Edward Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton

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WYL655/2 No. 193, p. 129

Date

27 November [1490]

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Stapleton, 'To Sir Robert Plumpton, Kt', item 72; Kirby, item 93

Transcript from Joan Kirby, 'The Plumpton Letters and Papers'

93 Edward Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton, 27 November [1490] (No.
193, p. 129)

“The replycacion of Margret Scargill¹ to þe answere of William Scargill.
The same Margrett sayth þat þe byll put by hir agaynst þe sayd William
is good & true in euery poynt, & þat þe same John Scargill, named in
the sayd byll, made such wyll of þe same maner, lands, tenements &
other premyses, & euery of them, as is [. . .]^a surmytted by the same
byll; & ouer that, sayth althings as in þe sayd byll is surmytted. All
which matters she is redy to prove as this court will award, & prayeth
as in hir byll is desired.”

In my right humble & tender wyse I recomend me vnto your good
mastership & to my singuler good ladyes. Sir, I sent to you the copie
of þe replycacion of Marg[aret] Scargill, whervpon my lord chaunceler²
hath, at our speciall desire, comand a dedimus potestatem to Sir Guy
Fayrfax to heare & examyn ther proves & ours both, in Yorkshire.
Wherfore I wold aduyse your mastership to shew your copies of ther
byll, our ansere & there replicacion to Mr William Fayrfax,³ þat he
may be perfitt by them, & your [p. 130] instruccion in þe matter, & to
be for William Scargyll afore Master Sir Guy, at þat day of his sytting,
with all other proves most necessary for him; & in any wyse se þat
William S. agree with Watson, & bryng him vp with him to London
to release his suerty for þe peace, or els he must goe to ward, or els
loose c marke, & euery one of his^b iiij 1 marke, þe which God forbid
shold be. Sir, afore your lands in Craken, I can not deale
with my Lady [. . .]^c <Delfs>: I find hir varyable in hir promyse.
Wherfore I haue, according to your comandment, letten them in your
name to Mr Blunt by indenture, as more at larg appereth by þe same,⁴
the which I sent to you within this box inclosed vnder my seale; & ye
to subscrybe your hand, & to send a seruant of yours with the same
box & indenturs to thabbay of Dale,⁵ & ther to se thabbot & conuent
seale þe oblygation for suerty of your rent, as in them is specified, &
to wryt his name down to deliuer one parte to Mr Blount, & retine
another parte for you, with the obligation. All such matters as ye wrote
for by George Croft, dout not for them: I haue & shall remember them
to thaccomplishment of your mynd, with grace of Jhesu, who you &
yours long preserue in prosperous felicite to endure. From London, the
xxvij day of November.

Your <humble> seruant Ed: Plompton^d

Endorsed (p. 129): To my master Sir Robt Plompton knyght

^a surmytted deleted.

^b MS hus.

^c Delfe deleted.

^d Appended: Copied þe 7 of May 1613.

¹ Margaret, widow of William Scargill (d.1484). Their eldest son, William (d.1497), had
already been in trouble with the authorities at Pontefract. John Scargill was their deceased
younger son, Test.Ebor., iii, 256–7; 69, 71.

² John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury.

³ William Fairfax (d.1514), son of Sir Guy Fairfax, 208; App. II.

⁴ 92.

⁵ Dale Abbey, often called Stanley Park, a house of Premonstratensian canons in
Derbyshire; the rule of the current abbot. Richard Nottingham, ended in 1491, VCH,
Derby, ed. Wm Page, ii (1907), 69, 75.

Transcript from Thomas Stapleton, 'Plumpton Correspondence: A series of letters, chiefly domestick, written in the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII'

LETTER LXXII.

To my master Sir Robart Plompton, knyght.

"The replycacion of Margret Seargill to the answere of Wil-
liam Scargill.a The same Margrett sayth, that that the byll put by
her agaynst the sayd William is good and true in every poynt, and
that the same John Scargill, named in the sayd byll, made such
wyll of the same maner, landes, tenements and other premyses, and
every of them, as is surmytted by the same byll; and over that
sayth althings as in the saydbyll is surmytted: all which matter
she is redy to prove, as this cort will award, and prayeth as in hir
byll is desired."

    Sir in my right humble and tender wyse I recomend me unto
your good mastership, and to my singuler good ladyes. Sir, I
sent to you the copie of the replcacion of Margaret Scargill,
wherupon my lord Chaunceler hath, at our speciall desire, comand
a Dedimus potestqatem to Sir Guy Fayrfax, to heare adn examyn
ther proves and ours both, in Yorkshire; wherfore I wold
advise your mastership to shew your copies of ther byll, our
andwere, and there replicacion to Mr. William Fayrfax, that he
may be perfitt by them, and your instruccion in the matter, and
to be for William Scargyll afore Master Sir Guy, at that day of
his sytting, with all other proves most necessary for him; and in
any wyse se that William Scargill agre with Watson, and bryng
him up with him to London to release his suerty for the peace,
or else he must fynd other suertyes, and that is costly: and if he
fayle, he must go to ward, or els loose c marke, and every on of
hus iiij I marke, the which God forbyd shold be. Sir afore your
lands inCrakenmarsh, I can not deale with my lady Delfs; I find
hir varyable in hir promyse; wherfore I have, according to your
comandment, letten them in your name to Mr. Blunt by inden-
ture, as more at larg appereth by the same, the which I sent to
you within this box inclosed under my seale; and ye to subscrybe
your hand, and to send a servant of yours with the same box and
indentures to thabbay of Dale,b and ther to se thabbot and con-
vent seale the obligation for suerty of your rent, as in them is
specified, and to wryt his name down to deliver one parte to Mr.
Blount, and retine another parte for you with the obligation. All
such matters as ye wrote for by Georg Croft, dout not for them;
I have and shall remember them to thaccomplishment of your
mynd, with grace of Jesu, who you and yours long preserve in
prosperous felicite to endure. From London, the xxvij day of
November.
                                                           Your humble servant,
        (27 Nov. 1490)                                           ED. PLOMPTON.

a See note a to Letter LXIII.

b Dale Abbey, in the county of Derby.