<P_211>

<heading:edcomment:LETTER_CLXXIII>

<font> To my right worshipfull father-in-law , Sir Robart Plompton ,
kt. be these delivered . </font> (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.3)

Right worshipfull father , in the most loving maner that I can , I
hartely recomennd me unto you , and to my lady my mother-in-law , your
wyfe ; (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.4)

and likwise my poore wyfe , your daughter , recomends hir unto you and
my sayd lady , (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.5)

and prayeth you of your daly blessing . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.6)

And we desire hartely the knowledge of your prosperous health , worship
, and welfare , the which I besech Almyghty Jesus long to contynue to
encrease to his pleasure , and your comforth .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.7)

And , father , if you be remembred , I wrote a letter unto you laytly ,
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.8)

and sent it unto you by my servant ; in the which letter I instaunced
and desired you to shew your fatherly kindnes unto my poore wife and me
, and to be so gud father unto us , as to make a sure meane that we
myght peaseably enjoy and occupie the land that I bought of you in
Combryg in Staforthshire , <paren> for I thought , that unles the sayd
land in Combryge were specified in this award , now made betwixt you
and Roclife and the heires of Suttele , or els of a liklyhod they wold
enter upon me and disposses me , </paren> (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.9)

and you send me word , that you thought they wold not have it , nor
medle with it . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,211.10)

But thus it is , that now within this fortnyth ther were servants of
Sir William Parpoints and Sir John Roclifes determined to take away the
goods that they <P_212> could find upon the ground ;
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.11)

and so had they donne , but that the tenaunt fortuned to here tell of
ther coming , and in all possible hast came to give me warning .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.12)

And so , by the helpe of gud masters and frinds , at the last , by
fayre means , with very great payne , entreated them to spare
distreyning , till such tyme as I had sent unto you to know what remedy
you wold provide herin . Wherfore , at the reverence of God , and for
the love that you owe unto my poore wyfe and me and our children ,
remember how we stand unto you , and be so gud and kind father unto us
to find the meane , that we may peasiably occupie that litle land ,
which I bought of you and truly payd for ; (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.13)

and it $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} to a discharge of your conscience and ,
with Gods grace , comforth in lykewyse , (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.14)

for it shall ever succeed in your bloud . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.15)

Father , I besech you thus to doe , to take the payne upon you to make
such labor unto Sir John Roclife , that he will , at your instauncie
and by the mediacion of such of your frinds as it shall please you to
cause to labor unto him , make a release of that land in Combrig .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.16)

Father , if it please you to doe your best herin , I doubt not , with
Gods grace , but you shall well bring this matter to passe , considring
the familiaritie betwixt you and him now , and that is like to be .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.17)

Thus doing , you bynd me and all myne ever to do you that pleasure ,
that may be in our smale power ; (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.18)

and not doyng thus , all that know you and me myght well speake upon it
, that I should , considryng how I stand unto you , pay such a sume of
money to you , and not to be made sure of my bargen .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.19)

And beside , yt wold be to me as great discomforth as lightly cold
happen me , which wold greve much more then the losse of my money , or
of my land . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.20)

And , as you know right well , I have Slyngsby bonden as your surty in
an obligation of x=li= for the perfirmance of your bargan , which I
have redy in my keping . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.21)

And the Lord preserve you . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.22)

From Redburne in hast , upon Trenetie Monday .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.23)

By your faythfull loving son , Germayn Pole .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.24)

<paren> 4 <font> June </font> 1515 . </paren>
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,212.25)

<P_213>

<heading:edcomment:LETTER_CLXXIV>

<font> To the right worshipfull and singuler gud father , Sir Robart
Plompton , Kt. be these delivered in hast . </font>
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.28)

Right worshipfull and my full singuler gud father , in the most humble
and lowly maner that I can , I hartely recomend me unto you , and to my
lady your wyfe , (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.29)

and in lykewise doth your daughter , my poore wyfe ,
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.30)

and hartely prayeth you of your dayly blessing , desiring the knowledg
of your prosperous health and welfaire . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.31)

Father , so it is that upon a truth , of thursday last , oon Richard
Bardall of Hessope came in the names of Roclife , Parpoynte , and
Counstable to my tennant in Combryg , and also to $Crakemarsh
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.32)

and in ther names commaunded my tennant that he should from henceforth
pay me no rent , but to make his rent redy for them , shewing eich one
of them wold send a servant thither for the rent betwixt this and
Martynmas ; (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.33)

and told him playnly that they must have the sayd land , because it was
nether in ther wryting , nor in yours . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.34)

Father , you sent me word laytly by my servant , that you had made it
sure to me without any daunger . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.35)

Yt pleaseth you to let him se your wrytings ,
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.36)

and , as I understond , both by you and by him , it is nether-3
expressed in the wrytings that towch them , nor you .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.37)

Yet , notwithstanding , upon mine honestie , they make this sturryng
therin , (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.38)

and so yt is to thinke , that if they may find any hole or color therin
, they will troble with me for the same ; (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.39)

and yt were great pytie that I shold have ony troble for that thing ,
that I have bought and truly payd for . Wherfore , at the reverence of
God , and for the love that you owe to me and my wyfe , and our
children , to make a sure way for me now at this terme at London .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.40)

And I pray you send me word what tyme you will goe or send to London ,
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.41)

and I will send one of my servants to meet you or your deputie ther .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,213.42)

And <P_214> at his comming whom {COM:home} , bringing me word that you
have made it sure to me without daunger or jopartie , forthwith you
shal have payd you that , that myne uncle Sir Alban promysed you , and
at all tymes the best that in me may be to you and all yours , duryng
my natural life , by the sufferance of <font> Jesu </font> , who have
you in his eternall keeping . (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,214.43)

From Rodburne in hast , the iij day of October .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,214.44)

Father , I besech you at such tyme as recoveres or assurances $shall
$be {TEXT:shalbe} made , that it will please you to let it be expressed
by name , that they may be avoyded or expulsed from ther clame therin .
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,214.45)

Your loving son , Germayn Pole (GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,214.46)

<paren> 3 <font> Oct. </font> 1515 . </paren>
(GPOOLE-1510-E1-P2,214.47)