From Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX

MISCELLENEOUS LETTERS.*
A:D. 1530.

STATE PAPER OFFICE.

21 HEN.VIII

Frome Furnes the xvj", day of Julii.

PLEASIT youre noble g^ace to be advrtysyd I reseavyd youre most honorable letters the xiiii` day of Juld datyd the secund day of the same monithe, and pceavyd the Contentes of the same, wherein youre g^ace doithe not oonly remembre my neclygence in delayng of an answere to youre gacious fyrst Letters, but also doith require me to nake a g^aunt in wrytyng of the office of stewardshyp of oure mon^ast^rie sealyd wt oure convent Seall, And it in dewe forme So made send unto your grace by y^e berer of youre seyd g^acios lres, pleasit your g^ace for the complissement of youre fyrst letters lyke as I made promyse to the berer thereof I was cõmyng towarde youre g^ace by the space of xl. myles and more where as I had knowlege how the terme was adjorned and the greate plage Renyng wherfore I Retornyd to my mon^ast^rii, And now uppon knawlege of youre hygh pleasure contenyd in youre secunde letters both I and all my bredren haue g^auntyd o^r gudewyll of the seyd stewardshyp unto the ryght honorable Erle of Darby, But forsomuche there is a graunt made sealyd wyht oure convent seale and delyvred unto the late Erle of darby + by John Dalton p^rtensid abbot in the tyme of his intrusion and the cõtentes in it I know not, which grant both I and alle my bredren most humble beseeche youre noble gate yl we myght have, and then wtowt delay or tract of tyme we shalle delyvr accordyng to your hygh request to the sade erle a sufficient and substancialle graunt, and for ye fynall conclusion of all the prmisses I shall humble attend uppon your g^ace wtin ye space of xxt days next to cõme by ye prmission of almyghty good to whome both I and all my powre bredren doith duly pay for the prsrvacione of youre hygh honyr.

To my Lord legate gracee [Wolsey].

Youre most humble beadmã,

th abbot of ffurness.

* Wolsey's Correspondence, vol, v., art. 85.

+ Thomas, second Earl of Derby died 1521. Wolsey was created Legate by Pope Adrian VI., 1522, consequently the date of this letter must have been subsequent to that event, and prior to Nov. 29th, 1530, when Wolsey died. Edward, third Earl of Derby, for whom the Cardinal desired the stewardship of Furness was a minor till 1531, and was one of that magnificent prelate's retinue, having five domestic attendants allowed him..