County: Lincolnshire
Code: L0770
Reference: Northampton, Northamptonshire Archives Service: Stopford Sackville 2343
Function: Letter




Maist~ shrefe aftyr dew recommendaconn . wt my seruice . in my most herty man~ . J pray ȝow that for as mikylle as the Ferme
of alle th assartes wtin the forest of Rokyngham was graunted to my brother . sir william Stok . and Ric~ Burtonn
yontly . and to other of them lenger lyffyng~ . and my said brother . / whom god hathe cald from thys world . no thyng~
medled wt the gadryng~ up of the devtes of the same . but onely Ric~ Burtonn . like as he said vnto ȝow at Stamford
but lately . that he wold charge hymself wt them . and discharge my brother . in that behalf . it may please
ȝow . in that maner wyse . and aftyr . that forme . to make retorne of ȝowr~ writte . And as for my brothers
lyuelode wtin . the shyre . it is but lytylle . he purchased and bowght . ij . Cotages in Rokyngham . of litylle valour
and a Meese in kyrkby . Also . ij . closes . one beside pipwelle . and one at Brygstoke . and here is alle the
lyuelode that he had in the shyre . For that lyuelode that was my Moders in warmyngtonn and elles-where
she gaf hit to me . xxti . yere ago . and my brother . had neuer ado ther wt . but by mynn assignment . and for .
mynn behofe . sir in thys . and in other . thyngges concer-nyng~ me . and mynn . J pray ȝow shew ȝowr~ kyndly
fauour . and J shal so dele wt ȝow . at owr~ next metyng~ . in Northampton shyre . that ȝe shal hold ȝow
ryght welle content . From Lincolnn the . xxijti . Day of Marche . And as for . newys wt us . thys Day
my Lady of Northumbyrland cam to the kyng~ to Lincolnn . and browght to the kyngges grace . wt
hyr . / hyr . eldest sonn . a goodly yong~ lord . on Munday on~ seuenyght the kyng~ is purposed toward
Notyngham . there to tary . vj . or . vij . Days . and from thens to take hys iornay toward york . &c~ .
ȝowr~ to hys power
[signed: thomas Stok .]
[dorse]
To the ryght worshipfulle Maist~
Veere . Shrefe of Northamptonn-shy-
re . be thys letter delyuerd &c~