as myche money as eney be had: ffor I shull spende myche money.
And goode swete Lemman, be ye myry and of goode comfort for to
cumfort me when I cum. I can not cum to youe as sone as I wuld:
ffor I most set sum direccion in Horton or I goo. Let William
cum in all hast. And the blessyd Trinite kepe yow. I-wrytyn at
Lundon the Saterday afore seynt Edward is day.
   By your ovne Stonor.
   To my Cosyn Jane Stonor, in hast.

<Q STO 1469 T2STONOR>
<A THOMAS STONOR2>
<P I,102>
[} [\97. THOMAS STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1468 or 1469)\]
   Willm. Stonore, I sende yow Goddes blessyng and myne. And I
wulle that ye bespeke for a gentylman of my lord Archebyhsshopis
of York a doseyn Brode arovys of Kyng, ffletcher: let them be
wele fedyrd 
<P I,103> 
with Styffew and short fedyr, and let the shaftys be no bygger
than Edmond sletyth; let hem be longer. And let not hit be wete
tymbyr in hond. I must have these redy in hast, and that hit be
not ffaylyd as my trust is in yow. I can no more, but the
blessyd trynite kepe yow. I-wrytyn at London the ffryday aftyr
seint Petyr is day. 
   By your ffadyr Stonor. 
   To Willm. Stonor. 

<Q STO 1469? TMULL>
<A THOMAS MULL>
<P I,104>
[} [\100. THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(1469)\] 
<P I,105> 
   Right worshipfull Master and Brother, I recommaund me unto
you: prayng you to conceyve that or Robert Barre come I had
borowed iij. li. to content and paye Rayne of Devonshir for your
offis upon the (\diem clausit extremum\) after the dethe of my
good Mastres and Moder and your, whos sowle God assoyle, which I
have payd hym. And syr, I conceyve by Robert ye wold I shold
make up the offis accordyng to suche instruccion as ye sent by
hym to my cosyn Willyam in a bille, which I dar not take uppon
me, for I conceyve it not a right: wherefor I pray you to come
your self and to bryng with you the cope of all thos dedes: or
ell, and ye be not disposid to come here this terme, send us a
pleyn cope of al your dedes made seth the dethe of your ffader
with a more playne instruccion, and ye shall have my service:
and I woll call to me sum good master or felowe: and I will geve
him for his labor, and spede your mater as well as we can. And
as for the mater of my lord of Caunterbury, thowgh ye come not
this terme, I truste to God to kepe me from al hurtes in that
behalf. And syr, as for this mone whiche ye have sente me,
before God I have leyd oute for you therof, which I borowed,
iij. li.: and so with me abydeth therof no more but xl. s.: and
I shold have resceyvid of you at this tyme x. li. and v. nobles,
which I must paye and dispose or Wennesday nexte cummyng, or
ellys I must be untrewe to God and to them that be dede, and
fals of my promys, which God defend me fro. Wherfor I praye and
beseche you, as my servis may and shalbe redy to you at al
tymes, that I may have my mone her uppon Tewesday nexte commyng:
and I shal be redy to your plesyr with Goddes grace, which
preserve you and yours.
   T. M=ll= [\Mull\] .
   To my master Stonor.

<Q STO 1470? JSTONOR>
<A JANE STONOR>
<P I,109>
[} [\106. JANE STONOR TO (THOMAS) STONOR\] }] 
[\(c. 1470)\] 
<P I,110>
   Syr, I recommande me unto yow as lowly as I cane: pleseyt yow
to wyte I have ressevyde a byle frome yow wherby I undyrstonde
My lorde Morlay dissyrres to sugiorne with yow: what answere
+tat ye have +gevyn hym I cannot undyrstond be your bylle: I
soposse your mynid was apon sum odyr materys when +tat ye
wrotyt, bot and ye have not granttyde, I beseke yow to aschusyt
and to contend your litylle abyddynge at home, and allso +te
joberde of yowr chelder and of all your howys at your hasty
goyng in to Devenscheyr: for and your abyddyng at home be no
nodyrwyse +tan yt ys, +tat wolle be [{non{]e profete unto yow
and hertes ese unto me: raythere breke up housallde +tan take
sugiornantes, for servantes be not so delygent as +tei were
wonto bee. Now farewelle, goode syr, and Gode +geve yow goode
nyghte and brynge yow welle home and in schorte tyme. Wrytyn at
Stonor apon Sante Symon and Judes daye at eve.
   Be your awne Jayn Stonor.
   [\IN DORSO\] Ples yt yow to be remembyrde apon genciayn,
ruberbe, bays, cappys, pouttys, cheverellaseys, a nounce of
flayt selke, lasses, tryacyl.
   To my brodyr Stonor in hast, at +te Swerde in Fletestrete.

<Q STO 1470? TMULL>
<A THOMAS MULL>
<P I,114>
[} [\111. THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(1470?)\] 
   Right worshipfull Master and Brother, I recommaund me unto
you: and wher it lykid you to send me iij li. by Robert Barre,
sendyng me by your letter word that yt was for no duete of my
ffader, yf it lyke you to call to remembraunce, ther was by you
due for my ffader ys dette, whos sowle God assoyle, at
Alhalowyntyde x. li., of which I have resceyvid by the handes of
Robert Barre, before thes iij li., vij li., and so nowe the full
x. li. is content: and when ye wer in Kente and in my pore hows
ye payed me x. li. for my wyfes duete, and ther lefte v nobles
behynd &c of her duete unpayed. Also, and ye be not ther with
displesid, when ye bought in London the goblettes and flat pees
coverid, with spones &c, that sume drewe to viiij li. x. s,
wherof at Cristmes ye sente me by my Cosen Willyam x marcs, and
so ther restyth behynd unpayed therof v nobbles iij (^s.^) iiij
(^d^) . And as for the summez in your letter, parte of the
smethes sume, a xxxiij (^s.^) , I understand well: for xij
moneth passid I had a bill therof of Balam after the 
<P I,115>
moneth mynde of my ffader Drayton. As for the sum of the
carpenter for the lok, I remembre well what sum of mone was by
my mene assigned therto &c. I shall comyn with you, when I may
mete nexte with you, which with Goddis [\grace\] shall not be
long &c. And I trust to God that ye woll conceyve your self,
that as for the carpenteris wages ther may by no reson be no
mone due to hym therof, but yf it so wer that the mone to hym
assigned wer not payed, for he had it in grete for that his
labour, and a warrant made to Harre Dogett to pay yt. I wot well
it woll come to your remembraunce &c. Notwithstandyng I ame as
much behold to you for the iij li. nowe to me sente, as though
ye had lente it or geve it me. For sumwhat I had endangerid me
for the sowles past to God more than I had mone to. And as for
shepe I bought of you at the xij month mynd vj shepe at the pris
of xxij. d. a pes, which is in dute therfor to you xj. s. &c.
Syr, I am yours as ferre as my pore power may strech: and as for
your mater of inquisicion, I trust to God it be to your plesyr
and profyte, but your Councell in no wyse wold not agre to have
the said way found, after they conceyvid that it was over your
ground for other mennes ease: for though of old ther wer a toll
payable to you ther for, and long seth it was payed, yet and it
wer found your Maner were charged for ever ther with: and as for
your toll, never the nerrer for the fyndyng: and the right of
your toll never the ferther fro you, though it be not founde &c.
I sende by the berer herof the dede of lees to my Moder, and the
cope of all your dedes, and the cope of the Inquisicion. And
Jhesu preserve you to your plesyr.
   Your Thomas Mull.
   To my maister and Brother Stonor. 

<Q STO 1470 EDWARD4>
<A PRIVY SEAL>
<P I,115>
[} [\112. LETTERS OF PRIVY SEAL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\3 April, 1470\] 
   By the King. 
   Edw. 
   Trusty and welebeloved We grete you wele; Letting you wit
+tat our Traitours and Rebelles +te Duc of Clarence and Therl of
Warrewik, 
<P I,116> 
which daily labour +te weyes moyens at +teir power of our final
destruccion, and +te subversion of this owre Realme and +te
comon wele of +te same, been fledde westwardes: Whome we wol
folowe and pursue with our Ooste with al diligence possible, and
let and represse +teir fals and traiteroux purpose and entent
with Goddes grace. Wherfore we wol and straitely charge you +tat
immediatly after +te sight of +ties owre lettres ye arredie you,
with such a fellasship on horssebak in defensible arraye as ye
goodly can make, to come unto us wheresoever ye shal undrestande
+tat we +ten shalbee, to aide and assiste us to thentent
aforesaid, without failling as ye love and tendre the wele of us
and of owre said Realme, and uppon the feith and liegeaunce that
ye owe unto us. Yoven undre owre Signet at owre Citie of
Coventre, +te iij=de= day of Aprill.
   To our trusty and welebeloved Thomas Stoner of Stoner.

<Q STO 1471? WADEHILL>
<A WADEHILL> 
<P I,116>
[} [\113. WADEHILL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\17 January (1471?)\] 
   Worshipfull and my right good maister, I recommende me to
youre good maistership: and like you wete +tat my lord, and my
lady his Moder also, have commaunded me to wryte unto you +tat
+tey bothe hertily desire and prey you, yef ye may in eny wyse
or your goyng to London, ye wole take +te laboure as to come
hider to speke 
<P I,117> 
with my seid lord and lady for diverse grete matters and causes
+tat +tey wolde speke unto you of. And yef ye may not come
hider, +tan +tat ye wole find +te meane to my lord Chaunceler as
to excuse my lord of his comyng not to London at +tis time, like
as my seid lord was wreten unto by a pryve seall whiche was
delivered to him on Munday last passed at vj of +te clokke
withynne night at Ewelme, which as your maystership knoweth well
was right shorte warnyng, remembring +tat +te more parte of my
lordes servauntes were sente into Suffolk to +te houshold +tere
ayens Crystemasse, and +te remenaunt of his servauntes, +tat
were here awayting, your maystership knoweth well been forthe
with my lady, my lordes wyf, into Suffolk to bringe her +tider:
ffor God knoweth she thought full longe from +te yonge lorde and
yonge ladies here childerne, +tat been +tere. And so my lord
might not come at London himself at +tis time to his worship,
and his servauntes from him: ffor I dare sey he hath here at
+tis day awayting uppon his lordship not a dosen persones.
Nethelese with Goddes grace my seid lord purposeth and woll be
and attend at +te Parlement as o+ter lordes shall, ffor by +tat
time his seid servauntes +tat be nowe absent woll be with my
seid lord ayen here. Wreten in haste +tis Thursday xvij day of
Januare.
   Youre servaunt Wadehill.
   To my right worshipfull master, Thomas Stonor.

<Q STO 1471 HFORSTER>
<A HUMPHREY FORSTER>
<P I,118>
[} [\115. HUMPHREY FORSTER TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 5 April, 1471)\] 
   My goode kynde brother I recommaunde me to yowe in my most
feythefull wyse: and lyketh yow to wete +tat it pleased you to
speke unto me for my ladies ferme of +te ho., +tat Grey myght
have it stille, yef he cowde entrete Fryghthe, +tat I have made
the graunt unto &c. My good brother, it is so +tat +te seid
Fryghthe hath be with me this same Friday and enformed me howe
+tat my nevewes Willm. Stonor and Emond came unto hym to his
plowe and wold have entretid hym to have departe his graunte.
And he seid he wold not. And +ten my nevewe seid he shuld
departe from it maugre his hede, and had unto +te pore man
manasyng wordes, as he seythe. So +tat +te pore man stode in
grete fere. And my nevewe made hym ayenste his wille to take
viij. s. My goode brother, this dealyng and demeanyng is not to
my pore honestie; for, as I understond, Grey hath seid he wolle
have it maugre my hede, which shall not be by my wille. My goode
brother, in your wysdome reformeth this matter, trustyng to you
+tat Grey shalle not be supported to my rebuke &c. My goode
brother, this same nyght passed Syr Willm. Norys laye at
Walyngford to London ward to +te Kyng; and Dalamar and Pury
ladde hym, and he shall have his grace. My goode brother, I
sende yowe +te viij. s., +tat my Nevewe made the pore man 
<P I,119> 
take for fere. I prey you latt +te pore man no more be so
entretid. Jhesu preserve you and alle yours. 
   Your trew brother Humfrey fforster. 
   To my goode kynde brother Thomas Stonore. 

<Q STO 1471? WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR> 
<P I,121>
[} [\118. WILLIAM STONOR TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\24 Oct. (? 1471)\] 
   My ryght reverent and wurshypfull fadyr, I recomaund me unto
yowur good fadyrhod, mekely besechyng of yowur dayly blessyng:
plesyth yowur good fadyrhod to wytt that Barentyne complaynyd to
my lord, and he hathe made many ontru surmysse, the wyche I
kannot yt undyrstond them, but to morow I must be with my lord
by vij a kloke at my answere: and Barentyne desyryd a wryte of
ryat a pon te statud ayen yowur ffadyrhod, and ayen me and the
pryst: and my lord will do noyn delyver ayen yow, but only
ayenste the pryst, the wyche wrytt ys owte all redy: where for I
beseche yowur fadyrhode that the pryst may abbesente hym that he
be not a-tachytt, and that sum odyr pryst may sey servys for a
sesun. I am myche bounde to Molynerse, Nedam, Malyverer and many
odyr jentelmen and be the tyme my lord hathe herde me I trust to
good he wylle be my good lorde, ho have yow, my good modyr, and
alle yowrs yn hys one fyfull kepeyng, Amen. I-writtyn yn Flete
strete the xxiiij day of Octobur.
   By yowur chyld Willm. Stonore.
   To my ryght reverent and worshypful ffadyr, my fadyr Stonere,
yn hast. 

<Q STO 1472 TMULL>
<A THOMAS MULL>
<P I,123> 
[} [\121. THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(May, 1472)\] 
   Right worshipfull Brother, I recommaund me unto you: lykith
you to wete that my Cosen Willyam hath ben with a full goodly
Gentilwoman, and comynde with her after love's lore: and for
certein I knowe 
<P I,124> 
that ych of them ys verely well content of other. Shee was late
wyf unto the son of my lorde Montjoy: and for the certente what
my cosen shall have with her, yf God provide for them that they
shall go throwe in mariage, suer yt is that of her ffader's
enheritaunce she hath in possession C. marks of lande, and after
the deth of her ffader shee shall have over that the half of al
the residue of al the lande of her ffader, and of my lorde
Mountjoyes lande shee hath iiij=xx= marcs of annuite fe by dede
endentid, for wher the lande was in value C. marcs shee hath
layn it ayen to my seid lord for yelding her yerly iiij=xx=
marcs. Thes certentees I have by my bedfelow Thomas Powtrell,
which ys of councell with my seid lorde, and was of councell at
the mariage makyng, when my seid mastres was maried to the son
of my seid lord; and as I understond by my seid bedfelowe the
hole value of syr Thomas Ichyngham is londe, as it was at the
tyme of the seid mariage makyng shewyd in writyng, was betwen
CCC. and CCCC. marcs, not fully CCCC. and better then CCC., but
how much it ys oute of the remembraunce of my seid bedefelowe.
And for certeine shee is well named, and of worshipfull
disposicion. I have ben with my Cosen Willyam there, and seyn my
seid Mastres, and comynde with her. And I fele by them both that
and ye woll, with mercy of our lorde the mater shall take gode
ende. I know verely my Cosen woll in no wise in this cas doo but
as your good ffaderhode woll he doo. Wherfor in the name of God
beth in this cas and in al other good ffader to my Cosen in
councelyng, helping, and preferring after your hertes plesyr:
for and I sholde mary I wolde he sholde chese for me. I wot well
ye woll lyke my Mastres right well when ye se her, and better
when ye comyn with her. Nowe ys al in you; in which and in al
other God be your guyde. Syr, as for the manor of Clyf, I have
comynd with Webley, +tat is of my lorde Cobham is councell: I
hope the mater shall take goode ende by trete, of which I shall
have worde +tis halidayes. Notwithstanding +ter is an attourne
recordid for syr John Fog and his felowes, in hap that we
accorde not. Jhesu preserve you and my gode Suster to your
hertes plesyr. Sir, as it is seid, ther is of late fallyn to my
Mastres ffader, syr Thomas Ychingham, CCC. marcs more after the
deth of my lady Kyriell.
   T. Mull.
   To my right worshipfull Brother, Thomas Stonor. 

<Q STO 1472? WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR>
<P I,125> 
[} [\122. WILLIAM STONOR TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 14 May, 1472)\] 
   My ryght reverent and wurshypfull good fadyr, I recomaund me
unto youre good fadyrhod, mekely besechyng yow of yowre dayly
blessyng, and my good modyr also: lykith yowre good fadyrhod to
wytt that I truste weryly to alle myty Jhesu and to youre good
fadyrhod that I shalle spede well of my mater, for I have
comfortabul demenure of my mastresse, but as to the wery
purpose, but yt I hope well: my good fadyr, Barrey shalle tel
yow of the demenure, and what they be that laburyn to the
jentylwoman. I beseche yow, fadyr, that Barrey may be with me
here alle thys halydayys, for the jentyllwoman wyll not departe
tyll the weke after Wytsuntyd, and ere that I trust to alle myty
Jhesu to know more to my hertes ese than I do now, hom I beseche
to preserve youre good fadyrhod and my good modyr, and have yow
yn hys mersyfull kepyng, Amen. I-wrytyn I-Lundun, the Thursday
next afore Whytsunday.
   By yowre chyld Wyllm. Stonore.
   [\ADDRESS UNDECIPHERABLE.\] 

<Q STO 1472? TMULL>
<A THOMAS MULL>
<P I,125>
[} [\123. THOMAS MULL TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }]
[\(1472)\]
   Cosen, I recommaunde me to you. And wher as I fele by your
letter and wrytyng that my Mastres hath not that good wyll of
you as sume tyme ye ought her, Syr, ye may owe her right good
will, how be
<P I,126>
yt that it be not in so herty wyse as ye dyde before. But and I
understode +tat she had seyd to you +tes wordes: "Syr, I wold
not have you, but yt so bee +tat I may have C. li. or CC. marcs
with you in joyntur": Syr, then it had ben a mater by which ye
myght conceyve +tat shee +ten had loved your londe better +ten
your self. But I understond that ther wer no such wordes, but I
conceyve the wordes wer +tees: "Syr, I may have CCC. marcs in
joyntur, and I to take +te lesse when I may have +te more, my
ffrendes wold +tenke me not wyse &c.: and howe be yt, your
ffader wol not geve me, yet lette hym do well to you." In which
wordes I understond noon utter nay. But and ye in your mynde
conceyve +tat shee hath yoven you an utter nay, then shall ye by
myn assent never speke more of the mater, but lette yt goo: but
yf it be so +tat ye your self brake the mater for +tat shee
seid, "I may have CCC. marcs in joyntur," +ten shee hath geven
no cause in her parte of an utter breche: for it ys not oon to
sey, I may have wi+t a man CC. marcs, and +tes wordes, I woll
not have you but it so be I may have CC. marcs in joyntur wi+t
you. But for al thys resonyng I wold knowe +tis of you: and the
case wer so +tat shee wolde ben agreable to have you with xl.
li. or iiij=xx= marcs joyntur, wolde your herte +ten love as ye
have doon before +tys seson? +tis question wolde I knowe of you,
for and I knowe your disposicion in this behalf, I trowe to God
al +tis love and mater of love wolde be revyvyd ayen in short
seson: ffor and it so be +tat ye brake +tis mater for a lytyl
hastynes of your self, +ten wolde I not we left so: but and shee
wer +te cause of brech, +ten woll I not stere ne avise you after
+tis ne+ter to write nor sende to her. But oon thyng I dar safly
sey in my conceyte, that shee on her parte sithe your departier
hath ben vexed and trowbelyd with +te +trowes of love more
fervently in her mynde +ten ye have ben syth vexid wi+t her
seyinges. And +tis my cause so to sey and deme, I know oonys for
certeyn shee loved you as a parfyte lover, and +tat right late
never better +ten +te last seson +tat shee was in London. Trewe
it ys love oones parfytide, +tough +ter hap sum daungerus speche
or countenaunce, yet ys not +te hole ffyr of love quenchyd, but
when +tat +te person, +tat was moste daungerus in speche or
countenaunce, by her self allow: wher as shee may revolve at her
lyberte wi+toute controllyng every +tyng +tat longeth to loves
daunce, +tough +te fflame of the ffyre of love may not breke
oute so +tat it may be seyn, yet the hete of love in yt self is
never +te les, but rather hootter in yt self. Wherfor I sey +tis
for certayne, I dare depose for her +tat the sharpe and unwar
chaunges from thought to +tought, and ofte remembrance of the
trowbely wawes of love have so possid her to and fro in 
<P I,127>
her owne mynde, +tat shee desyreth as sore after relief, as fer
as shee may for shame, as +te man in the water desyreth to be
releved frome drownyng in +te perill of +te see: but daunger and
shame woll not suffir her to speke yt with oute it be so +tat
+ter be sume newe mocyon made to her &c.: the menes wherof I
have compassid in my mynde, which by +te mercy of Gode I woll
attempte yf it so be ye kan be plesid +tat way, and +tat in
shorte tyme. Syr, if I may, I woll be with you on Saturday or
Sonday &c. I wot well ye remembre what your ffader by his last
letter assure+te you in joyntur: and syr, +tat ys feyr: and as
for o+ter thynges touchyng your self, I shall enfourme you at
our next metynge to your hertes plesyr, with the mercy of Jhesu,
which preserve you. 
   Thomas Mull.
   To William Stonor of Horton in Kent, be this letter delivered
in haste. 

<Q STO 1472? TMULL>
<A THOMAS MULL> 
<P I,127>
[} [\124.THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }]
[\(1472)\]
   Right worshipfull Brother, I recomaund me to you. And in as
muche as that my Cosen Willyam cumeth home to you hymself,
therfore I wrytt not to you of the demyng &c., ne of the
communicacion betwen my seid Cosen and my Mastres Blounte: but
this direccion have I taken in the mater, I have thorowly
comyned with the preste +tat I spoke to you of, and tolde hym my
conceyte howe he shal be demened in brekynge with my seid
Mastres: and that he shall not breke to much at oones to her,
but ever when he spekyth in the mater to her and fele here, and
certenly to marke her wordes unto the tyme that he be verily
assured in hymself, as nygh as he kan, of her disposicion. And 
over +tat I have appoynted with hym that withyn iiij dayes after
+tat he is come to my seide mastres I shal send hym a letter
directe to her fro me 
<P I,128>
and in my name: and he hath promysid me that every letter +tat I
sende here shal be brekyn or he departe from her. And the man
+tat shal ber the letter shal be namede, Cosen, to +te said
prest, so +tat he shal abide +ter in the howse. And, if it so be
+te preste fele her veryly applyable, +te messenger shall
[{speke{] with her hymself. John Foorde shal do the message, and
abide ther ij or iij dayes. Furste I was disposid to have sente
to +te [{Norce{] to have felte my seid Mastres: but me thought
after, +tat it had not bene beste, for paraventur the Norce
wolde feer to breke fer wi+te her, and also shee myght not
contynue and abide uppon the communicacion. This preste may
alwey have liberte and lesyr to speke with her. And I have lefte
with him a remembrance in writyng how I wol he shal do, wherein
I am verily assured he wol do his parte &c. Syr, as for my Cosen
Willyam, for God is sake callyth hym forth with you when he is
at home with you, and let him walke with you, and gevyth wordes
of good comforte, and beth good ffader unto hym, as I certenly
knowe ye be, and so letyth hym veryly understond and know. For,
Syr, he is disposid to be a musyr and a studyer, which
remembreth and breketh that as much as ye may. And Syr, but if
+tis mater sum dele come of her own hert, she shal not otherwyse
be labored to for certen. Also, yf it can be, the preste
promysith me that she shall sende me worde in writyng of her
dysposicion, if her disposicion be to us warde: which letter I
shall sende you and my seid Cosyn. And veryly, if she be
appliable, it is to be remembred her of her joyntur of the lorde
Montjoy, and also of her own ffader, for he taketh the profite
of a grete parte: and also in what case lorde Montjoy is land
standeth it is good to be remembred to her. And I beseche Jhesu
spede and directe this mater to his plesyr, and to preserve you
and yours &c.
   Thomas Mull.
   To my Right worshipfull Brother, Thomas Stonor.

<Q STO 1473? KARUNDELL>
<A KATHERINE ARUNDELL> 
<P I,128>
[} [\125. DAME KATHERINE ARUNDELL TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\7 Jan (? 1473)\] 
<P I,129>
   Ryght trusty Cosyn, I comaunde me to you: and where as hit
was agreed by you and my councell at your beyng at Dorchester
byfore Crystmasse that Richard Tomyowe, consyderyng the gode
service that he hath don for my husbonde and me in dayes passed
and the charges that he must do for me here after, shulde be
made sure of landes and tenementez to the yerely value of xx=ti=
marke. And he ys agreed to take too lytill Manours in Corunwall,
one called Wynnyanton and the other called Kenell, of the value
by the yere of xij. li.: of the whiche I pray you, Cosyn, to
speke to my cosyn Syr Richard Harecourte and Edward Grymston
that betweene you to sealle hym a dede that William Menwynnek
other Richard Reynolds shall brynge you of the said Maners terme
of his lyve: for he woll not procede no furder in my maters in
to the tyme he be made sure of the same, whiche were to me a
grete hurt, as ye understonde. And that this be done as my
speciall trust is in you: and our lorde have you in his blessed
kepyng. Wrytten at Excestre the xxvij=th= day off Janyver.
   By your Cosyn Dame Kateryne Arundell.
   To my ryght worshipfull Cosyn, Thomas Stoner, Esquyer. 

<Q STO 1473? TMATHEW>
<A THOMAS MATHEW>
<P I,130>
[} [\126. THOMAS MATHEW TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1473)\] 
   My Ryght worschepful Mayster, y recomande me onto you:
desyryng to here of youre prosperyte and gode hele, the whech y
pray almy+gty God longe to contynue you theryn. Furthermore
youre water of Erme ys y-stoppyd at Flutedamerel by the offycers
there that ther may no ffyssch com up: wherfore the gentelmen
that holdyth the water may not paye ther rente, and as thay
havyth y-warnyd Water Frende. Wherapon y went to Willyam Fowel,
as +ge commandyt me, to wete what aunswer he had of Johne
Gybbes: and he sayde, yff +ge cowde schew youre tytel gode of
olde tyme, as +ge sayde to hym that +ge hadde, yf he my+gt have
understondyng therof by you or by youre councell that hyt my+gt
be schewyd to Syr Phylyp Courtenay and to Orchard, that he wolde
doo hys goode wyll theryn to fulfylle youre intent. Also y was
wyth Mayster Courtenay, and tolde hym of the sam mater: and he
sayde, that my lady wolde that ye scholde have youre ry+gt, yf
+ge cowde schew that hyt were youre tytel of olde tyme. Also y
mevyd John Huchyn for the ward of N . . . yayn: and he aunsweryd
me, yf +ge my+gt reken eny part of the londe, he wolde entrete
youre Maysterschep therfor. And y spake to Willyam Fowel of the
sam mater: and he sayde, yf the londys were y-ffeffyd to that
yntente to dissayve you, that hyt was collucyon and +ge my+gt
reken by the lawe. Also the parson of Bykebure hath y-chargyd
hys tenents that they schol no+gt pay no ale wytys to me: and
Johne Yeme toke a dystresse, whane he was Baylee, and put hyt yn
warde, and the parson delyveryd the dystresse ayen, by what
delyvere y can no+gt understaunde: wherfor y pray you that +ge
wol sende worde to youre councel how hyt schalbe demenyd. And as
for the comyssyon, the commyssyoners havyth y-made a rule to
sytte in every hundryd, and y tryst yn God by the rule of youre
councel +ge schalbe savyd harmeles, y
<P I,131> 
tryst yn God. Also John Ry+gt promysyd me that he wolde bere
thys letter: y pray you that +ge sende wrytyng by hym after
youre intent how al materys schalbe doo by youre avyce. No more,
but the holy Trynyte have you yn hys blessyd kepyng.
   T. Mathu.
   Thys letter be delyveryd unto Mayster Thomas Stonore in hast.

<Q STO 1473 WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR>
<P I,131> 
[} [\127. WILLIAM STONOR TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 20 April, 1473)\] 
   My ryght reverent and wurshypfull fadyr, I recomaund me unto
your good fadyrhod in the most umbylle wyse that I kan or may,
mekely besechyng your good fadyrhod of your dayly blessyng:
lykyth your good fadyrhod to wytt that I have spokyn with master
Selenger for your dute of your water sondage and sute of the
Flete Damerell, and I am answeryd that I shuld be at Holbyntun
at the corte, the wyche shalle be at holy rode tyde nexte
comyng, and there to show evydens and recorde by mouth how hyt
hath byn usyd yn tymys past: and as after Selenger seyyng in to
my ladys counsell and hys that my lady wold not nother he but
that your tytyll shuld be knowyn and no maner of fraude by them
leyd to abatryt, and yff yt were tryyd with your fadyrhod so to
be recorded and you to yn-joyye: and I found Gybbys welle
disposyd to your fadyrhod, but Orcherd and Columb made many
resuns ayen the water and eke ayen the sondage, the wold ye
shuld have a wey to your grounde, but they wold ye shuld nat cum
and send that wey. And yt lyke your fadyrhod I spoke to master
Selenger acordyng to your comaundment for my brother Tomas
mater, and enfourmyd hym hov they had 
<P I,132> 
resseyvyd the rent, and hov your fadyrhod had don acordyng to
hys desyre, and they entend nat: and he hath wrytyn unto the
party to delyver the mon[{ey{] ayen: the wyche letter I send
unto your fadyrhod that ytt myte be delyveryd unto the seyde
party. Master Selenger desyryth your fadyrhod to forbere your
sute ayen them thys terme, and that the trety go forth yff yt
may be, or ellys your fadyrhod to take your a-wantage the nexte
terme: but he ys dysplesyd sore with them for the reseyvyng of
the money, and seyth they shall pay yt ayen. Also fadyr, master
Selenger hath comaundyd alle my ladys counsell that non of my
ladyse tenantes shuld fysche yn your water, and that the
tenantes be so warnyd. Fadyr, and yt lyke yov, Umfrey Salman ys
ded, and he hath a may chyd of x yere old to hys eyyr, the wyche
ys ward unto your fadyrhod, and I trust to sesen yt unto the
behofe of your fadyrhod, thov I tary a day or to the lengger.
And also, fadyr, Frynd kannat yt delyver me, but he seyth unto
me that your fadyrhod shalle be plesyd, and that I shalle have
alle maner of dutys with me, both the old and eke the nev: corte
day shalle be at Ermyngtun on a Sunday on senyte, and I caste me
to departe on the morrov after, with the grace of Jhesu: for
erst I kannat be delyveryd the lond of the ward wych dravyth to
rent by yere xx marke: and I porpose fadyr to cum hom ward by
Henbery, and so forth, as I dyd the laste tyme. No more to your
good fadyrhod at thys tyme: but I mekely beseche your good
fadyrhod that thys my bylle may recomaund me unto my good modyr
yn my most umbyl vyse, mekely besechyng my good modyr of hir
dayly blessyng &c., mekely besechyng your fadyrhod in lyke vyse,
and I mekely besechyng alle myty Jhesu to preserve your good
fadyrhod and your [{wyf, my{] modyrs good modyrhod, amen.
I-wrytyn in Exeter the Thursday next afore seynt Jorgeys day. My
lady Arundell prayyth your fadyrhod to be good cosyn unto her yn
suche maters as her servant shall move your fadyrhod of.
   By your chyld Wylliam Stonor.
   To my ryght reverent and worshypfull fadyr, my fadyr Stonor. 

<Q STO 1473? WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR>
<P I,133>
[} [\128. WILLIAM STONOR TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1473)\] 
   My ryght reverent and wurschypfull fadyr, I recomaund me unto
your good fadyrhod yn the most umbyll wyse that I kan or may,
mekely besechyng your fadyrhod of your dayly blessyng: lykyth
your fadyrhod to wyt that my modyr ys in good hele, and alle my
brethern and susters, blessyd be alle myty Jhesu: and I beseche
your good fadyrhod not to be dysplesyd with me for Feyrmers
mater, for I never medyld odyrs wise but told Sawnder, that that
dede that he shewyd me shulde be to the womans tytyl after my
conseytt: and by my trowth, fadyr, that that ys feld was don ere
I knowyt: but fadyr, there is nothyng caryd, nether shalle nat
be with the grace of alle myty Jhesu, hom I mekely beseche to
preserve your good fadyrhod, Amen. I-wrytyn
   By your chyld Wyllm. Stonor.
   Also, fadyr, my Suster Cotymore ys delyveryd of a feyre sun,
and both don welle, blessyd be Jhesu.
   To my ryght reverent and wurschipful fadyr, my fadyr Stonore.

<Q STO 1474 WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR> 
<P I,140> 
[} [\136. WILLIAM STONOR TO THOMAS STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 6 February, 1474)\] 
   My ryght reverent and wurshypfull fadyr, I recomaund me unto
your good fadyrhod in the most umbull vyse that I kan or may,
mekely besechyng your fadyrhod of your dayly blessyng: lykyth
your fadyrhod to wyt that my modyr ys in good hele, blessyede be
alle myty Jhesu, my brethern and my susters and my nevue
Cottysmore. I beseche your good fadyrhod that yt wylle plese yov
to speke with the Abbot of Dorchester that I may have suche fe
as Marmyun had with hym with every thyng acordyng as he had: for
I trust thorov your good fadyrhod that I may have hyt. And I
beseche your fadyrhod to wryte for me to the pryor of Wychyswyde
for such fe as he had there: and I trust 
<P I,141> 
thorov your fadyrhode to spede with hym: for I have sente unto
hym, and he hath answeryd that he wyll do to the pleasyre of
your fadyrhod what he kan do: for he seyth he knovyth your
fadyrhod, but he knovyth not me. And I mekely beseche your
fadyrhod to wryte to the pryor of Byssam: and I trust to spede
ther in lyke wyse thorov the helpe of your gode fadyrhod with
the grace of Jhesu, hom I mekely beseche to spede yov yn alle
your maters, and to preserve your fadyrhod yn alle maner of
weyys, Amen. I-wrytyn +tat Stonore the Sunday nexte after
Kandelmas day.
   By your chyld Wyllm. Stonor.
   To my Ryght reverent and wurshipfull fadyr, my fadyr Stonor. 

<Q STO 1474? WELMES>
<A WALTER ELMES>
<P I,148> 
[} [\141. W(ALTER) ELMES TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1474)\] 
   Jhesus Christoforus.
   My rygth wurshupfull Cosyn, I recommaund me unto yow with all
my herte: plesyth hit yow to undyrstond that I have spokyn with
my cosyn Cottismore, and aftyre the effect that ye and I
comynyd, that is to sey that ye and he to stond and abyde the
direction of eny ij wurshupfull in your contre: to the wych he
is agreable, so ye name soch as ye afore named, that is to sey
Master Fowlere, M. Katermayns, M. Rede, and if hit plese yow to
name M. Harcort: I suppose he wull be with yow at Pyrton. And
the mene seson that no rent be levyd till such direction be had
by such as ye afore rehersyd me of: which shall cawse grete
amyte and the sonner the better: I suppose yf hit wulle be at
the month mynd, at wych seson I suppose some of the afore
rehersyd will be ther: and I suppose ye shall fynd hym a good
and kynd brothyr. No mor to yow at this tyme, but Almyghty God
preserve you fro all adversyte.
   W. Elmes.
   To my ry+gth wurshipful Cosyn, Wyllyam Stonor. 

<Q STO 1474 T3STONOR>
<A THOMAS STONOR3>
<P I,148> 
[} [\142. THOMAS STONOR TO HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1474)\] 
<P I,149> 
   Broder Stonar, after all dewe forme of recomendacion hadde,
plesse hyt yow to hunderstonde +tat I never longed so sore to
speke with you as I do now, marvellyng grettly +tat ye be longe
hense, remembryng how grettely in consette ye stonde in London
with a gentylwoman, and the grette labore +tat hys made for here
agynes you: and grettely hyt hys nossed and hasse bene tolde me
with many persons +tat but ye be ware she shall be take from
you. I here muche and sey no thyng: befor the laste tyme +tat ye
where abowte suche a mater my speche and presens with you hurte
you, and awelde you not: wherfore orlt ye to me a sewrte. I
wolle in thys mater honsware no man, and yette I am grettely
question with for you of divers persons thynkyng +tat I shulde
ken muche of your delyng: for I wolde not for my horsse and
harnes and all my oder goode +tat in thys mater ye toke a
rebuke: wherefore remembre you shortely for the pass[{ion{] of
Gode, for syth I cam to London xx men haffe questioned with me
in thys mater, iffe ye shall be at your comyng, wheche I beseche
Jhesu be not longe, who have you ever in kepyng.
   Your fethefull broder Th. S.
   Thys letter be delyvered to my broder Willm. Stonar in hast. 

<Q STO 1475? ADELAPOLE>
<A ALICE DE LA POLE>
<P I,154> 
[} [\148. ALICE, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\5 March, (? 1475)\] 
   Right trusty and entierly beloved ffrende we grete you well,
desiryng and praying yow, all excuses layde apart, that
incontinent this lettur seyne ye come to us to Ewelme for
certayne grete causes concernyng our wele and pleasir, whiche at
your comyng ye shall undrestond more pleynely: and theruppon ye
to departe ayen at your pleasir, so that ye fayle not here ynne
at this tyme as our parfait trust ys in you: and as in gretter
case we woll be gladde to do for you, that knoweth our lorde,
who have you ever yn gouvernaunce. Wreten at Ewelme the v day of
Marche. +g .
   Alyce Suffolk.
   To our Right trusty and entierly beloved ffrende Wyllyam
Stoner. 

<Q STO 1475? EDSTONOR>
<A EDMUND STONOR> 
<P I,157> 
[} [\152. EDMUND STONOR TO HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER\] }] 
[\18 July, (1475)\] 
   Ryght reverent and wurschypfull modyr, y recommaund me unto
yow: desyryng to [{here{] of yowre welfare, the whyche almy+gty
Gode contynu long to hys plesyr and yowr hertes desyre. Yef hyt
plese yow to wytt at the makyng off thys letter I was in god
hell, and all my men. No mor to yow at this tyme, but the
trinyte have yow in hys kepynge. And I pray yow let me be
recomaundyd to my [{sister{] yowr wyff. Wryttyn at Cales the
xviij day of July, the day of the departyng of the Kyng and the
duk of Burgayn, my lord and all the oste in to Frauncewarde.
   Yowr brothyr Edmund Stonor. 

<Q STO 1475 EDSTONOR>
<A EDMUND STONOR> 
<P I,160> 
[} [\155. EDMUND STONOR TO (WILLIAM STONOR)\] }] 
[\28 October, (c. 1475)\] 
   Right reverent and wurshypfull Brothyr, I recomawnd me unto
yowe, good Brothyrhod, desyryng to here of yowre wellfare, the
whych Almyg+gty God contynue long to hys plesyr and yowre hertys
desyr: doyng yow to wyt y have spokyn with +te parson of
Penyngton of the matyr +tat I have spokyn to yow off, and the
parson hath told me that hyt was Perkyns dowtter: and Perkyns
seythe +tat he cowd aweyll me in my lond x. mark a yer. But I
undyrstond nat +tat he wull depart fro hony lond with here, but
with mony, and what +tat ys the parson of Penyngton can not
tell. But, syr, yff hyt wold plesse yow to speke with Perkyns
and awys whethyr he, wull geve hys dowttyr hys part of Snowys
well at Borowyscot to her and to her eyrys, I wold with the
glader wyll dele with hym: and in that that he seyth +tat he
cowd aveyll me in my lond so grett money by yer, I shall beseche
yow to speke to hym in what maner of weys: and y beseche yow to
be my good Brothyr in any weys, as I have fownd yow herafore
tymes. No more to your good Brothyrhod at thys tyme but the
Trinite have yow in hys kepyng. Wrettyn at Stonor on seynt Symon
hys day and Jud. And I undyrstond Perkyns ys at London.
   By your brothyr, Edmund Stonor.
   To my ryght worschypfull Brothyr Stonor be thys delyveryd. 

<Q STO 1475? EDSTONOR>
<A EDMUND STONOR>
<P I,161>
[} [\156. EDMUND STONOR TO (WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1475)\] 
   My rygth wurschypfull Brothyr, I recommaund me unto yow,
desyryng to her off your wellfare, the qwyhych almyghty
[{Jhesu{] contynw: doyng yow to wytt that John Blakall browtt to
Stonor a dyker for to make yowr dykes in . . . feld betwen the
hy way and the ew tre: and John Mathew and I wolde a mad a
bargeyn with hym but we [{cowd{] nott styll there on, nedyr we
wyst nott how ye wold have hytt, whedyr ye wold have hytt
sengyll dydge or [{dobyll{] dydge, and therffor we mad no
bargeyn with hym: but I askyd hym how he wold do a perdge of
sempyll dydge, and for . . d. he wold a don hytt a dobyll, sett
hym with whit thorn, and a mad the dydge a yerd deppe: and yff
hytt wold plesse yow to [{send{] word to John or to me whedyr ye
wold have hytt dobyll dydge or senkyll, and what ye wull geve
for a perdge we [{wull{] send for hym, and yff we can acord off
the prys he schall still awayt and begyne. And also brothyr,
wher ye speke to B . . es carpenter so to make yowr myll hows,
he sayeth he can nott mak hytt but he mak hytt new: but Wyllyam
Ale . . wyk [{sayeth{] that [{he{] with thyn lytyll space wyll
mak ye +tat hows to stand ther xx yere, and okapy but lytyll new
tymbyre: and we thy[{nk{] hyt wer +te lestt schardge to yow so,
thane to mak a new hows. But I beseche yow brothyr latt not yowr
carpenter know +tat I send yow thys now. No more to yow brothyr
at thys tyme, but the trinyte have yow in hys kepynge. And ye
schuld have a Monday next comyng a xl plowys in Pyssyll felde.
   Your brothyr Edmund Stonor.
[\NO ENDORSEMENT.\]

<Q STO 1475? JSTONOR>
<A JANE STONOR> 
<P I,165> 
[} [\158. JANE STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1475)\] 
   Sone, I send you Goddys blessyng and myne. I understonde by
my tenantys and yourys that Maystyr Lewes John desyryth for to
have a letter fro you for to undyrstonde your maystyrschype and
youre favor towarde your seyde tenants and myne. Wherefore I
pray you to do aftyr hys desyre yn supportyng your ryght, and I
woll do to the power that God hath sende un to me my parte wyth
the grace of God, whome I beseche to be youre gyde, and that
thys sympyll byll may recommaunde me un to my worshupfull and
goode dowchtyr your wyfe.
   By your pore Moder Jane Stoner.
[\NO ENDORSEMENT.\] 

<Q STO 1476 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON>
<P II,2>
[} [\161. THOMAS BETSON TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\12 April, 1476\] 
Jhesu An=o= xvj=o=. 
   Right worshipfful Syr I recom[{aund{] me unto your good
maystershipe, and to my right worshypffulle maystresse your
wiffe, and, yf it plese your maystershipe, to my maystresse
Kateryn. And syr, +tankyd be the good lord, I understond ffor
certeyn +tat oure wolle shipped be comen in [{. . .{] beste to
Cales. I wold have kept the tydynges till I had comen my self,
because it is good: but I durst not be so bold, ffor your
maystershipe now ayenst this good tyme may be glade and joyffull
off this tydynges; ffor in trouth I am glad and hartely +tannke
God off it. And syr, whene I come I shall tell your maystershipe
many +tinges moo by +te mercy off our Lord, who preserve your
maystershipe ever. At London (\le xij jour de Apprill\) . Your
servaunt to my power
   Thomas Betson.
   To my right worshipffull and synguler good mayster Willm~.
Stoner, Esquyer, (\soyt d.d.\) 

<Q STO 1476 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON>
<P II,2> 
[} [\162. THOMAS BETSON TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\22 April, 1476\] 
   Jhesu M'iiij=c=' lxxvj.
   Right worshipffull and my right Synguler good mayster I
recommaund me to unto youre good maystershipe. And syr, ples it
you to wete, this same day I depart to Cales wardes throw the
myght off oure 
<P II,3> 
Lord, Jhesu be my good spede. And syr with all my hart I +tannke
your maystershipe ever off your gentyll chere and ffei+gthffull
loffe, the whych allway ye bere and owe unto me, and off my
behalff no+tinge deservid: how be it God knowing my good hart
and will, and my prayer shall ever be redy for your maystershipe
and all your howsold. And syr, ffor a remembraunce I send yow be
+te brynger heroff ffor deynte ij powdyrd lampres, to ete hem
whan it ples yow, I wold +tei wer better. Also syr, ye shall
R[{esseyve{] , by the grace off God in John Somers barge now
comynge to Henley a pype rede wyne ffrom my broder: I trust it
shall ples your maystershipe well, ffor so my broder tellith me.
And Syr, as touchynge the ffelles of Robert Turbotes of
Lamberton, it makez no matter as yit thowe no man see hem till I
send you o+ter word ffrom Cales: ffor I shall send you more
clerer writinge ffrom Cales by the mercy off Jhesu, whom I
besech ever to preserve your maystershipe in helth and vertu. At
London the xxij day off Apprill. Be your
   Servaunt T. Betson.
   Syr, I besech your maystershipe +tat this powre writynge may
have me lowly recomended to my right worshipffull maystresse
your wyffe, and in lyke wyse to my gentyll Cossen and kynde
maystresse Kateryn Rich, to whom I besech your maystershipe ever
to be ffavourable and loffynge. Syr, I send you a scantlyn off
your wyne herin closed.
   To my right worshipffull and Synguler good mayster Willm.
Stonor Esquyer (\Soyt d.d.\) 

<Q STO 1476 THENHAM>
<A THOMAS HENHAM>
<P II,3> 
[} [\163. THOMAS HENHAM TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\1 May, 1476\] 
   Jhesu . M . iiij=c= lxxvj. 
   Ryght worchipffull my Ryght Syngguler good mayster, I
recommaund me unto your good maysterschipe ever more dessyring
to here 
<P II,4> 
of your wellffare, the wyche I beseche Jhesu mayntene and
contenew to his plesur &c. Letyng your maysterschipe to wyt that
I departyd ffrome Sandewych the xj day off Aprell, and so cam
unto Calys apone sher thursday laste was with the wolle schipys;
and so, blesside be Jhesu, I have resayvid your wollys in
ssafte. Fordermore, Syr, yeff yt plesse your maystershipe for to
understonde +tis, I have ressayvid your wollys as ffayer and as
hole as any mannys in the fflete. More hover, Syr, yeff yt
plesse your maysterschipe ffor to understonde howne your wolle
was howsid ever dele by Ester even. Fordermore, Syr, yeff yt
plesse your maysterschipe ffor to understonde that the schepmen
be content and payde off thayer ffraythe. Fordermore, Syr, yeff
hyt plesse your maysterschipe ffor to understonde off your
wollys howne maney I have resayvid: Summa xxx sarplers ffyne
Cottes wolle, and of M. Cottes x sarplers and off ffyne yonge
Cottes wolle vij sarplers and of M. yonge Cottes iij sarplers
and a sarpler of Refuse, Summa lj sarplers. All so, Syr, yeff yt
plese your maysterschipe ffor to understonde that I have
ressayvid a barell with harnes of peny, the wyche your
maysterschipe sapke [\spake\] unto me of at my departyng frome
yow, and a nother barell with harnes of bylys, the wych I have
schipped hem unto London in one of the wole schipys, the wyche
ij barelys schulde be kep unto the tyme that I com unto London
my selffe. Fordermore, syr, yeff yt plese your maysterschipe
ffor to understonde that Thomas Betson cam unto Calys the laste
day of Aprill: and so he departyd in good helthe unto Brugys
mart the fyrst day of May. No more unto your maister at thys
tyme: but allmythi Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at Calys
the first day of May.
   By your prentes Thomas Henham.
   Unto my worschipffull and myne synguler master Willm. Stonor,
Squyer, of Oxford schyre, thys letter be delyvered in haste. dd.

<Q STO 1476 GOXBRYGE>
<A GODDARD OXBRYGE> 
<P II,4> 
[} [\164. GODDARD OXBRYGE TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\9 May, 1476\] 
<P II,5> 
   Jhesus. M. iiij C . lxxvj. 
   Right worshipfull and Reverent Sir, plesith hit you to
understonde +tat as these daye I have Res[{seyved{] fro Thomas
Betson and fro Thomas Henham iij letterys, that is to saye ij to
you and j to Thomas Howlake. And Sir, Thomas did write to me
that I shuld shippe +te sarpler, the pooke, and the ij pokets
woll, beyng at the Wollkey, now at this shippynge: And whan I
have weyyde heme to reconne with +te custumerys clarkys and pay
+tem for you and for heme ij. s. iiij. d., and to the weyor ffor
every sake j. d., and to +te chalker j. d., and to +te porors
viij. d.: thys is Thomas Betson is wrytyng to me. And Sir, I
have delivered to William Somer, bargemane, to care to Henly:
ffirst vj burdenys of rusys: Item xij saltffish, of +te whiche
saltffish iiij be lengys: and a fardell aynte [\?\] in canvase,
in +te wheche fardell is a bage with spysys, and ij brassys, a
payer of pauenys for my maistres, a gowne of annyse de Padawis,
and a mustard querne: and as these day at none +te barge
departyd fro London; and he saythe he will be at Henli a
Mondaye, or a Tuysdaye at +te fardyst, with the grase of God, wo
have you in hese kepynge. At London, the ix daye of Maye,
   By your prentyse Goddard Oxbryge.
   [{To my{] good maister, Willm. Stonor, esquier, at Stonor. 

<Q STO 1476 GOXBRYGE>
<A GODDARD OXBRYGE> 
<P II,5> 
[} [\165. GODDARD OXBRYGE TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\12 May, 1476\] 
   Jhesu. A=o=. M. iiij=c= lxxvj. 
   Right worschipffull Syr, please it you to wete that I send
you wrytinge bi Howlake +tat Edmond Jod your tenante will
departe owte of your howse I cannat tell wo sone, but I had no
aunswer fro you agene for kowenat what comnante is betwyne you
and heme, and therfor I beseche your maisterchip to let me have
kowelige what comnante ys betwne you and heme, for I can
nothenge say to heme till I have an aunswer fro you or fro my
mastres. And sir, I have
<P II,6> 
R[{eceived{] fro Calise ij letters to you, and I wulld a sent
theme to you before thise time, but I cowd no none body to
convey theme savyng I had delyverde theme to a woman of Henly,
and assone as sche was on horsebake in the strete sche wase
arestid, and that is +te cause that you had theme nat before
these tyme. And sir, I ame callyd apon for +te [\"for +t"
REPEATED IN MS.\] monys, the wheche Davyd owyt, and in spesyall
of the good man of +te marmayd, and of the polt'. And sir, I
have inqueryd of maister Wrohntn is comemyng to London, and as
yet he is nat come, but as sone as heys come you schalle have
understondyng with +te grase of God, who have your Right
worschipffull and Reverent maister in his blessyd kepyng ever.
At London the xij daye of Maye.
   By your prentyse Goddard Oxbryge.
   To my Right worshipffull and Reverent maister Willm. Stonore,
squyer, be delivered. 

<Q STO 1476 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,6> 
[} [\166.THOMAS BETSON TO KATHERINE RYCHE\] }]
[\1 June, 1476\]
   Jhesus. An=o=. xvj=o=.
   My nowne hartely belovid Cossen Kateryn, I recomande me unto
yow withe all the inwardnesse of myn hart. And now lately ye
shall understond +tat I resseyvid a token ffrom you, the which
was and is to me right hartely welcom, and with glad will I
resseyvid it; and over that I had a letter ffrom Holake, youre
gentyll Sqwyer, by the which I understond right well +tat ye be
in good helth off body, and mery at
<P II,7>
hart. And I pray God hartely to his plesour to contenew the
same: ffor it is to me veray grete comfforth +tat ye so be, so
helpe me Jhesu. And yff ye wold be a good etter off your mete
allwaye, that ye myght waxe and grow ffast to be a woman, ye
shuld make me the gladdest man off the world, be my trouth: ffor
whanne I remembre your ffavour and your sadde loffynge delynge
to me wardes, ffor south ye make me evene veray glade and joyus
in my hart: and on the to+tersyde agayn whanne I remembre your
yonge youthe. And seeth well that ye be none eteter off youre
mete, the which shuld helpe you greately in waxynge; ffor south
+tan ye make me veray hevy agayn. And therffore I praye you, myn
nown swete Cossen, evene as you loffe me to be mery and to eate
your mete lyke a woman. And yff ye so will do ffor my loveff,
looke what ye will desyre off me, whatsomever it be, and be my
trouth I promesse you by the helpe of our Lord to perfforme it
to my power. I can [{no{] more say now, but at my comyng home I
will tell you mych more betwene you and me and God beffore. And
where as ye, ffull womanly and lyke a loffer, remembre me with
manyffolde recomendacion in dyversse maners, remyttynge the same
to my discresscion to depart them +ter as I loveff best, ffor
south, myn nown swete Cossen, ye shall understond +tat with good
hart and good will I resseyve and take to my self the one halff
off them, and them will I kepe by me; and the to+ter halff with
hartely loveff and ffavour I send hem to you, myn nown swete
Cossen, agayn, ffor to kepe by you: and over that I send you the
blissynge +tat our Lady gaveffe hir dere sonne, and ever well to
ffare. I pray you grete well my horsse, and praye hym to gyffe
yow iiij off his yeres to helpe you with all: and I will at my
comynge home gyff hym iiij off my yeres and iiij horsse lofes
till amendes. Tell hym +tat I prayed hym so. And Cossen Kateryn
I +tannke you ffor hym, and my wiff shall +tanke you ffor hym
hereafter; ffor ye do grete cost apon hym as it is told me. Myn
nown swete Cossen, it was told me but late +tat ye were at Cales
to seeke me, but ye cowde not se me nor ffynde me: ffor south ye
myght have comen to my counter, and +ter ye shuld bothe ffynde
me and see me, and not have ffawtid off me: but ye sought me in
a wronge Cales, and +tat ye shuld well know yff ye were here and
saw this Cales, as wold God ye were and som off them with you
+tat were with you at your gentill Cales. I praye you, gentill
Cossen, comaunde me to the Cloke, and pray hym to amend his
unthryffte maners: ffor he strykes ever in undew tyme, and he
will be 
<P II,8>
ever affore, and that is a shrewde condiscion. Tell hym with
owte he amend his condiscion that he will cause strangers to
advoide and come no more there. I trust to you that he shall
amend agaynest myn commynge, the which shalbe shortely with all
hanndes and all ffeete with Godes grace. My veray ffei+gtheffull
Cossen, I trust to you +tat thowe all I have not remembred my
right worshipfull maystres your modyr affore in this letter +tat
ye will off your gentilnesse recomaunde me to her maystresshipe
as many tymes as it shall ples you: and ye may say, yff it plese
you, that in Wytson Weke next I intend to +t=e= marte ward. And
I trust you will praye ffor me: ffor I shall praye ffor you,
and, so it may be, none so well. And Almyghty Jhesu make you a
good woman, and send you many good yeres and longe to lyveffe in
helth and vertu to his plesour. At greate Cales on this syde on
the see, the ffyrst day off June, whanne every man was gone to
his Dener, and the Cloke smote noynne, and all oure howsold
cryed after me and badde me come down; come down to dener at
ones! and what answer I gaveffe hem ye know it off old. 
   Be your ffei+gtheffull Cossen and loffer Thomas Betson.
   I sent you this rynge ffor a token.
   To my ffei+gtheffull and hartely belovid Cossen Kateryn 
Ryche at Stonor this letter be delyvered in hast. 

<Q STO 1476 GOXBRYGE>
<A GODDARD OXBRYGE> 
<P II,8> 
[} [\167. GODDARD OXBRYGGE TO MISTRESS STONOR\] }] 
[\12 July, 1476\] 
   Jhesu. A=o=. +tI. iiij=c= lxxvj 
   Ryght worshipfull and Reverent Maistes, I recomend me unto
you in the moste lowlyest wyse that I best can or maye: and,
Maistes, pleasthe you to undirstond that I have R[{eceived{] a
letter ffrome you by Davy Wrixham, the whech letter I undirstod
wele, and schoche matter ase you he wreten to me ffor I wille
aply hete as ney as I [{may{] . And,
<P II,9> 
Maistes, ther as you wrote to ffor your fesche I have aplyd hete
as ny as kowd, but as I cane I will send it to you as sone as I
maye, and thate shalbe a Tuysdaye or a Weddensdaye at the
ffardest. And as for odir matterys that you wrote to me ffor, I
have nat yete inqueryd off theme, ffor the tyme was sso shorte I
cowd nat: the tyme wase sso shorte, sso I R[{eceived{] your
letter a Tuysdaye betwyxte vj and vij a the kloke. And as ffor
that yo wrote to me of Davy I wyll do acordyng to your wyll: and
as ffor hyse gownys he had convyed theme, before you rod owte of
London, into Whytebredys howse, and he had j off theme beffore
he spake with me: and as for the remnante he shall nate have
some wrytyng ffro you. And as ffor all oddir matterys I wyll
ssend you word as ssone as I maye with the gras off owre lord,
whoo have you, Right Worshipfull Maistres, I his blessyd
kepynge, Amen. Be your prentyse
   Goddard Oxbrygge,
   the xij day of Jull.
   To my Right worshipfull Maistres Stonor, at sstonor. be thyse
delywer. in hast. 

<Q STO 1476 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,9> 
[} [\168. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\18 August, 1476\] 
   Jhesu. Ano. xvj 
   Right well belovid Cossen, I recomaund me unto you with all
myn hart and I +tannke you hartely, gentill Cossen, off youre
expediscion 
<P II,10> 
that ye have made in plesynge off my brodyr Stocker off his
bucke: he is beholdyn unto you: at your comynge to London he
will thannke you I dowt not as reason is; and I, as ffor my
parte, +tannke you ffor my venyson, the which I have
R[{eceived{] by my brodyr Crooke. Also, gentill Cossen, I
undyrstond +t=t= my dou+gther Kateryn is craysed and hath a
desese on hir neke: I marvell what it shuld be: yff it wold lyke
you, I praye you hartely to suffer hir to come to London to me
to the intent she may be holpyn +teroff. I send syr William,
Annes Dibdale, and Howlake for hir, and on Twesday next I trust
to see you here at London, and whanne ye come ye shall be welcom
with more. Jesu spede you ever, amen. At London (\le xviij jour
d'aoust\) .
   Elysabeth Stonor.
   [\P.S. IN DORSO.\] Gentyll Cossen, I praye you to bryng with
you the ij baysons and hewers off silver, the silver
Candelstikes and the monstrans, and the letill silver bayson to
set it in. I wold have it here ayenst myn husbonds terement, and
it can not come better at no tyme +tanne with you now because
off strenght.
   To my most worshipffull Cossen Willm. Stonor, Esquyer, this
be delyvered. At Stonor. 

<Q STO 1476 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,10> 
[} [\169. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }]
[\12 September, 1476.\]
   Right Reverent and Worshipfull and enteirly best belovyd
Cosyn, I recommende me unto you in the most lowlyest wyse that I
best can or may. And syr, as this day by your servaunt Thomas
Mathew I receyvyd a letter from you, by the which letter I
understonde that +ge be sumwhat amended and shall every day
better and better +ten other by +te grace of God. Also, gentyll
Cosyn, I understonde that my brother and yowris is sore seke of
the poxes: wherfore I am right hevy and sory of your beyng
there, ffor the eyre of poxe is ffull contagious and namely to
them than ben nye of blode. Wherfore I wolde praye you,
<P II,11>
gentyll Cosyn, that +ge wolde come hedyr, and yif hit wolde
plese you so to doo, &c. And yif that hit lyke you not so to
doo, Gentill Cosyn, lettith me have hedyr some horsis I pray
you, and that I may come to you, ffor in good faith I can fynde
hit in my herte to put my self in jubardy there as ye be, and
shall do whilst my lyffe endureth to the plesure of God and
yours. For in good faith I thought never so longe sith I see
yow, ffor in trowth I hadde will hopid that your horsis shulde
a ben here as +tis night; and that I tho+gt verely, and so
poyntid my self for to a be with you as +te morue at night with
Godes mercy, which shulde have ben to me right a grete comfort;
ffor in good faith I have not ben mery at myn hert +tis
sevynnight day ffor dyverse maters the whiche hath ben brokyn to
me. Wherfore I wyst full hertly dyverse tymes +tat +ge hadde ben
here: ffor I wot will that ye coulde an answeryd in certayne
maters better +ten I: ffor truly I had not so besy a weke sith I
cam hedyr, exepte oone day, which sir William, and John Mathewe
both can enfourme you parte +terof. And Syr, as towchyng my
childeryn I hertly thanke you that hit lyke you so for to tend
them: but +git, Gentyll Cosyn, yif hit plese you to sende hem up
with such horsis as hit lykith you to send for me, I wolde
hertly pray you, ffor the poxe ben past out of this Countre and
Cyte as fer as I understonde, blessyd be God. Gentyll Cosyn, I
pray you hertly that I may have a redy worde from you on
Saterday at nyght at +te ferthest; for in trowth I can not be
mery unto +te tyme that I know verely how that +ge will I be
demenyd hereyn. No more to you at this tyme, but almyghty Jhesu
preserve you, and kepe you longe in good hele of body and longe
to lyve in vertu to Godes plesure, and so to your moste hertes
desire, amen. At London +te xij day of Septembr. A=o= xvj.
   And myn sonne Betson recommende hym unto you as hertely as he
can or may, and bysowght to vouchsaffe to pray for hym &c.: and
ye shall Rec. ij letters of hym by John Mathewe. And as this day
viij of the Cloke in +te morning he toke his barge. I pray God
sende hym good spede, amen.
   By your ovne Elysabeth Stonore. 
   To my Right Worshipfull Cosyn, Willm. Stonor, squiere, this
be delyvered.

<Q STO 1476 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,12> 
[} [\170. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\9 October, 1476\] 
   Jhesu M. iiij=c= lxxvj. 
   Right Interly and beste belovyde Cosyn, I recomaunde me unto
you in moste lovyng wyse. Syr, I resayvyde ffrome you a letter
by the wyche I consayvyde that ye canne not departe but it
shulde be to your gret lose. Wherffor ye do ryght welle to set
hyt in a suerte: ffore hyt thys no lytell monay that he howys
you. And Syr, as ffore my Cosyn Fowler, he whas not come as thys
nythe, but he wylle be to morow at his plase as hyt thys tollde
me. And as ffore my son Betson I have no wrytyng syn you
departe. I truste yt shall not be longe to or whe shalle have
wrytyng ffrome hym. And Syr, ther as ye wrte unto me ther as
+tat Chetys and Hoderstone shulde be leffte ther stylle, truly
so hyt thys: ffor I have put ffore no thyng save hondely for
sarten plote. fforder more, Syr, ye schall under[{stonde{] +tat
Thomas a Wode hys very sore syke at the Sworde in Flete strete.
Syr, the Kyng hys come to Westemester, and I understonde there
schalle be a gret Counsell, whereffore I wot never. My Cosyn
Hellmys recomaunde hym unto you. And Syr, I thanke you hartely
as I cane ffore your good tynchys: ffore truly thay whare very
goode and swet as I het hany many a day. Whereffore I sent my
ffader hone off them to hys soper. Whereffor he thanke you ryght
hartely. No more unto you at thys tyme, Jhesu have you in his
kepyng, Amen. At London the ix day of Octobur at ix a Cloke at
nythe.
   By your owne Elysabeth Stonor.
   Allso Syr, ye schulle understonde that Thomas Wode hys [{syke
wi{]th the pokys.
   To my Ryght Reverent and Worshipffull hosbon Wyllm. Stonor,
Sqyer, at Orton thys letter be delyverd. In hast. dd. 

<Q STO 1476? ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR>
<P II,13>
[} [\172. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }]
[\22, October (1476)\]
<P II,14>
   Right interly and best belovyd husbond, I recomaund me unto
you in my most herty wyse, evermore thankyng you right hertely
off all kyndeness to me schewed at all tymes, and nowe ffor your
good Venysone and Coneys, the wheche you sent me be Heri
Blakhall, the whech is gret deyntis to have here in London:
wherfor I sent the halffe hawnche to my ffadyr and a cowpyll off
coneys: and they recomaund them unto you and thanke you ryght
hertely. And sur, you schall undyrstond that I have be with my
Lady of Southfolke as on Thursday last was, and wayted uppon hyr
to my lady the Kynges Modyr and hyrse, be hyr commaundment. And
also on Satyrday last was I wayted uppon hyr thedyr ageyne, and
allso ffro thens she wayted uppon my lady hyr Modyr, and browght
hyr to Grenwyche to the Kyngis good grace and the quenyse: and
ther I sawe the metyng betwyne the Kynge and my ladye his Modyr.
And trewly me thowght it was a very good syght. And sire, I was
with my lady of Southfolke at this day hopyng that I myght have
hade hyre at sume leysyre that I myght a spokyn to hyr ffor the
money, but trwly sche was very besy to make hyre redy, ffor sche
is redyne to Cauntyrbery as this same day, and sche wyll be here
ageyne as on Satyrday next comyng, ffor so sche told me hyr
selff. Also Sire, I spake with my cosyn Fowler at my lady the
Kyngis Modyr; and I thankyde hyme as hertely as I cowde for his
gret kyndnese that he schewid to you and to me at all tymys,
prayeng hyme of his good contynuans: and he askyde me when you
wyld cum hydyr. And I tellyd hym that I supposyd that you wyld
be her as this weke. And also I spake with my cosyne Rokysse:
and he askyd me in leke wyse, and he seyth itt is not hys
ffortune to mete with you here in London: and I spake to hyme
ffor John Mathews mater, and prayed hym to be good master unto
hym: and he awnswerd me ageyne, and seyde that he had lytyll
cause, for he seyth that he have ben the most importune manne
that myght be to hymewardes. And I awnswerd and seyde to hyme,
that I coude never undyrstond hyt but that he owght hyme his
servyse to his powre. And Sire, my lady of Southfolke is
halfindell dysplesyd because that my Cystere Barantyne is no
better arayed, and leke wyse my Cyster Elysabeth. And sche seyth
with owght they be otherwyse arayed, sche seyth, sche may not
kep them: and sche seyth that my Moder and yours schuld saye
that you have I-nowe to ffynd my Cyster Elysabeth with all. Also
I undyrstond +tat Sure John Buttelyr hath spokyn to my lady to
have my Cyster Barantyne with hyme: what he menyth therin 
<P II,15>
we wot nere, with oute that he wold have the rewle of hyr
husbandys lyvelode be that meane. Wherffore my Cyster wold speke
with you ffore that mater to have your cownsell in what is best
to do. And Sire, as ffor my sone Betsonne I herde no worde
ffrome hyme sith you departyd: for ther commyth no passage this
viij dayese. And Sire, I wold pray you whenne Davy Wrixame
commyth to you owght off Cottyswold, that ye wold send hyme
hydder that he myght wryght to my sonne howe he have done in the
contre. And good Sire, I pray you that my blewe gowne of damaske
may be sent to me ageyne alhalowne day, and my cofferse and my
dowter Caterynes, that I spake to you ffore. And sire, suche
kercherse and smokkys and small japys that be in the chest that
Cateryne my womanne had role of, whech chest stondyth in my
sonne Betsonys Chaumbre. And Sire, I wold pray you that +gee
wold send this gere to me that I myght take rekenyg of hyre:
ffor she skevisith hyr and sey that suche gere as I aske her is
there. Sir, I pray you send me no more ryngis with stonys: ffore
the ryng that you sent me be Hery Blakhall, the stone is ffallyn
owght be the way and loste: wherffore I ame sory. Good sire, let
it not be long or I may se you: for truly me thynke ryght long
syth I se you. Your chylderne and myne ffare well, blessyd be
God, and they be to me a gret cowmfort in your absens. No more
to you at this tyme, but almyghti Jhesu preserve and kepe you in
long helth and vertue to hys plesure. At London the xxij day of
Octobre. 
   My owne Cosyne, I sende you a bladyr with powdyr to drynke
when +ge go to bede, ffor hit is holsome ffor you.
   Be your ovne to my powre Elysabeth Stonore.
   To my Ryght well-belovyd Cosyn Wyllm. Stonor, squyer, at
Stonore, this be delyveryd.

<Q STO 1476 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR>
<P II,15> 
[} [\173. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\25 October, 1476\] 
<P II, 16> 
   Jhesu M. iiij=c= lxxvj. 
   Ryght Interly and beste belovyde Cosyne I recomaunde me unto
you as hartely as I cane. ffordermore, Cosyn, plesyth hyt you to
understonde that I have resayvide a bore ffrom you: the wyche I
thanke you ryght hartely ther ffor: the wyche bore hys very
goode and well braunde. Allso Cosyn, my moder and yourys sent me
monay to by her boge, and sche sent me a gobelet to amend: the
wyche gobelet I have schuyde unto dyverys golldsmythys: and thay
say hyt cane not be amendyd, but hyt be new made: and so I pray
you to infforme my moder. And as ffor the boge my moder sent
unto me ffor, I send hyt to her by Folyhet, the brynger heroff.
And so, Syr, I pray you to infforme my moder, as hyt thys: and I
will kepe the gobelet unto the tyme that I have answere ffrome
her. Allso, Syr, I pray you to recomaunde me hartely unto here
goode moderhode. Fordermore, Cosyn, I longe sore ffore you, to
se you her in London whanne you have done your besenes: but I
understonde that you have hade gret besynys syn you departyd
ffrome me. Syr, ye schalle understond that I had no wrytyng
ffrome my son Betson: ffor as ny as I cane in-kewere, syn
Howlake departyd ther came no passag ffrom Calys. Forder, syr, I
pray you that ye wolde woche-saffe ffore to sen John Mathew unto
Hendelay, ffor to breke the ffardell and to wrythe schuche
thyngys [{as{] is in hyt and to make ij ffardellys ther off,
that hyt mythe be sent downe by the caryar off [{Hendelay{] ffor
I cane not have hyt ayenst the tyme helse: ffore I most nedes
have hyt, ffore the chylld [{eryn have{] ne chaung, ffor they go
so schamely that I have pete off them. And goode Syr, as ffor my
nawne [{gowne that I{] wrothe unto you off, I pray you that I
mythe have hyt as sone as ye may. No more unto you [{at thys
tyme{] , but Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at London the
xxv day off Octobur.
   By your ovne Elysabeth Stonore.
   Unto my Ryght hartely well-belovyde Cosyn Wyllm. Stonor,
Squiere, thys be delyverd, in hast. 

<Q STO 1476 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR>
<P II,17> 
[} [\175. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\7 November, 1476\] 
   Jhesu. M. iiij=c= lxxvj. 
   Ryht enterly and beste belovyd husbond I recomand me unto you
in my most hartyest wyse that I beste can or may, sartyfyyng you
that I have receyvyd your letter of John Stute and iij coppull
of conyes and bald reybbys with the chyk, the whyche I thanke
you for als hartyly as I can. Also I conseve by your wrytyng
that you have had very meyche a do with holdyng of cortes and
odir besynes, the [{wyche{] , as I pray God son to send you a
nend thereof, that I myght [{see you{] here. And Syr, as
tocheyng the hogeyshed of salte that you wrote [{to{] me for, 
<P II,18> 
truly Syr I wold a sente yt to you with alle my harte, but +te
bargys wer departyd before your letter cam [{unto{] me. Also,
Syr, I have reseyvyd sen you departyd ij letterys frome my [{sun
Bet{]sun as on Monday last wase, on of them deectyd to you. ...
The whyche letterys I have red and wele undirstond them [{...
I{] conseve by hese wrytyng that he ys very lothe that Elmys
woll ... departe frome heme: never the less he thynkithe that
xiij markes and a d[{i ...{] pryse for to bye lx saks: after
that pryce it wold draw myche m[{oney{] and lytell gettyng suld
be therin. And yet I truste to ... have yt, for as I undirstond
yt ys yete unsold ... that my sun Betsun sent to me by the
brynger [{herof ...{] I pray you grete wel my broder Thomas
Ston[{or from me desiring y{]ou to seye to heme that I marvyll
gretly what [{... moveth{] heme to saye schoyche langege by me
as he dothe, for as ... [{that{] I [{wold{] plok from your
lyelod alle that I can to make a grete ...: for +tat I wote
welle you can awnswere for me wele enowe. And so I ... to defend
me. No more to you at thys tyme, but I beseche all myg[{hty
Jhesu{] have you, right ynterly and best belovyd husbond, in hys
[{blyssid kepyng ever{] Amen. At London the vij day of Novembr.
   My owne good [{husb{]ond I se well ye [{re{]membre +te
puttyng at ... out of +te bed whan you and I lay last togedyr.
   By your ovne [{to my{] powre, Elysabeth Stonor.
   To my Right worshipffull husbond [{Wyllm.{] Stonor, Sqyer,
thys letter be delyverd in hast. d. d. 

<Q STO 1476 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,18> 
[} [\176. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }]
[\11 December, 1476\]
   Jhesu
   Ryght entirely and beste belovyd husbonde I recommende me
unto you in the most lovyng wyse that I best can or may.
Moreover, pleseth hit yow to understonde that I have receyvyd
your letter, a byll closid in the said letter, which I have redd
and ryght well understondyd: and as
<P II,19>
for all such stuff as the said byll specefyth of, as yet I have
not receyvyd. How be hit the barge is comyn with +te said stuff
as +tis nyght at vij of clocke: and Syr, soo hit will be the
morne or I can receyvyd hit. Fer+termore, syr, plesith hit yow
to wit that as on ffryday last past I dyende with my ffadir and
my modir. And +ter was at dyner with hym +te frendys of +ge
childe which was movid for oone of my do+gters at your last
beyng heere. And so at after dyner +tey hadde +tere comunycation
for +te said mateer, wherby I understode +ter dispocitions how
+tat +tey were disposid in the said mateer. And truly hit was
nothyng as hit was spokyn of at +te begynnyng: wherfore I
answeryd and said in +tis wyse: that +too shee were my childe,
as she is, I coulde not answere that mateer without yow nor
noght wolde doo. How be hit, I answeryd in your byhalf: that I
wyst ryght well +tat +ge wolde be ry+gt kynd and lovyng ffadir,
yif God ffortunyd that ye and they shulde dele. And Sir, there
as ye wryte that +tat +te bargemen ben loth to take and Rec. any
stuff of ours I marveyle gretely: ffor truly to my knowlege I
hadde never +ting caryed by any of them but +tat I paid them
truly +terfore. And Sir, as for +te vj cowpull of haberndens,
the which ye wryte ffore, they shall be bought and sente yow
ryght shortly. And as ffor your gownys of chamlet and dublettes
of sylke, I have bought hem: the which shall plese yow ryght
well, I trust to God, at your comyng, &c. And Sir, my sonne
Betson recommende hym unto yow, and he come home as on Monday
last past, and he hath brought with hym, blessid be God, good
tythynges, the which he and I shall enfourme yow at your comyng.
And ther as ye wryte that ye will sende me of a wylde bore and
other venson ayenst Sonday, truly I thanke yow as hertly as I
can. But truly yet I wolde pray yow that ye wolde spede yow
hedyr als sone as ye can: ffor I wolde trust to Godes mercy hit
shoulde be to your profetes and avayle in tyme comyng by the
grace of our Lord, who ever preserve and kepe yow to his plesur
and your most herts comfort. Amen. At London the xj day of
Decembre A=o= xvj. 
   And Cosen, heras ye wryte to me +tat I had no leysyr: truly I
have ben crised and besy, ellys I wyld have wryte to you or thys
tyme.
   By your ovne Elysabeth Stonore.
   To my Ryght well belovyd Cosen, Willm. Stonere, esquyer at
Stoner +tis be delyverd.

<Q STO 1477 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,22>
[} [\180. ELIZABETH STONOR TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }]
[\7 March, 1477\]
   Jhesu A=o= xvij.
   Ryght enterly and best belovyd husbond, I recomaund me unto
you as hertely as I can. Syre, I have ress[{eyved{] a letter
ffrom you, and a nothyr letter +tat my son Betson sent you and a
tokyn from you be your servant Christoffyre, whech letter I have
red and ryght well undyrstond. And as towchyng John Elmys,
truly, syre, he is a marvelus man: I conseyve be my son +tat he
wold goo from his promesse +tat he made to you and to hym of his
woll +tat hyt suchld aryse as good in pokyng thys +gere as hyt
ded +te last +gere: and +tat I consyve he cannot make good: but
never +te lesse I dout not but +tat you and my son Betson wyll
handyll +te matyrs well I-nowe: ffore blessyd be God +ge be on
+te surere syde: ffore all +te sayde woll I have ress[{eyved{]
hyte and fayer howsyd hyt: and +gyt ffore all that I wot well
+tat you and my son wylnot dele with hym othyrewyse than ryght
and consyes wyll requere, and +tat is best. Syre, I thank you
hertely +tat hyt plesyd you to wyshe me with you at redyng off
my letter: truly I wold I had a be there with you at +te same
seson with all my hert. And as towchyng my brothyre Stonore,
truly syre ther was no bodye +tat tellyd me precysly +tat hyt
was he, but I knowe well hyt was he, ffore hyt was sayde to me
+tat I kept you here among a meany of boyes with othyre langwage
more, whech was not fyttyng fore to have such langwage of any
servant that long to you ore me: fore, and he remembyre hym
selff well, he hath no cause to saye of me otherwyse than well:
fore I never sayde to dysplease hym be my wyll, but fore hys own
worshypp, and +tat knowyth God, how ever preserve you. At
London, +te vij day of Marche. Cateryn and Hue Fenne recomaund
them unto you, and they praye fore you as they can. And 
<P II,23>
Syre Wyllm. Stavelye and all your howshold ffaryth well, blessyd
be God. 
   By your owne to my pouer Elysabeth Stonore.
   My good Cosen, I am crassed in my baket: you wat what I men.
   To my ryght worschypfull Cosyn Wyllm. Stonore, squyer, at
Stonore be this delyvered.

<Q STO 1477 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,27> 
[} [\185. THOMAS BETSON TO DAME ELIZABETH STONOR\] }] 
[\22 Dec. (1477)\] 
   Jhesu Ano. 
   My most synguler good lady, after all dew commendacion hadd:
please it your good ladishipe to wete that I am throw and agreyd
with Laurence Fyncham, and have sett hym such surte as with the
same he is right well pleased. Whereffore, good madame, I
beseche you to remembre myn obligacion, the which ye have off
myn, and lett it be
<P II,28> 
broken and sent me hiddyr to London by the next that comethe.
Also, madame, I have spoken with Laurence Fyncham ffor the
xviij. l~i. due by Mayster Hampton, and he tellith me pleynly
that mayster Hampton will geve no more but xiiij. l~i. ffor
them, that is after iiij. s. the unce: and yff ye will nat so,
ye shall have your baysens agayn. And +terffore looke how you
+tinke best and +terafter send me word, and I shall doo +terin
as I wold doo ffor my selff. I spake unto my lady your modyr on
seynt Thomas daye, and she wold scarsely oppyn hir mouthe unto
me: she is displesid and I know nat whereffore with owte hir old
sekenes be fallen on hir agayn: God send hir ones a mery
contenaunce, and a ffrendely tonnge, or elles shortly to +te
mynnorres, wheroff she waxhith wery now, as it was told me but
late. I am wrothe with Kateryne, by cause she sendith me no
writtynge: I have to hir diverse tymes, and ffor lacke off
answere I wax wery: she myght gett a secretary, yff she wold,
and yff she will nat it shall putt me to lesse labour to answere
hir lettres agayn. Madame, I beseche the blissid trenyte to send
you a Mery Cristymas to your hartes ease and ever to preserve
and kepe you in longe helth and vertu. At London the xxij day
Discembre.
   By your owne sone and servaunt, Thomas Betson.
   To my right synguler good lady, Dame Elyzabeth Stonor, (\soyt
dd.\)

<Q STO 1477 MHAMPDEN>
<A MARGERY HAMPDEN> 
<P II,28> 
[} [\186. MARGERY HAMPDEN TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(c. 1477)\] 
   Worchypfull Cossyne, I recomaund me unto yow, and I pray yow
hartely, cossyne, to come heder thys nyte or to-morow by
tymesse, both for +te mater off my nefew, and also for +te mater
that I desyred yow, asse my truste yn yow, or asse I may do
thynge to yowr plesur, +te weche to do I wold be glad, God
knowthe, ho have yow yn ys kepinge.
   Yowres M. Hampden.
   To my worchippfull Cossyn, W. Stonor, in haste. 

<Q STO 1477 THAMPDEN>
<A THOMAS HAMPDEN> 
<P II,29> 
[} [\187. THOMAS HAMPDEN TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(c. 1477)\] 
   Ry+gthe worchypeffull cossyn, y recomaund me unto you: prayng
yow that hyt lyke yow to come to London and speke wyth me and
wyth my syster: and that hyt lyke yow to hye yow yn all godely
hast, asse my truste ys yn yow, ffor y wolde be ago and +ge werr
y-come, for we may nat go yn-tyll +ge come. No more unto yow,
the holy Trenite have yow yn ys blessyd kepyng. Y-wryten yn hast
at London.
   By T. Hampden of Hampden.
   To my Ry+gthe Worschepeffull Cossyn, Wyllyham Stonorr. 

<Q STO 1470S HMAKNEY>
<A HENRY MAKNEY>
<P II,30> 
[} [\190. HENRY MAKNEY TO WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(before 1478)\] 
<P II,31> 
   Myne especialle gode Mastire, y recomand me to youe &c. Syr,
y have seyne a grete oxe for youe, yf ye be note purveyde: +te
pris is grete, hit is of xxx. (^s.^) , but ye shalle have x.
(^s.^) for +te talow and hide, and he wulle serve youe wele for
a C. messe: ye moste sende a servante of yours to mete with me
at Wallyngeford on Moneday by vij at +te clokke at Buttons. Y
wull showe hyme +te oxe, and if ye +tynke +te pris to grete, y
wulle go with hyme to Abyngdon markete, and ye shalle have iiij
or v dosyne pygeons, ij or iij lamys of xij. (^d.^) a pece,
chekyns and capons moste be hadde at Oxford on Satusday.
Colyngerygge and y be at opyne warre: y purpose to entre in +te
Manere of Makney with Godes grace on Moneday or Wennysday; and
yf y have nede y pray youe sende me a gode lade or ij that y be
note bete owte ayene. If +ter be any odire servise, +tat y may
do abote your busines, sende me word and y shalbe redy &c.
   Your owne.
   H. Makney.
   To my specialle gode Mastire W. Stonor.

<Q STO 1478? HMAKNEY>
<A HENRY MAKNEY> 
<P II,32> 
[} [\192. H. MAKNEY TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1478)\] 
   My specialle gode Maister, y recomand me to youe &c. Sire, my
modire hathe [{been{] with me on Friday laste, and hathe
receyvde of me xl. s. for +te terme of oure ladys day, and nowe
y ame here gode sone and alle welle while hit wull endure. She
movide me for here suertes 
<P II,33> 
of here paymentes, which [{y{] promiside here before youe: +ten
I praede here name +te persons whiche [{she would{] have bownde:
+te she namyde Kydwelly or Harry Dogette, Thomas Latten, Roberte
Felde, and Thomas Gossefforde: wheron y have grauntide here to
yeve here a answere within iij wekes after Ester. Morovire, y
told here +tat y wulde departe fro +te place or sete a tenante
+terin: +ten she questionyde me who shulde be my tenante: y sede
+tat ye were adviside to be tenante, with +tat ye my+gte entrete
here for here parlour and +te Chapell: and y suppose +tat she
wulbe easely entretide, if ye sende be tymes while +te gode
wylle lastithe. Wherfore on Tusday nexte comyng shalbe +te
honowre day at Wallyngefforde: and yf ye wulde sende to Herry
Dogette +tat he wulbe +ter and make here halfe a promise +tat he
wulde be a suerte for here paymente, +te he my+gte entrete here
for +te parlour; and Chapell. Also y pray youe remembre +tat +te
Stuard and John Mathewe my+gte be with me on Moneday nexte: ande
as for yowr stuffe at Hurley may be broughte to Makney with my
cartis, whiche shall carye my litill stuffe, and save youe money
and me bothe &c.
   Your servaunt H. Makney.
   To my speciall gode Maistire Sire William Stonor. 

<Q STO 1470S WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR> 
<P II,33> 
[} [\193. SIR WILLIAM STONOR TO JOHN BOUNDY\] }] 
[\(after 1477)\] 
   Boundy I grete yov wele. I pray yov delyver my servant,
brynger of thys bylle to yov, v. li. or x. marke, yf yt may be,
for I must nedes pay yt in that Cuntrey: hyt shalle be alouyd
yov of the vode. Remembre me, as [{I{] may doo for yov: and thys
bylle wryt with my hond shalle be your dyscharge of the sum
reseyuyd.
   Wyllm. Stonore, K.
   To Boundy ... be this deliverd. 

<Q STO 1470S HFORSTER>
<A HUMPHREY FORSTER> 
<P II,36> 
[} [\197. HUMPHREY FORSTER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(after 1477)\] 
   Ryght worshipfull and entierly wel-beloved Nevew, in my most
feythefull wyse I recommaunde me to yowe. And pleaseth yowe to
wete +tat I entended verreyli to have be with yowe this
afternone for suche persones as will be with yowe to be suretees
for Joy: but it is so +te wether is suche +tat I dare not ryde:
wherfor I beseche you to have consideracion to alle the
premysses and +tat ye lyke to take surete for +te pore man +tat
he may goo at large. And also +tat ye lyke to wryte a letter to
Herry Doget to deliver hym. And Jesu preserve you. In hast this
same Saterday.
   Your owne H. F.
   To my worshipfull Nevew Syr William Stonor, in hast. 

<Q STO 1470S ANORTON>
<A JOHN, ABBOT OF NORTON> 
<P II,37> 
[} [\199. JOHN, ABBOT OF NORTON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(after 1477)\] 
   Ryght wurschypfull and my fulgud Mayster after all due
recommendacion to yowe hade: prayng yowe to send me now in my
grete necessite by the berer heroff, my servant, your ferme ffor
the parsonage of Pyrton, the whyche was due to have ben payd the
viij day after the nativitie of Saynt John Baptist: wher I had
grett mervayll when my brothyr Schanon no mone had so long
taryyng in London over your promyse, me to grette coste and hym
to grett labur: the sayd ferme due xxiij. li. vj. s. viij. d.,
never afore this tyme sendyng twyes for hyt. Besykyng yowe now
to send hit me by my sayd servant withowte any delay: for truly
I had never gretter mestur then I nowe have, as my sayd servant
schall infowrme yowr maysterschyppe; to the whyche I beseke yow
gyfe credens, ffor at mydsomer I purpos to fette myself the
ferme of +t=e= sayt terme, and bryng yowr grewnd and tresyr my
hake, with the grace of Good, who have yowe in hys blessyd
kepyng to his pleassur and yowre hertes desyre. At Norton the
third day of Februar.
   Your bedman John, abbot of Norton.
   To my wurschypfull and my fulgud mayster, Sir Willm. Stonor
of Stonor in the cownte of Oxon, and of the parech of Pirton, be
this delyveryt. 

<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,42> 
[} [\205. THOMAS BETSON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\25 March, 1478\] 
   A=no= xviij=o=. 
   Right honorable Syr, and my right Synguler good mayster, I
recommaunde me unto your good maystershipe. And Syr, yff it lyke
you, accordynge to myn promesse unto your maystershipe I mette
with my Lady your wyffe at Windsouer, and ffrom thens to London
to my symple 
<P II,43> 
power I helppid to conveye hir. And Syr, by the waye we were
ryht mery, thankyd be God, and so with his mercy we mene here to
be mery ffor the season that my lady is here: and whanne your
maystershype is redy to come hidder wardes we here shall so
welcome you that the season of your abydynge shall nat be
noysom, with Godes grace. Also syr, Robert Warner of Watlyngton
is departid and gone home: truly he is an untrew man of his
promesse: it is well done ye call sharply uppon hym, or elles it
wilbe longe or ye have your money off him. Your maystershipe
knoweth best what ye have to doo. Syr, thannkyd be God, my lady
is ryght mery and in hele off body, our Lord preserve her, and
all we your servauntes resonable mery, as the world reqwyereth
here, and I know well many off us wysche ffast to Stonor agayn
by cause off a substaunce, and I ffor my season the which is
ryht longe, as me semes, God Almyghty knowithe all: I say no
more, but our blyssed Lord spede you att Wyndsouer in your
matters and elles where. At London on our Lady day in the nyght,
when I deme ye were in your bede, ffor my nyne smerttyd, so God
help me,
   By your servaunt T. Betson.
   To my ryht synguler good mayster Syr Willm. Stonor, knyght. 

<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,44> 
[} [\207. THOMAS BETSON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\16 April 1478\] 
   Jhesus. A=no= xviij=o= 
   Right honorable Syr and my right synguler good mayster, I
recommend me unto your good maystershipe. And, syr, this same
nyght I ress[{ayved{] a bill from your maystershipe, by the
which I undyrstond +tat you have sent me ij capons: and syr, +te
same ij capons I have ress[{ayved{] by the caryer Gardener, and
they be right good: truly ffor the which I thanke your
maystershipe hertely for your kyndely remembraunce, ffor with
your maystershipe I am nat forgettyn I ffynd, and so all way,
and I praye God reward you. Syr, I toke ij capons, but +tei wer
nat the best, as ye counseled me by your letter to take, and in
deed to saye the trouthe I cowd nat be sufferyd. My lady your
wiffe is resonably stronge waxhid, the good lord be thankyd: and
she tooke hir will in that matter lyke as she doyth in all
o+ter. I dare nat wryte you the trouth till you come home, the
which we deme shalbe on Setterday next with Godes grace, who
ever preserve your right worshipful person in longe helth and
vertu to his plesour. At London, the xvj day of Apprell
   Your servant T. Betson.
   Syr, I wold have written you som tidynges but I know none as
yit +tat be trew, save we intend here, with Godes grace, to
begynne shippynge apon Monday next. Syr, John Saye is deed, our
lord have mercy apon his soull.
   To my righte worshipful mayster, Syr Willm. Stonor, knyght,
(\soyt dd.\) 

<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON>
<P II,46>
[} [\211. THOMAS BETSON TO DAME ELIZABETH STONOR\] }]
[\17 May 1478\]
   Jhesus An=o= xviij=o=.
   Right honorable and my Synguler good lady, with due reverens
as is accordynge I recommaund me unto your good ladyshipe. And
<P II,47>
ffer+termore lyketh it yowre good ladyshipe to know that on
trenyte evyne last passed I come unto Cales: and I thannke +te
good lord hartely I had a fful fare passege, and the bettyr I
know well it was throw your good prayers, off the which, iff y
durst be so bold, I wille beseche your ladyshipe off
countenewance, and I to my power shall remembre your good
ladyshipe with all your loffers dayly amonges my poure prayers,
off the whiche, yff they be good and acceptable unto God, my
mayster your husband, your good ladyshipe, with all your
children I beseche him hartely ye may have parte: and I beseche
almyghty Jhesu to send your good ladyshipe as comffortable
helthe and welffare at Stonor or elles where as ever ye had in
eny place to Godes plesour. And good madame, I beseche your good
ladyshipe to remembre my Cossen Katteryn of all such matters as
I spake unto your ladyshipe off at many dyverse tymes, as ye
know: I remembre hir ffull off, God know it: I dremyd ones she
was xxx wynter off age; and whanne I woyke I wyschyd she had
bene but xx: and so by lykelyod I am soner lyke to have my
wysche +tan my dreme, the whych I beseche all myghty Jhesu
hartely may be whanne it shall plese hym. Also good madame, and
it lyke you to wete, as on Friday next after Corpus Christi day
I intend unto the marte wardes, our blissid lorde be my spede
and helpe me +ter and send me good payment off all oure
dettours. And I beseche your ladyshipe to recommaund me unto my
mayster your husbaund. And I praye +te good lord to send me good
tidynges ffrom you bothe and ffrom all youres. Writen at Cales
the xvij day off Maii, (\An=o=. ut supra\) . 
   Be your ffeythffull servaunt, Thomas Betson.
   And I send your ladyshipe a token here inclosed, the which
youre ladishipe knowith right well.
   At my commynge ffrom the marte, with Godes grace, your
ladyshipe shall have more writynge ffrom me how I have spedd,
and in lyke wyse my mayster your husbaund: and our blissid lord
Jhesu Christ preserve you bothe in honour and worshipe vertuosly
to contenew to Godes plesour, and also to send you good and
proffitable counsell and grace to doo +ter after: this is and
shalbe my prayer for sothe every daye: your honour and worshipe
off contenewaunce here after stykkythe as nye myn hart as dothe
eny freind, man or o+ter about you, be my trouthe, our blissid
lord so helpe me. I will avyse you, madame, to remembre large
expensez and be ware of them, and in lyke wyse my mayster your
husbaund: it is well done ye remembre hym off them ffor 
<P II,48>
dyverse consederacions, as ye know bothe right well. And our
blissid lord be your comfforther and help in all your good
workes, Amen.
   To +te right honorable and my right Synguler good lady, Dame
Elsabeth Stonore, this letter be delyvered in hast. 
 
<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON>
<P II,48> 
[} [\212. THOMAS BETSON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\17 May, 1478\] 
   Jhesu. An=o= xviij=o=. 
   Right honorable and worshipfull Syr, I recommaunde me unto
your good maystershipe in the mooste convenyent wyse I best can
or maye: and ffer+termore, Syr, lykethe it you to wete that on
trenyte evynne I came to Cales, and thankid be +te good lord I
hade a ffull ffare passege: and, syr, with Godes myght I intend
as on Frydaye next to depart to the marte wardes. I beseche the
good lord to be my spede and helpe me in all my warkes. And,
syr, I truste to Godes mercy, yff the world be mery here, to doo
som whatt that shalbe bothe to your profette and mynne. As yit
+ter comethe but ffew merchantes here: here after with Godes
grace +ter will come moo. I shall lese no tyme whanne the season
shall come, I promytte you. And, syr, I beseche you +tat this
symple writynge may have me recommandid unto my lady your wiffe.
And I beseche the good lord to send you bothe good helthe and
vertuuse lyffynge, +terin longe to endewre to Godes plesour
And also, syr, I beseche you to be my good mayster and
ffeythffull loffer, as ever here to ffore to my knowlege I have
ffoundyn you. And, syr, I trust to God as ffor my parte so to
indevour me ffor your maystershipe +tat with Godes grace bothe
ye and my lady your wiffe shall well undyrstond and know that I
loffe bothe your worshipes, and your profett, and so it shall
prove in dede with Godes helpe. And, syr, whanne I come ffrom
the marte I shall send you word off all matters by the mercy off
our lord, who ever preserve your right worshipffull person in
longe helth and vertu, Amen. ffrom Cales the xvij day off May.
Be your servaunt
   Thomas Betson.
   To my right honorable and Synguler good mayster syr Willm.
Stonor, knyght, this letter be delyvered in hast. 

<Q STO 1478 GOXBRYGE>
<A GODDARD OXBRYGE> 
<P II,49> 
[} [\213. GODARD OXBRYGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\21 May, 1478\] 
   Right onerabulle and worschipefull sir, and myn aspesyalle
good maister, I rekomend me unto your good mastershipe in the
moste lowely wise that I beste can: sertefyinge your mastershepe
that I ame informyd by master Betson that Dave Wrykesame hathe
reportyd sarten langage by me in presens of my lady and on of
her brodiryn: and that is thus, that the seyd Daveht shold saye,
that I told heme that maister Betson schold tell me that he
laboryd to your maistership and to my lady to brynge the seyd
Davyht owte of your conseythe and favore: the whyche I take god
to rekord that I never at no sesun repordid enny shyche wordys
to the seyd Davethe, nor to nonodir person, and that wyll I
jostyfy as largely as enny trewe person owythe for to jostyfy
for a trowthe. And wan Mayster Betson told me of thys langege
that Dawyth repordyd by me, it came to my remembranse that
Daveth hathe sayd to me that maister Betson at Ester was a
twelmonthe was srevyn off hys goostly fadir, and that it was
geven heme in penanse that he shold aske the seyd Davyth
forgevenes of this that maister Betson schold make labor to your
mastershipe to brynge the seyd Daveth owte of your conseyt and
favore. And fardirmore, the seyd Davythe sayd to me that maister
Betson kowd nat have absolysyon of hys goostly fadir tyll he had
promysyd to brynge the sayd Dave in your favor as myche as he
was before. And thys seyd words Davyth hathe sayd to me, the
whyche maister Betson kene tell you more klerly by myn
enformemasyon. And Sir, I beseche your maistershipe to delyver
to John Burton the moneye the whyche is dewe to me by your
maistershepe: the money amonthe to the Summa x. li.: wherof I
resevyd of my lady at my departynge xl. s.: and so the reste is
viij. li. st. The whiche I beseche your maistership to delyver
to Burton: for I have wryttyn to heme wher he shall paye the
seyd money: the whyche payment I promyssyd to pay ther, as I
borowid it lenge or thys tyme: wherfore I beseche your
maistershype to remember me as sone as it shalle please you. And
I beseche your maistershipe to take no gret displesure in me 
<P II,50> 
of my neclygens that I have not wryttyn to your maistershype
before thys tyme: and yef I kowd a don your maisterschype anny
plesure of or servyse with my wryttyng, I wold a wrettun to you
before thys tyme: and yef ther be anye servyse that I kan do to
your mastership here in tyme to kome, yef it please you to let
me wette, it schalle be don without anny delaye, and that
knowyth God, whoo have you, Right worschipffull Sir, in hys
blessyd kepynge, Amen. At Cales, the xxj daye of May, A=o=
lxxviij.
   By your Servante Godard Oxenbryge.
   To +te Right onerabull and worschipfull, and myn aspesyall
god maister Stonore (\soyt d.d.\) 

<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,53>
[} [\216. THOMAS BETSON TO DAME ELIZABETH STONOR\] }]
[\18 June 1478\]
   Jhesus. An=o= xviij=o=.
   Ryht honorable and my ryht synguler good lady, I recomaund me
unto your good ladyschipe in the mooste lowlyest wyse that I
best can or may, ever more desiryng to here and know off your
wellffare, the whiche I beseche almyghty Jhesu to preserve and
kepe to his plesour and to your mooste hartes desyre. And
ffer+ter more, liketh it your good ladyschipe to wete that this
same daye I come to London. And at my commynge home it was told
me how that my mayster your husband had bene verry sore seeke:
the which I know well hath not bene to your hartes comfforte,
nor also to the comfforte of your howsold: off the whiche ffor
sothe I am right sory. Nevertheles I undyrstond seth by dyverse
his maystershipe is right well amendid and well recovered: off
the which truly I am right joyffull and glad. And I beseche
Almyghty Jhesu send hym als vertuous helth as I wold have
myselff, and your good ladyshipe also. And yff I cowde do eny
thynge here that myght be to hys plesour and youres, I wold I
knew it and it shuld be done withouten ffayll. Truly your
discomfforth is nat myn comffort, God knowith it. Nevertheles
your ladyschipe muste cause hym to be mery, and off glade chere,
and to put awaye all ffantasyes and unthryfty thoughtes that
comes no good off but onely hurtffull. A man may hurt hymselff
by ryotouse meanes; it is good to be ware. Good madame, I besech
you to be off good chere, and I praye God comfforte you and send
you vertuous helth. And also I besech you to remembre my Cossen
Kateryn. I wold she did well, God knowithe it, and ye deme, as I
trowe, yff I had ffownd hir at home here my comfforte shuld have
bene the more: but I thannke God off all: my payn is the more: I
muste nedes suffer as I have done in tymes past, and so will I
do ffor Godes sayke and hirs. I send my mayster a dossen quayles
to ete: I praye God they may do hym good to God ward, and all
them that ete of them. I can send your ladischipe no deyntees: I
am but now comen home. And our blissid Lord preserve your good
ladishipe in vertu ever. Amen. At London the xviij day off June.
   Your servaunt T. Betson.
<P II,54>
   Madaym, Goddard Oxbryge recommaundes hym unto your ladyschipe
and prayethe you that ye wold woochsaveffe to speke to my
mayster your husband ffor his money. He desyred me to wryte
ffore it: it is well done +tat it be so paied ffor dyverse
causes: a Cossen of his shuld have it to pay it +ter as he owith
it. And our blissid Lord be with you, ever, ever, ever, Amen.
   To my Right worshipffull and Synguler good lady, dame
Elsabeth Stonor, at Stonor this be delyvered. 

<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,56> 
[} [\218. THOMAS BETSON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\24 June 1478\] 
   Jhesus. A=no= xviii=o=. 
   Right honorable and worshipffull Sir, and my right synguler
good mayster, I recommand me unto your good maystershipe in the
mooste loffyngest wyse +tat my hart can thynnke, be my trouth:
thankynge your maystershipe right hartely off your curtesse and
loffynge letter, the which I have resseyvid by my M. your brodyr
John Croke. And in the same letter I undyrstond by the
worshipffull reporte off your maystershipe the havyors off my
Cussen Kateryn unto you, to my lady your wiffe and to all o+ter
&c.: and truly it is to me right joyffull and comffortable
gladnes so to here off hir, and I besech our blissid lord ever
to preserve hir in all vertu and good lyffynge to his plesour,
and to reward your maystershipe with hevene at your endynge ffor
your good disposision to hir wardes in good exortasions
gyffynge: and +tat I wote well off old, or elles truly she cowd
nat be off that disposision vertuous and goodly, hir youthe
remembrid and consederyd. And sir, +tus as it hath lykid your
maystershipe to commaunde me to come unto Stonor to se my best
belovid &c, and also to make me mery, unto the which your
maystershipe saith I shall be hartly welcume, and so my lady,
your wiffe, affermes the same as ye wryte it: Right worshipffull
sir, I know it ffull well off old, ffor so I have ffull oftyn
tymes preve it and nat gretely off me deservid, but God knowith
myn hart and myn entent what I intend to my power and ever hath
done: and sir, I besech your maystershipe to pardone me ffor a
whyle and to hold me exscused, and as sone as I can I shall
cumme and se your wellffare. I thynge longe, so God help me,
till I come, but be my trouth my labour and besynes is such and
will be a whyle, +tat I can nat as yit with myn ease cum: and
+terffore Sir, I besech you now to helpe me and to be my good
mayster and exscuse me, +ter as your maystershipe shall thynnke
best. And sir, in good ffeyth I am verry glad that my lady is so
well amendid off hir helth, and in lyke wyse the children. I
besech God ffor his 
<P II,57> 
mercy and our blissid lady to send your maystershipe and all
youres as well to ffare as I wold myn owneselff, and to preserve
you in vertuous lyffynge, and also to send you sad remembraunce
off all good begynnynge, and +tan with owte dowte ye shall make
with Godes helpe a worshipfull endynge to Godes plesour and to
+te honour and worshipe off all them +tat loffe you hartely.
Sir, I am to bold thus to wryte, but God knowith myn hart, and
som whattes I am infformed off the towardnes off your good
disposision, what ye intend: I shall dayly praye hartely to God
to be your good spede in all your such proffytable workes: yff
ye contenew your intent ye shall be glad +terof or this day iij
yere. I ffare lyke a sory pyper, whanne I begynne I can nat
leve: but yit ones agayn our blissid Lord be your sped and your
helpe. (\Le xxiiij jour de Juyn.\)
   Be your servant Thomas Betson.
   [\IN DORSO\] Sir, Remembre your maystershipe well what ye
have written off my Cossen Kateryn, truly I shall whanne I speke
with hir tell hir every word, and yff I ffynd the contrarye our
vycar here, so God helpe me, shall crye owte upon h[{ir{] within
this x wekes and lesse, and by that tyme I shall be redy in
every poy[{nt{] with Godes grace, and so I wold she were, ffor
sothe ye may beleve me off it.
   To the right honorable and my right spescyall good mayster,
Sir William Stonor, knyght, (\soyt dd.\) 

<Q STO 1478? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE>
<P II,58> 
[} [\220. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\7 July (? 1478)\] 
<P II,59> 
   I recommaunde me to youre good mastership in my best maner:
besechyng of you this pore byll may recommaunde me to my
synguler good lady, my lady your wif, as your servaunt and
hirres. Syr, wher ye write on to me y shold take an accion in
the kynges name ayenst on of Wycomb for cuttyng down and fellyng
of certen treys, y have taken an accion redy, and y shall send
you the writte. Syr, ye wrote to me in your letter that ye hadde
seasid certen corne, whiche was regratyd and forstallid from the
comen marketes to the grete hurt of the Comen peple. Syr, me
semys by my lernyng ye may not sease not none maner cornes in
suche case and put thaym under arest: and if ye have don, yt
wold be well don to se thaym delyveryd ayen in manerly forme: it
is inquerable at the Cessons of pees and in every lete and
fraunchise of regrators and forstallers of all maner of vitaill,
and, if it be presentid, to make a fyne therfor: but it is not
the maner ne the care of the law to sease none forstallid ne
regratyd vitaill. I remit the delyng with the delyveraunce
hereof to your discreson: but y wold not ye confessid your self
to thaym that ye have mys don in that case: but honestly take a
promys of thaym [\that\] thay shall not dele so herafter, and
for this thay have don thay may be indited, and let thaym have
deliveraunce of thaire cornys. The Kyng purposeth as to morow to
be at Wendesor, and from thens to Notyngham. My lord Chamberleyn
rides to morue hame to Leycestre. Other news ben ther non her. I
pray God send you as well to fare as your hert can thynk. Writen
at London on seint Thomas ys day with the honde of your aune
   Page.
   To my master syr Willm. Stonor, knyght, be this deliveryd.

<Q STO 1478 RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE> 
<P II,60> 
[} [\221. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 12 July, 1478)\] 
   Right singuler good master, I recommaunde me to you, praying
the same this byll may recommaunde me to my lady, your wif. Syr,
your cosyn Hamden and my mastres, his wiff, have be with me,
shewyng that your plesyr shold be ther shold no proces go ayenst
Willm. Est of Wycombe, for whiche y kepe the writ in my handes
till unto the tyme y understond what y shall do and how y shalbe
demeanid: they bothe full manerly entretid me herein, shewyng me
your plesyr in the same without whiche ther shalbe no favour
shewid in my behalve. He is a courtes gentelman and your
kynsman, and my mastres, his wif, a worshipfull woman, and so
thay demenyd thaym in this mater not to do ne to attempt no
thynge to youre displesyr, whiche is to be remembrid. I remitt
this to yow, for as ye woll have it demenid so shall it be. And
thus fare ye well with all my hert. Writen at London on relic
Sonday with the honde of your
   Page.
   To my master, Syr Willm. Stonor, knyght.

<Q STO 1478 THENHAM>
<A THOMAS HENHAM> 
<P II,60> 
[} [\222. THOMAS HENHAM TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\16 July 1478\] 
   Jhesu. A=no= lxxviii. 
   Ryght Reverent and worshypffull mayster, I recommaunde me
unto your goode maystershype, ever more desyryng to here off
your goode wellfare, +te wyche I be-sche Jhesu longe to continue
unto your hartys 
<P II,61> 
desyre. And fforder more, Syr, your maystershype shall
understonde that ther hys shypyde towarde unto Calys in your
name, Syr Wyllm. Stonor, knythe, and Thomas Betson, in the Jhesu
off London, John Lolyngton mayster under God, Summa ij=m= iiij
C. xlviij Cottes felles. Forder more your mayster schalle
understonde that I sende dow[{n{]e by John Talbose, your
sarvaynte: Itm. your demy gowne off chamelet; Itm. your demy
gowne off blake pewke lynde with grene wellffete; truste in a
shete. Forder more, Syr, ye shall understonde that masterys Hane
hys well amendyde, blesyde by Jhesu, and hys in goode hallthe.
Forder more, Syr, your maystershype shall understonde that the
hale brewer callys apone me dayly sore ffore monay, the wyche I
have wretyn unto your maysterschype affor tyme, the Somma ys v.
li. and hode monay, the wyche he besekys your maysterschype that
he mythe have some monay in hande unto the tyme that your
maysterschype come unto London. All so, Syr, I beseke your
maysterschype +tat ye wylle remember your brede baker at London,
ffor he callys apone me daylle ffor monay, the wyche some hys
xxxv. s. and iiij d. No more unto your maysterschype at thys
tyme, butt all mythy Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at
London the xvj day off Jullii.
   By your prentes Thomas Henham.
   Unto my Rygh honorable and myne in spesyale goode Mayster Syr
Willm. Stonor, Knyght, In +te maner at Stonor thys be delyvered.
dd. 

<Q STO 1478 TBETSON>
<A THOMAS BETSON> 
<P II,63> 
[} [\224. THOMAS BETSON TO DAME ELIZABETH STONOR\] }]
[\31 July, 1478\]
<P II,64>
   Jhesus. A=o= xviij
   Right honorable and my right synguler good lady, I recommaund
me unto your good ladischipe. And, Madam, yff it lyke you, seth
I come home to London I mette with my lady, your modyr, and God
wote she made me right sulleyn chere with hir countenaunce
whyles I was with hir: me thought it longe till I was departid.
She brayke unto me of old ffernyeres, and spescially she brayke
to me off the tayll I told hir betwene the vicar +tat was and
hir: she said the vicar never ffared well seth, he tooke it so
mych to hart. I told hire a lyght answere ageyn, and so I
departid ffrom hir. I had no joye to tary with hir. She is a
ffyn mery woman, but ye shall nat know it nor yit ffynd it, nor
none of youres by that I se in her. Modyr mydwiffe told me +tat
nowdyr my lady your modyr, my lady Stoker, nor hir husbaund come
ones to se my cossen Anne sethe she come to hir, nor yet axse
ones how she ffared, and yff my lady, your modyr, mete my cossen
Anne she will say no more but "Godes blissynge have ye and
myne," and so goo hir waye fforthe as thow she had no joye off
hir. Whanne ye come to London I shall tell you more. My cossen
Anne hath bene with me here at home, and she is hole and right
well amendid and as a woman shulde be, +ter is no fawte, our
blissid lord be thannkyd and his blissid modyr. Good Madam, by
the next at comes lett hir have all hir clothes, she hath nede
unto them, and that knowith owre lord, who ever preserve you,
Madam, and all yours in longe helth and vertu to his plesour. At
London the last day off Juyll, (\A=no= supra\) .
   Be your servaunt Thomas Betson.
   Jentil Madam, I beseche you that I may be recomaundid unto my
cossen, your dou+ghter Kateryn, and our lord be with you both.
Also, Madam, yff it lyke you, I have bene with my brodyr, John
Betson, ffor money, and be my trouth I can none have off hym, he
hath shewid me that my Mayster your husbaund and ye owe hym ffor
dyverse wynes, Summa xij. li. vj. s. viij. d., as by the
parcells herin closed more clerelyar it appereth, the which
parcelles my brodyr saith that +tei be trew. Wherffore, good
Madam, I beseche you to speke unto my mayster, to the intent I
myght have the money here as shortely as can be. I muste pay to
John Tate vj li. for +te felles that I have shippid now, and to
Whyte of Bradway I muste pay iiij li., and I muste pay to the
porters and o+ter for costes xl s. And so God save my soull I
have it nat. I will nat be so bare agayn of money a good whyle,
with Godes grace. It was the best dett I saw in his booke, so
God help me, and +terffore I tooke 
<P II,65>
it over unto me ffor payment, and I hold me plesed with all.
Jhesu preserve you ever, Amen.
   To my right honorable and Synguler good lady, Dame Elysabeth
Stonor (\soyt. dd.\) [^COPY OF A BILL OMITTED^]

<Q STO 1478 THENHAM>
<A THOMAS HENHAM> 
<P II,65> 
[} [\225. THOMAS HENHAM TO DAME ELIZABETH STONOR\] }] 
[\1 August, 1478\] 
   Jhesu. An=o=. xviij 
   Right Reverent and worschypfull lady, I recomaunde me unto
your goode ladyschyp, evermore desyring ffor to her off your
goode wellfare, the wyche I besche Jhesu longe to continue unto
your hartys desyre &c. Fordermore, lady, ye schalle understonde
that I have sent downe by William Somer, bargemane of London,
your beme and ij calys, the 
<P II,66> 
wyche I wrothe a bylle unto William Platys off that he schulde
resayve yt at Hendelay and so conevay yt unto Stonor.
Fordermore, lady, ye schalle understonde that maysterys Hane,
your dowter, ys all moste hole, thankyd by Jhesu, and sche hys
very mery. All so, lady, I beseke your goode ladyschype that I
mythe have cnowlage whedir that ye wollede have hany bere or
hale, that I schulde take in ayenst your comyng home unto
London. No more unto your ladyschype at thys tyme but Jhesu have
you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at London the ffyrst day of Agust.
   By your prentes Thomas Henham.
   Unto my Ryght Reverent and Worschypfull dame Elysabeth Stonor
thys letter be delyvered in hast, dd. 

<Q STO 1478 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,66> 
[} [\226. DAME ELIZABETH STONOR TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(21 August, 1478)\] 
   Jhesus. 
   Ryght enterly and my moste specyall belovyd husband, I
recomaunde me to yow yn the moste harty wyse, desyryng to here
of yowre welefare &c., thankyng yow of yowre lettyr and of yowre
partrechys. And for Robert Warner, he ys cum to towne: dyverce
of yowre servantys and myne have spoken with hym: he seyeth that
he can receyve no money as yet, notwithstondyng he yntendyth to
speke with me or he departe, and wyll content me yef he may. I
pray God that he may so do. Also I pray yow to send me a answere
of the mater that I wrote to yow for the Lumbarde. And yef hyt
myght plese yow to take the labur to ryde ovyr, then ye may
answere to the mater yowre selfe, whyche wyll be to me grete
hartes ese and plesure: for I thynke hyt ryght longe syth I
speke with yow. Syr, I truste to Jhesu to se yow here yn shorte 
<P II,67>
tyme. No more to yow at thys tyme, [{but{] Jhesu preserve yow yn
hys kepyng. Wrytyn at Lundun the Fryday afore sent Bartylmewys
day.
   By your owne wyff Elysabeth Stonore.
   To my most enterly belovyd husband Syr Wylliam Stonore,
knyght. 

<Q STO 1478 ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,68> 
[} [\229. DAME ELIZABETH STONOR TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\5 October, 1478\] 
   Jhesu. An=o= xviij=o= 
   Right best and hartely well belovid husbond, I recommaund me
unto you with all myn hart, lettynge you wete that I am right
well amendid, I thannke god +teroff: and on Sonday last past I
was at the 
<P II,69> 
chirche at my ffadyrs deryge, and soppid with my modyr the same
nyght. And Syr, yeff I had ones done my pilgramages I reke nat
how sone I were with you at Stonor: and +terffore, gentyll Syr,
I praye you +tat ye ffayll nat to send me myn horsse on
Settyrday next. And also I praye you to remembre the matter I
spake to you off at your departynge: ffor with owte that, I can
nat with your worshipe and myn depart London: ffor Cobbe call
apon me dayly ffor money, and the bere wyffe with o+ter, as I
told you. And also I praye you to remembre my sonne Betson: ffor
he hath mych a doo with money now, and he trustith veraly to
your promesse: ffor Godes sake, syr, lett hym nat be forgotten.
My modyr and my broodyr Stooker recomaunde hem both right
hartely unto you: and ffull ffayn they wold +tat ye had bene
here, yff it myght have bene your ease. And as ffor me I wold
nat that ye were here, ye know it well enowgh: neverthelesse
ffor soth what som ever I wryte I wold I were at Stonor: ffor
truly I am veray wery off London, ffor my son Betson intendes to
ryde in to the countre, now whenne I come home: and he is ffast
ryggynge hym +ter ffore, so that at many tymes I am post a
loyne, and that causeth me to thynnke the more ellynger: and
+terffore, good syr, remembre myn horsse on Setterday with owte
ffawte. My son Betson and his wiffe recommaunde them unto you:
and he told me that he hath bought here in London seth ye
departid v. sacces Cottes. ffor a part redy money and the rest
at mydsomer next: I undyrstond it is a good bargayn. God lenne
grace, who preserve you ever in vertu and longe helth to Godes
plesour. The v day off Octobre.
   By your ovne wyff D. Elysabeth Stonore.
   Unto Ryght Reverent and worschyppefull Cosyn Syr Wyllm.
Stonor, knyght, in the manor at Stonor, thys letter be delyverd.
dd. 

<Q STO 1478? HDOGETT>
<A HENRY DOGETT> 
<P II,70> 
[} [\231. HENRY DOGETT TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\24 Dec. (? 1478)\] 
   Ryght worshepfull and my goode and feithfull maister, after
dew recomendacion pleasith yow to wete +tat my clerke and your
servaunte have been at Abendon with the vicar of Seynt Elyns to
have leverey of your cuppe, and offurred hym x. li. acordyng to
your writeyng: and he
<P II,71> 
answered them that he wold not deliver the said cuppe with owte
the bille indented +tat is made bytwene yow be brought upon the
deliveraunce: and to have sewrete for the residew of the money
to be paid at Candelmas next. I remitte all to your maistershep
and wysedome. The said x. li. shall be redy at eny tyme that ye
like, havyng fro your maistershep a writeyng to be content ayen
by Ester next comynge. And God preserve yow, my good lady, your
wyfe, and all yours. At Aston, a Cristemas yeve with the hand of
your servaunt
   Henry Dogett.
   To my maister, Syr Willm. Stonore, knyght.

<Q STO 1479 WHERWARD>
<A WILLIAM HERWARD> 
<P II,71> 
[} [\232. WILLIAM HERWARD TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? Jan. 1479)\] 
   Maister Stonor, I recommende to you, mervelynge that ye wryte
me with any poynt of strayngenesse syn tyme +tat I have
fulfylled your poyntment in your letters as touchyng to +te
money lent for suche days as ye desyred and longer, and as the
poyntment last taken, when my servant Stephen Hosyer was with
youe, I aggreed, but when Harry Dokettes servantes came to me
+ter was noon obligacion, and by cause +ter off I supposed +tat
+tey came not as sufficiently instructe in your appoyntment, but
now I have delyverd your cuppe safe and sownde to your
servantes, Thomas Matthew and William Belsun, and have recevyd
of them x. lib. for halfe my due and an obligacion of x. lib.
for +te remynant: but I trust in your Maistership of a shorter
day of payment, for I borowed xx marcs of the same money: and
+towe ye be patron of Bruscote, I understande +tat well and pray
for you dayly, but I laste a benyfice better to me +tan +tat is,
for +te gret desyre of Maister Thomas Forster; therfor I pray
you accepte not me as a stranger, for I can do as good servyce
as som o+ter. (\Valete in domino per Willm. Herward, capellanum
vestrum.\)
   To his worshipfull maister Syr William Stonor Kny. 

<Q STO 1479? THAMPTON>
<A THOMAS HAMPTON> 
<P II,75>
[} [\236. THOMAS HAMPTON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\2 Jan. (? 1479)\] 
<P II,76>
   Ryht worshypfull and feythfully lovyng Cosyn, I recomaunde
unto you. Syr, I was enformed by my sone Froste that hit lyked
you upon cominicacon had between you and Waller that ye lete hym
understonde in brefe termes, yef hym lyked the mariage betwen
your kynneswoman and hym, that he shold make hyr joyntour of
xx=ti=. li. worth londe acordyng to hys owne promyse, and elles
ye lete hym understonde he shold no ferther enter in cominicacon
in the mater: and when he understode your decre and jugement, he
was therto agreable. Syr, I understonde he entendeth to be with
me in ij days after the xij=th= day. Syr, me thoght by
informacion of my sone Froste that he entendeth in most hasty
wyse to be maried: wherfor me semyth, savyng your better advyse,
that hit ys me to desyre of hym to be bounden and sum persons
with hym, that he shall be Ester day then next folowyng do make
hyr suer of hyr joyntour. Syr, that hit may plese you to lemyte
me in what sum I may desyr them to be bounden yn, I pray send me
word by my servaunt, the brynger of thys letter, and how longe
ye entend to be aboute home efter the xij=th= tyde. And good
syr, that thys my sympyll wrytyng may recommaund me to my good
Cosyn, my lady your wyfe, and Jhesu preserve you. Wryten in hast
at Oldstoke the ij day of Januer,
   By your owne Thomas Hampton.
   To my Right worshypfull Cosyn, Syr William Stonor, be this
letter delivered. 

<Q STO 1479? ELSTONOR>
<A ELIZABETH STONOR> 
<P II,76> 
[} [\237. DAME ELIZABETH STONOR TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\26 March (1479)\] 
<P II,77> 
   My best beloved housbond, I recommaunde me unto you in my
moost herty wyse, desyring to her of your welfare, and trusted
verayly to have had you at home on our Lady day by night: yf ye
had be, I wold have trusted ye shuld had the warde and
possession of Lovels doughters or this, for whoom Stodolf, the
quenes attourney, rodde on Tuesday last all night towardes the
Kinges grace. And yf ye wol spede you home to speke with hym at
his comyng I doubte nat but ye shal have the oon at the leste,
for I undrestand +tay be not wardes ney+ter to the King nor
quene: praying you +terfore to spede you home, for undrestand he
wolbe with Bryan to night or to morow without fayle. Also for
all suche Stiwardships ye wrotte unto me for, thay wer graunted
a way in his lyf tyme or he discessed. As for the Stewardship of
Henley, I canne nat tell whe+ter it be goo or noo: wherfore Vyne
shal ryde according to your commaundement. Syr, I thanke you
hertyly for your veneson +tat ye wrotte to me to receyve: how be
it as yet I have nat receyved. Over +tis the parson of Falley
dissessed yorsterday in the mornyng, and +te parson of Hamelden,
and Syr William, prest +tere, be executours. No more unto you at
this tyme, but the holy Trynyte preserve you. Wryten at Stonor,
whan I wold fayne have sleped, +te morow after our Lady day in
+te mornyng. Syr, I send you your botes and your cloke, for +ter
hath be a wete weder here syth ye departed.
   By your owne wyff Elysabeth Stonore.
   To my best beloved housbond Sir William Stonor, Knyght. 

<Q STO 1479? RICHARD3>
<A DUKE OF GLOUCESTER> 
<P II,81> 
[} [\243. RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR AND
HUMPHREY FOSTER, OR FORSTER, THE ELDER.\] }] 
[\9 July (? 1479)\] 
R. Gloucestre. 
   The duc of Gloucestre, gret Chamberleyn, Constable, and
Admirall of England.
   Right trusty and well beloved, We grete you wele, and desire
and hertely pray you, that incontynent after the sight herof it
woll like you at this our instaunce to cause to come afore you
William Idley and Elizabeth, his Suster, and demaund them the
cause why they content and pay not to our right welbeloved
servaunt, Anne Idley, Maistres of our Nurcery, her annuitee of
v. marcs, graunted for terme of her lyff of the Manor of
Drayton, and advise them, as they woll avoid our grevouse
displeasure, to see her aswele +terof yerely contented as of
+tat she is behinde unpaied of the same. And of theire
disposicions in this behalve 
<P II,82> 
We hertely pray you to asserten Us in as goodly hast ye may, as
our speciall trust is in you, and as We may do thing at your
desires herafter. And our lord kepe you. Yoven under our signet
at our Castell of Middelham the ix=th= day of Juyll. J. Kendale.
   To our right trusty and welbeloved Sir William Stonor,
knight, and Humfrey Foster, thelder, squier, and aither of them.

<Q STO 1470S HDOGETT>
<A HENRY DOGETT> 
<P II,83> 
[} [\245. HENRY DOGETT TO (? STONOR)\] }] 
[\(date uncertain)\] 
   Syr, as for the mater bytweme me and Crofte [\?\] ye
undirstond my writeyng that I shold have all the tythes except
of the demayn lond in Chalford: I clayme no more but all this
tythe, hey as well in Chalford [{as{] the corne out of Chalford,
acordyng to my writeyng: I undirstond that he hath the
countrepanes of my writeyng, and yef I were prior as he is I
wold have the countrepane of his writeyng. Syr, I pray yow that
I may have a copy of his writeyng, and suche rewle as ye like to
set betwene us I wol obey hit in the said mater. How be hit I
was offered iiij marcs to lese my tytle in the said tythes, for
be cause hit is well worth xl (^s.^) a year. I remitte all to
yow, my goode and feithfull maister,
   Your old servaunt H. Dogett.
[\NO ENDORSEMENT.\] 

<Q STO 1479? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE> 
<P II,85> 
[} [\247. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\25 Sept. (1479)\] 
   My ryght synguler good Master, after dew recommendacion, like
it you to wete that all your servauntes and tenauntes in thes
parties fare well, and I recommaunde thaym to your mastership,
and so do we all to my lady your wif. The cause of my writyng to
your mastership is this: it is so that I have the gift of the
presentacion of the Vicarage of Sutton bysydes your maner, and
for that feith and service that your chaunterie prest of Horton,
Syr William, beres to your mastership, y have geven hym the
benefice, so it be your plesyr. Syr, ther ys a frere prechour
off thabbey of Dertford, is name is frere Hugh Fabri, whiche y
have allway aught my verry good will and favour onto, and so
does Appelton, Martyn, and all the gentelmen in oure parties. I
certifye your mastership he is a good prest, and a clene, ther
is non better to my understandyng unfaynyd. Syr, if it wold
plese your mastership to write a letter to the master of Cobham
that it were your plesyr, he shold succede syr William in your
Chaunterie, it wold be to the grete comfort of all the gentelmen
in thes parties; and over that ye shall have the dayly praier of
a good prest, ther was never non suche ther syns I knew Kent. By
my trowth undoutyd my lord bysshop wold have geven hym a
benefice, but he woll non have. I pray your mastership to tendre
this mater the rather at this my pore instance. I thank your
mastership for my buk. I dar incombre you no longer. I pray
Jhesu send you all youre goodly hertes desire. Writen at your
Horton this xxv day of Septembr with the fest of your
   Page.
   Syr, Lestan, your fermer, understode that y wrote to your
mastership, cam onto me and desirid me to remembr yow for hym:
if it plese you, it is thus, he is suffisaunt within your
distres, he woll content your mastership at Martynmas xx. li.,
if ye geve hym laysyr, he shall now pay your mastership well and
suffisauntly, and if ye be hasty uppon hym he 
<P II,86> 
must sel his graynys at mischef, and in concluson undon. He is
sore ferd of your Steward: he hath promisid me he will content
your mastership this same yere xl. li. Plese it yow to send me
oon litel word here. 
   To my master Syr Willm. Stonor, knyght for the kynges body. 

<Q STO 1479 THENHAM>
<A THOMAS HENHAM> 
<P II,89> 
[} [\251. THOMAS HENHAM TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\10 October, 1479\] 
   Jhesu A=no= xix 
   Ryght honorable and worshypfull mayster, I recommaunde me
unto your goode mayster in the most lowest wyse that I best cane
or may, ever more desyring to here off your goode wellfare, the
wyche I be-sche Jhesu long to continue unto your hartys dysire.
Forder more, syr, ye scholle understonde that my mayster Thomas
Betson hys ryght welle amendyde, blesyde by Jhesu; and he hys
paste all dowtys of sekens, and he takys +t=e= sostenanse ryght
welle: and as for ffusecyons, ther come none unto hym, ffor he
hase no nede of them. Syr, ye shall understonde that my mayster
Syr Wylliam Stoker comaunde hym unto your maysterschype, and my
lady hys wyffe. And as ffor schuche 
<P II,90> 
thyngys as your mayster wrothe unto hym by master Bryane, hyt
schalle be aplyde, and sent unto your mayster: ffor he says he
wylle sende you none but goode: and as ffor your rede wyne, hyt
schall be schyped upon Tewysday next comys: and as ffor your
rondelet off Mallsay, yt thys not rede as yet, +tor mayster Syr
Wyllm. Stoker hathe comyng a schype with Mallsay and hoder swet
wyne, and he lokys ffor the same schype every day, and yeff so
be that that the same schype come note betwene thys and Tewysday
next comys he wylle porffay ffor your maysterschype a rondelet
off Mallsay schuche as he may get in the sete, and hyt schall be
schyppyde with your rede wyne. Fordermore, Syr, ye schall
understonde that I resayved a letter ffrom your mayster by
mayster Bryane, the wyche I schall do accordyng as your wryting
dothe spesyffide. No more unto your maysterschype at thys tyme,
but all mythe Jhesu have you in hys kepyng. Wreten at Stepenay,
the x day off Octtobr.
   By your prentes Thomas Henham.
   To my Ryght Worschypfull maister, Syr Wyllm. Stonor, knyght,
thys letter be delyvrde d.d. 

<Q STO 1479 HUNTON>
<A HUGH UNTON>
<P II,91> 
[} [\253. HUGH UNTON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 26 October, 1479)\] 
   Right worshipfull Maister, I recomaunde me unto you. And Syr,
the case is so that yong Wagge nowe apon Saterday last passet
hase comyn and take possession in a corner of a feld of a trew
wedowe and bedewoman of yours, Robert Oxlades moder, concernyng
the title of all hir place: the which woman hase ben in pesibill
possession thes iij score yeres and more, as her sone Robert can
more pleynly enfourme your maistership. And Syr, the lond is
entaylet as fayre as eny can be unto the heires males, and hase
been thes C. yeres. Syr, I beseche you be hir gud Maister in hir
rigth, and to hir power she shall deserve hit. Wagge makys gret
manasse to distres hir catell within thes iij or 
<P II,92> 
fawre dayes. Syr, and ye send me a bill to withstond him, I will
do my power: for as by parall she has enfeffet your maistership,
M. Cotesmore, Herre Doget, me, and William Est. And Syr, I
beseche you hold me excuset that I come not unto your
maistership: I am a litill diseset for to ride. And almigthty
God preserve you, my lady, and all your housholde, the Monday
afore Simon and Jude.
   Your servaunt, Hugh Unton.
   To my right worshipfull Maister, Sir William Stonor, Knyght. 

<Q STO 1479 ABASYNGTHW>
<A ALEXANDER BASYNGTHWAYTE> 
<P II,92> 
[} [\254. ALEXANDER BASYNGTHWAYTE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\12 Nov. 1479\] 
   Jhesu. 
   Reverent and wurchipfull Syr, after all dew recommendacion, y
recommaund me unto your Maisterchipe desyryng to here of your
wylfar, the wych Almyghty Jhesu preserve and kepe to hys plesour
and your hertes desyre. Forthermor letyng your Maisterchip to
have in consideracyon that y stonde in sych a nessescyte at hys
tyme, the wyche withowt y have your help and your socowr it wyll
be unto me gret hurt and henderans: for y most pay to my
son-y-lawe a C. li. or Crystysmas day, the wych y beseke yowr
Maisterchipe to remember me in my ned acordeng to yowr old
promys: for withowt ye help me, y wot wyll y may not kepe my
hows. Syr, also my servant can infourm your Maisterchyp of my
grevans. Also prayng you that thys sympoll byll may recommaund
me unto my good lady your wyff. No mor to you at thys tym, but y
beseke Jhesu hau you in hys kepyng. Wretyn at London, the
xij=th= day of November, A=o=. E. iiij=ti= xix=mo=.
   Be your own servant Alix. Bassyngtwhait.
   To ... mayster Syr William Stonor, knyght, thys be delivered
in hast. 

<Q STO 1479? HDOGETT>
<A HENRY DOGETT> 
<P II,94> 
[} [\256. HENRY DOGETT TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\31 December (? 1479)\] 
   My good and feythfull maister, I recomaund me to yow with all
my service. I undirstond by your writeyng that the Kyng and
o+ter the lordes be right well plesid with your worshipfull
demenyng: of the wheche I am right glad. And also that my lord
Chaunceler is your good lord and councellyth you to your grete
worship and avayle. God defende yow fro sinustre councell. My
said lordes advyse and councell is full frutes and profitable
for yow, as I have hadde very knowleche: I pray God contynue
hym. And where ye like to write to me to come to your
maistershep I was not wele disposed to ride this many day, as
Godd knoweth. Praying yow that ye woll take no displeser, I send
yow by my servaunt xx markes: I have right lytyll mone; how be
hit yef ye nede I woll purvey more ayenst Monday next, and send
hit to your maistershep with Goddes mercy, who ever preserve 
<P II,95> 
yow, my good and feithfull maister. Wreton at Pusey a Neweyeres
yeve, with the hond of your old servaunt,
   H. Dogett.
   Syr, John Wagge kan enforme your maistershep of my disese &c.
   To my maister syr Will. Stonore, Kny[{ght{] .

<Q STO 1480 AWYDESLADE>
<A ANNYS WYDESLADE> 
<P II,100> 
[} [\262. ANNYS WYDESLADE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(early in 1480)\] 
   Right worshipfull Maister, y hertly comaund me unto you with
alle suche servise as y can or may: thonking you of youre
kyndnesse shewed unto me, so pore a woman as y am, and unto your
Maystershyp owndeserved: desyring to hire of youre welfare, the
which y pray alle mighty Godde to preserve you to youre most
pleasure and hertis desire. Please you to have enknowliche of my
power welfare: at the making of this my letter y was in gode
hele, and y trust in God within short space to be beter: for now
y am at my liberte, wherof I thanke you, in my own hous at
Exeter. The ffesisicion wolle do his cunnyng uppon me, but
undertake me he wol not, nor never did noon in his liff. Cumfort
in 
<P II,101> 
hym I fynde, and in my mynde y thinke he wolle do me gode.
Furthermore the deling of my ffader in law ye shal have
enknowliche by a bille, which Thomas Mathu shal deliver you. A
very yeynd betwyn hym and me wolle not be had into the tyme of
youre comyng, which y trust wolle not be longe. Me thinkith a M.
yere gon that y hurd any tidinges fro you. And in gode feith ye
may sey unto me that y am own-kynde that y wrote nor send unto
you synnes youre last being at Wideslade. The cause is, for myn
excuse is y have be in helle, where y had litel cumfort, but as
sone as y cam to Exeter then was y yn heven: and be cause that y
am now in joy y do send you this letter. Maister, hit is so that
the ffesicion is in hondes with me, and he desirith to have me
in cure iij monythis, for which cause I pray you remember your
Worship and my poor Queste. And as y amend y shal put you in
knowlich by the grace of Jhesu, who kepe you.
   ffrom your tru lover Annys Wydeslade.
   To his right worshipfull Maister Syr William Stonore, Knyght,
be this delivered. 

<Q STO 1480 RGERMYN>
<A RICHARD GERMYN> 
<P II,105> 
[} [\268. RICHARD GERMYN TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(13 May, 1480)\] 
   Right Wurshipfull and Onerable Maister, y comaund me unto
you. And where as ye wrete unto me to deliver youre letters in
to the Gentilmen that thei be derected unto in Devonshire and
Cornwale unto a trust a man, I shalle so deliver hem that youre
wille and intent shal be ffulfilled. And as yet Worthe hath not
entred nor noght he shalle. Moreover, y late wrote you a letter
and send him by oon John Symon, which gave you the orenges and
marmelate at Exeter: which letter was delivered unto Lannos,
skynner, in asmoche as ye be not at London. Y trust ye have him.
Also ye wrete unto me to have youre plate, which is with Maister
John at wille: at your letteris deliverans he was not at home,
but before Midsomer y schal bringe hit to London pakked in the
carior's pakke of Exeter: so bi the grace of God y schal deliver
you me seilf. And accordinge to your letter y shal promyse to
content him at Midsomer quarter of your Rentes. Furthermore I
have moved Speke, that ye comaundede me to reseve l. s. for this
Ester rent, he sayinge this wordes: that ye at your departinge
promysed him to sende your letter for his discharge under seale,
or els he to pay no mony. So of him can y have no mony. Moreover
he saith, that he 
<P II,106> 
can holde no Courte at Wonford in to the tyme ye su a Travers.
And y teld hym so ye have done, and offered to have delivered
him the writte which ye delivered me. At Tawnton on Saturday
after Assencion day in hast,
   Youre servant, Richard Germyn.
   To my right wurshipfull and onerable Maister, Syr William
Stonore, knyght, be this delivered. 

<Q STO 1480 WELMES>
<A WALTER ELMES>
<P II,106>
[} [\269. WALTER ELMES TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\1480\] 
   After my dewe recomaundacion, &c. M=r=. Page recomaundyth him
to yow, prayyng yow to send the Bukk to Warde, Shreve and
Aldyrman of London, dwellyng on Canynggesstrete, wher that Syr
Rauff Joslyn dwellyd, and that Jamys myte kary hit: to whome I
pray yow to take xx d., and I shall content hit, for the
karyage, for Master Page wyllys me so to do. And Jhesu kepe yow.
   Y=ors= to my power, W. Elmes.
   To the Ryth Wurshipfull Syr W. Stonor K.

<Q STO 1480? RDREWE>
<A RICHARD DREWE> 
<P II,106>
[} [\270. RICHARD DREWE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1480)\] 
<P II,107> 
   Ryght worschypfull Master, y recommaunde me onto you, doyng
yow to wete that Master Malyverer hath take an accyon off a
Counte agayn your bayly off Ermyngton by the informacyon off on
Sowche, chere clerke onto the sayde Master Malyverer, and thay
wolde compell your bayly to acounte wyth the sayde Scherve off
the mercement wythyn your hunderd and to compell your bayly to
geder the mercement wythyn the sayde hunderd: and that was never
don hebeffore: therfore y beseche your Masterschyp to se the
mene at thys terme, that y may be dyschargyd off thys accyon
that ys agayn me, and off the whyche mater Thomas Mathew can
infourme yow, for he hath byn your bayly afore thys tyme.
Y-wrytyn att Ermyngton by your bayly,
   Rychard Drewe.
   Thys byll be deliveryd onto my Master, Syr Wyllyam Stoner, in
hast. 

<Q STO 1480? WGOLDWYN>
<A WILLIAM GOLDWYN>
<P II,107> 
[} [\271. WILLIAM GOLDWYN TO JOHN BYRELL\] }] 
[\12 June (1480)\] 
<P II,108> 
[^PRESCRIPTIONS OMITTED^] 
   Syr, I recommende me unto yow, prayng yow as hertely as I may
+tat ye have over sy+gthe in +te servyng of +tys byll, as my
truste is in yow: for +tys ys for a specyall Mastres of myn. And
with +te grace of God hit schall not be longe or I see yow. And
+ten I purpose for to tary with yow. Wrytyn at Stoner +te xij
day of June.
   M=r=. W. Goldwyn.
   To John Byrell +te eldur, Poticary, Duellyng in Bucklers
Bury, be +tys byll delyverde. 

<Q STO 1480 RGERMYN>
<A RICHARD GERMYN> 
<P II,108> 
[} [\272. RICHARD GERMYN TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(4 July, 1480)\] 
   Right worshipfull and Onerable Maister, y comaund me unto you
with alle suche servyse as y can or may. Please your
Maistershipp have enknowliche, y have delivered your letters to
John Hochyn and to William Baker: and y have caused them to
wrete unto you a aunswer, which ye shalle reserve with this.
Baker hath crese cloth, canvas hath he noon, which ye shall have
and ye wille: but I wol advise you to by hit not to dure.
Furthermore, William Baker told me,
<P II,109> 
when y com home, that Worthe hath promysed his son to mary with
Richard Pomeray. But y can not thinke hit be so, for thei be
within gre of mariage iij=de= and iiij=e=. He hath made his bost
syne he cam home, as Colwodele teld me, that he wol have Wolston
or this somer be don. Many men questyn me where he was thurgh
with you or no. And so did M. Speke also. And y told him what
poyntment was made betwyne you and hym this terme. Your servant,
Thomas Haiward of Wolston, spake with his man Wyse: and he teld
him that his Maister is ful determed in his mynde to set upon
you in hast, yef ye acorde not. After my sympel advise hit were
wel don this somer, that ye cam unto Wolston, and my lady with
you, and to ly there: ye have whete y-now there for a while: hit
shuld cause you to have love of the Gentilmen of the Shere, and
Comyns also: and after that ever to have hit in pease. And so y
trust ye shal, for all this his longage. And as I have more
enknowliche of this mater, or of any other perteynyng unto you,
y shal by the grace of Jhesu sende you worde, who kepe you,
Amen. At Exeter, un Tuesday before Seint Thomas day.
   From youre Servaunt, Richard Germyn.
   To my right Wurshipfull and Onerable Maister, Syr William
Stonere, Knyght, be this letter delivered in hast.

<Q STO 1480? HCOLET>
<A HENRY COLET> 
<P II,109> 
[} [\273. HENRY COLET TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\7 July (? 1480)\] 
   Right worshipfull Syr, I comaunde me unto you, and letyng you
wete that I have receyvet your letter send to me by Hugh Unton,
by the which letter I understond ye desire a gretter somme than
ye graunt hir me by mouth your awne self. Syr, the trouth is
this - I will aply somwhat to your intent: ye shall have for hir
mariage and all the rigth that shal long to hir sex score pound:
and wher ye desire me to gete 
<P II,110> 
yow ij suertes, ye shall have my service, and that ye shall well
understond at oure next metyng. And how ye will be demenet of
this child, I pray you send me word what I shall trust unto: for
ye may understond by my writyng that I owe a love to the child,
and loth to displese you. Syr, I have a bill deliveret me for
payment made by you to Thomas Prat of Henley of xx. li., the
which ye owe my lady Mountford: of the which bille ye and I
shall agree well opon at oure next metyng. And almighty God have
you in his kepying. Written at London opon Seint Thomas Day at
nyght at vij of Clok,
   be yowur owne Harry Colet.
   To the right worshipfull syr Willyam Stonor, knyght, be thys
delivered. 

<Q STO 1480 WGOLDWYN>
<A WILLIAM GOLDWYN>
<P II,110> 
[} [\274. WILLIAM GOLDWYN TO LADY STONOR\] }] 
[\18 July (1480)\] 
   Right worschypful and to me Synguler good lady, I recommende
me unto yow: prayng yow to sende me a buck a Wedynsday next
commyng acordyng to +te promyse that my Master and ye made at my
laste beyng with yow: for a specyall frende of myn schall be
maryde on Thursday nexte commyng, to +te wyche I have promysyde
a buck: wherfor I pray yow +tat he be not dispoyntyd. And my
service schall be +te more redyer to yow at all tymys with +te
grace of God, wyche have yow in kepynge. Wryttyn in haste +te
xviij day of Jule,
   By your servant, William Goldwyn.
   Madam, I pray yow to speck to my Master for +te xvj. li. +tat
ys dew unto me.
   To my lady Stonor, Be thys delyverede in haste. 

<Q STO 1480 HMAKNEY>
<A HENRY MAKNEY> 
<P II,111> 
[} [\275. H. MAKNEY TO (SIR WILLIAM STONOR)\] }] 
[\(17 Sept. 1480)\] 
   My Ryghte reverente and my syngler gode Maistire, aftire due
recomendacion, Sire, pleasithe to wete +tat my lady is in gode
hele, blesside be Jhesu, and recomendide unto youe with alle
here herte and mynde, and alle your servantes also, and praythe
daily for your prosperite and wusshuppe, in especiall for your
sone comynge home &c. Syr, your parke gothe welle onewarde in
dikinge and in pale, your husbondrie in like wise, and befe and
moten wex, and the state, with alle odire vitaile, and specially
money. Y pray youe remembre your lente stuffe. Y wulde have be
with youe my selfe or +tis tyme, but y ame so grevyde in my
bakke +tat y may nethe ride ne go. We hire of your grete and
importune chargis latly leyde on youe, whiche causithe alle your
frendis to be y-ryghte full sory therofe: but y beseche Jhesu
contynue youe in honoure as ye have begon, and +tat ye may
furnysshe your selfe in alle abilymentes of werre lyke unto your
ffelowshyppe beynge in rome as ye are in. And also my lady hath
sente here water unto M. Derwothe to undirstonde his conceite,
ande howe he demyth by here water whedir she be in wey of
mending &c. On Soneday nexte afor sente Mathewes day, at
Stonore.
   Your servaunte, H. Makney. 
   To my Ryght Worshipfull Maister.

<Q STO 1480 RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE> 
<P II,111> 
[} [\276. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\October (1480)\] 
<P II,112> 
   Plese it your mastership, after dew recommendacion, I have
ressevyd your letter by my felow Makenay, by whiche letter ye
have commaunded me to deliver hym a bill of an C. li.: and
acordyng therto I have delivered hym the same byll, whiche is
paiable at Feverer next comyng. As for Mr. Colet, I spake with
hym or your letter cam to me, and he gave yow day tyll after a
halow tyde. Syr, as for the mater touchyng your mastership and
Ric. Wynslade, John hys brother and y have sen the billes of the
rekenyng uppon whiche we thynk necessary to have your
mastership, my lady your wif, and Ric. Winslade to mete at
London the viij day after alhalowtyde: acordyng therto John
Wynslade hath sent to his brother to com heder. And Syr, me
semys weldon ye and my lady cam at the same day, and to remembre
you to purvey where my lady shalbe. Y remitt thys to your
wisdom. I understand by your letter thentent of your mastership
touchyng the remayn of my ladies yointur. Syr, I have shewid myn
opynyon to Makenay consernyng that mater, who will show your
mastership myn entent. As for Lestan, your fermor that was at
Horton, hath purveid your monay in substance, it wolbe well don
ye send or bryng your byllis of rekenyng bytwene yow and hym, so
that the verry dette may be clerely understand. Wete ye well I
have dalt quitly with hym in that mater. Syr, y wold be right
glad to se your mastership, for me semys long sens y saw yow,
and so God spede me, who preserve you, and my lady, and all
yours. Writen at London this Thursday with the hand of your
   Page.
   To my master, Syr Wilm. Stonor, knyght for the kynges body. 

<Q STO 1480S WSUTTON>
<A WILLIAM SUTTON> 
<P II,115> 
[} [\280. WILLIAM SUTTON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1480-83)\] 
   Aftur reverent recommendacion. Plesyt yow to have knolege
that my lord Chansler of Oxon desyryt me at his last departyng
from Oxon to remembyr yow of the mater concernyng a pore
gentylwoman callyt Alys Poche, that +ge wold be hyr gud maystur
as +ge have be afore tyme in the way of ryght and consiens: and
if +ge so be he wyll do yow as grete a plesure. And yf hyt lyke
yow to tendur hyr anythyng at my pore request, +ge bynd me to do
for yow and yowres anythyng that lyse in power, with Goddes
grace, who ever kepe yow.
   Will=m= Sutton, preist.
   To mayster Willm. Stoner, knyght. 

<Q STO 1481 WELMES>
<A WALTER ELMES> 
<P II,116> 
[} [\282. WALTER ELMES TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(3 Jan. 1481)\] 
<P II,117> 
   After all dewe recommendacion, plesyth hit yow to undyrstond
that I merveyle gretely +tat ye send not Thomas Mathewe with the
evydens &c. Thonkyng yow all weyys of youre grete bownteowsnesse
unto me and in especyall of your offer to me grauntyd: wherfor I
am bownd to be your trewe servaunt, and Bedeman whylys I lyve.
Syr, I have remembryd me of your comynycacion of Agas Lovell,
whome, yf hit lykyd yow that I myte have undyr the forme
folowyng, I trust hit shuld be to yow moste proffyte and avayle,
and I and all myn to be your perpetuall Bedemen: yff hit lyke
yow to take me CCCC. li. accordyng to your offre, I shall ffynd
yow suerte to pay yow att viij yeres end your CCCC. li. ageyne,
and CCCCC. marcs for the ward of the seyde Agas, wych wull drawe
nye to the hole stokke of your ij chyldryn, Hewe and Margarete:
and so there stok shall be redy at all tymes, with the on half
in myne hondys, and that othyr half now in your owne hondes, at
your day to do +tat with what ye wull, and thus shall ye be
purveyd of money and your stokk not brokyn. And as for the
contentacion of Harry Colett, yf hit lyke yow to delyver me the
next obligacion of Betson of C. li., I shall at my charge
schevyshe so much and rathyr than fayle the hole: so now lakkyth
non other but suerte in the Yeld hall, wych wull be gevyn apon
such feoffement as ye spake of. Syr, I beseche yow remembre
this, and bete hit ryth well in your mynd. And I trust hit
shalbe your avayle and wurshuppe both to make your power alye,
wych shall ever be bownd to pray for yow, and so yow the profyte
and wurshuppe, and to me and myn a makyng for ever. Syr, yf this
wey lyke yow, I pray yow to send me a byll fro yow to your Almes
hows at Exeter, that I may +te sonner spede mee for Harry
Colettes payment. Furthermore, I beseche yow that +tis sympyll
byll may recommaund me my good lady, your wyffe, and to all
yowrs. And our blessyd lord hold his holy hand over yow and them
with long lyff and grete wurshupp here to endure, Amen. I trust,
thou I be fer fro yow, that +tis lytyll byll [\wull cause
CROSSED OUT\] this cold whedere, and my erand wull make me and
shew me present. Scrybylyd with hond of hym +tat is yowr
servaunt to the extreme of my lytyll power.
   W. Elmes.
   At Andever the Wenesday after Newe Yeres day at vj at Clokk
in +te mornyng.
   To my ryth wurshipfull Master, Syr Wylyam Stonor, knyth for
the kynges Body. 

<Q STO 1481 RGERMYN>
<A RICHARD GERMYN> 
<P II,118> 
[} [\284. RICHARD GERMYN TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\3 April, 1481\] 
   Right Onerable and worshipfull Maister, y comaund me unto you
with alle suche servise as y can or may, letinge your
Maistership have enknowliche that Maister John Agecomb is
decessed un Sonday the ffurst day of Averell. Many men have
spoken to me that y shuld labur unto you for Ermyngton. And y
teld hem that ye have geven hit unto Maister Edmunde, and wol
in-proper hit to youre Chapel of Stoner: and so have y aunswerd
them. Moreover, Maister Drew hath wreten a letter unto my lady,
that he wol do help my saide lady of hir sekenesse, and to com
unto hir at his own cost and to geve hir a du attendauns, with
that hit pleased you to geve him this saide benfys. And y have
saide unto him, that his letter is wreten in vayne. And 
<P II,119> 
also y wrote a letter unto youre Maistership, which was
delivered unto Lannoys, skynner, the furst weke in Clene Lente:
y trust ye have him. For as to any man or men, here wolle noon
be goten, as y wrote unto you: savinge ther is oon Vyncent, a
servaunt of my lady is, a gode archer, y suppose he wolle com
unto you: but horse nother harnys hath he noon nor mony. Aray
him ye must at your own cost, yef he com. Jakys shal bringe you
the serteynte of his comynge. And y trust that at M. Elmes
comyng that ye wol assigne whom hit please you to occupy the
ruel of your Almeshous, for y may no longer occupy hit nor can
not; my besenesse wol be suche here after: for y must attende my
ocupacion; for my servant which had the gedinge of my shoppe is
fro me, and with me hath be to longe, for y am the worse for him
y can not tell how moche me seilf. And as to the deth of
Cristoffer Coke, y suppose ye have enknowliche: un who is soule
God take mercy. Y pray your Maistership that this my letter may
comaund me unto my lady, to whom y pray Godde sende hele and
comfort, who have you in his keping. At Exeter in hast the iij
day of Averelle.
   Youre servant Richard Germyn.
   Unto my right Onerable and worshipful Maister, Syr William
Stonore, knyght, at London in the Old bailly. 

<Q STO 1481? RGERMYN>
<A RICHARD GERMYN> 
<P II,119> 
[} [\285. RICHARD GERMYN TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\7 April (1481)\] 
   Right Wurshipfull and Onerable Maister, y comaund me unto you
with alle suche servyse as y can or may. Please your maistership
have enknowliche here y sende the copy of a writte, which is
agayn you at the Kinge is sute in Devonshire uppon the (\Deum
claus. extr.\) , which was 
<P II,120>
taken before the Escaetour. As the writte maketh menshion, see
ye the meane to have hit oute of the Chekour, for ye go to a
grete mersement; and more ye had, and y had not sarched
therfore. Also I moved you at my last being at Stonore that my
lord Markas his officer hath distrayned your tenaunt at Clist,
and clemyth a mersshe, the third ffote in alle the said mersshe,
where as he nor noon of his ancetours oute of tyme that no mynde
is never had: and y teld you that y had apoynted with Broun his
auditour, that the seid mersshe shuld ly voyde and not to be
ocupyed in to the tyme that my lorde and ye hadde spoken
together: hit wer wel doon that ye moved my lord of, and to
cause him to write a letter unto Thomas Hexte, his stuard, so
that your londe may be sette. Ther is oon John Wyndbow, which is
my lord is tenant, and holdith moche lond of you, he clemyth
this londe, sayng that hit shuld be longing to his place whiche
he holdith of my lorde, and he is causer of alle this. Ye
comaundid me that y shuld warne him oute of alle suche londes as
he holdith of you: and so have y doon: have ye this mater in
remembrauns. Furthermore y send you worde by Thomas Mathu, that
ther was a almeshous fallen, which shuld be youre geft: y hure
no more synne of. And so stont hit own-gevyn as yet. And now a
nother also, what ye wille shal be doon there in: hit wer wel
doon that ye wrote a letter unto M. Speke ther of. Youre
Maistership gave unto me the next avoydens of oon pore man, and
ye remember, in your stode at Stonore before your cosyn, Walter
Elmys: in lasse then ye wrete unto the seid M. Speke, he will
noon admytte. Moreover, your chauntry prest of Ermyngton is
admytted into the seid your chantre: y made his presentacion,
and my lorde is officers admitted him. And ye be the grettist
man with my lord, and in his consaite: because of your hors
geven and your attendauns unto him at London, that he may do and
al his men ye may have: his servantes reportith of you that ye
be the courtys knyght, that ever thei sawe, where of y am glad.
Also ye wrote a letter unto me that y schuld content M. Speke,
xx. li., wherof y have contented him on this quarter rent of
Cristismas xvj. li. iij. s. iiij. d., as y shal shew you at my
nexte comyng ever passed off my resaite, and as I bede Thomas
Mathu to infurme you. The remenaunt he shal have this quarter of
Ester rentes, and then he is content. And as to your tenaunts in
Cornwale, thei be as trew unto you as y can understond as any
tenauntes that ye have. And as to John Meger, he wille com and
speke with you at suche tyme as y come, and that shal be, by the
grace of God, before Wytsunday, and bringe his Obligacion. And
as to youre wode there, Thomas Haiward wolle geve you xx. li.,
save 
<P II,121> 
ye shal cope hit at youre cost: or els he to cope hit and to pay
you xvij. li. And no peny more wol he geve. Yet ye muste geve
him daies of payment, Mighelmas next comyng x. li., and the next
Mighelmas after the remenaunt. And yef hit leke you that he shal
have hit at this price, ye must wrete your letter to him, so
that he may fille hit before holy Rode day now comyng, or els he
can not fille hit alle this yere. And as for your whete there, y
have made Thomas Haiward to sille hit to your most advaile, of
which ye shal have enknowlich, when y come. Also your place at
Clist is in divers places owver heled: wher ye wol that y shalle
set workmen uppon hit or no, y wold have enknowlich. There after
your comaundement will y do. Richard Wideslade willith me to pay
him this quarter v. li, which he saith hit is youre covenaunt:
and he wolle deliver me your Obligacion of so moche mony: and he
desirith xij. s. iiij. d for his fee at Wulston: wher ye will y
shal pay him or no, y wold have enknowliche fro you, or els he
shal noon have. ij lettres have y wreten unto you synne the
first weke of Clene laynte: and yet had y never answer nor
letter fro you. For goddis sake remember ye to move my lord
Markas ffor this your mersshe, so that he may directe his letter
unto Thomas Hext or unto Speke, for he is my lord is Resever
late made by the deth of Geffrey Bedwelle. No more to you at
this tyme, but alle myghty God be ever youre gode spede. At
Exeter un the vij=e= day of April.
   your Servaunt Richard Germyn.
   To the right wurshipfull and Onerable Maister, Sir William
Stonore, knyghte, be this delivered. 

<Q STO 1481 RSALTER>
<A RICHARD SALTER>
<P II,121>
[} [\286. RICHARD SALTER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\11 April (1481)\] 
   Ryght worshypfull Syr, and my specyall good master, I
commaunde me to yow and where hyt ys so as I am enformyd +tat on
doctor Eggecombe, late resydencyare of Exeter, is decesyd, +te
whyche hadde a benefyce callyd Ermynton in Devonshyre of your
patronage, now beyng 
<P II,122> 
voyde, +te whyche I have harde reporte +ge entende to apropure
or to have lycence to make a chauntre or ij off, to +te whyche I
am enformyd +te bysshoppe woll in no wyse assent: wherfore yff
+ge kan notte opteyn your purpose, butte moste nedys gyff hytte,
yff hytte wold plese yow to have me rememburyd +terunto, I were
ever bounden to be your beddemann, and to pray for yow, as God
knowyth, who ever preserve yow, Amen. Wryton in hast +te xj day
of Aprile. I pray yow geve credens to +te berer heroff.
   Your one to hys power, Richard Salter, doctor.
   To the ryght worshypfull Syr William Stonor, knyght, +tis
byll be delyveryd. 

<Q STO 1481? WELMES>
<A WALTER ELMES>
<P II,122> 
[} [\287. WALTER ELMES TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\13 April (1481)\] 
   Aftyr all humble recommendacion. I certyfye yow +tat Wheteley
hath sheywyd to my lord of Gloucester and his Councell your
labor in serchyng dyvers townys. And they marveyle that ye have
sowth them ther, and say that yf ye wold ye kowde goo thydyr wer
they be and fett them. Yf ye have very and trewe word that they
be in Centwary, yf ye so certyfye I thinke ye shalbe excusyd.
And thus is a sure wey for all partys. As for the copye of the
byll, +tat is put ayenst yow, I send you the copye thereof. As
for youre mater of the grete summe, I pray yow to pondre in
youre owne mynde wich of the ij weyys ye lyke best and I shull
be glad to performe your entent. Wherefore I pray yow to wryte
me certeynly wych of thes ij weyys ye wull take, for in this
mater I wull nothyng take apon my sylfe, but wych ye wull have
done shall be done: and that I may have redy wrytyng fro yow at
furthyst by Sonday none, that I may make a ende on Monday, for
then my hors wulbe with me: my howswyffe thouthe never so long
after me, and 
<P II,123> 
lokyth her tyme every day: wherefore I wull no longer tary than
Monday. As for Bradbury wull delyver yow in on yere for all v
yeres in stuffe, yf ye nede, and I kan have no more money of
them till ther wrytyng be made uppe: and so I kan not pay Master
Powle. And yf ye wull that Bradbury have hit not, I pray yow
send all them iij a letter, howe ye fere to dele with them for
your jeoparde and theres for fere of +te kyng: wych shall be a
excuse for me also. They wull be loth to leve the money I fere
me, now they have yt. And yf ye dele not with them, ye must be
her in hast to be suerte with that othyr persones and discharge
thos othyrs or ye have +te money. I remytte all to your wysdome,
and +tat I may sone have word fro yow. John Cheynye is owt a
hawkyng, as sone as he comyth home I shall delyver yowr letter.
The Kyng purposyth to be at W[{ynd{]sore. In hast as I hope my
lady is in good hele, and all yours. No more to yow at this
tyme, but almyty Jesu presene [{yow{] . At London +t=e= xiij day
of Apryll in hast.
   Yours to my lytyll powere W. Elmes.
   I have delyvered my Lord Chaunceler the money: but I kanne
have no letter of hym. He is so bysye with the Kyng. He would
have sene my lorde prevy seale letter fayne afore.
   To my worshipffyll Master Sir W. Stonore, knyth for the Kyngs
body. 

<Q STO 1481? WELMES>
<A WALTER ELMES> 
<P II,123> 
[} [\288. WALTER ELMES TO (SIR WILLIAM STONOR)\] }] 
[\(16 April, 1481)\] 
   After all humble recommendacion &c. I have spokyn with John
Harecort, and he sweryth he wull do for yow, and purposyth to
sytt in the Ester wyke, but he wuld fayne have Stepenhyth
endityd: but +tat shuld not help your mayne. Sir W. Norreys wull
do for yow, and sey whatt he kanne. Ye must be here fore the
newe Reconisaunce. I wrote to yow +tat Bradbury wull delyvere
your gayne in stuffe and ware, 
<P II,124> 
but not in money. I purpose to be homwarde to morowe, yf I may,
and shall do and make all thynges suere as by woode advyse kan
be made or I goo. If ye have any certeynte of your men I wuld
advyse yow to come shewe hit, for my lord of Gloucester, my lord
Chamberleyne be gon, and now be her your frendys. No more to
yow, but Jhesu preserve yow. At London the morowe after Palme
Sonday. I purpose to come home bye Wynsore and fett your money.
   Your servaunt W. Elmes.
[\NO ENDORSEMENT.\] 

<Q STO 1481 RGERMYN>
<A RICHARD GERMYN> 
<P II,124> 
[} [\289. RICHARD GERMYN TO DAME AGNES STONOR\] }] 
[\1 May (1481)\] 
   Right Worshipfull and Reverent Madam, I commaund me unto you
with alle suche servyse as y can or may. Hit is so that oon of
youre poremen is decessed, whiche is Pryns. And ye remember ye
graunted syr John Yotte the next avoidens at your departing. He
praiyth you to remember hym, that he might have these hous,
which was Pryns is hous, as ever he may hereafter do at your
comaundment or desire, as ye knew right well he hath doon for
you herebefore. And now his trust is to be remembred at this
tyme according to your promyse at hit [\SIC\] last speking with
you. And also my Maister, your husbond that was, granted oon to
the Sudden, and another the Old Reynold, which have called upon
me to [{be{] admytted in to this said hous: and y have aunswerd
them alle that y wolle admitte noon in to the tyme that my
Maister and ye send me youre comaundment wham I shalle admitte
in. Hit is youres, ye may geve it to wham hit pleasith you.
Moreover, I hertly pray you, as ever y shal ow you my servyse,
to remember my letter which y wrote unto you by Jakys, which oon
mater was your
<P II,125> 
corne, and the other mater was that my Maister and ye shuld send
a man to reseve this Ester Rent of your londes of your Almeshous
for the payment of youre poremen and priest, and the geding
therof. For I may no longer ocupy hit, nor noght wolle. I must
attend my own besenesse, as I wrote unto youre ladiship: he that
was my man is fro me, and by any thinge that y know y am xx=ti=
li. the worse for him. For which cause y pray you remember ye my
lost, and not to awe me your hevy ladiship, as my trust is y
have not deserved. And y shal induce him that shal ocupy the
rule and gedinge of your almshous so that he shal gede hit beter
than ever y ded. And let him com a down so that he may be at
Exeter iiij wekes uppon this Ester: and to gether uppe the rent
to this hous belonging. And y shal shew hym alle youre londes,
so that ye shal know your londes fro myn, by the grace of Jhesu:
and preserve me seilf a tru man for alle the report that is made
of me unto my Maister, to wham y pray you to comaund me. And of
this my letter and of your welfare y wold desire to have sume
knowlich: and how ye do in your fesik. And yef ther be any
servyse that ye wolle comaund me to do here in your absens or
els where, ye shal alway fynde me a redy to do your comaundment,
as wel as though y didde ocupy this office under you. Remember
ye wel, ye must hastly to admitte a poreman in Pryns is hous
withoute any delay, wham hit pleasith you: and to assigne him
that shall be Resever to pay this next payment, which wol be
within this iij wekes: for y wol pay no mo paymentes after
these, which is the day of my letter wretinge, the ffurst day of
May. And y wold that hit plesed my Maister and you to let Thomas
Mathu be Resever of the Almeshous. And Jhesu have you in his
keping and send you as gode hele as y wold have my seilf.
   Your man Ric. Ger[{myn{] .
   To my lady Stonor in hast be this delivered. 

<Q STO 1481 TMOLEYNS>
<A THOMAS MOLEYNS> 
<P II,126> 
[} [\291. THOMAS MOLEYNS TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 20 June, 1481)\] 
   Right worshipfull Master, I recommaund me unto your
mastership: please it you to understond that now in the
begynnyng of this terme one John Hyll, Squyer, suyth a (\Quare
impedit\) ayenst you in Devonshire, supposyng by his writ that
ye desturbe and let hym to present his clerke to the free
Chauntry of Ermyngton, which longyth to his presentacion, as he
supposith by hys wryt: I know nether your title nether his, I
pray you to send me a bill of the mater of your title therto, if
ye have title, that your counseill may know it, or nede be to
plede. I shall do alle that lith in me to do for your
mastership, by the 
<P II,127> 
grace of God, who gyf your mastership as well to fare as your
hert can thynke, Amen. By your servaunt to my symple power 
   Th. Moleyns.
   Wretyn at London on Wednesday next before Midsomerday.
   To my right worshipfull master, Sir William Stonore, knyghte.

<Q STO 1481? JYAXLEE>
<A JOHN YAXLEE> 
<P II,127> 
[} [\292. JOHN YAXLEE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 8 July, 1481)\] 
   Ryght reverent and worshipfull Sere, I recomaund me to +gou
&c. Sere, my Mastres Harlston recomaundyth here to +gou: and I
am sure she wilbe glad iff I tell here of +gour prosperous
welfare, whan I come home: for in good feyth, sere, she was
verry ffull off thought and ferd lest +ge had ben sore seke or
gretly diseasid, be cause she cowd not here from +gour good
Mastership many a day. Wherfor she desired me feythfully +tat I
shuld inquere of your welfare, of +te whech I have herd at
London +te certente, thankyd be Jhesu, ho have +gour seid
worshipful mastership in kepyng. Wreten at London, +te mornyne
next after Seint Thomas Day with +te rude hand of +gour
fey+tefull servaunt, hos name is John Yaxlee.
   To my ryght reveren[{t and{] worshipful master Sere Willm.
Stoner, in hast delyvered. 

<Q STO 1481 WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR> 
<P II,131> 
[} [\296. SIR WILLIAM STONOR TO HARRY DOGETT\] }] 
[\23 Dec. 1481\] 
   My old frynd, I recommaund me unto you. Syr, I have resseyvyd
a bylle fro my cosyn Elmes, wyche cam fro you, so my seyd cosyn
seth, he vyll sele to the doctor, and wyllyth me to make yov a
suffycient varant for the x. li. Syr, by this bylle, vryt with
my own hand on Crist[{mas{] Eve ys Eve (\Anno regni regis\) E.
iiij=ti= xxj=o=, I vylle at the nexte reseyte by my cosyn Elmes
ye be content, and this wryt with my ovne hand shalbe his
sufficient dyscharge, he so contenteyng yov the sume of x. li.
My trust ys I shalle have thys cope ayen thys tyde. Jhesu
preserve yov your lond [\?\] at Stonore.
   Will=m= Stonore K. 
   To my trusty frynd Harry Dog[{ett{] in hast.

<Q STO 1481 JSHYNNER>
<A JOHN SHYNNER> 
<P II,133> 
[} [\299. JOHN SHYNNER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(c. 1481)\] 
   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 +tat syr Wylyam Sandys ys
gretely dysplesyd with me, and Jaye do lesayd maner also, as for
a grehowde +tat I scholde send onto yowr maysterchep as they
say: +te weche I know not what coler +tis grehowd ys, noder no
seche I send to yow, neyder was consente +ter 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 ry+gth worchepfull and reverynd Mayster Syr Wiliam
Stonor, yn hast.

<Q STO 1481? JSHYNNER>
<A JOHN SHYNNER> 
<P II,134> 
[} [\300. JOHN SHYNNER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1481)\] 
   Ry+gth reverent and worcheppell Mayster, I recommende me on
to yowr Maysterchepp allso hertely as I can and may: prayeng
yowr Maysterchepp to gete me a subpena for John Rowse, apon +tat
he was ynfefyet yn treste to follfyll my fader ys wyll, and John
Leghe and Water Torryng, +te weche John Leghe and Water Torryng
be +te partyd of +tis worll, and so John Rowse is alyve, and y
deser he scholde folfyll my fader ys wyll. And yn +te reverans
of God laboryd ye to be scherve: for hyt ys a presentabell
offise, +te worcheppefollyst yn +te scher have ben schervys and
yet theye hope to be: and Wylyam Fowell sayde to me +tat Syr
Thomas Selynger hopyt to be scherve +tis yer: and Wylyam Fowell
sayd hyt wer all so convenyant and presentabell to yow as to
hym, and sayd hyt well be worth to yow a C. nobelys abow all
costys and awayll mene hoder man onder yow: and yef ye be
scherve I beseche yow that John Tollocke may be creyer of +te
schere, and he shall plese yow also largely as heny hoder
schall, +te weche John Tollocke ys my soster sone. And I have
send on to yowr Maysterchepp for my wrethe of subpena by the
berer of thys byll ij. (^s.^) vj. d. And yet 
<P II,135> 
yn +te reverens of God remembret yowr sylve to labor to be
scherve: for hyt well gete yow a quayntens, and hyt ys beter to
goveryn then to be goveryed. No mor on to yowr Maysterchepp at
+tis tyme, but Jhesu preserve yow ever. Amen. I-wrethen at
Modbere on Synt Luke ys yeve.
   By your aune Syr John Schynner, parson of Penyton.
   To my Rygth reverend Mayster and pattron, Syr Wiliam Stonor,
knygh. 

<Q STO 1481? JSHYNNER>
<A JOHN SHYNNER> 
<P II,135> 
[} [\301. JOHN SHYNNER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1481)\] 
   Ry+gth reveryend Mayster, I recummende me to yowr Maysterchep
&c. I have ben with my Maysteres, yowr Moder, and ther I schall
never come mor by +te grace of God, for I was falsse varlet,
theffe, and her traytour, and God yove me grace +tat I never
methe with her more, ffor I have the namys of yowr bredren and
sosteren. As ffor her armys I have hyt not, bot +te lord Mese
woll bryng ham to yow &c. Also, rememberyt to wrythe to Mayster
Wageth as for Flethe and Forde to be Tedyngman and sewtey to
yowr cerche of Ermeton. Also, I wolde ye wolde to sewe to be
scherve of owr scher, for me semyt hyt wolde be presentabell and
to gethe a quayntans, love, and drede withyn +tis scher, and
rememberyt how mene worchepfull men have be schervys of +tat
scher, bothe of yowr contre and of +tis. And yef yowr
Maysterchep have hyt I wolde beseche yow to have a offyce as for
a kynnysman of myne to be cryer of +te scher &c.
   By your aune Syr John Shynner.
   To my ry+gth reveryend and specyall mayster, Syr Wiliam
Stonor, kny+gth, yn haste. 

<Q STO 1481? PCAVERSHAM>
<A PETER CAVERSHAM> 
<P II,136> 
[} [\302. PETER CAVERSHAM, ABBOT OF NUTLEY, TO SIR WILLIAM
STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 1480-81)\] 
   Worsypull Syr, y recomend me unto yowe, and y pray yowe y
my+gt byn recomendyd to my lady yowr wyfe as a contreyman nowe
of hurs nat to her kowyng, but with +te grace of God and yowr
gentylnes y schall byn &c. As to +te intent of +tis byll, +tis
hyt ys: ther one Paddenall of Crendon, whom +ge kowe well and
longyng unto +gowe, and trobull me sore in my myndys of many
dyverse matres, +te wych ar so long to writ unto yow and then
hit wulde wery a man or he had don, and in specyall such a
sympull writer as y am &c: prayng yowe, as my synguler trust is
in yowe, and in tyme schert I schull reward yowe, +tat such
commynantes as y made with yowe of +te ferme of Crendon my+gt
byn performyd: for +tis sympull man, +te wych y release hit to,
whom +ge had promysyd me fryst, at yowr request, bydyth by no
promysse +tat he made to us, but trobull me: prayng of your
gentyllnes to take none displesur thoy y trobull hym acordyng to
+te lawe; for, saffe yowr reverans, he ys untrewe, for he
sclaunders me +tat Thomas Salman schuld seye +tat y had more
stondyd out j acre of +te kynges ground, the wych +te other
never seyd nother never cowde make profe +terof: y wuld naut he
my+gt for an hondur pond: +tis my+gt every worsypull man byn
sclaunder: as my trust, send me word howe +tat +ge wyll deale on
+tis mater, for in gode soth saffe for yower sake he schuld
havyn kowyng +terof ar +tis: as +ge thynke hit is gode to yowe
remember me, and I schall yowe, as my most trust. At Nott. by
Syr Peter abbot of +te same.
   Unto my most gode specyall frend, Syr William Stonor, in
hast. 

<Q STO 1482? TBANKE>
<A THOMAS BANKE> 
<P II,137> 
[} [\303. THOMAS BANKE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\16 January (1482)\] 
   Pleasyd +gour maistyrshyp to understond +tat I hayff beyn
with doctour Sutton, our commyssare, and I dyd shew to hym howe
+goure maistyrshyp boy+th was and ys dysposyd to +te universite,
as in fyndyng and relevyng off divers scolars to +te same and
also by relevyng off many o+ter suche as cummys to +gour
maistyrshyp at divers tymes in +te +gere, lyke as Mr. Eadmunde,
Mr. Flynte, Mr. Kyckall, and I with o+ter moye dyd layte; off
whome I desyryd +te commyssare to inquire +gour worshypfull and
gentyll behave+gour to tham and to iche on off tham, because I
wolde he sulde gyff more credens to myn informacyon. Also, syr,
I was with my lord Edwarde and maistyr Stanley, and informyd
tham in lyke wyse, and dyd shew boyth to my lorde Edwarde, to
maistyr Stanley, and to maistyr commyssare, +te delyng and +te
behave+gour off certan 
<P II,138> 
scolars a+ganes +gour maistyrshyp and +gour servands, specyaly
when +tai cume to +te universite for suche necessytes as +ge
hayff to doo +ter: and +ten my lord Edwarde and Mr. Stanley
desyryd +te commyssare at +ter instanse to see an remedy, suche
as +gour servandes myght boyth cume and goo to or from +te
universite in sayffe garde off +ter bodes: and +te commyssare
seyd he wolde doo as myche as he myght by +te vertu off hys
offece to provyde an remedy: nott withstondyng all thys, me
semys +te moste suerte ys +gour awn wey to send for tham by
privey selys. Cadwey ys benefysyd in Oxfurte: he may nott flee.
Syr, I sayd to +te comyssare +tat +ge wold send for tham by
privey seles, bod yff +te universite dyd see an remedy: and +te
commyssare sayd, yff +ge dyd so he culd nott blame +ge, in so
myche as +tei wylnot be reulyd. No more, save I besyche Jhesu
preseryff +go and +gores evermore, Amen. Frome Oxfurth +te xvj
day off Januer.
   +gour servand and bedman Thomas Banke.
   Syr, Maistyr Stanley, eftyr all +te comunycacyon before
rehersyd, dyd send for Cadwey to cume to hym: for Cadwey is
grete with hym: and +ter maystyr Stanley declaryd howe ney off
kyn my laydy +gour wyff and he stande, and desyryd hym as he
wolde hayffe hys gude Maistyrshyp to owe hys luffe and favour to
+gour servandes in Oxfurth or owte off Oxfurth wharsoever +tei
dyd mete: for Maistyr Stanley sayd +tat he moste nedes take
+gour parte in all ryght: and so sayd my lorde Edwarde also,
when we dyd comon firste off +te mater: and so Cadwey hays
promysyd to Maistyr Stanley +tat he wyll ne+ter doo ne sey
a+ganes +gour servandes, bod ra+ter to helpe to convey tham yff
anyman wolde doo or sey a+ganes tham: bod +tis ys no suerte to
+gour servandes for o+ter off hys cuntremen. Warfor, me semes
+gour awn wey ys beste, to send for tham, or to cause +te kyng
to wryte to +te universite for an remedy as +ge thynke beste &c.
   To hys worshypfull Maistyr Syr Wylliam Stonor, knyght, be
+tis delyveryd. 

<Q STO 1482 HMAKNEY>
<A HENRY MAKNEY> 
<P II,138> 
[} [\304. HENRY MAKNEY TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(? 29 Jan. 1482)\] 
<P II,139> 
   My ryghte worshipful Maistire, y recomand me to youe &c. Syr,
the prioure of Frideswide of Oxford is collector of the dymys,
he hathe sen to Pirton and hathe suspendide +te cherche for the
dymys, and also he suspendide olde Bayly, whiche hath parcelle
of +te tythis in Pirton undire youe. Wherfor ye moste se a
remedy that +te parishens may be servyde and the dymys payde. Y
hire +tat the dymys ben more +ten xl. s., whiche is unpayd. Also
here is on Willm. Clerke of Nustelynge, whiche is grevously
vexide and trowblide by Thomas Hardgrave for suche servise as he
dide to Edmunde Ramsey in youre behalfe, wen +te furste
possession was take +ter; and also when ye were +ter ye made
hyme brynge the tenantis to Rumsey to speke with youe; for
whiche causis he dare not abide in his house for drede of
arestinge by write or for suerte of the pease: wherfore the seid
Clerke besechithe your gode Maistershippe to lete make a cerche
if +ter be any accion conceveide ayenste hyme by Hardgrave, and
+tat he my+gte have a (\supersedeas\) fro the Chancery, whiche
shulde cause odire men to be glade to do youe servise in +tat
contre, if ye kepe this man harmeles &c. Item youre husbondrie
is note welle gydide: ye have iiij or v hynys and but on plowe
goynge, where as +ge my+gte have ij plows. Y have spoke to +te
bayly to have fewere servantes or a nodire plowe goynge: but he
wulde note be rewlide by me, but take his owne wey, whiche
wulnote be moste for your profite, as y trowe. Item your
childern be note at Oxford by cause of horse, money and men: for
your servantes dare note come in Oxford. At Stonore, the Tuysday
nexte afore Candelmasday,
   Your servant H. Makney.
   To my Ryghte reverente Maister, Syr Willm. Stonor. 

<Q STO 1482? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE>
<P II,141> 
[} [\309. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1482)\] 
   In as humble wise as y can y recommaunde me to yowr good
mastership, as he that thenkys a long seson sens y saw your
mastership: I ensure [\?\] the same: y am as glad for the good
spede of my lady and 
<P II,142> 
that she is with chylld, as y am of any woman levyng. Wold God
it wold plese you to com to your Horton when terme is don: y
will geve yow attendance: ther is ther an punchon or tweyn of
wyne abydyng your mastership: y hope suche as woll plese yow.
Syr, y am desyrid to write to your mastership for your old
servant and my felow, James Boteller, that it wold lyke yow to
put suche attemtes and maters as is ayenst hym, and som
direccion so that he by the mene of yowr mastership may leve in
quiete and rest: and y am sure he woll do you service to the
uttermost of his power to put his pore lif in juperde. Syr, y am
sory to encumbre your good mastership with this simple mater,
but at lest ye may do a speciall dede of almes and deserve thank
of almyghty God, who ever preserve yow and all youres for my
synguler comfort. Writen at London this Saterday in the morning
with the hand of your servant
   Ric. Page.
   As for news y have told this berrer to enforme yow. I fere me
he cannot well shew them to your mastership.
   To my master, Syr Willm. Stonor, knight for the Kynges body
be this delivered. 

<Q STO 1482? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE> 
<P II,142> 
[} [\310. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1482)\] 
   Plese it your mastership, y have resseyvyd your letter in
whiche ye commaunde me to speke to my lord prince councell
touchyng bran at [\?\] 
<P II,143> 
mater. Syr, me semys, savyng your correccion, it were not best
to do so, for y suppose they know nothing of it, and me semys it
were folie to shew the mater to thaym and to let thaym have
understondyng theroff. Also trew it is my lord prince hath a
writ of ravyshment of his ward Barantyne ayenst you and my lady
Botiller. I have spoken with my lord prince Attornay and shewid
hym the mater: so uppon de[{w{] [\?\] prove made of myne
informacion, whyche is that he was maried in his fadris life as
your mastership wrote on to me, the mater shall and must take a
good end. And so it is respited tyl the next terme ye com yor
self. Syr, as for the xij=c= li., whiche Bettson awis you, if he
be disposid to content you, and welnot dele with your stok, me
semys it makys litell force so he woll make you paiement in
monay. For y wold not ye were incombrid with waris, at wollnot
be your profitt, so it semys me. I remitt this to your
mastership. I pray Jhesu save my lady is fare bely. I pray God
send hir good tyme and good deliveraunce. Plese it your
mastership this rude byll may recommaunde me to hir good
ladyship. And this I make and send at this seson. I pray god
send you your hartes desire. Writen with the fest at London this
thursday +tat of
   Your Page.
   This byll be delivered to Master Syr Willm. Stonor, knygth to
the Kinges body. 

<Q STO 1482 TMOLEYNS>
<A THOMAS MOLEYNS> 
<P II,143> 
[} [\311. T. MOLEYNS TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1482)\] 
   Right worshipful Master, I Recommaund me unto your
Mastership, letyng your mastershipe understond that Page and I
have spoken with my lord Prynce Counsell for the accion ageyn
you and my lady Barantyne; and that mater shall be contynued til
the next terme, upon communycacion betwen them and you and your
Counsell. I know no mo materes ageyn you. Your man tellyd me
that ye were in doute of a nother sute in my lord Prynce is
name. I have serched therfor, but certeynly ther 
<P II,144> 
is noon. I have resceyvyd v.s. by your servaunt. And Jhesu
preserve you. Amen. Wrytyn in hast. By your servaunt T. Moleyns.

<Q STO 1482? SSTALLWORTH>
<A SIMON STALLWORTH> 
<P II,144> 
[} [\312. SIMON STALLWORTH TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\1 May (1482 ?)\] 
   Worchypfull Syr, with dewe recomendacions and acordyng I
recommend me unto you, prayng you to have me excusyd of my
commyng: for withowt dowt I hadde purposyd to have bene with you
+tis nyght. A kynsman of myne and felowe of Mertyne college, I
trust to God schall be +te proctor, and hathe send for me in
suche wysse as withowte I be with hym +tis night he is lykley to
be distrenyd, suche labor ther is ageyne hym: I trust he shall
do you servyce herafter. Syr, also accordyng to your plesur I
send for Wiliam Walche to +te intent to have dronkyn wyth hym,
and he wass not in Thame. My lord send me wrytyng +tat he hadde
abyld Christofore Holand in +tat rowmythe by +te labor of you, I
am content, and ye for to have +te delyng betwyx W. Walche and
hym. Notwithstandyng my lorde send me word +tat he hadde takyne
hym a byll of his awne hand. I askyd Christofor, but I cowthe
nott se it. Syr, my lord wyld +tat Christofor shold answer hym
at thys tyme for hys payment, and +tat mony +tat W. Walche hathe
receyvyd Christofor to have it. As for +te rentalls and o+ter
evydence hadde by Wylyam Walche, +ge kanne have +te delyveraunce
of +tem to Christofore: for my lord profytt better +ten I wer
with you: and in +te balywyke of Dorchester my lord send me word
+tat +ge hade spok to hym +ter for, and he wyll contynue it to
he, +ge and I spek to gydyr +ter inne: I trust +ge schalbe
plesyde. And wher ye wyld me to be frend to Christofore Holand,
I schalbe redy to fullfyll +tat commaundement. Syr, also I
undyrstand +tat my lord wyld +tat a copy of +te vicaries land in
Dorchester schold be hadde to +te beholve of Rychard Idley, and
+te 
<P II,145> 
fyne reservyde to you and me: so I have wrytyng: it wer ryght
wel done an end to be hadd in +tis mater: it is lytyll valewe
and mykyll mony spend +terinne. I schal schewe +te presedent of
iij. li. vj. s. viij. d. fyne in +te same land. On Thorsday I
most be at Thame Abby, and so depart to Bukden: yf ye schall
please any thyng +tat I may do by +tat tyme or after I schalbe
redy. I beseke ye also +tat I may have your mynd and speke with
Christofore Holand and [\SIC\] Thame on Thorsday: for +ten I
must send to my lord of theys thynges and other, howe +tat I doo
in thys countre and in theys maters. I ame ryght sory +tat I may
not speke with you or ye departe: but I trust to Jhesu to avate
on you at Nottyngham with my servyce: who ever have you in hys
blyssyd kepeng. At Dorchester in gret hast +te fyrst day of May
by +te hand of youre servant
   Simon Stallworthe.
   To the Ryght worchypfull and my god maister Syr Wylyam
Stonore, knyght for +te body, be thys delyverde in godly haste
&c. 

<Q STO 1482 HUNTON>
<A HUGH UNTON> 
<P II,145> 
[} [\313. HUGH UNTON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(11 May, 1482)\] 
<P II,146> 
   Right worshipfull Maister, I recommaunde me unto you. Syr, as
for yowr gret mater afore my lord Bryan the waraunt is in; I
have geten hit in. Syr, Worthe is here nowe and the Justices
have graunt him his reddicion; bot your counsell sayen hit is no
gret hurt for you, for and he enter by his awne auctorite ye may
put him owte and take ye the profetes of the land. And gif he
enter by auctorite of the Sheref by a writ, is called (\habere
facias sesinam\) , ye most suffer the Sherefs Officers to enter
by vertu of the writ or waraunt, and as sone as thai ben gone
enter ye ageyn and take the profetez. Syr, as for all your other
accions I shall take as gud hede +terto as I can for every
ayeynest the terme And sum fals pacche will be don, the which
shal not be to my power, with goddes grace. Syr, ther is an
accion nowe newe taken ayeynest you in Hampshire at the sute of
on Agnes Foster, wydowe; but is trespas. Syr, as for wyne I have
sent you by John Somer, to be deliveret to John Baker a Henley,
ij hogges hedes of Claret wyne, a hogges hed of red wyne, a
hogges hede of white wyne. And as for spices I spake to Maister
Russh; hee [\SIC\] thai loke for a gale comys nowe in, as he
sais and then he will by be gret, and then ye shall have with
him as moche as ye will: bot he will lay down now no money for
noon. And as for candell, we can have non such as ye send fore,
as Taylboys can tell your Maistership. And as for fyssh, I can
none by withoute money. And rysshes and sope I have send you by
John Somers barge, the which wilbe at Henley opon Sonday or
Monday at the forthest. Syr, this day messyngers go into every
shire with commissions and writtes of proclamacions, that every
man that hase endented to go with the Kyng to be redy with in
xiiij dayes. Syr, the Kyng departes northewardes opon Twesday in
Whitsonday weke. And therefore Maister Russh counseles you in
any wise ye to be here Monday all day to labour to my lord
Markas as for your mater anendes the Qwene and divers other
causes, the which he will enfourme you of at your comyng. And 
<P II,147> 
allmighty Jhesu have you in kepyng. Writen this Saterday. And as
for the joyner your werk wilnot be redy bot ayeynest midsomer.
   Your owne servaunt H. Unton.
   To my worshipful Maister Syr William Stonor, knyght for +te
body. 

<Q STO 1482 WSTONOR>
<A WILLIAM STONOR> 
<P II,148> 
[} [\315. SIR WILLIAM STONOR TO JOHN ABREY\] }] 
[\23 May, 1482\] 
   Abrey, I pray yov se the demys content; also Belle of
Schyrburne hath byn with me, and Jon Baker: so I hollde me
content to reseyve ix markes of Baker for Belle for the tyth of
soche as he nov oft to pay. At Stonore, the Thursday nexte a
fore Whytsunday, A=no= xxij=o=.
   Wyllm. Stonore, K. 

<Q STO 1482? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE>
<P II,152> 
[} [\321. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\23 August (1482)\] 
   I recommaunde me to your mastership in my best maner:
besekyng of the same I may be recommaundid to my lady, your wif,
as he that is very glad of her good spede: I pray Jhesu save
hir, and send hir good lif and long. Plese it yow to understond
that Frere Hugh, chaunter prest of Horton, woll no longe occupie
the Chaunterie ther: wherfor, syr, like it your mastership to
write unto the master of Cobham, whos name is Doctor Underwode,
to put in to the same Chaunterie Syr Robert Tybe, whiche is an
honest prest and good, and a clene levyng man: y ensure yow he
wolbe a sure bedeman to yowr mastership, and do yow as good
service as woll any prest in Kent to his power. As for newes,
the brynger can informe your mastership, to whom like it you to
geve credens. I pray God save you and all yours. Writen at
London on seint Bartholomew ys yeve with the hond of your
servant.
   Ric. Page.
   To my master, Syr willm. Stonor, knyght for the Kynges body,
be thys delivered. 

<Q STO 1482? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE> 
<P II,152> 
[} [\322. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\(1482)\] 
   In as humble wise as y can I recommaunde me to your good
mastership. Syr, y have spoken with Master Lewes: I can not
desire hym to be more courtais ne more gentyll towardes your
mastership then he is 
<P II,153> 
in every behalve. Wherfor your mastership must remembre the
favourable delyng and alliance bytwene yow: he woll not in no
maner wise lese your favour, for he thenkygh it to hym right a
singuler tresor: and also y am right well assurid your
mastership woll not hurt hym, ne lese his ffavour: hit were not
to doo, savyng yourself and your dewte, whiche he is, and I dar
say wolbe, as glad to perform [{every{]ythyng accord[{yng to{]
your [{p{]lesyr and reson, as [{any{] gentilman in Kent, or any
other man levyng. I[{ ... n{]o man speke better of your
mastership then he spekys, and that in every point. [{Y write{]
under correccion of your mastership, yet this [{must{] be
consideryd in a ... [{gen{]tilman, and that your mastership
myght, if it [{plese y{]ow, dele more favourably [{with{] hym
for this maner of is delyng to come ... in displesyr, which God
defe[{nd. And Syr{] , this me semys it wer well don ... [{I
have{] spake with John Ford to be your fermor at Horton, y have
confortyd hym ther[{in{] , and he is for yow. I pray God save
you, and my lady, and my yonge master your son for my grete
comfort. Writen at your Horton this . . . with the hand of your
servaunt.
   Ric. Page.
   To my good master, Syr Willm. Stonor, knyght for the Kynges
body. 

<Q STO 1483? RPAGE>
<A RICHARD PAGE> 
<P II,157> 
[} [\327. RICHARD PAGE TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\12 March (1483)\] 
   I recommaunde to your maystership. Syr, as this day I have
ress. your letter by my fellow Tailbois, M=r=. Lewes beyng with
me at diner in my pore hous: I understand well theffecte of your
writyng. Syr, if it like your mastership to call to remembraunce
he ys your feffe of the same land, by force wherof he may
justefie the takyng away of the cornys, and if he be lettyd he
may take an accion ayenst thaym that let hit, notwithstandyng
men woll indevor thaym to do you service and plesyr as fer as
they may. Also he may have a (\replegiar\) , and so have
deliveraunce: ther can no man say nay, but if he do contrarie
the law. Syr, if it plese your mastership, he woll be bounde to
abide the rule of your counsell, suche as he hath writen to your
mastership off. And under correccion, me semys, it wer better to
take that way, the premisses wele-considerid, than otherwise.
Like it yow to yeve credens to the berer, to whom I have shewd
my conseit in this mater. From your Horton, on seint Gregori is
day, with the hond off
   Your servaunt Ric. Page.
   To my master Sir William Stonor, knyght. . . .

<Q STO 1483 EPLUMPTON>
<A EDWARD PLUMPTON> 
<P II,159> 
[} [\329. EDWARD PLOMPTON TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\23 May 1483\] 
   Right honorable and synguler good maister, the most humble
and due recommendacion had: pleaseth your maistershipp to
remembre your graunt by my lord of Saint Johns of your ferme of
Warpisgrowe, like as apperith by your byll by my said lord
asseignet: now is tyme for your maistershipp to mowe your said
graunt. I wold advyse you incontynent to send to Th. Dawy,
steward of Saint Johns at London, and sone uppon to entre in to
the said ferme, observyng your said graunt accordyng to the
lawe: and my servyce ever at your commaundement, as knawith
Jhesu, who your good maistershipp preserve. Writtyn in hast at
Wycomb the xxiij day of May, 1483.
   Your servant Ed. Plompton
   Secretary to my lord of Saint John.
   To the right honorable and my synguler Maister, Sir Willm.
Stoner knyght. 

<Q STO 1483 SSTALLWORTH>
<A SIMON STALLWORTH> 
<P II,159> 
[} [\330. SIMON STALLWORTH TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\9 June 1483\] 
   Master Stoner, after dew recommendacons, I recommend me to
youe. As for tydyngs seyns I wrote to yove we her noun newe. +te
Quene kepys stylle Westm., my lord of +Gorke, my lord of
Salysbury with othyr mo wyche wyll nott departe as +gytt. Wher
so evyr kanne be founde any godyse of my lorde Markues it is
+tayne. +Te Priore of 
<P II,160> 
Westm. wasse and +gytt is in a gret trobyll for certeyne godys
delyverd to hyme by my lord Markques. My lord Protector, my lord
of Bukyngham with all othyr lordys, as well temporale as
spirituale, were at Westm. in +te councel chambre from x to ij,
butt +ter wass none +tat spake with +te Qwene. +Ter is gret
besyness ageyns +te coronacion, wyche schalbe +tis day fortnyght
as we say. When I trust +ge wylbe at London, and +ten schall +ge
knove all +te world. +Te Kyng is at +te towre. My lady of
Glocestre come to London on thorsday last. Also my lord
commendys hyme to yove, and gave me in commaundement to wryte to
you, and prayes you to be god Master to Edward Jhonson of Thame.
He wass with my lord, and sued to be made a denyson for fer of
+te payment of +tis subsedy: and my lord send to Jeves +te
clerke of +te corone and sawe +te commissione and schewyde to
hyme +tat he schold pay butt vj s. viij d. for hymeself: and so
wer he better to do +ten to be mayde denyson, wyche wold coste
hym +te thyrd parte of his goods. And as for suche as have
trobyld with in +te lordchype of Thame my lord wylbe advysyd by
you at your commyng for +te reformacion, yf +ge take note or +ge
come: for he thynkes +tat +tei schalbe punyshed in examplee of
othyr. And Jhesu preserve yove. In haste from London by +te
handys of your servande, +te ix day of June.
   Simon Stallworthe.
   To the ryht honorabille Sir William Stoner, knyghte. 

<Q STO 1483 FLOVELL>
<A FRANCIS LOVELL> 
<P II,162> 
[} [\333. FRANCIS, VISCOUNT LOVELL TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR\] }] 
[\11 October, 1483\] 
<P II,163> 
   Cosyn Stoner, y commawnde me to youe as hartely as y cane:
for as myche as hit plesyth +te Kynges grace to have warnyd youe
and all other to attende upon his grace, and your compeny +tat
ye wolde come in my conysans and my compeny to come with you:
and I ame sewre +tat schall plese his grace beste, and cawse me
to thynke +tat ye lofe my honor, and y trust schalbe to your
sewrte. Y pray youe remembyr this, as y schall remembyr youe in
tyme to come, by +te grace of Jhesu, who ever preserve youe.
Wreten at Lyncolne +te xj day of Octobyr.
   Your hertely lovyng 
   Cosyn ffraunceys Lovell.
   Also Cosyn, +te kyng hath commawndyd me to sende youe worde
to make youe redy, and all your compeny, in all hast to be with
his grace at Leyceter +te Monday +te xx day of Octobyr: for I
have sent for all my men to mete me at Bannebery, +te Soterday
+te xviij day of Octobyr.
   To my Cosyn [{Syr{] William Stoner.

<S SAMPLE 2>
<Q STO 1429? T1STONOR>
<A THOMAS STONOR1>
<P III,4> 
[} [\341. THOMAS STONOR TO JOHN WARFIELD.\] }] 
[\(1429 ?)\] 
   Warfeld, I gr[{ete{] +gow well, doyng +gow to wyte that the
borwis of Will. Spileman and Thomas Spileman have be wyth me
sith that I spoke wyth +gow laste, and desiryd that I schulde
putte hem to sum yssu how they my+gth trye hem silf fre or
bounde; and I answeryd hem that ther ys a comyn lawe to all the
Kyngys legee pepil, the whiche ys opyn to all men that wull sue
hyt, the whiche in myne part I most nedis abyde: and I askyd the
Borwys hyf they woulde sue for hem, and they borwis seyde nay,
but that they prayd me that they my+gth brynge in to me the
tweyne brotherin and her goodes and to be dischargyd of her
bonds: and so on Wednysday next comyng they borwys wull be wyth
me to bryngge the Spilemannys and her goodys to me, hopyng to be
dischargyd of her bondys: And as hyt is do me to undirstonde
that Will. Spileman seyth that thow I have all hys goodys and
prisone hys body he wull nevyr knowleche hym bounde to deye
therefore: and how I shall governe me in this mater I pray +gow
to sende to me a scrowe. Also as towchyng the person of
Dudecote, he was wyth me, and as whanne I speke wyth hym last at
Hampden he 
<P III,5> 
seyde he wuld paye to me the money the whiche I wroot to hym
for, so that I wulde suffre hym to have a preste to serve hys
chirche and he to dwell wyth me and wheere I wulde suffre hym:
but I grauntyd hym nat hys askyn, but +gyt netherles to put all
thyng in reste and for cause he hath cristenyd a child of myne,
and I hold it best to suffre hym a whyle to be absent, and I
pray +gow, he is now at London, enqueryth how he governyth hym
there, and sendyth me wurde. Also as towchyng to a Charyngworthe
I pray +gow to ende hyt or +ge come thenys, and lat hym be
bounde or ell he wull nat abyde the ende. Also for[{+g{]ytyth
nat ffortescew as for the wode at Erm. And I pray +gow to se
redyly the (\diem claus. extremum\) of the lord Seynt John. Also
I pray +gow to take the money of Clopton, and brynge hyt wyth
+gow. Also speke +ge to my Maister whanne Cricklade and W .. te
meete to gedere for myn brotherys wille.
   Thomas St. [^LATIN MEMORANDUM OMITTED^] 

<Q STO 1471 EDWARD4>
<A PRIVY SEAL> 
<P III,10> 
[} [\347. LETTER OF PRIVY SEAL TO HUMPHREY FORSTER AND OTHERS.\]
}] 
[\16 April 1471\] 
By +t=e= Kyng. 
   Trusty and webelovid we grete you wel, latyng you wete +tat
in our Batel late had, whereof God of his grete grace hathe
yeven us vyctory, owre Rebelles and traytours, +t=e= Duke of
Excetr., +t=e= marquis Montagu, +t=e= Erles of Warwyk and
Oxinford with other ben slayne, and +t=e= remenaunt put to
flyght, for +t=e= whiche we and alle oure trew Subgettes owe to
yeve laude and thonke to God of whom alle grace cometh: Wherfor
we desire and pray you as oure trew Subgettes to thanke hym
+terof, willyng also alle other to yeve unto hym lawdes and
thankes for +t=e= same: And over this we woll +tat ye charge and
commaunde on oure behalf alle people of oure Countee of Oxinford
and other places near ajoynyng to +t=e= same of ye age of be
twyxte lx=ti= and xvj=ne= yeres, hable to do us servise to be
redy in alle possible hast in +tere most defensible araye and
theym so arayde bryng unto us for +t=e= repressyng and subdewyng
of certeyn oure Rebelles enemyes and traytours, not failyng
herof us ye wol answere unto us at your peryl. Yeven under oure
prive Seall at oure Cite of London +t=e= xvj day of Aprill.
   To our trusty and welbelovid Humfrey fforster +t=e= elder,
Christofer Harecourt, Richard Crofte, John Harecourt, Humfrey
fforster +t=e= yonger, and John Charleton and to everyche of
them. 

<Q STO 1480 WELMES>
<A WALTER ELMES> 
<P III,16> 
[} [\354. WALTER ELMES TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR.\] }] 
[\(c. 1480.)\] 
   Ryth wurschipfull mayster, I recommaund me unto, and I have,
syne Harry Parsone was with me, kast my boke of my Rescye[{t{]
of your lond this yere as folowyth.
[^BOOKKEEPING OMITTED^]
Syr, I beseche yow to remembre this, and take me as I entende. I
wuld plese yow by +t=e= blessyd lord. Syr, I besech yow to aske
me no more money of me, and such money as I have resceyvyd of my
lord of Suff. by the blessyd sacrement I have kast my boke and I
have spent, thereof xx (^li.^) wych I must nedys borow ayenst
+t=e= audyte or ells I am utterly shamyd and lese my offyce for
ever. 
<P III,17> 
And such money as Germyn bryngyth, ye shall have all save x
marke that I wuld were payyd for yowr wyne at London. Syr, I
trust by +t=t= tyme +t=t= y=e= have poysyd this in yowr mynd ye
wull be god mayster to me as ever ye have bene, and were I owt
of trobull trust to do more to yowr plesure &c: as of Horton,
Watlyngton, Redyng, Borowscott, Hoddysdon I have not reseyvyd on
j (^d.^) this yere. And owr lord preserve yow.
   Yowr seruant W. Elmes.
   By my trouth I kowde not slepe for sorowe this nygth.
[\IN DORSO\]
   Item, for my costes to London, ij (^d. ob.^)
   Item, for my horsemete at Cawsham, ij (^d.^)
   Item, for my sowper and Thomas at Hawmulds, ij (^d.^) 

<Q STO 1480 HFORSTER>
<A HUMPHREY FORSTER> 
<P III,17> 
[} [\355. HUMPHREY FORSTER TO SIR WILLIAM STONOR.\] }] 
[\(c. 1480.)\]
   Right worshipfull nevewe, in my most feythefull wyse I
recommaunde me to you. And pleaseth you to wete that one Robert
Bolle, a tenaunt of myne of Henle hath be with me and enformed
me that his Brother dwellyng at Rysborowe shuld be atached for a
Scot by servauntes of yours, wher in dede he is none, for he and
his brother that is my servaunt were bore but ij myle from syr
James Strangewy[{sshes place{] . whiche is fifty myle from
Scotlond and more. And his fader and moder t[{enaunts{] to syr
James Strangewissh, which wolle be dewly proved: wherfore I
beseche yow to showe your favorabill maistership to them as
conciens and ryght require. And Jesu preserve yow. Wreten in
hast this same Moneday. Thomas Raufe was with me this same
Moneday in +t=e= mornyng, for Poughlowe lond to understond what
direccion Herre Doget wold abide: and he tolde me that he most
ryde with his moder to Sotwell and Dodecote
   Your owne Humffrey fforster
   To my most worshipfull Nevewe Syr William Stonore in hast. 



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