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Sir William Plumpton
Sir William Plumpton (1404 – 15 October 1480) was a 15th-century English aristocrat, landowner and administrator. He is also known for his surviving letters, the ''Plumpton Correspondence''. Biography He was the grandson of Sir William Plumpton executed in 1405 for treason by Henry IV of England, Henry IV and the son of Sir Robert Plumpton of Plumpton Hall (in Plompton), Yorkshire. On the death of his father in 1421 he became the ward of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland. He served in the Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453, war against France around 1427–1430 and was then knighted. On his return to England he was appointed by Northumberland as seneschal of Knaresborough Castle and steward of Northumberland's Spofforth estates. Plumpton's own estates included Plumpton Hall, Yorkshire, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire and Hassop Hall, Derbyshire. He represented Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency), Nottinghamshire in the Parliament of 1436–1436. He served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plumpton Correspondence
The ''Plumpton Correspondence'' is a rare collection of 250 letters and writings from 1461 to 1552 that have survived to the modern day. The writings contains day-to-day writings of William Plumpton and his family, revealing the daily lives of a medieval family of knightly status who held estates in the Knaresborough area of North Yorkshire. The writings captured a time of decline in the military function of knighthood as well as the fortunes of the family during the Wars of the Roses, the letters also include numerous correspondence with lawyers on the complexities of the 15th and 16th century legal process. It is of particular value to social historians due to its subject matter. It was preserved in a manuscript book of copies which passed into the hands of Christopher Towneley by about 1650, and remained among the Towneley manuscripts. It was edited for the Camden Society by Thomas Stapleton in 1838–1839 (under two volumes. The letters illustrated by the editor by extracts fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |