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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt:...and my specyall good master, I hartely comend me unto you, thanking your mastership of your tender and loving favour shewed to my poore kynsman, John Wynpenne, now late brynging a letter from my lord to your mastership, and me, and other moe. Beseching you to be his good master touching his right according to conscyence, this holy tyme, upon Wedensday at your court. And wher your mastership wold that I shold wayt upon you ther that tyme, I wold have bene right glad so to doe, but because that I understand that Richard Danby, to whom my lord hath wrytten, lyke as to other, cannot be ther as than. Wherfore I besech your mastership, at the reverence of God, and be way of almes and charytie, to assigne a tyme and place, wher the sayd Mr. Danby, Richard Grene, and I myght awayte upon you for the sayd matter, and I shalbe redy both for that, and to your service, by the grace of God, who evermore preserve and kepe your worship and good health. Wrytten the iiij day of Aprill, at Qatton.a By your loving servaunt, William Rowkshaw, preist. Watton, in the east riding of Yorkshire, where was a priory of Gilbertines. LETTER LV. To his right worshipful! master, Sir Robart Plompton, kt. deliver these. Right worshipfull Sir, in the most hartyest wyse I recommend me to you, thanking you of your tender mastership shewed me in all causes. Please yt your mastership to wyt that I am somewhat in hevynes, for such sicknes my wyfe hath, once or twice at the least every day, puts her in joperty of hir life with a swonnyng; that the morow next after the assise I passe not from hir. Wherfore, Sir, I besech you to take no displeasure, that I se not you and my lady at Plompton no rather. And wherfor that your mastership hath Robart Ward, clarke, in your ward at Knarsbrough; Sir, I purp...