Thomas Rokes to Thomas Stonor

89. THOMAS ROKES TO THOMAS STONOR

[1 OCTOBER, 1467]

     Sir Thomas Sakeville of Falley or Fawley, Bucks, had a son Thomas, and
a daughter Maud who married N. Kentwood. The second Thomas Sakeville
had a son Thomas and a daughter Margery. The third Thomas is probably
the husband of Isabel, sister of Thomas Stonor (d. 1474). Margery married
Thomas Rokes, no doubt the Thomas Rokes the elder of Ascot and Wing who
died in 1457, and mentions in his will Margery his wife, and his sons John
Rokes and Robert Rufford.¹ He was presumably the father of Thomas
Rokes the writer of this letter, who calls Isabel Sackville his aunt, for in an
inquisition held in 1487 it was found that Thomas Rokes son of Margery
Sakeville inherited property granted to N. Kentwood as heir of Sir Thomas
Sakeville. Thomas Rokes the younger calls Thomas Stonor his brother, and
must therefore have been married to his sister or half-sister; from No. 182
it appears that his wife's name was Alice, and since Alice daughter of the
elder Thomas Stonor was married to Humphrey Forster, it is probable that
Alice Rokes was a daughter of Alice and Richard Drayton (Wrottesley,
Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, pp. 438, 441, 458; Cal. Inq., Henry VII, i,
317; P.C.C., 12 Stokton, will of T. Rokes, 1457; Sede Vacante Wills, Kent
Records, will of T. Rokes, 1500). A pedigree in Harley MS., 1139, f. 45,
makes the second Thomas Rokes of Falley marry a daughter of Fowler of
Ricote, and his son, a third Thomas, marry a daughter of Sir William
Stonor; the last statement is certainly incorrect. See p. 93 above. From
A.C., xlvi, 70.³⁵

    Rygth worshypfull Syr, and my rygth Good Brodyr, aftyr all dew
recommendasyon had, I recomawnd me unto yow, to my Mastres,
my dowter, and to all my young Cosyngs, the weche I pray God to
preserve and kepe for his mersy: and I ame sory that my horse servyd
yow no better: and yf he mowghfh have plesyd yow for a yoman to
have redyn on, I wold have holdyn me rygth well content and ye had
kepyd hyme styll: but I trust in God I schall purvey yow of a lytyll
hors, soche as ye schall com and thanke for. And I send yow yowr
hors by the brynger of thys letter, yowr servant: he wyll not be in
pleyte as I wold have hyme, but he ys both herty and hoole: God save
hyme. And hyt lyke yow, ye send me word how my Nawnte is dys-
posyd, now the dettes be payd, to performe my Nonkilles wyll, hoys
sowle God pardon. I beseche you as for my Nowntes surte and myn,
that ye wyll comyn hyt with sum leryd body for the surte of us both
acordyng to his wyll. And I schall old me rygth well content: for I
trust yow as myche as I do eny man alyve: and I schall do to plese
you as mych, yf that I cane. I wold pray yow, yf ye come in to the
Contre, that ye woll se my pore howse for yowr logyng; and ye schall
be as welcome to me as eny man alyve. I have a lytyll besynes yet in
my hervyst: as sone as I cane ryd that, I schall se both yow and my
Nawnt with Godes Grase, whome evyr preserve yow and yowrs for his
mersy. Wretyn at Ascot on Satyrday next aftyr Mykaellmes day

                                                           By yowr Brodyr Thomas Rokes.

     To my Rygth Worschypfull Syr, and Rygth good Brodyr, Thomas
Stonor.

   ¹ For a lawsuit by his executors see Placita dc Banco, 818, m. 41.

89. THOMAS ROKES TO THOMAS STONOR

[1 OCTOBER, 1467]

     Sir Thomas Sakeville of Falley or Fawley, Bucks, had a son Thomas, and
a daughter Maud who married N. Kentwood. The second Thomas Sakeville
had a son Thomas and a daughter Margery. The third Thomas is probably
the husband of Isabel, sister of Thomas Stonor (d. 1474). Margery married
Thomas Rokes, no doubt the Thomas Rokes the elder of Ascot and Wing who
died in 1457, and mentions in his will Margery his wife, and his sons John
Rokes and Robert Rufford.¹ He was presumably the father of Thomas
Rokes the writer of this letter, who calls Isabel Sackville his aunt, for in an
inquisition held in 1487 it was found that Thomas Rokes son of Margery
Sakeville inherited property granted to N. Kentwood as heir of Sir Thomas
Sakeville. Thomas Rokes the younger calls Thomas Stonor his brother, and
must therefore have been married to his sister or half-sister; from No. 182
it appears that his wife’s name was Alice, and since Alice daughter of the
elder Thomas Stonor was married to Humphrey Forster, it is probable that
Alice Rokes was a daughter of Alice and Richard Drayton (Wrottesley,
Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, pp. 438, 441, 458; Cal. Inq., Henry VII, i,
317; P.C.C., 12 Stokton, will of T. Rokes, 1457; Sede Vacante Wills, Kent
Records, will of T. Rokes, 1500). A pedigree in Harley MS., 1139, f. 45,
makes the second Thomas Rokes of Falley marry a daughter of Fowler of
Ricote, and his son, a third Thomas, marry a daughter of Sir William
Stonor; the last statement is certainly incorrect. See p. 93 above. From
A.C., xlvi, 70.

     Rygth worshypfull Syr, and my rygth Good Brodyr, aftyr all dew
recommendasyon had, I recomawnd me unto yow, to my Mastres,
my dowter, and to all my young Cosyngs, the weche I pray God to
preserve and kepe for his mersy: and I ame sory that my horse servyd
yow no better: and yf he mowghth have plesyd yow for a yoman to
have redyn on, I wold have holdyn me rygth well content and ye had
kepyd hyme styll: but I trust in God I schall purvey yow of a lytyll
hors, soche as ye schall com and thanke for. And I send yow yowr
hors by the brynger of thys letter, yowr servant: he wyll not be in
pleyte as I wold have hyme, but he ys both herty and hoole: God save
hyme. And hyt lyke yow, ye send me word how my Nawnte is dys-
posyd, now the dettes be payd, to performe my Nonkilles wyll, hoys
sowle God pardon. I beseche you as for my Nowntes surte and myn,
that ye wyll comyn hyt with sum leryd body for the surte of us both
acordyng to his wyll. And I schall old me rygth well content: for I
trust yow as myche as I do eny man alyve: and I schall do to plese
you as mych, yf that I cane. I wold pray yow, yf ye come in to the
Contre, that ye woll se my pore howse for yowr logyng; and ye schall
be as welcome to me as eny man alyve. I have a lytyll besynes yet in
my hervyst: as sone as I cane ryd that, I schall se both yow and my
Nawnt with Godes Grase, whome evyr preserve yow and yowrs for his
mersy. Wretyn at Ascot on Satyrday next aftyr Mykaellmes day

                                                           By yowr Brodyr Thomas Rokes.

     To my Rygth Worschypfull Syr, and Rygth good Brodyr, Thomas
Stonor.

          ¹ For a lawsuit by his executors see Placita de Banco, 818, m. 41.