John Shynner, parson of Penton Mewsey, co. Southampton, to Sir William Stonor

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John Shynner, parson of Penton Mewsey, co. Southampton, to Sir William Stonor
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SC 1/46/204
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Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Carpenter, 'Kingsford's Stonor Letters', item 301; Kingsford, Vol II, item 301
Transcript from Christine Carpenter, 'Kingsford's Stonor Letters and Papers, 1290-1483'

301. JOHN SHYNNER TO SIR WILLIAM
STONOR

[? .481]

The date is probably a little later than No. 300. As Sir William Stonor
was on bad terms with his mother, it may perhaps belong to 1481 or 1482
(see No. 300). It is not clear who is meant by ?the lord Mese?. From
A.C., xlvi, 204.59

   RyƷth 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 Þe grace of God, for I was falsse varlet, theffe, and
her traytour, and God yove me grace Þat I never methe with her more,
ffor I have the namys of yowr bredren and sosteren. As ffor her armys60
I have hyt not, bot Þe 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.61 Also, I wolde ye
wolde to sewe to be scherve of1 owr scher, for me semyt hyt wolde be
presentabell and to gethe a quayntans, love, and drede withyn Þis scher,
and rememberyt how mene worchepfull men have be schervys of Þat
scher, bothe of yowr contre and of Þis. And yef yowr Maysterchep have
hyt I wolde beseche yow to have a offyce as for a kynnysman of myne
to be cryer of Þe scher &c.

                                                               By your aune Syr John Shynner.

To my ryƷth reveryend and specyall mayster, Syr Wiliam Stonor,
knyзth, yn haste.

 1 Shynner began to write ?Dewen? (Devonshire), but crossed it out.
Transcript from Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, 'The Stonor Letters and Papers 1290-1483, Volume II'

 

301. JOHN SHYNNER TO SIR WILLIAM
STONOR

 

[? 1481]

 

     The date is probably a little later than No. 300. As Sir William Stonor
was on bad terms with his mother, it may perhaps belong to 1481 or 1482
(see No. 300). It is not clear who is meant by “the lord Mese”. From
A.C., xlvi, 204.

 

     RyЗth 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 þe grace of God, for I was falsse varlet, theffe, and
her traytour, and God yove me grace þat 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 þe 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 of1 owr scher, for me semyt hyt wolde be
presentabell and to gethe a quayntans, love, and drede withyn þis scher,
and rememberyt how mene worchepfull men have be schervys of þat
scher, bothe of yowr contre and of þis. And yef yowr Maysterchep have
hyt I wolde beseche yow to have a offyce as for a kynnysman of myne
to be cryer of þe scher &c.

                                                                By your aune Syr John Shynner.

 

     To my ryЗth reveryend and specyall mayster, Syr Wiliam Stonor,
knyЗth, yn haste.

 

     1 Shynner began to write “Dewen” (Devonshire), but crossed it out.