Thomas Mull to Thomas Stonor

                          124. THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR

                                                           [1472]

    As the negotiations for the match with Mistress Blounte are still going on
this letter probably belongs to 1472: on the whole it seems to be later than
No. 123, and to detail the "menes" which Mull had "compassid in his
mynde". John Forde was farmer at Horton, see No. 101. From A.C., xlvi,
63.

    Right worshipfull Brother, I recomaund me to you. And in as
muche as that my Cosen Willyam cumeth home to you hymself, ther-
fore 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 þat
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
þat I have appoynted with hym that withyn iiij dayes after þat he is
come to my seide mastres I shal send hym a letter directe to her fro me
and in my name: and he hath promysid me that every letter þat I
sende here shal be brekyn or he departe from her. And the man þat
shal ber the letter shal be namede, Cosen, to þe said prest, so þat he shal
abide þer in the howse. And, if it so be þe preste fele her veryly ap-
plyable, þe messenger shall [speke] with her hymself John Foorde
shal do the message, and abide ther ij or iij dayes. Furste I was dis-
posid to have sente to þe [Norce] to have felte my seid Mastres: but
me thought after, þat it had not bene beste, for paraventur the Norce
wolde feer to breke fer wiþe 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 remem-
brance 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 þis mater sum dele come of her own hert, she shal not other-
wyse be labored to for certen. Also, yf it kan 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.

124. THOMAS MULL TO THOMAS STONOR

[1472]

     As the negotiations for the match with Mistress Blounte are still going on
this letter probably belongs to 1472: on the whole it seems to be later than
No. 123, and to detail the “menes” which Mull had “compassid in his
mynde”. John Forde was farmer at Horton, see No. 101. From A.C., xlvi,
63.

     Right worshipfull Brother, I recomaund me to you. And in as
muche as that my Cosen Willyam cumeth home to you hymself, ther-
fore 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 þat
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
þat I have appoynted with hym that withyn iiij dayes after þat he is
come to my seide mastres I shal send hym a letter directe to her fro me
and in my name: and he hath promysid me that every letter þat I
sende here shal be brekyn or he departe from her. And the man þat
shal ber the letter shal be namede, Cosen, to þe said prest, so þat he shal
abide þer in the howse. And, if it so be þe preste fele her veryly ap-
plyable, þe messenger shall [speke] with her hymself. John Foorde
shal do the message, and abide ther ij or iij dayes. Furste I was dis-
posid to have sente to þe [Norce] to have felte my seid Mastres: but
me thought after, þat it had not bene beste, for paraventur the Norce
wolde feer to breke fer wiþe 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 remem-
brance 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 þis mater sum dele come of her own hert, she shal not other-
wyse be labored to for certen. Also, yf it kan 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.