The Paston letters, 1422-1509 A.D

1. The Paston letters, 1422-1509 A.D

The Paston letters, 1422-1509 A.D

This book was produced in EPUB format by the Internet Archive.

The book pages were scanned and converted to EPUB format automatically. This process relies on optical character recognition, and is somewhat susceptible to errors. The book may not offer the correct reading sequence, and there may be weird characters, non-words, and incorrect guesses at structure. Some page numbers and headers or footers may remain from the scanned page. The process which identifies images might have found stray marks on the page which are not actually images from the book. The hidden page numbering which may be available to your ereader corresponds to the numbered pages in the print edition, but is not an exact match; page numbers will increment at the same rate as the corresponding print edition, but we may have started numbering before the print book's visible page numbers. The Internet Archive is working to improve the scanning process and resulting books, but in the meantime, we hope that this book will be useful to you.

The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library and to promote universal access to all knowledge. The Archive's purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages, and provides specialized services for information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.

Created with abbyy2epub (v.1.7.0)

/

^oatACCjuisc.

^/Iniiy VII.

The Paston Letters,Edward IV,

668.

A.D. 1471, 18 April.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 62.]

This letter, as shown by the contents, was written just four days after thebattle of Bamet, by which Edward IV. recovered his throne. It is notsigned, but the writer is Sir John Paston.

To my Moodre.

OODRE, I recomande me to yow, letyng yowwette that, blyssed be God, my brother Johnis a lyffe and farethe well, and in no perelloff dethe. Never the lesse he is hurt with anarow on hys ryght arme, be nethe the elbow ; and Ihave sent hym a serjon, whyche hathe dressid hym,and he tellythe me that he trustythe that he schall beall hoU with in ryght schort tyme. It is so that JohnMylsent is ded, God have mercy on hys sowle! andWylliam Mylsent is on lyffe, and hys other servants allbe askepyd by all lyklihod.

Item, as ffor me, I ame in good case, blyssyd beGod; and in no joparte off my lyffe, as me lyst myself; for I am at my lyberte iff nede bee.

Item, my Lorde Archebysshop ^ is in the Towr;

1 George Neville, Archbishop of York. It was from the custody of thisprelate that Edward escaped, after having been surprised and takenprisoner by the Earl of Warwick, in 1470: perhaps the kind treatment of histhen prisoner now procured his pardon.— F.

neverthelesse I trust to God that he schall do well inoghe; he hathe a safife garde for hym and me bothe.Neverthelesse we have ben troblyd syns, but nowe Iundrestande that he hathe a pardon ; and so we hopewell.

Ther was kyllyd uppon the ffelde, halffe a myle ffrornBemett, on Esteme Dayc, the Erie of Warwyk, theMarqweys Montacu, Sir William Terrell/ Sir LewesJohns, and dyverse other Esquiers off owr contre,Godmerston and Bothe.

And on the Kynge Edwardes partye, the LordCromwell,^ the Lord Saye,^ Sir Omfifrey Bowghsher *off owr contre, whyche is a sore moonyd man her, andother peple off bothe partyes to the nombre off morthen a m^-

As for other tythynges, is undrestande her that theQwyen Margrett is verrely londyd and hyr sone in thewest contre, and I trow that as to morow, or ellysthe next daye, the Kynge Edwarde wyll depart ffromhense to hyr warde, to dryve her owt ageyn.

Item, I beseche yow that I may be recomendyd tomy cosyn Lomner, and to thanke hym ffor hys goodewyll to me wardes, iff I had hadde nede, as I undre-stoode by the berer heroff; and I beseche you on mybehalve to advyse hym to be well ware off hys delyngor langage as yit, ffor the worlde, I ensur yow, is ryghtqwesye, as ye schall know with in thys monthe; thepeple heer feerythe it soor.

God hathe schewyd Hym selffe marvelouslye lykeHym that made all, and can undoo ageyn whan Hymlystj and I kan thynke that by all lyklyod schal)schewe Hym sylff as mervylous ageyn, and that inschort tyme; and, as I suppose, ofifter then onys incasis lyke.

Item, it is soo that my brother is on purveyed off

1 Sir William Tyrell was cousin to Sir James Tyrell, the afterwards sup-posed murderer of Edward V. and his brother the Duke of York.—F.

2 Humphrey Bourchier, third son of Henry, Earl of Essex, had summonsot Parliament, in 1461, as Lord Cromwell, in right of his wife.—F.

3 William Fienes, Lord Say. 4 Son of John, Lord Bemers.

monye. I have holpyn hym to my power and above.Wherffor as it pleasythe yow reraembre hym, ffor kannot purveye ffor my selffe in the same case.

Wretyn at London the thorysdaye in Esteme weke.I hope hastely to see yow.

All thys bylle most be secrett. Be ye not adoghtydoff the worlde, ffor I trust all schall be well. Iff it thussecontenewe, I ame not all undon, nor noon off us; andiff otherwyse, then, &c. &c.

669.A.D. 1471.—The Earl of Oxford to a Lady.

[From Fenn, ii. 68.]

The signature of this letter is composed of flourishes which were probablydevised on purpose to make it unintelligible. Fenn suggests that the firstcharacter may be taken for an O, and the last for a D ; but to our thinkingthe resemblance is rather difficult to trace. There is, however, great proba-bility in his conjecture that the writer was the Earl of Oxford, and the datejust after the battle of Bainet

To the ryght reverent and wyrchypfull Lady}

jYGHT reverent and wyrchypfull Lady, I re-comande me to yow, lettyng yow wete that Iam in gret hevynes at the makyng of thysletter \ but thankyd be God, I am eschapydmy selfe, and sodenly departyd fro my men; for Iundyrstand my chapleyn wold have detrayed me ; andif he com in to the contre, let hym be mad seuer, &c.Also ye shall gyft' credence to the brynger of thys letter,and I beseke yow to reward hym to hys costs; for Iwas not in power at the makyng of thys letter to gyfthym, but as I wass put in trest by favar of strangepepyll, &c.

Also ye shall send me in all hast all the redi moneythat ye can make, and asse mone of my men asse cancom well horsyd; and that they cum in dyverse par-

1 Margaret, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and sister tothe late Earl of Warwick, and wife of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford.—F.

cellys. Also that my horsse be sent, with my stelesadelles; and byd the yoman of the horse cover theymwith ledder. Also ye shall send to my moder/ andlet hyr wete of thys letter, and pray hyr of hyr blessyng,and byd hyr send me my kasket, by thys tokyn j thatshe hathe the key theroff, but it is brokyn.

Also ye shall send to the Pryor of Thetford,^ andbyd hym send me the sum of gold that he seyd that Ischuld have. Also sey to hym by thys token, that Ischewyd hym the fyrst Prive Seale, &c. Also letePastun, Fylbryg, Brews, come to me. Also ye shalldelyver the brynger of thys letter an horsse, sadell, andbrydell. Also ye schallbe of gud cher, and take nothowght, for I schall brynge my purpose abowte nowby the grace of God, Qwhome have yow in kepvng.

O . . . d(?).

670.

A.D. 1471, 30 April.John Paston of Gelston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.}

This letter was printed by Fenn in his fifth volume, of which the originalMSS. are now recovered. It was evidently written in April 1471, when thewriter was recovering from the wound he had received at the battle ofBamet.—See No. 668. It is not addressed, but is endorsed in a later hand," Litera Johannis Paston armigeri matri suae."

FTYR humbyll and most dew recomendacyon,in as humbyll wyse as I can, I beseche you ofyour blyssyng, preying God to rew^ard youwith as myche plesyer and hertys ease as Ihave latward causyd you to have trowbyll and thowght;and, with Godys grace, it shall not be longe to or thenmy wronges and othyr menys shall be redressyd, for theworld was nevyr so lyek to be owyrs as it is now;

1 Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Howard, Knight, who wasthe grandfather of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk of that namt. Shewas now the widow of John de Vere, late Earl of Oxford.

^ John Vescey, Prior of Thetford, from 1441 to 1479.—F.

werfor I prey you let Lomnor no be to besy as yet.Modyr, I besechc you, and ye may spare cny money,that ye wyll do your almesse on me and send me somein as hasty wyse as is possybyll; for by my trowthemy leche crafte and fesyk, and rewardys to them thathave kept me and condyt me to London, hathe costme sythe Estcrn Day ^ more then v/i., and now 1 liaueneythyr met, drynk, clothys, lechecraft, ner money butupon borowyng; and I have asayid my frendys soferre, that they be gyn to fayle now in my gretest nedthat evyr I was in. Also, modyr, I beseche yow, andmy horse that was at lechecraft at the Holt ^ be nottakyn up for the Kynges hawkys,^ that he may be hadhom and kept in your plase, and not to go owght towatyr, nor no whedyr ellys, but that the gat be shet,and he to be chasyd aftyr watyr within your plase,and that he have as myche met as he may ete; I havehey i new of myn owne, and as for otys, Dollys willpurvey for hym, or who that dothe it I wyll paye.And I beseche yow that he have every wek iij. boshellof otys, and every day a penyworthe of brea; and ifBotoner be not at Norwyche, and Syme kep hym, Ishall geve hym well for hys labore. Also that PhelyppLoveday put the othyr horse to gresse ther, as he andI wcr acordyd.

Item, that Botoner send me hyddyr the two shyrtysthat wer in my casket, and that he send me hydyr xIj.by the next messenger that comyth to London.

Item, that Mastress Broom send me hedyr iij. longegownys and ij. doblettes, and a jaket of plonket cham-lett, and a morey bonet out of my cofyr. Sir Jamyshathe the key, as I sent hyr werd be for thys.

Item, that syche oth)T wryghtynges and stuff as wasin my kasket be in your kepyng, and that no body lookmy wryghtynges.

Item, that the horse that Purdy hathe of myne be

• The battle of Bamet was fought on Easter Day, 14th April 1471.

2 A pasture so called, and means the groves, or lands full of wood.—F.

• This may signify, in jocular language, if he be nyt dead.—k\

put to some good gresse in haste; and if it plese yowto have knowlage of our royal person, I thank God Iam hole of my syknesse, and trust to be clene hole ofall my hurttys within a sevennyght at the ferthest, bywyche tym I trust to have othyr tydynges; and thosetydynges onys had, I trust not to be longe owght ofNorffolk, with Godys grace, Whom I beseche preserveyou and your for my part.

Wretyn the last day of Apryll. The berer herof cantell you tydynges, syche as be trew for very serteyn.Your humbylest servaunt,

J. OF Gelston.

671.

A.D. 1471, 4 May.The Battle of Tewkesbury.

[From MS. Phillipps 9735, No. 279.]

The following paper is in a contemporary handwriting, and undoubtedlyrefers to the battle of Tewkesbury.

Ded in the Feld.

Edward that was called Prynce.

Lord John of Somerset

Erie of Devenshire.

Lord Wenlok.

Sir William Vaus.

Sir Edmond Hamden.

Sir John Seymour.

Sir William Bermoth.

Water Barrow.

Mr. William Henmar.

Mr. Feldyng.^

Hervy, recorder.2

Mr. Herry, capteyn of Brystowe.Sir Roberte Whetyngham.Knoyll.

1 Sir William Fielding, according to Warkworth's Chronicle.

2 These words, "Hervy, recorder," are written over "Herry, capteyn," asa conection ; but the latter are not erased Warkworth mentions SirNicholas Hervy.

\.D. I47I] EDWARD IV. 9

TJies be men tliat were heveded}

The Duke of Somerset.

The Lord of Sent Jones.^

Sir Jerveys Clyfton.

Humfrey Awdeley.

Lowes Miles.

Forey of Fraunce.

Sir John Delvys.^

Lord Foskevv on lyffe.

Sir William Carre.

Sir Hew Courteney.

Sir Thomas Tressham.

Sir Herry Tressham.

Sir William Newbery.

Mr. Gower.*

Mr. Awdeley.^

Robert Gierke.

Lechefeld, mason of Westmynster.

Sir WiUiam Grymesby yet on lyffe.

Thes be the Knyghtes that the Kyng mad in the Feid,

Lord Cobham. Sir Richard Croft.

Sir George Nevel. Sir John Pylkyngton.

Sir Philip Courtenay. Sir John Byngham.

Sir Herry Bemonde. Sir John Harley.

Sir Moreys of Barkley. Sir John Boteler.

Sir Richard Hastynges. Sir Christofer Morysby.

Sir Roberte Haryngton. Sir John Clay.

Sir Thomas Gray. Sir Robert Wylleby.

Sir James Terell. Sir Robert Grene.

Sir John Feres. Sir Roger Ree.

Sir Herry Feres. Sir Richard R^cdclyfte.

Sir Herry Purpeynt Sir John Saundes.

Sir John Parre. Sir Thomas Strikelande.

Sir John Downe. Sir George Browne.

Sir Roger Kyngstone. Sir William Motton.

1 Beheaded. - Sir John Longstruther, Prior of St John's*

3 Originally written " Mr. Delvys," and corrected. .

* James Gower, according to Waikworth. ^ Sir Humphrey Audcley.

Sir John Crokere. Sir Tery Robsert.

Sir Skerne. Sir Tliomas CromewelL

Sir James Crowmere. Sir Robert Corbet,

Sir William Sandalle. Sir Nicholas Laiigford.

Sir John Deverys. Sir John Seyntlowe.

Sir Herry Grey. Sir William Brandon.Sir Edward Wodehous.

672.

A.D. 1471, 5 July.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, iv. 116.]

From the mention of Lord Scales in this letter it might be supposed that itwas written not later than the year 1469, when Anthony Woodville, the lastLord Scales, became Earl Rivers by the death of his father: but I believethe date to be 1471, and that the writer is simply speaking of Earl Rivers byhis old title. In the first place there is no appearance of either of the JohnPastons requiring a royal pardon before the year 1471 ; secondly, it is not

Erobable that either of them would have spoken so slightingly of the value of,ord Scales's intercession at an earlier period ; and thirdly, it seems doubtfulwhether Edmund Paston could have been old enough to own a war-horsemany years before. Finally, we find by Letter 674 following that John Paston,the youngest, succeeded in obtaining a pardon signed by the King on the•17th July 1471. If the reference to the autograph plate m Fenn is correct,this letter was in the hand of his elder brother. Sir John Paston, Knight; butas it is not signed, like most of his letters, " John Paston, K.," we are inclinedto suspect that it was really written by the younger brother, like No. 674.

OST vvorchepfull and my ryght specyall goodmodyr, as humbylly as 1 can, I recomandme on to yow, besechyng yow of your blyss-yng. Please it yow to undyrstand that thysday I spake with Batcheler Water, whiche let me haveundyrstandyng of your welfare, wherof I thank Godwith all my hert. Also he leet me have knowlage thatthe Lord Scalys had grauntyd yow to be my goodlord, wherof I am no thyng prowd, for he may do leestwith the gret mastyr; but he wold depert ovyr the see,as hastyly as he may; and because he wenyth that Iwold go with h^Tn, as I had promyseyd hym evyr, andhe had kept foorthe hys jornay at that tyme, thys isthe cause that he wyll be my good lord and help toget my pardon. The Kyng is not best pleasyd with

A.D. 1471] EDWARD jy. il

hym for that he desyerthe to depert, in so myche thatthe Kyng hathe seyd of hym, that wen evyr he hathemost to do, then the Lord Scalys wyll sonest axe leveto depert, and weenyth that it is most be cause ofkowardyese. As for pardon, I can never get, with-owght I schold paye to myche money for it, and I amnot so purveyd. As for Herry Hallman, my brodyrwyll axe hym no sylver tyll ye be payeyd; therfor yemay send to hym and have it.

Item, I am sory that ye have fadyrd my hors thatwas at Caster to be my Brodyr Edmundys, for I hadleveer that they had hym style then owght ellys; wher-for thow they profyr hym yow from hense foorthe, letnot my brodyr Edmund take hym, but let him seywhedyr they wyll let hym have hym or not, that I havepromyseyd my brodyr Edmund a bettyr hors for hym,so that he wyll not cleyme the same for hys. As fortydyngs her be non but that the Scottys and Walyshemen be besy; what they meane I can not seye. Mycosyn John Loveday can tell yow, and ther be enyodyr flyeyng talys, for he hathe walkyd in London,and so do not I. When I may I wyll come hom withGodys grace, whom I beseche to sende you yourhertys desyeyr. Wretyn the v. daye of Julie.

Be yowr humblest sone and servant,

J. P.

673.A.D. 1471, 12 July.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

NorflF. and Suflf. Deeds, No. 5. " Relaxatio Johannis Pastonmilitis, Davidi Husband et Will. Gyfibrd totius juris in maneriisde Saxthorp, Ticliwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickliiig, Sec, Cal-cote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings,quae quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quoe Will. Wayii-flet episcopus Winton' habuit ex dono Rad. Boteler domini (\fSudley, et pnedicti David et Wiilielmus ex dono episc. praedicti

12 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1471.

necnon de et in 25 markes redd, precipiend. de priori de Hickling.Julii 12, Edw. IV. II. With a scedule annexed touching thesame release."

674.

A.D. 1471, 17 July.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter refers to a pardon granted by the King to John Paston theyounger, for having taken part with the Lancastrians at the battle of Bamet.Though the " bill' for this pardon was signed by the King on the 17th July,pardon itself did not pass the Great Seal till the 7th February following,under which date it is enrolled on the Pardon Roll of 11 Edw. IV., memb. 9.

To my most worchepfull Modyr^ Margaret Paston, bethys delyveryd in hast.

jYGHT worchepfull modyr, I recomand me toyow, and as lowly as I can, I beseche yowof yowr blyssyng. Please yow to undyr-stand that thys Wednysday Sir ThomasWyngffeld sent to me, and let me wet that the Kynghad syngnyd my bylle of perdon, whyche the seyd SirThomas delyveryd me; and so by Fryday, at theforthest, I tryst to have my perdon ensealyd by theChanceler, and soone aftyr, so as I can fornyshe me,I tryst to se yow, if so be that eny of the Kynges howscom in to Norwyche. I wold fayne my gray horse werkept in mewe for gnattys. Also, modyr, I besecheyow that Dollys and his felawe may be sent to, that Imay have my money redy ayenst that I come home,whyche is dew to be pay id, for thys mater hathecost me the settyng over. Also that it may pleaseyow that Purdy at Heylysdon maye be sent to for thehorse that he hathe of myne, and that the horse maybe kept well, and have as myche mete as he wyll eatebe twyx thys and that I come home, and thatJakys nage have mete i now also. Also, and SyrThomas Wyngfeld come to Norwyche, that he may

A.D. I47I.] EDWARD IV. 13

have as good chcre as it please yow to make on to thatman that I am most behold to for hys gret kyndnesseand good wyll, for he takyth full my part aycnstmy gretest enmyeys, Brandons and hys brodyrWilliam ; for at my fyrst comyng to Sir Thomas Wyng-feld, bothe William Wyngfeld and William Brandonthe yonger wer with Sir Thomas, and had gret wordysto myn owne mowthe, and in chefF W. Wyngfeld; andwher so evyr he may met me on evyn gro\vnd he wylldo myche ; but and we met evynly, no fors, so Ihave yo\vr blyssyng. I prey yow, with owght it be tomy Lady Calthorp, let ther be but fewe woordys ofthys perdon. No more, but I prey God preserve yowand yours.

Wretyn the Wednysday next before Mary Mawdclen,By your humblest sone, J. P.

675.

A.D. 1471, 15 Sept.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 72.]

Apart from the reference to John Paston's pardon, the date of this letter isfixed by what is said of the bastard Falconbndge.

To Mesiresse Mar gret Paston^ or to John Paston^ Esqier^hyr sone, in hast.

jYGHT well belovyd brother, I comende me toyow, letyng yow wete that I am in wellffar, Ithanke God, and have ben evyr syns that Ispake last with yow; and mervayle for that yesent never wryghtynge to me syns ye departyd; Iherde nevyr synes that tyme any worde out oftNorffolk; ye myght aft Bertlemai Feyr^ have hadmessengers i nowe to London, and iff ye had sent toWykys, he scholde have conveyed it to me. I herdeyisterdaye, that a Worsted man of Norffolk, that solde

1 Bartholomew Fair, in Smithfield.

>

14 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1471.

worstedys^ at Wynchcster, seyde that my Lord ofNorflfolk and my Lady wer on pylgrymage at Our Lady^on ffoot, and ao they went to Caster; and that at Nor-wyche on •ischolde have had large langage to yow, andcallyd yow traytor, and pyked many quarellys toyo^>{, Sende me worde ther off; it wer well doo, thatye wer a lytell se\vrer off yowr pardon than ye be : avyseyou, I deme ye woU her afftr ellys repent yow.

I undrestonde that Bastarde Fauconbryge ^ is owtherhedyd or lyke to be, and hys brother bothe; somemen seye he wolde have deservyd it, and som seynaye.

I purpose to be att London the ffyrst daye off theterme; send me worde whethyr ye schall be ther ornott

Item, I wolde wete whether ye have spoken wythmy Lady off Norffolk or not, and off hyr disposicionand the howsoldys to me and to yow wardes, andwhether it be a possible to have Caster ageyn and thergoodewylles or not; and also I praye yow undrestandewhat ffelaschyp and guydyng is in Caster, and have aspye resortyng in and owt, so maye ye know thesecretys among them. Ther is moche adoo in theNorthe, as men seyn ; I pray yow be ware off yowrguydyng, and in cheff off yowr langage, and so thatffro hense fforthe by yowr langage noo man perceyvethat ye ffavor any person contrary to the Kyngesplesur. I undrestonde that the Lord Ryvers hathelycence off the Kynge to goo to Portyngale now withinthys vij. nyght. I pray yow recomande mo to mymodre, and beseche hyr off hyr blyssyng on my behalve.* . . . .

Item, I praye yow sende me worde iff any off owrffrendys or wellwyllers be dede, ffor I feer that ther is

1 Worsted, in Norfolk, a town formerly famous for the spinning of the finethread with which the yam called Worsted is made.—F.

2 Of Walsingham.

3 Thomas Nevill, a natural son of William, Lord Fauconberg. He wasbeheaded in 1471, and, as mentioned in Letter 676 following, his head waaplaced on London Bridge.

* Here follow, says Fenn, some directions about payments of money.

A.D. I47I.1 EDWARD TV. \ ^5

grete dethe in Norwyche, and in otiiier Borowghtownese in Norffolk, ffor I ensur you it^.vjs the mostunyversall dethe that evyr I wyst in IngelonOv-fiJ ffor bymy trowthe, I kan not her by pylgrymes that p4!;Sse thecontre, nor noon other man that rydethe or goth(?V3Lnycontre, that any Borow town in Ingelonde is ffree ffron.,that sykenesse ; God sease it whan it pleasyt Hym.Wherffor, ffor Goddysake, let my rnoodre take heede toray yonge brytheren that they be not in noon placewher that sykenesse is regnyng, nor that they dysportnot with noon other yonge peple whyche resortythewher any sykenesse is, and iff ther be any off thatsykenesse ded or enffect in Norwyche, ffor Goddes sake,lete hyr sende them to som ffrende off hyrse in to thecontre, and do ye the same by myn advyce; late mymoodre rather remeve hyr howsesolde in to the contre.

Even now Thyrston browt me word ffro Londonthat it was Doctor Aleyn that cawsyd yowr troble thatye had at Nonvych; and that John Pampyng roodeffor a dyscharge ffor yow, and that he hathe sped well,but howghe, that wot I nott; iff ye be cleer owt offDoctor Aleyn danger, kepe yow ther, and her afftr yemaye schoffe as well at hys carte. I praye yow sendeme worde off all the fforme off hys delyng with yow.

I had almost spoke with Mestresse Ann Hault, butI dyd not ; nevyrthelesse thys next terme I hope to takeon weye with hyr or other; sche is agreyd to speke withme, and sche hopythe to doo me ease as sche saythe.

I praye yow sende me worde hoghe ye doo with myLady Elysabeth Boghscher; ye have a lytell chaffyd it,but I can not tell howe; sende me worde whether yebe in better hope or werse. I her seye that the Erieoff Oxenffordys bretheryn be goon owt off Sceynte-warye. Sir Thomas Fulfforthe ^ is goon owt off Sceynte-warye, and a gret ffelaschyp ffettchyd hym, a iij.^, andthey sey that with in v. myle off London he was CC.men; and no man watethe wher he is become not yit

\ Sir Thomas Fulford was son of Sir Bxldwin Fulford, beheaded 9CBristol in 1461 ; he likewise ended his life on tlie scaffold.

/

/

i6 TI^^ PASTON LETTERS. [a.d. 1471.

The Lord "^ Hastyngs and Howard be in Caleys,and have i'-P^sebely; and Sir Walter Wrettesle andSir Teffr^->'^ Gate be comyn thense, and woll be atLondo"'* ^^y^ daye as it is seyde.

y. retyn at Waltham besyd Winchester the daye nexHoly Roode Daye.^

J. P., K.

676.

A.D. 1471, 28 Sept.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 80.]The evidences of date in this letter are the same as in the last.

To hys well belovyd John Fasto^iy Esquier, at Norwyche^or to Mestresse Margret, his Modre.

COMANDE me to yow, letyng yow weet

that, &C.2

I wolde ffayne have the mesur wher

my ffadre lythe at Bromholm; bothe thethyknesse and compase off the peler at hys hed,and ffrom that the space to the alter, and thethyknesse off that alter, and imagery off tymbre werk ;and what hyght the arche is to the grounde off the ilde,and how hye the grounde off the qwyr is hyer than thegrownde off the ilde.

Item, I praye yowe late the mesur by pekthred betaken or elt mesured by yerde, how moche is ffrom thenorthe gate, ther the brygge was, at Gressham to thesowthewall, and in lyke fforme ffrom the este syde tothe west, also the hyght off the estewall, and the hyghtof the sowthest towr ffrom the grownde, iff ye mayeeasely. Also what bredde every towr is within thewall, and whych towr is moor then other within.

1 Holyrood Day, 14th of September.

2 Here follows an account that the Duchess of Suffolk and Duke of Nor-folk intend again commencing appeals against Sir John Paston and hi$brotlier, &c concemina Caister, &c.—I".

Alsso how manye ffote, or what brcde eche towrtakythe within iche corner off the quadrate ^ ovyrthwertthe dorys, and how many taylors yards is from themoote syde, wher the brygg was, to the hyghe weye, orto the heddge all a longe the entre, and what brede theentre is be twyen the dykys. I praye yow, iff ye havea leyser in any wyse, se thys doone yowrselffe iff yemaye; or ellys iff Pampyng do it, or who that ye thynkecan doo it, I woUe spende xx^. or as ye seme to havethe sertayn off every thyng her in. And as for myffaders tombe, I charge yow se it yowr selfi'e, and whenI speke with yow I woll tell yow the cawses why thatI desyr thys to be doon.

As ffor tydyngs, the Kyng, and the Qwyen, andmoche other pepell, ar ryden and goon to Canterberj',nevyr so moche peple seyn in Pylgrymage hertofor atones, as men seye.

Alsso it is seyde that the Erie of Penbroke ^ is takenon to Brettayn; and men saye that the Kynge schallhave delyvere off hym hastely, and som seye that theKynge ofi" France woll se hym saffe, and schall sett hymat lyberte ageyn.

Item, Thomas Fauconbrydge hys hed was yesterdayesett uppon London Br>'dge, lokyng into Kent warde;and men seye that hys brother was sor hurte, and scopeto seyntwarj'e [safictuary] to Beverle.

Sir Thomas Fulfforthe escaped owt of Westminsterwith an C. sperys, as men seye, and is in to Devenshyr;

1 A drawing is here g^ven in the original letter, apparently designed as aplan of the quadrangle at Gresham, oi which the subjoined is a lacsimile.

' Jaiper Tudor.IIL C

and ther he hathe strekyn off Sir John Crokkers hed,and kylt an other knyghtoff the Corteneys,as men seye.I wolde ye hadd yo\vr verry pardon at onys ; wheiforI praye yow ffayle not to be at London within iiij. dayeafftr Seynt Feythe ;^ ye schall do goode in manythynges, and I praye yow sende me worde herofif bythe next massenger; and if it come to MestresseElysabeth Hyggens, at the Blak Swan, sche schall con-veye it to me, ffor I woll not ffayle to be ther at Londonageyn within thys vj. dayes,

Mestresse Elysabeth hathe a son, and was delj^erydwithin ij. dayes afiftr Seynt Bertelmew; 2 and hyr dowtrA. H. was the next daye afftr delyveryd off an othersone, as sche seythe, xj. weks er hyr tyme; it wascrystened John, and is ded. God save all! No mortyll I speke with yow.

Wretyn at London on Mychellmesse Evyn.

J. P., K.

Item, I praye yow late some wytty felaw, or ellysyowrselff, goo to the townes ther as thes ij. womendwelle, and inquire whether they be maryed syns andageyn or not, ffor I holde the hoorys weddyd; and iffthey be, than the appelys wer abbatyd ther by. I re-membr not ther names; ye knowe them better then I.Alsso in the Schreffvys bookys ther maye ye ffynde offthem.

677.

A.D. 1471, 21 OctR. L. TO John Paston.

[From Fenn, iv. 440.]

In the postscript to the preceding letter, Sir John Paston intimates hisbelief that the two widows who had appealed his brother of the murder oftheir husbands had married again, and that thereby the appeals were abated.It appears by the present letter that this intelligence was correct as regardsone of them.

1 5th of October. ' a4th of Auguft

To hys worshfpftd master^ John Paston, Esquicr.

YGirr wiirchupfull scr, I comaimd me toyour good maystcrchepe, «S:c. Plesc it youto understond that Redford desyryd me onyour byhalfe that I chuld goo and comonwith the woman that was the fullars wyfe of SouthWalsham, whech woman is now maryed to on ThornStyward, dwellyng in the parysch of Seynt Gyll inNorwych, whech woman seyd to me that che sewydnever the pele, but that she was by sotyle craft broughtto the New In at NorAvych, and ther was MaystirSouthwell, and he entretyd hj-T to be my Lords wewe\widow\} by the space of an hole yer next folwyn,and therto he mad hyr to be bowne in an obligacyon.And whan that yer was past he desyred hyr to be myLords wedow another yer; and than she seyd that shehad lever lose that that she had do, than to lose thatand meer; and therfor she seyd pleynly that she woldno mor of that mater. And so she toke hyr an hus-bond, whech is the seyd Thom Styward; and she seyththat it was full sor ageyn hyr wylle that ever the materwent so forforth, for she had never non avayle therof,butt it was sewyd to hyr gret labor and losse, for shehad never of my Lords councell, but berely hyr costs toLondon. No mor, but God have you in Hys kepyng.Wretyn at Norwych, the Monday next after theFest of Seynt Luke.

By your servant, R. L.

678.

A.D. 1471, 28 OctJohn Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

There was a general pardon in the latter part of the year 1471, and bothfohn Paston and his brother took advantage of it, as appears by the Pardon

1 The widow of a tenant in chivalry was called the Lord's widow

Roll II E^w. IV., membranes 9 and 25. The date of this letter is alsoshown by the answer to it, written by Margaret Paston on the 5th Nov-ember. Many of the words in this letter are lost by the mutilation of theoriginal MS. which is full of holes, from having been exposed at one timeto damp. The address is almost completely lost, but a portion of the word" [Ma]rgaret" is visible, and a small fragment of an endorsement below inwhich the word " Pastda " is legible.

[YGHT worchepfull m[other, as lowly as] I canI recomand me to yow, besechyng yow ofyour dayly blyssyng, praying yow to take thyskey, and Sir Jara[ys] .... [m]ybroder E., or J. Pampyng, and to ondo the kofyr thatstandith at my bedys feet, and ther in a ly[tyl sqwjarebox ye shall fy[nd two dejdys, wher of the seallysbe wownd in whyght paper; my brodyr E. sye [saw]when I wond them up. The tone [begyjnyth " Sciant,&c. quod ego Matilda Bigota "; and the todyr begynyth" Sciant, &c. quod ego Rogerus . . . ." [I prayy]ow lett [them be] sealyd and sent me by Radleywith the deedes there in. Sir Jamys knowyth the . .

But [if so] be that ye fynd not thys box

with thes two deedes in that cofyr, then I prey yow

take the k[ey] teye of the

same cofyr, and opyn the cofyr that standyth in the

utter chambyr, and ther ye shall fynd

. . . . [d]edes* My brodyr. Sir John, recomandythhym to yow, and besechyth yow of your blyssyng; andas for hys mater [there is yet no conclu]syon of nopoynt, but I tryst ther shall be with in thes ij. dayeys.

Jenney, W. trowbly[th] [my]

brodyrs servauntes with old accyons and all sychethynges as he can renew to stoppe the oblygacio[nsw]hyche he is bownd in on to my broder; but all shallbe easeyd, I tryst. As for Mrs. A. Hawlt, the mater ismevyd [by div]ers of the Qwenys consayll, and of ferreby R. Hault, but he wold it shold be fyrst of ourmocyon, and we wold [it] shold com of theym fyrst;our mater shold be the bettyr.

Tydynges, ther is a generall pardon mevyd w^hychemy brodyr J. trystyth to have the preve[lege] of a^

A.D.I47I.] EDWARD IV. ±1

soone as it is grantyd, whyche shall bee a bowght AllHalow tyed at the ferthest. I have spok with myL[ord Rivejrs and with all myn old aqweyntance, andhave good cheer of theym, hold as it niaye. When webe conclud[yd in] eny poynte of our maters, ye shallhave knowlage ther howhe to put yow in [comfort] erwe have eny . . . but in veyn when we havecomfort ye shall have parte. Newe tydynges, datyss . . . [s]ugyr of Mr. Kwte (?) x//. di.lb., andbettyr I tryst. No more, but I beseche God preserveyow and yours.

Wretyn on [Seint] Symondes Day and Jwde.Your humblest sone and servaunt,

J. PASTON.

679.

Sir John Paston's Deeds.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The following inventory is in the handwriting of Sir John Paston. Thedate at which it was drawn up must, from internjd evidence, be later tlian theloth year of Edward IV. ; so perhaps it may be a list of the contents of thecoffer mentioned by John Paston in Letter 678.

hx the square trussyyig coffre.

A boxe with evydence off my place in Fletstrett.

A lytell box with obligacions off the Archbisshop off York and

W. Jennyes oblygacion.A box with evydence of Tytlyshall.A box with the letter of attorney off FastolfTes londes by Sir

John Paston.j. A box de actis inter episcopum Wynt' et J. P. militem.

Item endentur' de argento mutuato temiino Trinitatis anno

xf>» et testamentum \V. Paston, Justic'.Item, ij. pixides de no vis cartis de terris Fastolffes.Item, a litell box with the obligacion off T. Fastolff and one

off James Gresham.Item, a box with the dede off gyfft off J. P., and the byll

assygnyd for the dyamant.Item, the bagge de placitis in usu.Item, the bagge with ger taken owt off my caskett.Item, a bagge with the bondell where on was wreten "Lon-don."Item, a bagge witli e\7dence ofT hst Bekham.Item, a bondell de actis parUmenti et de excambia in Paston.

Item, a bondell de actis Cantuariensis.

Item, a bondell de fyrma Caster Berdolffis.

The endenture offSnaylwell by Wylleys.

A bondell of Gresham Moleyns.

A bondell off processe off th'eschekyr letter and bylljrs sirca

(sic) festum Johannis anno ixo-Item, th'endenture off W. Jeney. Item, a bondell off letteris

and byllis anno xo.A bondell with inquisicions not retumyd in to the Clianceri.Copia volimtatis Fastolff ultima et probata.Enventorium {sic) apud Caster per Episcopum Norwic' et

domiuum de Scales et alia ad rediseisinam (?)Apunctuamentum Regis et litera amici. Endentura de Fennes

per patrern Hugonis Fenne.The verray endenture off my mariage.Item, a bondell off letteris from my brother John.Item, iij. billis, the endenter of W. Jenney for Bacton, a byll

of Wylleys and one off J. Owdin (?)Item, a bondell with the names off them that had stoff from

Heylesdon.Item, a byll off Sweynesthorp. Item, a byll off Brok off Ded-

ham off the purchace theroff, a quitance pro Scaccario.A bonde towchyng the probatt off Fastoliles will, \n\.h. mi olde

testament.A copie off a generalle releffe de tenis Fastolffes.

680.A.D. 1471 (?), 4 Nov.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]William Pekoc to Sir John Paston.

Has received Wheteley's letter, but though he has spoken toSir John's tenants at Paston, Bakton, &c., has obtained nomoney to send him. They are better pleased to pay Sir Johnthan Master " Will. P.," so they be saved harmless. Has putthem in good comfort, and Sir John must take care that they benot sued this term. The fishing was never worse. No herring tobe got under 13^. 4^. a barrel, and Ss. ^d. a cade. The swanswere sent the week after your departure. John Osbora andMunde are merry. None dead at Caster and Mawteby sinceMichaehnas, but much mortality still at Fylby, Ormysby, andScrowby.

Mawteby, 4 Nov.

[This letter most probably belongs to the year 1471, which it will b« seenby the letter ir mediately following was &\iiiix 0^ gicut mortality.]

A.D. I47IJ EDWARD IV, 2^

681.

A.D. 1471, 5 Nov.Margaret Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is not addressed, but was evidently written to John Paston iaanswer to Na 678. The date is ascertained by the fact that John Berncy u(Witchinghara died in the year 1471.

CRETE you wele, and send you Goddesblyssyng and myn, letyng you wete that mynCosyn Clere hathe sent to me for the C.marc that I bonved of her for your brother.It fortuned so that a frend of her of late hath lostebetter than CCC. marc, and he sent to her for money,and she had non that she myght comyn by, and ther forshe sent to me for the seyd C. marc; and I know nothow to do therfor, for by my trowth I have it not, norI can not make shyft therfor, and I shuld go to preson;therfor comune with your brother her of, and send meword how that he wull make shyft ther for in hast. Imust elles nedes sell all my woods, and that shall dysseavayll him better than a CC. marc, and I dey; and ifI shuld selle them now, ther wull noman gewe somyche for them be ner an C. marc as they be worth,be cause ther be so many wood sales in Norfolke atthys tyme. Therfor lete hym make purvyaunce therforin hast, as he wull have my good wyll, and wull that Isave hym the seyd woods to the better a wayll, andsend me word here of in hast if ye wull my welfare, for 1shall never be in quiete tille I k[n]owe an ende in thys,for she hath therfor an obligacion of an Qli. And it isnot kepte cloos, ther be many persones now k[n]owyn it,which me semyth a greet rebuke to me that I departydso largely with yowr brother that I reservyd not to paythat I was endaungered for hym, and so have dyverseseyd to me which of late have k[n]owyn it; and whan Iremembre it, it is to myn hart a very spere, consider-yng that he never gave comforte therein, ner of all the

money that hath be resej^d wuU never make shyfttherfor. And he had yet be for thys tyme have sent me1. marc thereof, yet I wuld have thought that he hadhad summe consideracion of myn daungers that I haveput me in for hym. Remembre hym how that I haveexcusyd hym of xx/L that the Prior of Bromholm had,which shuld elles have be in that daunger that it shuldhave be to us a grete rebwke, with bought that hemyght a ben holpyn wyth shuch money as he shuldhave had of your fadyrs bequest; and I payd to theshereffe for hym also money. All thes shuld have holpeme wele therto, be syde other thynges that I have borthys yeres that I speke not of; there fore lete hym helpeme now, or elles it shall dysawayll hym better than thetrebyll the money, wheder that I leve or dey, with oughthe hath better consideracion to the daungers that Istond in. Also I wulde ye shuld meve hym to takeJohn Pampyng to hym, or elles to gete hym a servycein the Chauncery, or in sume other place where as hemyth be preferryd, for it ys pety that he lesyth hystyme so her, and it is non a wayll to non of ws, and fordiverse othyr thyngs whesch ye shall knowe her after, Iwolde that I war hens in haste, for all maner of happys,constrw ye, &c. I can yw thanke for ywyr lettyrthat ye sente me, and that ye have inquiryd of shwchthynges as ye thynk that sliwld plese me. I send yowthe boxe and the dedes that ye sente to me for, butas for the key of the cofyr in the wtter chambyr I cannot fynd yt; yf the boxe had be ther in, ye cwdnat nothave hadd yth but y{[tm/ess] I had broke wp the cofyr;ther for remembre yw wer ye have do the key; I kepstyll the key that ye sente me tyll that ye cwm home.As for the tydynges here, yv/r cosyn Barney of Wych-shynggham ys passyd to Gode, hwm Gode asoyle. Vey-lys wafe, and Lodonys wife, and Pycard the bacar ofTwmlond, ben gone also; all thys hwlsold and thysparych ys as ye leftyd, blyssyd be Gode; we le\vyn infer, but we wait not qweder to fle, for to be better thanwe ben here. I send yw demi a riale for to by

wyth swger ^ and dates for me. I pray yw do as welas ye can, and sende it me as hastely as ye may, andsende me word qwat price a //. of peppyr, clowys,masis, gingyr, and sinamun, almannys, ryse, ganyngal,safrwn, reysonys of Corons, grenys,^ of ych of thesesende me the pryce of ych of thcsc,^ and yf thatit be bettir shepe at London than it is here, I shalsende y\v mony to bye wyth soch stwfe as I ^vull have.Remember that I spake to yw to spek to y^v}Tbrother for the seyd C. marc wan ye departed hens.I trow ye forgettyt, that ye sent me non answer ther ofin ony wye. Lete me have an answer ther of in hast,and sende me woord how ywyr brother and ye sped inywyr maters ; and Goddes blissyng and myn mut yehave both, and send yw good sped in all ywyr maters.Wretyn in hast on Sent Levnards Eve.*

By ywyr Moder.

682.A.D. 1471, Nov.—Bill of Costs.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Termino Sancti Michaelis Anjw xjo E. iiijii pro Rkardo Caliedeff^ versus Willelmum Hug^an q. in placito trans'.

In primis, for a copy of the bill, . . . iiij^.

Item, for makyng of the awnswer to Mr. Pygot,

Mr. Fayrefax, and to Mr. Hosy, ... \s.

Item, wyne and perys at tavern ij. tymes, . . xiiiJ6.

Item, for a copy of record in the Kpiges Bench, '\\]s. m]d.

Item, for pledyng of the record in the Kynges Bench

a yenst Wyll. Huggan, ..... xs.

Item, gyven to Hosey, the xxvij. day of the same

moneth, for to enparle ^ to the bill, . . . iijj. iiijrf.

Item, the xxx. day of October, for the copy of the

tytelyng of Huggans plee, .... \\\]d.

1 In Fenn's edition this is printed " swgar, feg, and dats." The word '* feg "is not in the MS. It seems to be a misreading of " swg'" (sugar), which th«transcriber forgot to cancel.

2 F. adds " and comfyts," but the words are not in the MS.* F. reads " the price of a //.," but this is not in the MS.

4 V. adds a sentence after the date, which is not in the MS.

5 To imparl, a technical expression, meaning to obiuin time to plead.

Item, for wyne at [the] Cardenall Hatte^ the same

day, \']d.

Item, the iiij. day of November, gyven to Mr.Fayrfax and Mr. Hosey for puttyng yn of thereplicacyon, ....... vjj. \u}d.

Item, the x. day of November, gyven to Mr. Fayr-fax, Mr. Pygotte, and Mr. liosey, for the seyngof the paper, and comenyng of the issev^e a yenstWyll. Huggan, ...... xs.

Item, for the wyne at the Cardenall Hatte, . '^viija?'.

Item, for the entre of the aunswere a yenst Hugganby Ric. Calle, payd to Sandys, ... vs.

Item, to Nedersole for makyng of the paper, . ijs. vj^.

Item, for the copy of the same, .... ijj. \}d.

Summa totalis, Ivjj. iiijd.

683.

A.D. 1471, 18 Nov.

Edmund Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

lliis is but the fragment of a letter of which the address is lost, but itseems to have been intended for the writer's brother John Paston. In aletter to him, written on the 29th November 1471, his mother, Margaret,apologises for not sending money for a runlet of wine she had desired himto purchase for her, on account of the number of thieves stirring. It will bflseen that she made the request by means of her son Edmund in this letter.

me one of xij^.

. . to lend me a gown . . .

a bowthe, [and] I pray zow be at schesyng [af the

choosing.? ]

hys hed that is schoryle (?) in Englyshe yt is a terme

Pampyng recummawnd hym to zow and pray zow thatze wyl

^ A tavern in Southwark. The name is still preserved in Cardinal HatAlley.2 iV.^.—Under viij</. is written "46^-. i.d" in a different band

[m]ony, he pray zow to delyver Parkar xs. that hehowyth hym

. . . [Gojddes blyssyng and heres, and prays zow that

ze wyl bye her a runlet e

no mony sche byd that ze schuld borow of my brother

Sir John

[he]r woord as hastely as ze have yt, and sche schale

send zow mony

that yt schuld be woond in a canvasse for brochyngof the caryars [for sche] sethe th[at sche] ..... . . men served soo before. Also I pray zow yfze speke with Master Roger, tell hym that yf hecum in thys cuntre thys Crystemas he schal have hysxf, and yf that he cum not I schal send yt hym bexij. day \_Twelfth Day] at the fardest. I pray zowhartely remembyr my gere, and that ze wyl desyerWylliam Mylsant on my be halve to purvey for thecaryage in as hasty YfjSQ as yt can. Also I pray zowthat the welvet that levyt of my typet may be sendhome a geyn, for I woold strype a dobelet ther with.As for Masteres Blakeny I trow sche • be in zourquarters. I wold I had the same entyrpryce uponhyr that John Bramppton of Atylborowe had up onMastere Bryston. AUe the coorte recummawnddeshem to zow. I pray zow, and ze can get me anyprofytabyl servyce, a saye ^ my brother. Sir John wasmeved of my hawnt Ponyngges to have bene withher. I woold have rytgh an hesy servyse tyl I wereowthe of detes. God have zow in Hys kepyng.Wretyn at Norwyche the Munday nex be fore SenEdmond the Kyng.

Edmond Paston.

On tlu lack of this letter occur the following memoranda:—

In primis, to the pryncypall of Stapyll In, . . , vs.

Item, for iiij. lasys, ...... v'ujd.

Item, for iij. doseyn poyntes, ..... rjd'.

Item, for a plonket ryban, ..... \jd.

1 There should perhaps be a full stop here, but there is no punctuation lathe originaL

684.A.D. 1471 (?), 20 Nov.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.][Margaret Paston] to her Son [Sir John Paston].

Wonders she has no answer to her letter by Ric. Raddeley.Wants him and his brother to get a discharge from my Lord ofCanterbury, "for occupying of your father's goods." If myLord died before we got it, his successor might be " more hastyupon us than he hath been." My Lord knows the great chargeswe have had since he deceased, which have caused the goodsto be spent. If any of us were to die, no one would take chargefor us unless we have a discharge. Remember the spices andmalmsey I have sent to you for.

St. Edmund's Day the King.Sealed.

[At the date of this letter, Sir John Paston and his brother John weretogether in London, and apparently the Archbishop of Canterbury wasseriously ill. Of the latter fact we have no certain knowledge, but it appearsby a subsequent letter that there was a report of his death in June 1472, andthe two brothers were certainly in London together in November of the yearpreceding. It is probable therefore that the Archbishop was ill of the epi-demic which prevailed in the latter part of 1471 and the spring of 1472. Thetwo brothers were not together in November 1472.]

685.

A.D. 1471, 29 Nov.Margaret Paston to John Paston,

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

St Andrew's Eve, the 29th November, fell on a Friday in 1471. It will alsobe seen that the beginning of this letter refers to the same subject as thebeginning of Letter 681.

To John Paston^ Esquier^ be this delyverd in hast.

GRETE zow welle, and send zow Goddes

blyssyng and myn, letyng zow wete that I

have a letter from zour brother, wherby I

imdyrstand that he cannot, ner may, make no

porveyans for the C. mark; the wyche causythe me

to be rj'thgh hevy, and for other thynges that hewrytht to me of that lie is in dawngcr. For remem-bering wat we have had befor thys and ho symppyllyyt hath be spente and to lytyl profythe to any of us,and now am in soche casse that non of us may wellehelpe other with owte that we schuld do that wer to greta dysworschip for us to do, owther to selle wood orlond or soche stuflfe that were nessessary for us tohave in owr howsys; so mot I answer a for God, Iwot not how to do for the seyde money, and for otherthyngges that I have to do of scharge, and my worshupsaved. Yt is a deth to me to thynk up on yt. Methynkyth be zour brothers wrythtyng, that he thynkyththat I am informed be sume that be a bowthe me todo and to sey as I have be for thys, but be my trowthehe demyth a mysse; yt nedyth me not to be informedof no soche thengges. I construe in my owyn mend,and conseyve i now and to myche, and whan I havebrokyn my conseyte to sume that in happe he deniytheyt too, they have put me in cownforth more than Ikowde have be any imajynasyon in my owyn con-seythe. He wrythetyth to me also, that he hathspend thys terme xl//. Yt is a gret thyng ; me thyn-kyth be good dyscresyon ther mythe myche ther ofaben sparyd. Zour fadyr, God blysse hys sowle,hathe had as gret maters to do as I trowe he hathehad thys terme, and hath not spend halfe the monyup on them in so lytyl tyme, and hath do ryth well.At the reverens of God, avyse hym zet to be war ofhys expences and gydyng that yt be no schame to usalle. Yt is a schame and a thjTig that is mychespokyn of in thys contre that zour faders graveston isnot mad. For Goddes love, late yt be remembyrdand porveyde for in hast Ther hathe be mych morspend in waste than schuld have mad that, me thyn-kyth be zour brother that he is wery to wr}^the to meand there fore I wyl not a kumbyr hym with wrythtyngto h)Tii. Ze may telle hym as I wTyth to zow.Item, I woold ze schuld remembyr zour brother of

Pekemgges mater, if he cum not horn hastely, thatze and Townesend and Lumnor may examyn andsette yt thorow. The pore man is almost on donther by, and hys brother suethe hym and trobylythhym sor zet; and also for the plesur of my koseynClere and the Lady Bolen, I woold yt were settethorow.

As for my rowndlet of wyne, I schuld send zowmony there fore, but I dar not put yt in joperte, ther beso many theves stereng. John Lovedayes man wasrobbyd in to hys schyrte as he cam home ward. I trow,and ze assaye Towneshend or Playter, or sum othergood kuntery man of owrys to lend yt zow for me tylthey cum hom, they wyl do so myche for me and Ischal contente them a geyn. Item, Jamys Gresshamhath ben passyng sekke and ys zet. Judy tellytheme that zour brother is avysed for to sue hym. ForGoddes sake, late non onkyndnesse be schewed tohym, for that woold sone make an hend of hym,Remembyr ho keynd and true hartyd he hath ben tous to hys powre; and he had nevere take that ofFyceupon hym that he is in dawnger for, ne had be for owrsakkes. He hathe sold a gret parte of hys lond therefor, as I suppose ze have knowlache of. Late yt beremembyrd, and ellys owr enmyes wyl rejoysyt, andther wyl no wurshup be ther in at long way.

I schuld wryth mor but I have no leyser at thystyme. I trow ze wyl sone kum hom, and there fore Iwryth the lesse. God kepe zow and send zow goodspeede, &c Wretyn the Fryday, Sen Andrue Ev.

Be zour modyr.

T/tf following note is written on the back of the Letter in Sif JohnFenn's hand:—" This letter was fastened by threads brought through with aneedle and made fast by the seal The threads being cut on the directedside the letter is opened without breaking the seal."

686.

A.D. 1471.

John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This seems to he only a p>ortion of a letter, heginning in the middle of asentence. Probably it was a second leaf added to a more lengthy epistle.It is written on one side of a slip of paper and is in the hand of John Pastonthe younger. It is endorsed " John Paston " in that of his brother Sir John,to whom u was doubtless addressed. The date must be towards the end ofthe year 1471, as it appears by the letter immediately following that LordRivers embarked for Portugal that year on Christmas Eve.

. . . . the very valew of Sporlewood passyth notC. mark of no manys mony that I can spek with, andto be payid by dayis as the by 11 that Jwde shalldelyv[er] . . . rehers ; and ther ayenst ye sholdloose \\]li. of the ferme of the maner yerly, whychstandyth by undyr wood; and yet the fense muststand yow over on xij. mark by the lest wey; but,by God, and I wer as ye, I wold not sell it for C.mark more then it is woorthe. Syr John Sty 11 recom-andyth hym to your good mastyrsheppe, and seythpleynly if ye wyll he wyll com up to yow and awayteon yow whersoever ye be, coort or othyr. By SeyntMary, he is ow}Tig more mony then I wend ; for heis owyng for a twelmonthe and a quarter at thysCrystmas, savyng for hys boord, xij^/. a wek for iij.quarters ; and he seythe pleynly that ye and R. Calleboth bad hym syng sty 11 for Syr John Fastolt as hedyd before; but I have bodyn hym that he shall gethym a servyse now at thys Crystmas; and so he shall,withowt that ye send hym othyr wyse woord, orellys that ye or I may get hym som benefyse or frechapell, or som othyr good servyse whych I prayeyow enqwer for.

Item, and ye werk wysly your mater myght com inwith othyr maters of the lordes in ther apoyntmenteswith the Kyng, but it wold be labord to a porposethis Crystmas whyll ye have leyser to spek with your

mastyr. Item, myn aqweyntans with the Lord Reversis none othynvyse but as it hathe ben alweys; savyngand he go no to Portygall to be at a day upon theSerasyns, I porpose and have promysyd to be therwith hym; and that jorney don, as Wykys seythe,farwell he. He porposyth to go forward a bowt Lent,but Fortune with hyr smylyng contenans strange of allour porpose may mak a rodeyn change. I ensueryow he thynkyth all the world gothe on ther syd ayen;and as for my comyng up at the begynnyng of thysnext term, with owt ye send me othyrwyse woord thatI myght do yow som good when I wer com, by myfeyth I com not ther, for it shold put yow to a cost,and me to a labor and cost bothe; but [if] ye sendfor me I com streyght, thow I tery the lesse whyllther, and so I shall withowt I may do yow som good.By my feythe I porpose to make up my byllys clere,and send yow the copyse as hastyly as I can. YongeWyseman othyrwye callyd Foole, told me that Sir W.Yelverton is abowt to make a bargayne with theDwches of Suffolk or with my Lord of Norfolk,whyche he may get fyrst, for the maner of Gwton.I reseyve all yet, God hold it.

I praye yow recomand me to my brodyr Moly-enewx, and all othyr good felaws. J. P.

687.

A.D. 1472, 8 Jan.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 86.]

To my most honorabl and tendre m^dre^ Margrete Paston,be thys letter delivered.

OST worschypfuU and kynde moodre, I com-ande me to yow, and beseche yow off yowrdayly blyssyng and remembraunce. Pleaseit yow to wete thatt I have my pardon,^ as

1 His pardon passed the Great Seal on the 21st December 1471- PardonR«^ II Edward IV., rr. 25.

the berer heroff can informe yow, for comffort wheroffeI have been the marier thys Crystraesse, and have beenparte theroff with Sir George Browen/ and with myLady myn aunte, hys wyffe,^ and be ffor Twelthe^ Icome to my Lorde Archebysshope,'* wher I have haddeas greete cheer, and ben as welkom as I cowde devyse ;and iff I hadde ben in sewerte that Castr weer haddeageyn, I wolde have comen homewards thys daye.^

And I beseche yow to remembr my brother to doohys deveyr thatt I maye have agayn my stuffe, mybookes and vestments, and my beddyng, how so evyrhe doo, thoghe I scholde gyffe xx^' scutes by hys advyseto my Lady Brandon, or some other goode felawe.

As for any tydyngcs ther be noon heer, saffe thatthe Kyng hath kept a ryall Crystmesse ; and now theyseye that hastelye he woll northe, and some seye thathe woll into Walys, and some seye that he woll intothe West Contre. As ifor Qween Margrett, I under-stond that sche is remevyd from Wyndesor to Walyng-fforthe, nyghe to Ewhelme, my Lady of Suffolk Placein Oxenforthe schyre.

And men seye that the Lorde Ryverse schyppyd onCrystmesse evyn in to Portyngale warde j I am notserteyn.

Also the schalle be a convocacion off the Clergye inall haste, whyche men deeme will avayle the Kynge adyme and an halffe, some seye. I beseche God sendeyow goode heele and greater joye in on year then yehave hadde thys vij.

Wretyn att the Moor the viij. daye off Janever,Ao E. iiij. xj.

By yowr soone,

John Paston, K.

1 Sir George Browne, Knight, of Betchworth Castle, in Surrey.—F.

2 Elizabeth Paston, formerly married to Robert Poynings.

3 Twelfth day, 6th of January.—F.

4 George Neville, Archbishop of York.—F.

5 Here follow directions about Caister, and a hope that it might be hadagain by the latter end of the term, when he would come home, and put hislands and houses into order.—F.

III. D

688.

A.D. 1472, 23 Jan.

John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, iv. 420.]

It appears by a letter of the 17th February following (No. 690), that at th«beginning of the year 1472 the Pastons were endeavouring to come to aiiunderstanding with the Duke of Norfolk by the intercession of the Duchess.For further evidence of date, see the next letter.

To my ryght 7vorchepfidl brodyr, Syr John Paston,Knyght, be thys delyvcryd.

jYGHT worchepfull syr, I recomand me to yow

in my best wyse, lykeyth yow to wet ^

that I have thys day delyveryd yowr man-

tyll, yowr ray gowne^, and yowr crosbo\vys,

wyth telers and wyndas, and yowr Normandy byll to

Kerby to bryng wyth hym to London.

Item, in eny wyse, and [z/"] ye can axe the probate ofmy fadyrs wyll to be gevyn yow wyth the bargayn thatye make wyth my Lord of Canterbery, and I can thynkthat ye may have it, and as soone as it is prevyd ye orI may have a lettyr of mynystracyon upon the same,and a qwetance of my Lord Cardinalle evyn foorthewyth; and thys wer one of the best bargaynys that yemad thys ij. yer I enswyr yow, and he may make yowaqwetance or get yow one of the Bysheop of Wyn-chestyr for Syr John Fastolfys goodes also, and in myreson thys wer lyght to be browght a bowght with thesame bargayn. And ye purpose to bargayn with hymye had need to hye yow, for it is tolde me that myLord of Norffolk wyl entyr in to it hastyly, and if he sodoo, it is the wers for yow, and it wyll cawse them toprofyr the lesse sylvyr.

Item, I pray yow send me some secret tydyngs ofthe lyklyed of the world by the next messenger that

1 A blank occurs here in Fenn's left-hand, or literal copy, which is not ex-plained.

*-* This means a gown made of cloth that was never either coloured ordyed.—F. But according to Halliwell "ray" means striped cloth.

comyth between, that I may be eyther myryer or ellysmor sory then I am, and also that I may g^vyd mether aftyr.

Item, as for Sir R. Wyngfeld, I can get no x. //. ofhym, but he seyth that I shall have the fayirest hameysthat I can bye in London for sylv7r, but money can Inon get. I can not yet make my pesse wyth my Lordof Norffolk nor my Lady by no meane, yet every mantellyth me that my Lady seyth passyngly well of meallweys notwithstandyng. I trowe that they wyli «we theapell thys term, yet ther is no man of us indytyc butif it wer doon a for the crowners er then we cam owtof the plase, ther is now but iij. men in it, and the bryggesalwey drawyn. No mor, but God lant yow myn her.^

Wretyn the Twysday next aftyr Seynt Agnet thefyrst.2 J. P.

Item, yestyrday W. Gomay entryd in to Saxthorpand ther was he kepyng of a coort, and had thetenaunts attou[r]nyd to him, but er the coort was alldoon, I cam thedyT with a man with me and nomore, and ther, befor hym and all hys feluwschep,Gayne, Bomsted, &c., I chargyd the tenaunts thatthey shold proced no ferther in ther coort upon peynthat myght folle of it, and they lettyd for a seasen.But they sye that I was not abyll to make my partyegood, and so they procedyd ferther; and I sye that,and set me downe by the stsvard and blottyd hysbook wyth my fyng^T as he \\Tot, so that all tenauntsafermyd that the coort was entempte by me as inyo^\T ryght, and I reqwered them to record that therwas no pesybyll coort kept, and so they seyd theywold.

1 This sentence I wish to have explained.— F.

- The festival of St Agnes, the first (and the most noted of the two), waskept on the 21st of January ; her second festival was on the 28th of the samemonth, which it is to be observed was not the octave of the former, but adistinct feast upon a different occasion, and it is sometimes \\Titten " AgnetisNativitns ;" but it was on account of a miracle wrought at her tomb that thissecond feast was instituted.—F.

689.

A.D. 1472, 5 Feb.Margapet Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, iv, 424.]

As anticipated in the preceding letter we here find that steps are beingtaken by one of the two women whose husbands were killed at the siege ofCaister, to prosecute the appeal against Sir John for her husband's death.The other woman, as will be seen by Letter 677, had married again duringthe year i47i> and was thus disqualified from pursuing the same course.

To John Paston^ Esquyer^ be thys delivered.

GRETE you wele, and send you Godds blyss-yng and myn, letyng you wete that the womanthat sewyth the appell ageyn your brotherand his men is comyn to London to call therup on. And whan that she shuld come to London therwas delivered her C. s. for to sewe with, so that bethat I here in this countre she wuU not leve it, but thatshe shall calle ther up on such tyme as shall be toyour most rebuke, but if \unless\ ye ley the better wetch.She hath evill councell, and that wull see you gretelyuttered, and that ye may understand be the moneythat was take her whan she came up, and ye shuldfynd it, I knowe it wele, if ther myght have you atavauntage; ther for, for Godds sake make diligentserge be the advyce of your councell, that ther be nonecglicens in you in this mater ner other for dififaughtof labour, and call upon your brother, and telle hymthat I send hym Godds blyssyng and myn, and desirehym that he wull now a while, whill he hath the Lordsat his entent, that he seke the meanes to make anende of his maters, for his elmyses arn gretly coragednow of late; what is the cause I knowe not. Also, Ipray you speke to Playter that ther may be fownd ameane that the shereffe or the gaderer of grene wax^

1 Estreats delivered to the Sheriff out of the Exchequer, to be levied in hitcounty under the Seal of that Court, made in green wax^ were from thencecalled green-wax.—F

may be discharged of certeyn issues that rcnne np onFastolf" for Mariotts mater, for the balyfc was at liymthis weke, and shuld have streyned hym, but that hepromysed hym that he shuld with in this viij. dayslabore the meanes that he shuld be discharged or ell[es]he must content hym, &c. Also, I send you be theberer her of, closed in this letter, v. s. of gold, andpray you to bey me a suger loyfe, and dates, andalmaunds, and send it me hame, and if ye bewar \layout\ any mor money, whan ye came hame I shallpait you ageyn. The Holy Gost kepe you bothyn,and deliver you of your elmyse \e?iemies\. Wretyn onSent Agas Day, in hast.

Item, I pray you speke to Mayster Roger ^ for mysorepe, for I had never mor nede therof, and send itme as hastly as ye can.

Be M. P.

690.

A.D. 1472, 17 Feb.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 90.]

After the death of Prince Edward, the son of Henry VI., who is said to havebeen murdered just after the Battle of Tewkesbury in May 1471, Richard,Duke of Gloucester, married his widow Anne, who was the daughter of War-wick 'the Kingmaker, The reference to the proposed sale of Sporle woodgoes further to fix the date.—See Letter 686, and Nos. 710 and 711 following.

A Johan Paston^ Esquier^ soit do?U,

ROTHER, I comande me to yow, and prayeyow to loke uppe my Temple of Glasse^ andsend it me by the berer herof.Item, as for tydyngs, I have spoken withMestresse Anne Hault, at a praty leyser, and, blyssydbe God, we be as ffer fforthe as w^e weer toffoor, andso I hoope we schall contenew ; and I promysed hyr,that at the next leyser that I kowd ffynde therto that

1 Master Roger was, I suppose, some leech famous for his syrups, &c.—F" A Gem of Lydgate's.

I wolde come ageyn and see hyr; whyche wyll take aleyser as [I] deeme now; syn thys observance is overdoon, I purpose nott to tempte God noo moor soo.

Yisterday the Kynge, the Qween, my Lordes ofClaraunce and Glowcester, wente to Scheen to pardon;men sey, nott alle in cheryte; what wyll falle, men cannott seye.

The Kynge entretyth my Lorde off Clarance ffor myLorde of Glowcester; and, as itt is seyde, he answerythe,that he may weell have my Ladye hys suster in lawe,butt they schall parte no lyvelod, as he seythe; so whatwyll falle can I nott seye.

Thys daye I purpose to see my Lady off Norffolkageyn, in goode howr be it!

Ther is proferyd me marchaunts ffor Sporle woode.God sende me goode sale whan I be gynne; that poorwoode is soor manashed and thrett.

Yitt woote I nott whether I come home beftoorEsteme or nott; I schall sende yow worde. No moor, &c.

Wretyn the ffyrst Tewesdaye off Lenton.

John Paston, K.

691.

A.D. 1472, 10 April.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

Norfolk and Suffolk Deeds, No. 38.—'* Relaxatio JohannisPaston facta Willielmo Wainflet et aliis totius juris in maneriovocat' Pedham Hall in Beyton, &c., in omnibus terris, tene-mentis, redditibus, &c., in villis de Beyton, Akle, Birlingham,et Hykling, quse quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf.—April 10,Edw. IV., 12."—There is a similar deed of the same date in-cluding the manor of Titchwell, numbered " Titchwell, 5," inthe collection.

692.

A.D. 1472, 30 April.

Sir John Paston to his brother, John Paston.

[From Fenn, i. 288.]The date of this letter Is ascsrtained by the fact that Sir Thomas Walde-

grave died on the 28th April 1472.—See Inqui^iition post mortem, 12 Edw.Tv., No. 4-

To Master John Paston^ or to my mestrcsse^ hys Modre^be this letter delyveryd in hast.

ROTHER, I comand me to yow^

By Juddy I sende yow a letter by Corby within iiij.dayes byffor thys; and ther with ij. pottsoff oyle for saladys, whyche oyle was goode as myght bewhen I delyveryd itt, and schall be goode at the resey-vynge, iff it be nott mysse handelyd, nor mysse karryd.Item, as ffor tydyngs, the Erie of Northomberlondeis hoome in to the Northe, and my Lord off Glow-cester schall afftr as to morow, men seye. Also thysdaye Robert of Racclyff weddyd the Lady Dymmok atmy place in Fleetstreet, and my Ladye and yowrs,Dame Elizbeth Bowghcher,^ is weddyd to the LordeHowards soon and heyr.^ Also Sir Thomas Walgraveis ded off the syknesse that reygnyth, on Tewesday, now\no\ cheer ffor yowe. Also my Lorde Archebysshope*was browt to the Towr on Saterday at nyght, and onMondaye, at mydnyght, he was conveyd to a schyppe,and so in to the see, and as yitt I can nott undre-stande whedyr he is sent, ner whatt is fallyn off hym;men seye, that he hathe offendyd, but as John Forterseythe, some men sey naye; but all hys meny ardysparblyd \dispersed\ every man hys weye; and somthat ar greete klerkys, and famous doctors of hys,goo now ageyn to Cambrygge to scoolle. As ffor anyother tydyngs I heer noon. The Cowntesse off Oxen-fford^ is stylle in Seynt Martyns ; I heer no word off

1 Here (according to Fenn) follows an order for making out an account andreceiving some rents, &c.

' Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Frederic Tilney, Knight, andwidow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, son of John, first Lord IJerners- Herhusband was slain at the battle of Barnet.

* Thomas Howard, afterwards created Duke of Norfolk, by Henry VIII.,for his victory over the Scots at Flodden. He was son and heir of John, LordHoward.

•* George Nevill, Archbishop of York.

^ Margaret, wife of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, daughter of RichardNevill, Earl of Salisbury, and sister of Warwick the Kingmaker.

hyr. The Qween hadde chylde, a dowghter, but lateat Wyndesor; ther off I trow ye hadde vvorde. Andas ffor me, I am in lyke case as I was. And as fformy Lorde Chamberleyn,^ he is nott yitt comen totown; when he comythe than schall I weete what todoo. Sir John of Parr is yowr ffrende and myn, and Igaffe hym a ffayr armyng sworde within this iij. dayes.I harde somwhat by hym off a bakke fireende offyowr; ye schall knowe moor her afftr.Wretyn the last daye of AprylL

693.

A.D. 1472, 14 May.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

What is here said of the attempt of Gumey to collect the rents at Saxthorpe,seems to show that this letter is of the same year as No. 688. Also themention of Maryot's annuity and the green wax, agrees very well with theprevious allusion to these matters in No. 689.

To Masiyr Syr John Paston^ Knyght, in hast.

YR, I recomande me to yow, &c. W. Gomeyand I ar apojmtyd that ther shall no monybe takyn at Saxthorp tyll thys terme be past,for he hathe promysyd me to spek with yowand your consell, and that ye shall tak a wey betwyx yowso that ye shall be bothe plesyd. He had wamyd acoort at Saxthorp and to have be kep upon HolyRood Day last past, and ther he wold have gadyrd thehalf yere ferm, but it fortunyd me to be there ere thecoort was half done, and I took syche a wey with hymthat the qwest gave no verdyt, ner they procedyd noferther in ther cort, nor gadyrd no mony ther, nor notshall do, tyll syche tym as ye spek to gedyr, and [{/"] yebe at London thys term; but and ye be not at London,I wold avyse yow to let Townysend tak a wey with hym,

1 William, Lord Hastings.

for it lyeth not in my power to keep werre wnth hym ;/or and 1 had not delt rygbt corteysly up on HolyRood Day I had drownk to myn oystyrs, for yowngHcydon had reysyd as many men as he kowd makin barneys to have holp Gornay; but when Heydonsye \sa7v\ that we delt so corteysly as sve ded he with-drew hys men and mad hem to go horn a yen, not-withstandyng they wer redy, and ned had be. Andalso my Lord of Norffolks men wyll be with hymayenst me I wet well as yet, tyl bettyr pesse be.

Item, as for myn ownkyll William, I have spookwith hym, and he seyth that he wyll make a byll inall hast of iche percelle be twyxt yow and send yowword in wrj'ghtyiig how that he wooll dyell with yow;but I can not se that he besyth hym abowght it, not-withstandyng I calle upon hym dayly for it As formony, I can none get, neyther at Snaylewell nor atSporle tyll mydsomer, thow I wold dryve all the catellthey have. I was bond to the shre\'ys for gren wax^and for tl fyeri facias that is awardyd owt of yo\vr lond,>v)'che drawyth in alle bettyr than v. mark, and I amfayn to borow the mony to pay it by that Lord Ibeleve on, for I cowd not gadyr a nobyll of areragyssyn I was with yow at London of alle the lyvelod yehave. As for John Maryot, he is payid of hys anuytein to a nobyll or xj. at the most, but as for all hysdettors I can not pay hem tyll I can gadyr moremony, so God help me. I pray yow send a byll toJohn Pampyng that he may r>'ed with me ovyr allyour Ipxlood, and tak a clere reknyng what is owyngand what that I have receyvyd, that ye may have a clerreknyng of all that ye owe in thys contre, and whatyour tenauntes owe yow. Item, I pray yow send meword as hastyly as ye can, how the world goethe.No more, but God lant yow lansmann,^ and ratherthen to stand in dowght, remembjT what peyn it is aman to loese lyberte. The Flet is a fayir preson, but

1 See page 36, note i.

' So in MS. Wliat docs this mean T Compare similar exprc-^ion at/. 35.

ye had but smale lyberte tber in,^ for ye must nedysaper when ye wer callyd. Item, I have fownd JamysGieshamys oblygacyon. Item, he comyth to London-ward thys day.

Wretyn the xiiij. day of Maye. J. P.

694.

A.D. 1472, 25 May.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter seems to have been written in 1472^ when, as before observed,the Pastons were endeavouring to make peace with the Duke of Norfolk bymeans of the Duchess. The date is confirmed by the reference to JamesGresham's obligation at the end. Compare last No. There is no address onthe back.

|YGHT worchefull syr, I recomande me to yow,sertyfying yow that I was purposyd to havecom to London to have made my pese withmy Lady of Norffolk, but I undyrstand she isnot in London; notwithstandyng that is no cause ofmyn abydyng at hom, but thys is the cause, so Godhelp me,—I can get no mony, neythyr of your lyvelodner of myn, to pay for my costes, nor for to ease yowwith at my comyng. Notwithstandyng I am promysydsom at Snaylewell, and if so be that John can take enyther, he shall bryng it yow with this bylle. I sendyow here ij. of my reknynges that I have receyved andpayd syn I delt with yowr lyvelod, and by thes ij. andby that reknyng that I sent yow to London ye mayknow what is receyved by me, and what I have payid ;and howgh and when so evyr ye wyll let your tenauntesand fermours at alle plasys be examynd, ye shallefynd it non othyr wyse. So God help me, as your lyve-lod is payid, it cannot paye your dettes in thys contre;for it drawyth up on a yJi. that ye owe yet in thyscontre, besyd the xii//. to Dawbney; and with in thesvij. dayis I shall send yow a clere byll what ye owe, for

1 I have found no other mention of Sir John Paston having been im-prisoned in the Fleet.

ther are axyld many thynges that I knewe not of whenI was with yow.

Also I enswyr yow by my trowthe I saw my modyrnevyr sorer mevyd with no mater in hyr lyve then shewas when she red the byll that ye gave me wamyng inthat Perker had atainyd an axyon ayenst yow and me,for she supposyth ver>'ly that it is doon by myn oncyllWilliam meanys, to mak yow to sell your lond. Butthys she comandyd me for to send yow word, that andye sell eny lond, but paye your dettes with syche goodas my Lord Archebyshopp owyth yow, and eny lawin Inglond can put fro yow eny of hyr lond, she swerythby that feyth that she owyth to God she wyll put froyow dobyll as myche lond as ye selle. And therfor Iwold avyse yow, calle sharply upon my Lord, the Arche-byshop, for ye ar not bond to undo your sylf for hym.

Item, I pray yow se that I tak no hurt by Parker.As for myn oncyll W., I can not mak hym to sendyou the byll of syche stuff as he hathe of yowrs. Heseyth he woll, but he comyth no of with it.^ He and Iar fowly fallyn owght thys same day for a mater betwyxLovell and Johne Wallsam and hyr sustyr. Lovellhathe bowt J one Walshamys part of hyr lyvelod, andmaryd hyr to a knave, and myn oncyll W. hathe oftspok with my modyr and me for to delyver JoneWalshamys evj'dence to Lovell, whyche I have inkepyng; and be cause I wyll not delyver Lovell theevydence therfor we fyll owt, in so myche that he seythhe wyll stryppe me fro the maner of Sweynsthorpe.Wherfor I pray yow in eny wyse send me by JohnMylsend a copye of the deed that I sent yow to London.Ther is in the same deed Gresham and Snaylewell,and Sporle and Sweynsthorpe, alle to gedyr I trow.And I prey yow let the date and the feoffeys namys,and alle be set in. And I trust to God to mak yt sosewyr that he shall do me lytyll harm. Gefrey Spyr-lyng callyth oft up on me to undyrstand how ye wylldelle with hym for hys plase in Norwyche. I pray you

1 So in MS.

44 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1472.

send me woord by John what answer I may gevehym ; he delyth alwey ryght frendly with yow.

Item, I send yow here wyth Jamys Greshamysoblygacyon.

Item, I pray yow send serteyn woorde how theworld gothe.

Wretyn the xxv. day of May. J. P.

Endorsed—John Paston.

695.

A.D. 1472, 5 June.Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It IS evident that Henry Heydon's purchase of Saxthorpe, mentioned inthis letter, must have been subsequent to his support of Gumey in thepossession of that manor, as mentioned in Letter 693. No doubt the year isthe same. The letter is endorsed by Sir John " Per matrem."

To Sir John Paston^ Knythe^ be thys delyverid.

GRET zow welle, and send zow Goddsblyssyng and myn, latyng zow wet that Ispakke with frends of myn with yne thys fewedays that told me that I am leke to be trobyldfor Sir John Fastolles goodes, the whyche were in zourfadyrs possessyon, and as for me I had never none ofthem. Where fore I pray zow send me a kopy of thedyssecharge whyche ze have of my Lord of WynChes-ter that ze told me that ze had, bothe for my dyschargeand zowyrs wat sum ever that be callyd upon of eytherof us here after. Item, yt ys told me that Harry Hey-don hat bowthe \bought\ of the seyd Lord botheSaxthorpe and Tychewelle, and hathe takke possessyonthere in. We bette the busschysse and have the losseand the disworschuppe and ether men have the byrds.My Lord hathe falsse kownselle and sympylle, that avy-seythe hym thereto; and as yt ys told me, Guton ys leke

to goo the same wey in hast And as for Heylysdon andDrayton, I trow yt is ther yt schalle be. Wat schallefalle of the remnaunt, God kowythe,—I trow as evelleor whersse. We have the losse among us. Yt owytheto be remembyrd, and they that be defawty to havekonsyens there in. And so mot I thryve, yt was toldme but latte that yt is seyd in kownselle of them thatben at Caster, that I am leke to have but lytylle goodof Mauteby yf the Duke of Norfolke have possessyonstylle in Caster; and yf we lesse that, we lesse thefayereste flower of owr garlond. And ther for helpethat he may be owte of possessyon there of in hastebe myn a vyse, wat so ever fortune here after. Item,yt is seyde here that my Lord Archebysschoppe is ded;and yf yt be so, calle up on hys sueretes for the monythat is owyng to us, in hast be myn avyse; and atreverens of God helpe that I mythe be dyschargydof the C. mark that ze wet of, owder be that mene orsum other, for yt is to myche for me to bere, withother charges that I have besyd, that I am to hevywan I thynk up on yt. As for your syster Anne, MasterGodfrey and his wyffe and W. Grey of Mart)Ti, am upon a powntment with me and your brother John, sothat ze wylle a gre there to and be her good brother;sche schalle have to joyntor hys modyrs lyvelod afterthe dyssese of her and her husbond, and I to pay mli.be zere to the fynddyng of her and her husbond tyllec//., be payed. And yf hys grawntsyers lyvelod falleto hym here after, he hathe promysed to amend herjoyntyr. Master Godfrey hathe promysyd hym for hysparte xli-. be zere, and than lakkythe but iiij. nobyls ofXX. mark be zere, the \vyche they hope ze wylle makeupe for zour parte. Wylliam Grey told me he schuldspeke with zow here in wan he kam to London thysterme. God kepe zow.

Wretyn in hast on Fryday next after Sen Pernelle.^

Be your modyr.

1 St PetrouUla the Virgin or St. PeniclL Her day was the 31st May.

696.

A.D. 1472, 5 June.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 92.]

This letter, like the last, is dated by the reference to Gurney and Heydon.The date is confirmed by the allusion to the proposal to sell Sporle wood.

To my ryght worchepfull brodyr^ Sir John Paston^Knyght.

^^YGHT worchepfull sir, I recomand me to yow.^

Item, Mastyr John Smythe tellyth me thatSir T. Lyneys goodys ar not abyll to paye aquarter of hys detts that be axyd hym; wherforsyche money as is be left it most be devydyd toevery man a parte aftyr the quantyte, whyche dyvysyonis not yet mad, but when it is mad he hathe promyseydme that your part shalbe worthe iij. the best, &c.

Item, as for J. of Barneys hors, whoso have leestneed to hym he shall cost hym xx. marks, not a penylesse.

Ye send me woord of the maryage of my Lady Jane;one maryage for an other on, Norse and Bedford wereaxed in the chyrche on Sonday last past As for mysyster Anne, my modyr wyll not remeve fro W. Yell-verton for Bedyngfeld, for she hathe comend ferther inthat mater, syn ye wer in this contre, as it aperyth inhyr lettyr that she sendyth yow by Th)TSton.

Tydyngs her, my Lady of Norffolk is with chyld, shewenyth hyrsylf, and so do all the women abowght hyr,insomyche she waytys the qwyknyng with in thes vj.wekys at the ferthest. Also W. Gernay wenyth thatHeydon is swyr of Saxthorp, and that Lady Boleyn ofGwton. John Osberne avysythe yow to take brethefor your wodsale at Sporle, for he hathe cast it, that itis woorthe as good as ix.^^-/i. Be war of Montayn, forhe may not pay yow so moche mony with hys ease.

1 Here follows an account of some money tran.<!RCtions, &c.—F.

I prey yow recomand me to Sir John Parre with allmy servys, and tell hym by my trouthe I longyd neversorer to see my Lady than I do to se hys Mastershepe;and I prey God that he aryse never a momyng fro myLady hys wyff, with owght it be ageyn hyr wyll, tyllsyche tyme as he bryng hyr to Our Lady ofWalsyngham.

Also I prey yow to recomand me in my mosthumbyll wyse unto the good Lordshepe of the mostcorteys, gentylest, wysest, kyndest, most compenabyll,freest, largeest, most bowntesous knyght, my Lord theErie of AiTan/ whych hathe maryed the Kyngs sustyrof Scotland. Herto he is one the lyghtest, delyverst,best spokyn, fayrest archer; devowghtest, most per-fyghte, and trewest to hys lady of all the knyghtysthat ever I was aqweyntyd with; so wold God, myLady lyekyd me as well as I do hys person and mostknyghtly condycyons, with whom I prey yow to beaqweyntyd, as yow semyth best; he is lodgyd at theGeorge in Lombard Street. He hath a book of mysyster Annys of the Sege of Thebes; when he hathedoon with it, he promysyd to delyver it yow. I preylete Portland bryng the book hom with hym. Port-land is loggyd at the George in Lombard Street also.

And thys I promyse yow, ye schall not be so longeayen with ought a byll fro me, as ye have ben, thow Ishold wryght how ofte the wynd changyth, for I sebe your wryght}'ng ye can be wrothe and ye wyll

crosse it.-i-.-i-.4-

for lytyll.2 Wretyn the v. day of June.

J. Paston.

1 Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, in 1466, married Mary, daughter of James TLand sister of James the III., Kings of Scotland. He was appointed Regent,but becoming unpopular was banished, and died in exile before 1474.—F.

2 These two words are crossed as here represented, and over them iswritten, " crosse it."—F.

697.

A.D. 1472, 8 July.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The references to the affairs of the deceased Sir Thomas Lynde, theDuchess of Norfolk's pregnancy, and other subjects mentioned in the letterimmediately preceding, prove clearly that this letter belongs to the same year.

To my ryght worchepfull brodyr^ Sir John Paston,

Knyght.

YGHT worchepfull sir, I recomand me to you,sertyfying yow that I have spokyn wythMastyr John Smyth ^ for Sir T. Lyndys,and he hathe shewyd me your byll whycheye axe to be content of. Your byll a lone drawyth iiij.mark and ode monye, for ye have set in your byllfor wax a lone xxx., whyche to Mastyr John S.imagynacyon, and to all other ofycers of the coort,shold not drawe past xx^. at hys berying. The by Usthat be put into the coorte of Syr Thomas Lynys dettesdrawe xxx//. xviijj. vj^., and all the money that can bemad of hys house and goodes in this contrey drawythbut vli. Mastyr J. Smyth wold ye shold send hyminto the coort an inventory of syche goodys as SyrT. had at London when he dyeid, and that in-ventory onys had, ye shall have as comyth to yourpart and more also. Ye must send the serteynte whedyrthe wax be xxj-. or xx^.; and as for the Freers, MasterJohn wyll notalowe theym a peny, for he seyth wher thedettes may not be payeid, set the beqwestes at nowght.He is agreid to pay the potycarye aftyr that he havethe inventory fro yow. Rysyng I trowe hathe bewith yow.

Item, as for John Maryot, I have sent to hym forthe xli". but I have non answer.

1 Master John Smyth was, at this time, an officer in the Bishop's Court;he became afterwards Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich, and died about1491.

A.D. 1472] EL WARD IV. 49

Item, I have spok with Barker, and he hathe nomoney, nor non can get tyll harvest, when he maydystreyn the cropp upon the grownd; he seyth thereis not owyng past v. mark, and on Saturday nextcomyng he shall send me a vewe of hys acomptewhyche I shall send you as sone as I have it. As forFastolffes v. mark, J. Wyndham hathe be spokyn toby me half a doseyn tymys to send to hym for it, andhe seyth he hathe doon so.

Item, Sir John Styll hathe told Jwde when ye shallhave the chalys; ax Jwde of your crwets allso.

Item, the prowd, pevyshe, and evyll disposyd prestto us all. Sir James, seyth that ye comandyd hym todelyver the book of vij. Sagys to my brodyr Water,and he hathe it.

Item, I send you the serteynte her with of as mycheas can be enqweryd for myn oncyll W. cleym in Caster;thase artyclys that fayle, the tenaunts of Caster shallenqwer theym, and send theym to me hastyly; theyhave promysyd, and they com, ye shall have theymsent yow by the next messenger that comyth to London.

Item, my modyr sendyth you woord that she hatheneyther Master Robard Popyes oblygacyon nor theByshopys.^

Item, my modyr wold ye shold in all haste gete hyraqwetance of the Byshop^ of Wynchester for SirJohn Fastolffes goodes; she preyid you to make it swyiby the avyse of your consayll, and she wyll pay forthe costes.

Item, she preyith you to spek to the seyd Byshopfor to get Master Clement Felmyngham the viij. markbe yer dwryng hys lyffe that Sir J. Fastolff be sethym; she preyid you to get hym an asygnement forit to som maner in Norffolk or in Lothynglond.

Item, she wold ye shold get yow an other house toley in your stuff syche as cam fro Caster. She thynkython of the Freerys is a fayir house ; she purposeyth to

1 Walter Lyhert, Bishop of Norwich, from 1445 to 1472.

2 William de Wainfleet, Bishop of Winchester from 1447 to 148&

ni. E

go in to the contre, and ther to sojom onys ayen,^Many qwarellys ar pyekyd to get my brodyr E. andme ought of hyr howse; we go not to bed unchedynlyghtly, all that we do is ille doon, and all that SirJamys and Pekok dothe is well doon; Sir Jamysand I be tweyn. We fyll owght be for my modyr, with" Thow prowd prest" and " Thow prowd sqwyer," mymodyr takyng hys part, so I have almost beshet the bote,as for my modyrs house; yet somer shal be don or I getme ony mastyr. My modyr proposeith hastyly totake estate in all hyr londys, and upon that estate tomake hyr wyll of the seyd londys, parte to geve tomy yonger brethym for term of ther lyvys, and aftyrto remayn to yow, pert to my syster Annys^ maryage,tyll on C//. be payid, part for to make hyr ile atMawtby, parte for a prest to syng for hyr and myfadyr, and ther ancestrys. And in thys aungyr betwenSir Jamys and me, she hathe promyseid me that myparte shall be nowght; what your shal be, I can notsey. God sped the plowghe; i feythe ye must purveyfor my brodyr E. to go over with you, or he ison don; he wyW bryng xx. noblys in hys purse. Mymodyr wyll nowthyr geve nor lend non of you bothe apeny forward. Purvey a meane to have Caster ayenor ye goo ovyr; my Lord and Lady (whyche for serteynis gret with chyld), be wery ther of, and all the housoldalso. If ye wyll eny othyr thyn to be don in thyscontre, send me woord, and I shall do as well as Ican with Godes grace. Who preserve yow.

Wretyn the viij. day of Julie. I pray yow recomandme to my Lord of Aran,^ Sir John Par, Sir GeorgeBrowne, Osbem Bemey, R. Hyd, Jhoxson my cosyn,hys wyfe Kate, W. Wood, and all. I pray brenne thysby[ll] for losyng. Your, J. P.

1 Fenn reads " onys a yer," which may have been intended ; but I thinkthe true reading is "ayen."'^ She afterwards married William Yelverton, Esq.* See page 47, Note i.

698.A.D. 1472?—Abstract.

[From MS. Phillipps 9735, No. 271.]

A paper endorsed "The copy of the request to the Bishop ofWinchester by Sir John Paston, Knight."

Complains of my Lord not making him an acquittance of 4000marks which he has often claimed, &c.

[Sir John Paston is desired in Letters 688 and 697 to procure from theBishop of Winchester an acquittance for Sir John Fastolfs goods, and thispaper may be presumed to be of the same year.

699.A.D. 1472, 12 Aug.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

Norf. and Suff. Deeds, No. 63.—" Relaxatio Willielmi Pas-ton Will. Wainflete et aliis totius juiis in manerio de Caldecotsin Freton, in Akethorp, in Lowestoft, Spitlings in Gorleston,tenementi vocat' Habland in Bradwell, et tenementi vocat' Browe-ston in eadem villa, et aliis terris infra hundred de LoddinglondAug. 12, Edw. IV. 12."

700.

A.D. 1472, 20 Sept.James Arblaster to the Bailiff of Malden.

[From Fenn, ii. 98.]

The date of this letter is ascertained by the reference made to it in thatwhich immediately follows it.

To my ryghi trusty ffrend John Carenton^ Baylye of

Maldon,

YGHT trusty frend, I comand me to yow,preying yow to call to your mynd that, lyekas ye and I comonyd of, it were necessaryfor my Lady and you all, hyr servaimts and

tenaunts, to have thys Parlement as for one of theburgeys of the towne of Maldon, syche a man ofvvorchep and of wytt as wer towardys my seyd Lady;and also syche on as is in favor of the Kyng and ofthe Lords of hys consayll nyghe abought hys persone.Sertyfying yow, that my seid Lady for hyr parte, andsyche as be of hyr consayll be most agreeabyll, thatbothe ye, and all syche as be hyr fermors and tenauntys,and welhvyllers, shold geve your voyse to a worchep-full knyght, and one of my Ladys consayll, Sir JohnPaston, whyche standys gretly in favore with my LordChamberleyn; and what my seyd Lord Chamberleynmay do with the Kyng and with all the Lordys of Ing-lond, I trowe it be not unknowyn to you most of enyon man alyve. Wherefor, by the meenys of the seydSir John Paston to my seyd Lord Chamberleyn, bothcmy Lady and ye of the towne kowd not have a meeterman to be for yow in the Perlement, to have yourneedys sped at all seasons. Wherfor, I prey yow laborall syche as be my Ladys servauntts, tenaunts, and well-wyllers, to geve ther voyseys to the seyd Sir JohnPaston, and that ye fayle not to sped my Ladys intentin thys mater, as ye entend to do hyr as gret a plesur,as if ye gave hyr an C//. And God have yow in Hyskeping.

Wretyn at Fysheley, the xx. day of Septembyr.

J. Arblaster.

I prey yow be redy with all the acomptanttys be-longyng to my Lady, at the ferthest within viij. dayesnext aftyr Perdon Sonday, for then I shall be with yowwith Gods Grace, Who have yow in keepyng.

701.

A.D. 1472, 21 Sept.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 102.]

To myryght worchepfuU brodyr^ Sir John Pasion^ Knyght.

(YGHT worchepfull sir, I recomand me to yow,letyng yow wet that your desyer as for theKnyghtsof the Shyer was an impossoybyltobebrowght abowghtjflfor my Lord of Norftblkandmy Lord of Suffolk wer agreid i mor then a fortnyght goto have Sir Robert Wyngfeld, and Sir Rychard Harcort,and that knew I not tyll it was Fryday last past. I hadsent or I rod to Framlynham, to wame as many of yourfrends to be at Norwyche as thys Monday, to serve yourentent as I koud; but when I cam to Framlynham, andknew the apoyntment that was taken for the ij. knyghts,I sent wamyng ayen to as many I myght to tery athom ; and yet ther cam to Norwyche thys day as manyas ther costs dreave to ixj. id. ob., payid and reknydby Pekok and R. Capron, and yet they dyd but brakther fest and depertyd. And I thankyd hem in yourname, and told them that ye wold have noo voyse asthys day, for ye supposyd not to be in Inglond whenthe Perlement shold be, and so they cam not at thesherhous [shire-house]; for if they had, it was thoughtby syche as be your frends here, that your adversaryswold have reportyd that ye had mad labor to have benone, and that ye koud not bryng your purpose abowght.

I sent to Yermowthe, and they have promysyd alsoto Doctor Aleyn and John Russe to be mor then iij.wekys goo.

Jamys Arblaster hathe wretyn a lettyr to the Bayle ofMaldon, in Essex, to have yow a' bergeys ther; howeJwde shall sped, let hym tell yow, when ye spek to gedyr.

SyT, I have ben twyis at Framlyngham sythe yourdepartyng, but now, the last time the consayll wasther, I sye [saw] yow lettyr whyche was bettyr then wellendyghtyd. R. C.^ was not at Framlyngham when theconsayll was ther, but I took myn owne avyse, anddelyvered it to the consayll with a propocysion therwith, as well as I kowd spek it, and my wordys wer

1 Richard Calle.

well takyn, but your lett[yr] a thousand fold bettyr.When they had red it, they shewd it to my Lady.^Aftyr that my Lady had sen it, I spok with my Ladyofifryng to my Lord and her your servyse, and besydthat, ye to do my Lord a plesur^ and hyr a bettyr, so asye myght depert wyth ought eny some specyfyid. Shewold not tell in that mater, but remyttyd me ayen tothe consayll, for she seyd, and she speke in it, tyll myLord and the consayll wer agreed, they wold ley thewyght [blame] of all the mater on hyr, whyche shold bereportyd to hyr shame; but thys she promyseid to behelpyng, so it wer fyrst mevyd by the consaylL Then Iwent to the consayll, and offyrd befor them your ser-vyse to my Lord, and to do hym a plesure, for thehaveing ayen of your place and londys in Caster, xl//.not spekyng of your stuff nor thyng ellys. So theyanswerd me your offyr was more then resonabyll; andif the mater wer thers, they seyd, they wyst what con-scyence wold dryve hem to. They seyd they woldmeve my Lord with it, and so they dyd, but then thetempest aros, and he gave hem syche an answer thatnon of hem all wold tell it me; but when I axid ananswer of them, they seyd, and [if] som Lordys orgretter men mevyd my Lord with it, the mater wer your(kepe consaile), and with thys answer I depertyd.But Syr W. Brandon, Sothewell, Tymperley, HerryWentworthe, W. Gornay, and all other of consayll,undyrstand that ye have wronge, insomyche that theymevyd me that ye shold take a recompence ofother lond to the valew; but they wold not avowethe offyr, for I anserd hem that if they had ryghtthey wold have ofred no recompence. Dyscovyr notthys, but in my reason, and [i.e. if] my Lord Cham-berleyn^ wold send my Lady a letter with someprivy tokyn betwyx theym, and allso to meve myLord of Norffolk when he comyth to the Parlement,serteynly Caster is yours.

1 Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk. 2 Make him a present—F

* William, Lord Hastings.

If ye mysse to be burgeys of Maiden, and my LordChamberleyn ^vyll, ye may be in a nother plase; therbe a doseyn townys in Inglond that chesse no bergeys,whyche ought to do, and ye may be set in for one ofthose townys, and ye be frendyd. Also in no wyseforget not in all hast to get some goodly ryng, pryseof xxj., or som praty flowyr of the same pryse, andnot undyr, to geve to Jane Rodon, for she hathe benthe most specyall laborer in your mater, and hathepromysyd hyr good wyll foorthe, and she doeth allwith hyr mastresse. And my Lord Chamberleyn wyll,he may cause my Lord of Norffolk to com up soner tothe Parlement then he shold do, and then he mayapoynt with hym for yow, or the ferm corn^ be gadryd.I profyrd but xl/^"., and if my Lord Chamberleyn profyrmy Lady the remenaunt, I can thynk it shall be taken.My Lady must have somwhat to bye hyr kovercheff*besyd my Lord. A soper that I payd for, wher allthe consayll was at Framlyngham, \]s. iijV., and mycosts at Framlyngham twyis lying ther by viij. dayis.with ixi". id. ob., for costs of the contre at Norvvychedrawyth abowght xxx., I trowe more: by our Lady, iit be lesse, stand to your harmys, and sic reman^t\li. xiijV. iii^.

I axe no more gods of you for all the servyse thatI shall do yow whyll the world standyth, but a goss-hawke,^ if eny of my Lord Chamberleyns men or yoursgoo to Kaleys, or if eny be to get in London; that is,a mewyd hawk, for she may make yow sporte whenye com into Inglond a doseyn yer hens, and to callupon yow owyrly, nyghtly, dayly, dyner, soper, forthys hawk. I pray noo more but my brother E., J.Pampyng, Thyrston, J. Myryel, W. Pytte, T. Plattyng

1 Com paid In part of rent.—F ^ ^ head-dress, or handkerchief.—F.

* From the anxiety here expressed for an hawk, we may judge of theattention which was paid to the diversion of hawking. Latham, in his bookof Falconry, says, that a goshawk is the first and most esteemed kind ofkawk; that a sore hawk is from the first taking of her from the eiry, tillshe hath mewed her feathers. The tassel, or tiercel, is the male of thegoshawk, so called, because ii is a tierce or third less than the female ; itappears here, that a grosser, or dealer in foreign fruits, &c., sold hawks.—F

Jwde, lityll Jak, Mastyr Botoner, and W. Wood toboote, to whyche persons I prey yow to comand me;and if all thes lyst to spek to yow of thys mater whenSir George Browne, W. Knyvett, R. Hyd, or enyfolk of worchepp and of my aqweyntanse be in yourcompeny, so that they may helpe forthe, for all is lytylli nowe, and ye be not very well wyllyng, I shall sopervey for hem, and ever ye com to Norwyche, andthey with yow, that they shall have as deynte vytaylland as gret plente therof for \d. as they shall have ofthe tresorer of Caleys for xv^., and ye, peraventure,a pye of Wymondham to boote. Now thynk on me,good Lord, for if I have not an hawke, I shall wax fattfor default of labor, and ded for default of companyby my trowthe. No more, but I pray God send youall your desyrs, and me my mwyd gosshawk in hast,or rather then fayle, a sowyr hawke. Ther is a grosserdwellyng ryght over ayenst the well with ij. bokettsa lytyll fro Seynt Elens, hathe evyr hawkys to sell.

Wretyn at Norwyche the xxj. day of September^Anno E. iiij'^ xij^- J. P.

Rather then faylle, a tarsell provyd wyll occupythe tyme tyll I com to Caleys.

702.

A.D. 1472, 29 Sept.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this letter is shown by a contemporaneous endorsement" Anno E. iiij*' xij**," as well as by the repetition of the writer's request for agoshawk.

A Monsieur /, Paston, Chevalier,

YGHT worchepfull sir, 1 comand me to yow,sertyfying yow that Pekok hath leceyvyd ofSir John Stylle by a bylle all suche stuff ashe had of your. And as for Kendallys mater,

he hathe doon as myche in it as can be doon : but asfor Richard Ca.lle, he hathe gevyn hym a pleyi* a^iswerthat he wyll not scale to the lease that ye have madto Kendalle, for he seyth he wottyth not whether it beyour wylle or not, notwithstandyng he sye yore sealleup on it. I wold be sory to delyver hym a subpenaand ye sent it me.

I send you herwith the endenture betwyx yow andTo\vnesend. My modyr hathe herd of that mater bythe reporte of old Wayte, whyche rennyth on it withopyn mowthe in hys werst wyse. My modyr wepythand takyth on mervaylously, for she scythe she wotythwell it shall never be plcdgyd ought; wherfor shescythe that she wyll purvey for hyr lond that ye shallnone selle of it, for she thynkys ye wold and it camto yowr hand. As for hyr wyll and all syche matersas wer in hand at your last being here, they thynkthat it shall not lye in all oure porys to let it in onpoynt.

Sir Jamys is evyr choppyng at me, when my mody»is present, with syche wordys as he thynkys wrathe me,and also cause my modyr to be dyspleased with me,evyn as who seyth he wold I wyst that he settyth notby the best of us; and when he hathe most unfyttyngwoordys to me, I smylle a lytyll and tell hym it isgood heryng of thes old talys. Sir Jamys is parson ofStokysby by J. Bemays gyft. I trowe he beryth hymthe hyeer.

Item, ye must sende in haste to W. Barker a warrantto pay John Kook xxxj-., and to the woman of Yer-mothe for otys xx., and Syr John Styll hys money, forthey call dayly up on it.

Item, I prey yow send me some tydynges howgh theworld gothe, and whether ye have sent eny of your folkto Caleys. Me thynkes it costyth yow to myche moneyfor to kepe hem all in London at your charge.

Item, whethyr ye have eny thyng spokyn of mygoing to Caleys.

Item, as for a goshawk or a terssell, I wend to have

Iiad on of yours in kepyng or thys tyme, but fere [far]fro iee fer fro hert; by my trowthe I dye for defawlt oflahore. And it may be by eny meane possybyll, forCodes sake let on be sent me in all hast; for if it benot had by Halowmess, the seson shall passe a non,Memento mei^ and in feythe ye shall not loose on it.Nor yet myche wyne on it by God, Who preserve yow.Wretyn on Seynt Mychell Day, in Monte Tomba.^

J. P.

703.

A.D. 1472, 4 Nov.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 112.]A Johan Paston^ Esquyer, soit done,

ORSHYPFULL and weell belovyd brother, Irecomand me to yow, letyng yow weet thatI sente yow a letter and a rynge with a dya-mond, in whyche letter ye myght well con-ceyve what I wold ye scholde do with the same rynge,with menye other tydyngs and thyngs whyche I prayedyowe to have doon for me, whyche letter Botoner^ hadthe beryng off. It is so nowe that I undrestond that heis owther deed or ellys harde eskapyd, wheroff I amryght hevye, and am not serteyn whethyr the seydlettyr and rynge come to yowr handys or nott. Iwolde nott that letter wer seyn with some folkys ;wherffor I praye yow take good heede hoghe that lettercomythe to yowr handys, hooll or brokyn, and inespeciall I praye yow gete it, iff ye have it nott.

Also I praye yow feele my Lady off Norfolks dys-posicion to me wards, and whethyr she toke any dys-plesur at my langage, or mokkyd, or dysdeyned my

1 On Tomb land in Norwich.

9 William Botoner, otherwise Worcester. He certjunly was alive someyears later than tnis.

words whyche I hadd to hyr at Yarmothe, be twyenthe place wher I ffyrst mett with hyr and hyr lodg-yng, ffor my Lady Brandon and Syr William^ alsoaxhyd me what words I had had to hyr at that tyme.They seyd that my Lady seyde I gaff hyr ther off,^ andthat I sholde have seyde that my Lady was worthyeto have a Lords soon in hyr belye, ffor she cowdecheryshe itt, and dele warlye with it; in trowthe owtherthe same or words moche lyke I had to hyr, whychewordys I ment as I seyde. They seye to that I seydeshe toke hyr ease. Also I scholde have seyde that myLadye was off satur \staiute\ goode, and had sydeslonge and large, so that I was in goodc hope shesholde ber a fayr chylde; he was nott lacyd nor bracydine to hys peyn, but that she left hym rome to pleyehym in. And they seye that I seyde my Lady was largeand grete, and that itt sholde have rome inow to goo owtatt; and thus whyther my Lady mokk me, or theye, Iwoote nott. I mente weell by my trowthe to hyr, andto that she is with, as any he that owythe heer bestwyll in Ingelond.

Iff ye can by any meed weete whethyr my Ladyetake it to dysplesur or nowt, or whether she thynke Imokkyd hyr, or iff she wyght it but lewdnesse off myselffe, I pray yow sende me worde; ffor I weet nottwhethyr I maye trust thys Lady Brandon or nott.

Item, as ffor tydyngs nowe, heer be but ffewe, saffthat, as I undrestande, imbassators off Bretayne shallcome to London to moiawe, and men seye that theLorde Ryverse^ and Scayls, shall hastelye come home ;and men seye that ther is many off the sowders thatwent to hym into Bretayne been dede off the fflyxe,and other ipedemye \cpidemics\ and that the remenant

1 Sir William Brandon, Knight, was standard-bearer to the Earl of Rich-mond, and was slain in Bosworth Field by Richard III. He was fatherto Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.—F.

" Meaning apparently, as Fenn suggests, " I paid her off, or treated herwith imceremonious language."

' Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, &c., went to endeavour to obtain thtpossession of the Earls of Pembroke and Richmond, who were detained asprisoners by the Duke of Brittany.—F.

sholde come horn with the Lorde Skalys. And som seyethat thees imbassators come ffor moor men. And thysdaye rennyth a tale that the Duke of Bretayne^ sholdebe ded. I beleeff it not.

I sent yow vvorde off an hawke; I herde nott fromyow syns; I do and shall doo that is possible in suchea neede.

Also I canne nott undrestand that my Lord offNorffolk shall come heer thys tyme; wherffor I am in agreet agonye howe is best ffor me to sue to hym fforrehavyng off my place; that goode Lorde weet fulllytell how moche harme he doothe me, and how lytellgoode or worshyp it dothe hym. I praye yow sendeme yowr advyce. No moor to yow at thys tyme, butGod have yow in Hys kepyng.

Wretyn at London the iiij. daye off Novembre, annoE. iiij^i xij°. I feer me that idelnesse ledyth yowrreyne ; I praye yow rather remembre Sir Hughe Lever-noys tyll yowr hauke come. John Paston, K.

704.

A.D. 1472, 8 Nov.

Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 118.]A John Paston^ Esquyer^ soyt done.

ROTHER, I comend me to yow, letyng yow

weet, &C.2

As for the delyverance off the rynge to

Mestresse Jane Rothone, I dowt nott but it

shall be doon in the best wyse, so that ye shall geet me a

thank moor than the rynge and I ar worthe or deserve.

And wheer ye goo to my Laydy off Norffolk, and

wyll be theer att the takyng off hyr chambre, I praye

1 Francis II., the last Duke of Brittany, was bom in 1435, and died in1488.—F.

2 The first part of this letter treats of some money transactions of uoconsequence, S:c—F

God spede yow, and our Ladye hyr, to hyr plesur, withas easye labor to overkome that she is abovvt, as evyrhad any lady or gentyllwoman, saff our Lady heerselffe, and soo I hope she shall to hyr greet joye, andall owres ; and I prey God it maye be lyke hyr in wor-ship, wytt, gentylnesse, and every thynge excepte theverry verry thynge.^

No moor to yow at [this] thyme, but I woll sleepe anhowr the lenger to-morrow by cawse I wrote so longeand late to nyght

Wretyn betwen the viij. and the jx. daye off Novem-bre anno xij° E. iiij*». J. P., K.

705.

A.D. 1472, 19 Nov.Margaret Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

From the time of year and other circumstances, it seems probable that theelection here referred to was that of the year 1472. A circumstance whichconfirms this date will be found noticed in a foot-note. The original letter ismutilated in the middle by the decay of the paper, in more than one place.

To John Paston^ Esquyer,

GRETEyouwele and send you Goddesblyssyngand myn, letyng you wete that I have sent toDoctor Aleyn wyffe to have spoke with heras ye desired me, and she was so syke thatshe myght not comyn; but she sent her broder elawto me, and I lete hym wete the cause why that Iwuld have spoke with her as ye desired me. And hetold me that he shuld have brought me wrytyng thisday from her be vij. of the belle, how that she wullthat ye shuld have labored or do for her; but he cameno mor at me. Nevertherlesse she sent me an nothermassenger, and lete me wete^ that her husband hadsent her the same nyght from London that she shuld

1 Fenn, in his modernised text, makes this "except the sex."* The words after " Neverthelesse " originally stood " her seid brother-in-Uw told me that tyme that he was with me," but are crossed out.

come up as fast as she cowde to labor to the Lordesthere in her propre person ; wherfor she myght geveme non answer, ner send you word how that ye shulddo till [that] she had spokyn with her husband, or hadother writyng from hym.

Therfore I thynk t[hat s]he hath other councell thatavyseth her to labour to other than to you. I wuldnot that [you be] to besy in no such maters [ty]ll thewerd [wor/{/] were mor suer, and in any vryse thatw[hile my] Lord the Chaunceller is in [occu]pation,labore to have an ende of your grete materes and. . . macion, and abide not up [on] trost ofan nother seson, for so shall ye be disseyved a[s yehav]e ben befor this tyme. I have understand siththat ye departed that ther .... mad to sub-plant you; therfore, for Goddes sake, in this onstabillwerd [7£'<?r//'/] labore er[nestly your] maters that theimay have summe good conclusion, and that shall makey[our enemies] fere you, and elles thei shall . . kepeyou low and in trobill. And if any mater ....be Act of Parlement and pro .... lete yourbill be mad redy, and lese not your [ma]teres for othermennes ; for if your elmyse [enemies] may profight nowat this tyme, ye shall be [in] wers case than ever ye werebefor. All the cou[ntry] wenyth that ye shuld nowovercomyn all your trobill, which if ye do not ye shallfall o[ug]ht of conceyte. I write as well this to yourbrother as to you; therfore lete no dififaught be in younowther.

Item, it was lete me to wete syth ye departed ofsuch as were your frendes and were conversaunte withthe toder parte that ther was mad labor and liketo be concluded, that the eleccion of the knyghtes ofthe shire shuld be chaunged, and new certificat madand John Jenney set there in ; ther for do your devoirto understond the trought as sone as ye can, for theseid Jenney this day rideth up to London ward, and Isuppo[se be]cause of the same. I pray you remembreyour brother to send me the evydence and remera-

brance towchyng the maner of Gresham, which that Iwrote to hym be Juddy, and send them be sum suerman.

Item, take hede to the labour of your unkyll, for hehath had right straunge langage of your brother of lateto right wurchepfull persones; therfor werk wyselyand bewar wham that ye lete know your councell.

Item, remembre Lomnors mater as ye may do therin,and send me werd in hast. Mayster Roos shall be atLondon the next weke; therfore ye shall not nede tomake my Lord to write, but whan that he comyth, ifmy Lord can make hym to put it in indifferent andwurchepfull men, than that it pleasith my Lord to writeto them that thei shuld take it upon them to set arewle therin, with ought better advyse, me semyth itwar wele do. The Holy Gost be your gyde and sendyow good spede and councell, and delivere you oughtof all trobill and disseas to his pleser.

Wretyn the Thursday next be for Sent Kateryn,^ in hast.

Recomaund me to my Mastres Kateryn, and sendme werd how ye don, &c.

Be your Moder.

Do my Lord ^ on Sonday send for the shereffesdebute \deputy\ to wete how thei be disposid for certi-ficate of the knyghtes, and I shall understand if thei beeschaunged; for on Sonday at nyght, or on Monday,it shall be put in, and [if i]t is put in, ther is no remedy.Geney seth he wull attempt the law therin.

706.

A.D. 1472, 22 Nov.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

In this letter, as in the last, allusion is made to the visit paid by JohnPaston to the Duchess of Norfolk in November 1472.

1 St Catherine's Day is the 25th of November.

2 The Duke of Norfolk. It will be seen by the preceding letter that JohnPaston was going to Framlinghain in the beginning of November 1472.

To Mestresse Margret Faston, or to John Paston, Esquier^or toRoose dwyllyngaffor ther gate, to delyver to t/iem.

LEASE it yow to weete that I have opteynedletterys from the Kynge to my Lorde off Nor-ffolke, to my Lady of Norffolk, and to therconcell, whyche letter to ther concell is nottsuperscrybyd, for cawse we wyst nott serteyn whycheof the councell sholde be present when the massengercowme. I therfifor thynke that thoos namys most besomwhatt by yowr advyce; and for get nott Gomaye,nor yitt Brome, ifif ye thynke so best, nor Sowthewelle.I trust to my cosyn Gomaye, and on to Brome andBarnard in cheffe; and as to Bemarde, brother, I prayeyow to take hys advyce, for I hope he is my welwyiler,as ye know, and iffe he do me perffyght ease in thysmater, I thynke verrely in tyme to come to gyff himXX. scutys, and yit a goode tume whan so ever it lythein my power.

The Kynge hathe specially doon for me in thys case,and hathe pitte me, and so have the Lordys, in ryghtgreete comfort, that ifif thys fayle, that I shalle haveondelayed justyce; and he hathe sente a man of wor-ship and in greet favor with hym on thys massage,whyche hathe nott ofte ben seyne, whyche gentylmankan well do hys mastrys massage and brynge trywereporte. I have gevyn hym wli. for hys costes : Godsende hym and yow goode spede in thees werkes. Ifeer thatt he shall nott speke with my Lady, for thatshe hathe takyn h)T chambre. Ifif she be my verrygoode Ladye, as she hathe seyde hertofifor that shewolde be, I hope that she woUe speke with hym.Neverthelesse I praye yow by the meanes of MestresseJahne Rothen that will have my Ladye mevyd for me,and wher that herr to fore I wolde have departyd withC. marke to have hadde hyr goode helpe and to berestoryd to my place; whyche nott acceptyd, I toldemy seyde Lady that I feeryd that my power sholde nattbe ther aftre to gyfif so large a plesyr, for at that t}ane

I was in hope that the Bysshopof Wynchester sholdehave payd it, thoghe it hadde drawen a C//. Yet foras moche as men maynott lure none hawkes with emptyhandys, I wolde yitt agre to gyffe my Lady xx//. for anhorse and a sadell, so that I be restoryd to my place,and that doone, to have a relesse of my Lorde, andray gounes and bokes to be restoryd, iff it maye bee.Neverthelesse thys mony is nott yit redy with me. Iremytte thys to yowr dyscressyons.

Item, iff it be soo that itt be thowte behovefull, Ithynke that thoghe nowther Slyfelde, nor ye, brotherJohn, maye come in to my Ladyes chambre, that mymoodre, iff she weer at Norwyche, she myght spekewith hyr, for that she is a woman and off worshyppe.I thynke that my moodre sholde meve my Ladymoche. I thynke that ther most be some body for me,havyng auctoryte to conclude for me, or ellys knowyngmyn entente, they myght make delaye, and seye theywolle at the Kynges enstance comon with me; neverthe lesse I was nott ther present. Wherffor, rather thanfayle, yff neede be, I wolle with owte any abode, iff Iheer from yow, come home; and Slyfelde is agreyd totary the a vij. nyghte for my sake, so that the matertake effecte. I praye yow make hym goode cheer, andiff it be so that he tarye, I most remembre hys costes ;therffor iff I shall be sent for, and he tery at Norwychether whylys, it wer best to sette hys horse at theMaydes Hedde, and I shalle content for ther expences.

Item, ye maye largely sey on my behalve for sucheservyse that I sholde do to my Lorde and Lady here-affter, whyche by my trowthe I thynke to doo; never-thelesse to sey that I woll be hys sworyn man, I wasnever yitt Lordys sworyn man, yit have I doone goodeservyce,and nottleffte anyat hys mostneedenerforfeer.But as Gode helpe me, I thynke my Lady shalle have myservyce above any lady erthely, wheche she scholdeweell have knowyn, had I been in suche case as Ihadde nott been alweye the werse welkome; for thaton of my herandes alweye was undrestande that it was

III. F

for Caster, whyche was nott acceptable, and I evyrthe werse welkoiiie.

Item, brother, I ame concludyd with my Lorde foryow, that ye shalle be at Caleys if ye Hst, and have iij.men in wages undre yow, wheroff my Lorde seythe thatWilHam Lovedaye most be on, tyll tyme that he havepurveyed other romefor hym. Iff ye bedysposyd to goo,as I tolde hym that ye weer, yett wer it nott best thatye lete it be knowe tyll thys mater be doone, and thenye maye acordyng to yowr promyse lete my Ladye haveknowleche ther off. Never the lesse my Lorde shallebe here with inxx. dayes or ther abowt; iff ye come thysweye ye maye speke with hym; neverthelesse ye shallnott lose no tyme, iff ye weer at Caleys at thys owr,for my Lorde promysed me that he wolde wryght toElkenhed the tresorer at Caleys for yow by the nextmassenger thatt went.

Item, ther hathe Perauntes wyffe wryte to me thatBernaye servyth hyr onkyndely. He owythe hyr xxxij j.and she is in noon hope that evyr he will come therageyn ; sende me worde iff he wyll. He shall nott 1)^so weell and trywly to geedre, I trowe, but iffe he goothyddre.

I hadde comen home, butt that I ame nott yitt verrelypurveyd for payment for my oncle William the xxvj.daye of thys monythe, and he dothe me harme. Hedelythe so oncurteysly with Towneshende, for he willenott yitt paye hym the C. marke, payable att Halow-messe, whyche he hadde a monythe affore ; wherffor Ifeer that Towneshende wille nott do for me ageyn. Ishall doo as I kan.

Wretyn on Sondaye next Seynt Clement.

John Paston, K-

707.

A.D. 1472, 23 Nov.Margaret Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]It is evident that this letter was written in the same year as No. 705.

To John Paston^ Esquyer^ be this delivered.

GRETE you wele, letyng you wete thatDoctor Aleyns wyffe hath be with me anddesired me to write to you to desire you tobe good mayster to her husband and to herin her materes, for she telHth me that her trost is full inyou, and if she myght have walked she shuld have cometo have spoke with you or than ye departed \ therfor,I pray you do your devoir for her, for I conceyve thatshe feyneth not, notwithstandyng that I had her insuspecion as I have wretyn to you before, be cause thatshe came not, but I conceyve now the trought and thatsikenesse caused thatt she absent her. Therfore I prayyou help her, for, so God help me, I have right gret peteon her, and it is right gi-ete almes to help her, and Itrow she wull put her most trost and sewe specialle toyou. Also I wuld ye shold desire your brother to begood mayster on to her, for I suppose be that tyme yehave herd her excuse in such materes as he shuld bedispleased with her husband, ye shall hold you pleased.God kepe you and send you Hes blyssyng, with myn.Wretyn on Sent Clementes Day at nyght, in hast,

Be your Moder.

708.

A.D. 1472, 24 Nov.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSB., B.M.]

At the foot of this letter is written, in a different but contemporary' hand,'■ Ao E. iiijtl_ xijo." The date is besides abundantly evident from ether cir-cumstances.

To Master Sir John Paston^ Knyght.

YGHT worchepfull syr, I recomand me to yow,thankyng yow most hertly of your dylygenceand cost whyche ye had in gettyng of thehawk, whyche ye sent me^ for well I wot

your labore and trowbyll in that mater was as myche asthow she had ben the best of the world; but, so God helpme, as ferforthe as the most conyng estragers [faiconers\that ever I spak with can imagyn, she shall never servebut to ley eggys, for she is bothe a mwer de haye, andalso she hathe ben so brooseid with cariage of fewlethat she is as good as lame in boothe hyr leggys, asevery man may se at iee. Wherfor all syche folk as haveseen hyr avyse me to cast hyr in to some wood, wher asI wyll have hyr to eyer [lay ec:;gs\; but I wyll do ther inas ye wyll, whedyr ye wyll I send hyr yow ayen, orcast hyr in Thorpe wood and a tarsell with hyr, for Iweit wher on is. But now I dar no more put yow tothe cost of an hawke, but, for Godes sake, and ther beeny tersell or good chep goshawk that myght be gotyn.that the berer herof may have hyr to bryng me, and ]ensuer yow be my trowthe ye shall have Dollys andBrowne bonde to paye yow at Kandyllmas the pryseof the hawke. Now, and ye have as many ladyse as yewer wont to have, I reqwere yow for hyr sake that yebest love of theym all, onys trowbyll yowr syllf for mein thys mater, and be owght of my clamor.

Item, as for the ryng, it is delyverd, but I had asgret peyn to make hyr take it as ever I had in syche amater; but I have promyseid yow to be hyr knyght,and she hathe promyseid me to be more at yourcomandment then at eny knyghtes in Inglond, myLord reservyd ; and that ye shall well undyrstand, if yehave owght to do, wherin she may be an helper; forther was never knyght dyd so myche cost on hyr as yehave do on.

I mervyall that I her no woord of the lettyrs thatmy Lord Chamberleyn shold send to my Lord and myI^ady for Caster. It is best that my Lord Chamber-leyn wryght to my Lady by som prevy tokyn betwyxtheym, and let a man of hys com with the lettrys.My Lord Chamberleyn may speed with my Lady whatmaters he wyll, savyng the gret maler; and ii" ye inbyil

me for a solysitor, I shal be a vousfer comandment atouz jours.

Item, me tliynkyth that ye do evyll that ye go notthorewgh with my Lady of Suffolk for Heylysdon andDrayton; for ther shold growe mony to you, whychewold qwyte yow ayenst R. T. and all other, andset yow befor for ever.

I prey yow for your ease, and all others to you ward,plye thes maters. As for alle other thynges, I shallsend yow an answer, when I com to Norwyche, whycheshall be on Thorsday, with Godes grace. I have terydher at Framlyngham thys sevennyght, for [my] Ladytook not hyr chambyr tyll yersterday. Adewe.

Wretyn on Seynt Kateryns Evyn. J. P.

^ I sye the pye, and herd it spek; and, be God, it isnot worthe a crowe ; it is fer wers then ye wend \ beGod, it wer shame to kep it in a cage.

709.A.D. 1472, 26 Nov.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

"Soutwerkcum membris," No. 17a.— "Literoe patentes con-cessse a Rege ad petitionem Domini Fundatoris pro ponte fiendoin vico vocato le Bermoseystret. Dat. 26 Novembris anno regniRegis Ed. IV. 120."

710.

A.D. 1472.—John Osbern to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]To the right worshepfull my master^ Sir John Paston^ Knght.

Ao xij. E. R. quarti.

Please it your masterschep to knowe that Johon Shawe and Ihave goten a carpenter fro Walsyngham. to Sporle to valewe

1 This P.S. i5 written on the back of the letter.

your wod the ^ the wheche carpenter hese coxtis there Sondaye atnyght next before the Assencion off owre Lord Jesu Cryst,Mondaye, Tcwcsdaye, Wednesdaye, Assencion Daye, Frydayeand Saterdaye, and for hese labor ujs. iiijcl. And upon the syte ofyour seid wode he hath valewid the launde wjrthin the dykes xij.fote inward fro the cop of the dyke and vvythowte at Vnij/i. vijj. X(/.And wythin the wode xij. fote wythin alle the dykes vjxx.//. vijj.viijfl'. the vale we of the dykes abowte the woode fro xij. fote frowythin owtewardis am prysid at xlt. grcte chepis the valew ofthe trees in the maner and in the closes azens the seid manortoward Swaffham xx. marc gret chepe ; there off be ware and benot to hasty, &c., the cloos at the tow . . . toward Pykenhamnot valewid nor not spoken of, &c. The summa totall ixxx.//. &xviij/z. ijj". viij^.

And if ze shuld selle all this wode togedyr for redy sylvernever lesse in the surama paste v. marc, if ze woll sell the wode. . . . the lawnde wythin the dykes and the standardisthoo I shall wryte aftyr in this bille for to stande in any wyse less

all the hole sum at the most paste xli. for who

so ever shall by it he maye so leve and gete goode, &c.

The summa of your standardis for certeyn reconyd the Mon-daye and the Tewsdaye whill I was at Sporle wyth in . ...and xij. fote wythin the dykes in forme above rehersid xjxx. And

iche standarde a zard [yard] above the grownde

abowte an . . lesser till we come xij. inche and viij. inche besyde

all odjT smale that am of lesse mesure growe

the wheche arnmany and resonabely sufficient, &c, thenowmber

off the standardis wythin your cowntid and sum-

me be estimacion of the mesures and formes above rehersidCCCCma xxxvjti.

As for your undyrwode I can not fynde the meane to valewidto your avayle, be cause it were necessary to knowe the purposeoff your fell)mg, where off beware, &c.

As for the fensyng of your dykes, and ze shuld felleyour bordorys off your wode the Suthsyde, viz., toward Pyken-ham fro the Wonges to Walsyngham Weye is Ixxx. roddeat ieste, the price of the rodde iiij^., dyggyng, plashyng, andheggyng. . . . . Summa, xxvjj. viijt/.

The Est syde toward Neyghton andSparham vijxx-rodde at the Ieste, Summa, xLr.

The Northende toward Dunham Ixxx. rodde, Summa, xxyjj.viij^.

The West syde toward Sporle be the Loyesvjxx. rodde, . . . Summa, xIj.

Summa, yj//. xiijy. iu]d.

Wiiexe offiuia is repayrid, sum maye be sperid, but at the lestit woll coste yow a vj. marc, &c.

A ^-KT, y«. "there"?

If it please vow to take myn symple avyse in your wodesale, selle non in gret, but make fagottes and astell and lete alleyour grete and goode tymber and trees stande, and ze shall makeresonably mony to your worchep, and to your best avayle asJohn Shawe your servaunt shall telle yovv, if I maye do zow anyservice in this c . . . . ze shall ffynde me redy, so that ze sendesufficient warant be the grace ofT jesu, Who haue y[ow in His]kepyng. Wrete in hast, at Walsyngham, the Sundaye next aftyrthe feest off the Assencion off owr [L.ord] Jesu Cryste.

Be your John Osbern.

I praye yow geff credens in all*-* these materes to Shawe, for hecan telle yow more shortlyer then I shuld wryte, and I hold hymtrewe to yow in hese menyng.

Endorsed^^ex John Osbern, pro Sporl Wood.

711.

A.D. 1472, 27 Nov.Richard Calle to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is evident that this letter must have been written some time after thepreceding, but very probably in the same year.

To the ryght reverent and worshipffull my mastres, Mar-garet Paston, in Jiaste.

Plesith it you to wete that I have receyved your letter, wherinI conceyve ye wolde undrestonde how I do with the sale of SporleWode. It is so that I havebegonne tofelleasshe at thetownesendefor to sette the centre on werke, and be that I shall undrestondehow the remnaunt wol doo. I have sette suche a classe \_glass\before here ien \their eyes] ther, that they are madde upon it, so thatI truste be Ester to make of money, what with the barke and withthe asshe, at the leest 1. marke for to retayle the wode our selfe, andbe Cristemas next after that, other 1. marke, and so yerely 1. markeat Cristemesse as longe as the wode lasteth, to the some that Itolde you, and I truste more; and to this I durste be bound. Never-thelct, I am a bowte to selle it all a grete and to biynge it to allmoste to as goode proffe as thowe we retayled it oure silffe, for itis so that ther is a man of Carbroke, they calle hym Saunders, Imay have of hym for all the wode and barke that is in Sporlexjxx. marke, to paye at suche dayes a fore reherseyd, we to berethe costes cf the fense and of the tithe ; but we are not throw yet,nor nought shal be tille I have worde from you a yene, weche Imust have be Sonday come sevenyte at the fertheste, for on the

Wednesdaye nexte after that we shal mete a yene at Sporle. Wher-forc I beseche you sende me your avice how ye thynke herein, andI shal doo that in me is l)e Godes giace ; if T can do better withhym 1 shall. It shal be harde werke, but if I haunse liym somwhat, for ther is moche money be twix us, and therfore spare notto sende my master, Sir John> worde to take suche dayes of pay-ment as is a bove wreten, for it shalbe performed what wey somever we take be Godes grace.

Item, mastres, as for your write [wright] ye may not have hymtille after Cristemas, for he had taken an howse to make while I waswith you, it wolbe this iij. wekes yet or then he make an ende, &c.

Item, I mette with Robert at Heythe of Matelaske at Nor-wiche, when I come from you. I felle on hande with hym forMatelaske Kerre, I myght have had of hym for that vij. markeand Tcad. Dele nogh as ye thynke.

Item, as for money of the fennour of Sporle, he telles me he isbounde to Tounesende to pay hym at this Candelmesse. And heseythe if he may be discharged a yenst hym your money shalberedy at hys daye, be Godes grace, Who have you in His blissedkepyng.

Wreten at Sporle, the Friday next after Seint Edmund theKynge. Your servaunt, R. Calle.

712.

A.D. 1472, Nov. or DeaJohn Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this letter is shown by the reference to the situation of theDuchess of Norfolk. Compare Letter 708. There is an old, and nearly con-temporary, endorsement, " Anno xvo, mens. Novemb.," but this is clearlyerroneous.

To Sir John Paston^ Knyght.

YME recomandyth hym to your good mastyr-shep, and preyeth yow that ye wyll not forget,though he be a boye, to let hym were thesame lyvere that your men do; and if it pleasedyow to lete hys gowne clothe be sent hym home, thatit myght be mad ayenst your comeing in to thys contre,he wold be as prowd as eny man ye have. Sir, ashertly as I can, I thank yow for the hatt, whyche iscomyng, as I undyrstand by your wryt}Tig, sent by John,the Abottys man of Seynt Benet.

I

My modyr sendys you Godes blyssyng and hyrs, andpreyes yow to get a new lycence of my Lord of Nor-vvyche that she may have tlie sacrement in hyr chapell.I gat a lycence of hym for a yere, and it is nyghe worynought. Ye may get it for the Byshoppys lyve, andye wylle.

As for the lettyrs that Slyfeld shold get newe of theKyng, whyche ye shold bryng to my Lord of Norffolk,it is m)m avyse that ye shall come home your sylff ashasty ly as ye maye, so that ye may be at the crystenyngof the chyld that my Lady is with \ it shall cause yowgret thank, and a gret fordell \advantage\ in your mater.And as for the lettres, leve a man of yo^^T to awayte onSlyfeld to bryng theym after yow; of whyche lettres 1avyse yow to have one dyrect fro the Kyng to yow, co-mandyng yow to be the messenger and brynger of theother lettres to my Lord, my Lady, and ther consayll, foryour owne mater; and thys me thynkyth shall do well,for then shall the man shewe to my Lordes consayll thelettre dyrect to yow that ye have awtoryte to be yourowne solycytour, and also it shall be thought that theKyng tendryth yow and your mater, when he wryghtythto your sylf for it.

My Lady wayteth hyr tyme with in viij. dayes at theferthest

713.A.D. 1472, 7 Dec.—Abstract.

This abstract is taken from Mr. Macray's account of the MSS. in MagdalenCollege, Oxford, printed in the Fourth Report of the Historical MSS. Com-

1472, 7 Dec.—"Vigill of Concepcion of oure Lady," 12 Edw.IV. Indenture of agreement (in English) between Bp. Wayn-flete and William Worceter, by which the latter undertakes todeliver to the Bishop all deeds, charters, rolls of courts, andaccounts, and all other mvmiments which are in his hands relatingto the manors and lands of the late Sir John Fastolf, exceptinglands, &c. in Norfolk, called Faivchilds, and two tenements andtwo gardens called Walles, in Suthwerk, of which he himself bseised ; and also, as executor of the will ol Sir Thomas Howes,

to deliver up all money and good«; of Fastolf, and obligations forproperty, &c., sold by the said Thomas, which he can recover,over the sum of £^0 due to him, the said William Worceter, forhis marriage, and also to assist the said Bishop and his Collegeat Oxford in all matters relating to Fastolf's lands ; in return forwhich the Bishop covenants to pay him ;£^ioo, and also an allow-ance upon all sums of money recovered by him.

714.

A.D. 1472, 18 Dec.John Paston, to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 42.]

Fenn informs us that this letter is dated on the back in a contemporaneoushandwriting, "Anno x9.," which seems to mean lo Edw. IV. This datehowever is certainly erroneous ; for in the inquisitions taken on the death ofthe Duke of Norfolk, Anne, Lady Mowbray, his daughter and heir, was foundto have been four years old on the loth December 1476. She was bom,therefore, on the loth December 1472.

To my Masiyr^ Sir John Paston^ Knyght^ be fhys delyveryd,

|YGHT worchepfull Syr, I recomand me to

yow, thankyng yow most hertly of your gret

cost, whyche ye dyd on me at my last being

with yow at London; whyche to my power

I wyll recompence yow with the best servyse that

lythe in me to do for your plesure, whyll my wytts be

my owne.

Syr, as for the mater of Caster, it hathe be mevydto my Ladys good grace by the Byshope of Wynches-ter, as well as he kowd imagyn to sey it, consederyngthe lytyll leyser that he had with hyr; and he toldme that he had ryght an agreabyll answer of hyr, butwhat hys answer was, he wold not tell me. Then I axydhym what answer I should send yow, in as myche asye mad me a solysyter to hys Lordship for that mater;then he bad me that undyr consayll I shold send youwoord that hyr answer was more to your plesure thanto the contrary, whych ye shall have more pleynknowlage of thys next terme, att whyche tyTne bothemy Lord and she shall be at London-

The Byshop cam to Framlyngham on Wednysdayat nyght, and on Thursday by x. of the clok befornoon, my yong Lady was krystend, and namyd Anne.The Byshop crystend it and was godfader bothe, andwith in ij. owyrs and lesse aftyr the crystenyng was do,my Lord of Wynchester departyd towards Waltham.^

And I let you pleynly weet, I am not the man I was,ffor I was never so roughe in my mastyrs conseyt asI am now, and that he told me hymselff beforeRychard Sothewell, Tymperley, Sir W. Brandon, andtwenty more, so that they that lowryd, nowgh^ laugheupon me; no moor, but god look.

Wretyn at Framlyngham, the Fryday next aftyr thatI depertyd fro yow. Thys day my Lord is towardysWalsyngham, and comandyd me to overtake hym tomorow at the ferthest. J. P.

715.

A.D. 1472.John Paston to the Duke of Norfolk.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This petition is shown by internal evidence to have been drawn up touardsthe end of the year i^^, as it sets forth that the Duke had been more rhanthree yeais in possession of Caister, which was surrendered to him in Septem-ber 1469. There can be no doubt therefore that it was presented or preparedfor presentation at the time of John Paston's visit to FramHngham.

To the right hyghe and myghty Prince, and my right goodand gracious Lord, my Lord the Dwke of Norffolk,

EKLY besechyth your hyghness, your poore andtrew contynuall servaunt and oratour, JohnPaston, the yonger, that it myght pleaseyour good grace to call on to your most

* Then follows the substance of a conversation between the Lady of Nor-folk and Thomas Davers, wherein she promises to be a friend to Sir JohnPaston concerning Caister ; but J. Davers swore J. Paston not to mention hergoodwill to any person, except to Sir John.—F.

2 In the modem version Fenn reads, " so that they that ioved not, laughupon me."

discret and notabyll remembrance that lateward, attlie cost and charge of my brodyr, John Paston, Knyght,whyche most entcndith to do that myght please yourhyghness, the ryght nobyll Lord, the Bysshop of Wyn-chester entretyd so, and compouned with your Lord-shepp, that it Hekyd the same to be so good andgracious Lord to my seyd brodyr, that by forsse ofserteyn dedys, relessis, and lettrys of attorney selydwith the sealys of your good grace, and of other serteynpersonys infeoffyd to your use in the maner of Caster,late John Fastolffes, Knyght, in the conte of Norffolk,my seyd brodyr and I, with other enfeoffyd to my seydbrodyrs use in the seyd maner, wer peasably possessydof and in the same tyll syche tyme as serteyn personys,servaunts on to your good grace, entred in to the seydmaner, and therof have takyn the issuses and profitysin the name of your seyd hyghnesse by the space ofthre yer and more, to the gret hurt of my seyd brodyrand me your seyd servuantes and oratour : wherfor, asI have oft tymys befor thys, I beseche your good grace,at the reverence of God, and in the wey of charyte,that my seyd brodyr may by your hyghness be ayenrestoryd in to the possessyon of the sey[d] maner,acordyng to the lawe and good conscyence; and weeshall prey to God for the preservacyon of your mostnobyll estate.

716.

A.D. 1473, 18 Jan.Margaret Paston to Sir James Gloys (?)

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The allusion by the writer to her cousin Bemey's sickness makes it probablethat this letter wis written in 1473, when the Monday after St Hilary wouldbe the i8th of Januar>'. John Bemej' of Reedham died on the 20th Januaryin that year (Inquis. /osi niortem, 13 Edw. IV., No. 17). The letter hasneither signature nor address, but was probably written by Margaret Pastonto her priest, Sir James Gloys, who died in the course of this year.

Recomaund me to you, and thanke you hertylyof your letteris, and delygente labour that yehave had in thoes materis that ye have wTetynto me of, and in all other, to my profette andworschep, and in esspeciall atte this sesons towchyngthe mater that I sent you the indenture of. Ye havelyghtyd myne hert therin by a pound, for I was in ferethat it wold not have bene doo so hastyly with outedanger. And as for the letters that Thorn Holler sonschuld have brought me, I see nother hym ne theletters that he schuld have brought; wherefor, I prayyou hertely, yeve it be no dysese to you, that ye willtake the labour to bryng Walter theyr he schuld be,and to purvaye for hym that he may be sette in goodand sad rewle. For I were loth to lese hym, for Itrust to have more joye of hym than I have of themthat bene owlder; though it be more coste to me tosend you forth with hym, I hold me plesed, for I wotewele ye schall best purvaye for hym, and for suchethynges as is necessar to hym, than another schuld doo,after myne intent. And as for ane hors to lede hysgere, me thynke it were best porvaye one atte Cambe-rage, lesse than [unless] ye canne gytte onye carreoursfrom thens to Oxynforth more hastyly; and I mervellthat the letters come not to me, and whether I may layethe defaute to the fauder or to the son therof. And Iwold Water schuld be copilet with a better than Hollerson is, there as he schalbe; howe be it I wold notthat he schuld make never the lesse of hym, by causehe is his contre man and neghbour. And also I prayyou wryte a letter in my name to Watere, after that yehave knowne myne entent by fore this to hym ward; sothat he doo welle, leme well, and be of good rewle anddisposycion, ther shall nothyng faylle hym that I mayhelpe with, so that it be nessessare to hym ; and byddehym that he be not to hasty of takyng of orderes thatschuld bynd hym, till that he be of xxiiij. yeere of ageeor more, thoff he be consaled the contrare, for oftyn

rape [haste] rewith. I will love hym better to be agood secular man than to be a lewit prest

And I am sore tliat ray cosyn Bernay is seke, and Ipray you yeft" me white wine, or ony of my wateris, orony other thyng that I have that is in your awarde,may doo hym ony comforth. I lette hym have it; forI wold be right sory yf ony thyng schuld come to hymbotte good. And for Godsake advise hym to doomake hys will, yeve it be not doo, and to doo well tomy cosyn, his wiff, and els it were pete ; and I pray youto recomaunde me to hyr, and to my nawnte, and toall the gentill men and gentil women there. And as forJohn Daye, and he bededel wold be sory, for I know notho we to come by my mony that he oweith me; and Iporpose that Pacokeschall have les to doo for me anotheryeres than he haith had, if I may be better porvayedwith your helpe, for he is for hym self, bott not for me.

And as for ony marchandes to my com, I can gyttenone here ] therfor I pray you, doo ye als wele thereinas ye canne; also I send you by the bereer hereof thebill of myne resaytes. And yef ye go forth with Walter,I pray you come to me als sone as ye may after yebe commyn home ; and me lyketh myne abydyng andthe contre here^ right well, and I trust whan sommercomith and fayre wether, I schall lyke it better, for Iam cherysed here botte to wel.

And I constrew your letter in other materis welli nough, whereof I thanke you; and if it nede not tosend forth Walter hastyly, I wald ye myght come tome, thowe ye schuld com opon one day and gooagayne on the next day, than schuld I comon with youin all materis; and I hold best if ye have not theletteris that Holler son schuld have brough me, thatye send Sym over for them this nyght that I may havethem to morowe, and yif ye may combe your self, Iwold be the better playsed.

1 I thiuk this must have been written at Maltby, where Margaret Pastoncertainly lived during her later years, and where she was doubtless stayingwhen she desired a license of the Bishop to have the Sacrament in her privatechapel. See No. 712.

1473] EDWARD IV. 79

And I remember that water of mynte or water ofmillefole were good for my cosyn Bernay to drynke,ibr to make hym to browke,^ and yeve thei send toDame Elesebeth Callethorppe ther ye shall not fayillof the tone or of both, sche haith other wateris to makefolkis to browke. God kepe you.

Wrytyn on the Monday next after Sent Hiller.

I have no longer leyser atte this tyme.

717.

A.D. 1473, 3 Feb.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 120.]

To John Paston, Esquyer, or to Mestresse Margret Pastoji,hys Modre be thys letter delyveryd.

EELL belovyd Brother.^

As ffor tydyngs heer, ther bee but fewe, saffthat the Duke of Borgoyen^ and my Lady,hys wyffe farethe well. I was with them onthorysdaye last past atGawnt.^ Peter Metteney ffaretheweell, and Mestresse Gretkyn bothe and Rabekynrecomend hyr to yow; she hathe ben verry seke, butit hathe doon hyr goode, ffor she is ffayrer and slen-derer than she was, and she cowde make me no cheerbut alwey my sawse was " How ffaret Master John, yowrbrother ?" wher with I was wrothe, and spake a jalousworde or too, dysdeynyng that she sholde care somoche ffor yow, when that I was present.

Sende me worde to Hoxons in ^vrygtyng, what goodethe Bysshop ded ffor me at Framynham, and howemy Lorde, my Ladye, and all the cort or \_are\ dysposydto me wards.

I here also seye that my Ladye and yowrs, Dame

1 i.e., to enable him to retain food in his stomach.

" Here follows an account of letters sent to him from Calais—of farmebarly in Fledge, and of olde stuffe at Norw-ich, &c.—F.

* Charles the Bold, and Margaret, sister to Edward IV

* Ghent, in the Netherlands.

Margret Veer^ is ded, God have hyr sowle; iff I weernot sorye ffor herr, I trowe ye have been.

No moor to yow at thys tyme, but All myghty Goodhave yow in kepyng.

Wretyn at Caleys the iij. daye o( Febniarye AnnoR. R. E. iiij. xijo- J. P., K.

718.

A.D. 1473, 10 Feb.—Note.

In Blomefield's History of Norfolk, vol. xi. p. 208, it is statedthat ** on February 10 in the 13th of Edward IV., an indenturewas made between Sir William Yelverton, William Jenney,serjeant-at-law, and William Worcester, executors of Sir John[Fastolf ] on one part, and Thomas Cager and Robert Kyrton onthe other, whereby the said Robert was appointed surveyor ofthe lands and tenements in Southwark and other places in Surrey,late Sir John's, to perform his last will; and also receiver of rents;who was to have 6 marks per ann., and to be allowed besides allreasonable costs that he shall do in the defence and keeping outJohn Paston, Esq., and of all others claiming by him."

719.

A.D. 1473, S March.—Abstract.

[From MS. Phillipps 9735, No. 257.]

"J. P." [John Paston] to Sir John Paston.

As I promised in the letter that Playter sent, Playter and Ihave been with my mother to get her to make chevesance for the£,\QO, but she bade us send you word, you need look for no othercomfort from her. Jwde can tell you Barker's answer. As forJohn Kook you promised him payment yourself and to Sir JohnStyll 5 marks in part payment. My mother has sold her barleyfor 14^. I never meet John Smyth but I speak of it to him. Hekeeps his courts here at Norwich all the week. As for Fastolf, Ican only speak to Wymondham his father-in-law, which I do asoften as I see him. Would be sorry the great matter which re-quires hasty answer "lest the kok be in perayle" should be de-layed by his negligence. Thinks Edmund Fastolf " was a" reasonable man to Robert of Lyne. Wherefore, let my brother" Edmund sue for the same, for one wife may serve for us both till" better peace be. So God help me ye may allege a plain excuse" that these dyrk wars have so hindered me that her lyvelode and" mine both should be too little to live at our ease till I were further" before the hand than I could be this two year, and she found

1 Daughter and heir of Sir William Stafford, and wife to Sir George Vere,Their son, John Vere, was afterwards Earl of Oxford.—F.

** after her honor and my poor appetite." Would rather for-bear what he would have than bring them in pain. '* Say better" for me, for ye can and ye will. This matter must be honestly" handled, for I wot well my young lady of Oxenforthe shall hear" of it. We have here no tidings, but a few Frenchmen be** whyrlyng on the coasts, so that there dare no fishers go out'* but under safe conducts. I pray you, and ye have any more** oranges than ye occupy, that poor men may have part for a** great bellied lady." First Monday of Clean Lent, 13 Edw. IV.

Addressed—"A MysJ John Paston, schevaller, soyt done." Endorsed—" Mens' Marcii Anno xlijo."

720.

A.D. 1473, 26 March.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is endorsed with what appears to have been the date of itsreceipt—"xxviij° die Marcii A** xiij" E. iiij*l."

To my Master^ Sir John Paston^ Kfiyght^ be thyidelyverd in hast.

S I was wryghtyng this bylle, Mastresse JaneHarsset comandyd me streyghtly that I sholdrecomand hyr to yow in hyr best wyse, andshe sendyth yow word she wold be as fayneto here fro yow as an other poore body.

Syr, it is so that my cosyn John Blenerhasset ^ isenformyd that for verry serteyn he is chosyn to be onof the colectours of the taske in Norffolk, wher in verrytrowthe he hathe not a foot of lond with in the shyer;wherfor I beseche yow that, as hastyly as ye may aftyrthe syght of thys bylle, that it may please yow to takethe labore to comon with Sir Rychard Harrecorte, andto let hym have knowlage that thys gentyllman hathenowght with in the shyer, and that ye tweyne may fynd

1 John Blennerhasset, Bleverhasset, and (for shortness) often called Harsset,of Frens, married first Jane, daughter of Thomas Highani, Esq., and secondlyJane, daughter of Sir Thomas Tindal of Hockwold, Knight. He died in1510, aged 87.—F.

III. ^

the meane to get hym owght of that thanklesse offyce,for I promyse yow it encombertlie hym evyll, and mymastresse hys wyffe, and alle us hys frendys here;and if so be that ye and Sir R. Harcorte may not fyndthe meane betw);x yow, that then it may please yowto meve my Lord Chamberleyn with thys mater, andso Master Harsset prayithe yow, and Mastresse Jane,hys wyff also, for she lyekyth no thyng by the ofyce.

It is thowght her amonge us that Heydons be thecausers that he was set in. I prey yow enqwer of SirR. Harcort who was the cause, and that it may bewyst in the next byll that ye send me; for if they werthe causers, it lythe in my cosyn Harsettes power toqwytte theym.

We have no tydynges to send, but that our Frenshe-men ^ whyche kepte our costs her ar home into France,for lake of vytayll, we saye.

Hogan 2 is put in the Gyld Halle in Nonvyche, andshalbe browght up to London for reportyng of hysold talys. He varythe not. No more, but I preyGod send yow the Holy Gost amonge yow in theParlement Howse, and rather the Devyll, we sey, thenye shold grante eny more taskys.

Wretyn the day next aftyr our Lady Day, theAnuncyacyon, Anno xiij. E. iiij".

Yong Heydon laborythe alle that he can to maryon of hys doughtyr to yonge John Barney ^ by themean of W. Calthorpp.

J. P.721.

A.D. 1473, 2 April.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, iL 122.]

1 The French vessels that infested the coast, as mentioned in the pre-ceding letter.^ Hogan pretended to foretel commotians and rebellions, &c. —F.■ This mc^rriage never took effect.—F.

A soil ircscltcr ^ bon avie Frccr^Johti de Pasfo7i^ Esquier.

EELL belovyd brother, I recomand me to yow,letyng yow wcte that at the request of Mes-tresse Jane Hassett and yow, I have laborydthe knyghtys off the sheer off Norffolk, andthe knyghtys off the shyre of Suffolk. I understondther had ben made labor that suche a thing shuldehave ben as ye wrotte to me off, but now it is saff.

Raff Blaundrehasset wer a name to styrte an hare.I warrant ther shall come no suche name in owr bokys,ner in owr house; it myght per case styrt xx^' harys atonys; ware that jV. perse.^ I redde ther in the bille offNorffolk, off one John Tendall, Esquier, but I supposeit be not ment by owt Tendall, and iff it be, he shallnot rest theer, iff I maye helpe it.

As for tydyngs, the werst that I herde was that mymoodre wyll not doo so moche ffor me as she put mein comffort off.

Other tydyngs, I herd sey ffor serteyn that theLady Fitzwater is ded, and that Master Fytzwatershall have CCCC. mrke a yer more than he had. I amnot sory therffor.

As ffor the worlde I woot nott what it menyth, menseye heer, as vveell as Hogan, that we shall have adooin hast; I know no lyklyhod but that suche a rumorther is.

Men sey the Qwyen with the Prynce shall come owtoff Walys, and kepe thys Esteme with the Kyng atLeycetr, and some seye nowther off them shall comther.

Item, off beyond the see, it is seyd that the FrenseKyngs host hathe kyllyd the Erie of Armenak- and allhys myry mene; some seye undre appoyntment, andsome seye they wer besegyd, and gotyn by pleynassault.

Ferthermoor men seye that the Frenshe Kynge is

1 " Ware that penny purse "—qu. that penurious fellow ?

'^ John, Count of Armagnac, assassinated on the 6ui March 1473.

with hys ost uppon the water off Some a Ix. myle frooCaleys; I leve them wheer I ffond them.

I made yowr answer to the ffrends off MestresseJane Godnoston accordyng to yowr instrucions. Asfor me, I am nott serteyn whether I shall to Caleys,to Leysetr, or come home into Norffolk, but I shallhastely send yow worde, &c.

Wretyn the ij. daye of Aprill, Anno E. iiij. xiij^.

722.

A.D. 1473, 12 April.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]To John Paston, Esquier.

J'EST belovyd brother, I recomend me on to yow,letyng yow weet that I receyvyd on Wed-nysday last past yow angery lettre towchyngthe troble that Sandre Kok is in, wherein Ihave largely comonyd with John Russe, and advysedhym to take a curteys weye with Sandre, for yowre sakeand m}Ti. He seythe he wold not dysplease yow byhys wyll, and that he purposythe to entrete yow andwolde deserve it to yowe. He undrestod that ye hadlarge langage to the jurye that passyd again Saundre.I lete hym weete that ye weer wrothe, and that heshall nowther please yowe ner me, but iff he delecurteyslye with Saundre. I tolde hym as for the con-dempnacion uppon the accion off trespasse I thoght itnowther good ner worshypfull. Also I have wretynto the person of Maultby to dele curteyslye withSaundre, iff he woll please yow or me.

Item, I sende yow herwythe the supercedyas forSaundre; so that iff ye fynde any meane for the con-dempnacions that than ye maye ease therwith the

suerte off pease. John Russe, as I suppose, is atthome thys daye.

Item, as for tydynges heer, the Kynge rydethfresselye thys daye to Northamton warde, there to bethys Esteme, and after Esteme he purposythe to bemoche at Leysettre, and in Leysettre shyre. Everyman seythe that we shall have a doo or Maye passe.Hogan the prophet is in the Tower; he wolde faynespeke with the Kyng, but the Kynge seythe he shallnot avaunt that evyr he spake witli hym.

Item, as for me, I most nedys to Caleyse warde tomorowe. I shall be heer ageyn, if I maye, thys nextterme. John Myryell, Thyrston, and W. Woode begoon from me, I shrewe them.

My modre dothe me moor harme than good; Iwende she wolde have doon for me. Playter wroot tome that she wolde have leyde owt for me C//., andreceyvyd it ageyn in v. yer of the maner of Sporle,wherto I trustyd, whyche if she had performyd, I hadnott ben in no juperte of the maner of Sporle. Never-thelesse I shall do whatt I kan yitt. I preye yow calleuppon hyr for the same, remembre hyr of that promyse.

Item, I preye yow remembre hyr for my fadrystombe at Bromholme. She dothe ryght nott \?iaught^;I am afferde of hyr that she shall nott doo weell.Bedyngfelde shall mary Sir John Skottes doghtre, asI suppose.

Item, Janore Lovedaye shall be weddyd to oneDenyse, a ffuattyd (?) gentylman, with Sir G. Brown,nowther to weell ner to ylle.

Item, as for me, iff I had hadd vj. dayes leysermore than I hadd, and other also, I wolde have hopydto have ben delyveryd of Mestresse Anne Hault. Hyrfrendes, the Quyen and Attclif agreyd to comon andconclude with me, if I can fynde the meanes to dys-charge hyr concyence, whyche I trust to God to doo.

i. Item, I praye yow that ye take a leyser thys Esternhalydayes to ryde to Sporle and sende for JohnOsberne, and I wolde ye sholde conclude a bergayn

with one Bocher, a woode byer, whyche Mendhamthat was my fermor ther can fecchc hym to yow.

ii. And thys is myn entent. I wolde have the dykesto stonde stylle, acordyng as John Osborne and Icomonyd, I trow xij. foothe ^v^th in the dyke.

iij. Item, that the standardes off suche mesur as heand I comonyd off maye also be reservyd. I supposeit was XXX. inche, abowt a yerde from the grownde.

iiij. Item, that it be surely fencyd at the cost off thewoode byer in any wyse with a sure hedge, bothehyghe and stronge.

V. Item, that ther be a weye taken with the fermoresfor the undrewood, so that I lesse not the fermetherffore yerly. Item, John Osbern can telle yow themeanys howe to entrete the fermores, for HerryHalman hath pleyed the false shrowe and fellyd mywoode uppon a tenement off myn to the valew off xx.marke, as it is tolde me. I praye yow enquire thatmatre and sende me worde and dele with hym therafftre.

yj. Item, iff the seyde wood clere above alle chargesexcep as is above, be made any better than CC. marke,I wolle seye that ye be a good huswj^ff. John Osbemeseythe that he woll do me a frendes tume ther in andyitt gete hym self an hakeneye.

vij. Memorandum, that he have nott past iij. or iiij.yere off untraunce at the ferthest.

viij. Item, thatt I have payement off the holl asshortly as ye kan, halffe in hande, the remenaunt athalffe yeer, or ellys at ij. tymes with in one yere at theferthest by mydsomer xij. monyth.

ix. And that ye make no ferther bergayn than Sporlewoode and the lawnde, not delyng with noon otherwoode. nowther in the maner, nor ellys wher in noneother tenement.

X. Item, that ye have sufficient sewerte for the monye,with penaltes iff nede be, some other men bonden withhym for the payement.

xj. Item, I wolle well be bownde to waraunt it to hym.

Item, I sende yow herwith a warant to yow andJohn Osberne joyntlye to bergayn. Comone and con-clude that bergayn.

xij. Item, I suppose he woll, iff he conclude withyow, desyre to felle thys Maye, and I to have monysoon afftre. I reke not thowe he fellyd not tyll thysvvynter; but iff he woll nedes beg}'n thys Maye, therfforI wryght yow thus hastely entrete hym, iff ye can, thathe felle not tyll wynter.

xiij. Item, be ware how ye bergeyn, so that he fellenott butt in sesonable tyme and sesonable wood, forhe maye felle no undrewood thys Maye, as I trowe

Item, as for yowr costes late th

newe fynde yow mete, and I woll allow it there, orellys make me a bylle what it dra[weth to] ... .. . . . yow.

Item, I praye yow iff ye g for me as

ye can. I made my Lady heer but easy cheer, never-thelesse I gaff hyr ys.

I promysed hyr to purveye hyr .... weselys,but I was deseyvyd; yit I wend to have had one.

My Lord of Norffolk hathe ben mevyd for Casterby my Lord Cardcnall and the Bysshop of Wjuchester,but it woll take non effecte . . . my Lady come.God gyff grace that she brynge auctoryte when shecomythe thys next terme to common ther in and con-clude, and so I prey yow advyse hyr. Itt may haplypaye for hyr costes.

No mor to yow, but wretyn at London, the xij. dayeof Apryll, Anno E. iiij^^ xiij°.

I sende yow her with ij. letteris from John Osbemto me, wherby and by hys billes ye may undrestondthe verry vale we off the wood.

I praye yow sende me wryghtyng ageyn by theMondaye vij. nyght afftre Ester; iff Hoxon or the goodeman off the Goot have it, they shall conveye it welle.

723.

A.D. 1473, ^6 April.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 130.]To John Paston^ Esqer^ in Norffolk.

YRSSHYPFULL and ryght hertyly belowydbrother, I recomande me on to yow, letyngyow wete that on Wednysdaye last past Iwrote yow a letter, wheroff John Carbaldehad the beryng, promyttyng me that ye shold have itat Norwyche thys daye, or ellys to morowe in themornyng, wherin I praye yowe to take a labor accord-yng afftr the tenur off the same, and that I maye havean answer at London to Hoxon, iff any massengercome, as ene I maye doo ffor yow.

As ffor tydyngs, ther was a truse taken at Bnissellysabout the xxvj. daye off Marche last past, be twyn theDuke off Borgoyn and the Frense Kyngs imbassatorsand Master William At Clyff ffor the Kyng heer,whyche is a pese be londe and water tyll the fifyrst dayeoff Apryll nowe next comyng, betweyn Fraunce andIngelond, and also the Dukys londes. God holde itffor ever and grace be.

Item, the Erie of Oxenfford was on Saterdaye atDepe, and is purposyd into Skotlond with a xij.schyppys. I mystrust that werke.

Item, ther be in London many fflyeng talys, seyingthat ther shold be a werke, and yit they wot not howe.

Item, my Lorde Chamberleyn^ sendyth now at thystyme to Caleys the yonge Lorde Sowche^ and SirThomas Hongreffords dowtre and heyr,^ and some seye

1 William, Lord Hastings.—F.

2 John, Lord Zouch of Harringworth ; he was attainted in the first year ofHenry VIL—F.

^ Mary, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Hungerford ; she afterwardsmarried Edward, son and heir to William, Lord Hastings, who in her rightbecame Lord Hungerford, her uncle's attainder being reversed.—F.

the yonge Lady Haryngton, thes be iij. grett jowelles,Caleys is a mery town, they shall dwell ther I wot nowhylghe [how long].

No mor, but I have ben, and arae troblyd withmyn over large and curteys delyng with my servants,and now with ther onkynd nesse ; Plattyng, yowr menwolde thys daye byd me ffar well to to morow atDover, notwithstandyng Thryston yowr other man isfirom me, and John Myryell. and W. Woode whychepromysed yow and Dawbeney, God have hys sowle,at Castre, that iff ye wolde take hym in to be ageynwith me, that then he wold never goo ffro me, andther uppon I have kepyd hym thys iij. yer to pleyeSeynt Jorge and Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Not-yngham, and now when I wolde have good horse heis goon into Bernysdale, and I withowt a keeper.

Wretyn at Canterburj'e, to Caleys warde on Tewes-day and happe be, uppon Good Frydaye the xvj. dayeoff Apryll, Anno E. iiij'^ xiij°.

Yowr, J. P., K.

Item, the most parte off the sowdyors that wentover with Sir Robert Green have leeff, and be comynhorn, the hyghe weye ffuU; my cariage was behynd meij. hours longer than I lokyd afftr, but I wysse I wendethat I myght have etyn my parte on Good Frydaye allmy garees [fi^^^y] and pryde had ben goon, but all wassaffe. I pray yow iff W. Mylsent go ffroo yow, that hemyght come to me to Caleys, I will have hym.

724.

A.D. 1473, i^ May.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[Fiom Fenn, ii. 136.]To John Paston^ Esquyer^ in Norwich,

gjgjYGHT wersh5rpfull brother, I recorr^nd me toyow, &c^

As for tydyngs, the Erie of Wylshyr^ andthe Lord Sudele^ be ded, and it was seydthat Sir W. Stanle was deed, but nowe it is seydnaye, &c.

Item, as ffor your goyng to Seyn James,* I beleve itbut atwyen ij., &c.

I herd seye that a man was thys daye examyned,and he confessed that he knewe greet tresor was sendeto the Erie off Oxenfford, wherofif a m^^ li. [;^iooo]sholde be conveyd by a Monke off Westminster, andsome seye by a Monke off Chartrehows.

Item, that the same man schulde acuse C. gentyl-men in Norffolk and Suffolk that have agreyd to assystthe seyd Erie at hys comynge thyder, whyche as itt isseyd, sholde be within viij. dayes afftr Seynt Donston,iff wynde and weddyr serffe hym—ffiyeng tales. Nomor at thys tyme, but God have yow in kepyng.

Wretyn at London on Seynt Donstones daye, xviij.daye of Maye, Anno, E. iiij" xiij°.

John Paston, K.

725.

A.D. T473, 3 June.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 138.]To John Paston, Esqer, be thys delyveryd.

1 Then follow some orderb cuiicerning servants, debts, securities, &c.—F.

- John Stafford was created Earl of Wiltshire in 147a He was uncle toHenry, Duke of Buckingham.

3 Butler, Lord Sudley.—F.

•* Apparently John Paston had taJked of making a pilgrimage to the shrineof St. James of Compostella in Spain.

YGHT wyrshypfull brother, I comand me toyow, letyng yow weet that thys daye I was invery purpose to Caleys ward, all redy to havegoon to the barge, saff I teryed ffor a yongeman that I thoght to have had with me thyddr, onthat was with Rows, whyche is in the cowntre; andbecause I cowde not geet hym, and that I have nomor heer with me butt Pampyng, Edward, and Jak,therffor Pampyng remembryd me, that at Caleys hetolde me that he purposed to be with the Duchesse offNorffolk, my Lady and yowrs. And Edward is sykeand semythe nott abydyng; he wolde see what sholdfalle off thys worlde; and so I am as he that seythe" Come hyddr John, my man." And as happe wasyisterday, Juddy went affor to Caleysward; wherfifor Iam nowe ille purveyd, whyche ffor owte that I knoweyit is lyke to kepe me heer thys Wytsontyd.^ "Wlierfforiff ye knowe any lykly men, and ffayr condycioned, andgood archers, sende them to me, thowe it be iiij. andI wyll have them, and they shall have iiij. mrks by yer,and my levere [livery].

He maye com to me hyddr to the Gott [Goaf], oryit to Caleys with a riall ^ iff he be wyse, whyche iffnede bee, I wolde that Berker toke hym to come uppewith, iff it be suche one as ye tryst.

Item, I suppose bothe Pytte and Kothye Plattyngshall goo ffrom me in hast; I wyll never cheryssheknaves soo as I have don, ffor ther sakys.

Item, I praye yow sende me a newe vestment offwhyght damaske ffor a dekyne, whyche is among mynother geer at Norwiche, ffor he shall ther too as yewoot off: I wyll make an armyng doblctt off it, thowI sholde an other tyme gyff a longe gown of velvettffor another vestment, and send it in all hast to Hoxonto send me.

I hopyd to have been veriy mery at Caleys thysWhytsontyde, and am weeli apparayled and apoyntyd,

1 Whitsunday fell on the 6th June in 1473.' A royal, a gold coin of los. value.

saff that thes ffolks ffayle me soo, and I have materther to make off ryght excellent. Som man woldehave hastyd hym to Caleys thowe he had hadd nobetter erand, and som men thynke it wysdom and pro-fyght to be theer now weell owt off the weye.

Item, as ffor the Bysshop^ and I, we bee nerrer to apoynt than we weer, so that my part is nowe all thelondes in Flegge Holly, the maner off Heylesdon, Tol-thorpe, and tenements in Norwyche and Eriham,excepte Fayrechylds, but ffarweell Drayton; the Devylldo ytt them.

Item, large and fferr comynycacion hathe benbytwyen Sir John Fogge, Ric Haulte, ffor ther susterand me, byffor Doctor Wyntborne and ellys wher, sothat I am in better hope than I was, by Seynt Lawrens^that I shall have a delyveraunce.

Item, as ffor tydyngs heer, I trow ye have herdeyowr parte, howe that the Erie off Oxenfford landydby Seynt Osyes in Essexe, the xxviij. daye off Maye,saff he teryed nott longe, ffor iff he had, the Erie ofEssexe^ rod to hym wardys, and the Lords Denhamand Durasse, and other mor, whyche by lyklyodsholde have dystrussyd hym; but yit hys comyngsavyd Hogan hys hed, and hys profesye is the morbelevyd ffor he seyde that thys troble sholde begyn inMaye, and that the Kynge sholde northwards, andthat the Scotts sholde make us werke and hym batayle.

Men loke afftr they wot not what, but men by bar-neys ffast; the Kyngs menyall men and the Duke offClaraunces, ar many in thys town ; the Lord Ryverse ^com to daye, men seye to purveye in lyke wyse.

Item, how that the Cowntesse off Warwyk ^ is nowowt off Beweley Seyntwarye, and Sir James Tyrellconveyth hyr northwarde, men seye.by the Kynges

1 Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. 3 loth of August

3 Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, Lord Treasurer.

•* Anthony Wideville, Earl Rivers, beheaded at Pontefract, 1483.

5 Anne, widow of Richard Neville, the great Earl of Warwick, lister andkeir to Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, and mother of Isabel, the wifeof George, Duke of Clarence.

assent, wherto som men seye that the Duke off Clar-ance is not agreyd.

Item, men seye that the Erie off Oxenfford is abowtthe Ilde off Tenett hoveryng, som seye \vyth grett com-panye, and som seye, with ffewe.

No mor, but God kepe yow.

Wretyn at London the iij. daye off June, Anno E.iiij^ xiijo. John Paston, K.

726.A.D. 1473, 13 June.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

Norf. and Suff. Deeds, No. 67. " Relaxatio Willielmi Pastonfacta Will. Wainflet et aliis de toto jure suo in manerio vocat'Caldecots, Akethorp, Spitlings, Habland, Broweston, &c. Jun.13, Edw. iv. 13."

727.

A.D. 1473, 5 Ny-Sir John Paston to Edmund Paston.

[From Fenn ii. 146.]A Edmond Paston^ Esquyer, a Caleys soyt donne.

ROTHER Edmond, I grete yow weell, letyng

yow weete that abowt thys daye vij. nyght I

sende yow a letter by Nycholas Bardeslee a

sowdyer, whyche is wont woute^ to be at

border \brother\ Perauntys,^ and also an hoseclothe*

off blak ffor yow. I wende that ye sholde have hadde itt

within ij. dayes, but I am afferde that he deseyved me.

1 So in Fenn.

3 Fenn suggests a fanciful explanation of the expression " border Per-auntys," presuming the latter word not to be a proper name ; but see page 66•* Cloth foj hosen.

Item, I lete yow weet that Plattyng is comen hyddr,and he seythe that ye gaffe hym leve to ffetche hysgeer and Pittys, and that is hys erande hyddr and noonother, ner he thowt never to goo ffro me, ner he wyllnott goo ffro me as he seythe, wherffor, I praye yowsende me worde off hys condycions, and whyghe yethynke that he sholde never do me worshypp.

He seythe also that he and Pytte weer at the takyngoff the Esterlyngs, and that lie was in the Pakker^ andPytte in the Crystoffre. I praye yow sende me wordehowe bothe he and Pitte quytte them, by the reportoff some indyfferent trewe man that was ther, iff theyquytte them weell, I wolde love them the better, wher-ffor the next daye afftr the syte of thys letter, I prayeyow wryght ageyn, and sende it by the next passage.

Item, I sende a lytell praty boxe herwith, whycheI wolde that Juddy sholde delyver to the woman thathe wetyth off, and praye hyr to take it to the manthat she wetyth off; that is to seye, as moche as yeknowe all well i now, but ye maye nott make yowwyse in no wyse.

Item, I praye yow sende me worde as ye wer wontto do off heer wellffar, and whether I weer owt andother inne or nott; and whether she shall fforsakeCaleys as sone as ye sende me worde off or nott.

By God I wolde be with yow as ffayne as yowr selff,and shall be in hast with Godds grace.

Item, as ffor my brother John, I hope within thysmonyth to see hym in Caleys, ffor by lyklyhod toraorowe or ellys the next daye he takyth shyppe atYarmothe, and goothe to Seynt James ^ warde, and hehathe wretyn to me that he wyll come homwarde byCaleys.

Item, I suppose that James Songer shall come withme to Caleys, the rather ffor yowr sake.

Item, Mestresse Elysabett ffareth well, but as yitSonger knoweth nott so perffytly all that ye woldeweet, that he woll nott wryght to yow off thees.ij. dayes

1 See page 90. Note 4.

tyll he knowe moor, but iff she hadde ben bolde, anddurst have abydyn styll at hyr gate, and spoken withme, so God helpe me, she had hadd thys same that I*'ende nowe wher ye woot off, whyche ye shall seevvoryn heer afftr, itt is a praty ryban with praty agletts^and goodlye.

Make yow not wyse to Juddy, nowther not that yewolde weet any thynge, ffor I maye sey to yowe at hyscomyng ovr, he browt goodly geer reasonablye.

Item, as ffor my byll ^ that is gylt, I wolde it weertaken head too j ther is one in the town, that can glaserweell i nowe, as I herde seye. Also, ther is on com-ythe every markett daye ffro Seynt Omerys to Caleysand he bryngethe dagers, and tfetchyth also, he mayhave it with hym, and brynge it ageyn the next mar-kett daye ffor xij^. or xvj^. at the most, and ellys lateit be weel oylyd and kepte tyll I come. No more.

Wretyn at London the v. daye of Julie, Anno Riiijti xiij°

728.

A.D. 1473, 28 Aug.Martin Rondelle to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]Monseigneur Jehan Paston^ chevalier d*Englderre.

ON treschier et honnore seigneur, je me re-

comande a vous outant que je puis ne scay.

Et vous plaise savoir que je ay oy novelles de

vous par ung de vo marchans de Calais tou-

chant unne armura de unna sella que je vous doy, et

de una barbuta, laquelle est en diferansce entre vous

et moy, de laquelle je vous ay aultre foix dist que je

1 Pendant ornaments of metal, like tags or points, &c.—F.^ A warlike instrument of Offence.—F.

96 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.n. 1473.

estoie contant de fere toute rexon [raison\ et en quorele vous dige prexentement que je suis prest de fer toutchou qu'il apartient en tout rexon, set [(fest\ asavoir dela barbute et de Tarmura de sella. D'aultre chiox nevous suis en riens tenut, forque en toute les chiox queme seroint posible de faire pour I'amour de vous a vostrehonneur et a vostre profit, je suis tout jour prest a vostrecomendement.

Item, en houltre, je ay entendut que vous vouUesavoir unng hamax complet. Com je prins vostramexure demierement quant vous fustes en ceste villede Bruges, saichies que je ay en quor vostre mexurede toutes lez piesces ; pour quoy, se il vous plaist que jela vous fasa, je la vous faray de bon ceur, et tout cellaque il vous plaira avoir fait; et au regard du pris, jefaray tellement que vous seres content de moy pourtant quant il vous plaira lesiem savoir queles piessesque vous voles avoir, et la faisson et le jour que vousla voles avoir par quelcun aqui je puis in chauder ennom de vous, et qui me ballia argant de sus, je feray sibien que se Dieu plaist vous vous loeres de moy.Aultre chiox ne vous say que mander pour le prexent,senon que je prie a Dieu que il vous doint ce que vostreceur desir.

Escript a Brgues, le xxviij. jour de Ahoust, TanIxxiij. Le tout vostre serviteur,

Martin Rondelle,

Armurier de Monsire le

Bastart de Bourgogne.

Endorsed-V^r Martyne Rowndell, armorer de Bruggys. Anno £. iiijtixiij".

. 729.

A.D. 1473, 16 Sept.

Lord Hastings to Sir John of Middleton and Sir

John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 152.]This letter, Fenn tells us, is endorsed in a hand of the time, " E. (?)

A..D. 1473] EDWARD IV. 9)

Hastyngs, Anno xiij"," showing that it was written in the 13th year ofEdward IV.

To my right heriily beloved frends and felaivs^ SirJohn of Middelton^ and Sir John Pasion^ Knights.

FTER herty recommendacion, I thank you ofthe gode attendance that ye yeve unto theKings counsail at Calais; and the gode andeffectuelle devoires that ye putte you in toassiste my depute Sir John Scot, in alle suche thingsas mowe concerne the saufgarde of my charge there.Leting you wite, that if ther be any thing that I canand may do for you, I shal with right gode wil performeit to my power.

And I preye you to recommaunde me to my LadyHoward,^ my Lady Bourgchier,^ and all othre ladiesand gentilwomen of the saide towne. And in likewiseto the Mayre, Lieutenant, and felaship of the staple;my felaws the souldeours, and all othre suche as yeshal seme gode. And oure Lord sende you yourdesirs.

Writen at Notyngham, the xvj. day of Septem.bre.Sir Joh Paston, I pray you to yeve credens to suchething as my depute shall shew you fro me, and con-forme you to the same.

Your felaw,

Hastyngs.

730.A.D. 1473, I Nov.—Note.

On the Close Roll 13 Edw, IV. m. 5, is an indenture tripartitebearing date I Nov., 13 Edw. IV., between Thomas Byllyng,Chief-Justice, and others, including William Paston on the on&part ; Jane Ingaldesthorp, late wife of Edmund Ingaldesthorp,

1 Margaret, wife of Sir John Howard, Lord Howard, and afterwards Dukeof Norfolk. She was daughter of Sir John Chedworth, Knight, and died in1490, 5 H. VII.

^ Lady Bourchier was probably the wife of a son of Sir John Bcurchicr,Lord Berners.

III. H

ii

98 THE PASTON LETTERS. [A.D. 1473.

Knight, William Norys, ICnt., and Isabel, Marquesse Montague,his wife, of the second part; and "William Parker, citizen andtailor, London, of the third part

731.

A.D. 1473, 6 Nov.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 126.]

This letter is misdated in Fenn as of the 15th ApriL St. Leonard's Day isthe 6th November.

To John Paston^ Esquier^ at Norwych, be thy5 delyvered.

YRSHYPFULL and well belovyd brother, Icomand me to yow, letyng yow vveet that theworlde semyth qweysye heer; ffor the mostpart that be abowt the Kyng have sendehyddr ffor ther harneys, and it [is] seyd ffor serteyn,thatthe Duke off Clarance makyth hym bygge in that hekan, schewyng as he wolde but dele with the Duke ofGlovvcester; but the Kyng ententyth, in eschyewyingall inconvenyents, to be as bygge as they bothe, and tobe a styffeler atweyn them; and som men thynke thatundre thys ther sholde be som other thynge entendyd,and som treason conspyred; so what shall falle, can Inott seye.

Item, it is seyde that yisterdaye ij. passagers off Dovrwer takyn; I ffer that iff Juddy had noon hasty passage,so that iff he passyd nott on Sondaye or Mondaye, thathe is taken, and som.geer off myn, that I wolde not forxx/z.

I hope and purpose to goo to Caleys warde on Son-daye or Mondaye or nyghe bye, ffor I am nott accom-panyed to do any servyse heer; wherffor it wer betterffor me to be qtnX off syght.^

1 Here follow some money transactions relative to a Doctor Pykenham,bis mother, aud others.

A.D. I473J EDWARD IV, 99

Item, Sprynge,that way ten on my fTadre when he wasin Jowel hoiis [gaol house], whom my ffadre at hys dyengbesett xlj". he cryethe evyr on me ffor it, and in weyeoff almess, and he wolde be easyd, thow it wer but xxi-.or xs. ; wherffor he hathe wretyn to my modr, and mosthave an answer ageyn; I wolde that my moodr sendehym, as thoghe she lende hym som whatt, and he wollbe pleasyd, and ellys he can seye as shrewdely as anyman in Ingelonde.

Item, the Kynge hathe sent ffor hys Great Seall;some seye we shall have a newe Chauncelor, but somthynke that the Kynge dothe as he dyde at the lastffeldys, he wyll have the Seall with hym ; but thysdaye Doctor Morton, Master off the Rollys, rydetheto the Kynge, and berythe the Sease [iV^/f] withhym.

Item, I had never mor nede off mony than now;wherffor Fastolffes v. mrks and the mony off MasterJohn Smythe wolde make me holl, &c.

Wretyn on Seynt Lenards Daye, Anno R. R. E.iiij*^ xiij°.

Item, sende me my vestment acordyng to the letterI sent yow by Symond Dam, in all hast.

J. P., K.

732.

A.D. 1473, 22 Nov.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]To John Fasto7i, Esquycr, he thys delyvered.

jYGHT wyrshypfull and hertylybelovyd brother,

I comand me to yow, letyng you wet that I

I receyvyd a letter that come from yow, wretyn

circa viij. Mychaelys,^ wherin ye leet me weet off thedecesse off Syr James, and that my moodre is inpurpose to be at Norvvyche, and I am ryght glad thatsche wyll now doo somwhat by yowr advyce ; wherfforbe war fro hense forthe that noo suche felawe crepe inbe twyen hyr and yow, and iff ye lyst to take a lytelllabore, ye may lyfi ryght well, and she pleasyd. It isas good that ye ryde with a cople off horse at hyr costas Syr James or Richard Calle.

Ye sende me worde also that she in noo wyse wyllpurveye thyr (Zli. for the redemyng off Sporle. Late itgoo. As towchyng that mater, John Osbera tolde methat he comonyd with yow at Sporle of that mater; fen-he dewsed that Kokett, or suche an other man, sholde,to have it the better cheppe, leye owt the valewe off yj.yere for to have it vij, yere, wherto I wolde agre; andfor Goddys sake, if thatt maye be browt abowt, late it bedoon. As ye woot of, it is laten for xxij//. be yere, yitthe fermor graunt but xxj.; but to Kokett it wolde beworthe xxv//., yea and better. Neverthelesse, if Kokettwyll delyver vj^*//., I wolde he had it for vij. yeer, vidththys that my moodre be agreable to the same, bycawseof th'entresse that she hathe for my brother William,whyche shall nott be off age thys vij. yeer; neverthe-lesse, as ye know myn olde entent, I purpose to pur-vey for hym in an other plase better than theer; whychegraunte off my moodre I praye yow to be my solycytorin, whyche [and] it be browt abowt, Sporle shall be inas goode case as evyr he was.

John Osbem willyd me to make yow a sufficiauntwaraunt to selle and felle wood at Sporle, whyche Iremembre ye have in as ample forme as can be; never-thelesse iff thys meane above wretyn off letyng to fermemaye be hadde, it shall, I hope, nat nede to felle nerselle moche. But I remytte that geer to yowr dyscres-cion, but iff ye have suche comforte, I praye yow sendeme worde. I maye seye to yow, John Osbem flaterydme, for he wolde have borowyd mony off me.

1 Le. circa «v^^^«'^'^^>^"0f-f-jWl!'O?/ft^V^**^^^ °^ Michaelmas, or 6th

A.D.I473] EDWARD JV. loi

Item, in retaylyng of woode theer, it weer harde totryst liym ; he is nedyc. If Kokett, or whoo so evyrhad that mancr to ferme for vij. yere, and payd therflbrbut vj^-V/., he sholde, to lete it ageyn, wynne xxxvj//.,ivhychc wc[re] moche; wherffor, iff it myght bee, yt wermore resenable vj-"^^- vij//. to be reseyvyd, and yit isther lost xxix//., or ellys iff ye take Icsse mony andfewer yerys, so it be aftre the rate, so ther be purveydC//. at the lest; send worde.

Item, ye wroot that lyke a trewe man ye sende mexviijj. by Richarde Radle. Ye weer to trewe; but hesemys to be a false shrewe, for he browt me noon yitt.Whethyr he be owt of town or nott, kan I nott seye.

Ye prayed me also to sende yow tydynges how Ispedde in my materis, and in cheff of Mestresse AnneHault I have answer ageyn fro Roome that there is thewelle of grace and salve sufficiaunt for suche a soore,and that I may be dyspencyd v/ith; neverthelesse myproctore there axith a nij- docatys, as he demythe. ButMaster Lacy, another Rome renner heer, whycheknowyth my seyde proctor theer, as he seythe, as weellas Bernard knewe hys sheeld, seythe that he menythbut an C. docates or CC. at the most; wherffor afftrethys comythe moor. He wrote to me also, quodPapa hocfacit hodiernis diebus multocieris.

Item, as towchyng Caster, I tryst to God that yeshall be in it to myn use or Crystmesse be past.

Item, yowr ost Brygham recomand hym to yow, andwhen he and I rekenyd, I gave hym ij. noblis for yowrborde, whyll ye weer theer in hys absence; but infeythe he wolde, for nowth that I kowde doo, take ]d.Wherffor ye most thanke hym or charge me to thankehym on yowr behalve in some nexte epystyll that yewryght to me to Caleys. He leete me weet that hewolde do moor for yow than soo.

Item, my Lady Bowgcher was almost deed, but sheys amendyd. I trowe they come in to Norifolk.

Item, as for W. Berker. I heer no worde from hym.I praye yow comon with Berney ther in, he knoweth

myn conceyt; and also I praye yow hast Bemey ageyn.I wold not that he played the fooll, ner wastyd hystyme ner hys sylver.

Item, as for the brace of growndes [greyhoujids\ orone verry goode, or in especiall the blak of Germynes,I can nott seye but ye be a trewe man, but WilliamMylsent isse a false shrewe, so mote I thee, and Itrow hys master ys too.

Item, I most have myn instrumentes hydder, whycheare in the chyst in my chambre at Norwyche, whycheI praye yow and Berney to gedre joyntly, but nattseverally, to trusse in a pedde,^ and sende them mehyddre in hast, and a byll ther in how many peces.Thys most be had to avoyde idelnesse at Caleys.

Item, I preye yow take heed among thatt my stuffetake noon harme, ner that myn evydence, wher ye wottof, be owt of joperte.

Item, I praye yow doo for Bemeye as ye kan, sothat he maye be in sewerte for hys annywyte, and thatit be nott costious fro hense forthe to hym any mor tocome, or sende for it. I pray yow w)Tine yowr sporysin hys mater.

Item, I purposed to have sent heer with the testa-ment off my fadre and the scytacions to my moodre toyow and Arblaster; but they be nott redy. Within ij.dayes aftre the comyng of thys, I suppose they shallbe with yow, and than I shall wrj-^ght mor to yow.

As for other tydynges, I trust to God thatt the ij.Dukes of Clarans and Glowcester shall be sette att oneby the adward off the Kyng.

Item, I hope by the means of the Duke of Glowcesterthat my Lord Archebyshop ^ shall come home.

Item, as towchyng my sustre Anne,^ I undrestandshe hathe bene passyng seek; but I wende that shehad ben weddyd. As for Yelverton, he seyde but late

1 A kind of basket

- George Neville, Archbishop of York, though formerly pardoned, had beenaccused of holding correspondence with the Earl of Oxford, for which he wasimprisoned at Gumes.

3 Anne Paston married William Yelverton, grandson of Sir William Yel*verton, the Judge.

that he wold have hyr, iff she had hyr mony, and ellisnott; wherffor me thynkyth that they be nott verrysewre. But, amonge alle other thynges, I praye yow beware that the olde love of Pampyng renewe natt. Heis nowe fro me; I wott nat what he woll doo.

No more. Wretyn at London, the xxij. daye ofNovembre Anno R. R. E. iiij" xiijo.

John Paston, Kt.

733.

A.D. 1473, 25 Nov.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The year in which this letter was written is clearly shown, partly by theallusions made in it to several matters mentioned in previous letters, and moreespecially by what is said of the Earl of Oxford. That nobleman was besiegedin St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, by Sir Henry Bodrugan during Octoberand November 1473.

To John Paston^ Esquier.

|YGHT wyrshypfull and well belovyd brother,I recomaund me to yow, letyng yow weet thatI sende yow her with j. sitacion, where in benmy moodre and yee, wheroff I praye yow thatI maye have hasty answeer. The effecte theroff is nomoor, but ye bothe most sende answer, and make yowa proctor heer, and that most come hyddre ondre anotaryes syngne, affermyng that ye make suche a man,Master John Halsnothe, or ellis, yf ye will do the cost,to sende some other hyddre; yowr proctor to takeadmynystracion or to reffuse, and what so he dothe, yeto holde it for ferme and stable. Than most mymoodre and ye wryght a lettre, undre my moodre sealland yowr syngne manuell, to me and Master JohnHalsnothe in thys forme :—"We gret yow well, letyngyow weet that we have made yow. Master John Hals-nothe, our proctor in the testament of John Paston,

husband and fadre to yow, vvherin we wyll that on ovvrbehalff ye refuse the admynestracion of the seyde testa-ment. And thys wryghtyng is to yow warantt and dys-charge, and also the verry wyll of usse." Thys mostwe have for owr dyscharge.

Item, I pray yow take good hedde to my sosterAnne, lesse the old love atwyen hyr and Pampyngrenewe.

Item, I pray yow sende me worde howe my moodreis dysposyd to hyr wardes, and iffe so weer that a goodmariage myght be had, what she wolde depart with.

Item, I praye yow that ye remembre hyr for the tombeoff my fadr at Bromholme, and also the chapell atMauteby, and sende me worde how she is dysposydher in.

Item, iff I have Caster ageyn, whethyr she wolledwelle ther or nott, and I wyll fynde hyr a presttowardes at my charge, and geve hyr the dovehowseand other comodytes ther; and if any horsekeper onmyn lye ther, I wolle paye for hys borde also, as weellas for the prestes.

Item, iff my modre sholde have a new prest, I thynkthat my brother Syr J. Goos weer a metly man to bether. He wolde also doo, as ye wolde have hymnowe, ber the cuppe evyn, as What-calle-ye-hym seydeto Aslake.

Be war of Myneres fro hense forthe, and sende meworde how ye trist Doctor Pykenham. I wolde, if hewolde doo owght for my moodre, that he hastyd thesoner to paye me the C//., so that I myght pledge owtSporle.

Item, as for other tydynges, the Erie of Oxenforthe isstille besegyd. Neverthelesse, onys he issued owt, andtoke a jentylman, and hant [dragged] hym within; butnow off late he was besye, and one espyed hym, andshott at hym and strake in the verry fase with an arowe.I sye thys daye the same man, and theere I leef hym.

Iff Arblaster come to yow, ye maye see hys lettersente to hym by me. wherin I have wretyn that he

scholde take yowr adv}Te; but I praye you, above allthynges, that mc make hast so that I heer from yowageyn by thys day vij. nyght.

At London, the xxv. dayc of Novembre.

John Paston, K.

734.

Date uncertain.The Tenants of Sporle to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this letter is very uncertain, but as a good deal is said aboutthis time of the manor and wood of Sporle, we insert it here for convenience.

To oure specyall good lordaiid mayster^ Syr John Fastofi^Knyght^ be this delyvered ifi hast.

|IGHT worchepfull and oure specyall goodmayster and loord, after our dewe recomenda-cion with ovvre servyce. Please it yow toknowe that we arn grevously troubled, andnot lyke to kepe oure tenourys, the whiche we holdeof you, but yf ye helpe us; for we wer bete at the boor-dourys syde, and afterwarde our servauntes wer beteat the plowe in Spoorle felde, and somme of them belyke to dey. And we redyn to Maister Shereve andto Mayster Southwell for remedye, and thei advysedus to ryde to Mayster Wyngfeld; and thenne weunderstode that Mayster Wyngfeld was reden to Lon-don, &c. And so we stonden withoute remedye, and ingrete doute of our lyves, and losse of our goodys.Wherfor we beseche you to socoure us accordyng toyour right and owres. And ellys we kan nott abydeit, &C. Cryst kepe your good lordshep.

Ee your poore tenauntesof Spoorle.

735.A.D. 1474, 9 Feb.—Note.

It appears by the Early Chancery Proceedings printed by theRecord Commission (Vol. i. p. xc), that a decree was given inChancery in Hilary term, 13 Edw. IV. compelling WilliamPaston and other trustees to fulfil a covenant between Richard,Duke of Gloucester and Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford. On theClose Roll, 13 Edw. IV. memb. i, is a release by William,Bishop of Ely, Sir Thomas Montgomery, John Wentworth, elk.,William Paston, Esq., Roger Townesend and Jas. Arblasterto Richard, Duke of Gloucester, of all their right in Ocle Magnaand Parva, &c., in Essex which they have by enfeoffment ofEliz., Countess of Oxford, and in other manors in Norfolk andSuffolk which they lately had of the gift of the same. Thisrelease is dated 9th Feb. 13 Edw. IV., and was acknowledgedin Chancery on the nth Feb. Below it are enrolled three otherdeeds by the Countess and her feoffees to the Duke, dated 9thJune. 12 Edw. IV., and acknowledged in Chancery, 25th June14 Edw. IV.

736.

A.D. 1474, 20 Feb.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston,

[From Fcnn, ii. 154.]

Mestresse Margrdt Pasion^ at Norwyche.

jYGHT honorable and most tendr good moodr,I recomand me to yowe, besechyng yow tohave, as my tryst is that I have, yowr daylyblessyng; and thanke yow off yowr goodmoderhood, kyndenesse, cheer, charge, and costes,whyche I had, and putte yow to, att my last bejugwith yow, whyche God gyffe me grace her afftr todeserve!

Please it yow to weet, that I thynge longe that Iheer nott ffrom yow or ffrom Pekok yowr servaunt,ffor the knowlege howe he hathe doon in the sale off

my fferme barlyc, iier whatt is made theroff; wherfforI beseche yowe, if it be not answeryd by that tyme thatthys bylle comythe to yowe, to hast hym and itt hyddrewards; ffor iff that had nott taryed me, I deme I hadbeen at Caleys by thys daye; ffor it is soo, as menseye, tliat the Frcnse Kynge with a gret hoste is atAmyans, but iij'^*' myle from Caleys ; and iff he, or kys,roode byffor Caleys, and I nott theer, I wolde be sorye.

Item, men seye that the Erie of Oxenfford hathe benconstreynyd to sewe ffor hys pardon only off hys lyffe ;and hys body, goodes, londes, with all the remenaunt,at the Kynges wyll, and soo sholde in all haste nowecome in to the Kyng; and some men seye that he isgoon owt off the Mounte/ men wot not to what plase,and yit lefte a greet garnyson theer, weell ffomysshydin vytayll, and all other thynge.

Item, as ffor the havyng ageyn off Castre, I trust tohave good tydyngs theroff hastelye.

Item, my brother John ffarethe weell, and hathe doonryght delygentlye in my cosyn Elizabet Berneys mater,wheroff hastely I trust he shall sende hyr tydyngs thatschall please hyr; and as to morow he purposyth totake hys jurneye to Walys warde to the Lorde Ryverse.No mor at thys tyme, but Jeswe have yow in Hyskepyng.

Wretyn at London the xx. daye off Feverer, AnnoE. iiij^> xiij°-

Yowr sone,

J. Paston, K.

737.

A.D. 1474 (?) 26 April.Lord Hastings to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 296.]

I cannot discover in what year John Paston could have been staying atGuisnes during the month of April at the request of Lord Hastings, unless itwas in the year 1474. There seems no other probable year in which we havesot distinct evidence of his being elsewhere.

1 St- Michael's Mount in Com wail.

To my ri(:^/if trusty and welbeloTed servawif^ JohnPastojiy Sqiiicr.

OHN PASTON, I recommaunde me unto you.And whereas I appointed and desired you togoo over unto Guysnes to yeve youre attend-aunce and assistaunce upon my brother SirRauf Hastings in all suche things as concerne thesuretie and defense of the Castell of Guysnes duringhis infirmyties ; it is shewed unto me that ye have fulltmely and diligently acquyted you unto my saidebrother, in all his besynesses sithe your comyng thider.Whereof I thanke you hertly. And as I conceive tomy grete comfort and gladnesse, my saide brother iswele recovered and amended, thanked be God. Andsoo I truste he may nowe si)are you. Wherupon Ihave writen unto him, if he may soo doo, to licenceyou to come over unto me ay en. Wherefore I woUand desire you, th'assent of my saide brother had, todispose you to come over in all goodly haste, as wellfor suche grete maters, as I fele by youre firends, yehave to doo here, as to yeve youre attendaunce uponme. And your retourne ye shall be to my welcome.

From London, the xxvj. day of Avrill.

^ I pray you in no wise to depart as yet without mybrother Roaf asent and agrement; and recommaundme to my syster, all my nieces, to the constabyll, andto all Ryves \i-eeves\.

Your tru frend, Hastynges.

738.A.D. 1474. 24 July.—Abstract.

[Add. Charter 14,973, B.M.]

Letters patent, dated at Westminster, 24 July, 14 Edw. IV.,for levying a subsidy in the county of Norfolk for a war againstFrance.

1 This postscript is in the writer's own hand, the preceding part of theletter being in that of a clerk. A fac-simile of the postscript is ^ven by

A.D. 1474-3 EDWARD IV. I09

739.

A.D. 1474, 25 July.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M ]

This letter is endorsed in a contemporaneous hand "Anno xiiij°," showingthat it was written in 1474. the 14th year of Edward IV. We also find SirTohn writing to his brother in November following that his brother EdmundHad heard nothing more of Eberion's dau^iiter.

To Sir John Paston, Knyght, or to hys brodyr Edymindin hys absence, lodgyd at the George by PowlysIVharff, ifi London,

jYGHT worchepfuU sir, I recomand me to yow,preying yow to remembyr, or ye depert oughtof London, to spek with Herry Ebertonys wyf,draper, and to enforme hyr that I am profyrda maryage in London, whyche is worth vj<^ [600] markiind bettyr; with whom I preyid yow to comone, in asmyche as I myght not tery in London myself, alweysreservyng that if so be that Mastresse Eberton wylldele ^vith me, that ye shold not conclud in the otherplace, thow so wer that Eberton wold not geve somoche with Mastress Elyzabet, hys dowghtyr, as Imyght have with the other, for syche fantazy as I havein the seyd Mastress Elyzabet Eberton. And that itlyek yow to sey to Ebertons wyff that syche as I spakto hyr of shalbe bettyrd rather then enpeyred as formy part; and if it lyek hyr to deale with me, I \vylbeat London for that cawse only with in xiiij. dayisaftyr the wryghtyng of thys byll, with Godes grace,AVho preserve yow and yours.

Wretyn at Norwyche, on Seynt Jamys Day.

Also, sir, I prey yow that ye wyll, as I desyerd yow,comon with John Lee or hys wyf, or bothe, and toundyrstond how the mater at the Blak Freerys dothe,and that ye wylle see and spek with the thyng your

no THE PASTON LETTERS. [A.D.1474.

sylf, and with hyr fadyr and modyr, or ye depert; andthat it lyek yow to desyer John Lee is wyff to send mea byll in all hast possybyll, how fer forthe the mater is,and whedyr it shalbe necessary for me to come up toLondon hastyly or not, or ellys to kast all at the Kok.

Also, sir, I prey yow that Pytt may trusse in a male,whyche I left in your chambyr at London, my tawnygowne furyd with blak, and the doblet of porpyll sateyn,and the doblet of blak sateyn, and my wryghtyng boxof syprese, and my book of the Metyng of the Dwkeand of the Emperour, and when all thys gere is trussydin the male, to delyver it to the berer herof, to bryngeme to Norwyche.

Item, I send you herwith the pylyon for the male,and xs. for the hyer, whyche is usery, I tak God torekord.

Also, that it lyek yow to spek with your apotycary,. whyche was som tyme the Erie of Warwykes apotycary,and to weet of hym what the wedow of the BlakFreiris is woorthe, and what hyr husbondes name was.He can tell all, for he is excecutore to the wedoushusbond. I prey yow forget me not, no more then Ido yow. I have spokyn thys day with Jamys Hubberdand Herry Smyth, and to morow I shall have ananswer of theym.

Also, my modyr wyll labore thys mater with effect,tliat the CC. mark may be had for the wood.

Also, brodyr Edmund, I prey yow, and my brodyrSir John be not in London, that ye wyll labore all thysmaters with effect, as my trust is in yow in every poyntas is above wretyn.

Also, I assartayn yow that I was with Ferrour thysday, and he had no leyser to comon with me; but Iwyll be with hym ayen to morow by apoyntment betwyxhym and me, and so as I speed I shall send yowwoord by the next man that comyth to London.

Also, I sent John Lee is wyff a lettyr by on Crawe-thorn dwellyng in Wood street, or ellys in Sylver streetat the end of Wood street. I prey yow weet whedyr

she had it or nought; and she had it not, brodyrEdmund, I prey yow go to tlie same Crawethorn, andtak the lettyr of hym, and delyver it hyr in all hasL

J. PASTON.^

740.A.D. 1474, 24 Oct.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS, B.M.]

" Bill" dated 24 Oct., 14 Edw. IV. relative to the pledgingof certain parcels of plate by William Paston, Esq., to ElizabethClere of Ormesby. The p3.rcels amount in all to 250 oz. 4 dwt.,and are pledged for £^0. Scaled.

iu Fair copy of the preceding,

741.A.D. 1474, 3 Nov.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS. B.M.]The Vicar of Paston to Margaret Paston,

When my master Sir John's baily was at Paston he scaredyour tenants, bidding them pay no rents to Mr William Paston.On which Harry Warns wrote to Mr. William, who bade himwarn them not to pay money to any one else; otherwise hewould meet them at London ** as the law would," or at somemarket or fair, and make them pay arrears to Midsummer. Be-ware of Warns, for he made Master William privy to all theexaminations of the tenants by my master your son. He alsocharged the tenants not to sell as my master desired, else MasterWilliam would undo them. ^Wdeo, putte no trost in hym, quiaduobtis dominis iiemo potest sen'irey Pastun, 3 Nov.

[This and the letter following both appear to have been written at the timeof Sir John Paston's dispute with his uncle William, at the end of the year

742.A.D. 1474.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.][The Vicar of Paston] to Mrs [Margaret Paston.]John Qwale, farmer of Paston, is distressed by things tliat1 This signature stands in the middle of the postscript.

THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1474.

Herry Warns has done and said against him. Warns carriedhome "an esse" [asA] blown down by the wind, and says it isyour will, because Master John Paston has given him power overall that he has in Paston. "More awre he stondes in gretedowte to ery or to sawe " [^o harrow or to sew], for John of Bac-tun says he shall have no land, unless he find surety, "and itwere no resun that he suld somerlay and compace hys londes toa noder mans hand." Warns says if Qwale put out any cattle atthe gates, he will take it for the grain that Master Williamdelivered to him. Pie says Mrs Margaret Paston ^ has no rulethere, and shall have none; also that John Qwale shall not haveGyns close nor the Chyrche close, as he has taken them to farm." Qwere fore, bott ze gyfe hym odervvas power, he wyll gefeup alL"

743.

About A.D. 1474?[William Paston] to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Of this letter only two fragments remain, giving, as will be seen, a verymutilated text. Little more can be said about the contents than that theyrefer to money matters between William Paston and his nephew Sir John,which are probably those referred to in succeeding letters. The handwritingis that of William Paston. A mutilated endorsement, apparently in the hand-writing of John Paston the younger, shows merely the words **....to Sir J. P. for ... ."

[ To] my right worshipfull fieview [Sir J\ohn Paston^Knyghte, be \this\ lettre delivered in hast.

[Right] worshipful neview, I recommaund me to you. And,

sir, I pray you

that ther was none obstacle ner lettinge that ye found in me to

save me harme-

les; at whiche tyme it was thought aswel

Johns by obligacioun

was not inow to save me harm[eles]

[i]n the meane seasoune; for as your

reasoun will give , . ght

fell of yow but goode. And if the caas so fill that

. . . ys will take it on them, than

1 Mrs. Margaret Paston is here spoken of by name and in the third person,but the letter can hardly be addressed to any one else.

I to bere the lossc. Wherupp[on]

[b]ound to me to save me harmeles.

And for as muche m by

obligacioun of statute merchaunt for you the

in myne oune kepinge for my discharge,

and after a [rjestorid

me ageyn at this Michelmas. And m

shuld hange still till Candil-

mas, and me thinke it is by con obliga-

cions paiable at [Candlejmas I did at the begyn-

ny[ng] will kepe still the

or sufficient and that

as wold pay at th.

with me than thus

indenture

wherby

for be cause that ye w

experyens.

Also I wold avyse you

my Lord of Norffolk.

Also, nevew, there is onne Fr

but hym silf and his wif and

wherfore I have writin to .

m this matier; and I trust 1 . . .

t ♦ . . . And I pray

yow that may ha . , . . , ^ ,

744.

Date uncertain.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Fragment of a draft deed by which Sir John Paston and JohnPaston, Esq., mortgage certain premises not named to the use ofMaster John Morton, William Paston, Thomas Playter, andThomas Lovell, for ;^ 114.

[Nothing is clear about the date of iLis document, but we place it here, asbearing, like the last, on money matters between Sir John Paston and hisuncle William.]

III. I

745.

A.l). 1474.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is evident from the contents that this letter must have been writtenshortly before that which follows.

To Mestresse Margrett Paston at Norwyche^ or to J.Paston in hyr absence.

[jYGHT wyrshypfuU and my moste kynde andtendre moodre, I recomaund me to yow, thank-yng yow off the grete cost and off the greetchere that ye dyd to me and myn at my lastbeyng wyth yowe; whyche cheer also hath made meperfyghtly hooU, I thanke God and yow, in so mochethat where as I feeryd me that for weykenesse, and sogreen recuveryd off my syknesse, that I scholde haveape}Tyd by the weye ; but, God thanke yow, I tokeso my crommys whyls I was wyth yow, that I felyd mysylfe by the weye that God and ye had made mestronger than I wenyd that I had ben, in so mychethat I feell my selffe every daye holler than other.

It was soo that I mett wyth myn onkle William bythe weye, and there in the felde I payed hym the iiij//.whyche I had borowyd off hym; and he was passynginquisytyff howe that I was purveyd for recompensyngoff Towneshend. I tolde hym I hopyd weell; he toldeme that he undrestood that I had the C//. of theBysshopys executores, and he had herde seye that I hadalso borowyd another Q,li. of a marchaunt, and so Ilakydbut an C. marke. I deme he herde thys of T. Lovell,for I tolde hym that I was in hope to fynde suche afreende that wolde lende me C//. He axed me, whowas that ? I answeryd hym, an olde marchaunt, afreende of myn, but myn oncle thowte that shold be byweye of chevyshanse [usury], and to myn horte; wher-ffor I was pleyne to hym, and tolde hym that ye wer

sewerte therffor, and purveyed it off suche as wolde doofor yowe. And as for the forte \^fourtJi\ C. mark, heseyde to me that as foe that he woldc, rather tlianjoperte sholde be, purvey it by weye off chevyshaunceat London, in so moche that, er he come fro London,he had for my sake leyde v. C. markes worthe of platewith Hewghe Fenne. The place at Warwykes Inneis large, and my grawntdame is agyd; it had benjopertous to leve moche plate wyth hyr, thoghe halffewere hyr owne. But if I maye do other wyse, I pur-pose nott to chevyshe any mony by hys meane.

Item, I have delyveryd yowre botell to Courbye thecaryer thys same daye, and he promysed me to bewith yow on Mondaye nyghte, or ellys on Touesdaytymely. He hathe also y\d. to paye for the thrydhyryd horse, and he bryngythe the iij. horse wyth hym,and is contente for hys labor and for the mete largely.They be delyveryd hym in as good, and rather betterplyght, than whan I had them forthe, and not gallydnor hurte. He hate also ij. sadelys, one of mybrotheres, and one other hyred, as ye woot off.

Item, he hathe a peyre botys off Edmond Reedes, theshomaker,whyche Saundre borowyd off hym. I besecheyowe that William Mylsent or Symme maye se thatevery man have hys owne.

Item, as for my brother Edmond, blyssyd be God,he is weell amendyd.

Item, as for Hankyn owr dogge, I am a fferde neverto see hym, but if [un/ess] yowr good helpe bee.

Item, as for the bookes that weer Sir James, iff it lykeyow that I maye have them, I ame not able to bythem; but somwhat wolde I gyffe, and the remenauntwith a goode devowte herte, by my trowthe, I wyllprey for hys sowle. Wherffor iff it lyke yow by thenext messenger or karyer to sende hem in a daye, Ishall have them dressyd heer; and iff any off them beclaymyd here aftre, in feythe I wyll restoor it.

Wretyn on Saterdaye.

John Paston, K.

746.

A.D. 1474, 20 Nov.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To Mestresse Margrete Paston^ or to Roose^ dwellyng by-ffore hyr gate at Norwyche.

FTRE dew recomendacion, my most tendre andkynde moodre, I beseche yew off yowr daylyblessyng. Please it yow to weete that Ireseyvyd a lettre thhat come from yowe, wretynthe xxvj. daye of Octobre, none erst but^ on Wednysdaylast past, wherby I conceyv}^d that, at the wryghtyngoff that letter, ye weer nott serteyn of the delyng betwynTowneshende and me. It was so that, God thankeyow, I receyvyd the xx/?. broght by Syrae, and alsothe mony browght by my brother, with whyche mony,and with moor that I had my selff, I redemyd themaner of Sporle, and payed To^vneshend bothe theCCCC. marke ther ffor, and also x//. that I owte hymbesyde, and have off hym aqwytaunce off all bargaynesand off all other dettes. Neverthelesse, I assayed h}Tiiififhe wolde, iff nede hadde ben, gyvyn me a xij. monythlenger respyght, whyche he grauntyd to do; but inconclusyon I can nott entrete hym, but that he wollhave the uttremest of hys bargayn, and thys xx//. paye-able at Candelmesse and Esteme. I kan entrete hymnoon other wyse as yit; wherffor I ihynke, iff I hadpassyd my daye, it had ben harde to have trustyd tohys cortesye, in so moche I ffynde hym also ryght loosein the tonge. For Bekham, he spekyth no thyngcomfortably ther in; what he wyll doo, can I nottseye.

Item, as for Castre, it nedyth nott to spore norprykke me to doo owghte ther in. I doo that I can

i No earlier than.

with goode w}ll, and somwhat I hope to doo hastelyther in that shall doo goode.

Item, as for the bokes that weer Syr James, Godhave hys sowle, whyche it lykethe yow that I shallhave them, I beseche yow that I maye have themhyder by the next massenger, and iff I be goon, yitthat they be delyveryd to myn ostesse at the George,at Powlys Wharffe, whyche woile kepe them saffe, andthat it lyke yow to wryght to me whatt my peyne orpayment shall be for them.

Item, it lyked yow to weet of myn heelle. I thankeGod nowe that I am nott greetly syke ner soore, but inmyn heele, wherin alle men know nott whatt peyne Ifeele. And wher ye advysed me to hast me owt ofthys towne, I wolde full fayne be hense. I spendedayly mor than I sholde doo, if I wer hense, and I amnott well purveyed.

Item, blessyd be Good, my grauntdam is amendydby suche tjnne as myn oncle W. come hyddre. Butmy yongest cosyn Margret, hys doghtre, is ded andberyed er he come home.

I am as moche afferde off thys londe that is in hyshande as I was off that that was in Towneshendeshande. I hope to wr}'ght yow moor serteynte withiniiij. or V. dayes. No more, &c»

Wretyn thexx. daye of Novembre, anno E. iiij.xiiij°.Yowr Sone, J. Paston, K.

747.

A.D. 1474, 20 Nov.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 164.]

To John Paston^ Esquyer, at Norwyche^ or to RoosCydwellyng affor Mestresse Pastonys gate^ in Norwych,

|YGHT w)Tshypful and weell belovyd brother,I recomaunde me to yow, letyng yow weetthat I have comonyd with yovvr ffieendeDawnson, and have receyvyd yowr rynge offhym, and he hathe by myn advyce spoken with hyr ^ij. tymes; he tellythe me off hyr delyng and answers,whyche iff they wer acordyng to hys seyng, a ffeynterlover than ye wolde, and weell aghte to, take theringreet comffort, so that he myght haply slepe the werseiij. nyghtys afftr. And suche delyng in parte as wasbytwyen my Lady W. and yowr ffreende Danson hewrote me a bylle theroff, whyche I sende yow herwith;and that that longythe to me to doo therin, it [/?] shallnott ffayle to leeve all other bysynesse a parte. Never-thelesse within iij. dayes, I hope so to deele herin, thatI suppose to sette yow in serteynte hoghe that ye shallfynde hyr ffor evyr her afftr. It is so, as I undre-stande, that ye be as besy on yowr syde ffor yowrffreende Dawnson, wheer as ye be, I praye God sendeyow bothe goode spede in thees werkys, whyche iffthey be browte abowte iche off yowe is moche beholdento other; yit were it pyte that suche crafty wowers, asye be bothe, scholde speede weell, but iff ye lovetrewly.

Item, as ffor Stoctons doghtr, she shall be weddydin haste to Skeeme, as she tolde hyrselffe to my sylke-mayde,^ whyche makyth perte off suche as she shallweer, to whom she brake hyr harte, and tolde hyr thatshe sholde have hadde Master Paston, and my maydewende it had been I that she speke off; and with moorthat the same Mester Paston kome wher she was withXX. men, and wolde have taken hyr aweye. I toldemy mayde that she lyed off me, and that I never spakewith hyr in my lyff, ner that I wolde not wedde hyr tohave with hyr iij"^^- marke.

Item, as for Ebortons dowghtr, my brother Edmonde

1 Apparently Lady Walgrave, hereafter referred to. She was the widow oiSir Richard Walgcave, Knight.

2 A person who made gowns of silk, &c. for both men and women, asappears from the manner in which she is here mentioned.—F.

A.D. I474-] EDWARD J V. 119

seythe, that he herde never moor speche theroff aynsyowr departyng, and that ye wolde that he sholde nottbreke, nor doo no thynge therin, but iff it come off theerbegynnyng.

Item, I had answer ffrom my Lorde ^ that he is myspeciall goode lorde, and that by wryghtyng; and asffor Bernaye he sette hym in hys owne wages ffor mysake, and that whan so ever I come to Caleys, I shallffynde all thyng ther as woU have it, and rather betterthan it was heretoffor.

Item, the Kyng come to this towne on Wednysdaye;as ffor the Frenshe Embassate that is heer, they comenott in the Kynges presence, by lykehod, ffor men seyethat the chyeff off them is he that poysonyd bothe theDuke off Berry - and the Duke off Calabr.^

Item, ther was never mor lyklyhod that the Kyngshall goo ovyr thys next yer than was nowe.

I praye yow remembre that I maye have the pewtervessell heddr by the next karyer by the lattr ende offthys weke.

Item, I praye yow remembr so that I may have thebokys by the same tyme, whyche my moodr seyde shewolde sende me by the next carier.

Wretyn at London, the Sondaye the xx. daye offNovembr, anno E. iiij" xiiij°.

John Paston, K.

748.A.D. 1474, 29 Nov.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

Norfolk and Suffolk Deeds, No. 33. "The agreement andaccord between the Bishop of Winton and John Paston, Knight,touching the building of the College at Castre of seven priestsand seven poor men, translated by dispensation of the Pope to

1 I am not certain whether the Duke of Norfolk is here meant, or LordHastyngs, the then Governor of Calais.— F.

2 Charles, Duke of Berry and of Guienne, who was supposed to have beecpoisoned by order of his brother Lewis XL in May 1472.

^ N'cholas of Anjou, Duke of Calabria and Lorraine, who died about thesame time as the Duke of Guienne.

seven priests and seven poor scholars in Magdalene College, andtouching the lands of Sir John Fastolf. November 29, Edw.IV. 14.^

749-

A.D. 1474, II Dec.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, iL 170.]To John Paston^ Esquier.

ROTHER, I recomaunde me to yow, letyngyow weete that I have, lyke as I promysydyowe, I have doon my devoyr to know myLady Walgraves stomacke, whyche, as Godhelpe me, and to be pleyn to yowe, I ffynde in hyr nomater nor cawse, that I myght tak comfort off. Schewill in nowyse receyve, ner kepe yowr rynge with hyr,and yit I tolde liyr that sche scholde not be any thyngebownde therby ; but that I knew by yowT herte off oldethat I wyst weel ye wolde be glad to fforber the lesvest\dearest\ thynge that ye had in the worlde, whychemyght be dayly in her presence, that sholde cawse hyronys on a daye to remembr yow, but itt wolde not be.She wolde nott therby, as she seyde, putte yow nerkepe yow in any comffort therby. And mor ovyr, shepreyed me, that I sholde never take labor moor heerin, ffor she wolde holde hyr to suche answer as shehadd geven yow to ffoor, wherwith she thowght botheye and I wolde have holde us contente, had nottbeen the words off hyr suster Geneffyeff.

Wlien I undrestood all thys, and that over nyght shebad hyr that weent bytwyen h)T and me byd me bryngewith me hyr muskeball^ which, &c., than I aftr all thysaxid iff she weer dyspleasyd with me ffor it, and sheseyde, naye.

Than I tolde hyr, that I had nott sent it yowe, ffor

1 This muskball, or ball of perfume, seems to have been taken from LadyWalgrave by Sir John Paston in a jesting manner, to send to his brother*s a present from her.—F.

A.D. 1474-1 EDWARD IV. lit

synne off my sowle, and so I tolde hyr all, how I hadwretyn to yow why that I wold nott sende it yow, bycawse I wyst weell ye sholde have slepyd the werse;but nowe, I tolde hyr, as God helpe me, that I woldesende it yow, and gyffe yow myn advyse nott to hopeovyr moche on hyr, whyche is ovyr harde an hertydlady ffor a yonge man to tryst on to ; whyche I thowghtthat ffor all my words, ye cowde nott ner wolde nott doffor all myn advyce.

Yitt ageynwards she is nott dyspleasyd, nor fforbadme nott but that ye sholde have the kepyng off hyrmuskball; wherffor de ye with itt as ye lyke. I woldeit hadd doon weel; by Good, I spake ffor yow soo, thatin ffeythe I trow^e I kowde nott seye so weel ageyn.

Wherffor I sende yow herwith yowr rynge, and theonhappy muskeball. Also make ye mater off it her-afftr as ye kan, I am nott happy to wow nowther fformy selff ner noon other. I tolde hyr all the processeoff the Lorde Howarde and off yowr grewnds [pry-hounds] as I kowde; all helpys nott.^

I her no worde off my vessell, ner off my boks ; Imervayll. No mor.

Wretyn at London, the xj. daye of Decembr, annoE. iiij^ xiiijo. J. P., K.

750.

A,D. 1475, 17 Jan.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 174.]

"Though this letter," says Fenn, "has no signature, yet it is written bySir John Paston, Knight."

To the ryght worshypfidl John Paston^ Esquier^ ai Nor-wych^ or to hys modr, Margreet Paston, in hysabsence^ in haste.

1 " Here follows," says Fenn, " some displeasure at his uncle William'iproceedings in matters between them, &c., of no consequence."

Recomande me to yow, praying yow hertely,that I maye have weetynf, when that my Lordeand Lady of Norffolk shalle be at London,and howgh longe they shall tery theer, and inespeciall my Lorde of Norffolk; ffor uppon ther comyngto London wer it ffor me to be guydyd. NeverthelesseI wolde be soory to come theer but iff I neds most.I thynke it wolde be to yow ovyr erksom a labor tosolycyte the maters atwyen them and me, but iff I weertheer myselffe ; wherffor, iff ye thynke it be convenyentthat I com thyddr, I praye yow sende me worde ashastely as ye maye, and by what tyme ye thynke mostconvenyent, that I sholde be theer; and off all suchecoumfiforte as ye ffynde or heer off the towardnessetheroff, and when also that ye shall be theer yowrselffe. For it is so that as to morow I purpose to rydein to Flaundrys to purveye me off horse and herneys,and percase I shall see the assege at Nwse ^ er I comeageyn, iff I have tyme; wherffor, iff I so doo, by lykly-hod it woll be a xiiij. dayes er I be heer ageyn; andafftr, as I heer ffrom yowe and other ther uppon, thatat the next passage, and God woll, I purpose to cometo London warde : God sende me goode spede; in cheffffor the mater above wretyn; and secondly, ffor to ap-poynt with the Kyng and my Lorde, ffor suche retynweas I sholde have now in thees werrys in to Frawnce;wherffor I praye yow,in Norffolk and other places, comonwith suche as ye thynke lykly ffor yow and me, that ardysposyd to take wages in gentylmenns howsys andellys wher, so that we maye be the moor redy, whenthat nede is ; neverthelesse at thys owr, I wolde begladde to have with me deyly iij. or iiij. mor than Ihave, suche as weer lykly; ffor I lakke off my retynwe,that I have neer so many. I praye yow sende me somtydyngs, suche as ye heer, and howghe that my brotherEdmonde dothe.

For as ffor tydyngs heer, ther be but ffewe, saffe that

^ Neuss, not far from Diisseldorf, in the territory of ColoiTje, at this timebesieged by Charles the Bold, ]")iike of Burgundy.

A.D. 1475-1 Edward iV, ^ n^

the assege lastyth stylle by the Duke off Burgoyn affoorNuse, and the Emperor ^ hathe besegyd also, not fferrfrom these, a castell, and an other town in lyke wyse,wher in the Dukys men ben. And also, the FrensheKyngc, men seye, is comyn lyght to the water offSomme with iiij°^^- [4,000] spers; and som men trowethat he woll, at the daye off brekyng off trewse, orellys byffoor, sette uppon the Duks contreys heer.When I heer moor, I shall sende yowe moor tydyngs.

The Kyngs inbassators, Sir Thomas Mongomere andthe Master off the Rolls ^ be comyng homwards ffromNuse; and as ffor me, I thynke that I sholde be sekbut iff I see it.

Syr John off Parre and William Berkeley com thysweye to Flaundrs ward to by them horse and herneys,and [I] made Sir J. Parr goode cheer as I cowde fforyowr sake ; and he tolde me, that ye made hym haultecheer, &c. at Norwyche. No moor.

Wretyn at Caleys, the xvij. daye off Janever, annoEdwardi iiij" xiiijo-

751.

A.D. 1475, 29 Jan.Margaret Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSB., B.M.]

This letter was evidently written on the same day as that immediatelyfollowing.

To John Paston, Sqwyer, be thys delyveryd in hast.

GRET yow well, and send yow Goddes blys-syng and myn, letyng yow wet that my cosynRobard Clere was her with me thys weke, andtold me that he was nowt payd of the mony

1 Frederick III. of Austria, Emperor of Germany.

- Dr. John Morton, afterwards Bishop of Ely, Lord Chancellor, Archbishopof Canterbury, and Cardinal.

!*This is the customary contraction oi the name Jesus, which wasfrequently written at the head of a letter.

that ye know that was borowd of hys modyr and of hym,but iiij''*•//. The xx//. that my plegges ly for ys onpayd. He seyd that he was desyryd to delyvere myplegges, and to have be payd the xx//.; but he woldnot, tyll he had spokyn with me, because of the pro-mys that he had mad to me befor that he shuld notdelyver them to non withowt ray assent. I seyd to hymthat I suppose veryly that yowyr brodyr hys a greydwith yowyr hunkyll that he shuld paye all the hole,for I suppose he hath a swerte for ale that and more.I wold undyrstond how yt ys, and how that my seydcosyn shall be content, for I war loth to lese myplegges; I wot yt well, yowyr good hunkyll wold ben inpossessyon with good well, but I wol not soo. I woldthat ye shuld speke with yowyr hunkyll ther in, andsend me word in hast what he seet [sai/Zi].

I marv>'ll, be my trowth, that I had no wrytyng froyowyr brodyr, er he departyd fro London, as he pro-mysyd in the last lettyr that he sent me, the wych waswretyn be for the Kynges comyng to Norwych; I went[expecfed] veryly to have hard from hym ar[^r<?]thys tyme.1 wold ye shuld send hym word of yowyr hunkylesdelyngin thys seyd mater, and send me an ansswer ther off.

Recomaund me to yowyr grauntdam. I wold shewar her in Norffolk, as well at es as evyr I sy hyr, andas lytyll rewlyd be hyr son as evyr she w^as, and thanI wold hope that we alle shuld far the bettyr for hyr.Yt ys told me that yowyr hunkyll hath mad gret menysand larg profyrs to John Bakton to make a relesse tohym of Oxinhed. Whedyr that be don or nowt, I wotnowt yet, but I shall wot in hast, yf I may.

I wold ye shuld spekyn with my Lord of Norwych,and a say to get a lysen of hym to that I may have thesacrement her in the chapell, because yt ys far to thechyrche, and I am sekly, and the parson ys oftyn owt.For all maner of casweltes of me and m)m, I woldhavyt grauntyd, yf I myth.

Send me word yf ye her ony tydynges from yowyrbrodyr how he doth of hys seknes, and in odyr thynges,

as farforth as ye know, as astely as ye may. I thynklong tyll I her from hym for dyvers causys. God kepeyow.

Wretyn in hast at Mawdby, on the Satyrday nextbe for Candelmes Day.

Send me an ansswer of thys lettyr in hast, and odyrtydynges, &c.

Be yowyr modyr.

My cosyn Robard told me that ther was mor thanvij//. of the mony that was payd hym that was ryghton r}'sty, and he cowd newt havyt chaungj'd. Hewas on goodly servyd ther in.

752.

A.D. 1475, 29 Jan.Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSB., B.M.]

To Ser John Faston, Knyght, be thys delyveryd in Jiasu

Jh's.^

YGHT welbelovyd son, 1 gret yow well, andsend yow Goddes blyssyng and myn, letyngyow wete that I marveyle that I have had nowrytyng from yow sethyn ye sent me thelettyr that ye sent me be for the Kynges comyng to Nor-wych; in the whyche lettyr ye wrot to me that ye shulda wretyn azeyn to me or ye shuld de part owt ofLondon. It ys so that yowyr hunkyll William hath dopayd to my cosyn Robard Clere but \\\]'^^li. of the C//.and he wol no mor pay but yf \unles5\ he hath delyyer-aunc of my plegges, the wych was leyd to plegg for xx^//.;the wych ben bettyr. I wot well, be cause of the goodwell that he owyt to me, as ye know, he wold ben inpossessyon therof. My cosyn, Robard Cler, was her

1 See page 123, Note 3.

with me thys weke, and told me, that yf he wold adelyveryd them, he myth an had the seyd xx//.; but heseyd he wold nowt, tyll he had spokyn with me; be mytrowth I fynd hym ryght kyndly dysposyd to yow, andto me bothe; and so I have desyryd hym to kepe styllthe plegge in hys possessyon, tyll I have word from yowhow ye ar agreyd with yowyr hunkyll for the paymentof the seyd mony: I wen veryly that ye have fowndhym swerte for alle, and yff ye have soo do, I wold yeshuld wryt to yowyr hunkyll therfor, that I myth havemy plegges ageyn, for I war loth that they shuld comin hys fyngyers.

Item, as for Sporyl wood, be ffor the Kynges comynginto Norffolk, I myth an had chapmen to abowtyd[have bought it\ a gret [in whole] for xij'^^ [twelve score]mark, and now ther wol no man by yt a gret, by-cause of the gret good that the pepyll ys leyd to forthe Kyng; werfor we ar a bowth to retaylyt as wellas we may, and as well as yt can be browth too; andI send yow word how we shall do as astely as I may.As for yowyr barly in thys cuntre, yt cannot be soldabove x^. or x]d.; that ys the gretest prys of barly her,and but yt be at a bettyr prys, I purpose for to doyt malt. And as for mony, I cowd not get yet of Pecokbut iij//.; and he seth that be than that the owt chargysbe boryn, and the repracion of the myll at Wyntyrton,we ar lyke to have but lytyll mor mony besyd the barly.Malt ys sold her but for xiij^. and whet i]s. or xxvjV.at thys time, and otys xij^. Ther ys non owtlod suffyrdto goo owth of thys cuntre as yet; the Kyng hath co-maundyd that ther shuld non gon owth of thys lond.I fer me that we shall have ryth a straung ward [wor/d] ;God a mendyd, whan Hys wyll ys. I thank yow for theflakons that ye sent me; they be ryght good, andplesyth me ryght well: I shall be as good an huswyfif foryow as I can, and as I wold be for myselff. Send meword how ye doo of yowyr syknes that ye had on yowyrhey [eye] and yowyr lege; and yff God wol nowt suffyryow to have helth, thank Hym therof, and tak}^

passliently, and com horn a geyn to me, and we shalllyve to geddyr, as God woU gave us grase to do; andas I have seyd to yow beffor thys, I wold ye wardely\'eryd of my mastres A. H.,^ and than I wold trostthat ye shuld do the bettyr.

As for the bokys that ye desyiyd to have of SyrJamys,2 the best of alle and the fayrest ys cleymyd ;ner yt ys not in hys inventory. I shall a say to get ytfor yow, and I may; the prys of the todyr bokys, besydthat, ys xxi". V]d. the wych I send yow a byll of. Yfye lyk be the prys of them, and ye wol have them, sendme word. And also I pray yow send me an ansswereof thys lett}T, be cause I thynk long seth I hard fromyow. God have yow in Hys kepyng.

Wretyn at Mawdby, on the Sattyrday nex be fomthe Purificacion of owyr Lady, the xiiij. yer of KyngEdward the iiij*.

Yowyr Modyr.

Endorsed—Anno xiiijo.

753.

A.D. i475» 5 Feb.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To hys brother John Paston^ or to hy\s\ oncle WilliamPaston^ in Werwyk Lane^ or to Edinoiid Pastofi, atthe George^ at Powlys Wharfe^ to deliver any ofthem,

|YGHT worshypffuU, I recomaunde me on toyow, letyng yow weete that I thynke longethat I heer nott from yow syns Crystmesse,ner have no serteyn knowleche whether thatTowneshend hathe performyd hys promysse or nott,ner off my brother Johnys beyng at London, ner off myLord or Lady off Norfolkes comyng to London, atwhoys comyng sholde be the cheffe labor and sewte

} Anoe HaultQ, "^ Sir James Cloys.

that I or or any for me sholde labor. It was soo, Godthanke you bothe, that iche off yow, at my last beyngwith yow, grauntyd me to take labor uppon yow ; andiche off yow, for the havyng ageynoff my place inCastre.Now is it soo, that wher my verry purpose was to havecomyn to London now with the Master of the Rollys^and Sir Thomas Mongomere, demyng to fynde theKyng at the Parlement; and also that my Lorde andLady off Norffolk sholde nott by lyklyhod fayle to betheer also: wherfformethoght the tymewas convenyent;but it happyd so that suche tydynges come hyddre offthe Frenshe Kynges hasty comyng in to thees marchysof Pykardye, whyche cawsyd my Lordes Depute andCownsell heer to desyr and charge me soo streyghtly,that in noo wyse I maye, tyll I heer other tydynges,departe from hense. Notwithstondyng the Marchalland Counsell heer have wret}^ne to my Lorde Lywetenant for me, and moor over desyryd bothe the Masterof the Rollys and Sir T. Mongomere to remembre mymateres bothe to the KjTige and to my lorde, in somoche that., iff the season be convenyent, both the seydMaster and Syr T. Mongomere wille labore bothe theKynge and my lorde to entrete my Lorde off Norffolk,my lady hys wyff, and ther consell, to do for me allthat reason wyll; of whoys good willes and labor her inI ame better ensuryd off, than I kan for lakke of leyserat thys tyme wryght yowe wetyng off; wherffor I prayeyow and iche of yow, iff the season be convenyent, totake the labor, that theese jentyllmen maye do for m.e,and to my profifyght, like as I feelle them dysposyd todoo; and moore over I have somwhatt informyd thembothe ther in; and also that I maye hastyly heer fromyow, and iff it come to that any mony most be gevynto my Lorde or Lady off Norffolk ffor a plesyr herffor, Iwoll, uppon as I heer from yow, come to yow in allehast possible, all thynges leyde a parte.

Item, iff any letter be requesyth to be hadde, in lykeforme as oonys ther was from the Kyng to my Lorde of^

1 John Morton, afterwards Bishop of Ely.

A.l>. 1475] EDWARD IV. 129

Norffolk, Sir T. Montgomere will by your advycesopteyne yow suche one off yowr entents to my pro-ffyghte in the premyssys, and by thys my wryghtyngI bynde me to repaye yowe, iff any suche letter orwryghtyng be opteynyd, what so ever it coste. Nomore for lakke off leysor.

Wretyn at Caleys, the v. day of Feverer, anno E. iiij.xiiij^.

As for tydynges heer, my masteris th'embassatores,Sir T. Mongomere, and the Master of the Rollys, komstreyght from the Duke at hys assege at NyAvysse,whyche wyll nott yitt be wone.

Yowr John Paston, K.

754.

A.D. 1475, 22 Feb.

Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To Mestresse Margret Paston^ at Norwyche, be thys

delyveryd.

LEASE it yow to weete that I receyv}'d a lettei

from yow, wretyn the Saterdaye next byffor

Candelmesse; for answer wheroff, lyke it yow

to weete, that as for the bokys that weer Sir

James (God have hys sowle !), I thynke best that they

be styll with yow, tyll that I speke with yow my selffe.

My mynde is now nott most uppon bokes.

Item, as for xx//. that ye sey that yowr plate lythefor, it is so, that I fownde my oncle William no sewertetherffor, as Playter and my brother John bothe cowdeenflforme yow; it was never desyryd of me, ner the toldeme nott that any suche pledge laye for it, but that yehadd dyschargyd me of xx/2. and chevysshyd it, andthat ye sholde repaye it in hast; wherin I woll do asye woll, and as it pleasyth yow to sende me wetyng.Item, I ame sory that ye be no better payd off the

III. K

xx//. that I had off yowe, whyche ye sholde have re-ceyvyd ageyn off my londes in Flegge. Iff the markettbe nott goode yit, I hope it shall be better; never thelesse my wylle is that ye sholde have yowr holl xx//.ageyn, and not lose jd. Wherffor if it be so that ye bemysse servyd ther, I beseche yow off pacyence tyll thebegynnyng of the next yeer, and iff aught be behynd, yeshall receyve uppe the remenaunt then, for, as Godhelpe me, I wolde be sory that ye lost moor for me;I have pytte yow to cost, charge, and losse i nowge,God thanke yow of it, thoughe ye lose no more. Wher-ffor iff Sporle woode sprynge any sylver or golde, it ismy wyll that fyrst of alle ye be yowr owne payer off allthat is be hynde; and next thatt, to paye myn oncleWilliam vij^«-vj//., xiijs. iiijV. and besyd that, xvj//. lostuppon the chevysshaunce of iiij **•//.; and so I oweviij'^^ij//. xiijj. iiij^. Wherffor I beseche yow to makehast in repayment heroff as fast as it woUe growe, asmy trust is in yowe.

Item, wher it pleasyd yow to weete of myn heeleand amendyng; I thanke Godde I ame in goode case,and as goode a full hooll, bothe off the fevre, agwe oflfmyn ie, myn legge, and myn heele, saff that I ametendre off all theese; and were nott goode rewle, fullhke to feell off iche off them ryght soone; neverthe-lesse, God thanke yow off yowr large profre, wheroff Iwolde be ryght gladde iff I myght, for trobles and otherlabor that I have takyn on me nowe in to Frauncewarde; for the goode spede off me, and that jomeye,I beseche yow of yowr preyeres and remembrance; andthatt jomey, with Goddes grace, ones doon, I purposeverrely, with Goddes grace, therafftre to daunce atend-aunce most abov/t yowr plesure and ease: and withGoddes grace, soone uppon Esteme, er evyr I gooforthe,I hope to se yow, and fecche your blessynge. No moorat thys tyme, but Jesus have yow in Hys kepyng.

Wretyn at Caleys, the xxij. daye of Feverer, annoE. iiij" xiiij°. Yowr Sone,

John Paston, K.

On the back of the preceding letter is tcriiten in another hand^ asfollows:—

Memorandum, that Syr John Paston owthe to William Paston,acordyng to the endenture made be twex them,—

viijxxij//, xiijj. iiij</.

Wheroff payable the firste day of Octob. c for Townsend, C.marke.

Item, the xxvj. day off Novembre,— iiijxx.xv]7/.

755.

A.D. 1475, 5 March.

Margaret Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 178.]This Letter was written on the back of Letter 750.

OHN PASTON, I send yow Godds blyssyngand myn, letyng yow wete, that I hadd noner thys lettyr than on Sent Matheus Evyn;yf I myth a had an massenger or thys tym Ihad sent yt yow. I con yow thank for the lettyr thatye sent to my cosyn Calthorpp and me of the tydyngs;I wold ye shuld do soo mor. As ye may remembyrthat I spak to yow for the xx'*/?'. for my cosyn Clere,spek to yowr hunkyll therof, and send me an answertherof in hast. And for the lycens that I spak to yowfor, to have the Sacrement in my Chapell, yf ye cannotgetyt of the Busshop of Norwych, getyt of the Busshopof Caunterbery, for that ys most swyr for all plase.God kepe yow.

Wretyn on Mydlent Sunday.

756.

About A.D. 1475, 26 March.Richard Southwell to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Fenn thinks the gentleman here referred to was John Bemey of Reedham,Esquire, who married Ahce, daughter of Richard Southwell, Esquire of WoodRismg, the writer of this letter. He accordingly dates it about the year 1475,and 1 see no reason to question his opinion.

To the right worshippftill^ and viy right feithfull godccosifij John Paston, Esquier.

IGHT worshippfull and my right feithfull godecosin, I recomaunde me unto you, and, ashertily as I can, thanke you of your rightgentill and kynde remembraunce, that I con-sceyve well by } our late writyng that ye have to mewardes, undeserved in dede, but not in will, so Godhelpe me, as ye shuld weell knowe, if my power mightaccorde with my will. And, cosin, in the mater thatit liked you to remembre me in, bothe to my worshippand pleaser, I feere me that nouther my pouere doughternor pouere purs can nor may be to his pleaser; woldGod outher might; and I shuld take me right neere tohis pleaser, savyng myself, I ensure you by my trouth.And howe to understand his pleaser and disposiciontherin, I see no mean as thus advised, but if [tm/ess] itmight please you by your wisdam to attempte it forther,as ye seme moste conveniente, and theruppon I to beguyded by your gode advise, as the cas shall require ;wherin ye shall bynde me herefter to do that may be toyour pleaser to my power, and yette with no better willthan I have had, so God help me. Who have you everin His kepinge, and sende you your hertes desire to Hispleaser; and if it pleas you to remembre further inthe premisses, I trust ye shall leese no labour on mypouere parte; howe be it I fere me sore, as I be gan,bothe of my pouere doughter and purs.

Writon at Woderysyng, the mom efter Our LadyDay, in haste.

I require you this bill may be secrete.By your ti'ewe cosin,

RiC SUTHWELL.

757.

A.D. 1475 (?) [29 March.]John Paston to Margaret Paston. .

[From Fenn, iv. 444.]

This letter was evidently written in 1475, when John Paston and oneor more of his younger brothers were about to go over to France

with the King's army.—See Letter 758. Margaret Paston was at that timecontinually resident at Mautcby.

To nty ryght worchepfull viodyr, Margaret Faston, at

Mawtby.

jYGHT worchepfull modyr, aftyr all humbyllrecomendacyons, as lowely as I can I be-seche yow of your blyssyng. Pleasyt yow towete that late yester nyght I cam to Nor-wyche, purposeing to have been as thys day with yowat Mawtby, but it is so that I may not hold my purpose,for he that shall pay me my quarter wagys for me andmy retenew, is in Norwyche, and waytyth ourly whenhys money shall com to hym. It is oon Edmund Bowenof theCheker, aspecyall frend of myn,and he avysyth meto tery tyll the money be com, lest that I be unpayed,for who comyth fyrst to the mylle, fyrst must gr)'nd.

And as I was wryghtyng tliys byll, on of thegromys of my lords chambyr cam to me, and told me,that my lady wyll be here in Norwyche to morow atnyght towards Walsyngham, whyche shall, I wot well,be a nother lett to me; but I had more need to beother wyse ocupyed then to awayte on ladyse, for theris as yett, I trowe, no sperre that shall go over the see,so evyll horsyd as I am. But it is told me that RychardCall hathe a good horse to sell, and on John Becher ofOxborough hathe an other; and if it myght please yowto geve Syme leva to ryd in to that contre at my cost,and in your name, seying that ye wyll geve on of yoursonys an horse, desyryng hym that he wyll geve yow apenyworthe for a peny, and he shall, and the pryse beresonabyll, hold hym pleasyd with your payment oughtof my purse, thow he knowe it not or hys horse depertfro hys lands. Modyr, I bese[che] yow, and it mayplease yow to geve Syme leve to rj^de on thys message inyour name, that he may be here with me to morow inthe momyng be tymys, for wer I onys horsyd, I troweI wer as ferforthe redy as some of my neyghborows. I

herd a lytyll word that ye purposeid to be here inNorwyche thys next week. I prey God it be thys week.Modyr, beseche yow that I may have an answer tomorow at the ferthest of thys mater, and of eny otherservyse that it please yow to comand me, whyche Iwyll [be] at all seasons redy to acomplyshe with Godsgrace. Whom I beseche to preserve yow and yours.

Wretyn at Norwyche, thys Wednysday in EstemWeek.

By your sone and servaunt,

J. P.

758.

A.D. 1475, 23 May.Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is endorsed " Mens' Maii, anno xv<>." The date is confirmedby the fact that in 1475 the Tuesday after Trinity Sunday was the 23dof May.

Un to Syr Johfi Fasfo?i, be this delyvered in hast.

YGHT welbelovyd son, I grete you well, andsend you Cristes blissyng and myne, desyr-inge to know how ye faire. I mervaile thatI have herd no tydynges from you sythe yesent me the lettyr of an answere of the xx/?. the whichI have layde pleages for to my cosyn Cleere, the whichletter was wry ten the xxij^y day of Februar; and as forthat money, I can not gete no lenger day therof thanMydsomer, or fourte nyght after; and towardys thatmoney, and the xx'y//. that I send yow by syde to Lon-don by Sym, I have receyved no mor money of yowres,but as moch as I send yow wryten in this letter. Andas for any discharge that I promysed at the boroeng offthe xx*'//. when I leyde the pleages ther fore, I thoughtnot but that your uncle shuld a boroed them owte, andI to have had my pleages, as well as he his j never the

less I shall be the warer how I shall dele here aftyr.By my trowth, I wote not how to do ther fore; the Kynggoth so nere us in this cuntre, both to pooer and lyche,that I wote not how we shall lyff, but yff [un/ess] theworld amend. God amend it, whan His wyll is. We^ cannother sell come ner catell to no good preve. Malt ishere but at x//. a comb; wheete, a comb xxviij^^.; ootes,a comb xd.; and ther of is but lytell to geet here atthys tyme. William Pecok shall send you a byll whathe hath payde for yow for ij. taskes at this tyme ; andhow he hath purveyde for the remnaunte of your come;and also off other thynges that be necessary that shuldbe purveyd for in your absence. Send me word alsowhome ye wyll desyre to do for yow in this contre, orellys where in your absence ; and wryte to them to dofor yow, and they wyll be the better wylled to do foryow; and I wyll do my devyr for yow also, as well asI can.

The somma off money that I have receyvyd offWylliam Pecok :—First, xLr. off Runnham. Item, offBastwyk, xxs. Item, off Runnham, xxs. Item, off himfor barly at Runnham, xxs. Item, off the fyschynge atBastwyke, xiijj-. iiijv/. Item, for barely sold at Runn-ham, viijj'. Summa totalis, vj//. xv]d.

Item, I have receyvyd of Ric. Calle, of Sporle wodd,xxvji". viij//., and more shall I hope here aftyr withinshort tyme; as I receyve for yow, I hope to yeff yow atrew acownt; and this is all that I have receyvyd foryow zytt, sen ye departyd hens. God bryng yow wellageyn to this contre, to His pleasans, and to yourwurshyp and profyzt.

Wry ten at Mawteby, the xxiij^y day of May, and theTewsday next afftyr Trinyte Sonday.

For Goddes love, and your brether go over the see,avyse them as ye thynk best for her [tAezr] save garde.For some of them be but yonge sawgeres, and wote fulllytyll what yt meneth to be as a sauger, nor for toendure to do as a sawger shuld do. God save yow all,

1 JVf. Originally written /, and corrected.

and send me good tythynges of yow all. And send yeme word in hast how ye doo, for 1 thynk longe to Ihere off yow. Be youre Modyr.

Item, I wold not in no wyse that ye shuld nother sellnor sett to pleage that ye have in Runnham, what somever fortune of the remnaund ; for yt is a praty thyng,and resonable well payde, and nere thys towne. Iwold be ryght sory that ye shuld for here that; I hadlever ye for bore that your uncle hath to morgage thanthat.

759.

A.D. 1475, 28 May.—Abstracts.[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

Norfolk and Suffolk Deeds, No. 13.

"Johannes Paston miles relaxat Willielmo Wynton' episc.et aliis totum jus de et in manerio de Tichwell, Essex in Hick-ling, Guton, Beyton, Newton, Calcotes in Fretton, Leyestoft,Habeland, Brodeston, et Gorleston. Maii 28, Edw. IV. 15."

No. 32.

*' Charta Johannis Paston militis de terris Johannis Fastolfpert, prsedict. Johanni, et continens concessionem quarundamevidentiarum episcopo Winton', et relaxationem orationum,actionum, et demandarum versus praedictum episcopum. Maii28, Edw. IV. 15."

760.

A.D. 1475, 13 June.Sir John Paston to John and Edmund Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter must have been wntten in the year 1475, when, as will be seenby No. 758, some of Sir John Paston's brothers, among whom doubtless wereboth John and Edmund, to whom this letter is addressed, were going overto Calais. The Bishop of Lincoln CRotheiham) was Chancellor in 1475. It

is true the Great Seal was taken from him on the 27th April, and given toAlcock, Bishop of Rochester, until the 28th September, when it was restoredto Rotherham I'ut it is certain this letter could not liave bocn written in alater year, as the Duke of Norfolk died in January 1476.

To John Paston, or to hys brother Edmond FastoHy atthe George, at Powles Wharf.

ROTHER Edmonde, it is soo that I heer tellethat ye be in hope to come hyddre, and to bein suche wages as ye schall come lyve lyke ajentylman, wheroff I wolde be gladde. Wher-ffor,for yowT better speede, I lete you weete that HeughBeamond is deed ; wherffor I wolde ye had hys roomenowe or never, iff ye can brynge it abowt; ellys iff yedispose yowe to abyde in Inglonde, syns it is so thatthe Bysshop of Lynkolne^ is Chaunceler, hys servyseis the meter for yow; he is next neyghbor to Norffolkoff any astate. God sende yow some good warde ofhys.

I praye you, iff yowr leyser be ther aftre to remembreTowneshende, that he, with the advyse and assystenceof my Master of the Rollys,^ have one daye off marchewith the slawe Bysshop of Wynchester, that hemaye kepeme hys promyse, that is to seye, to entrete the Dukeand Duchesse of Norffolk for Caster. He promysedto doo it, and to ley owt an C//. for the same.

Item, I praye yow sende me some tydynges within v.dayes aftre that ye see thys bylle.

Wretyn at Caleys, the xiij. daye off June.

John Paston, K.

761.

A.D. 1475, 10 Aug.Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 180.]J Thomas Rotherham. ' See p 123, Note a.

To the right worshipffull Sir John Paston^ Knyght^ in

haste.

IGHT welbeloved sone, &c.

As for tidyngs here in this centre, we have non, butthat the contry is bareyn of money; and that my Ladyof Yorke ^ and all her howsold is here at Sent Benetts,^and purposed to abide there stille, til the Kynge comefrom be yonde the see, and lenger if she like the eyrether, as it is seide.

I thynke ryght longe tille I here some tidyngsfor [qucBre^ from ?] you and from your brethren. I preyGod sende you and al your company goode spede inyour journeys, to His plesure, and to your worshippesand profights.

Wreten at Mauteby, on Sen Lawrens Even, the xv.yere of the regne of Kyng E. the iiijth.

Be yor Moder.

762.

A.D. 1475, II Sept.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is evident that this letter was written after the return oi King EdwardIV. from France in 1475.

1 The chief part of this letter relates to Sir John Paston's private affairs,his rents and lands, and informs him that William Jenney had entered intoHolme Halle, in Filby, " in the ryght and titell of his douterlawe, wechewas Boys doughter," &c—F.

2 Cecily, Duchess of York, daughter of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmore-land, was the widow of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and mother ofKing Edward IV. &c. She died in 1495, and was buried near her husbandin the college of Fotheringay.—F.

* The Abbey of St. Bennet at Hohn.

A.D.I47S] EDWARD IV. 139

To Mestresse Margret Paston, at Norwyche.

|YGHT reverend and my most tendre andkynde raoodre, I recomaunde me to yow.Please it yow to weete that, blessyd be God,thys wyage of the Kynges is fynysshyd for thystyme, and alle the Kynges ost is comen to Caleys as onMondaye last past, that is to seye, the iiij. daye ofSeptembre; and at thys daye many of hys host bepassyd the see in to Inglond ageyn, and in especiallmy Lorde off Norftblk and my bretheryn.

Item, I was in goode hope to have hadde Casterageyn. The Kynge spake to my Lorde off Norffolkfor it, and it was full lyke to have comyn; but in con-clusyon it is delayed tyll this next terme, by whychetyme the Kynge hat comaundyd hym to take advyceoff hys councell, and to be sywer that hys tytle begoode, or ellys the Kyng hathe asserteynyd hym thatfor any favor he most do me ryght and justyce, &c.

And iff Caster hadde comen, by my feythe I hadcomyn streyhte home. Notwithstondyng, iff I may doyow servyce or eese, as ye and I have comonyd heer tofoor, aftre as I heer from yow, as God helpe me, I pur-pose to leeffe alle heer, and come home to yow, andbe yowr hosbonde and balyff; wher in I spake to mybrother John to telle yow myn advyce.

I also mysselyke somwhat the heyr heer; for by mytrowte I was in goode heele whan I come hyddre, andall hooll, and to my wetyng I hadde never a betterstomake in my lyffe, and now with in viij. dayes I amcrasyd ageyn. I suppose that I most be at Londonat Mychelmesse, and ther to purveye for payment formyn oncle William, by whyche tyme I praye yow thatI may heer from yow and off yowr advyce and helpe,iff any thynge be growyn off Sporle woode. For hadnott yit that danger have been, I mygh yit have ben athome with yow at thys daye, or with in vij. dayes aftre.No more, but I beseche Jesus have yow in kepyng.

Wretyn at Caleys, the xj. daye of Septembre.

John Paston, K-

763.

A.D. 1475, 10 Oct.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To the ryght worchepfull Sir John Paston^ Knyght^lodgyd at the George^ by Powlys Wherf, in London.

jYGHT werchepfuU sir, I recomand me to yow,sertyfying yow that I have comonyd withBarnard and other your welhvyllers with myLord of Norffolk, whyche avise me that yeshold, for your nyghest meane to get Caster a yen,labore to get a lettre fro the Kyng dyrect to R. Sothe-well, Jamys Hubbard, and other of my lordys con-say 11 being, and to iche of theym; and in the seydletter to lete theym have knowlage that the Kyngmevyd to my lord of the seyd mater beyond the see,and hough my lord answerd the Kyng that at hyscomyng in to Inglond he wold meve to hys seyd con-sayll of the seyd mater, and geve the Kyng an answer.Wherfor the Kyng in the seyd lettyr must streyghtlycharge theym, and iche of theym, to comon with mylord in the seyd mater in syche wyse that the Kyngmay be sertyfyed of an answer fro my lord and theymat the ferthest by crastino Animarum ; ^ for Suthewellnor Jamys Hubbard shall not be at London beforHalowmass, and thys is the best wey that ye may take,as we thynke here.

My lady sweryth, and so dothe Barnard on hyrbehalff, that she wold as fayne ye had it as eny body;notwithstandyng she seyd not so to me, sythe I camhom, for I spak not with hyr but onys sythe I sye yowlast. Yet she lythe in Norwyche, and shall do tyllshe be delyverd; but I have be seek ever sythe Icam on thys syd the see, but I trust hastyly to amend

1 The Morrow of All Souls, i.e., 3d Nov.

for all my seknesse that I had at Caleys, and sythe Icam over also, cam but of cold. But I was never sowell armyd for the werre as I have now armyd me forcold ; wherfor I avyse yow, take exampyll by me, if ithappyn yow to be seek, as ye wer when I was atCaleys, in eny wyse kepe yow warme. I weene HerryWoodhous nor Jamys Arblaster ware never at onys somany cotys, hose, and botewx as I doo, or ellys byGod we had gone therfor. What we shall yet I cannot sey, but I here me bold on ij. dayes amendyng.

My modyr sendyth yow Godes blyssing and hers,and she wold fayne have yow at home with hyr; andif ye be onys mette, she tellyth me ye shall not lyghtlydepart tyll dethe depart yow.

As I was wryghtyng thys lettyr, on told me that theKyng shold be at Walsyngham thys next.^ If it be so,it wer best for yow to awayte on the Kyng all the wey,and if ye have not men and horse i nowghe I shallsend yow. Do as ye thynk best; and as ye wyll haveme to do, send me your avyse, and I shall accom-plyshe it to my power, with Godes grace, Who preserveyow.

Wretyn at Norwyche, the x. day of October, annoxv° E. iiij". P. J.2

764.

A.D. 1475, 23 Oct.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 182.]

To Sir John Paston^ Knyght, lodgyd at the George^ byPowlys Wherffj in London.

FTYR all dwtes of recomendacyon, please ityow to undyrstand that I have spoken withmy lady ^ sythe I wrot to yoAv last; and shetold me that the Kyng had no syclie woordys

1 So in MS. Qn., the word " week " omitted ?

'^ It is curious that John Past:>n has here reversed his initials.

3 The Duchess of Norfolk.

to my lord for Caster, as ye told me; but she seyththat the Kyng axid my lord at hys departyng froCaleys, how he wold deele with Caster, and my lordanswerd nevyr a woord.

Sir W. Brandon ^ stood by, and the Kyng axid hymwhat my lord wold do in that mater; seying that hehad comandyd hym befor tyme to meve my lord withthat mater, and Sir W. Brandon gave the Kyng toanswer that he had doone so; then the Kyng axid SirW. B. what my lordys answer was to hym, and SirW. B. told the Kyng that my lords answer was thatthe Kyng shold as soone have hys lyff as that place;and then the Kyng axid my lord whedyr he seyd soor nought, and my lord seyd, yee. And the Kyngseyd not o woord ayen, but tomyd hys bak, and wenthys wey; but my lady told me, and the Kyng hadspokyn any woord in the world aftyr that to my lord,my lord wold not have seyd hym nay. And I havegevyn my lady warnyng that I wyll do my lord nomore serveys; but er we partyd, she m.ad me to makehyr promess that I shold let hyr have knowlege er Ifastonyd myselff in eny other servysse; and so I de-partyd, and sye hyr not syness, nor nought purpose todoo, tyll I spek with yow.

I prey yow bryng home some hattys with yow, orand ye come not hastyly, send me on, &c., and I shallpay yow for it a comb otys ^ when ye come home.

My modyr wold fayn have yow at Mawtby; sherode thydyr ought of Norwyche on Saturday last past,to purvey your lodgyng redy ayenst your comyng.

I have been ryght seek ayen sythe I wroote to yowlast, and thys same day have I ben pessyng seek; itwyll not ought of my stomak by no mean. I am undon.I may not ete halff i nough, when I have most hungyr,

1 Sir William Brandon was father of Charles Brandon, afterwards createdDuke of Suffolk.—F.

2 In 1475, a comb of oats sold for ii^. ; we have therefore the value of ahat in this reign.—F. In No. 758 the price of oats is given as lod. a comb,but tlie markets are considered to be bad.

A.D. 1475] EDWARD /K 143

I am so \^ell dyettyd, and yet it wyll not be. Godsend yow heele, for [I] have non iij. dayes to gedyr, dothe best I can.

Wretyn at Norwyche, the Monday next be for SeyntSimone and Jude,^ anno E. iiij. xv°.

J. P.

765.

A.D. 1475.—John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter seems to have been written shortly before the confinement ofthe Duchess of Norfolk in December 1475.

FTYR all dewtes of recomendacyon, in ashumbyll \vyse as I can, I beseche yow ofyour blyssyng. The cheff cause that Iwryght to yow for at thys season is, forthat I undyrstand that my lady^ wold be ryght glad tohave yow a bought hyr at hyr labore; in so mychethat she hathe axyd the questyon of dyvers gentyll-women whedyr they thought that ye wold awayte onhyr at that season or nought, and they answerd thatthey durst sey that ye wold, with ryght good wyll,awayte on hyr at that tyme, and at all other seasonsthat she wold comand yow. And so I thynk that mylady wyll send for yow; and if it wer your ease to behere, I wold be ryght glad that ye myght be here, forI thynk your being here shold do gret good to mybrodyrs maters that he hathe to sped with hyr. Wher-for, for Godes sake, have your horse and all your gereredy with yow, whersoever ye be, ought or at home,and as for men, ye shall nott need many, for I wyllcome for yow, and awayte on yow my sylf, and on orij. with me; but I had need to undyrstand wher tofynd yow, or ellys I shall happyly seeke yow at Mautby,when ye be at Freton, and my lady myght thenfortune to be fertbrthe on hyr jomey or ye cam, if shewer as swyfte as ye wer onys on Good Fryday.

* aSth of October. a The Duchess of Norfolk.

And as for the mater in the latter end of my brodyrSir Johnys lettyr, me thynk he takyth a wronge wey,if he go so to werk; for as for the peopyll here, Iundyrstand non other but that all folkys here be ryghtwell dysposyd towardes that mater, fro the hyghestdegre to the lowest, except Robart Brandon and JohnColvyll; and it is a grete lyklyhod that the grettest bodyis well dysposyd towardes that mater, in as myche asthey wold put yow to the labore above wretyn, and ifthey wer not, I thynk they wold not put yow to thatlabore.

Also here was here with me yesterday a man frothe Priour of Bromholme to lete me have knowlage ofthe ille speche whyche is in the contre now of new,that the tombe is not mad; and also he seythe thatthe clothe that lythe over the grave is all toryn androtyn, and is not worth i]d., and he seythe he hathepachyd it onys or twyis. Wherfor the Pryour hathesent to yow at the leest to send thedyr a newe clothea yenst Estern.

Also Mastyr Sloley prayith yow, for Godes sake, andye wyll do non almess of tylle [///<?] that he myght borowsome of yow tyll he may bye some, and pay yow ayen;for on [one] the fayrist chambyrs of the Fryers, standythhalf oncoverd for defaulte of tylle, for her is yett nonto get for no money. And the Holy Trynyte haveyow in kepyng.

At Norwyche, thys Twysday.

Your sone and humbyll servaunt,

J. Paston.

766.A.D. 1475.—Sir John Paston to Edward IV.

[From a MS. in the Bodleian Library.]

The Castle of Caister was surrendered to the Duke of Norfolk in Septem-ber 1469, but he must have been taking the rents of the manor for a year ortwo before. From what is stated in this petition, the Duke must have given

ft up again in the end of the year 1470, i.e., during the restoration of HenryVI.; but he entered Rgain after half a year, and the date of this second entryis given by William Worcester as the 23d June 1471. After this, the petitionsays, he kept possession for four years and more, so that the date of the docu-ment must be towards the close of the year 1475. The Duke died on the17th January 1476.

[To the King] our souverain Lord.

[Sheweth] unto your highnesse your feythful liege-man and servaunt, John Paston, Knight, that wherSir William Yelverton, William Jenney, and ThomasHowes were infefFed in certain .... [to the]use of your said suppliaunt, they of grat malice con-fetered with oon or ij. of the counsell of my lord theDue of Norffolk, caused the same Due to clayme tytleunto [the manojir of Caster and other lands of yoursaid suppliant, wherinne the said Yelverton and hiscoofeffees wer infeffed, contrary to th'entent and willethat thei wer enfeffed for; upon whiche title the saidDue with great force asseyed and entred the said manoirof Castre and other lands of your said suppliant, puttinghym from the lawful possession and estate that he hadin the same, and also take from him vj^ shepe and xxx.nete, and the same, with other stuf and ordinaunceslonging to the same manoir, of the value of C//. tokeand caryed awey, and the said manoir diffaced, hurt,and appeired, so that it coude not be repaired withCC. marc. Also the revenues of the said lands by thespace of iij. yeres, to the value of vij''^//'., the samemy lord the Duke receyved, and the owtrents of thesame never payed, whiche great trouble was like to bethe undoing of your said suppliant; wherfor he wasfayn to sue to the said Due and lord by the meanesof his godsip the Bisshop of Wynchestre, whiche wasin his special favour; at whos contemplacion, and forv*^ [500] marc whiche the same your suppliant payedunto the same Due, he graunted him to have agen hissaid manoir and lands, and to restor him to the posses-sion of the same, whiche was so doen. And your saidsuppliant being in peasible possession, my said lordIII. L

the Due and his cofeffees, Sir William Brandon,ThomasHoo, Rauf Ashton, and other, at the desir of my saidlord, relessed their estate and interesse, as wel undermy said lordes sele as under their own sele. Wher-upon your said besecher continued in possession buthalf a yer; at whiche time he was chargid in reparacionsto the somme of C. marc, and payed the owt rentsdewe by the space of the said iij. yer to the some ofxl//. That doon, my said lord, by sinistre motive andadvice, with force agen entred the said manoir andother lands aforsaid with alle stuf of howshold being inthe same manoir to the value of C. marc, and so longtime hath kept and rejoysed the revenues of the saidlands, and in chief the said manoir, to the value ofv]^^li. by the space of iiij. yer and mor; for redressewherof yor said suppliant hath this said space of iiij.yer sued to my said lord and his counsell, and of allethat time the same my lord wold never suffre him tocome in his presence, ne here him, ne noon other forhim to declair or shewe his grief. And furthermorwhanne your said besecher hath sued to the counselof my said lord, and desired them to move his lordshiptherinne, and to answer him resonably and accordingto right, they answered that thei have shewed my saidlord his request, and that he was, and is alwey, somoved and displesed with them, that thei dar nomormove him therinne. And thus yor said supplianthath loste alle his coste and labour, to his charge byhis feyth this iiij. yer in his sute, the somme of v^- marc,and now is owt of remedye, without your habundantgrace be shewed in that behalve, in somoche as he isnot of power t'attempt your lawes ayenst so mightyand noble estate, nor t'abide the disples of him.Wherfor please it your moost noble grace, at thereverence of God, to move my said lord to withdrawethe affeccion whiche he so hath to the said manoir andlands, and to sufFre your said besecher to have andenjoye the possession of the same according to right;and he at your commandment shal relesse unto my

said lord alle the damages above wretyn, whicbeamount to the somme of m'ccc.iiij//. \]s. viij^., andin time to come, with Goddes grace, be the mor hableto do you service, and also specially preye to God forthe conservacion of your moost noble persone andestate royall.

Endorud in a later hand— .... Paston mil. Regi pro .... Norflf. in d» Caister.

767.About A.D. 1475.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Robert Whynbergh to Sir John Paston.

Has ridden 100 miles to get out the obligation of Craksheldand Salter. Has been opposed by Mr. Lovell, as they are histenants. Understands it is in my lord's closet, and the tenantsare warned to pay no money without it. They keep from himthe farm of the Priors Maner as well as Strehalle.^ Desires him towrite to Mr. William Paston to inform my lord of a wrongfuldistress taken by John Markham at Strehall in Cressingham,which is held of the King's manor of Necton. They took cattlein lambing time in March, in the 14th year of this King, "andput Craksheld and Salter in such fear of losing of their cattle thatthey were bound to my lord by obligation, and Craksheld isdead for thought." Will take the letter to Mr. William thoughit cost him fourteen days' labor. Was five weeks riding "toCanterbury, and again I will no longer drive, for in winter I maynot ride," &c.

[From the reference to " the 14th year of this King," it is evident thatthis letter was written after 1474, the 14th year of Edward IV. It may,perhaps, be of the reign of Henry VII. ; in which case it was addressed tothe younger John Paston, who was then a knight, his brother being dead,about the year 1500.]

1 Street-Hall or Straw Hall, in Great Cressingham, was one of the maporswhich belonged to Judge Paston. In 1451, Blomefield tells us that WalterPaston, clerk, gave it to his brother John. In the reign of Henry VIII. SirWilliam Paston sold it to Dame Elizabeth Fitzwilliams.—Blomefield, vL gg.

768.

A.D. 1476, 17 Jan.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 186.]

This letter is not addressed, but must have been intended for the writer*!brother John, or else, as Fenn suggests, for his mother, Margaret. Sir John,however, ends by saying, "Within four days I hope to see you ;" and itappears by next letter that he was actually with his brother at Norwichwithin three days, whereas he paid no visit to his mother, who seems to havebeen living, as she had done for some time, at Mauteby. This letter musthave been written from Framlingham, whither Sir John had doubtless goneto petition the Duke of Norfolk about Caister.

YKE it yow to weete, that not in the mosthappy season fifor me, it is so ffortunyd, thatwher as my Lorde off Norffolke, yisterdayebeying in goode heele, thys nyght dyedabowte mydnyght, wherffor it is ffor alle that lovydhym to doo and helpe nowe that, that maye be to hyshonoure, and weell to hys sowele. And it is soo, thatthys contre is nott weell purveyd off clothe off goldeffor the coveryng ffor hys bodye and herse; wherfforevery man helpyng to hys power, I putte the cowncelloff my lorde in cowmffort, that I hoped to gete oneffor that daye, if it weer so that it be nott broken, orputt to other use.

Wherffor please it yow to sende me worde iff it beso, that ye have, or kan kom by the clothe off tyssywethat I bowte ffor our ffaders tombe, and I undretake itshall be saffyd ageyn ffor yowe on hurt at my perell;I deeme herby to gete greet thanke, and greet assyst-ence in tyme to come; and that owther Syme orMother BrowTi maye deliver it me to morow by vij.off the clokke.

Item, as ffor other means, I have sente my servauntRichard Toring to London, whyche I hope shall

brynge me gocde tydyngs ageyn, and with in iiij. dayesI hope to see yowe.

Wretyn on Wednysdaye, xvij. daye off Janyver,anno E. iiij*' xv°.

John Paston, K.

769.

A.D. 1476, 21 Jan.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is shown bv internal evidence to have been written shortly afterthe Duke of Norfolk's aeath, which, as we have seen, took place on the 17thJanuary 1476. It was written on a Sunday, and states that Sir John Pastonhad left Norwich the day before. The letter following, which is of the 23dJanuary, is dated by John Paston, " Tuesday next after your (Sir John's)departing," so that the Sunday on which this was written must certainlyhave been the 21st.

To my ryght worchepful modyr^ Margaret Paston.

FTYR all dewtes of recomendacyon, pleasytyow to weet that as yesterday att noon mybrodyr Sir John departyd fro Nonvychetovvardes London; for as now all the sped iswith the Kyng for the swerte of the maner of Caster,consyderyng the dyeing seasyd of my Lord of Norffolk.He tnistyth to be in thys contre ayen with in x. or xij.dayes. And at hys departyng he seyd to me that yesent hym woord to selle the clothe of gold, if he myghtselle it well, whyche clothe I thynke may be sold, iffye Avyll agre; not withstandyng I wylle make nobargayn for it, tyll ye send me woord of the serteynsome what ye wyll have for it, or ellys ye to have itayen. Sir Robard Wyngfeld oftyrd me yesterday xx.mark for it, but I wot well ye shall have more for it,if ye wyll sell it \ wher for, as ye wyll deele in thismater, I prey yow send me woord to morew be tymys,for if thys bargayn be forsakyn, I trow it wyll be longe

er ye kan get an other bargayn to selle it eny tliyngaftyr that it is woorthe.

Modyr, in as humbyll wyse as I can, I beseche yowof your blyssyng. I trust fro hense foorthe that weshall have our chyldyr in rest with ought rebwkyng forther pleying wanton; for it is told me your ostass atFreton hathe gotyn hyr syche a thyng to pley with,that our other chyldyr shall have leve to sporte theym.God send hyr joye of it.

Wretyn at Norwyche, thys Sonday.

Your sone and humbyll servaunt,

John Paston.

770.

A.D. 1476, 23 Jan.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To Sir John Paston^ Knyght, at the George^ at Powlys

Wharffe.

FTYR all dewtes of recomendacyon, lyekethyow to weet that I ensuer yow your sendyngto Caster is evyll takyn among my lordesfolkes, in so myche that some sey that yetendryd lytyll my lordes dethe, in as myche as ye woldso sone entre upon hym aftyr hys dyssease, with oughtavyse and assent of my lordes consayll; wherfor it isthought here by syche as be your frendes in my lordeshouse that if my lady have onys the graunt of thewardshepp of the chyld,^ that she wyll ocupye Casterwith other londes, and ley the defaute on your unkyndhastyness of entre with ought hyr assent. Wherfor ineny wyse get yow a patent of the Kyng ensealyd befor hyrs, and ye may by eny meane possybyll.

1 This child was Ann, who soon after was betrothed to Richard Planta-genet, Duke of York, the second son of King Edward. She died very young,and the Duke was, as it is supposed, sinothered in the Tower by the comoiandof his uncle Richard III.—F

Also I prey yow comon with ray Lord Charaberleynfor me, and vveet hough that he wyll have me de-meanyd.

It iss told me for serteyn that ther is none hey togete at Caleys; wherfor if I mygh be pardond for enykepyng of horse at Caleys till Myd somer, it wer agood tome.

The berer herof shall come home ayen fro Londonwith in a day aftyr that he comyth thedyr, if ye wyllought comand hym. I prey yow send me woord byhym hough ye do with your maters, and I prey yow ineny wyse lete me undyrstand, by the berer heroff, houghBowen of the Cheker wyll dele with me; vj"- and x//.it is nough, and I wold have vijW/. and x//. and I toplege it ought in iiij. or v. yer, or ellys to forfet themaner.

Wretyn at Norwyche, the Twysday next aftyr yourdepartyng thens, xxiij. die Januarii, anno E. iiij'' xv°.

John Paston.

771.

A.D. 1476, 27 Jan.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 190.]

To John Paston^ Esquier^ at Norwyche^ be ihysdelyveryd.

Recomaunde me to yow, letyng yow weetethat I was infformyd by Ric. Radle, that onScarlett, that was undrescheryff to Hastyngs,^wolde sywe to me on yowr behalff, ffor thatye weer dyspleasyd with a returne off Nichill - upponyow in the seyde Hastyngs tyme \ wherffor Ric. Radle

1 John Hastyngs was Sheriff of Norfolk the preceding year.—F.

^ Nihils or Nichils, are issues which the sheriff that is apposed in the Ex-chequer says, are nothing worth and illeviable, through the insulBciency ofthe parties from whom due.—F.

thoghte that the seyde Scarlett wolde be gladde to gyflyow a noble or a riail ffor a sadell to amends, so thatye wolde sease and stoppe the bylle, whyche ye entendeto putt into the corte ageyn hys Master Hastyngs.

Wherffor the seyde Scarlett com to me, and prayedme to helpe in the same, and so I have don my devoirto ffeele off hym the most that he can ffynde in hysstomake to depart with to please yow; and in con-clusyon I trowe, he shall gyff yow a doblett clothe offsylke, price xxs. or therabout; whyche uppon sucheansweer as I heer ffrom yowe, I deme that Bysshopthe atomye shall, iff I conclude with hym on yowr be-halve, paye in mony or otherwyse, to whom that yewoU assynge heer.

I shall by the means of Raddele weet at whoyssy^vte it was takyn owte; I deme it som thynge doonby craffte, by the means off them that have entresse inyour lond, to th'entent to noyse itt therys, or to makeyow past shame off the sellyng theroff.

Item, I have receyvyd a letter ffrom yowe wretynon Tywesdaye last.

Item, wher that som towards my Lady of Norffolknoyse that I dyd onkyndely to sende so hastely toCaster as I dyd; there is no dyscrete person that sothynkyth, ffor iff my lorde hade ben as kynde to me ashe myght have ben, and acordyng to suche hert andservyce as my grauntffadr, my ffadr, yoAvr selff, and I,have owght and doon to my Lords of Norffolk that dedben, and yitt iff I hadde weddyd hys dowghtr, yittmost I have doon as I dydde.

And moor ovyr, iff I had hadde any demyng off mylordys dethe iiij. howrs or he dyed, I most neds, butiff I wolde be knowyn a ffoole, have entryd it the howrbyffor hys dycesse; but in effecte, theygh that in thatmater have alweys ment onkyndely to me, they ffeynethat rumor ageyn me; but ther is noon that ment trulyto hym that dede is, that wolde be sory that I haddeitt, and in especiall suche as love hys sowle.

Item, wher it is demyd that my lady wolde herafftr

be the rather myn hevy lady ffor that delyng, I thynkethat she is to resonable so to be, ffor I did it nottonwyst to hyr cowncell; there was no man tlioglit thatI sholde doo otherwysse; an as to seye, that I myghthave hadde my ladyes advyce or lyve \leaveV I myghthave teryed yitt, or I cowde have speken with hyr, oryitt have hadde anybody to have mevyd hyr there on mybehalve, as ye wote I dydde what I cowde. Moreovyr1 taryed by the advyce off Sir Robert Wyngffelde iij.dayes there, ffor that he putte me in comffirt that theLord Howard,^ and hys brother Sir John, sholde havecomen to Norwyche, att whoys comyng he dowtyd nottbut that I sholde have a goode dyrection takyn ffor mein that mater, they leyhe to me onkyndenesse fforovyrkyndenesse.

Item, as ffor my mater heer, itt was thys daye beffooralle the lordes off the cowncelle, and amonge them all,it was nott thowght, that in my sendyng off Whetleythyddr, in mediately afftr the dycesse off the Duke, thatI dalt onk}Tidly or onfyttyngly, but that I was mooionresonably dalte with; wherfibr, late men deme whatthey wylle, grettest clerkys are nott alweye wysest men;but I hope hastely to have on weye in it or other.

Item, I wende \expecie{t\ to have ffownde a gowneoff myn heer, but it come home the same daye thatI come owte, browght by Herry Berker, loder \carrier\.I wolde in alle hast possible have that same gowneoff puke ffurryd with whyght lambe.

Item, I wolde have my longe russett gowne off theFrenshe russett in alle hast, fibr I have no gowne togoo in here.

Item, I praye yow recomande me to my moodr, andlat us alle prey God sende my Lady off Norffolk a soone,for uppon that restythe moche mater; ffor if theKyngys soone ^ mary my lords dowghtr, the Kynge

1 Aftenvards Duke of Norfolk — F.

2 Richard, Duke of York, second son of King Edward IV., in or beforeJanuary' 1478, married Anne, sole daughter and heir of John Mowbray, lateDuke of Norfolk.—Rolls of Parliament VI, 168. She was at lliai lime only inher sixth year, and she died early.

wolde that hys soone sholde have a ffayr place inNorffolk, thowhe he sholde gyffe me ij. tymes the\^i\y^^'e in other londe, as I am doon to weete. I prayeyow sende me worde off my ladyes spede as soone asye kan.

Item, as ffor Bowen I shall ffele hym, and sholdehave doon, thowghe ye hadde nott sente.

Item, ther is offryd me a goode marriage for mysuster Anne Skypwithys sone and heyr off Lynkolne-shyre, a man v. or vj. mrke by year. No mor.

Wretyn at London, the xxvij. daye off Janyver, annoE. iiij^ixvo.

Item, my Lady off Excester ^ is ded, and it was seydethat bothe the olde Dyvvchesse off Norffolk,^ and theCowntesse off Oxenfforde ^ weer ded, but it is nott sooyitt.

Item, I shall remembr Caleyse bothe for horse andalle, &c.

772.

A.D. 1476, 3 Feb.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To Sir John Paston^ Knyght^ at the George^ by PowlysWharfs in London.

FTYR all dwtes ot recomendacyon, lyekethyow to wete, that with in thys owyr past, Ireceyd your letter wretyn the xxvij. day ofJanuar, by whyche I undyrstand that Scarlet

1 Anne, daughter of Richard, Duke of York, sister of Edward IV., andwidow of Henry Holland, the last Duke of Exeter, her first husband ; shedied 14th of January 1475, and lies buried with Sir Thomas Saint Leger,Knight, her second husband, in a pnvate chapel at Windsor.—F.

^ Ellenor, only daughter of William Bourchier, Earl of Ewe, in Normandy,and widow of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.—F.

i* M:urgaret, daughter of Richard Nevile, Earl of Salisbury, and wife ofJohn de Vere, Earl of Oxford, now a prisoner in the Castle of Hammes, inPicardy ; or it may refer to Elizabeth, \vidow of the late Earl of Oxford, anddaughter and heir of Sir John Howard, Knight—F.

wold have an end with me; but lesse then xLr. is tolytyll, for iff I wold do the uttermost to hym, I sholdrecover by the statwte, I trow xl//. or more, but lessethen xxxiijj-. iiij^. I wyll in no -vvyse; and ye may seythat ye of your owne hed \vyll geve hym tl e ode nobyllof xk., and if ye have the v. noblys I prey yow letParker of Flett stret have therof xxxj. and lete Pytteand Rychard and Edward drynk the xl^. As for yourgownys, they shalbe sent yow in as hasty wyse as ispossybyll. Thys must be consayll:—It is promysyd mylady by my Lord Chamberleyn that the dietn clausitextremum for my lord shall not be delyverd tyll she beof power to labore hyr sylif her most avauntage inthat mater, wherfor ye ned not to dele ov r largely withthexchetoures. Also consayll:—Robard Brandon andColevyle have by meanys enformyd my lady that yewold have gotyn Caster fro hyr by stronge hand, nowthys frost whyll the mote is frosyn, in so r yche that shewas porposed to have sent thedyr R. Brandon andother to have kept the place tyll syche tyme as shemade axe me the questyon whedyr ye entendet thatwey or not, and I avysed hyr that she shold rathersofyr R. Brandon and hys retenew to lye in Norwycheof hys owne cost then to lye at the taveme at Yermoutheon hyr cost, for I lete hyr have knowlage that ye neverentendyd non entre in to that place, but by hyr assentand knowlage I wast well. Syr, for Codes sake, in ashasty wyse as is possybyll, send me woord how ye feelemy Lord Chamberleyn and Bowen dysposed to mewardes, for I shall never be in hertes ease tyll I undyr-stand ther tweys dysposysyon. Also, I prey yow, letSymond Dame have knowlage as soone as ye have redthys lettyr that I wold in eny wyse that he swe forthethe axions a yenst Darby and other for Byskley, not-withstandyng the bylle that I sent hym to the contraryby Edmund Jeney, for Darby and I are brokyn of,of our entrete whyche was apoyntyd at Thettford.God sped yow in thes maters, and in all other. Ye sendme woord of a good maryage for my syster Anne. I

prey yow aspye some old thryffty draff wyff in Londonfor me. Thomas Brampton at the Blak Fryers in Lon-don vvyth syche other as he and I apoyntyd wyll helpeyow to aspye on for me on ther part. I prey yowthat I may be recomandyd to hym, and prey hym thathe wyll, in as hasty wyse as he can, comforte me with onletter fro hym, and fro the other persone that he and Icomond of, and I prey yow as ye se hym at the parvyse^and ellys where, calle on hym for the same letter andtelle hym that ye most nedys have on to me, and whenye have it breke it and ye lyst or ye send it me.

Endorsed—iij. Februarij, anno xyo.

773.

A.D. 1476, 2 March.John Paston to Lord Hastings.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Although the lord to whom this letter was addressed is not named, it wasundoubtedly intended for Lord Hastings, Lieutenant of Calais, who, as willbe seen hereafter, was preparinjj to go over to Calais in March 1476.—SeeNc. 775.

To my Lord,

most doughtyd and singuler good lord, aftyrmost humble and dew recomendacyon,please it your good lordshepp to have know-lage that, accordjmg to your comandement,in my wey homeward, I remembred me of a personewhyche to my th}mkyng is meetly to be clerk of yourkechyn. whyche persone is now in servyse with MasterFitzwater, and was befor that with Whethyll at Gw)mes,and purveyor for hys house, and at syche tjnne as theK}'nges grace was ther last in hys vyage towardesFrance. Thys man is meane of stature, yonge inough,well wittyd, well manerd, a goodly yong man on horse

1 The church porch. In London it commonly meant the portico of StPaul's Cathedral, which is doubtless the place here intended.

and foote. He is well spokj-n in Inglyshc, metly wellin Frenshc, and veiTy perfite in Flemyshe. He canwryght and reed. Hys name is Rychard Stratton;hys modyr is Mastress Grame of Caleys. And whenI had shewyd hym myn intent, he was agreable andverry glad if that it myght please your lordshepp toaccept hym in to your servyse; wherto I promysedhym my poore helpe, as ferforthe as I durst meveyour good lordshepp for hym, trustyng that I sholdhave knowelage of your plesure her in, or I departedtowardes your lordshep ought of this contrey. Wher-for I advysed hym to be redy with in xiiij. dayes ofMarche at the ferthest, that if it pleasyd your lord-sheppe to accept hym or to have a syght of hym befor your departyng to Caleys, that ther shold be noslaughthe in hym.

He desyred me to meve Master Fitzwater to begood mastyr to hym in thys behalve, and so I dyd;and he was verry glad and agreable ther to, seying ifhys sone had ben of age, and all the servauntis hebathe myght be in eny wyse acceptabell to your lord-shepp, that they all, and hym silff in lyek wyse, shallbe at your comandment, whyll he leveth.

And at my comyng home to my poore house, I sentfor Robart Bernard, and shewid on to hym that I hadmevyd your lordshepp for hjTn ; and he in lyek formeis agreable to be redy by the xiiij. day of Marche toawayte on your lordshepp, be it to Caleys or ellyswhere, and fro that day so foorthe for ever, whyll hyslyflf wyll last, with ought grugeing or contraying yourcomandement and plesure, in eny wyse that is in hympossibyll t'accomplishe.

I shewed on to hym that I had preyed MasterTalbot to be a mean to your good lordshepp for hym,and if so wer that Mastyr Talbot thought that yourlordshepp wer content to take hys servyse, then that itwold please Mr. Talbot to meve my Lady of Norffolkesgrace to wryght or send to Bernard, puttyng hymin knowlage that hyr grace is content that he shall

become your menyall servaunt. Wherof he was passyngwell pleasyd ; but, that notwithstandyng, as I enformedyour lordshepp, he is not so reteyned, neyther by feenor promess, but that he may let hym sylff loose to doyour lordsheppe servyse when ye wyll receyve hym,and so \vyll he do; but, your lordshepe so pleasid,leve wer bettyr. Rychard Stratton told me that whyllhe was in servyse with Whethyll, John Red we mocyondhym onys myche aftyr thys intent, but at that tymeWhethyll wold not be so good mastyr to hym as tomeve your lordshepe for hym.

My lord, I trust that your lordshepe shall lyek bothether persones and ther condicyons; and as for thertrowthes, if it may please your good lordshepe toaccept my poore woord with thers, I wyll deposelargely for that. And as it pleasyth your good lordshepeto comand me in thes maters, and all other, if it mayplease your lordshepe to shewe the same to my brodyrNessfeld, he knowith who shall sonest be with me toputt me in knowlage of your plesure, whyche I shallbe at all seasons redy t'accomplyshe to my poore power,with Godes grace. Whom I beseche longe to contenuethe prosperous astate of your good lordshepp.

Fro Norwyche, the seconde daye of Marche, withthe hand of your most humble servaunt and beedman,

John Paston.

774.

A.D. 1476?John Paston to [Margery Brews].

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is printed from a draft in the hand of John Paston the younger.I suppose it must have been written about the year 1476, and intended forMargery Brews, whom he afterwards married. It will be seen that RichardStratton, whom in his last letter he recommended to Lord Hastings, is herethe bearer of a confidential message to the lady.

jASTRESSE, thow so be that I, unaqweyntydwith yow as yet, tak up on me to be thus boldas to wryght on to yow with ought your know-lage and leve, yet, mastress, for syche poreservyse as I now in my mynd owe yow, purposyng, yenot dyspleasyd, duryng my lyflf to contenu the same, Ibeseche yow to pardon my boldness, and not to dys-deyn, but to accepte thys sympyll byll to recomand meto yow in syche wyse as I best can or may imagyn toyour most plesure. And, mastress, for sych report asI have herd of yow by many and dyverse persones, andspecyally by my ryght trusty frend, Rychard Stratton,berer her of, to whom I beseche yow to geve credencein syche maters as he shall on my behalve comon withyow of, if it lyke you to lystyn hym, and that reportcausythe me to be the more bold to wryght on to yow,so as I do; for I have herd oft tymys Rychard Strattonsey that ye can and wyll take every thyng well that iswell ment, whom I beleve and trust as myche as fewemen leveing, I ensuer yow by my trowthe. And,mastress, I beseche yow to thynk non other wyse inme but that I wyll and shall at all seasons be redywythe Godes grace to accomplyshe all syche thyngesas I have enformyd and desyerd the seyd Rychard onmy behalve to geve yow knowlage of, but if [unless'\ itso be that a geyn my wyll it come of yow that I becast off fro yowr servyse and not wyllyngly by mydesert, and that I am and wylbe yours and at yourcomandmen in every wyse dwryng my lyff. Her Isend yow thys bylle wretyn with my lewd hand andsealyd with my sygnet to remayn with yow for a wytt-nesse ayenste me, and to my shame and dyshonourif I contrary it. And, mastress, I beseche yow, in easyngof the poore hert that somtyme was at my rewle, whychenow is at yours, that in as short tyme as can be that Imay have knowlage of your entent and hough ye wyllhave me demeanyd in thys mater, and I wylbe at allseasons redy to performe in thys mater and all othersyour plesure, as ferforth as lythe in my poore power

to do or in all thers that ought wyll do for me, withCodes grace, Whom I beseche to send yow the accom-plyshement of your most worchepfull desyers, mynowne fayer lady, for I wyll no ferther labore but toyow, on to the tyme ye geve me leve, and tyll I be suerthat ye shall take no dysplesur with my ferther labore.

775.

A.D. 1476, 12 March.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To John Pasioji, Esquier^ or to Mestresse MargrettPaston^ hys moodre^ in Norffolk.

Recomande me to yow, letyng yow wete that,blessyd be God, uppon Saterdaye last pastmy lorde^ and wee toke the see, and come toCaleyes the same daye, and as thys daye mylorde come to Guynesse, and theer was receyvydhonourablye with owt any obstaklys; wheer as I fowndeMaster Fytzwalter and othre, whyche wer ryght hevyefor the dethe of the noble man thatt was theer to foor,itt happyd soo that my seyd Master Fytzwalter axidme ryght hertely for yow, and I lete hym weete thatI demyd ye wolde be heer in haste, wheroffe he seydehe was ryght soory, for soo moche that he entendythto come in to Englonde, and as I conceyve he wyllcome to Attylborogh, and brynge my mestresse hyswyffe with hym, and theer to stablysshe hys howsecontynuall. Wherifor he thynketh that he sholde haveas grete a lakke off yow as off anyone man in that contre,willyng me to wryght on to yowe, and to late yowweete off hys comynge. He also hathe tolde me mocheoff hys stomake and tendre faver that he owythe toyow; wherfifor I asserteyn yow that he is your verry

1 Hastings.

especiall goode master, and iffe ye weer abydynge inthatt contre, whylse he weer theer, he is dysposyd todoo largely for yowe in dyverse wyse, whyche weer tolonge to wryght, in so moche that I feele by hym thathe thynkyth that itt sholde be longe er he scholde bewery of yowr expences of horse or man. Now I remyttealle thynge to your dyscresion; ye woote best what isfor yow.

As for my lorde, I undrestande nott yitt whethyr hewylle in to Ingelonde the weke to foor Esteme, orellys aftre.

I pray yow recomande me to my moodre. I woldehave wretyn to hyr, but in trowthe I ame somewhatterased, what with the see and what wythe thys dyetheer.

No moor to yow, but wretyn at Gynes, the xij. dayeoff Marche, anno E. xvj.

By John Paston, K.

776.

A.D. 1476, 21 March.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 198.]

To Mestresse Margrete Paston^ at Norwyche^ or hyr sone^John Paston, Esquyer, and to everych off them.

Recomande me to yowe. Like it yow to weetethat I am nott sertayne yitt whether my lorde^and I shall come into Ingelonde the weke by-ffoor Est[er]ne, or ellys the weke afftr Est[er]ne;wherffor, moodr, I beseche yow to take noo dysplesyrwith me ffor my longe tarynge, ffor I most doo noonotherwyse ffor dysplesyng off my lorde. I was noothynge gladde off thys jornaye, iff I myght goodelyhave chosen ; neverthelesse, savyng that ye have cawseto be dyspleasyd with me ffor the mater off Kokett, I

^ Hastings.III. M

am ellys ryght gladde, ffor I hope that I ame fferremoor in ffavor with my lorde then I was to ffoor.

Item, I sende yow, brother John, a letter herv/ith,whyche was browte hyddr to Caleys, ffrom the Georgeat Powles Wharff; I deme it comethe ffrom my brotherWater.

Item, iff ye entende hyddrewarde, itt weer weelldoon that ye hygthed yowe, ffor I suppose that mylorde wille take the vywe off alle hys retynywe heer,nowe byffoor hys departyng; and I thynke that hewoolde be better contente with yowr comyng nowe,than an other tyme; doo as ye thynke best, and as yemaye.

Item, wher Master Fytzwalter made me to wryght toyowe to advyse yow to tarye, I remytte thatt to yowrdyscretion.

As ffor tydyngs heer, we her ffrom alle the worlde;ffyrst, the Lorde Ryverse was at Roome right weell andhonorably, and other Lords off Ynglonde, as the LordHurmonde,^ and the Lord Scrope,^ and at ther de-partyng xij. myle on thysehalff Roome, the LordeRyverse was robbyd off alle hys jowelles and plate,whyche was worthe ra^«- marke or better, and is retomydto Rome ffor a remedy.

Item, the Duke of Burgoyne hath conqueryd Loreyn,and Quene Margreet shall nott nowe be lykelyhod haveit; wherffor the Frenshe Kynge cheryssheth hyr butteaselye; but afftr thys conquest off Loreyn, the Duketoke grete corage to goo uppon the londe off theSwechys [Swiss] to conquer them., butt the [fhey] berdedhym att an onsett place, and hathe dystrussyd hym, andhathe slayne the most parte off hys vanwarde, and wonneall hys ordynaunce and artylrj'e, and mor ovyr all stuffethatt he hade in hys ost with hym; exceppte men andhorse that ffledde nott, but they roode that nyght xx.myle; and so the ryche saletts,^ heulmetts, garters,nowchys * gelt, and alle is goone, with tents, pavylons,

1 John, sixth Earl of Ormond. 2 John, Lord Scrope of Bolton.

* Light hea/i-pieces.—F. * Embossed ornaments, chains, buckles, &c.—F.

and alle, and soo men deme hys pryde is abatyd.Men tolde hym that they weer ffrowarde karlys, buttehe wolde nott beleve it, and yitt men seye, that he woUto them ageyn. Gode spede them bothe.

Item, Sir John Mydelton toke leve off the Duke tosporte hym, but he is sett in pryson att Brussellys.

I praye yowe sende me som worde iff ye thynkelikly that I may entr Caster when I woU, by the nextmessenger.

Wretyn at Caleys, in resonable helthe off bodye andsowle, I thanke Good, the xxj. daye off Marche, annoE. iiijt> xvjo. J. P., K.

777.

A.D. 1476, 6 May.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To the ryght worchepfull Sir John Paston ^Knyght^ lodgydat the George^ by Powlys Wharfs in London,

FTYR all dewtes of recomendacyon, lyekethyow to wet, that to my power ye be welcomayen in to Inglond. And as for the Castellof Shene, ther is no mor in it but Colle andhys mak, and a goose may get it; but in no ^vyse Iwold not that wey, and my modyr thynkyth the same.Take not that wey, if ther be eny other.

I undyrstand that Piastres Fytzwater hathe a syster,a mayd, to mary. I trow, and ye entretyd hym, shemyght come into Crysten menys handys. I prey yowspek with Mastyr Fytzwater of that mater for me, andye may telle hym, synse that he wyll have my scrvyse,it wer as good, and syche a bargayn myght be mad,that botlie she and I awaytyd on hym and my mastresshys ^\yff at oure owne cost, as I a lone to awayt onhym at hys cost; for then he shold be swer that I

shold not be flyttyng, and I had syche a qwarell tokepe me at home. And I have hys good \vylle, it isnon inpossybyll to bryng a bowght.

I thynk to be at London with in a xiiij. dayes atthe ferthest, and peraventure my mastress also, inconsayll be it clatryd. God kepe yow and yours.

At Norwyche, the yj. day of May, anno E. iiij" xvj°.

J. P.

778.

A.D. 1476, 27 May.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter relates to Sir John Paston's claim to Caister after the Duke ofNorfolk's death, which claim he succeeded in establishing in June 1476, asappears by the letter following. The date 26th May at the end of the lette'is an error, as " Monday next Holy Thursday" was the 27th.

To Mestresse Margret Paston^ in Norwyche, or to hyrsonejohn Paston, Knyght,

^QLEASE it yow to weete that as for my materes,\ and theye appeyre nott,^ the doo, blessyd beGodde, as weell as I wolde they dyd, safifethat it shalle cost me grett mony, and it hathecost me moche laboor. It is soo that the Kynge mosthave C. marke, and other costes will drawe xl. marke.And my mater is exam)myd by the Kynges Cowncell,and declaryd affoor alle the Lordes, and now lakkythenoo thynge but [the Pry]vy Seals, and wryghtyng toMaster Colv[ill] ^ to avoide; for the ^ [Kyng hath p]ro-mysed me as moche as I wolde he sholde fullefiUe,and alle the Lordes, Juges. Serjauntes, have affermydmy title goode. Nott withstandyng Sowthewell, JamesHubberde, and Sir W. Braundon, where at ther ownedesyrs, offryd to afferme and advowe my tytell forgoode, and that my Lorde off Norffolk that ded is hadnoo tyteD, thatt they knywe, they tolde my tale as illc

1 ue. if they do not get worse. 2 Paper decayed.

as they cowde, and yitt a lye or too to helpe it, andyit it servyth them nott, they be knowen as they af(in Cowncell be it seyde, and so most all thys letter be).

I have moche payne to gete so moche mony. Never-thelesse, but iff myne oncle schewe hym selfe wersethan ever he was, I shalle nott fayle, if he kepe mepromyse, and thatt is but as he dyde last, that is buttto be my sywerte, and I to make hym sywerte ageyn.

The Kynge departythe thys daye, and wille nott beheer tyll Frydaye, whyche lettyth me, or ellys by thattdaye I vvolde have hopyd to have comen homeward,and erst per aventure. No moor, but Jesus have yowIn kepyng.

Wretyn at London, the xxvj. daye of Maye, theMondaye next Holy Thurrysdaye, the Assencion.

The Kynge wold have bowte it, but he was enfformydoff the trowthe, and that it was nott for a prynce, andoff the greet pryse that I vvolde selle it att; for that II myght nott for bere it, for he scholde have payedm^-m'- marke or moor, iff he hadde hadde it.

Your sone, J. Paston, K.

779.

A.D. 1476, 30 June.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To John Paston^ Esquier^ heyng at the Syngne of theGeorge^ at Powles Wharffe.

Recomaunde me to yow, letyng yow weetethat I hav receyvyd yowr letter, wretyn thenext daye aftre Mydsomer; for answer wheroffI thynke that to be bownde in v^- [500] marke.

I thynke it is to moche, where as I felt by yow yesholde have with the gentylwoman but iiij'^ [400]; never-thelesse I agree. But ye shall undrestande that I \\7llnot be bownde for yow that ye shall make hyr joyntourpast xx/l. by yer, within a sertayne daye lymyted; beit j. yere or ij., that is the largest that ye maye performe.For as for the maner of Sparham, my moodre and yeacorde notte in yowr saynges; she wyll nowght graunteyow ther in, whylse she levyth, saff, as she seythe tome, she hathe grauntyd yow x. marke by yeer tyll xl//.be payed, that is but vj. yeer; and aftre hyr dysceaseshe woll agree with goode will, so that it maye be yowrproferment, that ye sholde have that maner in joynturewith yowr wyffe to the lenger lyver off yow bothe,payng x. marke by yeer, soo or th . . .as she wyllthat it shall be. Therfore, as for 1. marke joynture, Ipray yow bynde me in no suche clawse, butt iff it befor xx//. by a resonable daye, and xx. marke aftre thedyssease off my moodre. Take example at Derby.

Item, ye make yow sywerer than I deme yow bee,for I deme that her frendes wyll nott be content withBedjngfeldes sywerte, nor yowres. I deme thys materwill ocopy lenger leyser than ye deme for.

Item, I remembre thatt thys mony that she sholdehave is nott redy, but in the handes of marchauntes ofthe Estaple, whyche at a prove ye shall fynde per caseso slakke payeres, that ye myght be deseyvyd ther by.I knowe dyverse have lost mony er they cowde gete therdywtes o\vte off the Staple. God spede yow, and sendeyow that ye wolde have.

I sende yow the obligacion here with acordyng toyowr desyr, and a letter to Bedyngfelde, thankyng hymfor yow, and more over letyng hym know of myn entent.Opyn it, and close it ageyn, if ye lyst.

Item, where I tolde yow that the gowne clothe offolde chamlott, I wolde have it hoome for my susterAnne; ye for gate it. I praye yow sende it home bythe next massenger, and a letter ^vith it of suchetydynges as ye knowe.

Item, blissed be God, I have Castre at my will. Godholde it better than it doone her to foore.

No moore, but \vretj. n the next daye aftre Seynt Petre,anno E. iiij'' xvjo. J. Paston, K.

780.

A.D. 1476 or 1477.Dame Elizabeth Brews to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This is the first of a series of letters, some of which were certainly writtenin February 1477, relating to the engagement of John Paston to MargeryBrews. How early they began it is not easy to say precisely. On the backof this letter is written, apparently in the hand of John Paston. to whom it isaddressed, " Letrse dominae Elyzabethae Brews et Margariae filae {sic) ejus."

To 7ny wurschypfull cosyn, John Paston^ be thys billdelyvered, &>c.

jYGHT wurschypfull cosyn, I recommande meun to yowe, thankyng zowe hertely for thegrette chere that ze made me the last tymethat ze were with me at Norwych, &c.And, cosyn, as for the mater that was put in mynowncle Hastynges and Henry Heydon, I ondyrstandbe myn uncle, that ther was made non ende therin,whech I am ryght sory for. Cosyn, ze be remembredwhat ze promysed me that, and so were that myn uncleand Herry Heydon made none ende therin, that zewold put the mater in me; and if it please zowe so forto do, in good faith, cosyn, I schall goo as wele and asryghtfuUy and consciensly as I can for both the partyes.And, cosyn, if it please zowe to com to Topcroft, andpoynt ze what dey when ze will com, I schall sendefor my cosyn to be ther the same day. And, cosyn,I pray zowe to sende me worde agayn be the bryngerof thys letter, howe ze will do, &c.

And Almyghty Jesus hafe zowe in kepyng, &cBe zour cosyn,

Dame Elizabeth Brews.

781.

Dame Elizabeth Brews to John Paston.

[From Taston MSS., B.M.]See preliminary note to last letter.

Un to my ryght wurschypffiill cosyn, John Paston, bethys lettur delyvered, &=€.

B^imYGHT wurschypfull cosyn, I recommande me1^^ un ftol vowe, &c. And I«

[to] yowe, &c. And I send my liusbonde abill of the mater that ze knowe of, and hewrote an other bill to me agayn towchyngthe same mater; and he wold that ze schuld go un tomy maistresse yowr modur, and asaye if ze myght getethe hole xx//. in to zowr handes, and then he wolde bemore gladd to mar}^e with zowe, and will gyffe zowe anCli. And, cosyn, that day that sche is maryed, myfadur will gyffe hyr 1. merk. But and we acorde, Ischall gyffe yowe a grettere tresur, that is, a wytty gentyl-woman, and if I sey it, bothe good and vertuos ; for ifI schuld take money for hyr, I wold not gyffe hyr fora mli. But, cosyn, I trust zowe so meche that I woldthynke her wele besett on zowe, and ze were worthemeche more. And, cosyn. a lytyll after that ze weregone, come a man fro my cosyn Derby, and broght mewurde that suche a chance fell that he myght not comeat the day that was set, as I schall let zowe undyrstondmore pleynly, when I speke with zowe, &c. But,cosyn, and it wold please zowe to come agayn what deythat ze will set, I dare undyrtake that they schall kepethe same day; for I wold be glad that, and myn hus-bond and ze myght acorde in thys maryage, that itmyght be my fortune to make and ende in thys materbetwene my cosyns and zowe, that yche of zowe myghtlove other in frendely wyse, &c. And, cosyn, if thysbyll please not zowr entent, I pray zowe that it maybe brent, &c.

A.D. 1476.] EDWARD J t^. 169

No more unto yowe at thys tyme, but AlmyghtyJesus preserve zowe, &c.

By zowr cosyn,

Dame Elizabeth Brews.

782.

A.D. 1477, Feb.Dame Elizabeth Brews to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii, 208.]

It is clear from internal evidence that this letter was written between the7th and the 12th of Febniary, and the fact that St. Valentine's Day (the 14th)fell on Friday, proves the year to have been 1477. Besides which, we have dis-tinct references to the matter further on in the dated correspondence.

To my wurschypfull cosyne, John Paston^ be this billdelyverydy <5^•r.

|OSYN, I recomande me un to yowe, thankyngyowe hertely for the grette chere that ye mademe and all my folkys, the last tyme that Iwas at Norwych; and ye promysyd me, thatye wold never breke the mater to Margrery unto suchetyme as ye and I were at a point. But ye hafe madehyr suche advokett for yowe, that I may never haferest nyght ner day, for callyng and cryeng uppon tobrynge the saide mater to effecte, &c

And, cosyn, uppon Fryday is Sent Volentynes Day,and every brydde chesyth hym a make [male]; and yf itlyke yowe to come one Thursday at nyght, and so purveyyowe, that ye may abyde there tyll Monday, I trusty toGod, that ye schall so speke to myn husband; and Ischall prey that we schall bryng the mater to a con-clusyon, &c. For, cosyn.

It is but a sympill oke,

That [is] cut down at the first stroke.

For ye will be resonabill, I trust to God, Whech hafe

yowe ever in Hys mercyfull kepyng, &c.

Be yowr cosyn. Dame Elizabeth Brews,otherwes schall be called be Godds grace.

783.

A.D. 1477, Feb.Margery Brews to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 210.]

Unto my ryght welebelovyd Volufityn^ John Paston^Squyer, be this bill delyvered, 6r»c.

jYGHT reverent and wurschypfuU, and my ryghtwelebeloved Voluntyne, I recomande me untoyowe, ffull hertely desyring to here of yo\vrwelefare, whech I beseche Almyghty Godlong for to preserve un to Hys plesur, and yowr hertsdesyre. And yf it please yowe to here of my welefar,I am not in good heele of body, nor of herte, nor schallbe tyll I her ffrom yowe;

For there wottys no creature what peyn that I endure,And for to be deede, I dare it not dyscure [discover\.

And my lady my moder hath labored the mater to myffadur full delygently, but sche can no mor gete then yeknowe of, for the whech God knowyth I am full sory.But yf that ye loffe me, as I tryste verely that ye do,ye will not leffe me therefor; for if that ye hade nothalfe the lyvelode that ye hafe, for to do the grettestlabur that any woman on lyve myght, I wold notforsake yowe.

And yf ye commande me to kepe me true wherever I go,I wyse I will do all my myght yowe to love and never no mo.And yf my freends say, that I do amys,

Thei schal not me let so for to do,Myne herte me bydds ever more to love yowe.

Truly over all erthely thing,And yf thei be never so wroth,I tryst it schall be better in tyme commyng.

No more to yowe at this tyme, but the Holy Trinitehafe yowe in kepyng. And I besech yowe that this bill

be not seyn of none erthely creatur safe only yourselffe, &c.

And thys letter was indyte at Topcroft, with fullhevy herte, &c.

By your own,

Margery Brews.

784.

A.D. 1477, Feb.Margery Brews to John Paston.

[From Ferin, ii. 214.]

To my ryght welebelovyd cosyn^ John Pasio?t, Swyer^be this letter delyveryd^ 6^^.

jYGHTwurschypfull and welebelovyd Volentyne,in my moste umble wyse, I recommande meun to yowe, &:c. And hertely I thanke yowefor the lettur whech that ye sende me be JohnBekarton, wherby I undyrstonde and knowe, that ye bepurposyd to come to Topcroft in schorte tyme, andwithowte any erand or mater, but only to hafe a con-clusyon of the mater betwyx my fader and yowe; Iwolde be most glad of any creatur on lyve, so that themater myght growe to effect. And ther as ye say, andye come and fynde the mater no more towards you thenye dyd afortyme, ye wold no more put my fader andmy lady my moder to no cost ner besenesse, for thatcause, a good wyle aftur, weche causyth myne herte to befull hevy; and yf that ye come, and the mater take tonone effecte, then schuld I be meche mor sory and fullof hevynesse.

And as for my selfe, I hafe done and undyrstond inthe mater that I can or may, as Good knowyth; and Ilet yowe pleynly undyrstond, that my fader wyll no mormoney parte with all in that behalfe, but an C//. and1. marke, whech is ryght far fro the acomplyshment ofyowr desyre.

Wherfore, yf that ye cowde be content with that good,and my por persone, I wold be the meryest mayden ongrounde; and yf ye thynke not yowT selffe so satysfyed,or that ye myght hafe mech mor good, as I hafe undyr-stonde be yowe afor; good, trewe, and lovyng volen-tyne, that ye take no such labur uppon yowe, as to comemore for that mater, but let is [// ?] passe, and never moreto be spokyn of, as I may be yowr trewe lover andbedewoman duryng my lyfe.

No more un to yowe at thys tyme, but AlmyghtyJesus preserve yowe, bothe body and sowle, &c.Be your Voluntyne,

Margery Brews.

785.

A.D. 1477, Feb.Thomas Kela to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 216,]

C/n to my ryght wurschypfull maister^ John Paston^Swhyer, be this bill delivered^ 6^^.

lYGHT wurschypfull sir, I recomande me un toyowe, lettyng yowe knowe, as for the yongegentylwoman, sche owyth yowe hyi' good herteand love, as I knowe be the com)niicacionthat I hafe hade with hyr for the same.

And, sir, ye knowe what my maister and my ladyhath profered with hyr CC merke. And I dar sey,that hyr chambr and areyment schall be worthe C.merk. And I harde my lady sey, that and the case re-quired, both ye and sche schuld hafe yowr borde withmy lady iij. yer aftr.

And I understand by my lady, that sche wold thatye schuld labur the mater to my maister, for it schuldbe the bettr.

And I harde my lady sey.

That it was a febill oke,

That was kit down at the first stroke.

And ye be beholdyng un to my lady for hyr goodwurde, for sche hath never preysyd yowe to mech.

Sir, lyke as I promysyd yowe, I am yowr man, andmy good will ye schall hafe in worde and dede, &c.And Jesus hafe yowe in Hys mercyfull kepyng, &c.Be yor man,

Thomas Kela.

786.

A.D. 1477, 14 Feb.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Feiin, ii. 204.]To John Paston, Esquyer, at Norwyche, in hast.

Recomaunde me to yow, letyng yow weete,that yisterdaye beganne the grete cowncell,to whyche alle the astats oif the londe shallcom to, butt if it be ffor gret and reasonableexcusis; and I suppose the cheffe cawse off thysassemble is, to comon what is best to doo, now upponthe greet change by the dethe off the Duke of Burgoyne,and ffor the kepyng off Caleys and the Marchys, andffor the preservacion off the amyteys taken late, as weellwith Fraunce as now with the Membrys off Flaundres;wher to I dowt nott ther shaJl be in all hast bothe theDuks off Clarance and Glowcestre, wheroff I woldethat my brother E.^ wyst.

Item, I ffeele butt litell effecte in the labor off W.Alyngton; neverthelesse I deme it is nott for yow. Sheshall not passe CC. mark, as fferr as I can undrestandaparte.

Item, I will nott fforget yow otherwyse.

Itt is so that thys daye I heer grett liklyhood, thatmy Lorde Hastyngs shall hastely goo to Caleys withgreet company; iff I thynke it be for yow to be on\one\, I shall nott fforgeet yow.

1 Edmund Paston, who was in the garrison of Calais.

Item, thys daye the mater by twyen Mestresse AnneHaulte and me hathe been soor broken bothe to theCardinall,^ to my Lorde Chamberleyn,^ and to myselffe,and I am in goode hope. When I heer and knowe moor,I shall sende yow worde.

It semythe that the worlde is alle qwaveryng; it willreboyle somwher, so that I deme yonge men shall becherysshyd; take yowr hert to yow. I ffeer that I cannott be excusyd, but that I shall fforthe with my LordeHastyngs ovyr the see, but I shall sende yow worde inhast, and iff I goo, I hope nott to tary longe.

Item, to my brother Edmond. I am like to speketo Mestresse Dyxon in hast, and som deme that thershall be condyssendyd, that iff E. P. come to Londonthat hys costs shall be payed ffor.

I shall hastely sende yow worde off moor thyngs.

Wretyn at London, the xiiij. day off Feverer, annoE. iiij'^ xvj. the Fry day a for Fastyngong.

John Paston, K.

787.

A.D. 1477, 8 March.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 220.]

This letter evidently refers to a meeting arranged between MargaretPaston and Dame Elizabeth Brews on the subject of John Paston's ap-proaching marriage, which took place in the latter part of the year 1477.

To my ryght worchepfuU modyr, Margaret Paston,

YGHT worschepfuU modyr, aftyr all dwtes of

recommendacyon, in as humble wyse as I

can, I beseche yow of your dayly blyssyng.

Modyr, please yt yow to wett, that the cause

that Dame Elizabeth Brews desyreth to mete with yow

at Norwyche, and not at Langley, as I apoyntyd with

1 Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury.—F.a William, Lord Hastyngs.—F.

yow at my last being at Mawtby, is by my meanys, formy brodyr Thomas Jermyn, whyche knowyth noughtof the mate \match\^ telyth me, that the causey or ye cancomme to Bokenham Fery is so over flowyn that ther isno man that may on ethe passe it, though he be ryghtwellhorsyd ; whyche is no mete wey for yow to passe over,God defend it. But, all thyngs rekynyd, it shalbe lessecost to yow to be at Norwyche, as for a day or tweyn,and passe not, then to mete at Langly, wher everythyng is dere; and your horse may be sent home ayenthe same Wednysday.

Modyr, I beseche yow for d}^ers causys, that mysyster Anne may come with yow to Norwyche; modyr,the mater is in a resonable good wey, and I trust withGods mercy, and with your good help, that it shall takeeffect bettyr to myn avauntage then I told yow of atMawtby; for I trow ther is not a kynder woman leveingthen I shall have to my modyr in lawe, if the mater take,nor yet a kynder fadyr in lawe then I shall have, thoughhe be hard to me as yett. All the cyrcumstancys of themater, whyche I trust to tell yow at your comyng toNorwyche, cowd not be wTetyn in iij. levys of paper,and ye know my lewd hed well i nough, I may notwiyght longe, wherffor I ffery over all thyngs tyll I mayawayte on yow my selff. I shall do tonnen ^ in to yourplace a doseyn ale, and bred acordyng, ayenst Wednys-day. If Syme myght be forbom it wer well done, thathe war at Norwyche on Wednysday in the momyng atmarkett.

Dame Elizabeth Brewse shall lye at Jon Cookys; ifit myght please yow, I wold be glad that she myghtdyne in your howse on Thursday, for ther shold ye havemost secret talkyng. And modyr, at the reverence ofGod, beware that ye be so purveyd for, that ye takeno cold by the wey towards Norwyche, for it is themost peraylous marche that ever was seyn by enymanys dayes that now lyveth; and I prey to Jesu pre-serve yow and yours.

^ i.e., cause to be tunned.

Wretyn at Topcroft, the viij. day of Marche.Your sone and humbyll servaunt,

J. P.

788.

A.D. 1477, 8 March.Sir Thomas Brews to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 224.]The date of this letter, as of the last, is fixed by the subject

To my ryght wiirschypfull cosyn, Sir Jhon Paston^Knyght, be this letter delivered^ ^c.

i^i^YGHT wurschypfuU, and my hertely welebe-VJM iQyy(j cosyn, I recommande me unto yowe,desyring to here of yowr welefar, whech Ipray God may be as contynuall good as Iwolde hafe myn own. And, cosyn, the cause of mywryting un to yow, at thys tyme, is, I fele wele be mycosyn John yowr broder, that ye hafe undyrstondyngof a mater, whech is in comynicacyon tochyng a mary-age, with Godds giace, to be concluded betwyx ray saidecosyn yowr broder, and my doghter Margery, whecheis far commanyd, and not yyt concluded, ner noghtschall ner may be tyll I hafe answer from yowe agaynof yowr good will and asent to the seid mater; andalso of the obligacyon weche that I sende yowe here-with ; for, cosyn, I wold be sory to se owther my cosynyowr broder, or my doghtr, dryvyn to leve so meane alyff as thei schuld do yf the wY^li. [^120], schuld bepayde of ther maryage money.

And cosyn, I hafe takyn my selfe so nere in levyngof this v'y^li.y that wher as I hade layde upp an Cli. forthe maryage of a yonger doghter of myn, I hafe nowelent the saide Cli. and xx//. over that, to my cosynyowr broder, to be paide ageyn be suche esy days asthe obligacyon, weche I sende yowe herwyth, specy-

fyes. And, cosyn, I were ryght lothe to be stowe somech uppon one doghter, that the other her sustersschuld far the wars; wherfor, cosyn, yf ye wyll thatthys mater schall take effect imdyr suche fonne as mycosyn yowr broder hath wretyn unto yowe, I pray yoweput therto yowr good ^vylle> and sum of yowr coste, asI hafe done of myn more largely then ever I purposeto do to any tweyn of hyr susters, as God knowyth mynentent, Whom I besech to send yowe yowr levest hertsdesyr.

Wretyn at Topcroft, the viij. day of March, &c.Be your cosyn,

Thomas Brews, Knight.

789.

A.D. 1477, 9 March.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To John Pastofi, Esquyer^ in haste.

Have received yowr letter, and yow[r] man, J.Bykerton, by whom I knowe all the mater oflfMestresse Brews, whyche iff it be as he seythe,I praye Godde brynge it to a goode ende.Item, as for thys mater of Mestresse Barly,^ I holdeit but a bare thynge. I feele weell that itt passythnott . . . marke. I syghe hyr for yo^vr sake.She is a lytell onys; she maye be a woman heer aftre,iff she be nott olde nowe; hir person semyth xiij. yereoff age; \\yx yerys, men sey, ben full xviij. She kowythnott of the mater, I suppose; neverthelesse she desyrydto see me as gladde as I wasse to se hyr.

I praye yow sende me some wryghtyng to Caleys offyowr spede with Mestresse Brewys. Bykerton tellyth

^ Fenn reads this name Burly, but I think erroneously.III. N

me that she lovyth yow weell. Iff I dyed, I haddelever ye hadde hyr than tlie Lady Wargrave; neverthe-lesse she syngeth weell with an harpe.

Clopton is aferde off Sir T. Greye, for he is awydower now late, and men sey that he is aqueyntydwith hyr of olde.

No more. Wretyn on Sondaye, the ix. daye offMarche, anno E. iiij'* xvij° to Caleys warde.

Iff ye have Mestresse Brews, and E. Paston Mes-tresse Bylyngford, ye be lyke to be bretheryn.

J. Paston, K.

790.

A.D. 1477, 9 March.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Thys by lie be delyverd to Thomas Grene, good man of theGeorge, by Powlys Wharffe, or to hys wyff, to sendto Sir John Paston, wherso evere he be, at Caleys,London, or other placys.

(YGHT worchepfuU sir, and my most good andkynde brodyr, in as humbyll wyse as I can,I recomand me to yow. Sir, it is so that Ihave, sythe John Bekurton departyd fro hens,ben at Toppcrofft at Syr Tohmas Brewse; and as forthe mater that I sent yov/ word of by Jon Bekurton,towchyng my sylff and Mastress Margery Brews, I amyet at no serteynte, hyr fadyr is so hard ; but I trowI have the good wyll of my lady hyr modyr and hyr;but as the mater provyth, I shall send yow woord,with Godes grace, in short t)niie.

But as for John Bekurton, I prey yow dele withhym for suerte as a soudyor shold be delt with ; trusthym never the more for the bylle that I sent yow by

AD. 1477] EDWARD IV. 179

hym, but as a man at v^ylde, for ever}' thyng that hetold nie is not trewe; for he dcpartyd with oughtlycence of hys mastyr, Syr Thomas Brewse, and is fereendangeryd \indebtedA^ to dyvers in thys contrey. Iprey God that I wr}'ght not to yow of hym to late ; butfor all thys I knowe none untrowthe in hym ; but yet Iprey yow, trust hym not over myche upon my woord.

Syr, Perse Mody ^ recomandyth hym to your mastyr-shep, and besecheth yow to send hym word in hast,hough he shall be demeanyd at your place at Caster;for he is asygnyd to no body as yet, to take of meteand drynk, nor yet wher that he shall have money topaye for hys mete and drynk; and now is the cheffreplenysheing of your warenn there, the avauntage ofthe dove howse wer well for hym, tyll ye come homyour sylff.

Sir, I prey yow pardon me of my wryghtyng, houghso ever it be, for carpenters of my crafte that I usenow, have not alderbest ther wyttys ther owne. AndJesu preserve yow.

Wretyn at Norwyche, the ix. day of Marche, annoE. iiijt' septimo decymo. J. P.

791.A.D. 1477.—Sir Thomas Brews.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This paper was evidently drawn up about the same time as the last letter.It is a draft in John Paston's handwriting, but is evidently written as in thename of Sir Thomas Brews. It is endorsed in a more modem hand :—" Adeterminacion of Sir Tho. Brews how much he would gyve with his daughterMargery in mariage."

|EMORANDUM.—To let my cosyn, MargaretPaston, ondyrstand that for a jontor to bemad in Sweynsthorp in hand, and for ajontore of no more but x. mark ought ot

I Perse Moody was a servant of Sir John Paston's, now at Caister.—F.

Sparham, I wylle depart with CC. mark in hand, andto give theym ther boord free as for ij. or iij. yer inserteyn, or ellys CCC. mark with ought ther boord,payable by 1. mark yerly tyll the some of CCC. markbe full payed.

Item, I wyll geve CCCC. mark, payable Mi. in handat the day of maryage, and \H, yerly tyll the some ofCCCC. mark be full payed upon thes condycyonsfolowing.

Wher of on condycyon is thys, that I wyll lend mycosyn John Paston vj^^7/., besyd hys maryage money,to pledge ought the maner of Sweynsthorpe, so thathe may fynd syche a frend as wyll pay me a yen theseyd vj^^/i. by xx. mark a yer, so that it be not payedof the maryage money, nor of the propre goodes ofmy seyd cosyn John.

Or ellys, an other condycyon is thys, if it be so thatmy seyd cosyn John may be suffred, fro the day of hysmaryage to my doughter, to take the hole profites ofthe maner of Sparham, besyde the maner of Sweyns-thorpe, for terme of ther two lyves, and the longest oftheym leveing, yet wyll I be agreable to depart with theseyd CCC. mark, payable ayen in forme above seyd[and to geve theym ther boord for a yer or two].^

And if thes or eny of the conclusyons may be takyn,I am agreable to make the bargayn swer, or ellys nomore to be spokyn of.

792.

A.D. 1477, [March.]John Pympe to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 226.]

This letter, Fenn tells us, was endorsed under the address in a handwritingof the time which he believed to be Sir John Paston's.—"Jon Pympe, xvj.die Mar'., anno E. 4, 17," showing the date at which it was received.

1 These words are crossed out with the pen.

To Master Sir John Faston, be this letter delyverid in

Calis.

ONWRE and joye be to yow, my ryght godemaster, and most assured brother; letyng yowknow that al yowre welwillers and servaunts,in these partyes, that I know, fare well, andbetter wold, if they mowht here of yowre wellbeyng,and forthwith sum of yowre Frenche and Borgoynetidyngs; ffor we in these partyes be in grete drede lestthe French Kyng with sum assaults shuld in eny wisedis-tourbe yow of yowr soft, sote [sweet], and sewre slepys, butas yet we no thyng can here that he so disposeth hym.Mary, we have herd sey, that the frowj^s ^ of Broggys,with there hye cappes, have gyven sum of yow greteclappys, and that the fete of her armys doyng is such,that they smyte al at the mowthe, and at the grete endeof the thyeh; but in faith we care not for yow, for weknow well that ye be gode ynowh at defence. But wehere sey, that they be of such corage, that they gyveyow moo strokys than ye do to them, and that theystrike sorer than ye also. But I thynk that the Englishladyes and jentylwomen, and the pore also, can do aswell as they, and lyst not to leme of them no thyng;and therefor we drede lest ther hye corages shuld mevethem to make yow warre also. But God defend, for bymy trowth than have ye much to do; for hit were betterand more ese for to labor iij. or fowre dayes with mat-tokks and pykeisys to over tume yowr sande hills, aswe here saye ye do ryht wurshipfully, than only oneday to endure theyre fers encountrys; so as ye myhtowther gete or save yowr wurshippys by ; and loke thatye trust to have no rescow of us, for, so God me helpe,we have y nowh to do in these partyes with the samewerrs. But in one thyng we preyse yowre sadnessysand discrecionys ryht much, that is, in kepyng of yowrtrewse and pese with the Kyng of Fraunce, as the

1 Fraus, i.e.., women. The writer's pleasantry in this passage is certainlyrather coarse.

Kyng hath commaundid; and a grete reson why, forhit were to much for yow to have werre with all theworld at onys, ffor the werre a fore seid kepith yowblameles; ffor every resonable man wetyth well, that hitis to much for eny pepyll levyng to do bothe at onys.

Syr, as for the more parts off my thowht, I praye yowrecomaunde me un to yowr self, prayyng yow that ymay contynew in such case as yowr godenes hath takenme of old, and if ye lyst to send eny tydyngs, or otherthyng to the partyes that were wont to warme theymby yowr fyre, in feith I shall do yowr erand.

And as for barley, hit is of the same pryce that hitwas wont to be of, and is the most sure come, and bestenduryng that may be. And, syr, where that sumtymewas a lytyll hole in a wall, is now a dore large ynowhand esy passage, whereof ye were the deviser, and havethank for yowr labor of sum partyes, but no thynglastyth evyr. Y mene that y trow, my passage shallhastyly faile me, and the dore shalbe shet up agayne,lesse than Fortun be agreable to have my counseilekept; for not long ago, makyng my entre at that passage,I saw a sparow that useth those ewrys [eireys\ and I sawher sytt so stille that y cowde not endure, but y must nedsshote her, and so, God me help, I smote her, I trowevyn to the hert; and so I drede me lest owther thebarley wyll ete the sparow, or ells the sparow wyll etethe barley, but as yet all is well, but reson shewt methat hit must neds fayle by contynewauns, lesse than Iforsake bothe the sparow and the barley also.^

Syr, I have thank for the shew that I onys made ofyow and daily gramercy, and ye theire prayer.

Syr, forthemore I beseche yow, as ye wyll do enythyng for me, that ye se o day for my sake, and foryowr own plesure, all the gode hors in Caleys, and ifther be among theym eny pric ^ horse of deds, that is tosell, in especiall that he be well trottyng of his owne

1 Perhaps this enigmatical passage may have reference to the Mrs. Earlymentioned in No. 789.

s In the modern version, Fenn reads here, "any prized horse of deeds,"areading which seeiu^ to me questionable.

corage, with owte fors^ of sporis, and also a steryng\siirrmg\ hors if he be, he is the better \ I pray yow sendme word of his color, deds, and corage, and also of hisprice, feynyng as ye wold by hym yowrself, and also Iwold have hym sumwhat large, not with the largest;but no smalle hors, as more than a dowble hors ; pray-yng yow above all thyngs to have this in remembrauns,and that hastily as may be, for ther is late promysedme help to such an entent, and I wote not how longhit shall endure; and therfor I beseche yow send meword by tyme.

I trow the Frenshe men have taken up al the godehors in Pycardye, and also they be wont to be hevyhors in labor, and that I love not, but a hevy hors offlesh, and lyht of corage y love well, for y love no horsthat wyll al way be lene and slender like grehounds.God kepe yow. Yowr, J. Pympe.

Y pray yow to recomaund me to my cosyn Sir JohnScot and all his, in especiall Mastres Benyngfeld.^

793.

A.D. 1477 [March?]John Pympe to Sir John Paston.

[From Fasten MSS., B.M.]

This letter was probably written about the end of March 1477, as the firstof the three which preceded (No. 792) was received by Sir John in Calais onthe i6th of the month.

To Syr John Paston^ Knyht^ be this delyverid in Calice.

ASTER Paston, I recommaund me to yow; and

by cause that I have wrytyn to yow iij. long

letteres, which as yet be answereles, I wote

not whether that the length of mater acum-

bred yow, or elles the simpylnes of the effect displesid

yow, or elles that ye have utterly refusid the proferes of

1 " Fort" in Fenn, which is probably a misprint, as the word is spelled." force " on the opposite page.3 Margaret, daughter of Sir John Scot, and wife to Edmund Bedingfeld.— F.

my pore servyce and frendeship; but which of thesesoo ever hit be, hit hevyeth me.

Syr, hit nedith not, I trow, to send yow the tidyngesof these partyes, how be hit I have thryes send yowsuch as here were, in entent that ye shuld send us ofyowres ; but as long as my lord and yowres is there, yecan not faile to have the certeynte of all owre Englishaventures, which is grete ese to yowr frendes and ser-vauntes in this contre, for so much as they may makeher letteres shorter by so much.

Syr, at the wTytyng of this letter, I was in Kent,where all thyng that I rejoisid, I wishid yow part of, orall; and as for myself, I am styll yowr servaunt andbedeman, and so am bownd to be so sore and sewrely,that I can not unbynde me.

Syr, this is the v. letter that I have sent yow, whereynthys entent that folowyth was all wayes on, that is tosay, that hit plesid yow sum on day to take so muchlabour for me for to se the jentyllest hors in Calice thatis to be sold, and to lett me know of his colowre, dedes,and price, remembryoig that he be also large as mesurewyll, for I love no small hors, nor hors that wyll evyrbe lene and slendyr; but I wold have hym hye trut-tyng, if hit \v)'lbe, and if he be styryng with all, heshall plese me the better, for I wuld have hym all forthe plesur, and for the werre, but if he myht be forbothe. Veryly ther is no tidynges on that side the se,safe only the welfare of yow and all other there, thatI wuld so fa}Tie here of as of a jentyll trottyng horsthat were lyght and pleasaunt in dedes, if eny such bethere. Flemysh hors I thenk ye have y nowh thatwyll play for a myle or ij., but such we have here also;how be hit I pray yow send me word of yowre store,and be sewre of the price, if ye like eny, or elles letsum man for yow.

No more, but God kepe yow, prayyng yow to recom-maund me to my cosyn Syr John Scot, and to SyrTyry Robsert. Let the letter be sent to the godewifof yowr loggyng. By yowr John Pympe.

794.A.D. 1477.—John Pympe to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 234.]

We may as well place this letter—the only remaining one of the series thathas been preserved—immediately after the other two. John P>^mpe seems tohave been a very industrious correspondent, and the art of writing, in proseor verse, came to him very easily.

To Mastef Sir John Paston^ Knight, be this letterdelyvered in Calis.

RESH amorouse sihts of cuntreys ferre andstraungeHave all fordoone ^ your old affeccion;In plesurys new, your hert dooth score andraungeSo hye and ferre, that like as the fawconWhich is alofte, tellith scorne to loke a downOn hym that wont was her feders to pyke and ympe;^Ryht so forgotyn ye have your pore Pympe,

That wrytith, sendith, and wisshith alday your welc

More than his owne; but ye ne here, ne se,

Ne sey, ne send, and evyr I write and sele

In prose and ryme, as well as hit will be.

Sum evyll tong, I trow, myss sayeth of me

And ells your fast and feithfull frendelynes

Ye thenk mysspent on such as I, I gesse.

I wyll abate my customable concourse.

To yow so costuouse,^ whan so evyr ye com agayn,

Which that I fele of reson, by the course

Of my proferid servyce, hath made yow so unfayne;

For veryly the water of the fowntayne

With brede only forthwith yowTe presens

Me shuld content much more than your expense.

1 Destioyed—F.

2 A term in Falconry, signifying the adding a piece to a feather in a hawk'iwing.—F. 3 Expensive.—F.

But ay deme I thus that Fortun hath hyryd yow,

For she but late of sorowys moo than many

Hath rakyd un to myn hert an hepe more than a moowe,

And ^vuld that ye shuld ley thereon on hye

Your hevy unkyndenes to make hit fast to lye,

And God knowth well hit cannot long lye there

But hit wyll bryng me to the chirch here.

Take hit awaye therefore, y praye yow fayre,For hardyly my hert beryth hevy y nowh,For there is Sorow at rest as in hys chayre,Fixid so fast with hys prikks rowh.That in gode feith I wote not whan I lowh,^For, Master Paston, the thyng whereon my blisseWas holly sette, is all fordoone, I wysse.

By your John Pympe,thes beyng the vj. letter that I have send yow.

Alway prayyng yow to remembre the hors that I havein every letter wryten for; as thus, that hit -wuld pleseyow to undrestond who hath the gentyllest hors introttyng and steryng that is in Calls, and if he be tosell, to send me word of hys pris, largenesse, and colour.Hytt is told me, that the Master Porter hath a coragiouseronyd hors, and that he wuld putt hym away by causehe is daungerous in companye; and of that I force [care]not, so that he be not chorlissh at a spore, as plungyng;and also I sett not by hym, but if he trotte hye andgentilly. No more, but God kepe yow.

John Pympe.

795.A.D. 1477.—Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is clearly written in answer to an application by John Paston toiis brother to aid him in nnaking arrangements with Sir Thomas Brews in thespring of 1477- Although the signature is lost, the handwriting is tliat of SirJohn Paston.

i Laughed ? Fenn in his modem version reads " when I love."

To hys weell bclovyd brother^ Johfi Paston^ Esquyer.

Recomande me to yow, letyng yow weete thatI receyvyd a letter of yowres by Edward Hen-sted ij. dayes aftre that Whetley was departydfrom me, whyche he hadde forgetyn in hyscaskett, as he seyde, wheroff I sholde have sent yowanswer by Whetley, iff I had hadde it toffore he wente,notwithstandyiig I am ryght lothe to wryghte in thatmater offte ; for for a conclusion I wrote to my moodreby Peerse Moody alle that I myght and wolde doo therin. Ye have also nowe wretyn ageyn. Yow neede nottto praye me to doo that myght be to yowr profyghtand worship, that I myght doo ofter than ones, or tolate me weete theroff; for to my power I wolde do foryow, and take as moche peyne for yowr weell, andremembre itt when per case ye sholde nott thynke onit yowr selffe. I wolde be as gladde that one gaffeyow a maner of xx//. by yeer, as iff he gave it to myselff by my trowthe.

Item, wher ye thynke that I may with concience re-compence it ageyn on to owr stokke off other londys thatI have off that valywe in fee symple, it is so that Snayl-well, by my grauntefadres will ones, and by my fadris willsceconderely, is entaylyd to the issywof myfadres body.

Item, as for Sporle xx//. by yeer, I hadde ther offbutt XX. marke by yere, whyche xx. marke by yeer andthe X. marke ovyr, I have endangeryd, as ye weellknowe off that bargayne, whyche, iff itt be nottredemyd,I most recompence some other maner off myne to oneoff my bretheryn for the seyde x. marke, ovyr xx. markethat longyth to me; wherffor I kepe the maner offRunham. Than have I fe symple londe the manerof Wynterton with Bastwyk and Billys, whyche inalle is nott xx. marke by yeer, whyche is nott tothe valywe off the maner off Sparham. And as forCastre, it weer noo convenyent londe to exchange forsuche a thyng, nor it weer not polesy for me to settthat maner in suche case for alle maner of happis. I

nede nott to make thys excuse to yowe, but that yowrmynde is troblyd. I praye yow rejoyse nott yowr sylffeto moche in hope to opteyne thynge that alle yowrfreendys may nott ease yow off; for if my moodre weredysposyd to gyve me and any woman in Ingelandethe best maner that she hathe, to have it to me and mywyffe, and to the heyres off our too bodyes begotyn, Iwolde nott take it off hyr, by God.

Stablysshe your selffe uppon a goode grownde, andgrace shall folowe. Yowr mater is ferre spoken off, andblowyn wyde, and iff it preve noo better, I wolde thatit had never be spoken off. Also that mater noysythme that I am so onkynde that I lett alle togedre. Ithynke notte a mater happy, nor weell handelyd, norpoletykly dalte with, when it can never be fynysshydwith owte an inconvenyence; and to any suche bar-gayne I kepe never to be condescentyng, ner of cown-cell. Ifife I weer att the begynnyng of suche a mater,I wolde have hopyd to have made a better conclusyon,if they mokke yow notte. Thys mater is drevyn thusferforthe with owte my cowncell, I praye yow make anende with owte my cowncell. Iffe it be weell, I woldebe glad; iff it be oderwyse, it is pite. I praye yowtroble me no moore in thys mater. . . .^

796.A.D. 1477.—John Paston and Margery Brews.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This paper, which is in John Paston's hand, was evidently written aboutthe same time as the letter immediately following, in which it is mentionedthat Margaret Paston had given up the manor of Sparham to her son. Thepaper is endorsed in a more modern hand: " Notes touching the mariagebetwene Jo. Paston, Ar', and Margery Brews."

EMORANDUM. — To kepe secret fro mymoder that the barga}Ti is full concludyd.

Item, to let hyr have fyrst knowlage thatin the chapell, wher as ye wold had ben no

1 The lower part of this letter seems to have beeu cut off, and how much istost does not appear.

A.D. 14771 EDWARD IV. i8o

book nye by x. myle, that when Mastyr Erews scydthat he wold shortly have eythcr more lond in joyntourthen Sweynsthorp and x. mark ought of Sparham, orellys that some frend of myne shold paye the vj^'^7/.,so that it shold not be payed of the maryage money,that then I sware on a book to hym that I wold neverof my mocyon endanger modcr nor broder ferther thenI had done; for I thought that my modyr had donemyche for me to geve me the maner of Sparham insyche forme as she had done. But Mastyr Breus wyllnot agre, with ought that my mastress hys doughter andI be mad swer of it now in hand, and that we maytake the hole profytes, what so ever fortune.

Item, to enforme my moder that if so be that wemay be pute in possessyon of all the hole maner duryngcure two lyves, and the lengest of us leveing, that thenMastyr Brews wyll geve me in maryage with mymastresse hys doughter CCCC. markes, payable inhand 1//., and so yerly Mi. tyll the some of CCCC.mark bew full payed.

Item, that wher as he had leyd up Cli. for the mary-age of a yonger doughter of hys, he wylle lend me thesame Cli. and xxli. more, to pledge ought my lond,and he to be payed ay en hys Cli. and xsdi. by xli. byfer.

Item, to avyse my modyr that she brek not for theyerly valew of Sparham above the x. mark dwrynghyr lyve.

797.

A.D. 1477, 28 March.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 238.]To my ryght worshypfull moodre, Margrei Paston.

I LEASE it yow to weete, that I have receyvydyowr letter, wherein is remembryd the grethurte, that by liklihod myght ifalle to mybrother, iff so be that thys matter betwynhym and Sir Thomas Brewses doghtre take nott effecte ;wheroff I wolde be as sory as hym selffe reasonably;and also the welthy and convenyent marriage thatscholde be iff it take effecte; wheroff I wolde be asgladde as any man ; and ame better content nowe, thathe sholde have hyr, than any other, that evyr he washertoffoor abowte to have hadde, consyderyd hyrpersone, hyr yowthe, and the stok that she is comynoffe, the love on bothe sydes, the tendre ffavor that sheis in with hyr ffader and mooder, the kyndenesse offhyr ffadr and moodr to hyr in departyng with hyr, theffavor also, and goode conceyte that they have in mybrother; the worshypfull and vertuous dysposicion offhyr ffadr and moodr, whyche pronostikyth that, of lykli-hod, the mayde sholde be vertuous and goode; allwhich concyderyd, and the necessary relyffe that mybrother most have, I raervayle the lesse, that ye havedepartyd, and gevyn hym the maner off Sperham, insuch fforme as I have knowleche off by W. Gomay,Lomner, and Skypwyth; and I ame ryght gladde tose in yow suche kyndenesse on to my brother as yehave do on to hym; and wolde by my trowthe leverthan C//. that it weer ffee symple londe, as it is entay-1yd, whyche by liklyhood scholde prosper with hym andhys blode the better in tyme to come, and sholde alsonever cause debate in owr bloode in tyme to come,whyche Godde dyffende, ffor that weer onnaturell.

Item, another inconvenyence is, wher as I undre-stande' that the maner is gevyn to my brother, and tohys wyff, and to the issywe bytwen them bygoten; iffthe case weer soo, that he and she hadde yss}nve togedra dowtr or moo, and hys wyffe dyed, and he mariedafftr another, and hadde issywe a sone, that sone sholdehave noon londe, and he beyng hys ffadres heyr. and

I

A.n. T477.] EDWARD IV. 19T

fifor th'enconvenyence that I have knowe let in nr ^ incase lyke, and yit cnduryth in Kente, by tweyn ajentyhnan and his suster, I wolde ye toke the advyccoff yowr concell in thys poynt, and that that is pastyow by wrightyng or by promise, I deme verrely in yow,that ye dyd it off kyndenesse, and in eschywyng off amoor yll that myght befall.

Item, wher as it pleasyth yow that I sholde ratefye,grawnt, or conferme the seyd gyfte on to my brother, itis so, that with myn honeste I may nott, and ffor othercawses. The Pope will suffre a thyng to be usyd, buthe will nott lycence nor grant it to be usyd nor don,and soo I. My brother John knowyth myn ententweel i now heer to ffoor in this mater; I will beffownde to h)nTi as kynde a brother as I may be.

Item, iff it be soo that Sir T. Brews and hys wyffthynke that I wolde troble my brother and hys wyff inthe seid maner, I can ffynde no meene to putte themin sywerte ther off, but iff it neede, to be bownde in anobligacion with a condicion that I shalle nott trowblener infete them therin.

Item, I thynke that she is made sywer i now inastate in the londe, and that off ryght I deme theyshall make noone obstacles at my wryghtyng, ffor Ihadde never none astate in the londe, ner I wolde nottthat I had hadde.

No mor to yow at thys t}Tne, but Allmyghty Godhave yow in kepyng.

Wretyn at Caleys, the xxviij. daye of Marche, annoE. iiij. xvij°.

By yowr sone,

J. Paston, K.798.A.D. 1477, 14 April.Sir John Paston to John Pastom.

[From Fenn, ii. 244.]1 In ure, i-e-, in practise.

To John Paston, Esqtiyer.

jYGHT worshypfuU and hertely belovyd brother,I recomaunde me to yow, letyng yow weete,that as by Pyrse Moody, when he was heer,I hadde no leyser to sende answer in wrygh-tyng to yow, and to my cosyne Gurnaye, off yowrletteris; butt ffor a conclusion ye shalle ffynde me toyow as kynde as I maye be, my condense and wcrshypsavyd, whiche, when I speke with yow and them, yebothe shall weell undrestande. And I praye God sendeyow as goode speede in that mater as I wolde ye hadde,and as I hope ye shall have er thys letter come to yow;and I praye God sende yow yssywe betwyne yow, thatmaye be as honorable as ever was any off your ancestrisand theris, wheroff I wolde be as gladde in maner asoff myn owne. Wherffor I praye yow sende me wordehow ye doo, and iff Godde ffortune me to doo weell,and be off any power, I woll be to Sir Thomas Brewse,and my lady hys wyffe, a verry sone in lawe ffor yowrsake, and take them as ye doo, and doo ffor them asiff I weer in case like with them as ye bee. No moor,but Jesus have yow in kepyng.

Wretyn at Caleys, the xiiij. daye off Aprill, anno E.iiij, xvij°.

As ffor tydyngs her, the Frenshe Kynge hathe gothenmany off the towns off the Duk of Burgoyne, as SeyntQuyntyns, Abevyle, Motrell; and now off late he hathegoten Betoyne and Hedynge with the castell ther,whyche is one off the ryallest castells off the worlde;and on Sonday at evyn the Ameralle off Fraunce leydeseege at Boloyne; and thys daye it is seyde, that theFrenshe Kynge shalle come thyddr; and thys nyght itis seyde, that ther was a vysion seyne abowte the wallsof Boloyne, as it hadde ben a woman with a mervy-lowse lyght; men deme that O^vr Lady ther will shewehyrselif a lover to that towne. God fforfende that itweer Frenshe, it weer worthe xl.m^7/. [;;^4o,ooo]that it wer Englyshe. J. Paston, K.

A.D. 1477-1 EDIVARD IK 193

799.

A.D. 1477, II June.Margaret Paston to Dame Elizabeth Brews.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This is another letter relative to the negotiations for the marriage of JohnPaston and Margery Brews, which took place in 1477.

To the ryght wurchypfull and my verry good [lady andcosyn^ Dame Elyzabet/t] ^ Brews.

jYGHT wurchepful and my cheff lady andcosyn, as hertly as I can, I recomaunde meto yow. Madam, lyeketh yow to undyrstandthat the cheff cause of my wrytyng to yow atthys season ys thys : I wot well yt ys not unremembredwith yow the large comunyeacyon that dyvers tymeshathe ben had towchyng the maryage of my cosynMargery, yowyr dowghter, and my son John; of whycheI have ben as glad, and now late wardes as sory, asevyr I was for eny maryage in myn lyve. And wher orin whom the defawte of the breche ys, I can have noperfyte knowlage; but, madam, yf yt be in me or enyof myn, I prey yow assygne a day when my cosynyowyr husbond and ye thynk to be at Norwych towardes Salle, and I wyll com theder to yow; and Ithynk or ye and I departe, that the defawte schall beknowe where yt ys, and also that, with yowyr advyse andhelpe and myn to gedyrs, we schall take some weythat yt schal not breke; for yf yt dyd, yt wer nonhonoure to neyther partyes, and in cheff to them inwhom the defawte ys, consyderyng that it ys so ferrespokun.

And, madam, I prey yow that I may have perfyteknowlage be my sonYelverton,^ berar here of, when thysmetyng schall be, yf ye thynk it expedyent, and the

1 The words bracketed are indistinct, but we follow Fenn's reading.'•^ William Yelverton, grandson of Judge Yelverton, now married to AuoePaston, one of Margaret's daughters.

ill. O

soner the better, in eschewyng of worsse; for, madam,I know well, yf yt be not concludyd in ryght schorttyme, that as for my son he entendyth to doo ryghtwell by my cosyn Margery, and not so well by hymsylf, and that schuld be to me, nor I trust to yow nogret plesur, yf yt so fortunyd, as God deffend. Whom Ibeseche to send yow your levest desyers.

Madam, I besech yow that I may be recomawndydby this bylle to my cOsyn yowyr husbond, and to mycosyn Margery, to whom I supposyd to have gevynan othyr name or thys tyme.

Wretyn at Mawteby, on Seynt Tiarnaby is Day.By your, Margaret Paston.

800.

A.D. 1477, 23 June.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Feiin, ii. 248.]To John Paston^ Esquyer.

Recomand me to yow, letyng yow weete thatI have spoken to Herry Colett,^ and entretydhym in my best w)'se ffor yow, soo that at thelast he is agreyd to a resonable respyght fforthe xv//. that ye sholde have payd hym at Mydsomer,as he seyth, and is gladde to do yow ease or plesyr inall that he maye; and I tolde hym that ye wolde, as Isupposyd, be beer at London, herr nott long to, andthan he lokyth afftr that ye sholde come see hym, fforhe is sheryff, and hathe a goodely hows.

Item, my Lady off Oxenffbrth^ lokyth afftr yow andArblaster bothe.

1 Sir Henry Colet was Lord Mayor of London in i486.—F.

2 Margaret, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury ; she wasduring the imprisonment of her lord in great distress.—F.

A.D. I477J EDWARD IV, 195

My Lord oft" Oxenfford ^ is nott comen in to Ing-londe that 1 can jDerceyve, and so the goode lady hathenede off helpe and cowncell howe that she shall doo.

No moor at thys tyme, butt God have yow inkepyng.

Wretyn att London on Seynt Awdryes Daye, annoE. iiij" xvijo.

Tydyngs butt that yisterdaye my Lady Marqueys offDorset,2 whych is my Lady Hastyngs dowtr, hadydchylde a sone.

Item, my Lord Chamberleyn is comyn hyddr ffroCaleys, and redyn with the Kynge to Wyndeshor, andthe Kyng will be here ageyn on Mondaye.

J. P., K.

801.

A.D. 1477, 29 June.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

\J^l ^''v^' ^."H,*^^ two subjoined, are drafts written on the same paperin John Paston s hand. Ihey must belong to the year 1477, being on the«me subject, already so often referred to. of the negotiations for JohnPaston s marriage. Fenn has added addres..es to all these letters, and asignature to the first, which are not in the original MS.

YGHT worchepfull and my most good and kyndmoder. Moder, in as humbyll wyse as I canor may, I recomand me to yow, and besecheyow of your dayly blyssyng. Moder, pleaseIt yow to undyrstond that tyll thys day Dame Elyza-beth Brews hathe ben so syke that she myght nevyr,sythe she cam to Salle, have leyser to comon of mymater xnth Master Brews tyll thys day; and thys day

ofy^i-n,"^^ Vcre Earl of Oxford, was at this time a prisoner in the CasUe

^ Cecily, wife of Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, was great erandoJdfr^ofM"'^ ^"^ °J William Bonvile. Lord Bonvile, who w^ SeLdS byorder of Margaret of Anjou, after the second battle of St. Alban's in 1461.

with gret peyn, I thynl: the rather because Heydon ^was ther, the mater was comond, but other answerthan she hathe sent yow in hyr lettre closed her incan she not have of hyr husbond. Wherfor, modyr, ifit please yow, myn advyse is to send hyr answer ayenin thys forme folowing, of some other manys hand.

[Margaret Paston to Dame Elyzabeth Brews!]

" Ryght worchepfuU and my verry good lady andcosyn, as hertly as I can, I recomand me to yow. And,madam, I am ryght sory, if it myght be otherwyse, ofthe dysease, as I undyrstand by the berer herof, thatmy cosyn your husbond and ye also have had a season,whyche I prey God soone to redresse to your botheeaseis. And, madam, I thank yow hertly that ye haveremembred the mater to my cosyn your husbond, thatI spak with you of at syche tyme as I was last withyou at Norwyche, to my gret comfort. And I wyse,madam, I am ryght sory that John Paston is no morefortunate then he is in that mater; for, as I undyrstandby your lettyr, my cosyn your husbond wyll geve butan C//., whyche is no money lyek for syche a joyntoreas is desyred of my son, thow hys possybylyte werryght easy. But, madam, when I mad that large grantin the maner of Sperham that I have mad to hym andmy cosyn your doughter, he told me of an other somethat he shold have with h}T then of an C//. He hathebefor thys be wont to tell me none untrowthe; andwhat I shall deme in thys mater, I can not sey, for m^thynkyth if more then an C//. wer promysyd on to hymby my cosyn your husbond and yow, that ye wold notlett to geve it hym, with ought so wer that I or heabryggyd eny thyng of our promess, whyche I wot wellneyther I or he intend to do, if I may undyrstand thathys seying to me was trowthe, and that it may be

1 John Heydon of Baconsthorpe, who died on the 27th September 1479.—Inquisition p.m., 19 Edw. IV., No. 72.

performyd; but ^vyst I that he told me othenvysethen iiiy cosyn yowr hiisbond and ye proniysed hyni,to deseyve me of Sparham, by my trowthe, thow hehave it, he shall lese as myche for it, iff I leve, and thatshall he well undyrstand the next tyme I se hym.

" And, madam, I prey God send us good of thysmater, for as for hys broder Sir John also, I sent onesto hym for it to have mad good the same graunt thatI grauntyd yow with hys assent, to them and to therissu of ther ij. bodyes lawfully comyng, and he dydnot ther in as I desyred hym. And ther for I preyyow pardon me for sendyng on to hym eny more; for,madam, he is my sone, and I can not fynd in my hertto becom a dayly petycyoner of hys, sythe he bathedenyed me onys myn axing. Peravcnture he had benbetter to have performyd my desyerj and what hysanswer was on to me, John Paston can tell yow as wellas I. But, madam, ye ar a moder as well as I, wher Iprey tak it non other wyse bot well, that I may not doby John Paston, as ye wyll have me to do; for, madam,thow I wold he dyd well, I have to purvey for moreof my chylder then hym, of whyche some be of thatage, that they can tell me well inow that I dele notevenly with theym to geve John Paston so large, andtheym so lytyll; and, madam, for syche grwgys andother causys, I am ryght sory that the graunte isknow}'^n that I have mad, with ought it myght takeeffect. And therfor, madam, fro hensforthe I remyghtall thyng to yowr dyscressyon, besechyng yow, therather for my sake, to be my son Johnis good lady;and I prey God preserve yow to Hys plesure, send yowhastyly yowr hele ayen, and my cosyn yowr husbondalso, to whom I prey yow that I may hertly be reco-mandyd, and to my cosyns Margery and MargaretByllyngforthe.

" Wretyn at Mawtby, on Seynt Petrys Day.

" Yowr, Margaret Paston."

" An other letiyr to me that I may shewe.

" I gret yow well, and send you Godes blessyng andmyn, letyng yow wet that I undyrstand well by mycosyn, Dame Elyzabeth Brewsys lettyr, whyche I sendeyow her with, wherby ye may undyrstand the same,that they intend not to performe thos proferys that yetold me they promysyd yow, tnistyng that ye told menone other wyse then was promysed yow. Wherfor Icharge yow on my blyssyng that ye be well ware howye bestow your mynd with ought ye have a substancewher upon to leve; for I wold be sory to wet yowmyscary ; for if ye do, in your defawt looke never aftyrhelpe of me. And also I wold be as sory for hyr asfor eny gentywoman leveing, in good fey the ; wheiforI wame yow, be ware in eny wyse; and look ye be atMawtby with me as hastyly as ye can, and then I shalltell yow more. And God kepe yow.

" Wretyn at Mawtby, on Seynt Petrys Day.

" Your modyr, M. P."

802.

A.D. 1477, 7 Aug.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]To the ryght worshypfull Mestresse Margret Paston.

LEASE it yow to weete that I have receyvyd

yowr letter, wretyn the Tywesdaye nexte

afftre Seynt James Daye, wherin ye desyre

me to remembre Kokett, and also to be

helpyng to my brother Johnes mariage. As for Kokett,

as God helpe me, I knowe nott yitt the meanes possible

that I myght paye hym by thatt daye, ffor thoos materis

that be off grettest wyglit and charge, and that stondenerrest my weell, that is to seye, the sywerte off themaner off Castre, and the mater betwen Anne Haultand me shall, with Goddes grace, thys terme be at aperffyght ende, whyche will charge me fferther than Ihave mony as yitt, or lyke to have byffor that tyme, offmyne owne, and, as God helpe me, I wote nott whereto borow.

Item, I most paye with in thys iij. yeer vivf- [400] marketo Towneshende, or ellis fforffett the maner off Sporle,and thus my charges be gretter than I maye a weyewith,concidryd suche helpe as I have ; and iff it ffortunydthat I ftbrffetyd the maner off Sporle, ye weer neverlyke to se me myry afftre, so God helpe me. Ye gaveme ones xx//. to it wardes, and ye promyttyd as moche,whyche I receyvyd, and synnys off my mony off seidemaner growyng that come to yowr handys was receyvydby yow ageyn the seyd xl//., whyche, when Kokettscholde be payed, was nott yowr ease to departe wyth.Neverthelesse ye may yitt, when yow lyketh, perfformeyowr sayde gyftte and promyse, and thys somme owyngto Kokett is nott so moche; neverthelesse I supposethat ye be nott so weell purveyed. Wherffor, iff it pleaseyow at yowr ease her afftre to performe yowr seydegyffte and promyse, so that I may have it with in a yeror ij. or yitt iij., I sholde per case gete yowr obligacionto yow ageyn ffrom Kokett, and he pleasyd. WherfforI beseche yow that I maye have an assyngnement ofsuche dettes as been owyng yow, payeable at leyser offsuche mony as is owyng ffor the woode at Basynghamor ellys wher; ffor, so God helpe me, I sholde ellyswylfully ondoo myselffe, wherin I beseche yow to sendeme an answer in hast.

Item, as towchyng the manage off my brother John,I have sente hym myn advyce, and tolde hym whertohe shall tniste, and I have grauntyd hym as moche as1 maye. I wolde that I weer at on communycacionatwyen them for hys sake, whyche I sholde if I myght.As for my comyng home, I ame nott yitt sertayn

therof; I shalle hast me as faste as I canne, with thegrace of God, Who have yow in Hys kepyng.

I beseche yow to remembre the premyssis, and tohelpe me, and with Goddes grace, thes ij. materis abovewretyn, bothe of Castre and Mestresse Anne Hault,shall be endyd to my profyth and rest, and moor ovyr,er awghte longe to, with Goddes grace, the maner ofSporle to be owte of danger; promyttyng yow that Ishall doo in Kokettes mater as moche as is possible forme to doo to yower plesyr. It shall never neede toprykk nor threte a free horse. I shall do whatt I can.

Wretyn the Thorysdaye next byffore Seynt Lawrence,ann o E. iiij" xvij.

By yowre sone,

John Paston, K.

803.

A.D. 1477, II Aug.Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is not addressed, the original being a corrected draft, but thereis no doubt it was written to Sir John Paston in reply to the last. It is en-dorsed in a more modem hand: " Copia literse Jo. Paston, mil., a matresua."

T ys 800 that I undyrstonde be yowyr letterwretyn the Thyrsday nexte be fore SeyntLauerons, that ze wulde have knowlage howthat I wuld be demenyd in Cokettes mater;qweche I send you here undyr wretyn. I putte yowin certeyn that I wuU nevyr pay him peny of that dutythat ys owyng to hym, thow he sue me for yt, not ofmyn owyn pursse; for I wul nat be compellyd to payyowyr dettes azens my well, and thow I wuld, I maynat. Where fore I a \vyse yow to see me savyd harme-lesse azens hym for yowyr owyn a wauntage in tyme

cumyng, for yf I pay yt, at longe wey ze xall here thelosse.

And where as ze wryte to mc tliat I gave yow xx//.,and promysyd odyr xx//., that ys nat soo, for I wiittcwele yf I had soo doon, ze wuld nat assynyd me beyowyr letterys of yowyr owyn hande wrytyng, thewhech I have to schew, that I schiild resseyve a zenthe same summe of WyUiam Pecok, and of yowyrfermores, and byars of yowyr wood of Sporle ; and takethis for a full conclusyon in thys mater, for yt xallbe noon othyr wyse for me than I wryte here to yow.

I mervel meche that ze have delte azen soo symply^vyth Sporle, consyderyng that ze and yowyr frendyshad so meche to doo for to geetyt yow azen onys; andye havyng noo gretter materes of charge than ze havehad sythyn yt was laste pleggyt owte, yt causyth meto be in gTet dowte of yow what yowyr dysposycionwul be here aftyr for swheche lyfelood as I have be dys-posyd before this tyme to leve yow after my decesse.For I thynke veryly that yewulde be dysposyd here aftyrto selle or sette to morgage the lond that ye xuldehave after me yowyr modyr as gladdly and rathyr thanthat lyfe lood that ye have after yowyr fadyr. Ytgrevyth me to thynke upon yowyr gydeyng after thegreet good that ze have had in yowyr rewle sythynyoNvyr fadyr deyyd, whom God assoyle, and soo symplyspendyt as yt hath ben. God geve yow grace to beof sadde and good dysposyn here after to Hys plesans,and comforte to me, and to all yowyr frendys, and toyowyr wurchyp and profyte here after.

And as for yowyr brothyr Wylliam, I wuld ye xuldepurvey for hys fyndyng, for as I told yow the lastetyme that ye ware at home, I wuld no lenger fynde hymat my cost and charge ; hys boord and hys scolehyer ys owyng sythyn Seynt Thomas Day aforeCristmesse, and he hathe greet nede of gownys andodyr gere that whare necessary for hym to have in haste.I wulde ze xulde remembyrt and purvey them, foras for me, I wul nat. I thynke ze sette butte lytyl be

niyn blessyng, and yf ye dede, ye wiilde a desyyrd ytin yowyr wrytyng to me. God make yow a good manto Hys plesans.

Wretyn at Mawteby, tlie day after Seynt Lauerons,tlie yere and the renge of Kyng E. the iiij'^ the xvij. zere.

Be yowyr Modyr.

804.

A.D. 1477, 17 Aug.Edmund Bedyngfeld to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 250.]

The events referred to in this letter prove that it was written in the yeai1477-

Un to the ryght wurschepful Sir John Paston^ Knyght.

I ASTER Paston, after all dew recomandacion,and herty dissire to here of your good hele,plese yt you to wete I have spoken with SirJohn of Medilton as wel as I cowde, and ythad ben for myself, for his hoby that ye dissired, andtolde hym he myght wel forbere hym nowe in as mocheas Mastres Jane was ded, and that yt is a great cost forhym to kepe moo hors than he nedyth \ and he answeredme, that he wold selle hym with good will, but thershuld no man bie hym under x//. Flemesch \ ^ and Ioffered hym in your name, x. marke, for he wold nothere of none other ambelyng horse, that ye myght gevehym therfore. And also my lord dissired to havebowte hym for the Lord Schauntrell that is cheffcapteyn of Seynt Omers; and he wold no lesse letemy lord have hym than x//. and so my lord bowteanother, and gave hym the seide lord, for he thoughte

1 Between £s and £,(> English, and equal in value to upwards of ;C2G atthis present time, apparently a great price for a hobby.—F.

A.D. 1477] EDWARD IV. 203

this to dcre ; nevcrtliclcsse he wol not selle hym to noman under that mony, that he sette hym on, and so yemay bye your plesur in hym and ye lest; for otherwysehe wol not doo for you, as I conseve.

And as for tydyngs in theyse partyes, the FrencheKeng leyzth at sege at Seynt Omers, on the one side otthe tovvTi a myle of, but he hath no gret ordenaunce ther;and they of the town skyrmysh with them every day,and kepe a passage halff a myle with oute the town;and the French Keng hath brenned all the townys, andfayre abbeys, that were that way aboute Seynt Omers,and also the comes weche ar there. And also, as ytys seide for serteyn, the French Keng hath brennedCassell, that ys myn hoold Lady of Burgeynys ^ joynttor,and all the countre there aboute, whereby she hath losta gret part of her ly velod; and that is a sherewed tokynthat he menyth wel to the Keng, howur suffereygnLord, when he intendyth to distroye her.

Morover Sir Phylep de Crevekere hath takyn themthat were in Fynys with inne this iiij. dayes to thenoumbre of xiiij. personys, and the remnaunt wherefled, and he had them to the French Keng, and he hathbrentte all the place, and pulled down the towre, anda part of the wall, and disstroyed yt.

And as yt is seid, yf the Fench Keng can not geteSeynt Omers, that he intendyth to brenge his armyethorwe theyse marchys into Flaundres; wherefore mylord hath do brokyn all the passages excep Newhambryge, weche is wached, and the turne pyke shette everynyght. And the seide French Keng with inne theseiij. dayes rayled gretely of my lord to Tygyr Pursevaunt,opynly byfore ij. hundred of his folks ; wherefore yt ysthaught here that he wold feynde a quarell to sett uponthys town, yf he myght gete avantage. And as I un-derstonde, the Emperorys sone ^ ys mar)^ed at Gaunteas this day; and ther cam with hym but iiij. hundred

1 Margaret, sister to Edward IV., widow of Charles the Bold, Duke olBurgundy.

8 Maximilian, son of the Emperor Frederick, married Mary, daughter andheir of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.—F,

horse, and I can here of no moo that be comyiig inserteyn; and in mony lie brengyth with hym anluindred thowsand dokets, wheche is but asmalle thyngin regard for that he hath to doo. Wherefore, I fere mesore, that Flaundres will be lost; and yf Seynt Omersbe whonnyn, all is gon, in my conceyt. Never the lessethey say there shuld come gret powere after the Em-perorys son; but T be leve yt not, by cause they haveben so long of comyng.

And I pray you to recomaunde me unto Sir TyrryRobsert, and that yt plese you to lete hym knowe ofyour tydyngs, and Hour Lord have you in His kepyng.

At Calais, the Sunday ne"xl after Hour Lady theAssumpsion.

Youi,

E. Bedyngfeld.^

805.

A.D. 1477, 22 Aug.Agnes and William Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The heading ot this document is taken from an endorsement on theoriginal MS.

The names of the maners of Agnes Pastons and Wil-liam Paston^ in Norffolk, how thai shuld be taken hedeto this harvest^ anno xvijo>

And a copy of the same send to Richard Lynstede, thexxij. day of August^ anno xvif, per Bacheler Water.

Paston maner, . . . Se that the fermour in his

corne on my moders fe.Seale dores and distrayne,and put in a newe fermour.

1 Edmund liedyngfeld married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Scot,Comptroller of Calais, and was created a Knight of the Bath at theCoronation of Richard III. He was highly in favour with Henry VII., whopaid him a royal visit at Oxburgh. in Norfolk, which fine seat he buiJ.L Hedied in 1496.—F.

A.D. 1477]

EDWARD IV.

205

Wodemyl,Latymers,Seward by s,Tranche, .

Spriggeis, .Knapton fe,Crowmer,Owstoonde, .Rowton, . .

Riston, . .Oxned maner,

Oxned mylle,

Caster Cleres, . .Holkhams tenement,The mersh in Caster,Caster Bardolf, . .Caster Clere rentes,Holham rentes,Ormysby my fe,Somerton, . . .

Thirn, . . . .Sowth Walsham,Halvyrzates,.Todcnham, . .

Distrayne.

Gadir the rente.

Gadir the rente.

Distrayne on the groundeafter it is feUid, while itlieth on my moders fe.

Gader the rente.

Gadir the rente.

Distrayne.

Distrayne, and arest the fer-mour.

Lete Lynstedes brother gaderthe rente.

Se the fermour in his croppe,and after seale doris anddistrayne, and lete hym notrenne in dette as otherfermours did.

Se the fermour in his croppe,and after seall doris anddistrayne, and lete hymnot renne in dette as otherfermours did.

Aske the ferme.

Aske the ferme.

Aske the ferme.

Aske the ferme a rent

Distrayne tenauntes.

Se that he in his corn, andseall dores and distrayne,till he fynde suerty.

Aske the ferme.

Aske the rente, and aresteSmyth.

Cokfeldes, . . . Aske the rente.

Apa\vys, Se he in his com, and seall

dores and distrayne.

Marlyngfor maner, . . Sele doris and distrayne.

Marlyngford my lie, . Seale doris and distrayne.

Merlyngforde tenauntes, Distrayne.

Melton, Se the croppe inned, and

seale doris and distrayne.

Bonwell, Aske rente.

Carleton, Aske rente.

Thuxstons, .... Aske rente.

Lynghall nuper Dokk- Aske rente fro Mich. xyj.ynges. till xvij^ and distrayne.

Bulmans nuper Dok- Aske rente fro Mich. x\j° tilkynges. xvijo, and exorte Martyn

to kepe the ferme still,and if he woll not, prayehym to gete a noder.

Yeaxham nuper Dok- Aske rente fro Mich. xvj° tillkynges. xvijo, and gete a newe

fermour, and increse therente, and make a neweterrar and rentall.

StyberdnuperDokkynges, Aske rent fro Mich, xvo till

Mich, xvijo, and distrayne,and allowe no dewty ofDokkynges in abatyng myrente.

Thymbilthorp nuper Dok- Aske rente fro Mich, xvo tillkynges. Mich, x^^j°, and distrayne,

and allowe noe dewty ofDokkynges in abatyng myrente.

These maners that are trahid take gode hede that yebe in gode suertye of them this harvest tyme.

/LD. 1475] EDWARD IV, 207

806.

A.D. 1477, 31 OctSir John Paston's Will.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The original of this document is mutilated. It is endorsed in a moremodem hand, "Testamentum Johannis Paston Senioris militis."

[I, JOHN PASTON,] Knyght, in the last day of0[ctober, Anno] Domini mV.ccclxxvij°, will, graunte,and be queth my sowle to All myghty God, and to

the Marye, Seint John Baptist, Seint

Gorge,SeintCristofur, and Seint Barbara; and my body,yf I dyghe ny the Cyte of London, [to the chapel] ofOwre Lady in the Whithe Frerys there, at the Northeestcomer of the body of the chyrche, and there to be made

an orator[y] or muche leke as ys over

Sir Thomas Browne in the Frere Prechours, to the

valour of xx//., so that it may cause

ther prayours there, the rather to remembre my sowle,and to pray therefore ; and that there be gevyn to the

behoff at plotte of grounde be made

suer unto me for ever the some of xx. marc.

dayly, be the space of an hoU

yere, by soumme well disposed brother of the same

bowse, and that the seyd brother

[not]withstondyng yf I decesse in the counte of Nor-ffolk, or there nye abouute, I wolde my bodye were

buried at the prio[r}' of Bromholm] un

to the Founders Toumbe, which arche is unto the Northsyde, and ryght agayn my fadyr toum[be] ....

ith an awter and a toumbe for me, to

the value of xx//., and that the howse there have a

rewarde to the frerys

of London, and that there be also a broder of that

howse to synge for my sowle by one

. . . salarye.

a closette made at my cost over my faders body ther

of xx//., so that owre

cousyns have the more

devocion to that place, and the rather reste there

bodyes there the encresse of the

. . . encrese and profite of the howse, and resteon the religeus there of, lyke as owr auncetours have

[a]nd to the entent that I

disclosed but on to fewe persons concemjTig the fee

ferme that is payed Duke of

Suffolk.

[Item, I will that my brojther, John, yf I dye withowth yssue leffuU of my bodye, have the maner of

Sway\vell to hym and ac-

cordyng to the willez both of myn graunfader and ofmy fader, on whos sowles God have mercye, the esse.

[Item, I will that the] Bysshoppe of Wynchester, orhis assygnes, woU and fynde suerte to do founde at the

lyste iiij. prestys of John

Fastolf and his frendys, &c., at Caster, and that therebe bylded loggyng conveniant for those ....

adjoynyng uppon the bak-

hous over the garde)ni withouuth tlie mote on the

Weste syde of my

in the seid maner or maners yn Caster, graunt bychartour, grounde, space, and londe, convenyant for

such entre and yssue therunto,

and to that entent, and byldyng or purchasyng of

license of the kyng profitez

of the seid maners holly be expendid the terme of vij.yerez next after my dissece ; and, moreover, . . .

resorte theder in his owne persone

to over see the werkys or byldyng or establyssyng ofthe seyd howse [he shall h]ave playn lyberte to dwellwithinne my seid maner and fortresse the seid terme

of vij. yerez, and that estys.

.... [chajpell

ot Seint John Baptyst. withyn the seyd towne ofCaster, with all the profitez yerly of that same begen-

y[ng] . . . ed to the seyd college

or howse for evermore, with lycence therunto had of

the Kyng and of the Pope, with

in Caster before seyd, which londis, with the seydchapell, schalbe of the yerly value of vij//. yerly . .. . . ment of one prest above the charge that theBysshope wyll do to pray for the sowles of my fader

Thomas Lyndys, clerk, and

of Sir John Dawbeney. And that after this above

wretyn be performed, yf that es

make astate by fyne reryd and enrolled in the Kyngescourte of the seid maner and maners in Castre . .

yssue of his bodye laufully

comyeng, and for defaute of yssue of his body law-fully [remjayne to the issue of my

moders lawfully commynge. And for defaute of yssue

of her body lawfully commyng

myn uncle, Edward Maudeby, and to the yssue of hisbody lawfully commynge. And that for defaute . .

, [commjyng that the seyd maners

remayn to my cousyn, Sir William Calthorpe, and to

the right eyrcz

defaute of issue of his body lawfully commynge, the

seyd maners to reverte to the

[Item, I will that the priest of the chap]ell of theseyd collage be presented by the lordys of my seid

maner

ed by Syr John Fastolff.

eryng de eadem villa vendatur per executores meos ad

perimplendum et persolvendum

em invenetit securitatem ad redimendum

manerium de Sporle pr?edictum, quod si ipse . . .

X. acr' terrse de eisdem perquesit' de

Johanne Kendall tempore debito dentur praedictoJohanni fratri [meo et haeredibus suis legitijme pro-creatis; et defectu exitus legitimi de praedicto JohanneIII. p

fratre meo, tunc pr^edictae terrre et tenementa re-

maneant

triavi mei, legittime procreatis ; et pro defectu exituslegittimi prsedicti triavi mei, tunc remaneant Willelmo

[et haeredibus ijpsius Willelmi legitime

procreatis; et pro defectu exitus legitimi praedicti Wil-lelmi, tunc omnia praedicta terrae et tenementa [re-maneant] ...... assignatis imperpetuum;

proviso quod executores testament! Willelmi Pekering

habeant x. marcas pro et habeat xxxvij.

acras terrae de praedictis terris sibi per voluntatem patris

ejus assignatis sive legatis si tantae

. . . terrae quae idem Johannes vendidit sint denumero illarum acrarum sibi limitatarum per Nicholaum

patrem praedicti Johannis ac

recompensacionem ; eo quod idem Johannes fortecredidit quod ipse juste potuit vendere, quaeque terrae

et tenementa in feofamento [patjris,

non obstante quod pater praedictus non declaravitquicquid faciendum de dictis terris suis ultra certasacras na ipsius patris.

807.

A.D. 1477, 19 Nov.William Pekoc to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is endorsed by Sir John Paston, " Pekok, m. [i.e. mense]Decembris, anno E. iiij*" xvijo."

To my ryih worschepffull master. Sir John Paston^Knyth, logyd at the Goorge^ be Powll Warffe, inLo7idon^ in hast.

g|YTK worchepful sir, I recomand me to yowrgood masterchep. Plseyth you to wete thatI have purweyid for for your heryng a non

after your departyng, but I can yet no car)'age,nowthir owte of Yermowth, ner in no oder place betwyn Wynterton and Leysloft, nowthir be lond nor bethe se, not yet; and specyally for youi swanes. HeryCook seyth he wolle no more come on the se with hisgood wylle. Ther is no man wyllyng to del with yourswanes. Also, as for your hors, ye most ordayne anothir keper than they have, or ellis ye chal not lekewel be them whan ye se hem ; they am nowthirredyn nor corayd. Peris is meche owteward, andWhyte wol not a tende hem, nowdyr for Peris ner forme. They am not watrj'd butt at the welle. Perishath be ryth seke; and yet, but for dyspleser of you,Peris had ben in hand ^vith Whyte or this tyme. Yemuste be proveyd of a nothir hors keper, or elles itwol do you harm on your hors. Also, I have hadiiij//. for to a sent you if I cowde have gete ony trostyman to youward. As for barly, I can non selle a bovexiiij^. the comb. As your leter that ye sent me, Ihave fownd a frere that hath promyssyd me to do'nhis dever if it may be browte a bowte be ony menein hast. Also there is a grete chyppe go to wrekkebe for Wynterton, and there came up en your severalgrownd gret plente of bowe stawys and waynescotte,and clappalde^ grete plente. I gate cartys and carydto the towne that that was fownd on your fee. MastrasClere hath sen down hyr men, and with set alle thestuff and wrekke, and seyth that ye gete non there, forsche wol have it be the tytyl of the lete, and I haveanswerd there to, that che owte non to have be thattytil; and so if ye wol comon with yor cownsel, I trowit to the lord of the soy lie and not to the lete; for themaner holdyth nothyng of hyr. Sche had never nowrekke nor growndage till withinne this xx. wynter.There is no maner in Wyynterton but your; lesse yourryth now and lesse it for ever. I am threte to be tro-belid there, for there ben v. men on lyve of the chyppe.The bordes had ben good for wyndownes and dores.

1 3oard cut to make casks.

Ye chuld have had thjTne worthe the money, and schehad not lettyd it. Ther is com up ter \there ?] at CasterV. or vj. barell. Men of Scrowby hath fet it awey. Yemust have a meen be sum wryte of trespas for them,or elHs it wool do yow meche harm here after. RechardKedman, John Fool, senior, and WilUam Abbys,these am summe of ther namys of Scrowby.

Item, I receyved a leter the Twis day befor SenEdmunde the Kyng there as ye wryte to me for WilHamFoster; his sewirtesse ston chargyd for \\\]li. vjj. viij//.,as John Seyve hath seyd to me or the tyme that Ireceyvyd your leter, but he hath ij, men of Norwechto sewirte to save hym and his felaw harmeless.Scharggar is on, and Vyncent the plomer is a nothirthat chal here the dawnger. And as for your swanes,I have gette a man that chal cary hem be lond, and thatI chal send word with the swanes that the heryngeschal com be water; and if the chuld have ony heryngfor your store, it wold be purveyd for, for heryng wolbe dere or Lente.

Item, there am wyndownes blow opyn in the place,and the wyndown of the gonne hows with inne thebrege is revyn. I wot not whethir it was so or yewente or not. My Lord of Norwech was at CasteiHalle for to a cen the place as he cam to Londonward. Ser, remembir your hors to have a better keper.Ser, to remembir thesse men of Scrowby, and comonwith Master William Paston there in, for he partith withyou both wrekke and growndage in Caster; and hewold take the accyon in his lordes name that he delythfor, it ware a good wey, be my sympil v/yth. Godpreserve you, and kepe yow, and bryng yow home ayen to your contre.

Wretyn at Mawteby on Sen Edmundis Evyn, theKyng, in hast.

Be your man and servant,

William Pekoc,

A.D. I477-] EDWARD IV. 213

808.

A.D. 1477, 30 Nov.William Pekoc to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

There is no address on this letter, but it is endorsed, like the preceding,by Sir John Paston, " Pekok, mense Decembris, anno E iiijti xvij°."

|YTH worchypfull ser, I recomand me to yourgood masterchep. Plesyth you, as for Pek-rynges mater, I sent a frere in John Pekeryngesname for the evydens; and he had an answerthat if he had a busschelful of evydenss, he chuld noonhave of them, for he hath set the londe in trobill, norhe cowd have no seyte of none. Also remembir yourryth of your wreke at Wynterton. Thesse am the menesnamys of Wynterton, Robert Parker of West Somerton,John Longyard of Wynterton, Thomas Goodknapeof the same. Will Wrantham and John Curteys of thesame Wynterton, that caryid of your severel growndxxij. carte ful of stuffe, viij^^ bowestavis, iij'^'^- and vij.waynescottes, xiiij<=- clapalde,^ v. barell ter, iiij. copiloris, and gret plante \^plenty\ of wreke of the schyppethat is worth meche mony, as ye chal understonde thetrowth after this.

And as for your heryng that chuld in to Essexkes, theyam there, be the grace of God. As for your swanes,they chal be there be Our Ladys Day next comyng, Itroste to God, Ho have your masterchyp in Is kepyng.

Wretyn at Mawteby, where as I am ryth werey, onSen Andrews Day, Anno xvij° E.

Ser, if it plese your masterchep, I sold yet no barly,ner none can a bove xiiij^. the comb, as I sen word ina leter be John Russe; and I toke iiij/?". in mony tobryng to your materchep. The prysse of your heryngis iiij//. iijj. iiij^., besyd oder costes. Hery Cook wold

1 See page 211, Note i.

goo with your swanes, for hys yefte chuld be vjj. viijV.,and there fore he wold yeffe you his labore, be so yepayd for his costes. Ipse dixit.

Be your servaunt,

Will. Pekoc.

809.

A.D. 1477, iS Dec,Margery Paston to John Paston.

[From Feim, iL 256.]

It is curious that after so much negotiation for the marriage of JohnPaston and Margery Brews, we have no record in these letters svhen itactually took place ; but probably it was in August 1477, ^^^ ^^ referenceto it as an event not j'et accomplished being on the 7th of that month(No. 802). In January 1478, John Paston talks of taking his wife to herfather's house on account of her situation, and their first child was bom inthe course of the following summer. This letter seems to have been writtenin December. Fenn remarks that St. Thomas's Day might mean the trans-lation of St. Thomas k Becket, 7ch July 1478, and " Our Lady's Day " mi^htbe the Visitation of the Virgin, 2d Julj' preceding. But this is simply im-po.'isible, because the letter is dated Thursday before St. Thomas's Day,which would in that case be the very same date as the Visitation of Our Lady,viz., the 2d July 1478. Besides, if the first child of John Paston and Margerywas not actually bom before July, the latter was certainly much nearer to herconfinement then than this letter would imply. See No. 821 following.

Although the original of this letter is now lost, a facsimile of it was publishedin the European Magazine for March 1787, and we have carefully comparedthe text with this facsimile.

To myryih reverent and worscheful husband, Jon Paston.

''TH reverent and worscheful husbond, I re-comaunde me to yow, desyryng hertyly tohere of yowr wylfare, thankyng yow far thetokyn that ye sent me be Edmunde Perys,preyng yow to wete that my modyr sent to my fadyr toLondon for a goune cloth of mustyrddevyllers ^ to makeof a goune for me; and he tolde my modyr and mewanne he was comme home, that he cargeyt yow tobeyit, aftyr that he were come oute of London.

I pre yow, yf it be not bowt, that ye wyl wechesaf tobyit, and sendyt home as sone as ye may, for I have no

1 A kind of grey woollen cloth.

A.D.I477.] EDU^ARD / T. 215

goiinc to weyre this wyntyr but my blake and my grenea lyer,^ and that is so comerus that I ham wery to weryt.

As for the gyidyl that my fadyr be hestyt me, Ispake to hym ther of a lytyl before he zede to Londonlast, and he seyde to me that the faute was in yow, thatze wolde not thynk ther uppe on to do makyt [to getit made]; but I sopose that ys not so; he seydyt butfor a skwsacion. I pre yow, yf ye dor takyt uppe onyow, that ye wyl weche safe to do makyt a yens yecome home, for I hadde never more nede ther of thanI have now, for I ham waxse so fetys ^ that I may notbe gyrte in no barre of no gyrdyl that I have but of one.Elisabet Peverel hath leye sek xv. or xvj. wekys ofthe seyetyka, but sche sent my modyr word be Kate,that sche xuld come hedyr wanne God sent tyme,thoow sche xuld be crod [wheeled] in a barwe.

Jon of Damm was here, and my modyr dyskevwyrdme to hym, and he seyed, be hys trouth that he was notgladder of no thyng that he harde thys towlmonyth,than he was ther of.

I may no lenger leva be my crafte, I am dysscevwyrdof alle men that se me.

Of alle odyr thyngys that ye deseyreyd that I xuldsende yow word of, I have sent yow word of in a letterthat I dede wryte on Ou^vyr Ladyis Day^ laste was.The Holy Trenyte have yow in Hese kepyng.

Wretyn at Oxnede, in ryth gret hast, on the Thrusdaynext be fore Seynt Tomas Day.^

I pre yow that ye wyl were the reyng with the emageof Seynt Margrete, that I sent yow for a rememraunse,tyl ye come home; ye have lefte me sweche a remem-raunse, that makyth me to thynke uppe on yow botheday and nyth wanne I wold sclepe.

Your ys, M. P.

1 Fenn suggests Grenouilliere or frog-colour, but I find no authority forsuch a word; and I should suppose " grene " to be a separate word, thoughwhat " a Iyer" is I cannot say.

- This word commonly signifies neat or elegant, and seems to be usedhere ironically.

3 Conception of Our Lady, 8th of December.—F.

■* 2ist December, the day of St. Thomas Apostle, or perhaps 29th Decem-ber, the day of St. Thomas (3i Becker) the Martyr.

810.A.D. 1478?—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Bill in Parliament confirming the statute of Marlborough,[52 Hen. HI.], with additions touching wardships, reliefs, &c.,to take effect after Easter, 1480.

[The last Parliament before 1480 met on the i6th January 147S. Thismeasure was probably introduced or inteDded for discussion at that period.]

811.

A.D. 1478, 21 Jan.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]To my ryght worchepfuUbroder^SyrJohn Paston^ Knyghi.

YR, aftyr all dutes of recomendacyon, lyekethyow to undyrstand that I have comond withdyvers folkys of the Dwk of Suifolk now thysCrystmas and sythen, whyche let me in secretwyse have knowlage, lyek as I wrott on to yow, thathe must mak a shefft for money, and that in all hast.WHierfor, syr, at the reverence of God, let it not belachesyd, but with effect aplyed now, whyll he is inLondon, and my lady hys wyff also; for I assarteynyow that C. mark wyll do more now in ther neede thenye shall peraventure do with CC. marks in tymecomyng, and thys season be not takyn. And alweysfynd the meane that my Lady of Suffolk and Syr R.Chamberleyn may be yowr gwydes in thys mater, for asfor my lord, he nedyth not to be mevyd with it tyll itshold be as good as redy to the sealyng.

Syr, lyeketh yow also to remember that I told yowthat MastyrYotton^ had, as I cam last towardesLondon,

1 Dr. Yotton was the Queen's chaplain.—^F.

desyred me, by a lettre of attorney wryttyn with hysowne hand, to se th'enprowment of syche profytes asar growing of hys chapell in Caster that ye gave hym;and at syche season as I told yow of it, ye sayd on tome that ye wold asay to make a bargayn with hym, sothat ye myght have a prest to syng in Caster. Syr,me thynkes ye can not have so good a season to mevehym with it as now thys Parlement tyme, for now 1thynk he shalbe awaytyng on the Quene; and also \iye myght compone with hym or he wyst what thevalew wer, it wer the better, and I have promysed hymto send hym woord thys terme of the verry valew of it,and also syche mony as I cowd gader of it Wherfor,syr, I prey yow that by the next messenger that ye canget to Pekok that ye wyll send hym woord to paye mefor the lond in xxx. acres, as it hathe ben answerdbefore tym.

And as for tydynges here, we have none, but we woldfayne here of all your royalte at London, as of themaryage of my Lord of York,^ and other Parlementmater; and so I prey yow that I may doo when yehave leyser.

Syr, I prey yow that Whetley may have knowlagethat my broder Yelverton hathe promysed me to takehym xl^.; he owyth me by reason of his fermore atCaster more then that.

And, syr, as for my huswyflf, I am fayne to carry hyrto se hyr fadyr and hyr frendes now thys wynter, for Itrow she wyll be ought of facyon in somer. And soin my progresse fro my fadyr Brews on to Mawtby, Itook Master Playter in my wey, at whoys hows I wrotthys bylle, the xxj. day of January, anno E. iiij^' xvij°.And I beseche God to preserve yow and yours.

Yowr, J. PASTON.

Endorsed by Sir John Paston, "J. P., anno xvij"."

1 Richard, Duke of York, second son to King Edward IV., married Ann,daughter and heir of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, 15th Janusuy 1477-S.

812.

A. D. 1478, 3 Feb.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter appears from the contents to have been written after JohnPaston's marriage, at a time when his wife was staying at Swainsthorpe.He also apologises to his mother for his wife having detained two pounds outof a certam quantity of dates that he himself had sent to her from Londonby way of Swainsthorpe, as Margery thought them " at this season rightgood meat," apparently referring to her approaching confinement

To my ryght worchepfull modyr, Margaret Paston.

(YGHT worchepfull modyr, aftyr all dwtes ofhumble recomendacyon, in as humble wyseas I can, I beseche yow of your dayly blys-syng. Pleasyt yow to wett that at my beingnow at London, lyek as ye gave me in comandment,I mevyd to Mastyr Pykenham and to Jamys Hubartfor ther being at Norwyche now thys Lent, that yemyght have theravyses in syche maters as ye let me haveunderstandyng of. And as for Mastyr Pykenham, heis now Juge of the Archys, and also he hathe an otheroffyce, whyche is callyd Auditor Causarum, and hysbesyness is so gret in bothe thes offyces that he cannot tell the season when that he shall have leyser tocome in to Norffolk. But I left not tyll I had gotynJamys Hubbart and hym togedyrs, and then I toldtheym your intent; and then Mastyr Pykenham toldJamys and me hys intent, and he preyed Jamys that heshold in no wyse fayle to be with yow thys Lent. Notwithstandyng it was no grete nede to prey hym myche;for he told Doctore Pykenham that there was no gentylwoman in Inglond of so lytyll aqueyntance as he hadwith yow, that he wold be glader to be servyse on to -,and myche the glader, for he purposeth fro hensfortheduryng hys lyflf to be a Norffolk man, and to lye with inii myle of Loddon, whyche is but viij. or x. myle at

the most fro Mautby. And in conclusyon he hatheappoyntyd to awayte on yow at Nonvyche the weekenexte aftyr Mydlent Sonday, all the hole weke, if nedebe, all other maters leyd apart.

Also I comend with my brodyr Sir John at Londonof syche maters as ye wold have amendyd in the byllethat he sent on to yow, and he stake not gretly at it.

Also, modyr, I herd whyle I was in London wherwas a goodly yong woman to mary, whyche wasdoughter to one Seff, a merser, and she shall haveCC//. in money to hyr maryage, and xx. mark by yerof lond aftyr the dyssease of a steppe modyr of hyrs,whyche is upon 1. yer of age ; and or I departyd oughtof London, I spak with some of the maydys frendys,and have gotyn ther good wyllys to have hyr maryd tomy brodyr Edmund. Notvvithstandyng, those frendysof the maydys that I comond with avysyd me to getthe good wyll of one Sturmyn, whyche is in MastyrPykenhamys danger^ so myche that he is glad to pleasehym; and so I mevyd thys mater to Mastyr Pykenham.And incontinent he sent for Sturmyn, and desyred hysgood wyll for my brodyr Edmund, and he grantydhym hys good wylle, so th.it he koud get the goodwyll of the remenaunt that wer executours to Seff, aswell as the seyd Sturmyn was; and thusferforthe isthe mater. Wherfor, modyr, we must beseche yow tohelpe us forward with a lettyr fro yow to MastyrPykenham to remembyr hym for to handyll well anddylygently thys mater now thys Lent; and for I amaqueyntyd with your condycyons of old that ye rekenot who endytyth more lettres then ye, ther for I havedrawyn a note to yowr secretarys hand, Freir Perse,whyche lettre we must prey yow to send us by the bererherof, and I trust it shall not be longe fro MastyrPykenham.

Your doughter of Sweynsthorpp and hyr sojornauntE. Paston recomandyth hem to yow in ther mosthumble wyse, lowly besechyng yow of your blyssyng j

^ ue. \\\ his debt

and as for my brodyr, Edmund Sweynsthorpe, for noneintrete that hys ostas your doughtyr, nor I koud intretehym, myght not kepe hym, but that he wold have beneat home with you at Mautby on Sonday last past atnyght; and as he was departyng fro hens, had weword fro Frenshes wyf that, God yeld yow, modyr, yehad govyn hym leve to dysporte hym her with us for avij. or viij. dayes; and so the drevyll lost hys thank ofus, and yet abode nevyr the lesse.

Your doughtyr sendyth yow part of syche pcorestuff as I sent hyr fro London, besechyng yow to takeit in gree, though it be lytyll plente that she sendythyow. But as for datys, I wyll sey trowthe, ye havenot so many by ij. pownd as wer ment on to yow, forshe thynkys at thys season datys ryght good mete.What so ever it menyth, I prey God send us goodtydynges, Whom I beseche to preserve yow and yours,and so send yow your myst desyred joye.

At Sweynsthorp, on Ashe Wednysday.

Your sone and humble servaunt,

J. PASTON.

Modyr, pleasit yow to remember that ye had need tobe at Norwyche v. or vj. dayes befor that Jarays Hub-bart and your consayll shall be ther with yow, for tolook up your evydence and all other thynges redy.Also if ye thynk that thys bylle that I send yow herwithbe good i now to send to Doctore Pykenham, ye mayclose up the same, and send it sealyd to me ayen,and I shall convey it forthe to hym.

813.

A.D. 1478, 21 March.Constance Reynforth to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The writer of this letter was Sir John Paston's mistress, by whom he left anatnral daughter. The date is ascertained by an endorsement in Su John'sown hand, "Custaunce liaynford, anuo xviij'."

[ To Sir\ John Faston, 'Chevalier, he this byll delyverxd

in hast.

p^YTH reverent and worchepful ser, I recomend

^^^ me on to yowr masterschep, effectually de-syryng to here of yowr welfare and contynualprosperite ; and if it pies yow to here of mypour cstat, I was in good hele at the makyng of thissympyll byll. Towchyng the cause of my wrytyng toyowr masterschep is, for as moche as I poyntyd withyow to a be with yow be the day that ye asynyd me of,the wheche, with outh yowr good supportacyon, I connot well have myn entent, withouth it pie yow to sendcon of yowr men to me, and I psal provyd a letterin myn unkyll name, the wheche he psall dclyver to mycosyn as he were myn unkyll masagear, and be this mcneI wyll come at yowr request; for my cosyn wold I psuldnot depart with hym, with outh it were to myn unkyllservyse ; hoys and all others I refuse for yowres, yf mysympul servyse may be to yowr plesure. And of ananswer herof I beseke yow be the brynger of my byll,and I wyll conforme me to yowr en tente. be the graceof Good, the Wheche mot preserve yow at all oures.

Wretyn at Cobham, the xxj. day of Marche.By yowr woman and sevnt,

CONSTANS ReYNYFORTH.

814.

A.D. 1478, 5 May.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To John Paston^ Esquier^ ande to Osherne Berney^ andto n^eryche off them ^ be thys letter delyveryd.

Recomaunde me to yowe, and thanke yow oftyowr labor that ye hadde at Heylesdon andDrayton in seyng the woodys tliere. And it is

soo heer that Ric. Ferore seyde, that he repentydhym that evyr he dalte with any woode theer, and iffI hadde sente hym but the leest chylde that I haddeto have warnyd hym to leve he wolde notte havedalte thenvyth; and he ffonde noe comfforte in theChancer)^, but that he is lyke to contente me for theharmes and hurte that is doone, and moore ovyr hehathe an instrucyon that he shall ffelle noo moore.

Item, wheer as he desyryd me to be freendly to hym,I dalte so with hym, that I trowe he wylle reporte thatI seyde and dalte moore cortesly with hym than hedemyd that I wolde doo. Yitt for alle in convenyencesthat myght ffalle, I wolde be gladde to have a weellstomakyd felawe that wolde for my sake everye dayesee the seyde woodes of Heylesdon and Drayton, andto knowe iff any weer fellyd heer afftre; and iffe therebe any fellyd syns that Whetley was theer, and I canpreve it by \vytnesse, I sholde have better recompencefor every tree than iiij. trees weer worthe.

Item, it is so that he hathe answeryd to my bille,wheryn he seythe that he never knywe byfor the sub-pena delyveryd hym that I hadde any clayme or entrestin the maner off Heylesdon, but that it was peasyblemy Lordys off Suffolk. Wherffor I suppose that therebe many men in Norwyche that comonyd with hym offthe byenge off that woode ere evyr he made hys fullebergayne, and per aventure some freendys off hys gavehym warnyng theroff, and ofif myn entrest. Iff any suchecredyble mane that hadde hadde any suche langage tohym, or in hys companye, or than he bargayned, or anyman that he laboryd to be halffe marchant or byer withhym, ar any man that refusyd to bye the seyd woodebycawse off myn entrest in the presence of Feror, anysuche credyble man maye, iff he wyll, \vytnesse ther inwith me, or that dare avowe it, sholde be to me a remedyoff alle that is fellyd. I praye yow, if ye can here anysuche, that ye wll in the presence off them make abylle of remembraunce theroff, and off ther sayng, sothat the) maye her afftre wytnesse in the mater.

Neverthelesse, trowlhe it is that he hadde knowlechether off i nowe, and soo liadde every man off hyshavore \5tcbstance\ in Norwych, I dowt nott; and as forhym, I am sure he hadde knowleche, for so moche ashe desyryd at hys bargayn to have a sywerte to be savydharmeles ageyn me,whyche was grawntyd hym butt nottexecutyd. No mor, butt I hope with Goddys grace tohave hastely goode remedy for the hole maner, and offDrayton therto, and alle the remenaunte.

Wretyn a London, the v. daye off Maye, anno E.iiij^' xviij°.

815.

A.D. 147S, iT^ May.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 260.]

To my ryght worshypfull modre, Margret Paston, bethys delyvered,

LEASE it yow to weete, that wher as I entendydto have ben at home thys Mydsomer, andpurposyd with yowr goode helpe to have by-gonne uppon my ffadrys tombe, so that itmyght have ben endyd thys somyr; it is soo, that fforsuche cawsys as ar nowe bygunne by twyen my Lordeoff Suffolk and me, ffor the manerys off Heylesdon,Drayton, &c., for whyche materis I most nedys be heerthys nexte terme; therffor I deme it woll be afftr Myd-somer, er than I can see yow.

Please it yow also to weete that I comonyd withMaster Pykenham to weete iff he wolde bye the clotheoff golde,for soo moche as he des)iyd ons to have bowteit, and he offryd me ons xx. marke therffor, neverthe-lesse it coste me xxiiij//.; yit nowe, when that I spaketo hym ther off, he refusyd to bye it, and seyde that hehadde nowe so many chargys that he maye nott.

Butt it is soo that the Kynge dothe mak sertayne copysand vestymentys off Hke clothe, whyche he entendythto gyve to the Coledge at Foodrj'ngdre, wher my lordehys ffadre is nowe buryed, and he byethe at a gretepryce.

I comonyd with the vestment maker ffor to helpeme fforthe with xij. yerds, and he hathe grauntyd meto doo, as Whetleye can telle yow; wherffor, iff it pleaseyow that it be bystowyd ffor to make a towmbe ffor myffadre at Bromholme, iff ye lyke to sende it hyddr, iffeit be solde I undretake or Mychelmesse, that ther shallebe a tombe, and somwhatt ellys ovyr my ffadris grave,on whoys sowle God have mersye, that ther shall noonebe lyke it in Norffolk; and as ye shalle be gladde her-afftr to see it; and God sende me leyser that I mayecome home, and iff I doo not, yit the monye shall beputte to noon other use, butt kepyd by some that yetrust, tylle that it may be bystowyd acordjTig as is abovewretyn, and ellys I gyve yow cav/se nevyr to truste mewhylle ye and I lyve. When I was last with yow, yegrauntyd that the seyde clothe of golde sholde be by-waryd [spen^'\ abowte thys werke, that is above wretyn,whyche iff ye wylle perfforme, I undretake that thershalle be suche a towmbe as ye shalle be pleasyd at,thowgh it cost me xx. marke off myn owne pursebesyde, iff I ons sette uppon it.

No mor, but I beseche Goode have yow in Hyskepyng.

Wretyn at London, the Wednysdaye in Whyghtson-weke. anno E. iiij^^ xviij°.

Please it yow to sende me worde by Whatley oflyowT plesyr her in.

By your Sone,

John Paston, IC

iLD. 1478.] EDWARD IV, 225

816.

A.D. 1478, 19 May.Walter Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is printed in Fenn's fifth volume, and dated by him in 1478.I do not know on what evidence he assigns this particular year to it, exceptthat, as he tells us elsewhere, Walter Paston took a degree at Oxford, anddied in 1479.

To hts ivorchypfull moder, Margaret Paston, dwellyngin Mawtby, be this letter delyveryd in hast,

[YTGH reverent and worchypfull moder, Irecomaund me on to yowr good moderchypp,besechyng yow to geve me yowr dayly bene-diccyon, desyeryng hartyly to heer of yowrprosperyte, whych God preserve to Hys plesure, and toyowr hartys desyyr, &c I marvel soor that yow sentme noo word of the letter wych I sent to yow byMaster Wylliam Brown at Ester. I sent yow wordthat tym that I xold send yow myn exspenses party-culerly ; but as at thys tym the berar her of had a lettersodenly that he xold come home, and there fore I kowdhave no leysur to send them yow on that wys; andthere fore I xall wryt to yow in thys letter the hool somof my exspenses sythyns I was with yow tyll Ester lastpaste, and also the reseytys, rekenyng the xxj. that Ihad of yow to Oxon wardys with the Buschopysfyndyng.

The hool some of reseytys ys vli. xvijj. vj^., and thehoU some of exspenses ys vj//. v^. vd. ob. qua., and thatcomth over the reseytys in my exspenses I haveborowd of Master Edmund, and yt drawyth to viijj.And yet I recone none exspenses sythyns Ester. Butas for them, they be non grete; and therfor I besechyow to send me mony by Syr Richard Cotman, bryngerof thys letter, or ellys by the next masenger that yowkan have to me.

III. Q

I besech yow that he that I sent by thys letter toyow may have good scher, yf he brynge yt hym selfe,as he telth me that he woU, for he ys a good lover ofmyn. Master Edmund Alyard recomaund hym specy-aly to yow, and to all my brodym and systyrs, and toall yowr howshold ; and I besech yow that I may berecomaundyd to all them also, and specyaly to mybrodyr John the yonger. No more to yow at thys tym,but AUmythy Jhesus have yow in Hys kepyng. Amen.

Wretyn at Oxonforth, on Seynt Dunstonys Day andthe xix. day of May.

By your sonn and scoler,

Walter Paston.

817.

A.D. 1478, 20 May.J. Whetley to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS. B.M.]

To the ryght worsh\^yp]full Sir John Paston^ Knyght^loged at the sygne off the George at Powlys Wharff^ inLo7idon^ be thys delyvered in hast.

LEAS it your meastershep to understond thedealyng of every thyng, the wych I wascharged with at m.y departyng frome yourmeasterchep.Fyrst, your suppena to Denton was delyvered by meon Trenite Sondaye, in hys parych cherch, at Matenstyme, be ffor the substans of the parych; and as forDrayton wod, it is not all down yet, but it drawes fasttoward. I have the names of all the mynestres off andin that wod, and more schall know or I come, yf theibe any more dealyng, &c.

And as for Haylysdon, my Lord of Suffolk was theron Wedensday in Whytson Weke, and ther dined, and

drew a stew and toke gret plente of fych; yet hath heleft you a pyke or ij., agayn ye come, the wych woldbe gret comibrd to all your frendes, and dyscomford toyour eninys; for at hys beyng ther that daye ther wasnever no man that playd Herrod in Corpus Crysty ^play better and more agreable to hys pageaunt then hedud. But ye schall understond that it was after none,and the weder hot, and he so feble for sekenes that hyslegges wold not bere hyme, but ther was ij. men hadgret payn to kepe hym on hys fete; and ther ye wereiuged. Som sayd " Sley;" some sayd " Put hym inpreson." And forth com my lord, and he wold metyou with a spere, and have none other mendes for thetroble at ye have put hym to but your hart blod, andthat will he gayt with hys owen handes; for and ye haveHaylesdon and Dreton, ye schall have hys lyff with it.And so he coinford your enmys with that word thatthay have dealed and dealeth with the wod, and mostpryncepall nowe is Nycolesse Ovye. For as for Ferrer,^the Meare, he delys not with owt it be under covert;for it is sayd that he be soght my lord that he myghthave other sygnementes for hys money that he hadpayd, for playnly he wold deall no mor with the wod.And so my lord hath set in the Bayly of Cossay, andall is doon in hys name; and as for hys servauntes, thaydayly thret my measter your brother and me to slay forcomyng of ther lordes ground, and thay say that wemade an entre; and thay beth answerd as ye comaundedme, for many a gret chalaunge make thay to MesterJohn, both Measter Wodhowse, Wysman, with otherdyveres that I know not ther names; but he holdethhys own that thay gayt no grownd of hym. And thyshe lettes thaym knowe that if thay bete hym or any ofhys, thay schall aby vj. for on, and so thay deall notbut with ther tonges; and as yet, syth Ferrer was at

1 Corpus Christi Day, the Thursday after the Octave of Whitsuntide, wasfamous for the acting of Mysteries, particularly at Chester.—F.

2 Richard Farrer, Farrour, or Ferriour, was five times Mayor of Norwich,naaicly, in 1473, i478» 1483, 1493, and 1498.—F.

London, there passes not iij. acres of wod down butthay cary fast for fere of rayn, &c.

Also, sir, I trust to bryng or send hastely the clothoff gold, for it hath ben largely tempted; but as yet 1have none playn answer, but put in hope. Also I havespoken with Popy for your money, and delyvered hymyour letter, the wych, as he sayth, is a straunge thyngto hym, for, as I understond, he that owght thysdeute was uncle to thys yong man, and he sayth thathys fader was never exsecutor to hym, nor nevermynestred; and I told hym howe that hys fader wasbound for the same deute, in so mech and my measterwold have forgevyn part of the same deute, he woldhave payed it; and so he will be at London thysteime, and speke with you, and thys is hys answer.

Morover Wyllyam Worsestre mevyd unto me ofonne Sir Wylliam Bokkyng, exsecutor and brother toJohn Bokkyng, the whych was one of Sir John Fastolfhys clerkes, the whych mater I knewe not, nor had nocomaundement be you to deall therin, and so I toldhym. Never the lesse he sayd that ye promysed hym10 have sent your will to have bene done in that materby me, and so he troweth that it was owt of yourmynd at my departyng. Yff so be that ye will anythyng to be doon by me or I come to yow in thatmater, let me have knowlege schortly, for I thynk tobe with yow in the weke folowyng aftyr thys wryten,with owt I may have more comford of money then Ihave yet

And as for my meastres, your moder hath ben gretlydeseased and so seke that she wened to have dyed,and hath made her wyll,^ the wyche ye shall under-stond more when I come, for ther is every man for hymselff. I know not the sercomstance of every thyng asyet, and therfor I writ no more to you therin, but Iam promysed to know or I depart from thens.

1 The will now made by Margaret Paston was afterwards cancelled, asthat which was proved after her death in 1484 was dated on the 4th ofTebniary 1482, 21 £. IV.

Also I spake with William Barker, and he sayth thatI shall have the stuff or I depart, or els the monyeagayn that he hade of Wylliam Pecoke.

Also, sir, as for your lond be syd Bromholm that yehad of Bakton, it hath layn un ocupyed syth ye werether.

Moreover, my Lord of Suffolk^ is remevyd in toSuffolk the morow after that he had bene at Haylesdon,and my lady purposed to remeff after on thys day,Corpus Crj'Sty Evyn, by the grace of Jesu, Who pre-serve yow ever in worchep.

Wryten at Norwych, on Wedensday Corpus CrystyEvyn, anno E. iiij^ xviijo.

Item, as for the knowleg that Ferror denyed by hysothe that he knew never no tytle nor entrest that yehad in and to Haylsdon and Dreton, as yet we cannot know; but thys thay will record all that were atthe delyveraunce of the wTyt that he sayd my lordhad promysed to save hym harmles, in so mech thatWysman was bo^vnd to Ferrour to save hym harmeles,and he had for bryngyng that mater about, that Ferrourshuld have the wod, xxi-.

Your servaunt,

J. Whetley.

818.

A.D. 1478, 27 May.Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 264.]To the ryght worshypfull Sir John Paston^ Knyghi.

1 John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, &c., married Elizabeth, third daughterof Richard Plantagcnet, Duke of York, and sister of Edward IV. Theyboth lie buried at Wingfield, in Suffolk.—F.

Greet yow well and send yow Goddys blyssjmg

and myn, latyng yow wete that 1 have sent

yow be Whetele the clothe of golde, chargyng

yow that it be not solde to none other use than

to the performyng of yowyr fadyrs toombe, as ye send

me worde in wrytyng ; yf ye sell yt to any othyr use, by

my trowthe, I shall never trost yow wyll I leve.

Remembyr that yt coste me xx*' marke the pleggyngowte of yt, and yf I wher not glad to se that made, Iwolde not departe from it. Remembyr yow whatcharge I have had with yow of late, whyche wyl not befor my ease this ij. yer; whan ye may better, I trost yewhyll remembyr yt.

My cosyn Clere dothe as meche coste at Bromhomas whylle drawe an Cli. upon the deskys in the quere,and in othyr places, and Heydon in lyke whyse, andyf ther shulde no thyng be don for yowyr fadyr, yt woldebe to gret a schame for us alle, and in cheffe to se hymlye as he dothe.

Also as I understond that my cosyn Robert Clerethynkyth gret on kyndenesse in delyng wyth hym ofPecoke, for certeyn pasture that ye ^ grawntyd hym tohave, and Pecoke hath letyn it to othyr, suche as helyste to lete yt to, not withstondyng my cosyn hathleyd the pastur with hys catell, and Pecok hathe strenydthem.

I thjnik thys delyng is not as )^ shulde be. I woldethat iche of yow shulde do for other, and leve as kyn-nysmen and frendys; for suche servawnts my maketrobyll by twyxe yow, wheche wher a ageynste cortesy,so nyhe newbors as ye be, he is a man of substanceand worchyp, and so wylle be takyn in thys schyr; and1 v/er lothe that ye shulde lese the good wylle of sucheas may do for yow.

Item, wher as ye have begonne your cleyme in Hey-lysdon and Drayton, I pray God send yow goodspede and foderance in yit. Ye have as good a season

1 Fenn's literal text reads "that be grawntyd," which seems to be aoerror. In the modem transcript it is " that ye granted "

as ye vvulde wysche, consyderyng that yowyr adversarystandys not in best fav;yT with the Kynge.

Also ye have the voyse in this contre, that ye maydo as meche with the Kyng, as any knygth that yslongyng to the corte. Yf yt be so, I pray God contynuyt; and also that ye shuld mary rygth nygth of theQwenys blood; qwat sche ys we are not as certeyn, butyf yt be so, that yowyr lond schuld come agayne by thereason of yowyr maryage, and to be sett in rest, at thereverence of God for sake yt nowt, yf ye can fynde inyowyr harte to love hyr, so that sche be suche one as yecan thynke to have issu by, or ellys, by my trowthe, Ihad rather that ye never maryd in yowyr lyffe.

Also, yf yowyr mater take not now to good effecte,ye and all yowyr frendys may repent them that ye beganyowyr cleyme, with owte that ye have take suche a suyrwey, as may be to yowyr intent, for many inconvenyensthat may falle ther of God send yow good spede in allyowyr maters.

Wretyn at Mawteby, the day after Seynt Austyn inMay, the xviij. yer of Kyng Edward the iiij'«-

Be yowyr Modyr.

819.

A.D. 1478, 31 July.

OxNEAD Parsonage.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this document is shown by the following mutilated endorse-ment: ". . . parsonage of Oxnede made xxxj. Julii,

Ao xviijo E. iiijtl." The first words were doubtless " The value of," or some-thing to that eflFect; but the paper is mutilated.

The comodytys off the parsonage and the valew offthe benyfyce off Oxned.

Y new parson off Oxned, whan he is instuteand inducte, at the first entre in to thechyrch and benefyce off Oxned, must offawncyent custom long contynued with in th*

dyosesse off Norwyr.he, pay to the byschopp off Nor-wych, for the first frutes off the seyd benefyce, xiiij.marke; for wyche xiiij. marke, iff the new parson be\vytty and have favour a bowt the Byschops offycers,he schall have days off paiment to pay the seid xiiij.marke in xiiij. yere, that is, a marke a yere, till it bepayd; so that he can fynd suffycyent mene to bebownd to the Bischopp be obligacion to kepe his daysoff payment.

And the chyrch is but litill, and is resonable plesaunt,and reparyd. [And the] dwellyng place of the parson-age is a yoynyng to the d well

howsyd and reparyd, hall, chamberes, barn, doffhowse,and all howsys off offyce.

And it hath a doffhowse worth a yere, xiiijj-. iiij^.

And it hath ij. large gardens with frute, and isyonynge to the place and chyrch yard, wher off thefrute is worth yerly, xxvji". viij^.

And ther longith to the seid parsonage in fre lond,arable, pasture and medowe ayonyng to the seid par-sonage, xxijti acre or more, wher off every acre isworth ijs. ; to latyn [fo /<?/], iij/i iujd.

And William Paston, Justice, qwan he^ cam fyrstto dwell in the maner of Oxned, paid to the parsonthat was than for the corne growyng on the parsonagelondys and for the tythynges, ondely but in comewhan it was inned in to the barn, xxiiij//.

And the same yere the parson had all the awterageand oder profytes be syde the seyd xxiiij/i.

It is yerly worth, as the world goth now, x/i.

And it is butt an esy cure to kepe, ffor ther ar nattpast xx*^ persons to be yerly howselyd.^

The parsonage stant be a fresh ryver syde.

And ther is a good markett town callyd Alysham,within ij. myle off the parsonage.

1 "William Paston, Justice, qwan he." These words are a correction, in-terlined, in the hand of William Paston, the uncle of Sir John. The textstood originally, *' And my hosbond and I whan we."

'^ i.e. to receive the ^acrament.

And the cyte of Norwych is within vj. myle off theparsonage.

And the see is within x. myle off the parsonage.

And if a parson cam now, and warr presentyd, in-stitute, and inducte, he shuld have by the lawe all thecropp that is now growyng, that was eryd and sowynoff the old parsons cost, growyng on the parsonagelandes now, as his own good, and all the tyth off allmaner graynys off the maner, londes, and tenanteslondes,^ towardes his charges off the fyrst frutes. Andif it ware innyd it war (the crop now growyng)^ worthhis first frutes.

^ He that hath this benefice, and he were a poreman, myght have lycens to have service be side.

The Beshop ought not to have the valew of this croppfor the arrerages of the fyrst fnittes that Sir ThomasEverard, last parson of Oxned, oght to the Bysshopwhan he died, for the said Sir Thomas Everard wasbond to the Bisshop in an obligacion for the saidfrutes, and the said Sir Thomas Everard, for todefraude the Bysshop and oder men that he owid monyto, gaff a way his gooddes to serten persons, qwechpersons toke a way the said goodes, and also durresand wyndow of the said parsonage; and it is thoughthat both the Bysshop and the patron myght takeaccions a gayns the said persons.

820.A.D. 1478, 5 Aug.—Abstract.

[From Past on MSS., B.M.]

Presentation by Agnes Paston of Richard Lyncoln, S.T.P.,to tlie parish church of Oxened, znce Thomas Everard, deceased.

London, 5 Aug. 1478.

^ Ojff' the matur loiides and tenantes landes. These words are irter-lined by William Paston.

- This parenthesis is an interlineation by William Paston.!» What follows is in William Poston's hand.

821.

AD. 1478, 25 Aug.Sir John Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 270.]

To John Paston^ Esquyer, be thys leitre delyi'eryd^ or tomy mestresse^ hys wyffe, at Nbrwych, to delyver to hym.

ROTHER John, I recomaund me to yow, andI thanke God, my sustr yowr wyffe, and yow,off my ffayr nevywe Crystofore, whyche Iundrestande ye have, wher off I ame ryghtgladde, and I praye God sende yow manye, if it be Hysplesyr; nevertheless ye be nott kynde, that ye sendeme no wetyng ther off; I hadde knowlege by ffootemen,or ever ye kowde ffynde any messenger on horsbak tobrynge me worde theroff.

Sir, it is soo, that the Duke off Bokyngham shall comeon pilgrymage to Walsyngham, and so to BokenhamCastell to my lady hys suslr; ^ and then it is supposydthat he shalle to my Lady off Norffolk.'' And mynoncle William comythe with hym ; and he tellyth me,that ther is like to be troble in the maner off Oxenhed;wherffor I praye yow take hedde lesse that the Dukeoff Suffolk councell pley therwith now at the vacacion ^off the beneffyse, as they ded with the benefhce offDrayton, whyche by the helpe off Mr. John Salett andDonne hys man, ther was a qweste made by the seydeDonne, that ffownde that the Duke off Suffolk wasverrye patrone, whyche was ffalse, yitt they ded it fforan evydence; but nowe iff any suche pratte scholde be

1 Joan, sister to Henry, Duke of Buckingham, was the second wife of SirWilliam Knevet, Knight, of Bokenham Castle, in Norfolk.—F.

2 Elizabeth, widow of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.—F.

3 Agnes Paston, grandmother to Sir John, presented Thomas Everard tothe Rectory of Oxnead in 1475, and in 1479 she again presented WilliamBarthulmew, so that the Duke of SuflFolk either did not attempt to disturb herright; or at least did not succeed, if he endeavoured to do it.—F. It willbe seen by Na 820 that before presenting William Barthulmew she presentedDr. Richard Lyncoln.

laborjd, it is 1 hope in bcttr case, ffor siicbe a thyngemost needs be ffownde byffor Master John Smyth,whyche is owr olde ffreende; wherffor I praye yowlabor hym, that, iff neede bee, he maye doo use aiifreends tome therin.

Item, bothe ye and I most neds take thys mater asowr ovvne, and it weer ffor noon other cawse butt fforowr goode grawnt dames sake ; neverthelesse ye wootewell, thatt ther is an other entresse longyng to usse afftrher dyscease; iffe ther be any suche thynge begunether by suche a fryer or prest, as it is seyde, I mervaylethat ye sente me no worde ther off; butt ye have nowewyffe and chyld, and so moche to kar ffor, thatt yefforgete me.

As for tydyngs her, I her telle that my cosyn SirRobert Chamberleyn hathe entryd the maner of Scoltonuppon yowr bedffelawe^ Conyerse, wheroffye sende meno worde.

Item, yonge William Brandon is in warde andarestyd ffor thatt he scholde have by fforce ravysshydand swyvyd an olde jentylwoman, and yitt was notttherwith easyd, butt swyvyd hyr oldest dowtr, and thanwolde have swyvyd the other sustr bothe; wherfformen sey ffowle off hym, and that he wolde ete thehenne and alle hyr chekynnys; and som seye that theKynge entendyth to sitte uppon hym, and men seye heis lyke to be hangyd, ffor he hathe weddyd a wedowe.

Item, as ffor the pagent that men sey that the Erieoff Oxenforde^ hathe pleyid atte Hammys, I suppose yehave herde theroff; itt is so longe agoo, I was nott inthys contre when the tydyngs come, therfor I sent yowno worde theroff.

Butt ffor conclusion, as I her seye, he lyepe thewallys, and wente to the dyke, and in to the dyke to

1 A word at this time, implying a friend, or intimate acquaintance, whoreally slept in the same bed.—6V^ Steevens' Shakspeare, Henry V. Act II.Sc. II.—F.

2 John dc Vere, Earl of Oxford, had been for several years a prisoner inthe Castle of Hammes, in Picardy. He became a favourite of Henry VILand died in the reign of Henry VIII.—F.

the chynne; to whatt entent I can nott telle; somesey, to stele awey, and some thynke he wolde havedrownyd hymselffe. and so it is demyd.

No mor, but I ame nott sertayne whether I shallcome home in haste or nott.

Wretyn at London, thedaye nexte Seynt Bartelmewe,^anno E. iiij^' xviij^. John Paston, K.

822.A.D. 1478. 9 Oct.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]William Paston to Nicholas Goldewell.

Spoke to him on Sunday about a clerk presented by WilliamPaston's mother to the Church of Oxnead, and not admitted,though the presentation was delivered to Master John Bulman,my lord's deputy, within the time limited by law. Requests himto get the Bishop to do him justice. The living is of small value,and the delay can be of little benefit to my lord. Desires ananswer by the bearer, Sir William Upgate, Vicar of Castre.

Norwich, 9 Oct.

[The MS. is a corrected draft partly in William Paston's own hand,endorsed " The copy of a lettre to Mr. Nicholas Goldewell, broder to theBusshopp of Norwich, ix" OctobriSj anno xviij° E. iiijti, by Sir WillianUbgate, Vicar of Castre."]

823.A.D. 1478, 17 Oct.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS. B.M.]

William Paston to William Pope of Bacton.

Cannot be at the Court at Paston on Monday next. Bids himwarn the tenants to keep the Court on Friday instead, and tobring their rents, for he \vill be there himself He is also to warnthe tenants of Baktcn to-morrow openly in the church of the said

1 St. Bartholomew's Day is the 24th Au^st. "The day next St Bar-tholomew " should be the 2Sth, unless the writer meant to say " next before."

A.D.I478.] EDWARD IV. 237

Court to be kept on Friday next; also the tenants of Swaffeld,Mundesley/ Edyngthorpe, and Wytton.

Norwich, Saturday after St. Edward," the October.

[The MS. is a draft with corrections in the handwriting of William Paston,endorsed—"The copy of a lettre to William Pope of Bacton, the xvij. dayof Octobre, anno xviijo E. iiijtl, by William Dam of Rughton."J

824.

A.D. 1478, 7 Nov.William Paston, Junior, to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

William Paston, the writer of this letter, was a younger son of old JohnPaston, and brother of the John Paston to whom the letter is addressed.He was bom, as Fenn tells us, in 1459, and it will be seen by what is saidof him in Letter 732 that he could not possibly be older. He was now atEton finishing his education, and we have a letter from him written there onthe 23d of February 1470, which gives good reason for attributing this to theNovember inmiediately before.

To hys worchepful brodyr^ ohfi Fast on, be thys delyvered

in hast.

YGHT reverent and worchepful brodyr, I re-comaunde me on to yow, desyrynge to hereof yowre welfare and prosperite; letynge yowwete that I have resevyd of Alwedyr a lettyrand a nobyll in gowlde therin. Ferthermor my creansyr\creditor\ Mayster Thomas,^ hertely recomandyd hym toyow, and he pray the yow to sende hym sum mony formy comons j for he seythe ye be xx^ij". in hys dette, fora monthe was to pay for when he had mony laste.

Also I beseche yow to sende me a hose clothe, onefor the halydays of sum colore, and a nothyr for theworkyng days, how corse so ever it be it makyth nomatyr; and a stomechere, and ij. schyrtes, and a peyerof sclyppers. And if it lyke yow that 1 may comewith Alwedyr be watyr, and sporte me with yow at

1 This name is very ill written, and looks more like " Maxsley ;" but Mun-desley is the only place in the neighbourhood that seems at all probable.

2 Translation of St. Edward the Confessor, 13th October. The Saturdayafter it in 1478 was the 17th, but the writer has left only a blank for the day

<* Thomas Stevenson.—See Letter 827 post.

London a day or ij. thys terme tyme, than ye may letall thys be tyl the tyme that I come, and than I woltelle you when I schall be redy to come from Eton, bythe grace of God, Whom have yow in Hys kepyng.

Wretyn the Saturday next aftyr All Halown Day,with the hand of your brodyr,

Wylliam Paston.

825.

A.D. 1479, 18 Jan.Errands to Marlingford.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This K a paper of memoranda by William Paston, partly in his own hand-writing, endorsed—" Erandes to Msirlyngford, the xvij. day of Januar, annoxviij", wer off a copy was delyvered at Sent Edmundes the same d[ay]."

O ^ Gerald of Marlingford come to me, andknow were he ys become; in qw[at] place hehydyth hym, he dothe but distroyh hym selff.Do on Steward [of] Colton, a tenaunte ofMarlingford, come to me.

Do^ Sir John Chapman,^ parson of Oure LadiesChyrche, send hider the bill of rekenyng of RichardHervy, shewyng what stokke was delivered be RichardHervy to Harry Hervy, and also a bille what costesthat Richard H[ervy] .... of at that tyme.^

Do^ John Brigg come to me and bryng me suyrte forhys dette, and know qwat wey the parson off Meltontakyth with hym.

. . de the par[sone] off Melton come to me toNor^\7ch, for tell [him that] and he come nat hastely heschall nat fynd me here.

Item, pray the parson off Melton to call up on theparteculer tenauntes off Melton that have had parte-culer fermys fro Michaelmas xvij. till Michaelmas xviij.to pay ther fermys.

1 " Do," i.e. cause. ^ He was rector of St. Mary's Church, Melton.

3 This paragraph is crossed out in the MS.

A.O. l47ii.J EDWARD IV, 239

826.

A.D. 1479, 2 Feb.William Py ken ham to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Walter Paston, to whom this letter refers, died in August 1479. This letterwas probably written in the beginning of the same year. The date certainlycannot be 1478, if No. 812 has been assigned to the right year, for it will beseen that the writer was then in London, and so much occupied that he hadlittle prospect of visiting Norfolk for some time.

To my Mastresse^ M\argaret Faston\ att Norwiche.

Y worschypfull mastresse, I recomende me unto yow. and thanke yow of yowr approvydensewryd gyudenesse evermore shewde, andso I pray yow to contenew. I have resyvydyowr letter, and undrestonde yowr desyre, wyche ysageyns the lawe for three causys. Oon ys, for yowr sonWatre ys nott tonsewryd, in modre tunge callyd Benett;a nodre cause, he ys not xxiiij. yeer of aghe, wycheys requiryd complete; the thyrde, ye owte \heought\ ofryzte to be preyst within dwelmothe after that he ysparson, wyth owte so were he hadd a dyspensacion froRome be owre Holy Fadre the Pope, wyche I am certencan not be hadde. Therfor I present not yowr desyreun to my lorde,^ lest ye \}ie\ wolde have takyn yt to adysplesur, or else to take a grete sympylnesse in yowrdesyre, wyche shulde cause hym, in suche matres asxall fortune yow to spede with hym a nodre tyme,to shew un to yow the rigur of the lawe, wyche Iwolde be lothe ; therfor present a nodre man abyll.Haske consell of Mr. John Smythe, and sease of yowrdesyre in thysse partey, for yt ys not goodely netherGoddely; and lete not yowT desyre be kno\vyn, aftyrmy avyse. Be not wrothe, thowe I sende un to yow

1 James Goldwell was consecrated by Pope Sextiis IV. Bishop of Norwichin 14 72. He resided much at his manor of Hoxne, where he died in 1498.—F.

thusse playnyly in the matre ; for I wolde ye dede aswele as any woman in Norfolke, [that ys, wyth rygth],^to yowr honor, prosperite, an to the plesur of Godde,with yowre and all yowres, Ho have yow in Hysseblessyd kepyng.

From Hoxne on Candylmasse Day.

William Pykynham.^

I sende yow yowr presente agen in the boxe.

827.

A.D. 1479, 23 Feb.William Paston, Junior, to John Paston.

[From Fenn, i. 296.]

This letter was written on the 23d of February, and the Monday followingthe date was the first Monday of Lent. These particulars prove the letter toaave been written in 1479, when William Paston was between nineteen andtwenty years of age.

To his worchepfull broder, ohn Pas ton, be thys delyvered

in hast

YGHT reverent and worchepfull broder, afterall dewtes of recomendacion, I recomaundeme to yow, desyryng to here of your pros-perite and welfare, whych I pray God long tocontynew to Hys plesore, and to your herts desyr;letyng yow wete that I receyved a letter from yow, inthe whyche letter was viij^. with the whyche I schuldbye a peyer of slyppers.

Ferthermor certyfying yow, as for the xiijj. iiijV.whyche ye sende by a jentylmannys man, for my borde,cawlyd Thomas Newton, was delyvered to myn hostes,

1 These words are struck thiough with the pen.

2 William de Pykenham became Chancellor of Norwich and Archdeacon otSuffolk in 1471, and was also some time Rector of Hadleigh in Suffolk, wherehe built the grand gate or tower before the parsonage. He died in 1497—r.

A.D. 1479] EDWARD IV, 241

and soo to my creancer \creditor\ Mr. Thomas Steven-son ; and he hertely recomended hym to yow.

Also ye sende me worde in the letter of xij//. fyggsand viij//. reysons. I have them not delyvered, but Idovvte not I shal have, for Alwedyr tolde me of them,and he seyde that they came aftyr in an other barge.

And as for the yong jentylwoman, I wol certyfyeyow how I fryste felle in qweyntaince with hyr. Hiiffader is dede; ther be ij. systers of them ; the elder isjust weddyd; at the whych weddyng I was with mynhostes, and also desyryd by the jentylman hym selfe,cawlyd Wylliam Swanne, whos dwyllynge is in Eton.

So it fortuned that myne hostes reportyd on meodyrwyse than I was wordy; so that hyr moder com-aundyd hyr to make me good chere, and soo in goodfeythe sche ded. Sche is not a bydynge ther sche isnow ; hyr dwellyng is in London ; but hyr moder andsch come to a place of hyrs v. myle from Eton, werethe weddyng was, for because it was nye to the jentyl-man whych weddyd hyr dowtyr. And on Mondaynext comynge, that is to sey, the fyrst Monday of CleneLente, hyr moder and sche wyl goo to the pardon atSchene, and soo forthe to London, and ther to abydein a place of hyrs in Bo we Chyrche Yerde ; and if itplese yow to inquere of hyr, hyr modyrs name isMestres Alborow, the name of the dowtyr is MargareteAlborow, the age of hyr is be all lykelyod xviij. or xix.yere at the fertheste. And as for the mony and plate,it is redy when soo ever sche were weddyd; but as forthe lyvelod, I trow not tyll after hyr modyrs desese, butI can not telle yow, for very certeyn, but yow mayknow by inqueryng. And as for hyr bewte, juge yowthat when ye see h)T, yf so be that ye take the laubore,and specialy beolde hyr handys, for and if it be as itis tolde me, sche is dysposyd to be thyke.

And as for my comynge from Eton, I lake no thyngebut wersyfyynge, whyche I troste to have with a lytyllcontynuance.

in. -p

Quare, Quomodo non valet hora, valet mora,

Unde di' [dictum^ vel deductum ?\Arbore jam videas exemplum. Non die possunt,

Omnia suppleri; sed tamen ilia mora.

And thes too verse afore seyde be of myn ownmakyng.

No more to yow at thys tyme, but God have yowin Hys kepyng.

Wretyn at Eton the Even of Seynt Matthy the Apos-tyll in haste, with the hande of your broder.

Wyll'm Paston, Jun"".

828.A.D. 1479.—Parsonage of Oxnead.

[Add. Charter 17,251, B.M.]

It is sufficiently evident that the date of this paper must be later than the24th February 1479. It appears to be a set of memoranda or instructions byWilliam Paston, addressed to his servant Richard Lee. The MS. is a smallroll of paper ver>' mutilated and partly illegible from the effect of damp.

[lEMORANDUM.—The day that the lapse wentout, which is such day vj. monethes as the seidparson died, was on Tewesday, Our Lady Day,the Nativite, the viijte day of Septembre lastpast, anno xviij".

The day of vj. monethes affter Our seide Lady Day,the Nativite was on Seint Mathes Day ^ the Apostell,last past, whiche was the xxiiij. day of Februare, and soldeme eyther the Bisshoppe of Norwiche hath presentedor els it is in the gifft of my Lord Cardinall ^ no we.Tnquere this mater, for the Bisshoppe of Norwich lythein London, and shall doo till Our Ladys Day thisLenton, as it is said here.

My moder deUvered Sir William Holle his presenta-cion the xiij. day of August, anno xviij°, which wasnere a monethe or the day of the vj. monethes wentout and past. Wherfore the Bisshoppe ought to pre-

1 St. Matthias' Day (not St. Matthew's) is meant

2 Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury.

iLD. T47o]w EDWARD IV. 243

sent my moders clarke. Neverthelesse the Bisshoppysofficeres aunsware this sayng, that if sondry personesdeliver ij. sondrye presentacions for to diverse clarkesto the Bisshoppes officers for one benefice, that thenthe scid partyes shuld sue to the Bisshop at ther costto have out an inquerre to inquere de vej'opatrono, sayngforther more, that if they sue nat out tliis inquerre withaffect, and that the lapse fall, than it is lefull for the Bis-shop to present, and it is told me that the lawe is this,that the Bisshoppe, be his office with out any sute ofthe parties, shall call an inquerre afore hym to inquerede vero patrono, and he shall assign them a day to bryngin a verdett, and he shall wame bothe partyes to be therat, and he shall amytte his clarke that is founde patron.Yet the Bisshopp useth nat to do this, but there asbothe partyes that present are myghty [and wher as hethynketh it were a jopardy to hym]^ to sue theBisshoppe if he did them any wrong, and wher as theris a doubtable mater; but in this case the prest thattroubleth my moder is but a simple felowe, and he isappostata, for he was somtyme a White Frere, and ofsimple repetacyon, and of litill substans, as my modercan tell, wherfore Bisshoppys use nat in suche litill casysto take so streyte an inquerre, and specyally wher asone hath contynued patron with out interupcion solong as my moder hath done, for she hath contynuedmore than 1. wynter; wherfore I pray yow shewe mycousyn Lovell this bill, and fynde some meanes to intretethe Bisshopp by the meane of James Hobard,^ which isgrete with the Bisshopp, and is nowe Reder of LyncolnInne this Lent. And late my lady speke to JamesHobard in the mater. If it please my moder tlier is

a prest callde Sir ^ which is thought by the

tenauntes of Oxned a metely man to be parson ther;the most thyng that I dowte, bicause Sir William HoUe,whom my moder presented, is ronne away, and if the

1 Crossed out in MS.

2 Afterwards Attorney General to Henry VII. He was Reader of Lincoln'sInn in Lent, 18 Edward IV.

3 Blank in MS.

Bisshop will nat present my moders clarke in her title,than I wold that the labour myght be made to the Bis-shopp, that he myght present my moders clarke, sucheon as shoe will name, in his one title.

Ps-ic. Lee, like as ze may understand be this writing,where as I understod that the Bisshopp myght havekept the benefice but vj. monethes after the patrons vj.monethes war worn out, now I understand the contrary,for I understand he may kepe it a twelmo[nethe] anda day .... \several lines lost\

Also, if ze knew any yong preste in London thatsetteth billis upon Powlys dorr per aventure wold beglad to have it, and woU be glad also to serve my ladyand my moder for it for a season, I can no more saybut purvay a mean to the Bisshopp, that som monmay be put in by my moders title.

of the consistore in Norwich, and he

hath a broder in the Tower, is master of the Mynt underBrice, called Bartilmew Rede, and a nother broder is a

goold smyth dwellyng in the Chepe Side called ^

Reede. And he is eyther loged with on of these, hisbreder, or els at the Jorge in Lumbard Strete, or els atthe Cok and the Bell at Billinges gate, a brue hous, forthe sei[d] gold smyth hath maried a bruewyf, andkepeth the brue hous, (?) and he can good skylle tohelpe in this mater of the benefice of Oxned.

Also, Ric. Lee, who so ever shalbe [presented tothe] benefice of Oxned, he muste tell hym, I must payxiiij. marc to the frutes, and ther for shall he have[dajyes of payment to pay a marc azey[n] if he d[o]gete hym frendschip. And also, Richard, at the mak-yng of this letter I mend (?) to have ben sure (?) .

and now I in na . . . . . for if

it please my moder, me thynke it was well done, SixWilliam Storor had ....

\^The rest unintelligible.^

1 Blank in original

A.D. I479-] ^^ ^ARD IV 145

829.

A.D. 1479, 4 March.Edmund Alyard to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It appears by subsequent letters that Walter Paston actually took a degreaat Oxford at Midsummer, and it will be seen by next letter, which is datedby its endorsement, that he must have done so in 1^79—the year of his death.

To his worshepful mastres^ Mastres Margaret Paston.

IGHT worshepful mastres, I recommande meunto yow as lowly as I kan, thankyng yow foryour goodnes at all tymis \ God graunt me todeserve it, and do that may plese yow.As for your son Water, his labor and lemyng hathebe, and is, yn the Faculte of Art, and is well sped thereyn, and may be Bacheler at soche tyme as shall lykeyow. and then to go to lawe. I kan thynk it to hispreferr^Tig, but it is not good he know it on to thetyme he shal chaunge; and as I conceyve ther shalnon have that exibeshyon to the Faculte of Lawe.Therfore meve ze the executores that at soche tyme ashe shal leve it, ye may put a nother )m his place, socheas shal lyke you to prefer. If he shal go to law, andbe made Bacheler of Art be fore, and ye wolle havehym horn this yere, then may he be Bacheler at Myd-somor, and be with yow yn the vacacion, and go to laweat Mihelmas. Qwhat it shal lyke yow to commandeme yn this or eny odir, ye shal have myn service redy.I pray yow be the next masenger to send me yourentent, that swech as shal be necessary may be pur-veyid yn seson. And Jesu preserve yow.At Oxinforth, the iiij. day of March.

Your scoler,

Edmund Alyard.

830.

A.D. 1479, 22 May.Walter Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is endorsed in a contemporary hand^ apparently Sir JohnPaston's own, " anno xLx'," showing that it was written in the nineteenthyear of Edward IV.

To hys ryth reverend broder^ Sir John Paston, at CasterHall, in Norfolk,

FTER all dw reverens and recomendacions,likyth yt yow to understond that I reseyvyd aletter fro my broder John, where by I under-stod that my moder and yow wold knowwhat the costes of my procedyng schold be. I sent aletter to my broder John, cert)^yyng my costes, and thecausys why that I wold procede; but as I have sentword to my moder, I purpose to tary now tyll yt beMychylmas, for yf I tary tyll than, sum of my costysschall be payyd; for I supposed, whan that I sent theletter to my broder John, that the Qwenys broder ^ scholdhave procedyd at Mydsomer, but he woll tary now tyllMichylmas; but asl send word to my moder, I wold beInceptor be fore Mydsomer, and there fore I besechydher to send me sum mony, for yt woll be sum cost tome, but not mych.

And, syr, I besech yow to send me word what answerye have of the Buschopp of Wynchester for that materwhych ye spak to hym of for me whan I was with yowat London. I thowth for to have had word there of orthys tyme. I wold yt wold come, for owr fyndyng ofthe Buschopp of Norwych begynnyth to be slake inpayment. And yf ye know not whath thys term menyth," Inceptor," Master Edmund, that was my rewler atOxforth, berar here of, kan tell yow, or ellys any odergradwat.

^ Lionel Woedville, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury.

A.D. 1479] EDWARD IK 247

Also I pray yow send me word what ys do with thehors I left at Totnam, and whyder the man be contentthat I had yt of, or nat. Jesu preserve yow to Hyspleswre and to yowr most hartys desyyr.

Wretyn at Oxforth, the Saturday next after Ascensyonof Yowr Lord.

Walter Paston.

831.

A.D. 1479, 3° June.Walter Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]See preliminary note to Letter 829.

To hys ryth trusty and hartyly belovyd broder^ JohnPaston^ abydyng at the George at Powlys Qwharfe,in Lotidon, be this letter delyveryd,

IYGTH worchypfull and hartyly belovyd broder,I recomaund me on to yow, desyeryng feyth-foly to here of yowr prosperyte, qwhych Godpreserve, thankyng yow of dyverse letterysthat yow sent me. In the last letter that yow sent tome, ye wryt that yow schold have wryt in the letterthat yow sent by Master Brown, how that I scholdsend yow word what tyme that I schold procede, butther was non such wrytyng in that letter. The letteris yet to schew, and yf yow come to Oxon, ye schal seethe letter, and all the leterys that yow sent me sythynnysI came to Oxon.

And also Master Brown had that same tyme myschmony in a bage, so that he durst nat bryng yt withhym, and that same letter was in that same bage, and hehad for gete to take owt the letter, and he sent all togeder by London, so that vt was the next day aftei

that I was maad Bachyler or than the letter cam, andso the fawt was not in me.

And yf ye wyl know what day I was maad Baschyler,I was maad on Fryday was sevynyth, and I mad myfest on the Munday after. I was promysyd venysona geyn my fest of my Lady Harcort, and of a noderman to, but I was deseyvyd of both; but my gesteshewld them plesyd with such mete as they had,blyssyd be God, Hoo have yow in Hys kepyng. Amen.

Wretyn at Oxon, on the Wedenys day next afterSeynt Peter.

W. Paston.

832.

A.D. 1479, 7 July-—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Bill witnessing the delivery of plate by Geoffrey Hunt onbehalf of William Paston to John Davy and Alice, his wife, latewife of John Gygges of Bumham, 7 July 19 Edw. IV. Theparcels are:—"A round salt covered, parcel gilt at the borders,weighing 19 oz. i^ qr., and also 6 silver spoons, square sharpknoppys, weighing 5 oz. 3 qr. i dwt.;" which Davy and his wifeengage to keep safely, and redeliver to William Paston orGeoffrey Hunt before the feast of St. Faith next coming.

[ Two seals ^

833.A.D. 1479, II July.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

William Paston to Thomas Lynsted.

Hears that he has felled wood and firs, &c. '' Also Jullis hathdo made saw (?) zattes." Desires him to " find the means that

the young spring may be saved, and the wood fenced

And also let me be answered both for the old pa3nnenl and thenew of wood sale."

II July.

A. D. 1479.] EDWARD J V, 249

P.S.—"If Jullis have made a gate, it is the better for thespring," &c.

[The MS. is a very illegible note in William Paston's handle written on asmall scrap of paper, and endorsed " A letter to Thomas Linsti[d], the '

{blanks day of Julii, anno xix. E. iiijtt"j.

834.

A.D. 1479, i^ Aug.Will of Walter Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It will be seen by the next letter that Walter Paston was dead before the2i9t August 1479. This will was probably drawn up on the very day he died,or just before.

|N Dei nomine, Amen. Ego, Waltenis Paston,clericus, in bona et sana memoria existens,condo testamentum meum apiid Norwicumxviiij° die mensis Augusti in hunc modum.Inprimis lego animam meam Deo Omnipotent, BeataeMariae et omnibus Sanctis, et corpus meum ad sepeli-endum in ecclesia Sancti Petri de Hundegate, coramymagine Sancti Johannis Baptistae. Item, lego suminoaltari praefatae ecclesiae, iiji-. iiijV. Item, lego repara-cioni ecclesiae supradictae, '\]s. w]d. Item, Fratri JohanniSomerton, bachalaureo, vs. Item, lego Magistro Ed-mundo unam togam penulatam cum manicis de mynkys.

Item, lego Roberto Wulff unam togam viridem ^

cum chamelet. Item, lego Roberto Holand, filiospirituali, togam meam curtam. Item, lego MagistroRoberto Hollar unam togam penulatam cum gray.Item, lego Johanni Parker mantellum meum rubeum.Item, lego Magistro Roberto Hollere unum pulvinarvocatum le bolstar. Item, lego Magistro EdmundoAlyard unum pulvinar. Item, lego Ricardo Richard-son unam togam penulatam ad manus cum mcnyver.Item, volo quod residuum bonorum meorum in Oxonia

1 Blank in MS.

sit ad usum Magistri Edmundi Alyard, sic quod solvat. . . ^ Johanni Skelton et Thomae Coco. Item,volo quod oves mese, quas habet Willelmus Batalysenior in villa de Mawteby, dividantur equaliter interfratrem meum Edmundum Paston, et sororem meamAnnam Yelverton, et sororem meam Margeriam Paston,uxorem fratris mei Johannis Paston. Item, lego terraset tenementa manerij mei de Cressyngham, si possumdare, fratri meo Johanni Paston armigero, sibi et haere-dibus suis, sub condicione ista, quod si contingat fratremmeum praedictum, Johannem Paston, esse hseredempatris mei, quod nuUo modo habeat terras et tenementapraedicta, sed quod frater mens Edmundus Pastonhabeat terras et tenementa praedicta sibi et suis haere-dibus. Residuum vero bonorum non legatorum legoet do disposicioni executorum meorum, ut et ipsifideliter disponant pro anima mea.

Hujus autem testamenti mei executores condo perpraesentes, fratrem meum Johannem Paston, armigerum,pro ista patria, et Magistrum Edmundum Alyard probonis meis remanentibus Oxoniae.

835i

A.D. 1479, 19 Aug.—William Paston's Plate,

[Add. MS. 27,451, f. 2, B.M.]

I HIS indenture made the xix. day of August,anno xix° [witnesseth] ^ that I, Richard Lee,have delivered to Mr. John Russhe thesparcellis folowyng of plate [and] ^ of silver.First, a bason and an ewer with iij. combis in a skochyn.Item, a silver potte.

A layer of silver, parte gilte with an acome on theknoppe.

1 Here occurs a short word, which is to me unintelligible. It seems to bewritten " phili." /« Omitted in MS. » Erased.

A J). 1479-] EDWARD IV. 251

A gilte stonding couppe ponsid with a cover.

A chasid pece with a cover aparte gilte.

ij. playne pecys.

ij. deppe disshis.

X. sponys.

A white playne coppe with a starre in the botom

with a cover.A standing coppe gilte with a cover.A candellstik of silver with a sokette.A trevett of silver.A salt of silver with a brokyn cover.A cover for a playn pece, the knoppe gravid with

armys.

Richard Lee.

Endorsed—^'^ Plate of William Paston left with John Russhe, the xiij. day of

Sept, a? xix».

836.

A.D. 1479, 21 Aug.[Edmund Paston to John Paston.]

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is neither signed nor addressed, but is in the handwriting ofEdmund Paston, and is endorsed by John Paston the younger, "Diesmortis A. P."

UER dydynges am com to Norwyche that n

grandam is dyssessyd, whom God assoyle.Myn uncle had a messenger zesterday thatshe shuld not escape, and this day cam another at suche tyme as we were at masse for mybrother Water, whom God assoyle ! Myn uncle wascomyng to have offered, but the last messenger re-tomyd hym hastely, so that he toke hys hors incon-tynent to enforme more of owr hevynes. My syster ysdelyverd, and the chyld passyd to God, Who send usHys grace.

Dokkyng told me sekretly that for any hast myn

uncle shuld ryde by my Lady of Norffolk to have aiij. skore persons, whyther it is to convey my grandhamhyder or nowght he cowde not sey; I deme it israther to put them in possessyon of some of her londes.Wretyn the Saterdaye the xxi. daye of August,anno E. iiij^ xix°.

837.A.D. 1479, 26 Aug.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]Manor of Marlingford.

Declaration by Robert Mill, John Hobbes, John Claryngton,Thomas Davy, John Brygge, John Watyr, and William Parson,tenants of the manor of Marlyngford, before the Abbot of StBenet's, John [RJadclyf Fywater,i Mr. John Smyth, Robert Ip-peswell, William Lomnor, John Paston, Esq., William Yelverton,senior, John Coke, alderman, William Bastard, gentleman, andWilliam Fuller, that they have always held of the manor in thename of Agnes Paston, daughter, and one of the heirs of EdmimdBery, Knt, and in her name only, till Saturday [21 Aug.] beforeSt. Bartholomew Apostle, 19 Edw. IV., when her son, WilliamPaston, desired them to attorn to him without showing writingor evidence.

Done in the parlour of John Cooke, 26 Aug., 19 Edw. IV.Signed: "Thomas, Abbot of Seynt Benettes of Hulme."—"J. Radclyff Fytzwauter."—"John Smyth, clerk."—" RobertIpeswell."—" Will. Lomnor."—" W. Yelverton."—" JohnCook."—"WiU'm Bastard."—" WiU. Fuller."

838.A.D. 1479, Aug.—Memoranda.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

These memoranda are in the handwriting of Sir John Paston. From theinquiry whether Agnes Paston was yet buried the date is evidently in August1479-

1 John RadcliflF. son and heir of Sir John Radcliff, called Lord Fitrwalterin the Paston Letters (No. 385). He was summoned to Parliament as LordFitrwalter in the first year of Hcury VIL

EMORANDUM,upponthe presse at the fertherende is a box with ij. or iij. bondellis with evy-dence off Oxenhed and Hawteyn.

Memorandum, that ther is roUis tytelyduppon them " Contra Willelmum Pas[ton]," and theybe owther uppon the presse, or on the cowntre, or onthe shelffe by the cowntre, or cllys in the cowntre on. . . that syde next the shelffe.

To enquire, off myn, oncle William, off Jane, off mygrauntd[ames] wylle, and whoo wrot itt, and whethershe be buried or noo, and who were present at hyr

wylle makyng, and iff she spoke owte

off her londes.Inquire—

Off the Kynge,

The Chaunceler,

Milorde Chamberleyn,

Sir Thomas Mongomere,

Mi Lorde Cardynall,

Master Bele, and hys clerke, ffor my faderes wille.

839.

A.D. 1479, o^ earlier.

Richard Calle to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is not addressed, but seems to have been intended forMargaret Paston. The date is not very material, but as it mentions SirJohn Paston, it cannot be later than 1479, the year in which he died. Per-haps it is about the year 1472.—See Nos. 710, 711.

Plesith it your mastresship to witte, that I sende you a boxewith evidence of Baktons londes, weche plesith it you to delyverto my master, Sir John, so that I may have my money that is be-hynde. And as for Sporle, [ sende you an endenture of thebercars * and iij. obligacions eche of v. marke. And as for any en-denture of the wode sale I made non, but a noote breefely of theeffecte, wech I sende you, as I tolde my mastre at Cristemas, andthat tyme he seide to me he was the better plesid, and so I dedno more therto ; and an obligacion of Qli. weche they be bound eto hym to performe ther ther covinauntes; weche remayneth inthe handes of the veker of Sporle. And I send you also ij. billes

1 Barkers or tanners, to whom the bark of the woods had been sold.

of the parcell of the wode sale, bothe the \\7nter sale and thesomer sale, wherof the veker of Sporle and William Hainanhave the other parties of them, as he comuanded hym selfe at thebegynnyng. And lete my countrelle doo what hym liste. I fyndhym a trewe man ; he dothe as he hath reported that he shuld goon my harond, and so I undrestond from the[m] he hath do ; butthow I have lost a frende of hym in that quarter, I have mo frendesin that contre the[n] hee, &c. Mastres, it were goode to remembreyour stuffe of heryng nough this fisshyng tyme. I have goten mea frende in Lestoftot to helpe to purvey me of an vij. or viij.barell, and shal not stonde me upon above vjj. v\i]d. a barell, sothat he may have money nough in the begynnyng, ye shal domore nough with xIj. then ye shal do at Cristemes with v. marke.The fisshyng at Vermouth wol not be so goode at it wolbe atLeystoft, for the haven wol not prove yette, &c. Almyghty Godkepe you. Wrete this daye.

Be your servaunt, R. C.

840.

A.D. 1479, 29 Oct.Sir John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 276.]

To the ryght worshyfull mestresse^ Margret Paston^ bethys delyveryd.

LEASE it yow to weet, that I have ben heerat London a xiiij. nyght, wherofFthe ffyrst iiij.dayes I was in suche ffeer off the syknesse,and also ffownde my chambr and stuffe nottso dene as I demyd, whyche troblyd me soor; and asI tolde yow at my departyng, I was nott weell monyed,ffor I hadde nott paste x. marke, wheroff I departydxIj". to be delyveryd off my olde bedfelawe; and thenI rode be yonde Donstaple, and ther spake with on oftmy cheffe witnessis, whyche promysed me to take labor,and to gete me wryghtyngs towchyng thys mater by-twyen me and the Duke of Suffolk,^ and I rewardydhym xxj.; and then, as I informyd yow, I payed v.

1 John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk.—F.

marke incontyncnt uppon my comyng hyddr to repleggeowte my gowne off velwett and other geer.

And then I hopyd to have borowyd some off Tovvne-send, and he hath ffoodyd me ^ fforthe evyrs}'nys, and ineffecte I cowde have at the most, and at the sonestyisterdaye xxj. vvherffor I beseche yow to purveye meCi". and also to wryght to Pekok, that he purveye meas moche, Q,s. whyche I siipose that he hathe gaddrydat Paston and other places, by thys tyme ; ffor with owteI have thys x//., as God helpe me, I ffer I shalle doobutt litell goode in noo mater, nor yitt I woote notthowe to come home, but iff I have it

This geer hathe troblyd me so, that itt hathe mademe moor than halffe scke, as God helpe me.

Item, I undrestande that myn oncle William hathemade labor to th' Exchetor, and that he hathe bothe awrytte off essend. clowsyth extr.; and also a super-cedeas. I have wretyn to the Exchetor ther in off mynentent, iff myn oncle hadde hys wyll in that, yitt sholdehe be never the nerre the londe, butt in effecte he sholdhave thys advantage, whyche is behovefuU ffor a weykemater to have a colour, or a clooke, or a botrase.

But on Tywesdaye I was with the Bysshop off Hely,^whyche shewyth hymselffe goode and worshypfuU ; andhe seyde that he sholde sende to myn oncle William,that he sholde nott procede in no suche mater, till thathe speke with hym; and moor ovyr that he sholdecawse hym to be heer hastelye ; in whyche mater is noremedy as novve, but iff it wer soo, that the Exchetor,iff he be entretyd to sytte by myn oncle William, whychepercase he shall nott, that iff my brother John andLomnor have knowleche off the daye, and they myghtbe ther; Lomnor can geve evydence i now in thatmater with owte the boke; and mor ovyr that they seebothe the letter and the other noote, that I sente to

1 Fenn reads " ffoodyd ne," and in the modem copy "fooded not forth," ofwhich some fanciful explanations are suggested m a footnote. The truereading ought certainly to be "me "and not " ne," the meaning evidentlybeing " he has put me off ever since." " To fode out with words " is anexpression which, as Halliwell informs us, occurs in Skelton, Harrington, &c.

2 John Morton, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and Cardinal.

the Exchetor, and with helpe off the Exchetor all myghtbe as beste is; and iff my brother and Lomnor takelabor her in, I shal recompence ther costs.

Wretyn in haste with schort advisement on the Fry-daye next Seynt Symonds and Jude, anno E. iiij"xix°.

Late my brother John se thys bille, for he knowethmor off thys mater. John Paston, K.

841.

A.D. 1479, 6 Nov.John Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It •»dll be seen from the contents that this letter must have been writtenafter the receipt of the last, or of one to the same effect addressed to JohnPaston.

To Syr John Paston^ Knyght

YR, aftyr all dwtes of recomendacyon, pleasytto undyrstand, that, acordyng to your lettresent me by Wyllson, Lomnore and I mett atNorwyche and drew ought a formable bylleought of your, and send it ayen to th'Exchetore Palmerby my brod}T Edmund, whyche had an other erand into that contre to spek with H. Spylman, to get hys goodwyll towardes the bargayn lyek to be fynyshed hastylybetwyx Mastres Clyppysby and hym. And, syr, at thedelyvere of the bylle ofinquisicyon to th'Exchetour, mybrodyr Edmund told hym that accordyng to your wTyght-yng to me, I spak with myn oncle William, and told hymthat I undyrstood by yow that my Lord of Elye had as-well desyred hym in wryghtyng as you by mouthe, thatnon of you shold swe to have the inquisycion fondaftyr your intentys tyll other weyes of pese wer takjmbetwyx you; wherfor my brodyr Edmund desyredhym that with ought myn oncle labord to have it fondfor hym, ellys that he shold not procede for yow; butth'Exchetour answerd hym that he wold fynd it for you,

A.D.I479.] EDWARD IV. 257

aftyr your byll, of hys owne autorite; and so it wasfond. But, syr, ye must remembre that my Lord of Elydesyred myn oncle as well as you to surcease, as I putmyn oncle in knowlage, and myn oncle at the fyrstagreid that he wold make no more sute a bought it, intrust that ye wold do the same, acordyng to my Lordof Elys desyer; wherfor ye had ned to be ware thatth'Exchetor skyppe not from you, when he comyth toLondon, and sertyfye it, or ye spek with hym.Th'Exchetor shalbe at London by Twysdaye or Wed-nysday next comyng, at John Leeis house, for he shallryd forwardys as on Monday next comyng be tymys,

&C.

Syr, your tenauntes at Crowmer sey that they knownot who shalbe ther lord ; they marvayll that ye norno man for yow hathe not yet ben there. Also, whenI was with myn oncle, I had a longe pystyll ofhym, that ye had sent Pekok to Paston, and comandydthe tenauntes ther that they shold pay non areragys tohym, but if \unless\ they wer bond to hym by obligacyonfor the same; myn oncle seythe it was other ^vyseapoyntyd be for the arbytrorys; they thought, heseythe, as well my Mastyr Fytzwalter as other, thathe shold receyve that as it myght be gadryd; butnow he seythe, that he wottyth well some shall renneaway, and some shall wast it, so that it is nevyr lyekto be gadryd, but lost, and so I trow it is lyek to beof some of the dettors, what for casuelte of dethe andthes other causes befor rehersyd; wherfor me thynkythif it were apoyntyd befor the arbytrors that he sholdreceyve theym, as he seythe, it wer not for you tobrek it, or ellys if he be pleyn executor to my grauntdam,then also he ought to have it. I spek lyek a blyndman, do ye as ye thynk, for I was at no syche apoynt-ment befor th'arbytrors, nor I know not whethyr he isexecutor to my grauntdam or not, but by hys seying.

Also, syr, ye must of ryght, consyderyng mybrodyr Edmundys diligence in your maters, sythe yourdepartyng, helpe hym forwardys to myn oncle SyrIII. s

George Brown, as my brodyr Edmund preyid yow inhys lettyr that he sent on to yow by Mondys sone ofNorwyche, dwellyng with Thomas Jenney, that mynoncle Syr George may gett to my brodyr Edmund ofthe Kyng the wardshepp of John Clyppysby, son andheyer to John Clyppysby,^ late of Owby, in the conteof Norffolk, Sqwyr, dwryng the nonnage of my Lordand Lady of York,^ thow it cost iiij. or v. mark theswte. Let myn oncle Syr George be clerk of thehaniper, and kepe the patent, if it be grantyd, tyll hehave hys mone, and that shall not be longe to.

Myn oncle Syr George may enforme the Kyng fortrowthe, that the chyld shall have no lond duryng hysyong modyrs lyff, and ther is no man her that wyllmary with hym withought they have some lond withhym, and so the gyft shall not be gret that the Kyngshold geve hym; and yet I trow he shold get themodyr by that meane, and in my conseyt the Kyngdothe but ryght if he graunt my brodyr EdmundClyppysbys son in recompense for takyng my brodyrEdmundes son, otherwyse callyd Dyxsons, the chyldysfadyr being alyve. Dyxson is ded, God have hyssowle, Whom I beseche to send you your most desyredjoye.

Wretyn at Norwyche, on Seynt Leonardes Day.

J. Paston.

Syr, it is told me that Nycolas Barlee, the Scyuer.hathe takyn an axion of dett ayenst me thys terme.I prey yow let Whetley or some body spek with hym,and lete hym wet that if he swe me softly thys terme,that he shall be payed or the nexte terme be at anend. It is a bought vj//., and in feythe he shold havehad it or thys tyme, and our threshers of Sweynsthorp

1 The writer probably intended to say "son and heir to William Clip-pesby," who died about this time. His widow Catherine, the daughter ofJohn Spelman, Esq., of Stow Bekerton, soon afterwards married EdmundPaston.

^ Richard, Duke of York, son of Edward IV., at this time a child of sevenyears old, and Anne Mowbray, daughter of the late Duke of Norfolk, towhom he was married in 147S.

iJ). 1479-] EDWARD IV. 259

had not dyed upp; and if I myght have payed ithym a yer ago, as well as I trust I shall sone aftyrCrystmass, I wold not for xij//. have brokyn hym somany promessys as I have.

Also, syr, I prey yow send me by the next man thatcomyth fro London ij. pottys of tryacle of Jenne,—they shall cost xyj^.,—for I have spent ought that Ihad with my yong wyf, and my yong folkys, and mysylff, and I shall pay hym that shall bryng hem to me,and for hys caryage. I prey you lett it be sped.

The pepyll dyeth sore in Norwyche, and specyallyabought my house, but my 'vvyff and my women comenot ought, and fle ferther we can not; for at Sweyns-thorpe, sythe my departyng thens, they have dyed, andben syke nye in every house of the towne.

842.

A.D. 1479, 22 Nov.William Paston to Robert Walsh.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter or fragment of a letter is a corrected draft in William Paston'shand, and is endorsed by him :—"A letter to Roberd Walsche of Colby, the day oflf Novembre, aimo xix."

ET wold I tary, all be yt I have taryd yourcomyg this halfF yer, for I deme her suchemen as schall well undyrstond myn titill good;yif any man have good tytyll I am suyr thatmyn is gode. I dar well juperde to take a dystres,wedyr they come or nat, and so I wyll ze know. Werfor, in so much as I left myn distress for iowr dysyr, sothat I be answerid off myn mony acordyng to myn ryth,ar else send me answer, one ar oder \one or other\ andlett me take the avantage that the Kynge lawys willzeff me be dystress qweche I have delayed, me thynkto long, for any thank that I have.

Wretyn at Norwich, the xxij. Novembre.

843.

A.D. 1479, Nov.—JULLYE TO HIS FATHER.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Well beloved fader, my master prayed you that ye will sendeknowlach be my broder as sone as these men be come to Knapton,and that ye may laye a weche to knowe ho sone they be come,and sende me be your sone ar else be some other trusty man;and I have take your son a grote for his laubour. And do this inhast; for wheder they com or nat I wille take a distresse ther,and thatt will abide ^ till I knowe the dealing of them this ij. ar iij.dayes for to know wheder they wille come or nat, and ther aftershall I be demeaned.

Endorsed in William Paston's hand—K letter fro ^ Jullye, claxk of

Sent Edmundes, to his fadyr, to North Walsham, the —— 2 day Novcinbr',aono xix.

844.

Manor of Knapton.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This is a paper of memoranda in the handwriting of T^lHam Paston,endorsed "A mater tochyng Knapton for my fee."

Mr Thomas Pasche of Wynsowr toke the astate and retome tothe Dean and Colage of Wynsowr infra Castrum.

And one ^ Holme, atomay ofif corte, is recognis (?) and

\f2& at Stat takjm.

Robert Walsch off Colby j. myl. et di' fro Blyklyng is steward.Here folow revys of Knapton :—

Fro M. xvij. till xviijo, Martyn Smyth.

F[ro] M. xviij. till xixo, Roberd Fraunk (?), his place bonde.

Fro M. xix. till xxo, Thomas Frank, his place fre.

845.A.D. 1479, 25 Nov.—Cressingham Manor.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This paper is in the handwriting of John Paston the younger. The refer-ence to the burial of Walter Paston proves it to be of the year 1479.

1 " Wer I lothe " has been crossed through, and " tbatt will abide " writtenover ^ Blanks in MSS.

ECEYVED at Cressingham, the Thirsclay nexaftyr Seynt Edmund ^ at the corte tlicr v//.xj. by the handes of mc, John Paston,Sqwyer.

VVlierof payed to my modyr for cost3'Sdon up on the berying of WalterPaston, and whyll he lay sek, andfor the hyer of a man comyngwith theseyd Water fro Oxenford xx//. . . xxixj". xjV.

Item, payed to William Gybson forj. horse sadyll and brydyll lent toWater Paston by the seyd William, xvjV.

Item, gevyn the seyd man comyng froOxenford with the seyd Water by thehandys of J. Paston, xx//.

Item, payed for dyvers thynges whyll

Water Paston lay sek, .... my/.

Item, for the costes of John Pastonrydyng to kepe the coort at Cres-singham, anno supradicto, whych wasiiij. dayes in doing, for the sty wardmygh not be ther at the day pre-fyxid, iijj. m]d.

846.

A.D. 1479, N^ov.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 280.]

Sir John Paston died iu London on the 15th November 1479, as Fenninforms us. I presume he had some authority for the precise date, which Ihave not seen. The inquisition/<7j/ mortem is not now to be found ; but thewrit to the Escheator still exists, and is dated 30 Nov. 19 Edw. IV. Thisletter refers not only to the burial of Sir John Paston, but also to the deathof his grandmother Agnes. The year was one of great mortality.

1 St. Edmund's Day is the aoth November. The Thursday after it in1479 was the 25th.

To my ryght ivorchepfuU modyr^ Margaret PastoHy atScynt rder of Hundgate.

|YGHT worchepfuU raodyr, aftyr all dwtes ofhumble recomendacyon, as lowly as I can,I beseche yow of your dayly blyssyng andpreyeres. And, moder, John Clement, bererheroff, can tell yow, the mor pite is, if it pleasyd God,that my brodyr is beryed in the Whyghte Fryers atLondon; whych I thought shold not have ben, for Isupposyd that he wold have ben beryed at Bromholme,and that causyd me so sone to ryd to London to havepurveyd hys brynging hom, and if it had ben hys wylleto have leyn at Bromholm, I had purposyd all the weyas I have redyn to have brought hom my grauntdame ^and hym to gedyrs; but that purpose is voyd as now.But thys I thynke to do when I com to London tospek with my Lord Chamberieyn,^ and to wynne byhys meanys my Lord of Ely,^ if I can ; and if I mayby eny of ther meanys cause the Kyng to take myservyse and my quarrell to gedyrs, I wyll, and I thynkthat Sir George Brown, Sir Jamys Radclyff, and otherof myn aqueyntance, whyche wayte most upon theKyng, and lye nyghtly in hys chamber, \vyll put tother good wyllys. Thys is my wey as yet. And,modyr, I beseche yow, as ye may get or send enymessengers, to send me yowr avyse and my cosynI^omeners to John Leeis hows, taylere, with in Lud-gate. I have myche more to wryght, but myn emptyhed wyll not let me remembre it.

Also, modyr, I prey that my brodyr Edmond mayryd to Marlyngforthe, Oxenhed, Paston, Crowmer, andCaster, and all thes maners to entre in my name, andto lete the tenants of Oxenhed and Marlyngfor knowthat I sent no word to liym to take no mony of theymbut ther attornement; wherfor he wyll not, tyll he hei

1 Agnes, widow of William Paston the Judge.

2 Williarii, Lord Hastyngs.

' John Morton, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and Cardinal, &c.

fro me ayen, axe hem non, but lete hym comand theymto pay to servaunts of myn oncles, nor to hymsylff, norto non othyr to hys use, in peyne of payment ayen tome. I thynk if ther shold be eny money axid in myname, peraventiire it wold make my Lady of Norfolkayenst me, and cause hyr to thynk I dellt more con-trary to hyr plesure than dyd my brodyr, whom Godpardon of Hys gret mercy. I have sent to entre atStansted and at Orwellbery, and I have wretyn a bylleto Anne Montgomery and Jane Rodon to make myLady of Norffolk, if it wyll be.

Your sone and humble servaunt,

J. Paston.

847.

A.D. 1479, 28 Nov.William Lomnor to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is apparent from the contents that this letter was written shortly afterthe decease of Sir John Paston in November 1479.

To the ryght worchypfull John Paston, Squyer, yn haste.

^Y Master Paston, I recomaunde me to yow,preyyng God to have mercy on my masteryour brother sowle, to whom ye ar heyre,and also to my mastras your grauntdam.Wherfore be th'avyse of my mastras your earful moder,your brothere Edmund, on Sunday next before SentAndrew, rod to Marlyngforth, and before alle thetenauntez, examynid on James, kepere ther for WillPaston, where he was the weke next before Sent Andrew,and there he seyd that he was not at Marlingforth fromthe Monday unto the Thorday at evyn, and soo therewas no man there but your brothers man at the tyme ofhis decese; so be that your brothere dyyd sesid, and

your brothere E. bad your man kepe possession to yourbehoffe, and warned the tenauntez to pay noo man, tilye hadde spoke them. So mesemyth that ys a remyt-tir to your old taylyd titell; comon with your concell.Forther, at afternoon he was at Oxned to understandehow they had doo, and Peris kepyd your brotherespossession at that tyme; and your oncle his man wasnot there, but he assyned anothere pore man to be ther.Whethere that contynuid the possession of W. Pastonor not be remembrid, 8zc.

And after the decese, &c., W. Paston sent the manthat kepyd possession to fore to entre and kepe pos-session, wheche was noo warent be tha poyntment,for ye stande at your liberte as for ony apoyntment orcomunycacion hadde before, and soo men seme it wergood for yow to stande at large til ye here more; yf yemyght have my Lord Chamberleyns good faver andlordship, it were ryght expedyent. As for my Lord ofEly, dele not wyth hym be owr avyse, for he woU movefor trete, and elles be displesid. Your brother Edmundsent to John Wymond, and he sent word he wolle bea mene of trete, but wold take noo parte, and as Isopose that was be Heydons avyse; for your unclesent to me to be with hym, and also the same manrodd to Heydon and Wymondham, «&c. The brengerof this letter can tell, for he was with your brothereE. at these placez.

Forther, my mastras your moder gretyth yow well,and sendyth yow her blessyng, requiryng yow tocome oute of that here [air] alsone as ye may; and yourbrothere E. comaundid hym to yow, and he doth hysdylygens, and parte for yow full well and saddely ynmany behalvys, and hath brought my maistras yourwife to Topcrofte on Friday last, and they fare all wellthere; and he yntendith to see my Master Fitz Water,whech lythe at Freton, ner Long Stratton. And Godbe your gide yn all your maters, and brenge yow sonehome.

Wretyn at Norwyche, on Son day at nyght next

before Sent Andrew, and delyverd on Monday nextbe the morwyn. Be your, W. Lomnour.

848.

Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

[William Paston to Robert Walsh.]

Thinks his dealing not very commendable, seeing that thewriter is not paid his fee, according to the promise made by himand Fouke of Knapton, when they were with him at Norton. Ihad a distress and left it for your sake, but you show no con-sideration for me, &c.

[This is a draft in the handwriting of William Paston. To it is attached asmall slip with these words, "A letter fro William Paston to Robert Walschand Robert Fouk of Knapton. "j

849.

A.D. 1479, Dec.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is evident from the contents that this letter was written shortly after thedeath of Sir John Paston. The year 1479 was a year of great mortality, inwhich the Paston family lost three of its members. The letter is not signed,but is in John Paston's hand.

To my ryght worchepfull and most kynd modyr^ Mar-garett Paston.

[YGHT werchepfuU modyr, aftyr all dutes ofhumble recomendacyon, as lowly as I can, Ib^seche yow of your dayly blyssyng andpreyer. Pleasyt yow to undyrstand thatwher as ye wyllyd me by Poiness to hast me ought ofthe heyer that I am in, it is so that I must pwt me inGod, for her must I be for a season, and in good feythI shall never, whyll God sendyth me lyff, dred mordethe than shame; and thankyd be God, the syknessis well seasyd here, and also my besyness puttyth awey

my fere. I am drevyn to labore in lettyng of tli'exe-cucyon of myn uiikynd onclys entent, wher in I haveas yet non other dyscorage, but that I trust in God heshall fayle of it,

I have spokyn with my Lord of Ely ^ dyvers tymys,whyche hathe put me in serteynte by hys woord, that hewyll be with me ayenst myn oncle in iche mater that 1can shewe that he entendy th to wrong me in; and he woldfayne have a resonable end bet^vyx us, wher to he wyllhelpe, as he seythe. And it is serteyn my brodyr, Godhave hys soule, had promysed to a byde the reule ofmy Lord Chamberleyn ^ and of my Lord Ely; but I amnot yett so far forthe, nor not wyll be, tyll I know myLord Chamberleyns intent, and that I purpose to doto morow, for then I thynk to bewith hym, with Godesleve. And sythe it is so that God hathe purveyd meto be the solysytore of thys mater, I thank Hym ofHys grace for the good lordes, mastrys, and frendysthat He hathe sent me, whyche have perfytely pro-mysyd me to take my cause as ther owne, and thosefrendes be not a fewe.

And, modyr, as I best can and may, I thank yowand my cosyn Lomenore of the good avyse that yehave sent me, and I shall aplye me to do ther aftyr.Also, modyr, I beseche you on my behalf to thank myncosyn Lomnorre for the kindness that he hathe shewydon to me in gevyng of hys answer to myn onclysservaunt, whyche was with hym.

Modyr, I wryght not so largely to yow as I wold do,for I have not most leyser; and also when I have benwith my Lord Chamberleyn, I purpose not to terylonge aftyr in London, but to dresse me to yow wardes;at whyche tyme I trust I shall brynge yow more ser-teynte of all the fordell [advantage] that I have in mybesyness then I c^n as yett wryght.

I am put in serteynte by my most specyall goodmastyr, my Mastyr of the Rollys,^ that my Lord of Ely

1 John Morton, Bishop of Ely. * Lord HastingSi

3 Robert Morton.

is, and slial be bettyr lord to nic then he hathe shewydas yet, and yet hathe he delt with me ryght well andhonourably.

Modyr, I beseche yow that Pekok may be sent topurvey me as myche money as is possybyll for hym tomake ayenst my comyng home, for I have myche topay her in London, what for the funerall costes, dettes,and legattes that must be content in gretter hast thenshalbe myn ease. Also I wold the ferme barly inFlegge, as well as at Paston, if ther be eny, wer gadryd,and iff it may be resonably sold, then to be sold or puttto the maltyng 3 but I wold at Caster that it were oughtof the tenauntes handys for thynges that I here (kepeye consell thys fro Pekok and all folkys), whyche mater1 shall appese, if God wyll geve me leve.

850.

After A.D. 1479.John Paston and his Uncle William.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is evident that this paper was drawn up some time after the death of SiJohn Paston in 1479. It is in his brother John's handwriting.

HES be th'enjuryes and wrongys done by Wil-liam Paston to John Paston, hys nevew.

Fyrst, the maners of Marlyngforthe, Stan-sted, and Horwellbery was gev[en to] Wil-liam Paston, Justyce, and to Agnes, hys wyff, and toth'eyers of ther tw . . . . to whom the seydJohn Paston is cosyn and heyer, that is to sey, son toJohn, son and heyer to the seyd William and Agnes.Item, wher the [seyd William Fasten was seasyd of

the mafier of J, Ed. Clere with other infeofyd to

the use of the seyd Will[iam] ^ and of hys heyres, the

1 " Ed. Clere—I'Willfiaml."—These words are interlined in place of thewords in italics within brackets, which are struck through.

whyche William made hys ^vyll that th[e said Agnes],hys [wife], shold have the seyd maner for terme of h>Tlyff. And aft)T th[at he] dyed, and the seyd Agnesoccupyed for terme of hyr seyd lyff .... of theseyd feoffes the seyd maner; and aftyrwardes the seyd

Afftyr whoys dethe Sir John Paston,

Knyght, as cosyn and heyer to t[he said William], into the seyd maner entred, and dyed with ought issue of

hys bodye John as brodyr and heyer to

the seyd Sir John, [and cosyn and Aeyer is/eff . .],i . .seyd maner entred, and is lettyd to take the profytysofthesameby .... of the maners of Marlyng-forthe, Stansted, and Horwelbery befor r . . . .by the meanys of the seyd Wylliam.

851.

A.D. 1479-80.—John Paston to ,

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

As this letter refers to the making of a tombstone for Sir John Paston, itmay be presumed to have been written either at the end of the year 1479, orin the course of the year 1480. The MS. is a rough draft, apparently in thehand of Edmund Paston- It has been sUghtly mutilated, and apparentlysince the letter was printed in Fenn's fifth volume.

IR, I pray yow that ye will send sum chyld to myLord of Bukingham place, and to the Crown,wich as I conseive is called Gerardes Hall, inBred Stret, to inquere whedir I have anyanswer of my letter sent to Caleys, whech ye know off;and that ye will remembre my brotheris ston, so that itmyth be mad er I cumm a,ge)Ti, and that it be klenlywrowgth. It is told me that the man at Sent Bridis isno klenly portrayer; [the]rfor I wold fayn it myth beportrayed be sum odir man, and he to grave it up.

Sir, it is informyd sum personis in this cuntre that yeknow that the frere will sew a nodir delegaci fro Rome,direkt to sum byschop of Ingland, to amend his

1 These words are struck through.

A.D 1479] EDWARD IV. 269

mater, &c.; and how be it that it may not gretly hurt,yet tlie seyd persones, &c., wold not he shuld have hisentent, in asmoch as his suggestion is untrew, but ratherthey wold spend mony to lette it. I suppose theAbbot of Bery shuld labor for him rather than anodir,becawse the sey Abbot is a perteynor to the lord thatis the freris mayntener, &c.; wherefor, ser, my moderand I pray yow enquere after a man callid Clederro,whych is solisitor and attorne with Master Will. Grey,that late was the Kingges proktor at Rome, and the seydClederro sendith matiers and letters owth of Ingelondto his seyd master ever[y] monith, &c. He is wellknowe in London, and among the Lumbardes, and withthe Bischop of Winchesteris men, but I wot not wherhe dwellit in London, and I suppos if ye speke withhim, he knowith me. Plese yow to comone with himof this mater, but let him not wete of the mater atwixmy modir and him; but desir him to wryth to hismaster to lett this, if it may be, or elles to se the bestwey that he have not his intent, and to comon withthe proktor of the Whith Freris at Rome to hep forth,for the freris here have laborid to my moder, and praidher to lette his ontrewe intent, and have wrete to herproketor befor this. And I suppose if ye speke tothe prior of the freris at London, he will writh toher seyd proktor, &c., but tell the prior no word thatI know [therjof, but let him wete if he will wryth tohis proktor, odir men shall help forth.

More over, that ye will tell Cledero that I am notseker that the frere laborith thus, but be talis of frerisand odir; nevertheles let him writh to his master that[for] whatsomevyr he do herin, he shall be truly contentfor his labor and costes. And if ye think that Cledrowill writh effectually herin, geff hym j. noble, [bid] hymlet his master know that my Lord of Wynchester ^ andDanyell ow godwill to the part that he shall labor for.And if thar be fown no sech sewth be the seyd [fre]re,yet wold I have sum thing fro Rome to anull the old

1 William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester.

bull, &C., or to apeyr [imj>air] it [if] it myth be doesily, &c., and tyding wheder ther be any sech sute,&c. Your own, &c

[For] how beit that it may nowthir avayl ner hurt, yetmy moder will this be do. [I] send yow the copi ofthe bull, and how execucion was do, and informacionof the mater imparte, &c. And, sir, I sha content yournoble, &c. And I pray yow red it over, and spedeyow homeward, and bring this letter home with yow,&c

852.After A.D. 1479.—An Inventory of Plate.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This inventory was certainly drawn up after the death of Agnes Pastonbut how many years later it is impossible to say.

In primis, a sallt with j. cover, . xx. unces di. & di. quart,j. stiimpe of a salte, . . • ij- unces & di.j. flat salt with a squyrell, . . j. nnce iij. quarters,iiij. Parys cuppis with a cover, with

a rose in the botom, weyeng . Ivj. unces j. quarter,ij. holowe disshes, . . . xxix. unces iij. quarter dLj. chafre of silver, . . . ix. unces j. quarter,xij. sylver spones, wereof my lady

hath one.j. lytil spone of Rippyngales, , j. quarter & di quarter, j. d.

ob. qa- di.j. lityll spone for egges, . . j. quarter & di. quarter ob.j. prikettes nuper Ho wis, . . ix. unces ij. d. weight.j. preket nuper Howis, . viij. unces iij. quarters & di.

j. long sokett.j. nother long soket.yj. soketes,with branches to remeve.iij. wherwilles to the same.j, playne pees for potage, per esti-

macionem .... xj. unces j. quarter.j. pla)^! pees nuper Frere Water, iiij. unces j. quarter,j. nother playn peece nuper Frere

Walter, ..... iiij. unces di. quarter.j. chaleis, . . . xv. unces & di. quarter,

ij. cruettes, .... vij. vmces iij. quarters.

X.l). 1479.]

EDIVARD IV.

271

a paxbred,^ ....

j. holowe barbore bason, bought

of CoJet.j. standing pece couvered, bought

of Elingham, ....iij. gilt sponcs.

j. spone for grene gynger, gilt, .j. gilte cup covered, wel shapen

with trayle, with j. knop with a

kroune enamelid, . .

j. nothir cupp standing covered,gilt,bell shapen with trailles, with aplayn knopp not enamelid,

j. maser Sipton.

ij. masers.

iij. gilt spones.

j. gynger spone.

j. bag whiteleder, wherin is all thisstuff folowyng this lyne:—

iij. gird els Staunton.j. girdel upholdester.Fawcon Skem coppe.Hans Eborlyn girdel.Purs gold with Jane Aske hames.ij. lynen bagges lityll with brokesilver and j. old harneis gilt.

Furst, a standing cuppe with a cover

therto plommed, weyengItem, a standing coppe curid gilt,

weyeng .....Item, a nother standing cupp cuerid

gilt, weying ....Item, a goblette of silver and gilt

covered, .....Item, a nother goblett gilt, weyengItem, a nothir goblet gilt, weyengItem, a standing white pees with a

cover withoute a knoppe, weyengItem, a salt with a pale covered,Item, a rounde salt covered.Item, a rounde salt uncovered.Item, a basonne ofItem, an ewer to the same ofItem, an ewer, .

^ A silver plate with a figure of the Ci'at Mass.

iij. unces dl quarter j. d.

XV. unces & j. quarter.

j. unce j. quarter j. q^ & di.

xxxnj. uncesquarter.

& dL & di.

xxiij. unces & j. quarter.

xxiiij. unces di.

xxxvj. unces.

XV. unces iij. qa- & di

xiiij. unces j. quarter & di.xij. unc' & j. d. weight,vij. unc'.

xxij. unces.xiiij. unc' j. quarter.xix. unc' j. quarter dLviij. unces.xxxv. unc' j. quarter.XV. unc' & di. quarter,xiiij. unc' di. quarter,uciilxiuu upon it given to be kissed

Item, vj. silver sponys with square

sharp knoppes of . . . v. unces iij. quarter j.d. wight.Item, spone for grene g>'nger of iij. quarters & ij. d. wightItem,a grete gilt chalis with a patent

longing to the same, weying . xlij. unces j. quarter.Item, a litil standing pece chacid

plumtes,withakovertothe same, x. unces j. quarter.Item, a blak notte standing of silver

and gilt, with a kover to the same,

weying ..... xviij. unc*.Item, a grete maser with a prend

in the botom, and the armes of

Seint Jorge, weying . . xv. unc' j. quarter & di.Item, a nother maser sownde in the

botom and a sengilbonde, . viij. unc' & j. quarter.Item, a lytil maser with a foote,

weying viij. unc'

Item, a nother maser with a lytill

foote, weing .... viij. unc'.Item, a nothir litill maser with an

higher foote, weying . . x. unces & j. quarter.Item, xxti spones on a bundell,

weying xvj. unc' j. quarter.

Item, vj. spones with acorns, weying v. unc' & di. quarter.Item, a peyre bedes of corall with

patemostris of silver and gilt, and

a knopp of smale perle, weying vj. unc* j. quarter.

In primis, j. standing cuppe covered

playne with a rounde knoppe,

weyeng . . • . . xxv. unces.J. nodir cuppe of golde covered

playne with a chacid knoppe,

weying ..... xxiij. unces iij. quarters.. layer of gold with a crokid spoute,

weyeng . . . . . xiij. unces iij. quarters.. nothir layer of golde, weyeng . xiij. unces j. quarter j. d,. chaleis of fyne golde in pecis

broken, . . . . . xxiiij. unces.. coppe of golde covered, chacid

with a perle, .... xxj. unces.. sake covered with a berall gair-

neshid, ..... v. unces j. quarter.. nothir salt covered, garnyshed

with stones, . . . .v. unces iij, quarter.. par of gilt basouns covered, weyeng viijxx. xix. unces & di.. salte gilte, weyeng . . . xxviij. unces di. quarter.. cover to the same, weyeng, . viij. unces j. quarter.. nothir salte gilte withoute a cover, xxvij. unces iij. quarters.

j. standing pees gilte, with a cover

Skem, xxxvij. unces j. quarter.

. nothir standing pees gilte with a

cover, A. P xxj. unces di. & di. quarter.

. flatte pees covered, gilt, A. P. xviij. unces & di.. potte for grene gynger gilte, . x. unces & di. iiij. d. ob.. cover to the same, weying . j. unce & j. quarter.. stonding cuppe covered parcel!

gilt. Sir Buk, .... xvj. unces & j. quarter.. salt covered parcell gilt. Sir Ric.*, xij. unces & di.. paxe parcell gilte, Staunton, . xuj. unces.. standing cuppe with a kever,

parcell gilt, Staunton, . . xix, unces & di.. goblett for Rynesh wyne covered, xj. unces & di. quarter.. powder boxe, .... vj. unces j. quarter di. quarter., noder powder boxe, . . viij. unces j. quarter.

, candilstykke wilh a lous [loose]

sokett and j. preket, P. . . xvij. unces di. quarter,ij.candilstikkes with ij. lous preketes,

Skem, xxxj. unces j. quarter di.

di. doss. \Jialfa dozeti\ sylver spones,

Shipton, . . . • vj. unces di. & di. quarter.

di. doss, spones, Stanton, . . vij. unces.j. bason, P. .... xlv. unces dL

j. bason, Sparke, . . . Ix. unces.j. bason, Stunner, with a spoute, xxxiiij. unces j. quarter j. d. q.j. bason, Stunner,withoute a spoute, xxxij. unces j. quarter di. quar-ter j. d. qa.j. bason, Roiis, . . . .1. unces iij. quarters.j. ewer, P. .... xvj. unces «S: di. &dL quarter,

j. ewer, Sparke, . . . xx, unces.

i. ewer, Stunner, . • . xiiij. unces j. quarter & di.

quarter qa.j. ewer, Sturmer, . • . xiiij. unces di. di. quartei

j. ewer, Rous,j. pott, Hous,j. pott, P. .j. pott, S. . .j. pott, Rous,j. pott. Spark,j. flagon, .j. layer, .j. layer.

j. d. ob. qa.. . xviij. unces.. Ivij. unces.

. xxviij. unces iij. quarter di.ij.lett, . . XV. unces.

. . . XXXV. unces.

. . XXvij. unces j. quarter.. xxxix. unces.. ix. unces a quarter & di.ix. unces j. quarter & ij. di.

vj. Paryscuppis with a cover, Skeme, Ixx. unces iij. quarters di.j.grete boll pees,with a cover, Noris, xl. unces j. quarter,xxiij. disshis of sylver, Skeme, . xvijx>^vj. unces di.iiij. chargeours, .... vx.x. unces.

III.

xxvij. dishes, . * . . xxxjcxj.uncesdi. &di. quarter,

xxiij. sawears, .... vjxx-xv. unces.^ xij. flatt cuppis of silver, P. and

Staunton, .... vxx.v. unces iij. quarters.^ iiij. coveres to the same, P. and

Staunton, - . . . xl. unces.

j. chargeour priour (?) water, . xlvj. unces j. quarter di.

853.After A.D. 1479.—Abstra'JTT.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]William Paston to his Brother Edmund Paston.

Encloses the will of his father, " such as my brother hath; **who says he had it out of the register. My business is no furtheradvanced since I left you, except that my brother has got apardon of the alienation made by the Bishop of Winchester.Can get no estate in it except according to his father's will, viz.to himself and his heirs-male. My brother's will is that I shouldhave Runham, which is /^S a year at least, in recompense of the10 marks out of Sporle, if he would release ail his right in thatmanor. There is nothing touching you in my brother's* will,for I read it over and will write it also ; * * so that I woll havethe same for my copy that he wrote witii his own hand."

Recommend me heartily to my sister your wife.

London, 22 Feb.

[The writer of this was William, the son of the eldest John Paston, not thatuncle William with whom the two younger John Pastons had so many dis-putes. I see nothing to fix the date beyond the fact that the letter waswritten after Sir John Paston's death.]

854.

A.D. 1480, 24 Feb.William Paston to John Kyng.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is scarcely necessary to point out that this letter was probably writtenrithin a year after Sir John Paston's death.

1 These two entries are bracketed together in the MS., and " Shei«d WLey " (?) written in the margin.

2 5ir John Paston, who died in 1479,

To John Kyngff Fennour of my Matter of Ilartwdburyyin Keisally besides Royston^ be this dclyverd.

OHN KYNG, I grete yow hartely well; andI understond as well by my frende, Syr Wil-liam Storar, as by Ric. Browne, that as wellmy kynnesman Syr John Paston that dede is, asmy kynnesman John Paston that now leveth, have benwith yow, and yovyn yow many grete thretis, for that yeacordyng to the trowth, tolde unto them that ye ocupyedmy maner of Harwelbury be my leese, and be myryght. And further more I understond, notwithstondyngthe seyde grete thretis, that ye, lyke a full trewe, hartyfrende, have delyd and fastely abedyn in my tytill, andwolde not retome to none of them. Wherfor I hartelythank yow; and furthar more to corage yow in yowrfast dealyng, I schew onto yow that I have ryght bothein law and in concience, wherby I promyse yow onmy feythe to defende yow and save yow harmeles forthe occupacion of the londe, or any thynge that yeschall doo in my titill a gaynst hym, and it schuldecost me as moche as the maner is worth, and alsoanother tyme to doo as moche for yov/, and it ly in mypowre, yf ye have ony mater to doo ther as I may doofor yow.

And, also, I here say, by my seid frende, Syr WilliamStorar, and by Ric. Brown, that ye ar of suche sub-staunce, and of suche trust, and suche favor in thecentre ther, that it lithe in yowr powre to do a goodetume for yowr frende.

Wretyn at London, the xxiiij^'day of Februari.

Be William Paston.

855.

Date uncertain.George, Servant to William Paston, to John Kyng.

Wc pLicc this letter after the last for convenience. Its date is unimportant

To John Kyng of Therfeld^ in Hertfordshire.

Right trusty and welbeloved frende, I comaunde me to ycm.And, Ser, I tolde my maister that ye wolde have ben with himor this; for which cause he mervailelh ye kepe nat yourpromyse. Wherfoie I avise you to come and bryng my maisterhis money afore this fest of Cristmasse.

And, also, ye ar yerly behynde of a boore or els ten shillingesafter the price of oon bore. And where ye be owyng your boore forij. yerys, I wolde avyse you to delyver unto Ser William Storerthe seid dute, or els 1 counceile you to send my maister a reson-able somme of money with thies boores afore Cristmasse for yourthanke, consideryng his kynde dealyng, as well in sufferaunce ofyour money as in your owne matier.

Writen at London, the xvj^h day of Decembre.

Be your frende, George,servaunte to Mr. W. Paston.i

856.

A.D. 1480-7.John, Prior of Bromholm, to John Paston.

[From Fenn, iii. 400.]

On the date of this letter Fenn remarks as follows:—" John Titleshale wasprior of Bromholm from 1460 for about twenty years. This letter must havebeen written therefore either on the 14th October 1460, or on the same day in1465, as Edward IV. married in that year, and J. Paston died in May 1466.If it was written in the former, the request [for timber] must have been toQueen Margaret; if in the latter, to EUzabeth, the Queen of Edward IV." Inthese observations Fenn overlooks the possibility of the letter having beenaddressed to any other John Paston than the first of that name ; and neitherof the two years, wliich alone suit that supposition, has much internal pro-bability. It is inconceivable that the letter could have been written in 1460,when Queen Margaret had retired into Wales after the battle of Northamp-ton, and it is almost equally improbable that the date could have been 1465,when John Paston, the father, was in prison. We have very little doubt thatthe letter was addressed to John Paston the youngest, called of Gelston, longafter his father's death, and after that of his brother Sir John also. JohnTytleshale, who was Prior of Bromholm in 1460, was succeeded, at what datewe are not informed, by John Macham; and after him John Underwood,Bishop of Chalcedon, suffragan of the Bishop of Norwich, was prior in 1509.The date of this letter, however, must lie between 1480 and 1487, in whichlatter year John Paston the youngest was created a knight for his service* atthe battle of Stoke.

1 The subscription is m a different hand from the letter itself, which i« ill (clerk's hand, very well written.

To my right worchipful maisier, John Paston, Sqivycr.

IGHT worchipful maister, I recomaiinde meiin to yow, desiryng to knowe of youre wel-fare and prosperyte, wheche Jesu maynteyneand encreese to His pleser after youre hertysdesyre, thankyng yow ever of youre good maistershipto me shewed at alle tymes withoute deserte on mybehalve, prayng yow, and hirtely besechyng of youregoode contynuance. Please it yowre maistership, for asmoche as it [is] moved on to the my good maisters,the counsell of the Duche of Lancastr, that they beweelwillyng to make laboure on to my Sovereyn Ladythe Qween at youre good instaunce for certeyn tymbertoward my dortour at Bromholm, in wheche mynspecyall desyre is to have viij. princypall beemys,everych on in length xj. zerds. I am not expeert inmakyng of any supplicacion, besech}Tig youre maister-ship to take it uppon you to do it make after youravyce, alegged all poverte, as youre worchipfuU dis-crecion can moche better than I can enforme; and Iremitte all to youre wysdam, ever besechyng you tocalle this matyer to youre remembraunce. No moreat this tyme, but the Holy Trinite mote have yow inHis govemaunce, and sende you longe lyf to endureto His pleser.

Wreten the xiiij<^ day of Octobr.

Youre preest and chapeleyn,

John, Priour of Bromholm.

857.

Not after A.D. 1481.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Appointment touching " Ayeseldys wyff." Her friends tolAfeor for her acquittal of the felony, without letting of Wrem-megey's wife, <S:c. ;^20 to be deposited "in mene hand" by the

friends of A's wife, to be delivered on her acquittal to Darbyand other friends of W's wife. Also Master Yelverton shall havehis jCz due to him from Ayseldys wife paid by both parties.Signed—John Yelverton.

[I can find no other reference to the matter referred to in this paper, andcannot tell the date ; but as John Yelverton, the son of the judge, died on the9th July 1481 (blomefiedli x. 31), it cannot be later than that year.]

858.

About A.D. 1481 ?Edmund Paston to William Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

There is nothing to show the date of this letter, except the fact that Wil-liam Paston did not come of age before the year 1481, so that it is not likelyto-be earlier. Perhaps it may be a few years later, in which case the widowwould not have been very much his senior; but that circumstance was notlikely, in those days, to have been greatly regarded in the matter.

To my brother, Wylliam Paston, be this delyverd.

HARTELY recomawnd me to zow. Here islately fallyn a wydow in Woorstede, whychewas wyff to one Bolt, a worstede marchaunt,and worth a m'7/., and gaff to hys wyff a C.marke in mony, stufTe of howsold, and plate to thevalew of an C. marke, and x//. be zere in land. She iscallyd a fayer jantylwoman. I wyll for zour sake seher. She is ryght systyr, of fader and modyr, to HenyYnglows. I purpose to speke with hym to gett hysgood wyll. Thes jantylwoman is abowght xxx. zeres,and has but ij. chyldern, whyche shalbe at the dedescharge; she was hys wyff but v. zere. Yf she be enybetter than I wryght for, take it in woothe I shew theleeste. Thus lete me have knowlache of zowr myndeas shortly as ze can, and whan ze shall moun be in thiscuntre. And thus God send zow good helth and goodaventure.

From Norwyche, the Saterday after xij*« day.

Your, E. Paston.

859.

Between A.D. 1481-4.Edmund Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Fcnn dates this letter 1479-80, suggesting that it must have been writtenvery soon after Edmund Paston's marriage with the widow of William Clip-pesby, as it seems to imply that he had not yet carried his bride to pay herduty to his mother. I do not, for my part, know the date of this marriage,and I suspect Fenn had no other clue to it than the fact that William Clip-pcsby, the lady's first husband, died on the 24th September 1479 '< but Ipresume his widow was still unmarried when she proved his will on the 18thMay 1480 (see Blomeficld, xi. 144). I consider, therefore, that the lettermust have been written between the years 1481 a»d 1484, as MargaretPaiston died in November of th« latter year.

To my ryght wurchypfidl and especiall good mother^Margaret Pasion^

jYGHT worchypfuU and moste especialle good^ modyr, in my moste iimble wyse, with allemy dute and servyse, I recomawnd me toyow, besechynge zow of zour blyssyng,whyche is to me moste joy of erthely thynge; and itplese zow to be so good and kynd modyr to me toforgeve me, and also my wyffe, of owr leude offencethat we have not don ower dute, whyche was to haveseyn and ave waytyd up on zow or now. My hus-wyffe trustythe to ley to zow her huswyferey for herexcuse, wyche I muste beseche zow not to accepte,for in good faythe I deme her mynde hathe ben otherweys ocapyed than as to huswyfery,iwhychesemythwelleby the latchesnes of the tylthe of her landdes. Ibeseche God for the forderawnce of them as nowrewarde zow and the good parson of Mautby, andalso Mastyer Baley, who I wende woold not havebalkyd this pore loggeyng to Norwyche wardes.

I undyrstand by the bryngger here of that ze entendeto ryde to Walsyngham; yf it please zow that I maywete the seayson, as my dute is, I shalle be redy toawayte up on zow.

Plese it zow that the brynggar here of cam to me forxj. viij^. whyche I shuld ow hys fadyr; trew it was atmy laste departyng from hym, I owte hym somych,but sertaynly or I cam at Thetfford homewardes, Ithowt of concyence he owte to have restoryd me asmyche. I had my horsse with hym at lyvery, andamonge alle one of them was putte to gresse and tolabur, so that he dyed of a laxe by the wey. I payedfor hard mete ever to hym.

Plese it zow to delyver Kateryn vs., wyche I sendzow in this bylle. I am not assartaynd how she ispurveyde of mony towardes her jornay. Yf her fadyrcowde not acleymed ]d. of me, I woold not se herdysporveyd, yf I myght, nor the poreste chyld that isbelonggyng to hys loggeyng.

Modyr, my wyffe is boold to send zow a tokyn. Ibeseche zow pardon alle thyngges not done acordyngto dute. I beseche God send zow the accomplysh-ment of zour moste and woorchypfull desyers.

At Owby, the Saterday next before Candylmes.Zour umble son and servant,

Edmond Paston.

860.A.D. 1481, Aug.—Monastery of St. Faith.

[Add. Charter, 17,252, B.M.]

Robertus filius domini Walter! de Mauteby militis insp[ex]sitcartas an[tiquas] .... concessas Deo et monasterio SanctseFidis quinque quarteria salis annualis redditus . . e olim

quinque wayes percipienda de salinis ma[r]issi

de Mauteby secundum mensuram ejusdem [marijssi. Quam qui-

dem concessionem prsedictus Robertus ratificat

suum sub sigillo suo quid est \}\ And this deed sawe John Pastonat the seid Seynt Feythes, mense Augusti Anno xxjo Regis E.

1 Here occurs a representation of a shield in the middle of the text of ttatMS.

[Qjuarti. And for this rent a . . the prior and the monkysthere shewyd [to th]c seyd John, the same moneth and tyme, thes

obitis foloyng tightled in the they s[ay]d that

they whiche wold be knowyn and wachid. So

the sayd .... the obbites

bi Maitby xij. die mensis Aprihs. Et d'ns d'nii (?)

Johannes de Maltb[y].

861.

A.D. 1482, 4 Feb.Margaret Paston's Will.

[Add. Charter, 17,253, B.M.]

N the name of God, amen. I, MargaretPaston, widowe, late the wiff of John Paston,Sqiiier, doughterand heireto John Mauteby.Squier, hole of spirit and mynde, with perfiteavisement and good delibcracion, the mY^ day ofFebruary, in the yer of Our Lord God a m^cccclxxxj.make my testament and last wille in this fourmefolowyng. First, I betake my sowle to God Almyghtyand to Our Lady His blissed Moder, Seint Michael,Seint John Baptist, and to Alle Seintes, and my bodyto be beried in the ele of the cherch of Mauteby,byfore the ymage of Our Lady there. In which elerestethe bodies of divers of myn aunceteres, whos sowlesGod assoile.

Item, I bequethe to the high awter of the seid cherchof Mauteby xxj-.

Item, I wulle that the seid ele in which my bodyshalbe beried be newe robed, leded, and glased, andthe walles therof heyned [heightened] convenyently andwerkmanly.

Item, I wulle that myn executours purveye a stoon ofmarble to be leyde alofte upon my grave within a yernext after my decesse; and upon that stoon I ^vullehave iiij. scochens sett at the iiij. comers, wherof Iwulle that the first scochen shalbe of my husbondesarmes and myn departed, the ij^« of Mawtebysarmes

and Bemeys of Redham departed, the iij'**^ of Mawte-bysarmes and the Lord Loveyn departed, the iiij^<' ofMawtebysarmes and Sir Roger Beauchamp departed.And in myddys of the seid stoon I wull have a scochensett of Mawtebysarmes allone, and under the samethise wordes wretyn, " In God is my trust," with ascripture wretyn in the verges therof rehersyng thisewordes, " Here lieth Margret Paston, late the wif ofJohn Paston, doughter and heire of John Mawteby,Squier," and so forth, in the same scripture rehersedthe day of the moneth and the yer that I shall decesse :" on whos sowle God have mercy."

Item, I wulle that myn executours shall purveye xij.pore meen of my tenauntes, or other if they suffice not,the whiche I wulle shalbe apparailled in white gowneswith hodes according, to holde xij. torches abowte mynherse or bere at such tyme as I shalbe beried, duringthe exequies and masse of my berying; which xij.torches I wille remayne in the seid cherch of Mawtebywhil they may last for my yerday.

Which yerday I wull myn heire kepe in the samecherch for me my seid husbond and myn aunceteresyerly during the terme of xij. yeres next after my de-cesse ;^ and I wulle that ich of the seid xij. pore meenthe day of my beriing have iiij^. Also, I wulle that ichepreste being at my berying and masse have viij^., andich clerk in surplys iij^. Also, I wull that the prestewhich shall berie me have vjs. viij*/., so that he seyeover me at the tyme of my berying all the whole servicethat to the berying belongeth.

Also, I wulle that from the day and tyme that I amberied unto the ende of vij. yeres than next folowyngbe ordeyned a taper of wexe of a//, to brenne uponmy grave ich Sonday and haliday at alle divine serviceto be seid or sunge in the seid cherch and dailly at themasse of that preest that shalle singe there in the seidele for my sowle.

' In the margin is written in Jokn Paston's hand, "Memorandum^ v- 7^to come to kepe the yerday."

Item, I wulle that vj. tapers, ich of iiij//., brenneabowte myn herse the day of my beryng, of which Iwull that iiij. yerlybe kept to brenne abowte myn hersewhan my yerday shalbe kept aslong as they mayhonestly serve.

Item, I wulle have an honest seculer prest to syngeand pray in the seid ele for my sowle, the sowles of myfather and mother, the sowle of the seid John Paston,late my husband, and for the sowlys of his aunceteresand myn during the terme of vij. yeres next after mydecesse.

Item, I wulle that myn executours purveye a com-pfeet legende in oon book, and an antiphoner in another book, which bookes I wull be yeven to abide therin the seid cherch to the wursship of God aslonge asthey may endure.^

Item, I wulle that every houshold in Mauteby ashastily as it may be convenyently doo after my decessehave x\]d.

Item, to the emendyng of the cherch of Freton inSuffolk I bequethe a chesiple and an awbe.^

And I wulle that ich houshold being my tenauntthere have vjV.

And I bequethe to the emendement of the cherchof Basyngham a chesiple and an awbe.^

And I wulle that every houshold there have \\\]d.

Item, I bequeth to the emendyng of the cherch otMatelask a chesiple and an awbe.*

And I woiU that every pore houshold that are mytenauntes there have viij^.

Item, I bequethe to the emendyng of the cherch ofGresham a chesiple and an awbe.^

And I woiUe that ich pore houshold that be mytenauntes there have Y]d.

Item, I wulle that ich pore houshold late mytenauntes at Sparham have y]d.

1 In margin, " v/x. vjj. viij<i" This and the marginal notes which followare all in John Paston's hand.* In margin, "xvjf. •v\}]d." S In margin, " xvjj. viij*^'*

In margin, "xvjf. viijul" ft In maro^in, "xvjj. viijdf."

Item, to the reparacion of the cherch of Redhamthere as I was borne I bequeth v. marc and a chesipleof silk with an awbe with myn armes therupon to theemendement of the same cherche.^

Item, to iche of the iiij. houshes of Freres in Nor-wich, xxs.

Item, to iche of the iiij. houshes of Freres of Ver-mouth and at the South toun to pray for my sowle Ibequeth xxs.

Item, to the ankeres at the Frere Prechours in Nor-wich I bequeth iijs. mjd.

And to the ankeres in Conesford I bequeth n]s. iiij^.

Item, to the anker at the White Freres in NorwichI bequethe iijs. iiijV.

Item, to iche hole and half susters at Normans inNorwich, viijd^.

Item, to the Deen and his bretheren of the Chepellof Feld, to the use of the same place to seye a dirigeand a masse for my sowle, xxj.

Item, to the hospitalle of Seint Gile in Norwich, alsofor a dirige and a masse for my sowle, xxi*.

Item, to iche of the iiij. pore meen, and to either ofthe susters of the seid hospitall, ij^.

Item, to the mother cherche of Norwiche for adirige and masse, xxx.

Item, to iche lepre man and woman at the v. Yatesin Norwich, iij^.

And to iche forgoer at every of the seid yates, ij^.

Item, to iche lepre without the North gates at Ver-mouth, iij^.; and to the forgoer ther, ij^.

Item, to iche houshold of the parish of Seint Peter ofHungate in Norwich that wuU receyve almes, have iiij^.

Item, I wull have a dirige and a masse for my sowleat the parisshe cherche of Seint Michael of Coslany inNorwich, and that every preste ther hav)mg his stipendbeing therat have iiij^., and iche clerk in surplys of thesame parissh than ther being have ij^., and the parisshclerk vj^., and the curat that shall seye high masse

1 In margm, " v/t."

have xx^., and I bequeth to the reparacion of the bellysof the same cherche vjj". viij^., and to the sexteyn thereto rynge at the seid dirige and masse, xx^.

Item, I wull that myn executours shall geve to thesustentacion of the parson or preste that shall for thetyme mynystre the sacramentez and divine service inthe cherch of Seint Petre of Hungate in Norwich, xx//.of lawfull money ;^ whiche xx//. I will it be putt in therule and disposicion of the cherch reves of the samecherche for the tyme being by the oversight of thesubstancialle persones of the seid parissh, to this intent,that the seid cherch reves, by the oversight as is before-seid, shall yerly yeve, if it so be that the profites of theseid cherch suffice not to fynde a prest after ther dis-crecions, part of the seid xx//. to the seid parson orpreste, unto the seid xx//. be expended.

Item, I bequeth to Edmund Paston, my sone, astanding pece white covered, with a white garleek heedupon the knoppe, and a gilt pece covered with anunicorne, a fetherbedde and a traumsom at Norwich,and the costers ^ of worsted that he hath of me.

Item, I bequeth to Katerine his wiff a purpill girdillharneisid with silver and gilt and mybygge bras chafour,a brasen morter with an iren pestell, and a stoon morterof cragge.

Item, I yeve and graunte to Robert, sone of the seidEdmund, alle my swannes morken with the merke calledDawbeneys merk, and with the merk late Robert Cutler,clerk, to have hold and enjoye the seid swannes with theseid merkesto the seid Robert and his heirs for evermore.

Item, I bequeth to Anne, my doughter, wiff of WilliamYelverton, my grene hangyng in my parlour at Mauteby,a standing cuppe with a cover gilt with a flatte knoppeand a flatte pece with a cover gilt with cute, xij. silverspones, a powder boxe with a foot and a knoppe enamel-led blewe, mybest corse girdill bleweherneised with silverand gilt, my primer, my bedes of silver enamelled.

1 In margin, " xx/i"

• Pieces of tapestry used on the sides of tables, beds, &c—ffalitweU.

Item, I bequeth to the seid Anne, my fetherbeddewith sillour,! curteyns and tester ^ in my parlour atMauteby, with a white covering, a peire blankettes, ij.peire of my fynest shetes iche of iij. webbes, a fynehedshete of ij. webbes, my best garnyssh of pewtervessell, ij. basyns with ij. ewres, iij. candelstekes of oonsorte, ij. bras pottes, ij. bras pannes, a bras chafour tosett by the fyre, and a chafour for colys.

Item, I require myn executours to paie to the seidWilham Yelverton and Anne the money that I shallowe them of ther mariage money the day of my decesseof such money as shalbe receyved of such londes as Ihave putte in feffement to accomplissh my wille.

Item, I bequeth to William Paston, my sone mystanding cuppe chased parcell gilt with a cover withmyn armes in the botom and a flatte pece with a traillupon the cover, xij. silver spones, ij. silver saltes wherofoon is covered the hole bedde of borde alisaundre asit hangeth on the gret chaumber at Mauteby, with thefetherbedde, bolster, blankettes, and coveryng to thesame, ij. peire shetes, ij. pilwes, and my best palet, abasyn, an ewre, and a litel white bedde that hangethover the gresyngges in the litell chaumber at Mautebyfor a trussyng bedde.

Item, I bequeth an C. marc in money to be paiedand bestowed to the use and byhoff of the seid WilliamPaston after this forme folowyng -, that is to sey, inpurchasyng of as moche lond to him and to his heiresas may be had with the same money, or ellys to bye awarde to be maried to him if eny suche may be goten,or ellys to be paied to him assone as it may be con-venyently gadered and receyved of sucche londes asby me are put in feffement as is beforseid after the elein Mauteby cherche be fynsshed and performed as isbeforseid, and after the stipend of the preste lymytedto singe for me be yerly levied, as well as the moneybe dispended upon the keping of my yerly obite.And if the seid William dye or he come to the age of

I Canopy of tapestry. * Head of the bedstead

A.D. I48a.] EDWARD IV. 287

xxj. yer, than the seid C. marc to be disposed for thewele of my sowle by myn executours.

Item, I bequeth to John Paston my sone a giit cuppestandyng with a cover and a knoppe liche a garkeekheed, vj. gobelettes of silver with oon cover.

Item, I bequeth to Margery Paston, the wif of theseid John, my pixt of silver with ij. silver cruettes andmy massebook with all myn awterclothes.

ltem,i I bequeth to William Paston, sone of the seidJohn Paston, and Elizabeth his suster, C. marc whanthey come to laufuU age, to be take and receyved ofthe londes beforseid; and if either of them die or theycome to the seid age, than I wull that the part of himor hir so deying remayne to the survyver of them atlaufull age, and if they bothe dye or they come to theseid age, than I wull that the seid C. marc be disposedfor the helth of my sowle by th'avise of myn executours.

Item, I bequeth to Custaunce, bastard doughter ofJohn Paston, Knyght, whan she is xx. yer of age, x.marc, and if she die bifore the seid age, than I wullthat the seid x. marc be disposed by myn executours.

Item, I bequeth to John Calle, sone of Margery mydoughter, xx//. whan he cometh to the age of xxiiij.yer, and if the seid John dye or he cometh to the seidage, than I wull that the seid xx//. evenly be dividedattwen William and Richard, sones of the seid Margery,whan they come to the age of xxiiij. yer; and if eitherof the seid William and Richard dye or he come to theseid age, than I wull that the part of him so dying re-mayne to the survyver; and if bothe the seid Williamand Richard dye or the come to the seid age, than Iwull that the seid xx//. be disposed by the good advysof myne executours for me and my frendes.

Item, I bequethe to Marie Tendalle,mygoddoughter,my peir bedys of calcidenys gaudied^with silver and gilt.

'' Opposite this paragraph is written in the margin in John Paston's hand :"ij. marke. Solut' E. P. /. marke."

■^ Halliwell explains "gaudees " as " the larger beads in a roll for prayer."According to Palsgrave Uiey represented the Paternoster.

Item, I wuU that iche of myn other godchilder berewarded by th'avyse of John Paston, my sone.

Item, I bequeth to Agnes Swan my servaunt, mymusterdevelys gown furred with blak, and a girdell ofblak harneised with silver gilt and enamelled, and xxs.in money.

Item, to Simon Gerard my silver gobelet cured anda flatt pece with verges gilt, and myn hole litel whitebedde in my chapell chaumber at Mauteby with thefetherbedde liche as it is nowe in the seid chapell, witha peire blankettes, a peire shetes, and a pilvve of doune.

Item, to John Heyth a materas with a traunsom, apeire shetes, a peire blankettes, and a coverHght.

Item, I wuU that myn housholt be kept after my de-cesse by half a yer, and that my servauntes wages betruly paied at ther departing, and also that everypersone being my servaunt the day of my decesse havea quarter wages beside that they at her departing havedo service fore.

Item, I wull that alle suche maners, londes, andtenementes, rentes and services whiche are descendedunto me by weye of inheritaunce immediatly after mydecesse remayne unto myn heires accordyng to the lastwille of Robert Mauteby, Squier, my grauntfader, exceptsuche londes as I have putte in feffement to accomplisshtherof my last wille, and except v. marc of annuytewhich I have graunted out of the maner of Freton inSuffolk to Edmund Paston, my sone, Katherine his wiff,and Robert, ther sone, for terme of ther lyves.

Item, I bequeth to Anne, my doughter, x/i. to hirpropre use.

And to Osbern Bemey x. marc of the money comyngof the londes by me put in feffement as is beforseid.

Item, I wull that the residewe of the stuffe of mynhoushold unbiquothen be divided equally betwenEdmund and William, my sones, and Anne, mydoughter.

The residewe of all my godes and catalle and dettesto me owing I yeve and comitte to the good disposicion

of myn executours to performe this my testament andlast wille, and in other dedes of mercye for my sowle,myn aunceterez sowlez, and alle Cristen sowles, to themost pleaser of God and profit to my sowle.

Of this my testament, I make and ordeyne the seidJohn Paston, Squier, my sone, Thomas Drentall, clerk,Simon Gerard and Walter Lymyngton myn executours.

And I bequeth to the seid John Paston for his labourx//.

And to iche of myn other executours for their labourV. marc.

In witnesse wherof to this my present testament Ihave putto my seal. Yevyn day and yer biforseid.

862.

A.D. 1482?John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter, which was undoubtedly written during the later years ofMargar?t Paston, may be conveniently placed after her wilL

To my ryght worchepfull modyr^ Margaret Paston.

[YGHT worchepfull modyr, in my most humblewyse I recomand me to yow, besec.hyng yowof your dayly blyssyng. And when I may, II wyll with as good wyll be redy to recom-pence yow for the cost that my huswyff and I haveput yow to, as I am now bond to thank yow for it,whyche I do in the best wyse I can. And, modyr, itpleasyd yow to have serteyn woordys to my wyff athyr depertyng, towchyng your remembrance of theshortness that ye thynk your dayes of, and also of themynd that ye have towardes my brethryn and systyryour chyldyr, and also of your servauntes, wher in yeIII. u

wyllyd hyr to be a meane to me, that I wold tendyrand favore the same. Modyr, savyng your plesure, thernedyth non enbasatours nor meanys betwyx yow andme ; for ther is neyther wyff nor other frend shall makeme to do that that your comandment shall make me todo, if I may have knowlage of it; and if I have no know-lage, in good feyth I am excuseabyll bothe to Godand yow. And, well remembred, I wot well ye oughtnot to have me in jelusye for one thyng nor other thatye wold have me to accomplyshe, if I overleve yow;for I wot well non 00 man a lyve hathe callyd so oftupon yow as I, to make your wylle and put iche thyngin serteynte, that ye wold have done for your sylff, andto your chyldre and sei-vauntes. Also at the makyngof your wylle, and at every comunycacyon that Ihave ben at with yow towchyng the same, I nevyrcontraryed thyng that ye wold have doon and per-formyd, but alweyso ffyrd my sylff to be bovvnde to thesame. But, modyr, I am ryght glad that my wyff iseny thyng your favore or trust; but I am ryght sorythat my wyff, or eny other chyld or servaunt of yourshold be in bettyr favore or trist with yow then mysylff; for I wyll and must forbere and put fro me that,that all your other chyldre, servauntes, prestys, werkmen,and frendys of your that ye wyll ought bequethe to,shall take to theym. And thys have I, and evyr wylberedy on to, whyll I leve, on my feyth, and nevyrthought other, so God be my helpe. Whom I besecheto preserve yow and send yow so good lyff and longe,that ye may do for youre sylff and me aftyr mydyssease;and I beshrewe ther hertys that wold other or shallcause yow to mystrust, or to be unkynd to me or myfrendys.

At Norwyche, thys Monday, with the hand of yoursone and trwest servaunt,

John Paston.

863.

A.D. 1482, 10 April.—T. Cryne to John Paston.[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To my wurshcpfull and tendrcst viaistcr^ John Pastony

Esqtiyer.

IGH wurshepfuUe, one of my most kyndcstand tenderest, and undeserved most con-tyniiell maister, I recomaunde me to you.And where your trusty maistershep willethme to come to Norwich, pleas it you I may not; forever, as in long tyme passed, on Thursday in EsterneWeke, begynne Maister Heydons courtes and lete?,the vieu of the halfyere of the houshold accomple, theclosyng up fynally of th'accomptes of alle baillievs, sothat the resceyvour may make his fynall accompte,which wille extende in alle to xiiij. dayes and more ;and to this season is my duete, and tiles I shulde notfaill your pleasure.

Moreover, pleas it you, my Lord Reviers in hisowne persone hath bene atte Hikelyng, and his coun-seill lerned, and serched his fees for his homages, amongwhich ye be for Begvyles pasture in Somerton, and, Isuppose, Wynterton, late Sir John Fastolfcs; mymaistres your modre for Mawtebyes in Waxham;wherein I beseche you previde, for I have done thereinhertofore, asfer as I myght, &c. What it meneth, mylord is sette sore to approwement and husbondry.His counseill hath tolde him he may sette his fynes forrespite of homage at his pleasure, &:c.

I besech you my maistresse may have worde of this.And oure blessed Lord ever mutte preser\'e you, andbe your governour and defender.

Wreten at Thorplond, this Wednesday in EsterneWeke, fallyng the x. day of Aprill, anno E. iiij" xxij.Your servaunt, T. Cryne.

864.A.D. 1482, 9 Oct.—Abstract.

[From Pastbn MSS., B.M.]

Grant by Margaret Paston to her son Edmund and his wifeCatherine and to Robert their son, of an annuity of five marksout of the manor of Freton, Suffolk, with power to distrain forpayment.

9 Oct. 22 Edw. IV.

865.

A.D. 1482 (?) I Nov.

Margery Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter, it will be seen, must have been written before the death ofMargaret Paston in 1484, and from what is stated in No. 837, it is certainlynot earlier than 1479. The date, however, must be between 1480 and 1482,for it is stated that the outrages here complained of occurred on the Mondayand Tuesday before the letter was written ; and in the next letter we findthat there was a new outrage of the same description on Friday. If Hallow-mas Day, the date of this letter, was a Wednesday, the year must be 1480,if a Thursday 1481, and if Friday 1482. We are rather inclined to think itwas the latter.

To my right worshi^fuU master^ John Paston^ in haste.

IGHT reverent and woxshipfull sir, in my mosteumble vice, I recomaunde me unto yow, aslowly as I can, &c. Plese you to wete, JohnHowes, Alexander Qwharteyn, John Fille,with the parson and the newe myller of Marlyngforthe,have goten Thom' At Welles carte of Estetodenham,fermour to myn uncle William Paston, Herry Hervyof Meelton Magna, fermour and baly to my seide uncle,Ric. Barkers carte of the seide towne of Meelton, latefermour, and yette is in daunger ^ to my seide uncle,and William Smythes carte of Brandon juxta BernhamBroom, late fermour and baly, and also in daunger^ tomy seide uncle, on Monday and Twesday last past,caryed a wey from Merlyngforth in to the place atSeint Edmondes in Norwich, xij. of yowT greete plankes,of the weche they made vj. loodes, beryng a bowte

1 " In danger to" signifies either in debt or otherwise responsible to•oother person.

the seide cartes, bowes and gleves, for feere of takynga wey. Sir, as for yowr servauntes of Marlyngforth, theywithholde her catell and hem selfe bothe from thecoorte, and come not within the lordship, nor makenoon attornment, exept Thom' Davy and John Water,weche absentyng of the tenaunt-es is to them agreet hurt and los, for lak of sedyng ther londes withther wynter corn; besechyng you for Codes sake toremembre som remedy for them.

My Lady Caltorp hath ben at Geppeswich onpilgry mache, and came homward be my Lady ofNorifolk, and ther was moche communicacion of yowrmater be twix you and myn uncle, seyng to my LadyCaltorp, ye nede not a gonne to London, ye myghthave an ende at home ] rememberyng to my seid LadjCaltorp of the mocion that he made towchyng themaner of Sporle, promyttyng to my lady to abyde that,and to write and seale as largely as any man woldesire hym. And at his departyng from my lady hewas not mery, what the cauce was I wot not [but hewas not mery of your departyng].^ My Lady Calthorpdesireth me to write to yow to have ende, for he intendeslargely to have a peace with yow, as he seth; but trustehym not to moche, for he is not goode.

My mother in lawe thynketh longe she here noword from you. She is in goode heele, blissed beGod, and al yowr babees also. I mervel I here noword from you, weche greveth me ful evele; I sentyou a letter be Brasiour sone of Norwiche, wher of Ihere no word. No more to you at this tyme, butAlmyghty Jesu have you in Hes blissed kepyng.

Wreten at Norwich, on Allowmes Day at nyghLBe yowr servaunt and bedewoman,

Margery Paston.

Sir, I prey yow, if ye tary longe at London, that itwil plese to sende for me, for I thynke longe sen I layin yowr armcs.

1 These words are crossed out in the MS.

866.

A.D. 1482? [3] Nov.Margery Paston to John Paston.

[From Pacton MSS., B.M.]For evidence of date, see preliminary note to last letter.

To my ryght wurchiipfiiUmayster^ John Paston^ Esquyetbe this letter delyverd in hast.

|YNE owyn swete hert, in my most humylwyse,I recomaund me on to you, desyryng hertlyto here of your welfar, the wheche I besecheAlle myghty God preserve and kepe to Hisplesur, and your hertes desyer.

Ser, the cause of my wrytyng to you at this tyme:on Fiiday att nyght last past come Alexander Wharton,John Hous, and John Fille, with ij. good carts wellmannyd and horsyd with hem to Marlyngford, andthere at the maner of Malyngford and at the mille lodynbothe cartes with mestlyon^ and whete, and betymys onSaturday, in the mornyng, they departyd fro Marlyng-ford towardes Bongey, as it is seyd; for the seyd cartescome fro Bongey, as I soppose, by the sendynge ofBryon, for he goth hastyly over the se, as it is seyd.And as I suppose he wyll have the mestlyon overwith hym, for the most part of the cart loodes wasmestlyon, &c.

Item, ser, on Saturday last past, I spacke with mycosyn Gornay, and he seyd, if I wold goo to my Ladyof Norffolk, and beseche hyr good grace to be yourgood and gracyous lady, she wold so be, for he seydthat one word of a woman should do more than the wordesof XX. men, yiffe I coude rewyll my tonge, and spekenon harme of myn unkyll. And if ye comaund me sofor to do, I trist I shuld sey nothynge to my ladys

1 Mixed com, commonly rye and wheat, which were most in demand tomake bread of.

displesure, but to your profyt; for me thynkyth bi thewordes of them and of your good fermore of Oxned,that thei wyll sone drawe to an ende. For he cursyththe tyme that ever he come in the ferme of Oxned,for he seyth that he wotyth well that he shall have agrette losse, and yet he wyll not be a knowyn whederhe hathe payd or nought; but whan he sethe his tyme.he wyll sey trowth.

I understond by my seyd cosyn Gornay that mylady is nere wery of hyr parte, and he seyth my ladyshal come on pylgremage in to this towne, but heknowth not wheder afore Cristmes or aftyr; and if Iwold thanne gete my Lady Calthorpe, my moder inlawe, and my moder, and myselfe, and come before mylady, besechyng hyr to be your good and gracyouslady, he thynkyth ye shull have an ende; for fayneche wold be redde of it with hyr onowr savyd, butyette money she wold have.

No more to you at this tyme, butte I mervell sorethat I have no letter from you, but I prey God pre-serve you, and send me good tydynges from you, andspede you well in your materes. And as for me, I havegotyn me anothyr logyn felawe, the ferst letter of hyrname is Mastras Byschoppe. She recomaundyth hyrto you by the same tokyn that ye wold have had atokyn to my Mayster Bryon.

Att Norwych, the Sonday next after the Fest of AllSeyntes.

Be yowr servaunt and bedewoman,

Margery Paston.

867.

William Paston and Sir John Fastolf.

[Add. Charter 17,256, B.M,]

This declaration was drawn up after the death of William Worcester, andperhaps after that of William Paston also. The exact date of Worcester'sdeath is uncertain. We only know that he was alive as late as 1478 (seeNo. 817), and that he was dead in Richard III.'s time. Probably he died inthat year of great mortality, 1479. The document, however, mav be con-

renient'y placed at the end of the reign of Edward IV. The ongina.] MS. iia sheet of paper mutilated on the right-hand side towards the end. The sealsof William Barker and Margaret Worcester are attached by tails of parch-■aent to a parchment binding at the bottom. On the back is written ina more modem hand:— "A Testymonyall that William Paston, Gent, waskinsman to Sir Ja Fastolf, and other matters within concemyng the landessomtyme Holhams in Caster, afterwardes the sayd William Pastons."

^1^0 alle maner of pepill to whome this present.^1^ wrytyng shall come unto, se, or here, we,Sa^M William Barker, late of Blofeld, in the cownteof Norffolk, dark, and Margret Wyssetour,wedow, late the wyf of William Wyssetyr, late of Poke-thorp, be Norwich, gentylman, dyssesid, send gretyngin our Lord God Everlastyng.

For as meche as it is merytory to wytnesse andtestyfy the treuth in materes dowtabill or beyng invaryaunce, whan ony persons is lefully ther to requyred,It is so that I, the seid William Barker, was late hows-hold servaunte be the space of xxj. yere with Sir JohnFastolf, Knyght, dyssesid, and had wedded Annes,late dyssesid, that was the hoole syster, bothe on toSir Thomas Howes, clerk, dyssesid, and also hoolesyster to Isabell, modyr to the seid Margret Wyssetyr,which forseid Thomas Howys and William Wyssetyrwere bothe howshold servauntes many yerys to the seidSir John Fastolf, and were with hym in such synglertrust that he made them bothe his feoffes in alle hislandes with in the reame of Ynglond, and also hisexsecutores : Be it knowen to alle maner persons thatwe, the seid William Barker and Margret Wysset}T,testyfy, depose, and wytnesse for trouthe that we havefull serteyn prof and knowlache that William Paston,of the seid counte of Norffolk, jentylman, was kynnys-man unto the seid Sir John Fastolf, and was with hymin ryght syngler gode favour and trust j wherupon theseid Sir John Fastolf made the seid William Pastonone of his seid feoffes in all his seyd maneres, londes,and tenementes, rentes, and servyces with in this seidreame of Ynglond, and made this seid William prevyto many of his materys of gret charge, and putt the

seid William Paston to many lawbores in his lyf,which the seid William Paston ded of gode love andkynd dysposycion, for he never had of the seid SirJohn Fastolf fee ne reward in hys lyf; notwithstond>nghe had for the seid Syr John Fastolff and for hismateres many grete lawboures, costes, jornays, andbesynesse in the lyf of the seid Sir John Fastolf, andded for hym many kynd dedes at his owne charge, forthe which the seid Sir John, and he had contenuydlyff, wold have largely have recompensed. And alsothe seid William Paston had, aftir the desesse of theseid Sir John Fastolf, at the desyr and instans of theexsecutores of the seid Syr John, had many gret law-boures, costes, and jurnays to his gret peyne, as wellin rydyng to London many and sundry tymes, con-tenuyng many yeres to help suche materes as weredevysyd ayens the seid exsecutors, and also to answerto suche accions and sutys and byll putt into theKynges Chauncery, wherupon wryttes oisubpena dyversand many tymes made upon gret peynys were delyveredto the seid WiUiam to appere in the Kynges Chauncery,which were taken be gret astates and be suche myghtypersons as wold have recoveryd the lond wrongfully,and thus trobelyd the seid William Paston, be causehe was a feffee, and taryd hym there and his councellto his gret inportunabill charges. Wherupon we, theseid William Barker and Margret Wyssetyr depose,wytnesse, and be this present sertyfye for trouthe thatwe war present whan the seid Sir Thomas Howys andWilliam Wyssetyr, in parcell of recompens of suche for-seid lawbours and costes as the seid William Paston hadhad, as wele in the lyfe of the seid Sir John as after hisdyssese, graunted and yaf to the seid William Pastona peyer of basons coveryd of sylver of Parysh towcheand overgylt, powncyd and imbossyd withrooses, andwith grete large amellys \eiiamels\\xi the botome of bothebasons, with serteyn bestys inbossyd stondyng with innan hegge of sylver and gylt upon the seid amellys, whichbothe basons ded way of Troy weyt ix'^'^- unces, and

also a gredeyren of sylver of Parysse towche, not gylt,

weying of Troy weyth ^ unces, and also a gret

chargeour of sylver of Parysse towche, not gylt, weying

of Troy weyth ^ unces, to have and to hold to the

seid William, his eyres, excecutores, and assignes, as hisown godes for ever. And also we wytnesse that weware also present whan, for a serteyn som of mony tobe payd be the seid William Paston, whereof a partebe comenawnt was payd be the seid William Pastonto the seid Sir Thomas Howys, and a parte to onEdmond Holkham, and the remenaunt was payd toone Margret Holkham, syster to the seid Edmond;and so the seid William Paston had clerly payed allthe seid mony. The seid Thomas Howse and WilliamWyssetyr bargayned, sold, and graunted to the seidWilliam Paston, his eyres, exsecutores, and assignes, in feesympille for ever, a tenement called Methis, otherwysecalled Holkham, with alle the londes and tenementes,rentes and servyces, free or bond, and with all theapportenaunces ther to belongyng, in the town ofCayster ond oder townnys adjoynyng with inne theseid cownte of Norffolk, and delyvered to the seid[William] Paston and to his assignes a state of all theseid tenementes, londes, rentes, and servyces, with all

the seid aportenaunces sold and

bargayned to the seid William Paston alle suche londes,rente, and servyces as the seid Sir John Fastolf . .

or be the ryght of ony manere that

he or ony man to his use had in possession, or that

the seid Thoma[s] ony other be

the reson that they were feffes of trust of the seid John

Fastolf had or claymed to have

or claymed to have to be yssant or chargeabill outeor upon the seid tenement called Methe[s] ....

londes, tenementes, rentes, servyces

at ony tyme afore or than longyng to the seid tenement

or owt a manere called Homyng-

hall, with the apportenaunces, late Clerys, in the seid

1 Blank in original.

town of Castyr, to have [and to hold to the said Wil-liam] Fasten, his eyres and assygnes, the seid lond,rent, and servyce for ever mor. And utterly be ther

dede and and

dyscharged the seid William Paston, his eyres and his

assygnes for yeldyng of payment of ony

servyce; and also dyscharged all the

seid tenement and the seid manere, and alle oder the

premysses, with alle the

as now have or shalle here aftir be possessoneres of theseid tenement or manere with the aportenaunces . .

more. Alle whiche mater afore

rehersid, and every parte therof, we, the seid William

Barker and Margre[t Wyssetyr ]

trew, and we, and iche one of us, will at alle tyme beredy to wytnesse and depose the same be ony suche

persones outh to do or may

do afore ony Juge Spyrytualle or Temperall as we willanswer a fore God [at the dreadful] day of Dome. Inwytnesse wherof we, the seid William Barker andMargret Wyssetyr, to this present have sett to our[sealles].

Wretyn the ^ day of the ^ yer of the

reyn of Kyng.^

(L. S.) (L. S.)

868.

Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

W. Barker to [Margaret Paston ?].

Begs her " maystrasshipp" to inform his rightworshipfulmaster of tlie conduct of Master Keche at Wetyng, who onMonday means to be there with a great fellowship.

[This letter is unimportant, but as being written by William Barker it mayconveniently be placed after the last No., although probably addressed toMargaret Paston, and if so, most likely during the life of her husband. Itappeai-s by inquisition post mortem, i Edw. IV., No. 46, that Elizabeth,Countess of Oxford, held the manor of Weling in Feltwell of the Duke ofNorfolk.]

* Blanks in MS. » So in MS

869.

John Paston's Books.

[From Fenn, ii. 300.]

This is a csAalopit of the books either of John Paston thft younger or ofJohn Paston, Knight, most probably the former, drawn up in the reign ofEdward IV., but owing to the decay of the original MS. we cannot tell inwhat year. It certainly could not have been earlier than 1474, when " theGame and Play of Chess," the first book printed in Englaiid, issued fromCaxton's press at Westminster. It is in itself a remarkable thing that the ex-pression " in print" should have got into use even during the reign of Ed-ward IV. ; but one may suppose that such an expression could hardly havebeen current for at least a year or two after the first printed book appeared-We therefore, without deciding the year, place the paper at the end of KingEdwaid's reign.

TAe Inventory off Englysshe Boks off John . . , .. . made the v. daye of I^ove?nbrej anno regniRegis E. iiij. ....

I. A boke had off myn ostesse at the George . .. . off the Dethe off Arthr begynyng at Cassab\elaun,Guy Earl of] Warwyk, Kyng Ri. Cur de Lyon^ aCronic\le\ . . . . . to Edwarde the iij.y prec.

2. Item, a Boke of Troylus whyche William Bra .. . . . hath hadde neer x. yer, and lent it toDame .... Wyngfelde, and ibi ego vidi; valet

3. Item, a blak Boke with the Legende off Lad[ies,la Belle Dame] saunce Mercye^ the Parlement offByrd[es, the Temple of] Glasse, Palatyse and Scitacus,the Mentations of , , . . ] the Greene Knyght;valetj—

4. Item, a Boke in preente off the Pleye off the[Chess].

5. Item, a Boke lent Midelton, and therin is BeleDa\me sans] Mercy the Parlement of Byrds, Balade

off Guy and Colbronde, off the Goos

th , the Dysputson bytwye?t Hope and

Dyspeyr, . . . . . . MarehauntSy the Lyffe of

Seynt Cry\stofer].

6. A reede Boke that Percyvall Robsart gaff m[e]

off the fnedis off the Masse, the

Lamentacion off Chylde Ypotis,

a Preyer to the Veniydr callyd

the Abbeye off the Holy Goost,

7. Item, in quayers :—Tully de Senedute in . . . wherorf ther is no mor cleer

wretyn

8. Item, in quayers:—Tully, or Cypio,^ de Am^dtia^leffte with William Worcester; valet

9. Item, in qwayers, a Boke of the Polecye ofIn .... .

10. Item, in qwayers, a Boke de Sapie?ida , . ., . . wherin the ij. parson is liknyd to Sapi[ence]

«...

11. Item, a Boke de Othea,^ text and glose, valet in quayers.

Memorandum,* myn olde Boke off Blasonyngs offa[rms].

Item, the nywe Boke portrayed and blasoned.

Item, a copy off Blasonyngs off armys and th . ., . names to be fownde by letter.

Item, a Boke with armys portrayed in paper . ....

Memorandum, my Boke of Knyghthod and theman[er] off makyng off Knyghts, off Justs, off Tor[nea-ments] ffyghtyng in lystys, paces holden by so[ldiers]

and chalenges, statuts off weer, and de

Regim\ine Pri?idJ>u7n\ valet

Item, a Boke off nyw Statuts ffrom Edward the iiij.

1 Quaere if Cypio is not a mistake from " Somnium Scipionis," a piecewhich is usually printed with the " de Amicitia," and probably accompaniedit in this manuscript.—F.

3 It is a curious circumstance that this book should be here mentioned asleft with William Worcester, who with the assistance of John Tiptoft, Earl ofWorcester, and John Phrea or Free, a monk of Bristol, translated it—F.

3 See Vol. II. p. 335, note i.

4 These further memoranda seem to have been added at a later period,probably in the reign of Henry VII., as the last entry is of "a book of new«Ututes from Edward IV."

870.Verses by a Lady.

[From Fenn, ii. 304.]

It is not apparent by whom these verses were written, or to what lord theywere addressed. They may have been from the Countess of Oxford to herhusband after he escaped abroad in 1471 (see No. 669). Or they may havebeen the production of Lydgate writing in the name of a lady parted fromher lord. We place them, as Fenn did, for convenience, at the end of theletters of Edward's time.

Verses written by a Lady in the reign of Henry VI. orEdward IV. to an absent Lord with whom she wasin love,

Y ryght good lord, most knyghtly gentyll knyght,On to your grace in my most humbyll wyse,I me comand, as it is dew and ryght,Besechyng yow at leyser to adviseUpon thys byll, and pardon myn empryse,Growndyd on foly, for lak of provydence,On to your lordshep to wryght with owght lycence.

But wher a man is with a fevyr shake,Now hot, now cold, as fallyth by aventure,He in hys mynd conjecte wyll, and takeThe nyghest meane to worche hys cuyre,More pacyently hys peynys to endure ;And ryght so I, so it yow not dysplease,Wryght in thys wyse my peynys to apease.

For when I cownt and mak a rekn)aigBetwyx my lyfe, my dethe, and my desyer,My lyfe, alas ! it servyth of no thyngSythe with your partyng, depertyd my plesyer.Wyshyng your presence setyth me on fyer;But then your absence dothe my hert so cold,That for the peyne I not ^ me wher to hold.

O owght on absence, ther foolys have no grace,

" I not" stands for " I ne wot," or " I wot not," that is, / know uoi.

A-D. 1483] EDWARD IV, 303

I mene mysylf, nor yet no wytt to gwyeTheym owt of peyne to com on to that place,Wher as presence may shape a remedye;For al dysease, now fye on my folye,For I dyspeyryd am of your soone metyng,That God I prey me to your presence bryng.

Farwell, my lord, for I may wryght no more,So trowblyd is my hert with hevynesse;Envye also, it grewyth me most sore.That thys rude byll shall put hym sylf in presse ^To se your lordshepe of hys presumptuousnesseEr I my sylf; but yett ye shall not mysseTo have my hert to for my byll, I wys.

Whyche I comytt and all my hole servyse

Into your hands, demeane it as you lyst;

Of it I kepe ^ to have no more franchysc

Then I hertlesse swyrly me wyst,

Savyng only that it be as tryst,^

And to yow trcw as evyr was hert, and plcyn

Tyll cruell dethe depart yt up on tweyn.

Adew dysport, farwell good companye,

In all thys world ther is no joye I weene j

For ther as whyleom I sye with myn iee,

A lusty lord leepyng upon a grene,

The soyle is soole, no knyghts ther be seen,

No ladyse walk ther they wer wont to doone;

Alas, some folk depertyd hense to soone.

Some tyme also men myght a wageor make,And with ther bowys a ffeld have it tryed,Or at the Paame ther, ther plesure for to take.Then wer they loose, that now stand as tyed,I not * wher to thys world may be aplyed;For all good cher on evyn and on morow,Whyche then was made, now tomyth me to sorow.

1 Readiness.—F. 2 j care.—F.

5» Quee^r, whether this means sorrowful or trusty.—F.* See Note, p 30X

871—873.

Abstracts.

[From Taston MSS., B.M.]

The letters following are all probably of the reign ofEdward IV., but their dates are quite uncertain.

871.—^J. Paston [of Gelston] to Richard Croft.

Will not venture to ride in this weather, not being well at ease.Sends three bills of John Calle and Robert Salle's receipts andpayments brought by the former. Cannot find the new fermallof Caster here, so he has given the bearer the key of his cofferat Yarmouth. If you would ride with him, I think you will findit there. Agrees to John Wynne's bills, desiring to be allowedjCS ^^^ Byshoppis of Yarmouth, and for herring delivered to mycousin Loveday; but John Wynne must not sell my farm barleyto pay them, as 1 wish all the barley in his charge malted for myLord Mountjoy. I send a warrant for the sheriff" to warn thepersons in Flegge and Yarmouth impanelled between the Kingand me to be at Thetford assizes on Wednesday next. Give itto Simon Garrard.

Norwich, Wednesday.

872.—Sir Thomas Hert to his worshipful Mistress,[Margaret Paston ?].

Giving her an account of the numbers of her sheep and lambsat Sparham from Drayton and Taverham, and those with theshepherd at Heylesdon.

Heylisdon, Thursday before Lady Day the Nativity.^

[Under this letter is written In a modem hand—" 37 H. 6," but this date iscertainly too early. Thomas Hert was Vicar of StaUiam in 1482.]

873.—John Downyng to Edmund Paston.

Is a simple servant of his mother and miller of Wood Mill.Complains of Will. Sybbeson, whom Edmund Paston well knowsto have been *' defawtyf in many other thyngs," and who embez-zles wheat and rye, and prevents him getting any good of a closehe holds of Paston's mother.

North Walsham, Thursday before St. Price. ^

[Some memoranda of receipts are written across the back.]

1 The Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin, 8th September.* St Brice's Day is 13th November.

The Paston Letters.

Edward V,

874.

A.D. 1483, II June.Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to Lord Nevill.

[From Fenn, v. 302.]

This letter was not a part of the Paston correspondence, but was printedby Fenn in the series as a letter of much historical interest from a copy givenhim by the Rev. John Brand, secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. Thefollowing memoranda accompanied the copy :—

'* Extract from an ancient MS of pedigrees, &c., in quarto, late in the pos-session of Sir Walter Blackett, Bart, and now the property of John ErasmusBlackett, Esq., Alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; p. 333. under title of'A Coppie 0/ some Letters which were found in Rabie Castle after the Rebel-lion ^ to sJiew the fashion .... of those times.' The above MS. is ofthe date of James I., though there are several continuations in a more modemhand.

" This copy has doubtless been a transcript of an original letter of theDuke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III., and written just beforehis seizure of the crown.

" Raby Castle is in the county of Durham."

Fenn adds that it does not appear clearly who this Lord Nevill was. Butas the letter was found in Raby Castle after the great rebellion of the Earlsof Northumberland and Westmoreland in 1569, we may presume it was ad-dressed to one of that family of Nevills, the heads of which were Earls ofWestmoreland. In 1483 the Earl of Westmoreland's n.une was Ralph Nevill,but he died in the year foUowin.^, and was succeeded in the title by Ralph,son and heir of his brother Sir John Nevill, who was slain at Towton.Probably it was this Ralph, then heir-presumptive to the earldom, who ishere called Lord Nevill.

Ill, X

3o6 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.D. 1483.

To my Lorde Nevyll, in hast.

Lorde Nevyll, I recommaunde me to you ashartely as I can ; and as ever ye love me, andyour awne weale and securty, and this Realme,that ye come to me with that ye may make,defensably arrayde, in all the hast that ys possyble, and

that ye wyll yef credence to Richarde

Ratclyff, thys beerrer, whom I nowe do sende to you,enstructed with all my mynde and en tent.

And, my lord, do me nowe gode servyce, as yehave always befor don, and I trust nowe so to remem-ber you as shalbe the makyng of you and yours. AndGod sende you goode fortunes.

Wrytten att London, xj. day of Jun, with the handeof your hertely lovyng cousyn and master,

R. Gloucester.

875.

Not after A.D. 1483.Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, to John Taston.

[From Fenn, ii. 292.]

This is a holograph letter of Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, the sister ofEdward IV. There can be little doubt that the Lord Chamberlain referredto is the Lord Hastings, who has been very frequently mentioned in thiscorrespondence ; and if so, the letter cannot be later than 1483, as he wasbeheaded in that year on the 13th June, by order of the Protector Richard,Duke of Gloucester. We may therefore place it for convenience among theletters of Edward V.'s time, though undoubtedly it may be a few years earlier.Facsimiles of the original, both back and front, are given by Fenn. It isendorsed in the hand of John Paston the younger, (certainly not in that of •his brother Sir John, as Fenn supposed)—" Littra Ducisse Suff."

A.D. 1483.] EDWARD K 307

On to Jan Pasion^ in haste.

lSTYR pas ton, I pray yow that it mayplese yow to leve yowr logeyng for iij. orforo days tyl I may be porved of anodyr, andI schal do as musche to yowr plesyr. For

Godys sake, say me not nay; and I pray yow reko-

maund me to my Lord Chambyrleyn.

Yowr frend,

Elizabeth.

The Paston Letters.

Richard III.

876.

A.D. 1483, 10 OctJohn, Duke of Norfolk, to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 314.]

Sir John Howard was created Duke of Norfolk on the 28th June 1483, andwas killed in the battle of Bosworth on the 22d August 1485. This letterseems to have been written in October 1483, when it first became known thata series of insurrections were about to take place in different counties, ofwhich the Duke of Buckingham was the principal leader. It was on the 12thOctober, just two days after this letter was written, that King Richard himself at Lincoln heard of Buckingham's intended treason.

To my right welbeloved frynde^ John Paston^ be thisdelivred in hast.

|IGHT welbeloved frynde, I comaunde me toyou. It is SCO that the Kentysshmen be upin the weld, and sey that they wol come androbbe the cite, which I shall lett yf I may.Therefore I pray you that with alle diligence yemake you redy and com bidder, and bring with yousix talle felaws in harnesse, and ye shall not lyse yowrlabour, that knoweth God, Whoo have you in Hiskeping.

Written at London, the x'^ day of October.

Yowr frend, J. Norffolk

877.

A.D. 1484.—Abstract.

[From a MS. in the Bodleian Library.]

Proviso to be inserted in an Act of Parliament in favor ofMargaret, widow of John Paston, touching her right to themanor of Castre.

Below is \vritten—"Guy Fayrefax, Knyght, [Ric. Pygot, oneof the King's Serjeants of the Law,J * and Roger Townesend,[another of] ^ the King's Serjeants of the Law."

[This proviso must have been drawn up in connection with some measurethat was to have come before the Parliament of January 1484. Earlier itcannot be, as Roger Townesend was not appointed King's Serjeant till June1483 ; and as Margaret Paston died in November Z484, U could not possiblybe later.]

878.A.D. 1484, 8 Feb.—Abstract.

[From a Document transcribed by Sandford in his Genealogy ofthe Paston Family, and printed by Mr. Worship in the NorfolkArchaology."]

Release by John, Duke of Norfolk, and William, Earl ofNottingham, kinsman and heir of John, late Duke of Norfolk, toJohn Paston, Esq., brother and heir of Sir John Paston, Knight,of all right and title in the manor of Caister called Redehams,Vawx, and Bosouns by Great Yarmouth, of which Sir JohnPaston was disseised unjustly by the said late Duke.

879.

A.D. 1484, I May.The Duke of Suffolk to Thomas Jeffreys.

[From Fenn, ii. 316.]

The Due of Suffolk.7o Thomas Jeffreys ourffermour of MaundevillSy greting.

^ Scored out

|E wole and streitly charge you that ye contentand paie unto the bringer herof for moneyiraployed in our houshold thre pound thret-tenne shilUngs and foure pens for such stuffas we our owne person have promysed, and not to befailed upon our worship. Of the which some ofIxxiijj. iiijV. so by you contented and paied, we woleand also stretly charge our auditors for the tyme being,by virtu of this our writing, signed with our hand, tomake you dew and pleyn allowaunce at your nextaccompt.

At Wingfeld, the first day of May in the first yer ofKyng Richard the Hide.

Suffolk.

And ffayle not on peyn [of] losyng off yor fiferme.

880.

A.D. 1484.—Complaints of John Paston againstHIS Uncle William.

[From Add. Charter 17,257, B.M.]

It appears from the contents that this paper must have been drawn upnearly five years after Sir Jolui Paston's death- It is a corrected draft, np-parently of a Bill in Chancery, and some of the cotrections are in Sir JohnPaston's hand.

All SO the seyde John Paston, now compIe)aiaunt, seyth thatJohn Paston, fadyr off the same John, was seased off the manercallyd Hollwellhawe, wyth th'appurtenaunces in Estodenham,joyntly wyth all the londis, tenementes, rentes, and services,whyche sume tyme were John Jerham, Ewstase Rows, JohnDavy, ^ vikere off the chyrche off Estodenham, ande Water Dan-yell, or any off thers, lyeng in the townys off Estodenham, Mates-halle, Mateshalebergh, and othir townys adjoynyng, ande off allthe londis and tenementes, rentes, services, and lybertes wythther appurtenaunces callyd Toleys, lyeng in the townys offWymondham and Carleton and othir townys adyoynyng, whychesume tyme were William Thuxston; and off the scite off onmese [messtiag-e] wyth a pece londe lyenge in a croffte to the same

1 He was vicar of East Tuddenham from 1398 to 1434*

4.D. 1484.] RICHARD lit, 311

mese adyoynyng, "vvyche is accomptyde xiiij. acres off londe wythth'appurtenaunces, callyd Colneys, othyr wys callyd Whynnes in

Carleton ^ in hys demeane as off flee; ande so beyng seased

ther off, up on trust enffeffede William Yelverton, Justys, JohnFastolff, Knyght, Myles Stapelton,Knyght, and othir, to be haddeto them and theyr heyrs for ever, be the fores wher off they werether off seased in theyr demeane as off ffee, ande afftyr the seydffeffment in forme afforseyd mad, the seyd John Paston the fad3n:disseassed. The ryght off the whyche maner, londis, tenementes,and othir the premysses, afftyr the desses of the seyd John thefadyr, owith to come to the seyd John, now compleynaunt, assone and heyr off the seyd John Paston, ffor as myche as the seydJohn the fadyr made no wylle nor mencyon of the aforseydmaner, londis, tenementes, nor off othir the premysses, whydiemaner, londis, and tenementes, and othir the premysses the seyd"William Paston hath, and agenst the cours of the lawe ocupyeth.

Item, the seid John requerith an astate to be takyn in thoselondys lymyted to William the sone for deffaut off issu off ClementPaston by the will of there fadir accordyng to the seid will, aswell as in those londis that ar or shuld be purchased with themL [icxx)] mark accordyng to th'endentur mad by twyn th'exe-cutors of William Paston, Justice, that is to sey, to the seid Wil-liam the son, and to the eyres of his body, and for defaute ofyssue of his bodye, to remayn to th'eyers of William Paston,Justice, which the seid John is.

All so the seyd John Paston, now compleynaunt, seyth thatther be decayed at Marlyngfford and Oxenhed be meane offth'enterupsion off the seyd William tweyn water melles, wher offiche was letyn ffor x. marke be yen And all so othir howsyngbe the same ockasion at Oxenhed, Marlyngfford, Stansted, andOnvelbury decayed to the hurt off the seyd Jol\n Paston offv.C. [500J mark whech the seyd John Paston desyreth to berecompensed e.

Item, the seid John axith of the seid William for wast don inthe maner of Paston for lak of reparacion, xl/t.

Item, the seid William hath takyn awey owth of the manersof John Paston, that is to sey, of hes maners of Paston, Oxened,Marlyngford, Stansted, and Horvvelburye, siche stoff and greynys,catell and hotilementis of the seid maners as were agreyd be theexecutors of the seyd William Paston, Justyse, to be left and latynwith the seid maners to the value of xl//.

Item, the seid John axith to be restored to all the evydencelongyng to the maners aforesaid and other the premysses whichthe seid William wrongfully witholdith.

Item, the seid John axith to hys possession which he hath of [and]in the maner of Caster and other maners adyongnyng, the relesseof all such title and interest as the seid William hath be wey of

1 Blank in MS.

feffement in the foresaid maner and maners, in like forme as otheihis cofeffes have in tyme past relassed to Sir John Paston, whooseyi"e the seid John is.

Also, the seid John Paston desireth the performance of diversecomenauntis and articles conteyned in diverse indentures andwritynges mad be the avise of the reverend fadir in God, William,Bisschoppe of Lyncolne,^ supervisour of the testement of the seidWilliam Paston, Justice, bytwix th'executors of the same WilliamPaston for kepyng of the trewe intent and will of the seid Wil-liam Paston, Justice, as by the same indentures and writyngesredye to be schewed more pleynlye shall appere, the entent andperformance of which writyng is interupted and brokyn by theseid William Paston and his meanys to the hurt and damage oflfthe seyd John Paston, now compleynaunt off ."

Item, the seid William hath, contray to trouuth and con-science, vexed and trouubled and put to cost and charge theseid John nowe be the space of v. yer saffe a quarter,^ and hathdistorbede the same John to take and perceyve th'issus and pro-fetes off the same maners, to the hurt and damage off the seydJohn in defendyng of his right off and in the maners afforeseydof ij. ml- mark, besyde greffe, gret labour and disseace that theseid John hath dayly be putt onto by th'okcasion afforseyd. *

Item, accordyng to the will of William Paston, Justice, theseid John axith to be restored to parth of such goodis as hath bendispendid by John Paston the fader. Sir John Paston, and theseid John nowe compleynaunt, in defence, kepyng, and recover-yng of such londis as were William Paston, Justice,which drawethabove the summa of mW.

Item, where on * Lomnor had a cofur in kepyng and

and D.ml- mark in the same be extymasion to the use of JohnPaston, fadir of the forsayed Sir John and John, the seid WilliamPaston fraudelently atteyned the seid cofur wyth the seyd sumeof money after the dissece of the seid John the fadir, and had itin his kepyng serteyn dayes, and did with it his pleasur unknowynto the seid Sir John Paston and John Paston, his brother; andafter at Herry Colettes ^ house the seid William brought the seidcofur to the seid John Paston, ICnyght, and there openyd the seidcofur, where was then lefte but CC. old noblis which wer by exty-macion in value Cli. And the seid William toke tlier the seid goldawey with hym, ageyn the will of seid Sir John, and witholdiththe same, whereof the seyd John preyeth to be restored.

Item, the seid William atteynyd and ga*e a peyer of basons ofsilver and parte or all gilt from the seid Sir John Paston and JohnPaston, now compleynaunt, abouuth such season as he toke the

1 William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln, who died in 1449.

2 Blank in MS.

s Originally written " a yere and more," and corrected.

4 This paragraph is very much corrected.

8 Blank in MS.

6 Father of the celebrated Dean ColcL

A.D. 1484.] " RICHARD in. 313

cofur and coyne aforerehersed, which hasons were in value C.mark ; and the seid William yet witholdith the seid basons, tothe whyche the seyd John preyeth also to be restored.

Item, the seid William gate in to his possession a charger ofsilver in value x. marke, and iij. bollys of silver that were inkepyng of Bacheler Water, a Frier Carmelit of Norwich, toth'entent that a certeyn coost shuld have ben doon upon theliberarye of the Friers Carmelites aforesaid for the sowlis ofWilliam Paston, Justice, and Augnes, his wiff; which chargerand bollys the seid William yet withholdith and kepith to hishis owne use, and therfore the seid charges ar not fulfylled.

Item, the seid John axith restitucion of suche inportable chargesas the seid William hathe put the forsaid Sir John onto by thespace of many yeres, as in plesures doyng and rewardis, whichapperith by writyng of the hande of the seid Sir John ; whichpleasures and charges the seid Sir John was constreyned to dooin defence of the seid William ; wher of the seid John axeth tohave amendys of OX mark.

Item, by the occacion and meanys of the seid William, the seidSir John was constreyned to lende onto the Reverende Faderein God, George, late Archebsschop of York ^ ml- mark, whichwas nat payed ageyn by the summa ofCli. The seid John axith tobe restorid ther of.

Item, the seid William hath fellyd tymbre and wodys in themaners of the seid John, that is to sey, the maners of Oxenedand Marlyngford, to the hurth of the seid John of xx//.

Item, the seyd John Paston, compleynaunt, axith to be restorydto alle syche money as hathe be takyn and dyspendyd by alle sichepersones as have ben assigned by meanes of the seyd Wylliam todistorbe and interupt the seyd John, compleynaunt, of hys ryght,tyghtyll, possessyon, entrest, of and in the manors, londis, andtenementes, and other the premysses dwryng the seyd v. yer saufia quarter, as well as to all syche money as hathe ben dyspendyddwryng the seyd v. yer saufT a quarter by the servauntys of theseyd compleynaunt by hym assigned to tery and abyd up on theseyd maners, londcs, and tenementes, and other the premyssesther, to kepe the possessyon of the seyd compleynaunt, whycheextendith to the some of xl//. and above.

Item, the seyd John, compleynaunt, axith to be restoryd to allsyche money as hathe bene receyved by meanys of the seydWilliam, dwryng the seyd v. yer saufT a quarter, of syche as aror have ben femiors or tenauntes of the maners, londis, andtenementis aforseyd duryng the seyd season, as well as to all sychemoney as is not levyable of dyvers of the seyd fermors and ten-auntes fallyn in poverte sythe tlie trowblows season of the v. yersauff a quarter befor rehersed, whyche extendeth to the some ofCC/f. or above.

^ George Nevill, Archbishop of York, died on the 8th June 1476^

881.

A.D. 1484 (?) 24 Dec.

Margery Paston to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 330.]

Fenn supposes with great probability that this letter was written in 1484,the year of MarKaret Paston's death. No earlier date is possible, seeing thateven in 148A John Paston's eldest son was only in his seventh year, and hehad at the date of this letter two sons capable of being sent on messages ; sothat, if anything, we should be inclineci to put it later. But we know of nolater death in the family that could have occasioned the writing of such aletter, and the time of Nlargaret Pastou's death and of the proving of her willagree very well with Fenn's hypothesis. From the calendar prefixed to anold MS. miss.'il in the possession of Mr. C. W. Reynell, I find that she diedon the 4th November 1484. Her will was proved at Norwich on the 18thDecember following.

To my ryght worschipful husbond, John Paston.

jYGHT worschipful husbond, I recomaund meonto you. Plese it you to wete that I sentyour eldest sunne to my Lady Morlee^ tohave knolage wat sports wer husyd in herhows in Kyrstemesse next folloyng aftyr the decysseof my lord, her husbond; and sche seyd that therwer non dysgysyngs, ner harpyng, ner lutyng, nersyngyn, ner non lowde dysports, but pleyng at thetabyllys, and schesse, and cards. Sweche dysportssche gave her folkys leve to play and non odyr.

Your sunne dede hese heyrne \p'rand\ ryght wele asye shal her aftyr this. I sent your yonger sunne to theLady Stabylton,^ and sche seyd acordyng to my LadyMorlees seyng in that, and as sche hadde seyn husydin places of worschip ^ ther as sche hathe beyn.

I pray you that ye woil asur to your some man atCaster to kepe your botry, for the mane that ye leftewith me woU not take upon hym to breve * dayly as yecommandyt. He seyth he hath not usyd to geve arekenyng nothyr of bred nor alle \ale\ tyll at the wekys

1 Widow of William Lovel, Lord Morley, who died the 26th of July 1476.-F.

* Sir Miles Stapleton died in 1466. His widow Catherine seems to havemarried in the following year Sir Richard Harcourt of Ellenhale (Blomefield,ix. 321), but, according to a practice not uncommon at that time, she may haveretained the name of Lady Stapleton.

'^ " Places of worship ; " i.e. families of distinction.

* To make up accounts.

end; and he seyth he wot well that he shuld not con-denyth \give satisfactioti] and therfor I soposse he shallnot abyd, and I trow ye shall be fayne to purveyeanother man for Symond, for ye har never the nerera wysse man for hym.

I ham sory that ye shall not [be] at hom be for Cryste-mes. I pray you that ye woll come as sone as ye may.I shall thynke myself halfe a wedow, because ye shalnot be at home, &c. God have you in Hys kepyng.

Wretyn on Crestemes Evyn. By yor, M. P.

882.

About A.D. 1484 ?—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Stansted and Harwellbury.

This IS a paper of notes relating to the manors of Stansted in Suffolkand Harwellbury in Herts, addressed to a lady who is styled " Madam " and" your Grace," and who, though not named, was undoubtedly the Duchess ofNorfolk. Compare No. 846. The writer is perhaps John Paston of Gelston ;in which case the date must be after 1484, as he speaks of his mother as beingdead. More probably it was his uncle William, and John Paston is thenephew referred to in the paper itself. But even in that case the documentcannot be five years earlier, as Agnes Paston died in 1479.

The manor of Stansted is in the county of Suffolk. Theestate of this manor passed not by the deed that the estate wastaken by at Huntingfeld, in Norf.,^ but I claim this manor bymy mother's gift. " This manor is but a mile from Clopton's andnot far from Smalbrigge, where your Grace is now." John Barellis farmer of this manor, who, when I came to your Grace justafter my mother's death, confessed before your servants, PiersRumbold and William Smyth, that he was privy of mine estatein my mother's days, and took the farm of me at that time.** Madam, this is the man ye sent your servant W. Smyth to,for to keep the possession there ; and after he had tarried thereawhile he took a promise of the farmer that he should pay nomoney to nobody without commandment from your Grace ; con-trary to which promise, by the favour of some folks that yourGrace can deem, he hath paid my nephew a ;^io or £20." Ithink, Madam, you need send no man to keep possession there;but your Grace might send a servant thither to show the tenantsyour displeasure, inasmuch as he hath broken his promise withyour Grace, and threaten to distrain.

The manor of Harwellbury is in Hertfordshire, four miles from

1 Should be Suflfolk.

your manor of Weston Baldok ^ and two from Roiston. Thismanor also passed not by the estate taken in Norfolk, not beingin the same shire. Of this manor " he " '^ received no money,for the farmers are true and fear not his threats. The manor isworth jCS.

883.

A.D. 1485, 23 June.Proclamation against Henry Tudor.

[From Fenn, ii. 318.]

The MS., as Fenn tells us, was endorsed in an ancient hand, "KentCherfys [Skeri^s]. —Copia literae Regis R. III. persuadcntis subditos suo3ad resistendum Henrico Tydder, postea Regem Angliae ac declarantis a quoidem Henricus descendebat." Another but an imperfect copy of this pro-clamation will be found in the Harleian MS., No. 433, f. 220 b. A similarproclamation had been issued on the 7th December 1484, of which a copywill also be found in the same Harleian volume at folio 273 b. Sir HenryEllis has also printed in his " Original Letters " (2 Ser. L 162) a copy of thisproclamation as set forth in the original warrant for issuing it, which theKing addressed to the Bishop of Lincoln as Chancellor. The MS. followedby Ellis was a transcript from one of the records formerly in the Tower. Ihave compared these different texts throughout with that printed by Fenn,and noted all variations that are of any consequence. The two Harleiai? textsI have called A. and B., the former being that of the proclamation issued onthe 7th December preceding. The text printed by Ellis I have called K

R.R.

Ricardus, etc. salutem. Precipimus tibi, etc.

ORASMOCHE as the Kyng our sovereignLord hath certeyn knowlege that Piers,Bisshop of Exeter,^ Jasper Tydder/ son ofOwen Tydder, callyng hymself Erie of Pem-broke, John, late Erie of Oxon,^ and Sir EdwardWodevyle,^ with other dyvers his rebelles and traytours,disabled and atteyntedbytheauctoriteofthe High Courtof Parlement, of whom many be knowen for open mur-drers, advoutrers [adu/^ef-ers], and extorcioners, contrary

1 ITie Dukes of Norfolk of the family of Mowbray owned this manor.

* The writer's nephew ?

8 Peter Courtney, Bishop of Exeter, after the miscarriage of the Duke ofBuckingham's conspiracy, fled into Breta^e to the Earl of Richmond, who,after he became Henry VII., promoted this Prelate to the See of Winchesterin i4'56, in which he died in 1492.—F.

■* Jasper Tudor of Hatfield, half brother to Henry VI. He was createdDuke of Bedford in 1485.

^ John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, who had escaped from the Castk ofHammes.—F.

6 Sir Edward Wodevile, brother to the Queen of Edward IV.—F. The.names given in text A. are " Piers, Bisshop of Excestre, Thomas Grey, lateMarques Dorset, Jasper, late Erie of Pembroche, John, late Erie of Oxenford*aud Sir Edward Widevile."

to the pleasure of God, and a yenst all trouth, honour, \

and nature, have forsakyn there naturall contrey, takyngthem first to be under th'obeisaunce of the Duke of Bret- I

ayn,^and to hym promysed certeyn thyngs which e by him ^

and his counsell were thought thynggs to gretly unnatu-rall and abominable for them to graunt, observe, kepe, \

and perfourme, and thcrfore the same utterly refused. ,

The seid traytours,- seyng ^ the seid Duke and his '

counsell wolde not aide nor socour theym ner folowe [

there wayes, privily departed oute of his contrey in to j

Fraunce, and * there takyng theym to be under theobeisaunce of the Kynggs auncient enemy, Charlys,^ '

callyng hymself Kyng of Fraunce, and to abuse and \

blynde the comons of this seid Realme, the seid rebelles !

and traitours have chosyn to be there capteyn one \

Henry Tydder,^ son of Edmond Tydder, son of OwenTydder,"^ whiche of his ambicioness and insociable *covetise^ encrocheth^°and usurpid^^upon hym the nameand title of royall astate of this Realme of Englond,where unto he hath no maner interest, right, title,or colour, as every man wele knoweth; ^^ for he isdiscended of bastard blood bothe of ffather side andof mother side, for the seid Owen the graunfader wasbastard borne, and his moder was doughter unto John,Duke of Somerset, son unto John, Erie of Somerset,sone unto Dame Kateryne Swynford, and of ther^^indouble^* avoutry \adultery\ gotyn, wherby it evidently

I Francis II., the last Duke of Bretagne, was overthrown by Charles VIII.,Ym.% of France, and died in 1488.—F. 2 «' The said traytours."] They. A-

3 that A. B. E. 4 "and " omitted in A, B. ancl E.

^ Charles VIII. ascended the throne in 1483, and died in 1498.—F.

' Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who in 1483 became King of England,by the title of Henry VII.—F.

7 "oneHerry , . . . Owen Tydder"] oon Herry late calling himselfErie of Richemond. A. 8 " ambicious and incaciable." A. B. E.

9 " stirred and excited by the confederacie of the Kinges said rebelles andtraytours," added in A. 10 Here text B. comes to an end.

II " usurpeth." E.

15* From here to the end of the paragraph is omitted in A.

IS " ther ;•] her. A. _

W This either means double adultery, that is adultery on both sides; orindubitable, undoubted adultery.—F. I suspect the true reading to be " andof her in double avowtry gotyn." It is a great question whether John, Earlof Somerset, John of Gaunt's eldest son by Catherine Swynford, was not bornduring the life of her lawful husband as well as during that of John of Gaunt'slawful wife.—See ExcfK^ta Historica, 155-6.

apperith that no title can nor may [be] ^ in hym, whichfully entendeth to entre this Reame, purposyng a con-quest. And if he shulde atcheve his fals entent and pur-pose, every man is lif, livelod, and goddes shulde be inhis hands, liberte, and disposicion, wherby sholde ensuethe disheretyng and distruccion of all the noble andworshipfull blode of this Reame for ever, and to theresistence and withstondyng wherof every true andnaturall Englishman born must ley to his hands forhis owen suerte and wele.

And to th'entent that the seid Henry Tydder myghtthe rather atcheve his fals intent and purpose by theaide, supporte, and assistence of the Kynggs seidauncient enemy of Fraunce,^ hath covenaunted andbargayned with hym and all the counsell of Fraunce togeve up and relese inperpetuite all the right, title, andcleyme that the Kyng[es] of Englond have, had, andought to have, to the Crowne and Reame of Fraunce,to gether with the Duchies of Normandy, An joy, andMaygne, Gascoyn and Guyne, castell[es] and townys ofCaleys, Guysnes, Hammes, with the marches apper-teynyng to the same,^ and discevir and exclude thearmes of Fraunce oute of the armes of Englond for ever.

And in more prove and shewing of his seid purposeof conquest, the seid Henry Tidder hath goven as wellto dyvers of the seid Kynggs enemys as to his seidrebelles and traitours, archebisshoprikes, bisshoprikes,and other dignitees spirituels, and also the ducheez,erledomez, baronyes, and other possessions and inheri-taunces of knyghts, squyres, gentilmen, and other theKynggs true subjetts withynne the Reame, and enten-dith also to chaunge and subverte the lawes of thesame, and to enduce and establisse newe lawes andordenaunces amongezthe Kynggs seid subjetts.* And

1 Supplied from E.

2 The beginning of this sentence in A. is as follows:—" And to th'entent toRccheve the same by th'aide, support, and assistence of the Kinges seidauncyent ennemyes and of this his royaume."

^ From the words "and discevir" to the sentence beginning "Andovelthis," all is omitted in A>

A.D. 1485.] RICHARD III. 319

over this, and beside the alienacions of all the premyssezinto the possession of the Kynggs seid auncient enemysto the grettest anyntisshment,^ shame, and rebuke thatever myght falle to this seid land, the seid HenryTydder and others, the Kynggs rebelles and traitoursaforeseid, have extended \intended^^ at there comyng,if they may be of power,^ to do the most cruell murdrers,slaughterys, and roberys,and disherisons that ever wereseen in eny Cristen reame.

For the wich, and other inestymable daungers to beescheuved, and to th'entent that the Kynggs seidrebelles, traitours, and enemys ^ may be utterly putfrom there seid malicious and fals purpose * and sonediscomforted,^ if they enforce to land,^ the Kyng oursoveraign Lord'^ willith, chargeth, and comaundith alland everyche of the naturall and true subgetts of thishis Reame to call the premyssez to there mynds, andlike gode and true Englishmen to endover themselfswith all there powers for the defence of them, therewifh, chylderyn, and godes, and heriditaments ayenstthe seid malicious purposes and conspiracions whichthe seid auncient enemes ^ have made with the Kynggsseid rebelles and traitours ^ for the fynall distruccion ofthis lande as is aforesaid. And our said soveraignLord, as a wele willed, diligent, and coragious Prynce,wel put his moost roiall persone to all labour and paynenecessary in this behalve for the resistence and sub-duyng of his seid enemys, rebells, and traitours^"^ to the

1 Aneantisement—anientised is used by Chaucer in his Tale of Melebeus,for reducing to nothing.—F.* " if they may be of power," omitted in A-

3 rebelles and traytours. a1 ^ malicious putposes. A

3 discomfited. A. E.8 Or rather, make good their landing by force.—F,

7 desireth. A, E,

8 the auncyentes ennemyes of this lande. A.

9 " and traitours," omitted in A-

10 rebelles, traitours, and enemyes. A. In which text the proclamationends with these words, and is folloNvcd by the usual words addressed to theChancellor as his authority for making out the proclamation : *' And thiseDure lettres shall be your sufficient warrant in that behalve." This warrantto the Chancellor Ls dated "at oure Castell of Notyngham, the xxj. day ofJuyn, the secund yere of our reigne," two days before the proclamation wasjijFSued.

moost comforte, wele, and suerte of all ^ his true andfeithfull liege men and subgetts.

And over this, our seid soveraign Lord willith andcomaundith all his seid subgetts to be redy in theremost defensible arraye to do his Highnes servyce ofwerre, when thy be opyn proclamacion, or othenviseshall be comaunded so to do, for the resistence of theKynggs seid rebelles, traitours, and enemyes. Et hocsub periculo, &c.—T. me ipso apud Westmonasterium,xxiij. die Junij, Anno regni nostri secundo.

884.

A.D. 1485, Aug.The Duke of Norfolk to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 334.]

This letter must have been written in August 1485, some days after thelanding of the Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., at Milford Haven.

To my welbelovyd frend, John Paston^ be ihys bylldelyveryd in hast.

ELBELOVYD frend, I cummaunde me toyow, letyng yow to undyrstond that theKyngs enmysse be a land, and that theKyng wold hafe set for the asuppon Mondaybut only for Howre Lady Day; ^ but for serten hegothe forward as uppon Tewsday, for a servant ofmyne browt to me the sertente.

Wherfor, I pray yow that ye met with me at Bery,^for, be the grace of God, I purposse to lye at Bery asuppon Tewsday nyght, and that ye brynge with yowseche company of tall men as ye may goodly make atmy cost and charge, be seyd that ye have promysydthe Kyngj and 1 pray yow ordeyne them jakets olmy levery, and I shall contente yow at your metyngwith me. Yower lover,

J. NORFFOLK.

1 and singlier. A. 2 The Assumption of Our Lady, 15th of August '

3 Bury St. Edmund's in Suflfolk.

The Paston Letters.He7iry VII.

885.

A.D. 1485, 23 Sept.Dame Elizabeth Browne to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The MS. from which this letter is printed is not in the handwriting of DameEliz. Browne. It is a corrected draft in the handwriting of John Paston,with the address at the head.

To my ryght worchepfull and hertly beloved nevew, JohnPaston^ Sqwyer.

IGHT worchepfull, and my ryght hertly beloved

nevew, I recomand me to yow. And wher as

ye desier me to send yow woord whether my

brodyr John Paston, your fadyr, was with

my fadyr and hys, whom God assoyle, duryng hys last

syknesse and at the tyme of hys dissease at Seynt

Brydis, or nowght.

Nevew, I assarteyn yow upon my feythe and poorehonore that I was xiiij., xv. yer or xvj. yer old, and^ atSeynt Brydis with my fadyr and my modyr when myfadyrs last syknesse took hym, and tyll he was dis-seassid; and I dare depose befor ony persone honor-able that when my fadyrs last siknesse tooke hym, mybrodyr your fadyr was in Norffolk, and he came notto London tyll aftyr that my fadyr was disseassid, andthat can Sir William Cootyng ^ and Jamys Gressham

1 The words " xiiij. old, and " are an interlineation, J. P. apparently

did not know his sister's exact age at the time and wished her to supply it.

* Rector of Swainsthorpe from 1444 to 1450, and of Titchwell from 1450 to1457.. He was presented to the former living by Judge Paston and JohnDam.

III. y

record, for they bothe were my fadyrs clerkys at thattyme. And I remembre and wot well that JamysGressham was with my fadyr at Seynt Brydys duryngall hys siknesse and at hys disseasse, and thys wyll Iwyttnesse whyle 1 leve for a trowthe, as knowith God,Whom I beseche to preserve you and yours.

And, nevew, I prey yow recomand to my neeseyour ^vyff, whom I wold be glad to se onys a yen inLondon, wher thys bylle was wretyn, signed with mynhand, and sealed with my seale [the Thursday nextbefor Whyghtsonday, the second yer of Kyng Richardthe Thred],^ the xxiij. daye of September the first yerof the reyngne of Kyng Herry the vij^^

Your loveing awnte, El[iza]beth Browne.

886.

A.D. 1485, 3 OctElizabeth, Countess of Surrey, to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter must have been written either in 1485 or In i486. ITiomasHoward, Earl of Surrey, was taken prisoner at the battle of Bosworth on the22d August 1485, and was not released from confinement till 1487, in whichlatter year also John Paston, to whom this letter is addressed, was knightedat the battle of Stoke on the i6th June. Most likely the letter is of the year1485, at the beginning of the Earl's imprisonment, and when Henry VII.had been just six weeks upon the throne.

To myn ryght worshepfull cosyn, John Paston^ Esquyer.

ijYN ryght worshipfull cosyn, I recomawnde mehertly to you,, thankyng you of your greetkyndnes and lovyng disposiciontowardysmynlord and me at all tymes, which I pray GodI may leve to see the acquytell ther of to your plesure,prayeng you of your good continuauns.

Cosyn, I shewyd you myn mynde that I wolde havemyn shildem to Thorpe,^ wher in, God yelde you, itpleasyd you to sey that I shulde have hors of you tohelp to conveye them thyder; but now I undirstonde

1 This date is scratched through with the pen. 2 Iq Norfolk.—F.

myn Lord Fitz Walter ^ hath dischargyd myn lordysservauntes thens, affermyng up on them that theyshulde have had unfittyng langage of the Kynges Grace.Cosyn, I trust that ye and all the jentilmen of the shire,which have had knowleche of myn lordes servauntes,kan sey that her to for they have not ben of that dis-posicion to be lavas of theyr tungys, whan they hadmoore cause of booldnes than they have nowe. Iwolde not have thowght myn Lord Fitzwalter woldehave takyn so ferforth displeasure for the keepyng ofX. or xij. men at Thorpe; I woot weell ther exceded notiij. mees'^ meet, good and bad. I truste, all thow Iweer a soel woman, to mayntene so many at the leeste,what so evyr I dyde moore.

I trustyd to have fowndyn myn Lord Fitzwalterbetter lord to me, seyng whan I was wyth myn Lordof Oxenforth, up on myn desyre and request at thattyme made un to h}Tii, he promysed me to be goodlord to myn lord and me, wher of I praye you to puthym in remembrauns, trustyng yit be the meene of youto fynde hym better lord to me her aftyr.

I have fownde myn Lord of Oxenforth singuler verygood and kynde lord to myn lord and me, and stede-faste in hys promys, wher by he hath wonne myn lordysservice as longe as he leevyth, and me to be hys trewebeedwoman terme of myn lyve; for hym I dredemooste, and yit as hyther to I fynde hym beste. Ipray you good cosyn, the rather by your meane, thatI may have the continuauns of hys good lordship, andto myn poore power I truste to deserve it. I pray you,cosyn, that thys byll may recomawnde [me] ^ to mynLady Brews and to myn cosyn, your wyf.

From Mynster, in the Yle of Shepey, the iij^« day ofOctobre. I pray you yeve credens to the berer of thys,and to Thomas Jenney, whan he comyth to you.

* Your faythefoull cosyene, E. Surrey.

1 John RatclifT, Lord Fitzwalter, who was summoned to Parliament inSeptember 1485.

3 A mess was a party of four at dinner. 3 Omitted in MS.

* These last words were written by the Countess, the letter by her sec-retary.—F.

887.

A.D. 1485, 20 Oct.The Duke of Suffolk to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 326.]

John Paston was Sheriff of Norfolk in the first year of Henry VII., andentered on his duties at Michaelmas 1485. This letter therefore is of thatyear.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Paston^ Sheriff ofSuffolk and Norffolk,

The Due of Suffolk.

IGHT welbeloved, we grete you well. Andfor asmuche as the King our sovereigne Lordhath late addressed his letters of comissionundre his scale unto us, reciting by the samethat his highnesse undrestondith certayn his rebellsassociate to his old enmys of Scotlond, entending notonly to trowble his peax, the nobles and subjects ofthis Realme to destroy, their goods and possessions tospoill, and reward at thair liberties, but also the lawesof this lond and holy Chirche to subvert.

Our said moost drad soverayn Lord, as aCristen Prince,

his said enmys and rebels to

resist, hath assigned and comaunded us to do all maner. . . . and others defensible able to labour, aswell archers as hobbyllers,^ to come before us andcharge them . . . . . armed and arayed, everyman aftre his degre and power, to attend uppon hisperson, and uppon us, to do him service in defence aswell of the Chirche as of the said nobles and subjectsof this Realm, against his said enmys and rebels.

We therfore wuU, and in our said sovereigne Lordsname straitly charge and comaunde you, that in allpossible hast ye do this to be proclamed :—And thatall maner men able to do the King service, as well.

"^ Light horsemen.

knights, esquiers, and gentlemen, as townships andhundreds, as well within franchesse and liberies aswithout, within the counties of Suffolk and Norffolk,and that they be charged to be redy at all tymes upponan howre wamyng, and ordered according to the lastcomission afore this, to attend uppon his Grace anduppon us to do him service, whatsoever they shalbecomaunded, not failing herof, as ye wull answer at yourperile. Goven at Long Stratton, the xx. day of October.And fortherraore, that ye yeve credence unto ourservaunt this bringer, as this same day we receyvedthe Kings commission at iiij. aftre none.

Suffolk, yor frendc;

888.

A.D. i486, 21 Jan.Margery Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]To my niastyr, John Paston, be this delyvird.

jYGHT reverent and wortshepfull syre, in my

most umbill weysse I recomaunde me to you,

desyryng to here of your welfare, the wytche

I beseche God to preserve to His plesur and

so your hartes desyir. Syr, I thank you for the veny-

son that ye sent me; and youre schepe is seylyd owt

of the havene as this daye.

Syr, I send you be my brodyr Wyllem your stoma-chere of damaske. As for youre teppet of velvet, itis not here; An seythe that ye put yt in your casketat London.

Syr, your chyldryn be in goode helle, bellsside be God.Syr, I prey you sende me the gowild, that I spak toyou of be the nexst man that comythe to Nonvytche.Syr, your mast that laye at Yermowyth is letyn to a

scheppe of Hull for xiij^-. iiijV., and if there fawyll onyhurt ther to, ye schall have a newe mast ther for.

No mor to you at this time, but Almyty God haveyou in His kepyng. Wretyn at Castyr Hawill, thexxj. daye of Janever, in the furst yere of Kyng Harrythe vij'^^

Be your servaunt, Margery Paston.

I prey God no ladyis no more ovyr com you, thatye geve no lenggar respyt in your materys.

889.

A.D. i486, 24 Feb.Alice, Lady Fitzhugh, to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 336.]

There is a diflSculty in dating this letter only from the address being to SirJohn Paston. It has every appearance of having been written in the yeari486, when Francis, Viscount Lovel, lay concealed shortly before his outbreakwith Humphrey and Thomas Stafford. But in that case the prefix " Sir"before John Paston's name must not be taken as indicating that he was thena knight; for he was not knighted till the battle of Stoke in June 1487.

The writer of this letter was the widow of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh, whodied on the 12th June 1472. She was the daughter of Richard Nevill, Earlof Salisburj', and sister of Warwick the Kingmaker.

To my right trusty a?id welbeloved son^ Sir John Paston^be this delyvered.

ON PASTON, I recommaunde me to you inmy moste hertely maner. And wher I under-stande be my doghter Lovell, ye desyre toknow whedir I woll have the bargane yemade for me in Norwich or nay, and if I wol, I mostecontent therfor now in meres; Son, in good faith it isso, I shal receyve no money of the revenowse of mylyvelod afore Mydsommer; and also I have paydaccordyng to my promise to Sir William Cabell a greatpayment, the which ye knowe wel was due to be payde,

1 I find no evidence of any real relationship between Paston and LadyFitzhugh.

SO that I can not be of power to content therfore, forthe which I am right sory, for I know well I shallnever have such a bargane.

Also my doghtyr Lovell ^ makith great sute andlabour for my sone hir husbande. Sir Edwarde Frankehath bene in the North to inquire for hym; he iscomyn agayne, and cane nogth understonde wher heis. Wherfore her benevolers willith hir to continue hirsute and labour; and so I cannot departe nor leve hiras ye know well; and if I might be there, I wold befull glad, as knowith our Lorde God, Whoo have youm His blissid kepynge.

From London, the xxiiij^^ day of February.Your loving moder,

Alise, Lady Fitzhugh.

890.

A.D. i486, 19 May.Margahet, Countess of Oxford, to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 338.]

The date of this is quite certain from the subject to which it refers, as wellas from the fact of John Paston being at the time Sheriff of Norfolk andSuffolk. Francis, Viscount Lovel, was one of the principal adherents ofRichard III., and was attainted after the accession of Henry VII. in 1485.For some time he lay concealed, but in the spring of 1486 he attempted toraise an insurrection along with Humphrey and Thomas Stafford, who hadbroken out of their sanctuary at Colchester. He is said to have been drownedin the Trent in 1487, in endeavouring to escape after the battle of Stoke.But according to another story he lived in concealment for some time after.

To my right trusti and welbiloved John Paston^ Shrieue

cf Norffolk and Suffolk.

^IGHT trusti and welbiloved, I recomaund me

unto you. And for as moche as I am cred-

ebly enfourmed that Fraunceis, late Lorde

Lovell, is now of late resorted into the Yle

of Ely, to the entente by alle lykelyhod, to finde the

waies and meanes to gete him shipping and passage in

1 Francis, Viscount Lovel, married Anne, daughter of 41ice, Lady Fit*hugh.

your costes, or ellis to resorte ageyn to seintuary, ifhe can or maie;

I therfor hertily desire praie you, and neverthelesse,m the Kinges name, streitly chargie you that ye in allgoodly haste endevore your self that suche wetche orother meanes be used and hadde in the poorts, andcreks, and othre places wher ye thinke necessary byyour discrecion, to the letting of his seid purpose; andthat ye also use all the waies ye can or maie by yourwisdom, to the taking of the same late Lorde Lovell.And what pleasur ye maie do to the Kings Grace inthis matier, I am sure, is not to you unknowen. AndGod kepe you.

Wretyn at Lavenham, the xix. day of May.

Margaret Oxynford.^

891.A.D. i486, 12 Aug.—Henry VII. to John Paston

[From Sandford's Genealogy of the Paston Family.]

This letter is derived from Mr. Worship's article in the Norfolk Archeologyon a MS. Genealogy of the Paston family. The date must be i486, duringJohn Paston's shrievalty. The transcript is of the seventeenth century.

To our trusty and welbeloved John Paston^ one of ourEsquiers for our Body, Shreife of our countys ofNorffolk and Suffolk.

By the King.

jRUSTY and welbeloved, we greet you well.And whereas we send at this time our trustyand welbeloved clerke and counsellor, Mr.Edmunde Chaderton, to do and executecertein things by our commandement in those parties,like as he can shew to you more at large; We desireand pray you that ye not only yeve unto him thereincredence, but also, for the effectuall and speedy per-

1 Margaret, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and sister ofRichard, the great Earl of Warwick, was the first wife of John de Vere, Earl«f Oxford.—F.

formance of the same, ye will be unto him from timeto time in everythinge, as the case shall require, ad-viseinge, aidinge, and assistinge, as we singularly trustyou, and as ye desire to do us pleasure.

Yeven under our Signet at our manner of Shene,the xij'^ day of August.

892.

A.D. 1487, 24 Jan.The Earl of Oxford to John Paston,

[From Douce MS. 393, f. 78.]

Francis, Viscount Lovel, after trying to raise a rebellion in England in 1486,escaped abroad to Flanders, and joined the Earl of Lincoln in the followingSpring in an invasion of England in behalf of Lambert SimneL This letterappears therefore to have been written in the beginning of the year 1487.

To my right trusty and right welbelovyd Councellor,John Paston^ Esquier.

|OHN PASTON, I comaund me to you. Andas for such tithynge as ye have sent hider, theKyng had knowlech therof more than a sevyn-nyght passed. And as for such names as yehave sent, supposyng theym to be gone with the LordLovell, they be yitt in England, for he is departyngwith xiiij. personys and no moe. At the Kynges comyngto London I wold advise you to see his Highnes. AndAlmyghty God kepe you.•Writen at Wyndesore, the xxiiij^ day of January.

OXYNFORD.Endorsed: The Countis of Ozfordes lettre.

893.A.D. 1487.—John, Prior of Norwich, to .

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The writer of this letter was John Bonwell, who was made Prior of Norwichin 14S0, and died in 1488. As the letter is actually dated in the second year

of Henry VII., it must have been written either after the 226. August in i486or before that date in 1487. Most probably it is of the latter year. It isendorsed in a contemporaneous hand—" Billa Prioris Norwic' pro missa per-petue fundanda." One or two words are now lost by the decay of the paper,which seem to have been visible in the text when Fenn copied the MS. forhis fifth volume.

jIGHT worchupfull serys, we recomaunde ust\^mm ^^^ ^T^to you in oure most herty wyse. And^M| it is so that longe and many yerys ther hathben hangyng a grete variaunce and a growgebitwix Annes Paston deceassed, late the wyff of WilliamPaston, Justice, and WiUiam Paston now lyvyng, andClement Paston deceassid, ther sones, one the ooneparte, and John Paston, the sone of the seide WilliamPaston, Justice, and of the seide Annes his wiff, alsodeceassid, and Ser John Paston, Knyght, deceassed,and John Paston yet lyvyng, sones to the seide Johndeceassid, on the othir parte. And now the seidevariaunce contynueth betwixe the seide William andJohn that now is lyvyng of and upon the right, title,and possessioun of the maners of Sporle, Woodhall,Pagrave, Cressyngham, Swaynesthorpe, and Est Bek-ham, all [in] this cuntre of Norffolk.

Likith it you to wete that the seide William Paston,Justice, in his lyve was a speciall lover and frende toour monastery, and for synguler love and trust that hehadde to be remembred amonge us after hys deceasse,not with stondyng h[e dejyed at London, yet he bequesthis body to be beryed, and is beryed in the chapell ofOur Lady ^vith inne oure monastery. [And] the seideWilHam Paston, Justice, oftyn and many tymes in hispleyn lyfe, the seide Annes beyng present, he shewedunto the Priour of our monastery that was than, calledDawn John Heverlonde,^ and to Dawn John Molett,^that was Priour after, to Dawn John Fomsett, Doctourof Devynyte, Dawn Richerd Walsham, our sexten, andto Dawn John Wechyngham, and to many dyverse otherthat were of his acqueyntaunce, and that he had trust

1 John Haverland was Prior of Norwich from 1436 to 1453.* Prior from 1453 to 1471.

unto to breke his mynde for the wele of his soule, thatwere thanne olde fadirs of our monastery, and am nowdecessed, that it was his verry last will that ought ofthe seide maners schuld be perpetually immortaysed aserteyn londe, or annuyte of suche valewe, that everysuche monke that syngith the last messe in the seidechapell, wher the body of the seide William Pastonlight beryed, schuld have that day that he songe messether iiij^. to pray for the soules of the seide William,and of Annes his wif, and for ther auncetrys, kynred,consanguynyte, affynyte, and frendes, and for all Cristensoules ; and over that, a sertejni summe of money yerlyto be payed to have the obytt of the seide William andAnnes zerly kept with dirige and masse in the seidechapell.

And it is so that many yeres aftir the decesse of thethe seide William, Justice, ther were many men lyvyngbothe of olde brethem of oures afore rehersyd, and ofother that cowde abome witnesse in this mater, and thatknewe the mynde of the seide William Paston, Justice,that it was his last will, of whiche men many now bedeceassed ; and no merveill, for it is upon a xliij. yerepast sithen the seide William, Justice, deyed. Andalso the seide Annes that was hys wif lyved more thanneXXX. wynter aftir hir husbonde, and was in singulertrust with her husbonde, and one of his executours,and wele knowen in this cuntre, a woman of vertuoslyvyng and disposicion, and of goode discrecioun andconscience, and knewe hir husbondes mynde and lastwill as wele as ony lyvyng creature; she witnessedalway that it was hire husbondes last will to have thisperpetuall messe, and called on it all the dayes of hirlyfe, and also atte her decesse ; and sche seide that [it]was the will of her husbonde that the annuyte schuldego oute of the seide maner of Swaynesthorpe. Theseide John Paston decessed wolde have hadde itgraunted owte of the seide maner of Cressyngham; andsumme of the executours wolde have hadde the seidemesse to a contynued but for the terme of iiij'"- yere,

and wolde have made writyng accordyng; but theseide Annes wolde not ther of, but seide alway that itwas the last will of hir husbonde to have the messemade perpetuall, and the executours schewid to us thatthey wolde se the wyll perfourmed; and ther uponthe executours, be ther comon assent, lefte a cofre witha grete substaunce of money of the goodes of the seideWilliam, Justice, to be kepte with inne our monastery,and tolde and schewed to us that the seide gode schuldnever be departid nor hadde oute of our place till wewer made sure of the seide annuyte. And duryng allthat season that the seide cofer with the goodes waswith ynne our monastery, it was alway schewid to usthat the seide annuyte schulde be mortaysed in per-petuyte, and duryng all that season that the seid coferwas in our place, we hadde money yerly yoven usto pray for his soule to kepe [his obytt] ^; and bemenys devysed with oute the knowleche of the seideAnnes, or of ony of our brethem, all the goode that wasin the seide cofre was conveyed oute of our monastery,and after that dede done, ther was no more moneyyoven us, nowther to kepe the seide obit, ner to prayfor the souU of the seide William, as be the seideexecutours, savyng that the seide Annes, duryng herlyve,yaff us of hir owne cost yerly to remembre the soule,and that that hath be done sythen, hath be don of ourowne devocion, and this many zerys ther hath no thingbe yoven us, notwithstondyng of our own devocion wehave rehersid his name in oure bede roUe every Sonday.And now it is informed us that as wele the seideWilliam as the seide John hath putt all ther title andinterest, as wele in and of all the seide maners, londes,and tenementys as of the seide goodes in the awardeand jugement of the Right Reverend Fader in God,my Lord of Ely,^ Chaunceler of Inglond, Ser ReynoldBray, Knyght, and in you tweyne. And in asmocheas ze be of our cuntre and speciall frendes to our

1 The writing is here blurred and indistinct, being written on an erasure.

2 John Alcock.

monastery, and longest acqueyntyd with you, thatmakith me and all my brethren the more bolde toschewe this our mater and interest unto you, besechingyow bothe to tendre the mater, and to schewe it botheto my Lorde of Ely and to Ser Reynolde Bray, thatatte suche tyme as ze have the examynacion of the titleof theise seide maners, that ze will vouche saff of yourcharite to schewe this mater and our interest in thisbehalf, and of the seide annuyte, and how that weaught of right to have a graunt of it oute of the seidemaners.

And in this mater we hertily pray yow to takeremembraunce and speciall labour, so that we maytrust that it schall not askape your handes, nowe thatthe mater is putte in yowe; and all our monasteryschall pray for you, and also rewarde you to yourplesur, and over that, ze schall do her in suche a goodedede that God schall rewarde you.

Wretyn in our monastery, the ^ day of } the

secunde yer of the regne of Kyng Herry the vij^^.

By John, Prior off Northwichand the Covent

894.

A.D. 1487, 16 May.Sir Edmund Bedingfield to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter and that which follows were written during the period of Lambert Simnel's rebellion. The rebels were at this time in Ireland, but theysoon after invaded England, and were defeated at the battle of Stoke on thei6th June 1487. Francis, Viscount Lovel, took part in the movement, and issupposed to have perished in the battle, or shortly after it.

Un to ?ny ryght wurshypfull cosyn^ John Fast on y Esquyer^for the Body.

1 Blanks in MS

334 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1487,

jYGHT wurshypfull cosyn, I recomawnd meiin to you as hertly as I can, letyng you wytteI was with my Lorde Stuarde ^ as on Mundaylaste paste, by the desyir of them that I myghtnot sey ney to. I herde all that was seyd there, butthey gaate non avawntage, wurde, nor promyse off me;but they thought in asmoche as they ware the beste inthe shere, that every man owghte to wayte and go withthem. Wherto yt was answerd that oure master,^nexte the Kynge, havynge hys commysshon, mustenedys have the jentylmen and the contre to a wayte uponhym by the vertu of the same; but yt was thought Iowght not to obeye no copy of the commisshon, withouteI had the same under wexe, where in hathe ben gretargument, whyche I understoode by reporte a fortnytepaste, and that causyd me to sende unto my lorde tohave the very commysshon, whyche he sente me, and aletter, where ofif I sende you the copy here in closyd.

As for you, ye be sore takyn in sum place, seyingthat ye intende swyche thynges as ys lyke to folow gretmyscheffe. I seyd I undyrstood non swyche, northynges lyke it; and yt ys thoughte ye intende natto go forthe thys jorneye, nor no jentylman in thatquarter but Robert Brandon that hath promysyd to gowith them, as they seye.

I understonde Sir Wylliam Bolen ^ and Sir HarryHeydon* ware at Thetforde in to Kente ward, butthey retumyd in to Norffolk a geyne; I thynke theywull not goo thys jomey, yff the Kynge nede. SerHarry was at Attylborow on Saterday. I wene he hada vyce there to turne a zen; wher for, cosyn, yt ysgood to understonde the sertente what jentylmenintende to goo, and be assuryd to go together, that Imay have wurde; my cos)ti Hoptun hathe promysyd

1 Tohn RatclifF, Lord Fitzwalter. —6"^^ Campbell's Materials for a Historyof Henry VII., i. 92, 241.

2 Probably the Earl of Oxford.—See next letter.

3 Sir William Boleyn, of Blickling, had been made a Knight of the Bath atthe Coronation of Richard III. He died in 1505.—F.

4 Sir Henry Heydon, of Baconsthorp, Knight, had been steward of thehousehold to Cecilia, EKichess of York, and died in 1503.— F.

that he wuU be oon. As fore Wysman, he seythe hewull be off the same, but I can have no holde.

Furthermore, cosyn, yt ys seyd that after my lordysdepartyng to the Kynge ye ware mette at Barkwey,whyche ys construid tlmt ye had ben with the LadyLovell, but wrathe seyd never well; and in asmoche aswe understonde my lordys plesur, yt ys well doon wedele wysly therafter. And, nexte to the Kynge, Ianswerd pleynly 1 was bownde to do him service, andto fuUfylle hys comaundment to the uttermest off mypowere, by the grace off God, Who ever preserve youto Hys plesur.

Wretyn at Oxburgh, the xvj. day of Maye.

Your cosyn, E. Bedyngfeld.^

895.

A.D. 1487, May?[TheEarlofOxford?] to Sir Edmund Bedingfield.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The MS. from which this letter was printed was evidently the copy of aletter, which was enclosed in the preceding. Fenn supposes with great pro-bability that the writer was the Earl of Oxford, but the MS. being only acopy, there is no signature attached. Commissions of array were issued onthe 7th April 1487 for the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex, withspecial instructions for repairing and gtiarding the beacons for fear of aninvasion. The Commissioners for the county of Norfolk were John, Duke ofSuffolk, John, Earl of Oxford, John Radcliff. Lord Fitzwalter, and fifteenothers, among whom was John Paston.—See Patent Roll, 2 Hen. VII., p. 2,m. 6, in ciarso,

HERE AS I understonde by your late wrytyngun to me, that ye have ryght well endevyrdyou to th'execusion of the Kynges comissionand comawndment, in preparyng your selftewith the jentylmen and other of the contre, to beredy to do the Kyng servyce, whyche I have shewidun to the Kynges Hyghnes, so that hys Grace ys ryghtwell content and ryght thankfully acceptyth the same,

1 Sir Edmund Bedingfeld was made a Knight of the Bath at the Coronationof Richard III. He was likewise in high favour with Henry VII., who paidDim a royal visit at Oxburgh, in Norfolk. He died ia 1496.—F.

THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1487.

understondynge the ryght good myndys and dysposy-schon off you and off other jentylmen there towardeshys Grace. How be yt, hys Hyghnes wull not as zytteput you to ony further labur or charge, for somoche ashys rebellys and enemyes be in to Irlande; neverthe-lesse hys Grace wull that the contre be redy at alltymis to do hys Hyghnes servyce up on resonabullwamyng; for so moche as the Kynges Grace intendytheto make provysyon to sende an armi in to Irlonde inhaaste, nat knowyng as zytte whether that ye, and otheraboute you shall be desyird to bere ony charge thereto or no. And where as yt ys mervellyd that ye hadnot the Kynges comysshon, under hys gret seall, I sendyt to you with thys my wTytyng, wyllynge you nat toprocede further to eny execushon theroff tyll swychetyme as ye have other wise in comawndment, alweythankyng hertyly the jentylmen, and all other for thergood wyllys towardes me.

896.

A.D. 1487 or later.Dame Eijzabeth Brews to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Fenn dates this letter " about 1487." It cannot be earlier than June ofthat year, and may be a few years later. But the date is unimportant Thisletter appears to be a holograph. The next is written by a scribe.

To my rytth worchupfull son, Sir Jon Paston, be thysbyII delyvyrd in hast.

YTH worchupfull son, I recommend me on to

zow and to my lady zowyr wyf, and thankyng

zow harttyly for the grett labyr thatt ze had

on Thorys day for me, and for zowyr kynd-

nes; for and odyr had don asse ze ded, I had had my

purpos j qwerfor I prey God do be them asse they do

be me.

Son, I must prey zow to have a dosseyn men inharnes, with bowys and wepyn convenyent for them,that I may feche my stres ageyn. The schrevys manwasse here wythe me, and [j. of J yowyres, he seyth he ys,and he hatth mad me feythful promes that he wol bewyth me ageyn on Monday, qwerfor I prey zowharttyly, son, and reqwere zow that zowyr men may be>vyth me on Monday, as my werry tros ys in zow, qwosknowyth blyssyd Jesu, Hom haff zow and zowyr inYss keppyng.

Be zowyr trew modyr,

Dam Elysabethe Brewysse.

897.

About A.D. 1488?Dame Elizabeth Brews to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

rhe date of this letter is nearly as indefinite as that of the last, but itjerlainly lies between the year 1487, when Sir John Paston was knighted,and 1489, when William Brews died. If the latter pyri of the letter refers totlie levyinc of a subsidy, in which the Bishop of Chester may have beenone of the King's agents, the date is probably about the end of the year 1488.Sir Thomas Brews, the writer's husband, died in 1482.

To my right worshipfuU son. Sir John Fusion, Knyght,be this ddyverd.

JIGHT worshipful! son, I recommaund me unto^Ij you and to my lady my doughter your wyfe,and I send you both Cristes blyssyng andmyne. And, son, I thank you hertcly formy son, William Brews; and I moste pray you for thereverens of Jesu to help hym for your tenauntes andmyne, or els John Dynne will owver rewle them.And, son, God thank you, ye helpyd ons Whyte ofMetfeld, and so I must beseche you nowe to do, andthat it wold pleas you to gyffe credans unto the Priourof the Wyhte Freres, for I have shewed unto hym mymynd; and as ye do, I hold me contentIII, Z

And, son, we ladys and jentil women in this contreythat is wedows, be sore trobyld with the Bysshop ofChester,^ and haskith of us more than we may pay,and that knowith All myghty Jesu, Who have you inHis blyssed kepyng.

Be your moder,

Dame PLlizabeth Brews.

898.

A.D. 1486-95.Sir John Paston to Dame Margery Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

James Hobart was the King's Attorney-General from i486 to 150Q, andDame Margery Paston died in 1495. There is nothing to fix the date ofthis letter more precisely.

7b Dame Margery Paston, at Oxenhed.

JASTRESS MARGERY, I recomand me to yow.And I prey yow in all hast possybyll to sendme, by the next swer messenger that ye cangete, a large playster of yoMx Jlose ungwen-torum for Kynges Attorney, Jamys Hobart, for all hysdysease is but an ache in hys knee. He is the manthat brought yow and me togedyrs, and I had leverthen ylli. ye koud with your playster depart hym andhys peyne. But when ye send me the playster, ye mustsend me wryghtyng hough it shold be leyd to andtakyn fro hys knee, and hough longe it shold abyd onhys kne unremevyd, and hough longe the playster wylllaste good, and whethyr he must lape eny more clothysaboate the playster to kepe it warme or nought AndGod be with yow.

Your, John Paston.

1 The Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield were often called Bishops ofChester before the foundation of the modem Bishopric of Chester by HenryVIII. [ohn Hales or Halse was Bishop of Coventry from 1459 ^'^ ^+90'

899.

A.D. 1487-1502.

The Queen to the Earl of Oxford.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter and that which follows, relating to the manor of Cotton, areboth quite uncertain in point of date, except that thev cannot be earlierthan 1487, when Sir John Paston was knighted, nor later than 1502, asthe Queen and Sir Jonn Paston himself both died in the year following.

To oure right trusty a?id entcrly beloved cosy?!^ Th^Erll of

Oxen.

By the Quene.

|YGHT trusty and entierly beloved cosyn, wegrete you well, lattyng you wete hou it iscommen un to oure knowlege that where asze newly entred upon oure welbeloved SymonBlyant, gentilman, in to the maner of Hemnals inCotton, descended and belongyng unto hyra by rightof enheritaunce, as it is seid, ze ther upon desired tliesame Symon to be agreable for hys part to put all matersof variance thenne dependyng atwene hym and oonSir John Paston, Knyght, pretendyng a title unto theseid maner into th'award and jugement of two lenerdmen, by you named and chosen as arbritrours atwenethem; and in case that the same arbritrours of andupon the premisses neither yave oute nor made sucheawarde be for the brekyng up of Pasche \Eastcr'\ termenowelast passed, ze of your owne offre graunted and pro-mysid unto the seid Symon, as we be enformed, torestore hym forwyth there upon unto hys possession ofthe seid maner. And how it be that the same Symon,at youre mocion and for the pleasir of youre lordshyp,as he seith, aggreed un to the seid compromyse, andther upon brought and shewed hys evydence concern-yng, and sufficiently provyng hys ryght in the seidmaner un to the seid arbritrours, and that they havenot made nor yolden out betwene the said parties anysuche award ; yet have not ze restored the same S>Tnonunto hys possession of the seid maner, but contynuellv

kepe hym owt of the same, wich, yf it so be, is notonly to hys right grete hurt and hinderaunce, but alsooure mervaile. Wherfore we desire and pray youryght afifectueusly that ze woU the rather at the con-templacion of thees oure lettres, shew unto the saidSymon, in hys rightful! interesse and title in the seidmaner all the favorable lordshyp that ze goodely may,doyng hym to be restored and put in to hys lawful!and peasible possession of the same, as fer as reason,equite, and good conscience shall require, and youreseid promise, in suche wyse that he may undyrstondhym selfe herynne to fare the better for oure sake, asoure verray trust is in you.

Yeven under oure signet at my Lordes Palois of West-mynstre, the xxv. day of Juyn. [Elezebeth.]^

Subskrybyd with the Quenys hand,

900.

A.D. 1487-1502.

The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From Douce MS. 393, f. 84.]See preliminary note to the last letter.

7h our hertly welbilovyd Johji Fasion, Kfiyghf.

JIGHT hertly welbilovyd, I grete you wele.And where Sir John Howard, Knyght, SirGilberde Debenham, Knyght, gederith gretefeloship of men, purposyng on Monday nextcomyng to take stresses of the Lady Roos; and I demethat they undre the colour of the same entende to seton Coton, and to gete it if they may; I therfor coun-celle you to sende downe a certeine of your men orelles come your silfe for the save garde of the saidCoton. Also that ye yeve credence un to the bryngerherof. And Our Lorde kepe you.

Writyn at the lodge in Lavenham the last day of

Juylle. OXYNFORD.

1 This name is written in a different character, intended as a representatiooof the Queen's signature which it somewhat resembles. The writing, however, is crossed out. It is probably the work of the same pen that wrote thewords below, though these are in a smaller hand.

901.Not before A.D. 1487.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

K[obert] Clere to Sir John Paston, Knight.

Your fanner of Mauteby has not given surety and paid pound-age for his cattle, as he pretends. I hope you will not encouragehim, when he tells you he owes me no duty, and that he took notmy ** merch " for twenty years, but only so long as he continuedin Heryngby farm. I denied him the replevin, because theground of my farm is parcel of ancient demesne. Your tenantscomplain of me without cause. I hope you will not be displeasedif I ask them simply for what is due to me. I never said " thatye shuld hang upon many bushes." I have always been glad tosay or do my best for you, as any poor gentleman in Norfolk.I pray you bring forth my accuser that I may come to my answer,and know who would make variance between us.

Ormesby, 24 Oct

[The writer of this letter was Robert Qere of Ormesby, who was knightedin 1494, and was sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1501. The expression,"your" farmer of Mauteby, shows that it was written after the death ofMargaret Paston, and that the Sir John addressed must have been her secondson, to whom the manor of Mauteby descended. The date is, therefore, notearlier than 1487 when this Sir John was knighted, and may be many yearslater.]

902.

A.D. 1488? 7 April.John, Lord Fitzwalter, to Sir John Paston,

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Sir John Paston had been sheriff in the year 1485-6, but he did not receivehis knighthood till June 1^87 at the battle of Stoke, so that this letter cannotbe earlier than 14S8. It is, however, not unlikely to have been written inthat year, or one or two years later. The writer, Lord Fitzwalter, wasbeheaded and attainted in 1495 as an adherent of Perkin Warbeck.

To my ri^ht worshipfull cosyji^ Syr John Paston^ K7iight^be thys lettre ddyvered.

IGHT worshipfull cosyn, in my most hertywise I [commejnd me to you. And where Iam enformed that ye have takyn a disthresse

within the [Du]chy of Lankastir for suche moneyas was commyng toward you of ryght for the tymethat ye were shiryef, me seme, cosyn, ye aught notto take it within the said Duchy of noon auncyendemene holdyn upon the King; for there be placesinow to gadir it upon without the said auncyen demene,and so ye cannot lose it. And also, cosyn, I amenformed that it is paied alredy to oon John Burnam,which is of sufficyency inow. For whiche causemesemythe it werne resone to levey it upon hym thanther where as is noon auctorite to levey it upon.Wherfore, cosyn, I pray you to be good mastir for mysake to thies pore men, whiche be the Kingz tenauntz,and to shew them the favour that ye may. And I shallbe as glad to doo you as gret plesure in tyme commyng,by Goddz grace, Who preserve you.

Wretyn at Attylborow, the vij. daie of Apryll.Zowir cosyn and frend,

[].] Sir Fytz Wauter.

903.

A.D. 1488-94.Lord Fitzwalter to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this letter, as of the last, must be between the years 1488ap.d 1494.

To my right woiirschippfulland hertely welbeloved cousyn,Sir John Paston, Knyght, this be delyvered,,

IGHT wourschippfull cousyn, in as hertely

wyse as I cane, I recommaund me to you.

And forasmoche as ther was appoynted a

day that ye and my cousyn Heydon, Sir

Robert Brandon, the Kynges Attorney, and other of

the worschippfuU of this schyr, should have mett here

A.D. 148S-94.] HENRY VI2. 34o

before this tyme of Estren, it was so longe or theKynges Attorney was commen in to the centre, and thetyme so shorte, that it hathe bene thowght there myghtbe non covenable tyme affor this. Wherfor they beagreed that they and ye should mete here on Thursdaynext commyng. Prayinge you, therfor, that ye wolbehere at that t}'me, trustynge to Godes mercy that aright good wey shalbe hadde betyx yow that all gruggesand rancores shalbe layd a parte. And therfor, cousyn,I praye yow that ye wol not fayle for to be here, andwhat I canne do for yow, ye shall fynde it redy withGodes grace. Who have yow in His most blessed andassured kepyng.

Wreten on Good Fryday last passed.

Zo^vi^ lofyng cosyn,

J. Sir Fytz Wauter.

904.

A.D. 1488, 13 May.William Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

There can be no doubt this letter was written in the year 1488, after SirEdward Woodville (called Lord Woodville) had gone over to aid the Dukeof Brittany against the French, and at the beginning of the rebellion of theyoung Prince of Scotland (afterwards James IV.) against his father, JamesIII., who was defeated in battle, and afterwards murdered in June of thatyear.

To Sir John Fast on y be thys ietiyr delyvered,

FTYR all dewe recomendacion, pleasyt yow toundyrstonde that my lorde ^ hathe ben withthe Kynge in Wyndesour at Seynt GeorgysFeste, and ther at the same feste were bothethe inbacetours of Breten and of Flaundyrs, as wellfro the Kynge of Romayns ^ as fro the yonge Duke.^

1 1 he Earl of Oxford.

' Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, was elected King of the Romans ini486.* Philip, Duke of Burgundy, son of Maximilian.

But I can not schew yow the certeyn whedyr we schallhave with them warre or pease; but I undyrstondefor certeyn that all suche capeteyns as wente to thesee in Lente, that is to sey, Sir Charlys Somersett, SirRichard Hawte, and Syr Wylliam Vampage, makythethem redy to goo to the see ageyn as schortely as theycan, to what intente I can not sey.

Also, where as it was seyde that my Lord Wodde-vyle and other schulde have gone over in to Breten, tohave eyded tlie Duke of Breten,^ I can not tell of nonsuche eyd. Butt upon that seynge ther came manymen to Sowthehamton,where it was seyd that he schuldehave takyn schyppyng, to have waytyd upon hymover; and soo whan he was countyrmaundyd, thos thatresortyd thedyr, to have gone over with hym tarydethere styll in hope that they schuld have ben lycensydto have gone over; and whan they sey [saw] no lykeleodthat they schuld have lycens, there was ij.C. of themthat gete them in to a Breten schyppe, the whychewas late come over with salte, and bad the maystersett them a lond in Breten. And they had nott seylydnot paste vj. leges butt they aspied a Frencheman, andthe Frencheman mad over to them; and they ferde asthow they wolde not have medylde with them, and allthe Englysche men went undyr the hetchys, soo thatthey schewyd no more but those that came to Sowthe-hamton with the schype, to cawse the Frenchemen tobe the more gladder to medyll with them; and soo theFrencheman burdyd them, and then they that wereundyr the hetches came up, and soo toke the French-man, and caryed the men, schyppe, and all in toBreaten.

Also, ther was ther an inbacetour fro the Kynge ofSchottes,^ who is now put in grete trobyll be hys sonand other of the lordes of hys londe.

Syr, as I came homewerde be London, I spake therewith Emonde Dormand, and he seyd that he had

1 Francis II., Duke of Brittany.

2 James III.—.S"^^ preliminary note.

wretyn onto yow, but he had none aunsvvere; wherforhe prayd me that if I knew ony man comynge towerdesNorwhyche, and 1 wold wTythe on to yow that heferythe, if ye see none other dyreccion, that he schallbe comittyd to the Flete.

Also, he schewyd me that Herry Wyott wholdefynde the mene to have yow condemnyd, and recoverthe obligacion of xl//. ageyns yow, and soo he seythehe whote nott how to doo, for he is halfe dysmayd;he fer}^the lesse that he schall never come home. Buthe intendythe to plede the obligacion fulfylyd at Nor-wyche, for he seythe ther is non other remedy to saveyow fro the condemnacion, tyl that he herythe other-wyse from yow, whyche he thynketh longe aftyr.

Wret)Ti at Henyngham, the xiij^« day of May, withthe hand of your brodyr, Wylliam Paston.

905.

About A.D. 1488-90.Thomas Andrew to William Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Thomas Andrew, the writer of this letter, was a ser^'ant of William Paston,the uncle of Sir John, but the William Paston, to whom this letter is addressed,seems to have been Sir John's brother, whom we find to have beeu in servicewith the Earl of Oxford during the years 1488-90.

To the ryght worchipfull viayster, William Paston,Squycr, with my Lord of Oxy7iford^ \be tyiis billdelyverd in hast,

i|YGHT worchipfull sir, I recomaund me iin to

you in my best maner, acordyng to my deute.

Sir, I sent you a letter by Henre Fox wyff,

and I had non answer from you of it. On

of the gretest thynges that I wrot to you of, was that

the fryer shuld be aposed, howo was prevy with hym,

whan he robbed Master Martyn, the prest, at Horn-

yngtoft in Norffolk; also that Fox and the parson ofTesterton,^ shuld be aposed if eny of Hempton Abbaywhar out [jvere aught\ prevy to the mony makyng.

Sir, now I beseche you to send me a copy of thesmony makers confeschon, and ther namys, for I amebothe sworne on the quest of the oyer determiner^ andalso on the quest at large, and of that we most makeour verdyte at the sessyons after Crystmes for the questat large; for we toke day over at the last sessyons tyllthe sessyons after Crestmes for the quest at large.Lytefot, of your hows, is sworne on the oyer deter-miner.

I beseche you to speke with my lord, to know ofhis good lordchepe how we shall demene ourselff inthat be half; and I beseche you send me word as soneas ye can.

I thynk that Yelvertons servant, that is with you inpreson, shall com a gayne hether, and he may bryngyour letter to me. He^ bryngythe you this letter, and itit may be nat a fendyng, I pray you be good masterto Yelverton for my sake. I have fownd hym a goodpersone.

Sir, I shall not be with my lady is grace ^ thisCrystmes, far her grace shalbe with the Kynges Graceafter Cr}^stmes; and thane I shall awayt on her grace,wher ye shall have my servyce be the grace of Jesu,He preserve you.

At Ryburgh, the xvj. day of December.

And ye hepe \Jielp\ nat, I am leke to losse mochemony of my costes for thes mony makers. I prayhelpe, &c.

Your servant,

Thomas Andrew.

1 Richard Fenwyk was rector of Testerton from 1482 to 1504.

^ Apparently this "he" means Yelverton himself, his servant being at thetime a prisoner in the Earl of Oxford's custody. Fenn erroneously reads" in person " instead of " in preson " in the previous sentence.

•* Fenn supposes " my lady's grace " to be the Countess of Richmond, theKing's mother. I should think, however, it was more probably the LadyAnne Beaufort, wife of William Paston the uncle, the writer being in theirservice.

906.A.D. 1489, 2 Feb.—T. Griggs to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is evidently of the same year as that which follows it, to whichwe refer the reader.

7o the Right Honorable Sir John Paston^ Kiiyght^ btthis delyverid.

IGHT reverent and honorable, after the ordreof all diew recommendacion had, I reco-maunde me un to your maistership. Sir, itis so that John Talyour of Brytcham, debite\deputy\ in your office of Th'admirallite, was with methis momyng to have myn advyce in this mater folow-yng, the which e is this.

There was taken ageyns Thomham, in the Kyngesstreeme, leyng ij. fadam and an halff depe upon thesee, a whalle fyssh, by Thornham men labouryng allnyght on Sunday nyght last was, and so have slayn it,and brought to lande; upon the whiche your saiddebite hath ben ther as yister day, and seysed mylordes part therof; wherof the puple was glad it shuldso be. Than John a Lowe was there, and he seyd toyour debite that he wold have the Kynges part in thiswise, that the Kyng and my lord shuld part the halff.Su:, the lawe cyvylle seyth thus, " If any fyssh ryall befounde on the se, that is to say, whalle^ bales^ sturgion^porpeys^ or gra\fn\peys, that my Lord Admyrall shallhave the halvendele," &c.

I thynke my lord^ hath the Kynges prerogatyff uponthe see, the whiche I remytte to your discrecion, &c.

Sir, by lyklyhode, without ye take hede and sendthedir som of youres, my lordes part shall be litill.It is a greet fissh and a r}''all; your debite sheweth meit is xj. fadam and more of length, and ij. fadam ofbygnes and depnes in the mydde fyssh.

1 The Earl of Oxford was Lord AdiniraL

Sir, remembre what ye have to do; there camenot suche a casualte in your tyme of your office, &c.Wherfore this, by th'enfourmacion of your sayddebite, cause me to wryte un to you this sympill bille,praying you to pardone me of the \mtyng, for it wasdon in hast; and this bille I sent to Willyam Brykkesyour servant, to Matelask, by masse tyme, to brynke itto you. And this day they purpose to breke it Dohereyn now as it please you, and Allmighti God haveyou and all youres in Hese kepyng; besechyng youthat this symple bille may recomaunde my pouer wiffun to your maistershipp.

WreLyn on Candilmas Day, in hast, at Welles.

Your, T. Grigges.

907.

A.D. 1489, 10 Feb.

Margery Paston to Sir John PASToy,

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is erroneously dated by Fenn 1487-8. Although I^ord Wood-ville made an unauthorised expedition into Brittany in the spring of 1488,which is alluded to in No. 904, no succours were sent by Henry for the reliefof the Duchy till after the crushing defeat of Duke Francis at the battle of St.Aubin (July 28, 1488). The Duke died on the gth September following, andhis daughter Anne became Duchess of Brittany. Commissions to raisearchers for the relief of Brittany were issued in December, and musters werecommanded to be taken in February' 1489.

To my rygth wurchypful masiyr, Syr John Paston^Knyth^ this lettyr be delyvered in hast.

YGTH reverent and worchypfull sir, in themost owmble wyse I recomand me un to yow,desyryng to here of yowre welfare, the.qwechGod long contynew.Sir, myn brodyr Wyllyam recomawnd hym on toyow. And as for the lettyr that ze sent on to hym, hehath schewyd my lord the entent ther off, and hethynkyth hym self, that it is no part of hys dute tohave any part of the fysch, or any mony that schuldgrow ther of. Never the lasse, my lord, acordyng

as yowr desyre was in the letter, had qwestyond Johna Lowe of thys fych, afor the comyng of John Danyel,what he had doon with all; and he answerd, as for thenedyr chavyll [ja7v] therof, he had put it in sewrte, andleyd it in a howse, be cawse youre debyte [f^e/>t/fy] seasydit to myn lords use, tyll it myth be undyrstond wedyrthe propyrte ware in the Kyng or in my lord; and somy lord held hym well content it schud be so, in somoche as the Kyng and my lord have comawndydJohn a Lowe that thys forsayd chavyll schuld bebrowth up to the Kyng in all goodly hast.

Fardermore, my brodyr Wyllyam perseyvyd be yowrewrytyng that ye cowd make the remnawnth of the fychworth a iiij//. to my lord. My lord wold ze schuldnot trobyll yowre self no more with all, becawse hethynkyth that the propyrte is not in hym. And alsoanodyr, my brodyr Wyllyam heryth sey in the corte,that the Kyng and my lord be content that tlieremenaunt of the fych be to the use of them of thecuntre, the wech ze schall here the more serteyn therofhere after.

Also my broder Wyllyam seyth, that my lord wyllydyow that ze schuld send the retorne of the comyscionas hastyly as ze can, and mervell that ze hath not sentit up or thys.

As touards the brekyng up of the Parlement,^ manylykelywoodes ther be, that it schuld contynew no wyle,and these be they. My Lord the Archebyschop ofYorke departyd as zysterday, and my Lord of Northe-thomyrlond schall goo as on Frj^day; and also allschuch folkys as schall goo in to Breten schall be atPortysmowth on Satyrday cum forthnyth, and theMunday after on see bord, at wech seassun the Kyngintentyd to be ther to take the mustyrs.

And as for thos jantylmen that toke schyppyng toa gon over in to Breten up on a fortnyth a goo, that isto sey, Syr Richard Egecum, the cowntroUer,- Sir

1 Parliament was dissolved on the 27th Fcbniary 1489.

8 Sir Richard Edgecombe was controller cf the King's household

350 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1489,

Roberd Clyfford, Sir John Trobylvyll, and JohnMotion, sarjant porter, be a ryvyd ageyn up on thecost of Yngland, save all only Syr Richard Egecum,wech londyd in Breten, and ther was in a towne callydMorleys, wech a non up on hys comyng was besegydwith the Frenchmen, and so skapyd hardly with hyslyff, the wech towne the Frenchemen have gotyn, andalso the town callyd Breest; how be it the castellholdyth, as we here say.

And ther be apoyntyd serteyn captens at thys seasun,wech be Lord Bruke, Sir John Cheney, Sir John ofArundell, Sir John Becham, Sir John Gray, myn broderAwdley,myn unkyll SyrGylberd Debnam,^ and ThomasStafford, and many odyr knytys and esqwyrys.

And, sir, I thanke yow for the lettyr that ze sentme. Also, syr, I have fulfyllyd myn pylgremage,thanke it be God.

Also, sir, we undyrstond that it is anactyd of everyX. marke of mevable goodes xx^. to the Kyng, besydthe tennyth of every mannys londys.

And, sir, my brodyr Heydon schall send yow theserteyn of all odyr thyngys grawntyd at thys Parlement,for he hath cawsed John Danyell to tery all thys dayfor hys letter, be cawse he was with the Kyng atWestmestre, that he myth not entend to wryth it tylnyth.

Also, sir, Master Calthorp hath payd j.C. marke tothe Kyng. Also, sir, I have delyverd the x//. to MasterHawes, and reseywed of hym the oblygacion. Also,I have delyverd the xx^i marke to Edmund Dorman,be my brodyr Heydons comawndment.

No more to yow at thys tyme, but God and the HolyTrinyte have yow in Her kepyng. And myn systerAnne, with all the company, recomawnd hem on toyow.

Wretyn at London, the x. day of Febniar.

Be yowr servaunt, Margery Paston.

1 Sir Thomas Brews, Margery Paston's father, took for his second wifa'Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Giles, and sister of Sir Gilbert Debenham.

A.D. 1489.] HENRY VIL 351

908.

A.D. 1489, 7 March.William Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Fenn, iL 158.]

This letter was unauestionably written in the reign of Henry VIL, and notin that of Edward I v., to which Fenn has assigned it. The writer, WilliamPaston, was only bom in the year 1459, and was still pursuing his studies atEton so late in Edward's reig^ as the year 1479, in the end of which year hiseldest brothe." Sir John Paston died. The Sir John Paston to whom this isaddressed must therefore be the second son of ^ohn Paston, Esquire, who wasknighted at the battle of Stoke in 1487, and died in 1503. The year in whichthe letter was written is, however, still doubtful. I do not find by the PrivySeal dates of Henry VII. that such a progress as is here spoken of was evercarried out Apparently it was intended that, beginning on Monday fortnightafter the date of the letter, the King should occupy a fortnight on the wayfrom London to Norwich, and arrive there on Palm Sunday Eve. The yearmust therefore have been one in which Palm Sunday Eve fell between the5th and the nth of April, and Easter Day between the 13th and 19th ApriLThe earliest year that will suit these conditions is 1489, when Easter fell onthe 19th April; and that this was the true date of the letter is made probableby several other circumstances. In 1489 the King was staying at Sheen dur-ing March. A great council had certainly met in the end of the year 1488about the aflfairs of Brittany, and is very likely to have prolonged its meet-ings or renewed them from time to time to the 3d March following. More-over, if our date be correct, it supplies an interesting and highly probablefact with regard to Henry, Earl of Northumberland, the fourth of the line ofPwcy, who was slain in an insurrection in the north in April following, show-ing that he was with the King at Sheen in the beginning of March, and hadundertaken by indenture to protect the Borders against the Scots, not longbefore he found himself called upon to put down the King's rebellious sub-jects in Yorkshire.

To hys hroder. Sir John Paston^ be thys letter delyvered

|w^^/|IR, I recomaunde me to yow, letynge yow

Ib^^Eyi As for my Lord Treserer,^ he was not withthe Kynge of all the counsell tyme, thewhyche was endyd on the iij^^ day of Marche. Andtheder came my Lorde of Northethombyrland the fyrsteday of Marche, and departyd the even afore the makyngof thys letter, and hath endentyd with the Kynge for thekepynge owt of the Schottys and warrynge on them,and schall have large money, I can not telle the somefor certeyn.

1 Here follows some account relative to a grant from the Crown, &c.—F.

2 John, Lord Dynham.

ZS2 THE TASTON LETTERS. [.\.D. 1489.

Also ther is an rover takyn at Brystowe, on [o^ie]Cowper, as I wene, and he is lyke to be hanged, and heconfessythe more of hys felawis. Also Edward Hees-tovve of Dovere is apechyd of treson of many straungepoynts; and hys accuser and he were bothe afore theKynge, and then they were takyn apert. And hehymselfe confessyd it that hys accusere accusyd hymof, and many other thyngs more than he was accusydof. And he had many lords and gentylmen toaunswere for hys trowthe and his demenynge aforetyme, for, as I hard sey, bothe the Kynge in a maner,nor non of the tother lords nor gentylmen belevyd nothys accuser, tyl that he confessyd it hym selfe; andso he is in the Towre and lyke to be dede.

As for the Kynges comynge into the contre. OnMonday come fortenyght he well lye at the Abbey ofStratteforde and so to Chelmnsford, than to SyrThomas Mongehombrey, than to Hevenyngham,^Ihan to Colchestyr, than to Ipswyche, than to Bery,than to Dame Anne Wyngfelds, and so to Norwych;and there woll he be on Palme Sunday Evyn,^ and sotary there all Ester, and than to Walsyngham. Where-fore ye had nede to warne Wylliam Gog>'ne and hysfelaws to purvey them of wyne i now, for every manberythe me on hande ^ that the towne schalbe dronkyndrye as Yorke was when the Kynge was there.

Syr, Mayster Sampson recomaunde hym on to yow,and he hathe sende yow a rynge be Edmonde Dor-man, and besydys that he requeryd me to wryte on toyow that it were best for yow to purvey yow of somegentyl meny thynges ageyns the Kyngs comyng, forsuere he well brynge yow gests i now, and therforepurvey yow theraftyr. Also he sendythe yow wordethat it is my lords mende that my syster with all othergodely folkys ther abowt scholde acompeny with DameKlsebethe Calthrop * because there is noo grete lady

1 Not Haveningham in Suffolk, but Heveningham, Hevingham, or, as it isno^v commonly written, Hedingham, in Essex, the seat of the Earl of Oxford

2 April mh. ^ SeeYoL I., p. 90, Note i. • _•* Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Calthorpe, was daughter and coheir of Sir

Aiiles Staoleton.

A.t>. 1489.] HENR y vii. 35:i

ther abowte ageyns the Kyngs comyng, for my lordehathe made grete boste of the fayre and goode gentyl-women of the contre, and so the Kynge seyd he woldesee them sure.

Syr, my lorde hathe sente on to the most parte ofthe gentyl men of Essex to wayte upon hym at Chelm-nysford, where as he entendythe to mete with theKynge, and that they be well apoyntyd, that the Lan-keschere men may see that ther be gentylmen of asgrete sobestaunce that thei be able to bye alio Lan-keschere. Men thynke that ye amonge yow wol doothe samvi. Your contre is gretely bostyd of, and alsothe inabytors of the same. I beseche you to remembrmy hors that ye promisyd me. God kepe yow.

Wretyn at Schene in haste, the vij. day of Marche,with the hande of your brodyr, Wylliam Paston.

909.

A.D. 1489, 12 March.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[Douce MS. 393, f. 79.]

The date at which this letter was written is uncertain, but it may very pro-bably have reference, like some later letters in this year, to the King's pro-posed journey northwards, as it will be seen by the last No. that he intendedto have visited the Earl at Hedingham.

To the righte worshipfull and my righte iniierly bdovydSir JohfI Pasion^ Knyghie.

[IGHTE worshipfull and righte intierly belovyd,I commaunde me to you. And acording tothe Kyng our soverayne Lordis commaunde-mente late to me addressid, I desire andpray you that ye woU in all godely haste, upon thesighte hereof, prepare youre selfe to be in a redinessewith as many personnes as ye herbyfore grauntid todo the Kyng servyce in my company diffensibely arayedand therupon so to resorte unto me in all godely hasteIII. 2 a

possyble upon a day warnyng, horsid and hamessid, tobe at the Kynges wayges. And God kepe yow.

Writen at my castelle of Hedingham, the xij. day ofMarche. Oxynford.

910.

A.D. 1489.William Paston to the Bailiff of Mautby.

[From Fenn, iv. 310.]

This letter is dated from Heningham, or Hedingham, one of the placeswhich, as we have seen in No. 908, the King was to have visited on hisintended journey northwards in 1489. I have little doubt, therefore, that itwas written in that year. The writer, according to Fcnn, was WilliamPaston, Sir John's uncle ; but it is remarkable that in this same year WilliamPaston, Sir John's brother, writes to him from Heningham, and as the signa-tures of the two Williams were not very unlike each other, one may fairlysuspect that Fenn has here made an error. This suspicion is, moreover, con-firmed by the fact that Mautby was the property of Margaret Paston, whodied in 1484, and that it could not possibly have descended to her brother-in-law William, though her son William may have had an interest in it.

To the Baly of Mawlteby,

AYSTER Baly, I recomaunde me on to yow,praynge yow that ye woU sende me be Wyl-liam Kokkys ^ berer her of, iiij. nobylles ingolde, putt in to the same boxe that thys byllis in, as thow it wer evydens; for I have tolde themasengere that he schulde brynge me nothyng butevydens, for he is in a manere departyng owt of myservyse, wherfore I wold nott he knew so myche ofmy counsell. And as for the remenaunte, I wellde zeschulde kepe it tyll I come my selfe.

And if Bayard be onsolde, I pray yow late hym bemade fatte ageyns the Kynge come in to the contre,what so ever I pay for the kepyng of hym, and I schallwete how goode a corser I schall be my selfe, at mycomyng in to the contre, be the grace of God, Whohave yow in kepyng.Wretyn at Henyngham.

Be your, Wylltam Paston.

^ Fenn prints the name " Hokkys," but as the reading in the modernisedversion is Cocks, I presume this is a printer's error

911.

Between A.D. 14S6-9.The Earl of Oxford to Edmund Paston.

[Douce MS. 393, f. 81.]

A portion of the lands of Thomas, Lord Scales, whose widow, Elizabeth,married Anthony Woodville, Earl of Rivers,—and among others the manorcalled Scales's Manor in Hockwold,—descended after the death of this Eliza-beth to William Tyndale, who was knighted at the coronation of Arthur,Prince of Wales, on the 30th November 1489. (See Blomefield li. 180, andI-eland's Collectanea, iv. 250-2.) As this letter must have been written afterthe accession of Henry VII., when the Earl of Oxford returned from banish-ment, and before V/illiain Tyndale was made a knight, the date is betweeni486 and 1489.

To my right welbiloif^d Edviond Taslon, Esquier.

^IGHT welbiloved, I grete you wele. Andwhere as certein landes which late were theLord Scales by title of enheritaunce, be dis-cendid to me, and to my welbiloved cousinWilliam Tyndale, it is accordid bitwixt me and mysaid cousin that the profites of the said landes, shalleneither be taken by my resceivoire nor his, but thatan indifferent persone shalle take and resceive thesame profittes to the use of us bothe till suche tymeas a resonable particion may laufully be made in thatbehalf. Wherfore as wele I as my said cousin, havyngspecial! confidence and trust in you, desire and hertlypray you to take the laboure and peyn atte oure costesand charges, to take and resceive the profites of allethe said landes, to oure use and behofe, deliveryngalwey the oon moyte of your receites to my resceiv-oure, and the other moitee to my said cousin Tyndale,whan so ever the said profites by you so shalle betaken and resceived. Yevyng you full auctorite andpower by this my writyng to execute the same.AVritten atte Newe Market the vij'^ day of Aprill.

OXYNFORD.

912.

The Scales Lands.[Douce MS. 393, f. 80.]

It IS evident that this document is at least three years later than the preced-ing, but it is placed here for convenience.

DMUND PASTON, receyvor of the Scalys

landes, askyth to be allowed of xij//. xijs. \u]d.

whiche hangith over his hede in his accompte

made bifore Robert Sharp at the Feste of

the Pureficacion of our Lady laste paste, for his costes

and expenses for two yeres, as hyt apperith in the

sayde accomptes.

Item, the sayde Edmund askyth to be allowed for hiscostes and expenses of this yere, Cxviij//. iiij^., besidehis costes commynge ard goynge to this accompte.

Item, for his rewarde of the saide iij. yeres ad placi-turn domino7'wn. Whereof ys allowed for his costesby the comaundement of my lorde, x//.

Item, allowed by the ^

Endorsed in same hand as Ihe MS.., Billa Edmundi Faston.

913.

A.D. 1489, 22 April.Henry VII. to the Earl of Oxford.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter was evidently written in the same year as No. 907, in which itis mentioned that Sir liichard Edgcombe and others had gone over toBrittany.

IGHT trusty and entierly beloved cousin, wegrete you well. Inasmuch as it hath likedGod to sende us good tidinges oute of Bretayn,such as we dought not but that ye be desirous

1 Here the MS. breaks oflf abruptly.

to undrestonde, we wryte unto you of them as thay becomen to our knowlage, and as foloueth.

The Lord Malpertuis, now late with us in ambassadefrom our dere cousine, the Duchesse of Bretayne,shippid at our porte of Dortmouth, and arrived atSaynt Powle de Lyon, in Bretayn, on Palme Sonday,^at iiij. after noone, from whens he wrote us the dis-posicion and the state of the countre there, and of thelandyng and the demeanyng of oure armee. We re-ceived his wrytyng on Monday last, at evynsong tyme ;and be cause he was of Bretayn borne, and favorableto that partie, we ne gave such trust to his tidinges,as was thought to us surete to wryte to you theruppon.This daye, aftre High Masse, comyth unto us fromoute of Bretayne forsaid, and with a new ambassadefrom our said cousine, Fawcon, oon of our pursivantes,that ratifieth the newes of the seid Lord Malpertuis,which ben these.

After the garysson of Frenshmen in the towne ofGyngham '^ had certeinte of the landyng of our armee,thei drewe downe the fabours^ of Gyngham, and madethayme mete to defende a siege; but assone as theiandirstode that our said armee jornayned towardestheim, thei left the same Gyngham, where our saidarmee arrived the Thursday next before Palme Sonday,and was received with procession, logged and received,refreshed in the town iiij. dayes. And goyng towardesthe said Duchesse, thei must passe to the castell andborugh of Monconter. In that castell was also agarnisson of Frenshemen, which incontinently, uponworde that our said armee drwe towardes theym, theFrenshmen did cast downe gret parte of the walles,and fled from thens; in that castell and borugh ourseid armee kept thair Estre. The castell of Chawson,adjoyning nere to the towne of Saynt Bryak, was alsogarnisond with Frenshmen; that castell they set on

1 12 April. 2 Guingamp.

3 Fauxbourgs, which Fenn supposes here to mean portcullises, but I knownot if the word was ever used in such a sense. Perhaps what is meant is, thatihey destroyed the suburbs to fortify their po.sition.

fire, and soo fled in the townes of Henebone andVannes^ were garnisond with Frenshmen, which brekedowne the walles of the townes, and putte them selffto fligth. Th'inhabitantes a bought Brest have laydsiege therunto, and goten the Base Courte of theFrenshmen or the departyng of our said pursivaunt.The garnson of the towne of Concarnewe, which isoon of the grettest strenghes of all Bretayn, wasbesieged in like wyse, and drevyn to that necessitethat thei with in offerid, ar his said departyng, to avoydethe towne with staffe in hande; how that is takyn, orwhat is more done sithens, he cannot telle.

Oure said cousine, the Duchesse, is in her citee ofRaynes; and our right trusti knyght and counsellour,Sir Richard Eggecombe, there also, havyng cheeff ruleabowte her; and the Marchall of Bretayn arrediethhym to joyne with them in alle haste with a godeband of men. Mony noble men of that countreerepair to our said armee to take their partie.

These premisses in substaunce we have be wrytyng,aswell from the chvff capytaynes of our said armee, asfrom our comptroUour ^ forsaid. And that our saidarmee, blessid be God, hath among theyme selfe keptesuch love and accorde, that no maner of fray or debatehath bene bitwene theym sithens the tyme of thair de-parting out this our Reame. Yoven under our signed,at our castell at Hartford, the xxij. day of Aprill.

Syr, thys is the copye of the lettyr that the Kyngesente my Lorde of Oxynford of tydyynges owte ofBreten. Be yowre brodyr, Wylliam Paston.

914.

A.D. 1489, 30 April.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[Douce MS. 393, f 83.]

The Earl of Northumberland was slain in the North on the 28th April 1489,while endeavouring to put down a revolt against payment of the subsidy.

1 The word '' which " appears to be omitted. ^ Sir Richard Edgecombe.

To the right worsJiipfidl and viy right welheloved SirJohn Paston^ Knyght.

^^ft^gjIGHT worshipfull and right welbeloved, I^jls^l comaunde me to you. And for as moche asal^EI it is certainly unto the Kynges Grace shewedthat my I,ord of Northumberland havyng theauctorite to se the Kynges money levied in the Northparties, had knowleche that certeyne persones of com-bnes wer assembled at Topclif, and at a nother lord-ship of his nygh to the same, saying that they woldepay no money; my seid Lord of Northumberland her-yng therof, and that they wer but naked men, ad-dressed hym self towardes theym withoute eny harneysin pesible maner, trustyng to have appeased theym.Howe be it, as hit is seid, that he is distressed andthat they have taken hym or slayne hym; whiche theKyng entendeth to punysshe. I therfore desire andhertely pray you in all godely haste to be with me atHedyngham, there for to knowe more clierly theKynges plesir in this behalve. Writen at Hertfordthe last day of Aprile.

Also I send to you a comyssion of licence to sheppcome, which I pray you to do to be proclaymed inalle haste. Oxyn ford.

915.

A.D. 1489, 6 May.Thf Farl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]For the date of this letter, see preliminary note to the next

To the right worshipfull and my right we(bclovedcounceilour^ Sir John Paston^ Kriyght,

IGHT worshipful! and right welbeloved coun-ceilour, I comaunde me to you. And whereas I understand by your wrytyng that a greteshippe is perisshed with you in thoo parties,and that ye have ben gretely occupied aboute the savyngof the goodes of the same; and that the merchauntestherof ben disposed to put their wynes to sale, of thewhiche ye maye by a ton for Cs. and litel more; Imay by in this cuntrey for inj/i, wherfore if ye may bythere eny better chepe, I pray you to purveye for me,such as ye seme necessary.

And forsomoche as ye may nat be here with me atthis tyme, I desire and pray you to prepare andordeyne your self with as many men in barneys as yegodely may, to do the Kyng service in my company,at the Kynges charge and costes, so as ye and theymay be with me at Cambrige, upon Tewesday ^ nextcomyng; and that ye faile nat herof, as my rightespecial trust is in you.

Writen at my castell of Hedyngham, the vj. dayeof May. OxYNFORD.

916.

A.D. 1489, May.William Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It is evident that this letter was written shortly after the preceding, whichis dated the 6th May. In that letter Paston is desired to be atCannbridge onthe Tuesday following to do the King service, and here we find that it wasintended by the King himself to have been there, leading an army againstsome Northern rebels in person. The expressions in the beginning of thisletter leave very little doubt that the insurrection referred to was that inwhich the Earl of Northumberland was slain on the 28th April 1489.—SeeLeland's Collectanea, iv. 246.

To hys brodyr^ Syr John Paston,

T^YR, I recomaunde me on to yow. And where^^ as ye desyre that I schulde sende yow wordeof suche tydyng as Phylyp Lewes andWyndesor bryngythe fro the corte, they become thens bothe, but we here of no tydynges that theybrynge, but that yondyr folkys abyde stylle abowtethe place where as thys onhappy dede was done, andnot with no grete nowmbyr, they sey not paste withV. or vj. C, where they were moste. Howbeyt theyhave made proclamacions in the cuntrey to mete withOder of ther affynyte as on Tuesday last past, as itaperythe in the copy of ther proclamacion heraftyrfolowyng. Also they schewe the Kynge intendytheto holde on hys jurney. And Phylyp Lewes is redynageyn to the Kyng, and schall brynge with hym moneyfor all ther wages that schall be in my lordys retynew,as yow and vj. of Syr Wylliam Bolens servauntes andod[yrs.]

Syr, Sir. Clopton sy e \_saw\ yowre lettyr, and a sey the heknew my lordes mende suche, that he durste not mevehym with it. Ther was S}t Wylliam Say, but Cloptonwolde not it schulde be knowen of non other but yourselfe. He sent my lorde be a servaunt of hys xl//. tohave excusyid hym, and it wolde not be takyn, andthat I mervell of. Howbeyt he brake thus fer to mylorde; he asched hym how many he apoyntyd yowto brynge with yow, and he answerde hym xx'i, andthan he schewyd hym yowr charges that ye have had.My lorde seyd ye myght have men a nowe, and therwages schal be payd for. Clopton aunswerde how thatit wolde coste yow large money, besyde ther wages, tohors them and hemes them; and how that, to sey thetrowthe, ye were not well at ese.

Not withstandynge all thys, my lorde wyllyd thatye schulde come to hym to Cambryge on Tuesday atnyght, with as many as ye myght, and ye and heschulde do well i now. Soo Clopton thyngyth that andye brynge a dosen with yow, it is suffycyent; how-beyt that Syr Emonde Bedvngfeld, Syr Thomas Tyrell,

and Syr Rye. Lewes have ben with my lorde, and ycheof them have offyrde to mete with my lorde at Cam-bryge with xxx. men a pese of them. So I wolde notye schulde be to ferre undyr them; wherfor I thynkebest that ye purvey yow so as and ye schulde gooforthe yor selfe, for I can perseve non othyr wyse.

My bedfelawe Cornwaleys is maryed in the Northe,and he came as yesternyght to my lorde streyt owt ofthe contre, and he scheythe [showeth'] non othyr wysebut as I have wretyn here afore in thys lettyr.

Ye schall have for yor self and for yche of yourservauntes horsyd and hemessyd xxx. in hande at Cam-bryge for a monthe, and I truste we schal have doneor XX. days to an ende, \vith the grace of God, Whohave yow in kepynge.

At Henyngham.

Be your brodyr,

Wylliam Paston.

\TIie Rebels^ Proclamation^

To be knowyn to all the northe partes of England,to every lorde, knyght, esquyer, gentylman, and yemanthat they schalbe redy in ther defensable aray, in theest parte, on Tuysday next comyng, on Aldyrton More,and in the west parte on Gateley More, the same day,upon peyne of losyng of ther goodes and bodyes, for togeynstonde suche persons as isabowtward for to dystroyoure suffereyn Lorde the Kynge and the Coraowns ofEngelond, for suche unlawfuU poyntes as Seynt Thomasof Cauntyrbery dyed for; and thys to be fulfyllyd andkept by every ylke comenere upon peyn of dethe.

And thys is in the name of Mayster Hobbe Hyrste,Robyn Godfelaws brodyr he is, as 1 trovv.

A.D. 1489.] HENRY VIL 363

917.

A.D. 1490, 27 Jan.The Bishop of Durham to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

To the right worshypful sire, and my right trusty a?idright 671 tierly we I beloffyd freynde^ Sire John PastoUyKnyght,

IH2. Xps.

JYGHT wortchipful sire, and myne especial^ and of long tyme apprevyd, trusty and feyth-ful frende, I in myne hertyeste wyse recom-maunde me un to you. And for as mycheas I hafe coles and odyr thynges in thise parties, andalso ye hafe in those parties comes, wyne, and wax,and as I am enfourrayd ye be noght evyl wyllyd to delewith me, no more than I am to dele with you in utter-yng, and also in receyvyng of suche thynges, the whichemyght be to the profete of us bothe, I ther fore sendun to you at thys tyme thys berer, William Walkere,gentylman usshere of my chamber, to commune with youherein, so that by delyberation suche a wey may betakyn in thys byhalfe as may be to the profete ofeither of us, and wher by our familiarite and frende-ship may be encrescyd in tyme to cum. Where un tofor our old acquayntance to gedyr, ye shal fynde meful redy after my powere, by the grace of our Lorde,Wlio ever kepe you, and send you myche worship andlong prosperite.

Scribyllyd in the moste haste, at my castel ormanoir of Aucland, the xxvij. day of January 1489.^Your own trewe luffer and frende,

John Duresme.^

1 1490 according to the modern computation, beginning the year in Janu-ary instead of on the 25th March.

■J John Sherwood, Bishop of Durham. He was appointed to that see bythe Pof)e in 1485 at the sohcitation of King Richard III. He was a man ofhigh character and learning, and one of the earliest Greek scholars in England.

918.

About A.D. 1490?Lumen Haryson to [Sir John Paston].

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter was printed in volume v. of the original edition, p. 380. I donot know Sir John Fenn's reason for considering it to have been written" about 1490," but as I see nothing to the contrary, I keep it under his date.The writer was probably one of the German merchants of the Hanse, and thename with which he signs the letter seems to have been a little Anglicised.It is endorsed by Sir John, " Lumen Henrikson."

NERABYLL and well be lovyd knythe, Icommend me on to zour masterchepe and tomy lady zowyr wyffe. I thanke zowyrmast^Tchepe that ze have don for me. I senmy lady a lytyll pes of Renysch wyne of the best, ofX. gallons, and halfe a hondyrd orrygys. I schall sendhyr mor a geyns Pencost that sche may have fresche.And Renold have not gyve me the to nobyls and xlj^.,that ze told me off for the wyne. And my servys benyzt and be day to zowr commawndment. Zyff zowyrmastyrchep wyll ony thyng ^vyth me, I xall be at Cley.No mor than God be wyth zow.

Wrytyn up on the Tuysday aftyr Palme Sonday.

Lumen Haryson,At zowyr comawndment.

919.

About A.D. 1490?Sir John Paston to [Lord Fitzwalter].

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Tliis humorous petition, though it bears no address, was certainly drawnup for presentation to Sir John Radcliflf, Lord Fitzwalter, the writer of Letters902 and 903, for he was lord of the manor of Billingford in Norfolk, andJames Radcliff, the farmer of his warren, was evidently his kinsman. Thedate is probably, as Fenn suggests, "about 1490," certainly before 1495^when Lord Fitzwalter was beheaded. The MS. is a rough draft in Piston's

UMBLY besecheth your good lordshepe, yourdayly servaunt and beedman, John Paston,more kayteff than knyght, that it may pleaseyou of your specyall grace to dyrect oughtyour lettres, sygned with your hand and seaHd withyour seall, to the dreedfull man, Jamys Radcliff ofByllingforth, Sqwyer, fermour of your wareyn ther,ought of wheys wareyn no maner of man nor vermyndare take on hym, for dought of your seyd dredfuU[man], to take or carye awey eny of your game ther,for fere [of being] hangyd up among other mysdoersand forfaytours, as wesellis, lobsters \stoats\ polkattys,bosartys \ha7vks\ and mayne currys,—that the seydJamys shall, upon the syght of your seyd wryghtyng,delyver, or cause to be delyvcrd, to your seyd besecheror to hys depute, delyverer of your seyd lettres, at hysfyrst syght of the same, vj. coupyll blake conyes orrennyng rabbettys, or some blake and some whyghtto the seyd nombre, to store with a newe grownd ofyour seyd besechers at Oxenhed, more lyeke a pynne-fold then a parke. And your seyd besecher shalldaylye prey to God for the preservacyon of your nobleestate longe t'endure.

920.

A.D. 1490 or later.The Earl of Surrey to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, the writer of this letter, fought forRichard III. at the battle of Boswonii. and was taken prisoner. He was,however, after some years' confinement, liberated from the Tower, and takeninto favour. In 1489 the King sent him into the North to put down therebellion in which the Earl of Northumberland was slain, and afterwardsmade him his lieutenant-general north of Trent; and for ten years he residedcontinually in those parts. The date of this letter, therefore, cannot beearlier than 1490, though it may be several years later.

To my right worshipfull cousine^ Sir JoJm Pasion^

Kiiyght.

366 THE PASTON LETTERS. t^-T). 1490

IGHT worshipfull cousine, in right harty wyseI commaunde me unto you. And where Iunderstand by Thomas Hartforde, a bower ofNorwiche, berer herof, hath been putt togrete vexacion and trouble by oon Thomas Hogan,scomaker, of Norwiche, and that I perceyve ye haveharde the matier depending in travers bitwixt the saideparties ; I therfore desire you that, in the right of theforsayd Thomas Hartford, ye wolbe unto hym godemaistir, and the bettir for this myn instaunce, as mysingler trust is in you.

And where I conceyve also that the same Thomasis noysed in Norffolk for a Scotesman borne, ye shallunderstande that I percey^^e wele, by suche honestfolkes as I have hard speke within the citie of York,that the saide Thomas was borne their, and hisfathir there inhabityng, and his god fathirs and mothers,the which bee right honest persones; and for that thisis true, and not feyned, ye shall understand the Maiourof the citie of York and his brethem hath made greteinstaunce unto me to writ for the saide Thomas, forwhom I must nedes do, because thaye arre my nyeneighbours, as our Lord knoweth, Who have you inHis blissid saufegard.

Written in the castell of Shirefhoton, the xxiiij^^ dayof ApriL Your lovyng cousin,

Thomas Surrey.

921.

A.D. 1491 (?), 27 March.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

As " Friday se'nnight after Easter" was the 15th April, Easter Day mu'^thave fallen on the 3d in the year in which this letter was written. This wouldSuit either 1491 01 1496.

To the right worshipfull and my right inficrly wclbdovydcounselloury Sir John Faston^ Knyght.

|IGHT worshipfull and right intierly welbelovydcouncellour, I commaund me hertely to you.And forasmoche as for certayne especiallcauses moving, there be sessions appoyntedto be holden at Gyppiswiche, the Friday sevenyghtaftre Estre, which shall be the xv. day of Aprile, whereI purpose then certaynly to be, and to have aswell thematere by twene Sir Edmounde Benyngfeld ^ andYelverton^ there to be harde and commenyd, as diverseothre grete maters in that contrey necessary to be hadin comynycacion ; I thcrfor desire and pray you thatye fayle nat to be there the same day, bryngyng withyou the forseide Yelverton, trusting that then suchedireccion shall be takyn in that matere as can bethought resonable, and to the weale of the parties;nat doubting but that Sir Edmound Benyngfeld shallbe there in like wise. And Almyghty God kepe you.Wretin at my castell of Hedingham, the xxvij. dayof Marche.

OXYNFORD.

922.

A.D. 1491, 6 April.Henry VII. to the Earl of Oxford.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

YGHT trusty and ryght welbelovyd cousyn, wegrete yow well, &c. In that ye desyer all thedogers [Jishing smacks] of thos partes schuldhave our licens todeparte inthe viagetowardes

1 Bedingfield.

' William Yelverton, Sir John Paston's brother-in-law, grandson of theJudge-

Islond, as they have ben accustommyd to do yerly intyme passyd, and that ye woll undertak they shall havewith them no more quantites of graynes then woll onlysuffice for ther vitallyng and expensis; we late yowwitte that owr fully interly belovyd cousyn the Kyngof Uemarke hath showyd and compleynyd un to usby dy verse his letters, that when our subjectes come tothe seid Islelond, beyng in hys obeissiance, they stelle,robbe, and exstorte his subjectes ther ageynsc ryght andconciens. Wherfore, the seyd doggeres fyndyng suffi-cient surte be fome yow, such as ye will answer untous, that they shall not have with them no graynes mothen shall only suffice for ther vitallyng, nor odyr thyngwoth them that ys for bedyn, and that also they shallnot in goyng, comyng, nor in ther beyng at the seydIslond, take noo thyng but that they treuly pay or agrefor, and frendly entrete our seyd cousyns subjecteswithowth eny robbyng or exstartyng them in therebodyes ner goodys; we be content the seyd doggeresmake ther viages thedyr at ther libertes, eny our wrytyngor comandment mad in to the contrary nat withstand-yng; and ellys we woll that our restraynte of therthedyr goyng stond styll in his strenthe and vertu.

Yovyn ondir our signet, at our maner of Shene, thevjih day of Aprile.

John Ver, Erie of Oxynford, Gret Chambyrleynand Admirall of Ynglond, Viscount Bulbek, and LordSkalys, to all them that this present writyng shall seeor here, gretyng. And for asmuch as I late haverecevyd the Kyng our Sovereyn Lords letters, beryngdate the vj"^^ day of this monyth of Aprile, accordyngto a copy of the same, signyd with myn hand, wichemy ritht trusty servant, John Rowe, Marchall of myAdmyralite, hath for to showe ;

Know ye that I, the seyd Erie and Admirall, haveassygned and deputyd my seyd servant to see our seyd.Sovereyn Lordes lettyrs pleynly executyd acordyng to

A.D. 1491] HENRY VII. 369

the tenure of the same, and by thys present wrytynghave yevyn to hym full autoryte and pouer to putundyr arest all such doggeres as be dysposyd to makthe viage towardes Islond, to such tyme as they havefownd surte afor me, accordyng to owr seyd SovereynLordys comandment, for ther demenyng in the seydviagys.

Yovyn under myn signett and signee manuell, thex^*^ day of Aprile the vj. yere of the reygne of our seydSovereyn Lord Kyng Hery the vij^\

923.

A.D. 1491? 31 July.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this letter is uncertain, but, as Fenii suggests, it is not unlikelyto have been written in the year 1491, when it may be supposed that Danishsailors endeavoured to requite the injuries inflicted by the English in Iceland,of which mention is made in the last letter.

To the right worshipfuU and my right welbebved SirJohn Faston, Knyght.

IGHT worshipful! and right welbeloved, I_^ ,„, comaunde me to you. And where as I late^^ receyved your wrytyng, beryng date the xxvj.day of this present monthe, by the whiche Iunderstand that one Richard Calle toke certeyne menof werre robbyng upon the coste there; and in somocheas I understand that they be under the obeissaunce ofthe Kyng of Denmarke, I wolle and desyre you thatye delyver theym unto the seid Richard Calle to takehis avauntage of theym as prisoners, seyng my duteereserved in every thyng, as my trust is in you. AndAlmyghty God kepe you.

Writen at my castell of Hedyngham, the last day

of Jule. OXYNFORD.

III. 2 B

924.

A.D. 1491 [Sept.]—The Old and New Bailiffs ofYarmouth to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

" Several ordinances," says Fenn, "respecting corporation business, made

by the men of Yarmouth, through Sir John Paston and Lord Oxford's atten-tion to them, received the King's assent by his Attorney-General in 1491. It\ras for their activity in those matters I presume, that this letter of thanks,&C. was addressed to Sir John." The time of year appears, by the letteritself to be about Michaelmas.

To oure right reverent and worshipfull and special goodmaister, Maister Fast on.

^^IGHT reverent and worshipfull sir, and oureveray lovyng and curteys good mayster, werecomaund us on to you in as feythefull wyseas on oure part aperteynith; and hertely wethanke you for your labour and letter, whiche ye sentto us be your servaunt, be the whiche we wer asser-teynid of the Kynges pleasure, and to acomplyshe thesame, we with the assistens of youre maistirship wyllput us in oure devoir.

We were at your manoir of Castir to have sen yourmaistirshyp, but ye were departyd as well from Ver-mouth yistirday, as this day from Castre. We woldhave ben joyous to have seen your maistirship, ifour fortune so had ben.

Sir, we be enfourmyd that ore old special goodLord of Oxford, in whom we founde as gret favour bethe mediacion of your maystirship, as ever we had ofany creature, as we have wryting to shewe, in recumpensof whiche at all tymes sethyn hise lordshyp hathe hadour preyeris; and now we wold have waytid upon hiselordshyp, but your maystirship knowith well we maynot be absent on Mychilmesse Day for dyverse con-sederacions. Wherfore we beseke your good maystir-shyp, ye lyke of your jentilnesse, to recomaund us unto

our seyd good lord, and to make our exkuse to hyni,and todohyselordshyp[tobe] presentydwithaporpeysc,whiche we send yow be the brynger of thys ; and if wehad any othyr deyntes to do hym a pleasure, we wold,that knowyth God, Whom we beseke of Hyse infenitmercy to preserve the Kyng our Soverayn Lord, andoure seyd good lord, and you, and all the frutys ofyou from all adversite.

Youre loveres and bedmen, the oldBaliffes of Vermouth, and the neweBalyffes that now shalbe.

925.

About A.D. 1491 (?) 20 OctThe Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From a MS. in the Bodleian Library.]

The MS. of this letter is mutilated, but it is perfectly intelligible, as it isthe first of three relating to the same subject, of which Fenn has printed thesecond in his fifth vokime. The date of the matter referred to is, however,uncertain, and I follow the example of Fenn in assigning the correspondencec«njecturally to the year 1401, in which we have other letters from the Earl,as Admiral, to Sir John, as nis Vice-Admiral.

To the right worship full and my right intierly wel-belovyd cou?iceillor, Sir John Paston^ Knyght.

jIGHT worshipfull and right intierly welbelovydcounceillor, I comaund me to you. Andwhere as I late have receyved your writing,

wherby I the demeanyng

of Richard Barkeley and his shipp as other, I have

ta of hym to be redy at all

tymes to answer to all suche thynges as can be

1 he demeanyng. I woU

therfor that ye suffre hym, his men and shippys,

d as for a last of hering and

an half, whiche I undirstond by hy

of his, I woll that ye delyver hit to the countroUer of

my howshold. A o put undyr

suertie all suche hering so takyn or revid by the car-

veyll of any other. And God

kepe you.

Wretin at Melford, the xx. day of Octobre.

And where as I am enformyd that ye take hym natfor my servaunt, and so he ys noysed in the contreyther, I woll that hit be knowin that I take hym as myservaunt, and so will do as long as I know no cause ofthe contrary.

OXYNFORD.

926.

About A.D. 1491 (?) OctThe Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]See preliminary note to last letter.

To the rigid worshipfull and my right intierly welhelovydcouiicellour^ Sir John Paston^ Knyght,

|IGHT worshipfull and right intierly welbelovedcouncellour, I comaund me to you. Andwhere as I undirstond, by your writing tome delyverid by this berar, the roborye anddispoyling of certayn Corvers of Holond and Selond,done by the shipp callyd the Foole^ wherof RobertSpenser was maister, aswell in herryng, vitayle, andtakelyng, as ye be enfourmyd by iij. personnys of thesame shippe, and of th'entent and disposicion of themaster and feleshyp of the same, whiche shewe, as yewrite, that Barkeley, aswell with that shipp as with aprise that he hathe bought, late takyn of the Frenche-men, were disposid and determenyd to do mycheharme,wherupon ye have indevorid vou to breke the same;

now be hit that the seid Barkeley hath be late with me,and found suertie in a C//. to answer to all suchedemeanyng, when he shall be callyd; and therupon Iwrote to you to suffre hym, his men, and shippis todeparte at libertie ; yet nevyrtheless, concidering )^ourlarge writing, I can nat be content in my mynde to8uche tyme as I may here bothe you and Barkeley togeder; willing therf[or that ye do] kepe the shippys andgoodes in suertie, and to be with me your selfe . . .

well may, bringyng with you suche

iij. personnys as have cer-

taynte of this mater; and so I have wretin to Barke-ley se to answer to the same. And

God kepe you.

Wretin of Octobre.

Also yf the be eny of the Duchemen

. . . any sute for ther gode, that ye then causeone of to shewe and clayme ther

OWne. OXYNFORD.

927.

About A.D. 1491 (?) 28 Oct.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[Douce MS. 393, f. 90.]See preliminary note to Letter 925.

To the right 7vorshipfull and my right wdbelovcd coun-ceilour, Sir John Paston, Knyght.

IIGHT worshipfull and right welbeloved coun-ceilour, I comaunde me to you. Certifieint^ you that I wolde have be right glad to havehad you, the iij. persones that enformed youof Berkeleys demenyng, and Berkeley togcder, to

tli'entent that I myght have had ripe knowleche oftheir demenyng, to have shewed the KyTige at mycomyng unto His Grace. Nevertheles, sith I under-stand by your late wrytyng, to me brought by the seidBerkeley the xxviij. day of this present monthe, beryngdate the Monday next before Seynt Symond Day andJude, that ther is Hat so grete defaute in the sameBerkeley as ye by your former writinges to me sentwend \thought\ ther had be, and that the defaute, if enybe, is in one Spenser, maister of the shippe belongyngto the seid Berkeley, and that ye thynke also that suchsuretee as I have take of the same Berkeley is sufficientinogh, better or more than nedeth for that cause, andthat in your mynde ye thynke he woU be of gode guyd-yng and demenyng in tyme comyng; I woll and desireyou that ye delyver hym his shippes, men, and goodes,accordyng to my first wrytyng to you sent in thatbehalve. And Almyghty God kepe you.

Writen at my castell of Hedingham, the xxviij. dayofOctobre. Oxynford.

928.

Year uncertain.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[Douce MS. 393, f. 89.]

This letter is quite uncertain in point of date, except that it must have beenwritten between 1487 and 1503. We place it, therefore, for convenience,after other letters of the Earl of Oxford.

To my righte trusty and righte welbelovyd counceillours^Sir Rauff Shelton and Sir John Paston, Knyghtes.

filGHTE trusty and righte welbelovyd coun-^J ceillours, I comaunde me to you. AndH^ ffor as moche as one Thomas Charlys ofNorwiche late hathe presentid unto me a-bille of complaynte agaynste Symonde White, gentyl-

A.t). 1491.] HENR Y VII. 375

man, dwellyng in Shotesham, shewing by the samesuche wrongis as the saide Symonde hathe done anddaily dothe to the saide Thomas, as by the saide bille,whiche I sende you with this, more playnely apperith;I therfor desire and pray you that ye woU do calle thesaide parties byfore you, and upon due examinacionhad upon the mater conteyned in the saide bille, yetake suche direction as may acorde with righte andgode consciens, so as the saide Thomas Charlis herafturhave no cause to resorte to me complaynyng. AndAlmightie God kepe you.

Writen at my castelle of Hedingham, the xv. dayeof Septembre. Oxynford.

929.

A.D. 1492, 18 Feb.William Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter refers to Henry VII.'s proposed invasion of France, which, afterlong preparation, actually took place in October 1492.

To the ryght ivorchepfull Sir John Paston^ Kjiyght.

FTYR all dew recomendacion, lyke it yow to

undyrstond that Syr Herry Heydon schewyd

me that it is agreyd be Syr Edmond Bedyng-

feld, that the mater betwyx hym and my

brodyr Yelverton ^ schalbe comynd at Norwyche, and

there a dyreccion to be takyn in the same mater,

mete for them bo the.

Syr, the Kyng sendythe ordynaunce dayly to thesee syde, and hys tentes and alys [pavt/ions] be amakyng faste, and many of them be made; and thereis also grete provysyon made be gentylmen that scholde

1 William Yelverton, the grandson of the Judge, who married Anne Pastoo,the writer's sister.

goo wythe Hys Grace or hors, hamese, tents, halys,gardyvyans \knapsack5\ cartes, and othyr thynges thatscholde serve them for thys jumey that the Kyngeentendythe to take on hand, soo that belykelyod HysGrace wolbe goyng sone upon Ester. And so I entende,aftyr that I here heaftyr, to goo to Caleys to purveyme of hameys, and suche thynges as I schall nedebesydes hors, undyr that forme that my costes schalbepayd fore.

Syr, I am as yet no bettyr horsyd than I was whanI was wythe yow, nor I wote not where to have none,for hors flesche is of suche a price here that my pureeis schante [scarce] able to bye one hors; wherfor Ibeseche yow to herkyn [/learken] for some in yowrecontre. Syr, my cosyn, John Heydon, tolde me thatthe Prior of Wabumes horse was rially amendyd, andthat the Abott of Seynt Benetes schewed hym there wasa bay hors of a persons nyght onto Seynt Benetis, andthat the abot wolde gete hym for my cosyn Heydonat a resonable price. Syr, my cosyn, John Heydon,woU geve me hys entrest in that hors, if the abot havebowght hym, and so ye may lete the abot have know-lege; and if he have not bowght hym, I beseche yowsende to see hym, for I wote not how to do withowtyo\\Te helpe aswell in horsyng of me as in other thynges.

At the makyng of thys lettyr, I cannot SLceiteyn yowwhat person it is that owythe thys hors. If I canknow, I wolle send yow worde in a bylle I sende toThomas Jullys be the berer herof.

Syr, as towardes my jumey to Caleys, the whyche Ientende [intended] to have tane at my laste beyng withyow, it was so, I was dysapoyntyd of Thomas Dey andan other man I scholde have had be hys menys, as yehave had knowlege of or now; and also I had went[f/ioug/it] to have had folkys a mette with me at Hed-yngham,whyche ded nott. Mylorde,^ seyng me dysesyd,and also none othenvyse puiveyd, wyllyd me in onywyse to tary on tyl hys comyng to London, and sent

1 The Earl of Oxford.

myn excuse to my Lorde Dawbeney undyr thys formehow that I was sore disesyd; notwythestondyng I wasAvelewyllyd to have come to fulfyll my promesse, buthe cowde not sofyr me, seyng me soo dysesyd ; andso my Lord Dawbeney was sory of my dysese andcontent that I taryd.

Syr, I beseche yow to holde me excusyd for kepyngof Thomas Lynsted, yowr servaunt, and hym bothe.It is soo that he and I bothe have ben in hand withmy unkyll ^ for hys mater, and yett wee have hym atnoo good poynt \ but I troste we schall have. Syr, ifI take thys jumey to Caleys, I moste beseche yow toforbere hym lenger, and if I goo not to Caleys, thowI be lothe to forbere hym, yet I schall brynge hymwith me schortly in to Norfolke, ye to have hym, if yelyste, with the grace of God, Who have yow in kepyng.

Wretyn at London, the xviij. day of February, withthe hande of yowre pore brodyr,

Wylliam Paston.

930.

A.D. 1492, 16 AprilRoger L'Estrange to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter is probably of the year 1402, when the King was going over toFrance. But there are other occasions, both earlier and later, on one of whichit might have been written.

To the ryth worchypfull Syr JoJm Paston^ Knyth, btthys delyvcryd.

ASTYR PASTON, I recomawnd me to yow.Syr, so it is that I am not yet purveyd ofmen to my nowmbyr of archers, suych aschold go hovyr see with me \ wer for, syr, Ibe ceche yow that it wold plese yow at thys tyme to

^ Williaui Postou the elder.

do so mych for me as to a purveyd me of ij. or iij.,such as ye thynk chold be for me.

Syr, I undyrstond Syr Tery Robstertt lyth but lyttyllfrom yow, were, as I trow, he myde help me of j. byyowyr menys, and as for ther wages, they xall have theKynges wages and some what elles, so that I trost thatthey xall be plessyd. Syr, I be cech yow to tak thepeyne for me at thys tyme, and I xall do yow thatservys that lyth in me, by the grace of Jesu, Ho pre-serve you.

On Monday next aftyr Palme Sonday, by yowyrhowne to hys pouyr, Roger Lestraunge.

Syr, I be sech yow that thys byil may recomawndme on to my lady/ and I trost I xall a wayt on yousone on Estyr.

931.

About A.D. 1492,William Barnard to William Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The date of this letter is very uncertain, but it is probably about the year1492, as William Paston does not seem to have been in the Earl of Oxford'sservice many years before or after that date.

To his right wurchipfull master, William Pasto7i, andMr Deryk dwelly7ig with my Lord of Oxinfordythis lettir be delyvered in hast.

IGHT wurchipfull Maister William Paston,with myn good Lord of Oxinford, and mynwelbelovyd Mr. Deryk, I recomaund me onto you. And it is soo that I kepe a prisonerof my lordis to answer to WilHam Greve, maryner ofGret Yermouth, the wiche he brought hym to me bymy lordis auctorite of a warand from Bell Key; andthe seid William Greve chargid me with his prisoner,

1 Probably Margaret, first wife of the Earl of Oxford.

named Phillyp Barbour, and cliargid me with hym forx//., and so I kepe hym, and have kept hym this ij.yer and an half. And I have aftyr and many tymcsaskyd and requyred of the seid WiUiam Greve of monyfor his bord, for he promysid and appoynted with mefor every weke ijj., and I to take charge for to answerhym of his prysoner aforseid; and so I have be char-gith with hym ij. yeris and an half to my gret cost andcharge, and nowh the seid William Greve intendith topay me noon mony, butt he is a bowght to remeve theprysoner by a pryvy seall to abarre me from myn mony.Wher I am enformyd that noon prysoner of my lordisshuld nat be remevyd out of my lordis pryson, norcraiTtid so out of pryson till he had answerd ther toseche causes as he lyth fore, and specially for alle suchecostis and chargis as his kepar is charged for hym forhis costis of exspensis; and that doon, I woll be redyto delyver hym to the seid William Greve [to] pay mefor his costis as it shalbe demyd with reason. Bese-chynd and prayeng you bothen too to be so goodma[istris unto] me that ye woll shewe this mater on tomy lord, and to knowe my lordis meend whedyr itshall please hym that I shall delyver hym by a pryvyseall in this causis or nay, for the bryngar herof is theprysoner. And if it be my lordis mend that the pry-soner shall appere to that pryvy seall, that it woll plesemy lord to be so good and gracyous lord on to the pry-soner to send hym to his councell to London, totcndyr this mater for the pore prysoner, and to con-sydre the gret losse that the seid William Greveintendith to putto his servaunt William Barnard, mar-chall and kepar of [my] lordis gayle in Vermouth, andservaunt [to?] Robert Crowmer, depute for my lord in thepartyes of Norffolk and Suffolk. I shuld a browte upmy silf, but we be now in gret besynes in kepyng ofmy lordis honorabyll courtis in Norffolk and Suffolk.Wretyn the last day of Aprill.

By your, William Barnard,

that I can or may

932.

A.D. 1492, 14 Sept.—Elizabeth, Duchess of Nor-folk, TO Sir William Knivet and others.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The writer of this letter was the widow of John Mowbray, the last Dukeof Norfolk of that name, who died in 1475. She survived her husband manyyears, and Fenn says, though I know not on what authority, that she wasalive in 1496. Sir Harry Grey, it appears, made his will on the 28th Septem-ber 1492 (Blomefield, v. 93), and we imagine this letter was written in thesame month and year. The inquisition upon his death was taken on the 26thOctober 12 Hen. VII. (1496), but it does not state the day on which he died.The jurors found Thomas Martyn, who was then thirty years old and over,to be his kinsman and next heir ; but that Ketteringham Hall was devisedto the use of his wife Jane and of others after her death.

To my right entyerly and welhelovid frendes, Sire Wil-liam Knevette^ Sire John Paston^ Sire Robert Clere,Knyghtes, the Kynges Attorney^ Phelippe Calthorpe^Richard Suthwell, Squyers^ and to yche oftheym.

Elizabeth, Duchesse of Norffolk.

|IGHT entyerly welbelovyd frendys, I comaundeme to you. And for as moche as I under-stande that Sire Harry Grey, that is the verryowner and possessioner of the maner ofKetryngham, is nowe in gret age, and as it is seide, ofright seekely disposicion, and that after his deceasse theright and title therof shall of right belonge to my rightwelbelovid servaunt Thomas Martyn, and his nevev/eand heyre of blood, and his eyre therof by reason ofentaylys :—What the seid Sire Harry entendith to dotherin, I knowe not, but it rennyth in reporte, that heis in purpose to disherite the seid Thomas Martyntherof, contrary to all right and good conscience. Ineschuenge wherof, I desire and pray you as hertely as Ican, that it \vull leeke you to be so good maistyrs tothe seid Thomas as, by your wisdams and discrecion,the seid Sire Harry, by you or some of you, may bemoved of conscience and of kyndenesse to his blood

to have regard to the seid right, and not to do enythyng that shuld be disheryson to his seid nevewe, andto have the more tender consideracion to your mocion,for that the seid Thomas is to dy verse of you of kynneand ahaunce, and to many other gentihnen within theshere in leeke cas. And for the consideracion that Ihave, that the seid Sire Harry and Thomas his nevewe,were of my lordes nere blode, whoes soule Jesu pardonand assoyle, it were to gret a pete to see hym by dis-heryson to falle to penury and poverte, wher by yourgood exortacion in consideracion of the premissis, andmo odir by your wisdamys to be remembred, in thelif of the seid Sire Harry suche inconveniences maybe better remadyed; wherin ye shall not only do analmas dede, and a gret pleasir to God, but also to mefor that blodes sake a singuler pleasir, and cause meheraftir therather to considir thynge that shall concemeyour resonabill pleasir, with Goddes grace. Who everkepe you.

At Erie Soham, this xiiij"^ day of Septembyr.

933.

Before A.D. 1493.

Edmund Paston to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter cannot be later than the year 1493, as Sir Roger Townsend diedon the 9th December in that year (Inq. p. m. 10 Hen. VII., No. 170). More-over the will of Elizabeth Clere of Orme&by was proved, according to Blome-field, on the 6th Match 1492-5. But as Sir John Paston's eldest son was onlybom in 1478, the date is not likely to be many years earlier.

To the ryght wurshupfull Sir John Faston^ Knyght^be this dely%icred.

Jj[YGHT wurshypfull Sir, I recomawnd me tozow. As zesterday I was with my cosynClere ; ^ he lythe at Borow, and my mastreshys wyveffe,^ be cause the plage reygnyth at

1 Sir Robert Clere of Ormesby.

2 Probably his first wife Anne, daughter of Sir William HoptOD. Hi?second was Alice, daughter of Sir William Bolcyn.

Ormysby. And so of hys own mocyon he mevyd tome of the maryage of my nevew zour soon, and as gladfoolkes woold be to bargayn as ever ze wyste, and soohathe shewyd me that ze shuld have as myche as Su-E. Bedyngfelld, whyche was v. C. marke. Moore overhe shewyd that he woold depart with it to Sir RogerT.^ or to Harry Colett, whyche he shewyd ze woold notof, but to have the mony at zour dysposyssyon; andme semys be hys report that he knowyth well that yfze delle with Sir H. H.,^ he wyll be in a suerte that themony that he shuld depart with shuld goo to theredemyng of zour landes, and other zour dawngeres.More over he shewyd me that the mony whyche zeskyftyd of H. Colett was th[oug]ht be Sir Harry H. thatSir R. Townesend shuld have ben contentte with it,whyche is knowyn the contrary, and causyd hym togeve delay in that be halffe to zow. I know well thisjantylman berythe zow as good mynde as any manalyve, my mastres hys mother,^ and allso my mastreshys wyve in lyeke wyesse; and me semys he makysnot the dowghttes to delyver zow hys mony that othermen do of the delyverye of thers. Foor trowthe, heshewythe me hys mynde, whyche is thus : yf ze wyllputt lande in feffement for zeres, to the full contenta-cyon of Townesend, Colett, and of my uncle, whychehe and all men thynke ze muste be charged to, or everze goo thorow, and that zour next frendes have thereceyte of it tyll it be full contente and payed, thus, orsuche a suer weye to be had for the well of all parteys,I darre say he is not alyve wyll indevour hym withbetter wyll to deele with zow, and, as my mynde servysme, streytte hymsylffe, as it may be booryn, be sydemy mastes hys modyrs v. C. My mastres hys wyffe, onmy feythe I darr say, the moste harty body to zowwordes in this be halffe that is alyve, and the fayneestebody woold be to have it accomplyshyd.

1 TowDsend. 2 Sir Henry Heydon.

* Elizabeth, widow of Robert Clere of Ormesby, the father of Sir Robert.She was the daughter of Thomas Owydale, Uvedale, or Dovedale, of Tacohie-ston, in Norfolk.

A.D. 1493] HENRY VII. 3^3

Syr, I thenke ze be to wardes London, and well Iwoot zowre mynde is to ease zour sylffe as hastely as zemay; I pray God ze do to zour honur, and to zourmoste well to gederys.

Marchandes or new jantylmen I deme wyll proferrlarge; noon other dyspreysed, ze know the contynew-ance of this man, and how he is alyed. Well I woottyf ze depart to London, ze shall have proferes large;yf zour jomay be not but to ease zow in that be halfe,be my poor a\yce slake for iij. or iiij. days, for everme semys I shuld not have ben brokyn to so largely,but that they entende it hastely to say to zow. SytheI was ther, I undyr stande yf it had not happyd me tohave seyne them as zester day, she wold this day havemade her cowntenance to have seyn her nes, Bothas (?)dowter, wyche is at Pallynges for fere of the plage, andhave comyn seyne [come and seen] my wyifve, andspecyally to have de syrid us to meve zow towardesthem, and in trowthe so she basse.

I pray God ze do as well to zour honur as I woolddo my sylfe. Yf ze wyll tery thys lytell season be foorrehersyd, yf ze lyste, I woott well ze may have themater moor largely comyned; and yf ze tary tyllMonday, I wyll awayte on zow to Hynengham, withGodes grace, Who ever preserve zow and zours.

Your, E. Paston.

934.

A.D. 1493 (?) 28 Feb.—Elizabeth, Duchess ofNorfolk, to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

It seems probable that this letter was written in the February followingthe date of No. 932.

7o my right welbeloved frende, Sire John Fasten, KnyghtElizabeth, Duches of Norffolk,

COMMAUNDE me to you, thankyng you ashartely as I can for your labour and substancyallserching owte of Thomas Martynz matyr,preing you of contenuance, and of your bestadvyse therin,how he shall breke the mater so as, by yourhelpe and wysdam, a frendely comunycacion may behadde, so as the mater may be had in examynacionby suche gentylmen as shalbe named by th'assent ofbothe parties, suche as tendyr and love the wele ofbothe parties, and also the pees and tranquyllyteof the cuntre, and love to eschewe variaunce andparties in the cuntre, wherin ye shall not only do agreete pleasure to me, but a grete dede of charyte forthe profight and ease of bothe parties, and also a plea-srue to God, Who have you in keping.

At Erie Soham lodge, this xxviij. day of February.

N. E. N.

935.

A.D. 1494, Nov.Sir T. Lyng to Sir John Pasto??.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter gives the list of the Knights of the Bath made on the occasionof Henry the King's second son being created Duke of York in 1494.

To my rigth wurchypful master^ Sir John Paston,Knyih, in hast.

EMORANDUM, that thes be the namys thatwar mad Knytes of the Bath, the Thwrsdaybe for Alhalow Day.

Fyrst, My Lord Herry, Duke of Yorke.My Lord Haryngton, Lord Marcas sun.^My Lord Clyfford.My Lord Fyvaren.

1 Thomas Grey, spn of Thomas Grey, first Marquis of Dorset, who sufc-ceeded his fjather in 1501.

A.t). 1494.] HENR y VIL 385

My Lord Dakyr of the Sowth.

My Lord Strange. Lord Strangcs sun.

Sir John Arundell of the West.

Sir Water Grefyth of Lonkaschyre.

Sir Jarveys a Clyffton of Yorkechyre.

Sir Roberd Harcorth of the West

Sir Edmund Trayford.

Sir Herry Mamey of Esexe.

Sir Roger Newborovv.

Sir Raff Rither of Yorkechyre.

Sir Thomas Bawd of Harforth chyre.

Sir John Speke.

Sir Houmfrey Fulford.

Sir Roberd Lytton.

Sir Pers Egecome.

Sir Roberd Clere.

Sir Thomas Fayrefaxe.

Sir Richard Knythley.

Sir Wyllem Cheke.

Also Master Robert Southwell is Hey Schreve ofNorffolke.

Memorandum, that safom is at xvjV. \li. the lowestprice.

Also, the Kynge and the Qwene went crowned onHalowmesse Day last; and my Lord of Schrewsberybare my Lord Harry, Duke of Yorke, in hys harmys;and X. byschopis, with myters on ther hedes, goyng befor the Kyng that day rownd a bowt WestmynsterHawle, with many odyr gret astates.

Sir, ther hath be so gret cownsell for the Kyngesmaters, that my Lord Cha-\vnsler kept not the SterChawmber thys viij. days, but one day at London, onSent Lenardes Day.

Be yowre pore prest and serj^aund,

Sir T. Lyng.

The lowest pryse of safom is xvjj.Item, the Knytes of the Bath.Item, the Knytes of the Schyre.III. 2 c

386 THE PASTON LETTERS. [a.d. 1494.

Item, of recordes a yenst me.

Syr, ther hath record a yenst me, Syr John Seyve,Vecry of Barton, John Anond, Richard Ehvyn ofWytton, John Bowlond of Totyngton, sumnor, whechame all forsworyn on the Crwsifyxe a yenst me.

936.

A.D. 1495, II July.The Corporation of Yarmouth to Sir JohnPaston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter refers to the attempt of Perkin Warbeck at Deal, where anumber of his followers landed on the 3d July 1495, and were all eiUier killedor taken prisoners by the people.

To our right honorable and especyall good maisier, SerJohn Paston^ Knyght^ this letter be delyvered in hast.

jIGHT wurchipfuU ser, we recomaund us ontoyour good maistership, sertefyeng you thatRobart Albon of Vermouth with many moreof our neybors, this Saterday am comen homfrom Caunterbury. And Robart Albon hath spokynwith the English captayns of the Kynges rebellys ther,part of theym that am takyn ; and Robart Albon andhis company seith that ther wer takyn and slayn to thenoumbre of vij^'^, wherof were v. capteyns. iiij. of themhe named, oon Mounford, Whyght, Belt, and Corbett:he coude nott telle the fyfft capteyns name. And theytold hym that they have apoynted to have a town ofstrength, for they wold an had Sandwich, and thecountre had nott a resistid them. And so Belt seid onto Robart Albon he wyst weell that he was but a deedman, and for asmoche as he wist that he was of Ver-mouth, he shewid hym that they woll have Vermouthor they xall dye for it, as Robart seyth to us.

And this is a mater of trewth, and therfore wedesyre and pray your good maistership, that we may

have your myghty help of ayde and socowr, and thatit woU please you to comon with Maister Mayer ofNorwiche, to meve hyra of hys sokour, but in especyallthat we may have your maistership amongs us, withsuche strength of your good councell, as your maister-ship shall thynk most best for the Kynges pleasur, andfor the sewyrtye of us alle ; for we putt us in devyr tofumysh the town with all that we can doo, for weknow noon oder but that they may be here by possy-bylyte this nyght or to morow att nyght at the ferdest.No more to you, but Jesu preserve you.

Wretyn at Vermouth, in hast, this Saterday, the xjday of July.

Be your owyn,theBalyffes of Ver-mouth, with our Brethern andComons of the same Town.

937.

A.D. 1495, 12 July.Robert Crowmer to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter refers to the dispersion of Warbeck's fleet after the attempt atDeal It would appear, as Fenn remarks, that on receipt of the precedingletter Sir John had promised aid to the town of Yarmouth, for which promisethey here return thanks. The handwriting of this letter is the same as thatof the last

To my right especyall and syngler good maisier^ Ser JohnPaston^ Knyghtj this letter be delyvered.

URCHIPFULL ser, I recomaund me on to

you. Maister Balyffes, with alle myn Maisteris

of the town of Vermouth, thankith you hartilly,

and trustyng feythfully of your ayde and

comford at neede; and if any suche cause happith

with us, they woll feythfully send you word in all the

hast possyble, up on the syght of the shippis.

Ser, ferdermor, ther is a ship of our town come hornfrom Seint John of Amyas, and he seyth that on Seint

388 " THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 149$.

Thomas Day^ ther came to Seint Wallrens,^ in Nor-mandie, an hoye of Dorder^'ght, with viij. horsis, withmany saddilles and brydilles; ther in wer viij. or ix.Englysh men, the wiche toke the shippes boot, and wenton lond at Staphs,^ and am renne a wey up in to thecuntre. And the Admiralles Depewty sesonyd the shipand hors, and all that they found ther in, to the Kyngour soverayn Lordes behooff; and the Duche men wereleyde in pryson. This is a mater of trowth, for WilliamCarre of our town, maryner, and oder of our town, seethis doon in deed. And as for the shippes with theKynges rebellars, they be furth out of Cambyr * west-wards ; whyder they be, thei can not sey, but theDuche men seid to William Carre that they trustid onone man shuld help them with many men. Thes issuche tydynges as the Amyas men brout hom.

Ser, if it woU please your maistership that ye myghthave leyser, I desyre and pray you to come sporteyou, and to see how weell we have appareld and fur-nyshid our town, I wold be right gladd, and I trustto Almyghty God that it wold please your maistershipright weell, and with your betyr advyce we woll doomore to our power, that knowith God, the wiche Lordpreserve you.

Wretyn at Vermouth, on Relyk Sonday.^

By your servaunt, Robart Crowmer.

938.

About A.D. 1495?William Paston to Sir John Paston. ,

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Fenn says, I cannot tell on what grounds, that this letter must have beenwritten between 1491 and 1495. At the earlier of these dates the writer could

i The Feast of the Translation of St Thomas Apostle, 3d July.

2 Qu. St. Vallery?

3 Etaples.

4 The point called the Camber, near Rye.

* Relic Sunday is the third Sunday after Midsummer Day, and fell on theZ2th July in 1495.

not have been more than twelve years old, but as lads were sent to the uni-versity at a much earlier age in those days than in ours, even the earlier ofthese dates is not impossible, llie style of the letter, however, is not boyish,and I should have been inclined to place it a year or two later even thanFenn's latest date, but that there is no clear evidence to go by. The sweatingsickness was prevalent in England at different times during the reign ofHenry VII.; and there is no particular record of its visiting Cambridge.

To my most special good father, Serjohn Faston, KnygJit,

FTER most humbyl wyse of recommandacion,in my most lovyngly wyse, I beseche yow ofyour dayly blyssyng, showyng yow that I am atSer John Fortescu place, be cause they swetso sor at Cambryge. Also I shew yow that Mr. ThomasClark ys desessyd, hows sowle God have mercy.

Also, I beseche yow that ye wol se a remedy for thecomun of Snaylwel, for the Bayly of Snaylwel and onof your fermors war with my tutor and me, and sheuydme that all the comun shuld a be takyn away butt forMr. Cotton and the Vecur of Fordan,^ hom I besecheyow to thank. Fro Pamsborow.-

Be your most humbyl servaunt,

William Paston.

939.

After A.D. 1495.—Sir John Paston to WilliamPaston and Richard Lightfoote.

(From Paston MSS., B.M.)

This letter is anonymous, but is in the handwriting of Sir John Paston, theyounger of that name. From the mention of his wife and "the widow, herdaughter Leghe," it was evidently written not during the life of MargeryBrews, his first wife, who must have died about the year 1495, but after hismarriage to another. This second wife was Agnes, daughter of NicholasMorley, Esq., of the well-known family at Glynd, in Sussex, and had alreadybeen twice married before her marriage with Sir John. Her first husbandwas John Hervey, Esq. of Thurleigh, Beds, Usher of the Chamber to KingEdward IV. Her second was John Isley of Sundridge, Kent, by whom shehad a daughter, Isabel, married to John Leghe or Alygheof Addington, Sur-rey, Esq.,who proved his father-in-law's will in 1494. She, herself survived herown third husb.and. Sir John Paston, and died in 1510. Her will, in whichshe calls herself " Dame Agnes Paston," is at the principal registry at Somer-

1 Fordham in Cambridgeshire, north of Newmarket Snailwcll lies bctweeiv' Punsbome, near Hatfield, in Hertford^ire.

390 THE PASTON LETTERS. [a.d. 1495.

set House, dated the 31st May in that year, and proved on the 19th Junafollowing. For these particulars I am indebted to the genealogical researchesof Colonel Chester.

To my brother William Faston and my cosyn RichardLightfoote, and to iche of theym,

JASTYRS bothe, I recomand me to yow, andsend yow closid herin a booke of the seyingof dyvers folkis, whiche testyfiee ayenstThomas Rutty and other. I prey yow she weit to my lordys ^ good lordshepe, and that I may knowhys plesur ferther in as hasty wyse as may be, that Imay ordre me ther aftyr. I had gret labore to come bythe woman that was in servyse with Rutty, whiche sie[satv] all ther conversacyons many yeris. She is now inservyse with Richard Calle. And I have Thomas Bangein prison at Norwyche with the Shrevys of Norwych.The woman seythe he is as bold a theffe as eny is inIngland; but he wyll nowghte confesse, nor I handelydhym not sore to cause hym to confesse. But and Rutyknewe that he and the woman be in hold, and hathetold talis, I thynke it wyll cause Rutty to shewe thepleynesse.

Clerk and Roger Heron are endightid at this sessyonsat Norwyche, last holdyn on Twysday last past, forrobbing of the pardoner; and so is Rotty and all hisfelawshepe that the woman hathe apechid. Accordingto hir apechement, Raff Taylour is over the see; RobertFenne is dede; John Baker and William Taylour aryett untakyn. If my lord send for T. Bange or thewoman, some of my lordis servauntes had need to comefor theym; for I can not do in the cause for lake ofmen and horse, for my wyff ridith this next week in toKente, to the wydow, hir doughtir Leghe.

And as for Ramesey, liek a prowde, lewde, obstynatfoole, he wyll not come befor my brothe[r] Sir R.Clere, nor me, but he seythe he wyll be with my lordhastyly, and shewe hys mynde to his lordshepe, whiche

1 The Earl of Oxford.

I beleve not. The substancyall marchantys of Nor-wyche hathe shewid ther myndys to my brother Sir R.Clere and me that he entencUth to William Bayly gretwTonge in his reknynges.

940.

After A.D. 1495.The Earl of Oxford to Sir John Paston.

[From Douce MS. 393, f. 86.]

This letter is probably later in date than the last, as it would appear thatwhen the last was wTilten, William Paston was still in the Earl of Oxford'sservice.

To the right worshipfull and my right ititierly welbclovydSir John Paston^ Knyght.

jIGHT worshipfull and right intierly belovyd,I commaund me hartely to you. And where^^^ as your broder William, my servaunte, ys sotroubelid with sekenes and crasid in hismynde, that I may not kepe hym aboute me, wherforI am right sory, and at this tyme sende hym to you,prayng especially that he may be kepte surely andtendirly with you, to suche tyme as God fortune hymto be bettyr assurid of hym selfe and his myndes moresadly disposid, whiche I pray God may be in shortetyme, and preserve you longe in gode prosperite.

Writen at my place in London, the xxvj. day ofJuyn.

Ox YN ford.

941.

Between A.D. 1497 and 1503.Margaret, Countess of Richmond, to .

[From Sandford's Paston Genealogy.]

392 Tlir rASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1497-1503.

William Paston, the uncle of the two Sir Johns, died in 1496, and this lettermust have been written either in the year following or between that date and1503, when Sir Reginald Bray died. William Paston's will, which will befound in the Appendix, was dated 7th September 1496, and proved on the28ih November following. He married Anne Beaufort, daughter of Edmund,Duke of Somerset, and was therefore uncle to the writer of this letter, Mar-garet, Countess of Richmond, the mother of King Henry VII. The personto whom the letter is addressed is not named, but it is not unlikely to havebeen Sir John Paston the second.

By the Kinges Moder.

lji|raij|RUSTY and right welbeloved, we greet you^IH well. And wher by the meanes of our trusty^1^ and right welbeloved Sir Reynold Bray, SirThomas Lovell, and Sir Henry Heydon,Knights, there was a full agreement made and con-cluded, and also put in writinge, betwen our trusty andright welbeloved Sir John Savile, Knight, and GilbertTalbot, Esquier, on th'one partie, and yow on th'other,for divers lands which they ought to have in the rightof their wives, daughters and heyers to William Paston,Esquier, their late fader deceassed, which lands ye bymighty power kepe and withholde from them withoutany just title, as they afferme; and albeit the saidagrement was made by your minde and consent, yetye ne doe performe the same, to our merveile, if it beso. Wherefore we desier and also counsell yow with-out delay upon the sight hereof now shortly to ride tothe court to the said arbitrators, now ther being, withwhom ye shall finde your adverse partie, or other intheir names fully authorized, to abide such final endeand conclusion in the premisses as shall be consonantwith the said agrement, ^vithout further troubles orbusines therin hereafter to be had; and that ye willthus do in any wise, so as we be not driven (throughyour defalte) to put to our hands for further remedyeto be had in the premisses.

Yeven under our signet at our mannor of CollyWeston, the x^^^ day of February.

A.D. 1499-] HENRY VII, 393

942.

A.D. 1499, 20 Aug.—The Earl of Oxford to SirJohn Paston and another.

[Douce MS. 393, f. 87.]

Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, escaped abroad on the ist July 1499,and proclamations were issued on the 20th August following (the day on whichthis letter was written) against persons leaving the kingdom without a license.—(See my "Letters and Papers, illustrative of the Reigns of Richard IILand Henry VIL," vol. i., preface p. xl., vol. ii. p. 377). It appears that theKing was at this time staying at Godshill, in the Isle of Wight, the place fromwhich this letter is dated (see Excerpta Historica, p. 12a.)

To my right trusty and right welbel\oved Sir'\ John

Paston^ Knyght, and Sir Knyght,

. . . . of them,

jIGHT trusty and welbeloveci councellours, Icomaunde me to you. And where the KingesGrace is lately acerteinyed that Th'Erl ofSuffolk is departid owt of this his Realme,Hys Grace hath commaundid me to wryte unto you thatye incontynent uppon the sight of this my writingendeovour you to enquyre aswell of such persones asbe departid over with the seid Erie as of theim thataccompanyed hym in his repayre to the see, andretornyd ageyn, or in any wyse were prevy to thesame, and theruppon, in as gooclly hast as ye kan, to putthem and every of them in suertie savely to be kept,and therof t'acerteyn me, to th'entent ye maye knowehis ffurther pleasure in the same. And if ye shall atany t)Tne herafter perceyve any suspect person nygheunto the see costes which shall seme unto you to beof the same aff}Tiyte, than His Grace will that ye putthem in lyke suertie. And Almighti God have you inHis keping.

Written at Gaddishill, in the He of Wight, theXX" daye of August

OXYNFORP,

943.

A.D. 1500, 20 March.Henry VII. to Sir John Paston,

[From the Paston Genealogy, compiled by Sandford, and printedby Mr Worship, in the Norfolk Archceology. ]

Catherine of Arragon was expected in England in the spring of the year1500, although she did not actually arrive till October 1501, owing to somealteration of plans.

To our trusty afid welbeloved knight^ Sir John Fas ion.

By the Kinge.

RUSTY and welbeloved, we grete yow well,letting yow wete that our derest cousins, theKinge and Queene of Spaine, have signifiedunto us by their sundry letters that the rightexcellent Princesse, the Lady Katherine, ther daughter,shal be transported from the parties of Spaine aforesaidto this our Realme, about the moneth of Maye nextcomeinge, for the solempnization of matrimony be-tweene our deerest sonne the Prince and the saidPrincesse. Wherfore we, consideringe that it is rightfittinge and necessarye, as well for the honor of us asfor the lawde and praise of our said Realme, to havethe said Princesse honourably received at her arriveall,have appointed yow to be one amonge others to yeveattendance for the receivinge of the said Princesse;willinge and desiringe yow to prepare yourselfe for thatintent, and so to continue in redynesse upon an houreswarninge, till that by our other letters we shall advertiseyow of the day and time of her arrivall, and where yeshall yeve your said attendance; and not to fayletherin, as ye tender our pleasure, the honor of your-selfe, and of this our foresaid Realme.

Yeven under our signet at our mannor of Rich-mount, the xx*y day of Marche.

944.

Before A.D. 1503.Richard Calle to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

From the mention of " Master Fitzlewes, Knight of Essex,' I am inclinedto think this letter must be of the reign of Henry VII., and addressed to thelater Sir Jolm. Sir Lewis Fitzlewes of West Homdon, in Essex, was attain-ted as a Lancastrian in 1471, but the manor was restored to his son. SirRichard, by Henry VII., who presented to the living from 1494 to 1515^. Theletter, however, must of course be earlier tlian 1503, the year in which SirJohn Paston dicd-

To the right reverent and honurable^ my master^ Sir JohnPaston^ Knyght.

LESITHT it your mastership to remembre, Ishewyd onto you in Lente that I had boughtBaktons place. Sir, it is so that JohnBakton graunted to John Trovy hes sone inlawe, hes mese with all the londes and tenements,&c., takyng of the seide John Trovy viij. marke ofannuyte yerly, terme of hes lyf; wherupon endenturewere made and a state delyverd. Upon the weche Ibargeyned with Trovy, payng to hym for hes parte c.marke and x., wherof he hadde in hande iiij//. vji-. viij^.and xv//. xiiji-. iiij^. shulde be payd at such tyme as Ihad a lawfull astate, weche was apoynted beforeMichelmes last past; weche is not yet done. WTierforehe hath forfeted an obligacion of xl//. that he wasbounde in to me for the same astate; ther was nodefaute in me, for my money was there redy. And,sir, in the same weke after your mastership departedout of this contre, Bakton and the seide Trovy cometo Bakton, and sent for me, and there were weappoynted for the same bargeyn and accorded, wen-ynge to me and to all tho that were there it had ben

fully concl[uded] my suertes and for

all other thynges. And sodenly Bakton departed hera

be the avice of [the Prior of Brojmholme, and JohnBowie and other, weche meved Bakton that I shuldenot have my bargein; and so they entende to putteme from my bergein. And Master Fitzlawes, Kn[i]ght,of Esex, hath sent me a letter, weche I sende youclosed herin; and at hes enstaunce I have grauntedTrovy an ende for vj//. and my iiij//. vjj". viij^., andmy costes that I have done on the place, weche withthese mony and costes drawith xij//. If I may haveall thes money payd onto me within xiiij, dayes afterCristemas, I wol take non avauntage of the obligacion,weche Trovy is bounde to me. 1 suppose Mr Laweswoll speke to you of thes mater. I beseche you thatye wol be goode master to me herin, for I am lothe tobe putte from my bergein. I am in suerte there is noman wol geve so moche for it as I wolde, and theynede not to fere them of ther payment, for I ofer themiiij. suertes, the worste of them is worthe all the lande;yet Bakton mystrustes me, and nede not. If I had it,I wolde truste to make it a goode thynge, for ther ismoche thynge ther by that myght be had in to it, wechecauseth me to be the more desirous to it. I sheweyour mastership the previte of my mynde, trustyngeye wolbe good mastre to me, and I shal pray to Godfor you and for all youres.

Wreten at Felmyngham, the Saterday next beforeSein Marteyn.

Be your servaunt,

R. Calle.

945.

Abstract.—Year uncertain.[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

[Richard Calle] to [Sir John Paston ?].

Reminds him that four or five years ago he received from the^ritfr " certain wainscoat" and certain fish for his household, a

hogshead of wine, spars, "clapholt," &c. in full di:icharge of allformer debts. Will always be ready to repay what his corre-spondent has paid for him to the King. Received of him amillstone, price ;^3, for which Calle gave a ryall in earnest,and delivered i quarter cod to Philip Loveday. I am gratefulfor the pains taken by "your mastership" on my account, &c.

[The handwriting of this letter seems to be that of Richard Calle, but mucholder looking than that of most of his letters As there is no distinctevidence of date, we place it after another letter of his, which seems to belate.]

946.

Before A.D. 1503.Sir John Kendal to Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Sir John Kenda! was Prior of St John's from 1491 to 1501, and probablylater, so that there is nothing clearly to fix the date of this letter, except thatit was written before the death of Sir John Paston in 1503.

To the right worshipful ajid my right ejttierly welbelovedcosin andfrende^ Sir John Paston^ Knight.

j|IGHT worshipfull sir, I recommaunde me unto

you. I wryte this onely unto you, to advise

you that I was mynded that my cousin Clip-

pesby,^ berer herof, shuld wele have maryed

here in thies partes, wherin your nyce ^ toke hevy

conceyte, thinking in hir mynde, that I was not wiUing

that my said cousin shulde marye with hir.

At that tyme I knewe not what love was bitwixthem, but now I undrestand that bothe there myndcsis to mary to geders; wherunto on my parte, I amagreble and wel content, desiring and praying you tobe the same, and to be the better frende unto them atthis my prayer and instaunce. And what pleasir as Imay doo unto you in thies partes shal be redye, in thatI may, at your desires. And I pray you to recom-

1 John Clippesby, Esq. of Oby.

a Constance, daughter of WilUam Paston, Sir John's brother.

39^ THE PASTON LETTERS, [a. d. 1503.

maunde me to my cousin your nyce. And Jesu pre-serve you.

VVriten at London, the first day of Juyn.

Your own, the Priour of Saint Johns,

Sir John Kendal.

947.

Year uncertain.—Margaret, Countess of Oxfopj),TO Sir John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

I see nothing certain about the date of this letter, except that it must haveoeen addressed to the later Sir John Paston (for in his brother's time the Earlof Oxford was an exile, and his Countess Margaret in needy circumstances),so that the date must lie between 1488 and 1503. For what reason theCountess calls Sir John her son I cannot explain.

To my right trusty and hertely wilbilovede sone, Sir JohnPaston, Xnyght,

IGHT trusty and hertely wilbiloved sone, Irecommennde me to you, and send you Codesblyssynge and myn. And where oon JohnMalpas my olde servaunt, brynger herof, hathpurchacede a writt directede to you and othre Justicesof Peace in the shires of Norffolk and Suffolk, and alsoto the Sheryff of the same, for to put hym in pessiblepossescion in such certayn landes of his, accordyngeto the Kynges writt; I pray you therefor hertely, andof my blyssynge charche you that at this my pourrequest and desir ye wole pute you in your faythfulldevoir with othere Juataces associete with you, to seethe execuscion doon and performyede accordynge tothe saide writt. And Almyghty God evere more pre-serve you, my nown dere sone.

Writene in my lordes castell of Hethyngham, the xv.day of January.

Margret Oxynford.

A.D. 1503.] JJENKY VIU 399

948.

The Eari. of Oxford's Steward to the "Black

Knight."

[From Fenn, iv. 458. J

The " Black Knight," to whom this facetious doegrel was addressed, seemsto me to have been most probably the later Sir John Paston, whose servicesthe Earl of Oxford, as the reader is aware, continually made use of. Themanor of Knapton came to John, 12th E^l of Oxford, who died in 1462, byhis marriage with Elizabeth, grand-daughter of Sir John Howard.

Siruscallus Comitis OxonuB Nigra Militu

ON decet Sinescallo tam magni ComitisUt Comes Oxoniae verbis in AnglicisScrittere epistolas, vel suis in nuncijsAliquid proponere si non in Latinis.

Igitur ille pauperculus praedicti ComitisMagnus Sinescallus magni Comitatis

Nuncupatur Norff. Latinis in verbisApud Knapton in curia in forma Judicis,

Tibi nigro militi salutem, et omnibusNotifico, quod Langdon ille homunculus

NuUam pecuniam liberare vult gentibus,

Quod est magnum impedimentum nostris operibus,

Idcirco tibi mando sub paena contemptus,

Quod tu indilate proprijs manubusScribas tuas lettras, quod ille homunculus

Copiam pecuniae deliberet gentibus.

Sin autem per littras has nostras patentesEgo et operarij, qui sunt consentientes

Omnes una voce promemus suos dentesNisi liberet pecuniam, cum simus egentes.

Teste meipso apud Knapton prsedicta,Est et michi testis Maria Benedicta,

Quod vicesimo die Julij non inde relictaErat summa solidi, res hsec non est ficta.

949.

A.D. 1503, 6 Feb.—East Beckham.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

HERE Sir John Paston and Rogir Townesendehave agreed and promysed to obey as we,Jamys Hobart and John Yaxley will devysefor the varians of the maner of Estbekham :We devyse and a warde that Sir John Paston shallhave the seid maner to hym, and to his heires; and hetherfor shall paye to the seid Rogyr xl//'. at Pentecostenexte, and at Halowmesse nexte aftyr thatxl//., and atPentecoste next aftyr that xx//.; and the same SyrJohn shall have the arrerages of the seid maner. Andif the seid Sir Johnrefuse to have the maner, then the seidRogyr to have the same maner, with the arrerages as isa forseid, payeng to the seid Sir John the seid C//. atthe dayes aforseid; and the seid Syr John to geveanswer which he will chose the viij. daye of this moneth.Yevyn the vj. daye of Febniarii, anno R. R. H. vij.xviij°.

And all this to be perfurmyd and put in surte after ouravise. And we devise that he that shall have the land,shall paie to th' other at Halwemes come twelvemonyth,ten mark, besides the seid C//., because th'arrerages haveben long in the tenauntes handes.

John Yaxlee.Jamys Hobart.

950.

A.D. 1503, 6 Sept.Archbishop Warham to William Pas ton.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Tlie writer of this letter was William Warham, who was first Bishop ofLondon, and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the signa-ture, he was Bishop Elect of London at the time it was written, but we arepersuaded that it is a slip of the pen. He was elected Bishop of London ia1502, and was consecrated on the 5th October ; but it is clear from the pre-ceding No. that Sir John Paston was alive as late as the beginning of February^503. In the year 1503, however, Warham was translated to Canterbury.The bull for his translation was issued on the 29th November 1503, butdoubtless he was elected some time before ; and it is quite intelligible how,being actually Bishop of London, he should have written "Elect of I-ondon"in place of "Elect of Canterbury." Moreover, the allusion to the busiuestof the administration agrees entirely with this supposition.

To my cousyn Master William Paston.

[OUSYN PASTON, I recommaunde me untoyou, and have received your letter, by tliewhich I have undrestand of the deth of mycousyn your fadre, whose soule Jesu assoile.I wol counsaile and exhorte you to take it as wel andas paciently as ye can, seeyng that we al be mortal andborne to dey. And where as ye desire to have a letterad colligendum, after myne advise ye shal doo wel tobe here with me at Michaelmas next commyng, and atyour then commyng I shalbe glad to doo you the bestconfort and helpe that I can \ counsailing that ye inthe meane tyme doo not entremedyll in any wise withth'admynystring of any parte of your faders goodes,nor with the receiving of his debtes, for divers causes,as at your comyng hudre ye shal knowe more.

The meane season, loke that ye be of as confortablechere as ye can, exhorting my lady, your modre inlawe,^ to be in like wise, to whom I pray you to haveme recommendyd. Thus fare ye hertily wel.From London, the vj'^ day of Septembre.

Your, William, Electe of London.

* Agnes, widow of John Hexvey, Esq. of Thurley, Beds, &c—See preli-minary note to Letter 939.

IIL 2D

951.

A.D. 1503, or later?John Kendal to [William Paston ?]

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

If this petition was addressed to any member of the Paston family, I shouldthink it must have been William Paston, the son of the later Sir John. Thatwould make the date at least as late as the year 1503, when his father died.If it was either of the two Sir Johns, "my master your father" would beJohn Paston, Esquire, who died in 1466. But Nicholas Pickering of FilbyIS said to have been buried in the steeple of Filby church in the year 1466,and it is evident that " my master your father " survived him more than nineyears.

Edmund Norman, whose executors are here spoken of, died as far back as1444. Ijlomefield says he was seised of two parts of the maner of Filby, butdoes not merrtion him as being also owner of two parts of Holm Hale. Thetwo parts of Filby were afterwards held in trust by Sir John Fastolf; butWilliam Pickering and Cecily, his wife, were lords of the whole manor andsettled it on John Paston who released it to Nicholas Pickering in 1450.—(Blomefield, xi. 218, 221.)

OUR pore servaunt and bedeman, John Ken-dale, be secheth your good and graciousmasterschepp, at the reverence of God andin the wey of charyte, to remembre that myluaister your fader, on whos soule God have mercy,had fro me x. acres of free londe that I bout of theexecutours of Nicholas Pekeryng of Filby for xx. marcpaid on j. day, to pay to executours of Edmonde Nor-man for purchase of ij. partes of Holm Halle, somtymeEdmonde Norman.

Also my seide maister, your fader, had fro John Ken-dale the croppe of the seide x. acres londe, sowen withbarly and peson, wherof v. acres were weel somerlayde^to the seid barly, the whiche croppe the seide JohnKendale schulde a made worth to hym iiij//. xiijx. iiijV.,althowtherhad be butxx. quarteres barly growyngonviij.acres and half of londe, that is to seyn up on an acreij, quarter, iiij. busshelz, and the half acre in avayle,besyde j. acre and an half of peson, for the seide JohnKendale solde his malt at Ormesby mad of the barlygrowyng the same yer that the foreseid croppe was.

1 Kept fallow for some time, prc/ious tc sowings

taken fro hym, for iiijj. \\\]d. a quartere; and so hemyght a solde the same and meche more if he hadhad it.

Also my seid maister, your fader, hath caused theforeseid John Kendale to a forebome the ferme ofthe seide x. acres of londe be the space of ix. yer, bethe yer xvjj. & viij^., that is, the ferme of j. acre xx^.,wherof the somme conteyneth vij//. xj. beside j. yerrccey ved of Hagh ^

952.A.D. T504, 10 Dec.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M,]

Receipt given by Thomas Bradbury, alderman of London, to"William Paston, Esq. of Norfolk, loth Dec. 1504, for ;^5 in fullpayment of half a year's rent.

953.

A.D. 1506, 17 Jan.William Makefyrr to Darcy and Alyngton.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This letter gives an account of the meeting of Henrj' VII. and Phih'p, Kingv»f Castile, near Windsor, during the time when the iaiier was detained inEngland in the beginning of the year 1506. It is well known how after settingout from the Low Countries to take possession of his kingdom of Castile.Philip met with a storm^ and was driven to land on our coast, and how, onhearing of it, Henry invited him to visit him at his Court, where he staid forsome time while the damage done to his fleet was being repaired.

To the ryght worschypfidl Master Roger Darsy andMaster Gylys Alyngton, beyng at the Jeorge^ inLuviberd Strett, be thys delyveryd in hast.

p^YGHT worschypfull masters, I recomend me un

kR29 ^q yQu^ certyfying you that the Kyngcs Grace

and the Kyng of Castyle mett this day at thre

of the cloke, apon Cle worth Grejii, ij. my lie

1 Here the MS. ends abruptly.

404 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.d. 1506.

owt of Wyndesower, and ther the Kyng reseyvyd hymin the goodlyest manor that ever I sawe, and ech ofthem enbracyd oder in armys.

To schew you the K}Tiges aparell of Yngland, thus itwas:—hys hors of bay, trappyd with nedyll warke; agown of purpuyr velvyt, a cheyn with a joerge ofdyamondes, and a hood of purpuyr velvyt, whych heput not of at the mettyng of the seyd Kyng of Castylle;hys hatt and hys bonett he avalyd, and the K)Tig ofCastylle in cas lyke. And the Kyng of Castyll rodapon [a] sorellyd hoby, whych the Kyng gave un tohym; hys apparell was all blak, a gown of biak velvytt,a blak hood, a blak hatt, and hys hors harnes of blakevelvytt.

To schew you of the K}Tiges company, my LordHarry of Stafforth ^ rod in a gown of cloth of tuyssew,tukkyd, furryd with sabulles, a hatt of goldsmyth worke,and full of stons, dyamondes, and rubys, rj^dyng apon asorellyd courser bardyd with a ba}Td of goldsmytheswark, with rosys and draguns red.

And my Lord Markas '-^ rydyng apon a bald sorelydhors, with a deyp trapper full of long tassels of goldof Venys, and apon the cro^wper of hys hors a whyttfedyr, with a cott apon hys bak, the body goldsmythswark, the slevys of cremysyne velvyt, with letters ofgold.

My Lord of Kent apon a sorelyd hors, bald, theharnes of Venys gold, with a deyp frynges of half zerdof lengh. My Lord of Kent cott was on barr of clothof gold, an oder of cremysyn velvyt, pyrlyd with ademy manche cut of by the elbowe. Thyes be thelords that bare the bruyt.

1 Henry, Earl of Stafford, eldest son and heir of Edward Stafford, Dukeof Buckingham, who was attainted and beheaded in 1521.

2 Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, was the son of Thomas, the late Mar-quis, who was the son of Elizabeth, Queen of Edward IV. by her first husband,Sir John Grey of Groby. This nobleman in the next reign became Lord ofthe Marches between England and Scotland, which he stoutly kept and boldlymaintained. He died in 1530, 22 Hen. VIII.—F.

* George Gray, Earl of Kent, was a true soldier to, and a favourite of Henry,and survived this pageant a very short timfe, dying within the year.—F.

A.D. 1506.] HENRY VIL 405

Sir Hew Wagban apon a bay hors trappyd withcremysyn velvyt full of gylt bels, a gown of blak velvyt,and a cheyn of gold, bawdryk wys, worth v. hondrethpownd.

Thys be the sperys: Master Sant John apon a blakhors, withh ames of cloth of gold with tasselles of plun-kytt and whytt, a cott of plunkytt and whytt, the bodyof goldsmyths werk, the s[l]evys full of spanguls.

John Carr and William Parr cotts lyke, the horsysgray, of Parr trappyd with cremysyn velvyt ^vith tassellesof gold, and bels gylt. Carr hors bay with an Almaynhames of sylver, an ynch brod of betyn sylver, boththe cottes of goldsmythes wark the bodys, the slevys onstryp of syllver, the oder gylt.

Edward Nevell apon a gray hors trappyd with blakvelveyt full of small belles, hys cott the on half of greynvelvyt, the oder of whytt cloth of gold; thyse to therutters of the spers, with oder dyvers well appontyd.

On the Kyng of Castylles party, the Lord Chamber-layn cheyff, I can not tell hys name as yett; hys apparellwas sad, and so was all the resydeu of hys companywith clokes of sad tawnye blake, gardyd, sum withvelvyt and sum with sarsnyt, not passyng a dosyn innowmber. It is sayd ther is many by hynd, wychcums with the Queyn of Castyll, ^vych schall cum aponTeyusday.

When the Kyng rod forth to Wyndesouer Castyle, theKyng rode apon the ryght hand the Kynges of Castylle,how be it the Kynges Grace offeiyd hym to take hymapon the ryght hand, the whych he refussyd. And atthe lyghtjmg the Kyng of Castylle was of hys hors agood space or owr Kyng was a lyght; and tlien theKynges Grace offeryd to take hym by the arm, the whychhe wold not, bot toke the Kyng by the arme, and sowent to the Kynges of Castylle chamber, whych is therychestly hangyd that ever I sawe; vij. chambers togeder hangyd with cloth of arras wroght with gold asthyk as cowd be; and as for iij. beds of astate, no kyngCrystyned can schew sych iij.

4o6

THE PASTON LETTliK:^. [a.d. 1506.

Thys is as fer as I can schew you of this day, andwhen I can know mor, ye schall have knowlege.From Wyndesouer this Saterday, at v. of the cloke.By yours,

William Makefyrr.

954.

An Inventory.

[From Add. Charter 17,255, B.M.]

This inventory might perhaps liave been inserted in the year 1474, after thedeath of James Gloys, with whose name it begins. (See No. 746.) The yearin which it was drawn up is, however, by no means certain, as the articles seemto have belonged to many different owners ; and it may be conveniently re-ferred to here at the end of our collection.

James Gloys, j. dongge,^ .tem, a coverlete, . • ,tem, ij. blankettes, . , ,tem, ij. pare of shettes, .tem, a sellore,^ , »tem, a rosour, . ,

tem, v. shertes, • .tem, j. roset cape, . •tem, iiij. gownes, .tem, a curt baron, .tem, iij. gyrdylles, .tem, iij. payre of hossen,tem, j. song boke, pris .tem, j. dowbelet of fustian,tem, j. grene cotte,tem, ij. payre schone,tem, j. box with j. porse of cloth of gold,tem, j. crosse silver,tem, j. sawtere,tem, j. premere,tem, j. boke of statutis, .tem, j. boke of vitas Fatrum, .tem, j. purs in the bedstraw with

1' A mattress.

l\]S,VS.

y]s. \i\\d,xs.

xijd,viij^.viijj".

iiijd.xxyjs. viij^.

vjd,yjx.

xx^.iij J", iiij^.

xiiij^.

xl^.

xL/.

vji". viij^.

ijx.

xUijj.xxs.

^ A bed canopy.

HENRY VII,

407

ItcmJ. boke ofxij.chapetyrsof Lynccoln,

and a boke of safistre,^ . . xj.

Item, vj. steyned paperis, . , • xijV.

Item, ij. scochenes, .... viij^.

Item, a swerd, pris .... vjj. viijV.

Item, a towayle, .... x^.

Item, a supersedyas of Gloys, Osbom andSnallewelL ....

Item, a bleu gown of William Tavemerys, xj.

Item, a blake cloke, . . . . v\s.

Item, a bottell for wine of a potell, . xijV.

Item, a peyre of tabille of home and box, xvj^.

Item, a confessionall, , . , \)s.

Herre Boll, a dongge.

xl^.

Item, a traunsom,

3^'

Item, a paire of schettis, .

iiij J.

Item, a blanket.

iij J.

Item, a coverlet.

ijj.

Item, a pillow of down.

xijrtT.

Item, ij. curteynes, .

ij:r.

Item, go^vnes, .

XJ".

Item, a dowblet of fostian,

yld.

Item, iij. schertes.

VJ.

Item, a towayle.

y\\]d.

Item, a blake hod, .

ijj-.

Item, ij. coffor}'s stuffet.

\]S.

Unde, j. was sprwys chyst with

XXJ.

Item, j. clasp of sylver.

xij^.

Item, of payse money,

xij^.

Item, ix. ferthynges, .

ij^. ob

Item, a lytyll chyst, .

V]d.

Item, ij. pors with, .

ijJ.

V\]d. ob.

Item, iiij. rynges,

iij J".

Item, a box with bedys, qwere of ij.

payre

of jett, with Paternosterys

of corall,

x\d

Item, a poyre of jett, pris .

.

.

xij^.

Item, V. payre of box.

.

.

x//.

Item, a payre of ambre.

.

.

xviij^.

1 Sophistry, Le. dialectics.

4o8

THE PAS TON LETTERS. [a.d. 150^

Item, a purs of welwet, . . . viij^.

Item, iij. payre of knyffcs, ... x//.

Item, a payr of hernishede knyffes, . xij^.

Item, V. napettes, .... \d.

Item, iij. hedkercheffes, pris . . xij^.

Item, a box with sylke and perryll, . iijj".

Item, a powche of rosset damaske, . xx//.

Item, a payre of gold weghtes in a case, '\]S.

Item, a broch of sylver with a crown, xvjV.

Item, a payre of beddes of segamore, iiij^.Item, a box of tene with sylver wire.

Item, iij. new gyrdyll, pris . . ixd.

Item, in the second coffer was bokes, pris xvj^^.

Item, a boke of Seynt Thomas de Verita-

tibiis^ pris . . . . xj.

Item, a red boke with Hugucio and Papie, xxj.Item, iij. bokes of soffistre, . . xx^.

Item, maney other smale bokes, . xy.

Item, iij. cappis, .... yjd.

Item, a surplice, . . . . xL/.

Item, iij. letterys of pardon, . . ms.Item, a stevynyd^ clothe, a crucifix, . xx^.

Item, a payre of dowbyll glovys, furredde

with lambe, .... yj^.

Item, ij. payr of hosson, . . , vj.

Item, a combe of veveri,^ . . . yj^.

John Osbom, a cott of rosset, pris . iiji". iiij^.Item, a stomaucher of a zerd of gode new

hollond clothe, .... yid.

Item, iiij. payre of sokkes, pris . . y\\]d.

Item, ij. payre of lyncloys, . . viij^.

Item, ij. payre of hossen, . . iiijx.

Item, a payre of schone, . . YV]d,

Item, a payre schettes, . . . iiijj.

Item, iij. gyrdyll, .... ix//.

Jamus Halmon, iiij. schettes. . . xj.Itemjij. schertis and a quarter of lynclothe, iji". yj^.

1 Parti-colourcd. 2 Ivory.

HENR / VII.

409

J torn, a pclow bere, ....

Item, ij. payrc of sockes, .

Item, a gown fiirret with blake lorn, .

Item, a payre of cremessen hossen, .

Item, a payre spores, a pare of glovis,

Item, iij. gyrdyll, ....

Item, a stomaker of lenclothe, .

Item, a payre of shone,

Item, stafTe, pris . . . •

Item, a sakke, ...

Syngleton, a payr of bottes and a parreofsporis,

Item, a sadyll, a paytrell and a brydolland ij. gerthis, . .

Item, a payre of dowbeletslevys of blake, )

Item, a payre of slevys of rosset, j

vj//.

XJ.

iij J".

xvj^.\\d.\\\]d.y\]d.iiij^.viij^.

iiji". iiij^.

XJ.

iij J.

Item, a payr of stokes of fustian,

viij^.]*

Item, a pare of schone,

vij^.

Item, a schyrt.

xx^.

Item, a purs with

ij^.

Item, a g}Tdyll, a payre of patanys,

\\\]d.

Item, a dagar knyffc, pris .

iiij^.

Katryn Wilton, a donge .

iij J.

iiij^.

Item, a coverlet, . . • .

iijx.

iiij^.

Item, a blanket, . . . ,

iij J.

Item, a payr of shettes,

iiijj.

Item, a pelow of doun.

xij^.

Item, a payre of new hosson,

v\\]d.

Item, a gown and a kertyll,

. VJJ.

viij^.

Item, a cors hamesshet with blake, pri

s

x\d.

Item, a hod, ....

iij J.

iiij^.

Item, a kercher of la^vn, pris

xxd.

Item, ij. kercher of therd,

xij^.

Item, a pa}Te off bedys of ambre,

xkd.

Item, a new canvasse.

Jane Belton, a blanket, . . . iijs. mjd.

1 Struck tlirough with the pen.

THE PAStON LETTERS. tA.l>.iSo6.

Item, a shette, .... ijj.

Item, a kerchey therd, and ther in was vji-. viijV. of gold.

Item, a payre of beydys of jette with

Patter nosteris of corall, prisItem, a payre of tumerys of lawn,Item, a yerd of lynclothe,Item, a payre of hossen, .Item, a smoke, ....

Item, a kercher of thred, .

xx^.viij^.viij^.

xx^.viij^.

Symond Houston, a payre of bottes, apayre of sporis,

Purrey, a blw gown.Item, a bridull and a feterloke, .Item, apayr of hossen, a payr of schon,Item, a pare of furred glovys.

Frere John Alderiche, ij. quaris ofprayeris. Item, a powtenere witha payre of bedys of jette. Item, ascapelerey with an hodde,

John Keduray, a payre of lynclothys,

gown of blw.Item, a payre of hossen, .Item, a payre of schone, .Item, a payre of glovys and a hatt,

Simond Sadiller, a payre of sporis.Item, a knyff hernyshid with sylver,

Robert Fen, a gown,Item, a cappe.Item, a peyre of hossen, .Item, a chart (?), pris

Richard Charlys, a peyr of hossen,Item, a dager, ...

Item, a gyi'dyll.

mjj.viijx.

xvj^.ijj. vij^.

vjj. viij^.

vjj. viijdf.xx//.vijfl?'.xij^.

xij^.xij^.

yjj.

XV}d.xv}d,

XV} d,

xv]d.

i]d.

A.D. 1506.]

HENRY VII,

411

Item, a cappe of rosset, . . , iiij^.

Jhon Faster, a home, . • • viijV.

John Judde, a chert, pris . , "xy'^d.

Item, a peyr of bedys of jett, . • viij^.

William Bemond, a custell, pris • xvj^.

Item, a perre of bottes, pris . , ijj.Item, a peyre of glovys of otter.

Water Wynter, a shert, , • • xij^.

A dager, ... • • xij^.

A purs with . . . . • x//.

Sander Koke, a mourey gown, . , vjx.

Item, a cotte of moster develers,^ . xl^.

Item, a blanket, .... iijj.

Item, a peyre of shettes, . . . iiijj.

Item, iij. peyr of shoys, . . . xx//.

Item, a peyr of sokkes, . . . \]d.

Item, a hatt, ..... yl\]d.

Item, a peyr of patanys, a cappe of violet, ) • • ,

Item, iij. gyrdyll, and acerchey \kerchief\ ) •'

Item, ij. of 2 of hossen, pris . . iijj.

Snallewell, a schet, pris . . . xx//.

Item, ij. shurtes, a peyr ofe lynclothis, xx//.

Item, ij. dowbelettes, pris . . y^d.

Item, iij. gyrdyll, ij. cappes, . . xv^.

Item, ij. peyr of hossen, . , • xl^.

Item, a lyneng to a gown, • • xx^.

Item, an hodde, . . . • xl//.

John Bube (?), ane hatt, pris . • nd.

Item, a bowe, pris . . . • \)d.

Item, a peyr of bottes, . . • xvj^.

Item, a purs with .... iiij^.

Item, a cappe, .... \\\]d.

Herry Gunnold, tablys and stolys, pris vj.

^ Grey woollen cloth. • So io MS.

4A2 THE PASTON LETTERS, [a.u. 1506.

955—958.

Abstracts.[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

The following letters are probably all of the time ofHenry VII. They are all addressed to a Mr. WilliamPaston, but perhaps not all to the same person. Thefirst two are apparently to William Paston, the brotherof the two Sir Johns. The third is doubtful. Thelast m.ay be to the son of the second Sir John.

955.—John Wryght to Master William Paston at Ilynnyng-ham.—Has received from him a bill with 3^-. 6^., part payment ofthe cotton russet. '' The rest we shall drink when ye come toLondon." Does not understand Paston's order for other 9 yards.Does he wish frieze, cotton or plain blanket?—London, St.Catherine's Even.

956.—^John Breton of Hadley to Master William Paston.—Desires him to be good master to the bearer, **a poor kinsmanof mine," to whom my lord ^ has written sharply, that he maycome before my lord for his answer.

957.—Petyr Marham to his master, William Pastun.—Desireshis advice, as Robert Gaunley, sometime his 'prentice, has takenan action against him at the common law.

958.—William Ocley to Master William Paston.—Has spokenwith young Wyndam in Master Digby's presence. He wasgrateful to Paston for his loving mind towards him, and saidhe would receive " the two riall" himself, and buy no new geartill he knew the King's pleasure touching his pardon.—London,3 Sept

1 The Earl of Oxford

APPENDIX.

This Appendix consists of three parts. In the firstwill be found a few letters and papers connected withthe Paston family, which were either discovered toolate for insertion in their proper places, or had beenaccidentally omitted. Most of these were found inthe Bodleian Library at Oxford by my friend Mr. W.H. Turner. The second part contains transcripts ofthe wills of members of the Paston family from thePrincipal Registry at Somerset House. The thirdhas been added since the other two were in type, inconsequence of a discovery m^^de in a private librarv,just before the Index had gone co press.

Appendix.Part 1

959.

A.D. 1425, 24 Sept.—Abstract.

[From a Bodl. MS.]

Bill witnessing a concord made 24 Sept. 4 Hen. VI. betweenJohn Kertelyng, clerk, general attorney of Sir John Fastolf, onthe one part, and Richard Boson, Esq., on the other, viz.: ThatFastolf shall have in fee-simple the manor of the said Richard inCastre called Bosons of the gift of the said Richard before Easternext, and that the said Richard shall have Fastolf's manor inTiteleshale called Peekhalle, in fee-simple, of the gift of Fastolf,paying to Fastolf £(Xi within the next four years.

960.A.D. 1426, I Dec.—Abstract.

[From a Bodl. MS.]John Paston alias Wortes.

Draft \vrit to the Sheriff of Nor^vich to attach and bring beforethe Council John Paston alias Wortes and others for violation ofthe statutes of Provisors 25 Edw. III. and 16 Ric. II., onthe complaint of John Bnmdale, prior of Bromholm that althoughhe, Bnindale, was canonically elected prior, the said Paston orWortes had crossed the sea without royal license, obtained aprovision of the said priory in the Court of Rome, and got him-self installed as prior, and the other expelled. Also the saidJohn Paston or Wortes, and John Gees, a Carmelite friar of

Norwich, Edmund Alderford, late of Norwich, clerk, Earth.Waryn, parson of Trunche, William Cuttynjr of Worsted, clerk,John Gees of Crowemer, merchant, and Ralph Gunton of Nor-wich, scrivener, received the said instruments at Bakton, and putthem into execution.—Dated i Dec.

ii. On the back of the preceding is another draft writ of thesame date against the same parties for endeavouring to draw theprior out of the kingdom by a suit in the Court of Rome.

The paper is endorsed—'* S. (?) Billoe vis. Veneris prox. postdiem antedictum (?) Anno II. vj. vto, et non necessario festinant'.Iterum supervidendum."

Endorsed in a later hand—" fowchynge Sir John FastolfFes lander inNorffolk and Suriye."

961.

A.D. 1432-40.John Willoughby to Lord Beaumont.

[From Taston MSS., B.M.]

The WTiter of this letter was the father of Robert, first Lord Willoughby deBroke,\vho afterwards laid claim to the barony of Latimer, as being descendedfrom Elizabeth, sister and sole heir of John Neviil, fifth Lord Latimer, whodied in 1430. He was, however, unsuccessful, as the title had been revivedin 1432 by a writ of summons to George Neviil, a son of Ralph, first Earl ofWestmoreland. This George died in 1469, and was succeeded by his grand-son, Richard Neville, then an infant of two years old, who had summons toParliament as Lord Latimer in 1492. The Lord Latimer here spoken of seemsto be George Neviil, and it is probable that the letter was written between1432 and 1440, as John, Lord Beaumont, was created Viscount in the latteryear, while he is not so addressed here.

To my ryght noble a?id ryght \_drd\dde lord^ my Lord

Beaumont.

j^YGHT wursshipfull sire, my ryghte noble, andryghte dradde lorde, after dyw recommendJi-cion to yowr reverens, please hit yow to knov/that yowr lordesship luste to empointe me toabyde yowr noble avys touching the landis of Late-mer, which my Lorde Latemer holdith ate this day.My lord, I muste, and owe of dywte, abyde yowre em-poyntement, and shall; how be hit I have be confortidto complaine me to my lordis and yow of the grete■wronge that I have. But, sir, y have soe verray trusteone yowre lordesship that I refuse all counsaille,

abyding yowre empointemente and rewell, as my diwteis to doo; byseching yow, my lord, to remembre yowand compasse of yowre servaunt, and that ye lust ofyowr grace to comyne with my Lord of Salisbury, andto fele him in the mater, and as ye fele him, hit pleaseyo\vre lordesship I may have knowlege; and whateyowre pore bedman may do to yowre plesire, I ameredy ate yowre comaundement ate all howris, whichknowith God, Hoe have yow, my ryghte noble lord, inHis blessid gouvernauns.

Write ate Broke, the v. day of Marche.

Your pore bedman and servant,

John Wylughby.

962.A.D. 1442, 15 April.—Abstract.

[From a Bodl. MS.]John and Margaret Paston.

Indenture tripartite, whereby Sir Simon Felbrigge, OliverGroos, Esq., and William Paston, feoffees of Robert Mauteby,Esq., deceased, at the request of Margaret, wife of John Paston,daughter and heir of John Mauteby, son and heir of said Robert,and in consideration that the said John Paston and Margaretnow have issue a son, John, whereby John Paston the fatheris, by the law of England, for term of his life of the inheritance

of his said wife, grant and confirm to the said John Paston

the manors of Mauteby, Sparham, Basyngham, Westbekham,Matelask, and Briston, the manor of Salle called Kirkehalle, andthe manor called Fleghalle in Wynterton, Somerton, Ormesby,Martham, Horseye, Waxstonesham, and Pallyng, and lOOs. rent inCastre by Norwich and Merkeshale, Norfolk ; and the manor ofFreton in Suffolk; with certain reversions on the death of Eleanor,wife of Thomas Chambre, Esq., formerly wife of the said RobertMauteby, Margery, wife of Ralph Garneys, Esq., mother of thesaid Margaret, formerly wife of John Mauteby, and of EdwardMauteby, Esq., and Thomas Mauteby, Esq., sons of the saidRobert. To hold to the said John Paston, with remainder toMargaret and the heirs of her body; with contingent remaindersin tail to Edw. Mauteby, Thomas Mauteby, &c.

Dated Mauteby, 15 April, 20 Hen. VI.III. 2 E

963.

A.D. 1443, 17 Oct.—Abstract.

[From the Chancery Roll of the Duchy of Lancaster, 22 Hen. VI^Y. 2 c, No. 79.]

Land in Paston.

Warrant to Sir Roger Frenles, Kjiight, Chief Steward of theDuchy lands in Norfolk and other counties, and Sir ThomasTudenham, particular Steward of the lordship and manor ofGymyngham, to demise [dimittere et tradere) to the undertenants{bassis tenentibus) specified in an act of Parliament, certain charter-hold land in Paston and Edithorp granted to the King by Wil-liam Paston, Robert Clere, and Edmund Clere in exchange forcertain parcels of copyhold land, in accordance with an act of thelast Parliament holden at Westminster. The copyhold landgranted to them consisted of 36^ acres 9 perches l^ qr. of aperch and i pekke of land, pasture, heath, and marsh, with twohouses built on certain parcels thereof, with :^ of a rood of wasteland [not belonging to the Duchy ?] in Paston ; and it was givenin recompense for 36^ acres 26^ perches and half a quarter of aperch, half a **pekke" and one "naylle" of land, pasture, andheath, called ** Chartrehold," with two houses built on certainparcels thereof, in Paston and Edithorp, which are to be annexedtc the Duchy. These parcels are specified in an inquisition dated18 May 18 Hen. VL, remaining in the treasury of the Duchy,which was taken by virtue of letters of the Cardinal to LordBardolf and others.

17 Oct. 22 Hen. VL

964.

Before A.D. 1444.William Paston and William Joye.

[From Douce Charters in Bibl. Bodl., No. 18.

jEC sunt hostilmenta et vutensilia domus, bonaet catalla, que Willielmus Paston, in indenturapresentibus annexa nominatus, tradidit etdimisit Willielmo Joye in eadem indenturanominato, secundum formam ejusdem indenture, excommuni assensu eorundem Willielmi et Willielmi, per"Robertum Gynne, Johannem Albon de Paston et alios

appreciata, assignata et speciticata, modo subsequenti,videlicet: tres equi precii quinquc marcarum ; quatuorvacce, quelibet precii vijj*. v]d.; una juvenca brendytprecii \s. \ unus tauriculus, precii iiijV.; una juvenculadowet precii iiji".; due sues, quelibet precii \\]s. \\\)d.;tres porculi, quilibet precii xvjV?. ; tres porcelli, quilibetprecii xij^.; quatuor alii porcelli., quilibet precii viij^.;una carecta, precii ^]s. y\\]d. \ apparatus carette, vide-licet una sella, unum par des stroppys; duo pariadez trayses, precii \]s.; due caruce cum les hokyset stappilles; unum par rotarum; due herpice, preciivs. \ quatuor paria dez trayses ad aratrum, preciiy\\]d.; due furse fimose, precii vj^.; una vanga, preciiiij^.; unus tribulus, precii iij^.

Hec sunt blada et alia hostilmenta et utensilia domus,bona et catalla, per predictum Willielmum Paston pre-dicto Willielmo Joye secundum formam dicte indenturesimiliter dimissa et non appreciata, videlicet: sexquarteria frumenti; xxv. quarteria ordei; viij. quarteriaavenarum; quidam tassus pisarum in fine australiantique grangie messuagii predicti, qui est altitudinisiij. virgarum et iij. quarteriorum unius virge, et quidamalius tassus vescarum in boriali fine ejusdem grangie,altitudinis iij. virgarum et j. quarterii unius virge; quiquidem duo tassi fueruntvesture xij.acrarum et dimidii,et dimidii rode terre; iij. vasa vocata Kelerys; j.Gilyngsat; iiij. stondes pro servitio; j. stonde incoquina; ij. patelle cum ligaminibus ferreis; j. parvapatella cum ligamine ferreo; j. magna olla ennea\(Bned\) alia olla ennea minor; j. parva olla ennea;j. tabula; j. par des trostelles; j. Ion gum hostiumjacens in boteria; j. par des trestelles, j. trow, ij.boUes, j. morter, j. thede, j. temse, j. mashsterell, j.tankard cum ligamine ferreo; j. bultyngpoke, j. magnatrow pro farina, cista pro farina, j. fleshoke, j. tripesferreum, j. veni ferreum ; j. aunderun, j. par de tongys,j. lach'gres ennua, j. seturis, j. magnum lavacrum pen-dens, j. kynderkyn, ij. soos leeke, j. par de belwes, j.uiagnum planke super mensam coquine hargour; iij.

perapsides; iij. disci; iij. sauserys de pewter; iij.perapsides; iij. disci; j. magnus discus, vj. sissom, iij.ciphi de ligno, j. chayer; duo longa scanna, j. scannuramediocre longitudinis; ij. scanna vocata buffet stoles;ij. bankar; j. gladius, ij. ferra vocata aplates; j. chirne;j. chyrnyng staf; j. curtafak; j. candelabrum ferreum;j. parvum salerium; j. beryngsceppes, unum par dezpepyrquens, ij. uteri, j. cadus cum vergous; j. parvacista in boteria; j. selura supra servisiam; j. metesetell;j. pykforke; iij. longabordclothis; j. towayll, j. san . . .et j. walet pro autumpno; j. lucerna; ij. vomeri et ij.cultri que ponderant xvij. li. et dim.; j. carectula,Anglice, a carre; j. sunvectorium (?); ij. novi rowintreeset j. curtum lignum in le carthovvs; ij. veteres bige; j.par rotarum ferratarum; ij. kemell cum hopys ferreis;j. frena, j. pelvis; viij. sacci; iiij. longa ligna fraxinorain pistrina; j. fetyrlok.

In dorso—

Summa catall' infrascriptorum et appreciat', v//. 19J. %d.Summa granorum infrascriptorum ultra persas (V) et vcsias, iiij//. xviijj. iiij</.Quarterium frumenti ad iiijj., quarterium ordei ijj. iiij<^., et querteriumavenarum ad ijj.Item, vestura xij. acranim et di., et di. rod. pisarum et vescar*.Item, dicta vestura piseii et vescar. ad Ij., lacr' ad iiijj. de xij. acr' et dLrod. non lax.

Summa totalis, xiiij//. viijj.

965.After A.D. 1444.—John Paston's Petition.

[From Tanner MS. 95, f. 82.]

This is a draft in the handwriting of William Worcester, very illegible fromthe number of the corrections, and also from the ink being very much faded.Of its date I cannot tell except that it was clearly written in the reign ofHenry VI. and after the death of Judge Paston in 1444.

To the Kyng our Soverayii Lord.

LES your Hyghnes of your abundante grace, anconsyderacion of the servys and plesure thatyour Hyghnes knowyth to yow don by WilliamPaston, late one of your judgys, and oldservaunt to that nobyll Prinse your fadyr, to graunte

onto John Paston, Esquyer, sonn and heyir of the seydWylliam, your lettrys patents under the seel of yowrDuche of Lancastre, being in the keping of ThomasChesham, aftyr affecte of note folowyng; and he schallpray to God for yow.

Kex, etc Sciatis, quod de gracia nostra speciaU et exmero motu nostro, ac pro bono et laudabyU servicioquod dilectus et fideHs nobis Willelmus Paston, nuperunus Justiciariorum nostromm, defunctus, nobis in vitasua inpendydit, consessimus et hac presenti carta nostraconfirmavimus, in quantum in nobis est, Johanni Pastonarmigero, fiHo et heredi dicti VVillelmi, viginti tria me-suagia, quingintas triginta et iiij. acras pasture, bruere etmarissy in vilHs de Paston, Edythorp, et Bakton, incomitatu nostro Norff quas diversi tenentes nostriibidem de nobis separatim native tenent ad voluntatemnostram per virgam sive copiam et per serta redditus etservissia, nativa annuaHa inde nobis reddend., quead valorem novem librarum annuatim exeunt vel infra.Concessimus eciam eidem Johanni curiam lete,seu visusranciplegii nostri, in villis de Paston et Edithorp pre-dictis, que est annui valoris viij. solidorum per estima-cionem ; ad quatuor libratas, quatuor solidatas et octodenariatas redditus. Redditum octo boschellonimavenarum et trium caponum cum pertinentiis in villispredictis, ac in villis Wytton et Easewyk in comi-tatu predicto, percipiendum anuatim de omnibus etsingulis liberys tenentibus nostris ibidem pro tenementissuis qui de nobis separatim tenent in eisdem villis, unacum fidelitatibus et aliis serviciis eorundem tenentiumet eorum cujuslibet, de, seu pro, tenementis illis eteorum qualibet parcella nobis debitis sive pertinentibus.Concessimus etiam eidem Johanni et heredibus suisofficium parcarie ac costidie^ parci nostri deGr}'myghamin com. nostro predicto, una cum proficuo agistamentibestiarum ejusdem parci pro vadiis suis pro officio pre-dicto annuatim percipiend : sahns no[bis?] et hodiema

1 Sic, pro custodise.

422 THE PASTON LETTERS,

sufficient! pastura ferarum nostrarum ibidem ut temporenostro prius usitatum fuit; quod quidem proficuum agis-tamenti ad valorem x. marcarum extendit per annum.Habenda, tenenda et percipienda predicta messuagiaterram,pasturam,brueram,mariscum,curiamlete,etvisusfranciplegii, redditus, et servissia, officium et agistament'proficu* cum pertinentiis, prefato Johanni et heredibussuis de nobis et heredibus nostris, per fidelitatemet reddi-tum uniusrose rubiead Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johan-nis Baptiste annuatim nobis solvendum, si petatur, proomnibus serviciis, exaccionibus et demandis. Eo quodmessuagia, terra, pastura, bruera, mariscus, curia lete,redditus, servicia predicta, officium et agistament'profic*,valorem supra specificatum [non] excedant, vel valoremilium non attingant, aut aliquo actu, restriccione seumandato facto, edito aut proviso non obstante.Volumus etiam et assignavimus quod omnes illi quiper nos seu ad usum nostrum, jus, titulum, seustatum in premissis, seu aliquo premissorum habueruntseu habent, nobis antehac non relaxatum, jus, titulum etstatum ilia prefato Johanni et heredibus suis dimittentet relaxent. In cujus . . .

966.A.D. 1447, 21, 26 Oct.—Abstracts.

[From MSS. Hickling, 130, 140, in Magd. Coll., Oxf.]

21 Oct, at London.—Letter from Fastolf to Thomas Howysand John Grene, desiring them to procure information about oneRobert Eccles, cousin and heir to John Eccles, whom the counselfor the prior of Hickling propose to call to give evidence aboutthe rent of 25 marks.

1447, [26 Oct.] "Thursday byfore S. Symond and Jude," 26Hen. VI. at Castre. Long letter from Thomas Howys in reply tothe preceding, with the results of searches made in the Bishop'sregistry for wills of the Eccles family, with particulars about var-ious ruembcrs of the family, &c.

[For these abstracts I am indebted to Mr. Macray, and also forthose immediately following, which are from the same source.]

967.

Abstracts.

[From MSS. in Magd. Coll., Oxf.]

The Prior of Hickling.

[14 . . ] At Westminster.

Letter [on paper, in English] yrt?;/; hoo counsel^ William JVan^e-ford and William Jenney^ to Sir John Fastolf, giving their opin-ion on his claim against the prior of Hickling. Sir John cannotrecover the £20 forfeit, because the condition of the obligationonly extended to the heirs of Sir Hugh Clifford, and not to hisassigns, and Sir John is only an assign ; but the rent of 25 marksis sure to him, and he can recover it, if denied by the prior, byprocess of law; they will consult with justices and Serjeantswhether he can recover it by distraint

Hickling 74,

[14 . . ] Friday in the 2nd week after Easter at Lenne.

Letter, [in English, on paper] fro?ft Henry Notyngham to SirHenry Barton, Alderman of London. Has counselled with Past on.and fmds him more friendly and ready to help in Barton's matterthan ever before ; supposes that the cause is, that the prior thatwas obstinate is dead, and another appointed, who Paston trustswill be more easy to stir. Desires that Paston may be thanked.Sends a letter which he desires " a child of zours " may cany toMistress Jenkin Leventhorpe the younger ; and ask at my lord'sinn of Doreham or of RatclyfT or some other which he may thinkbest, if he {i.e. my Lord of Durham) shall be at this Parliament.Send to Thomelin Gr}'s, spicer at Nonvich, some "loder," assoon as he can goodly buy it, which comes each week to Rossa-mez Inn in St. Laurence's Lane.

Hickling y_$.

[14 . . ] 14 Apr., At Nor\\nch.

letter, [in English, on paper] from H\enry'\ Notyngham to SirHenry Barton, alderman of London. Delivered Paston the copyof the deeds ; shewed his letter to the prior and convent, butgained nothing; they said they would please Barton full fain,but all their counsel are full against their binding themselves byany such confinnation ; tliey were bound to the former ownerand his heii-s, bu': not to his as.signs. Advises him to get goodcounsel, and thinks nothing can be done unless he gets Paston'sassent and grant to help the matter.

Hickling S<^.

[1450 or 1451 ?] iS Aug. Norwich.

letter [in English, on j^per] from '* IV. [Hart\ Bisshope ofNorwii/i" to Sir John Fastolf. Has put himself gieaily in his

devoir to put an end to the controversy between Fastolf and thehouse of Hykelyng, and has been so importunate that Lord Scaleshas advised him not to meddle in the matter, because he is takenas a suspect person ; if he could do him more profit, he would notspare labour or cost, on account of Fastolf's towardness and gen-tleness to condescend unto right and reasonable mean, the whichhe conceives not in the other party. Had hoped his good anddevout purpose towards the place of St. Bennet's would havegrown to some good conclusion ; was there the Sunday before St.Laurence's Day, and greatly rejoiced at such work and cost as hehas done there. Heartily desires him to come here to the air ofhis natural birth, where he will find my Lord of Norfolk and suchattendance as the Bishop and other gentles of the country may do,ready unto him at all times ; his coming would be to his healthand heart's ease, and the cause of much peace in the country.

Small seal, fastened on the letter ; a stag ; a straw round it.

Hickling 104.

[ ]

Letter^ [in English, on paper] from Lord Scales to Sir JohnFastolf, asking him to withdraw an outlawry which has beenissued against John Dowebegyng, servant of the former, for adebt of ;i^ioodue to Fastolf by Thomas Danyell, Esq., for whichDowebegyng had become bound. '

Signed by Lord Scales, who adds a postscript in his own handthat Fastolf has been as faithful and kind to him since he cameinto England as he was in France, and that there is no one of hisestate for whom he would do so much.

Small seal, on the paper, with a straw round it.

968.A.D. 1455, 10 July.Sir J. Fastolf to John Paston.

[From a modem copy by Gough in Bodl. Library.]

This letter was e\'idently written in the year 1455, as appears by the refer-ence to the Parliament and to the intended journey of Sir John Fastolf up toLondon (see No. 252).

To the worshypfull and my ryght welle helovyd cosyn,John Paston.

^^npORSHYPFULL and ryghte welbelovyd cosyn,(11'! t '^1 ^ comaund me to you. Please you to wetel^i^iim that the pryour and convent of Norwycl-j

have w}'th holden certeyn rent for londes that theyholden of me wythynne my maner of Harlyston, andthe ij. tapers of wax of \]lb. wyghte by the space ot

xviij. yeers that mountyth xxjx.

valued in money; and the lordes of the seyd manerbeying before me, and also y yn my tyme have be seisidand possessed of the sayd rent. Praying you to speekwyth the pryour, recomaundyng me unto hym, andthat ye lyke to meave hym to make me payment, ashys dewtee ys, so as y have no cause to stirre further,and to doo as justice requyryth. He holdyth xxx.acres land or more by the sayd rent, and yhyt ought topay me othyr rents more by myne evidents of moreade. Y pray you, cosyn, that y may speke wyth youor y ryde, and that on Thrysday by the farthyst, andthen y shall tell you tydyngs off the Parlement, andthat ye fayle not, as my trus ys yn you. Y pray Godhave you yn Hys governance.

Wreten at Castre, the x. day of Julie.Your cosyn,

John Fastolfe.

969.

Before A.D. 1456.Lord Cromwell to John Paston.

[From Fenn, ii. 290.]

This letter was attributed by Fenn to Humphrey Bourchier, who wascreated Lord Cromwell in the first year of Edward IV., and being accordinglyplaced by him in that reign, it was accidentally overlooked by me in its properplace. The signature, of which Fenn gives a facsimile, is not that ofHumphrey Bourchier, Lord Cromwell, but of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, wliodied on the 4th January 1456.

To my right trusty ffrend^ Johti Paston^ Squier,

|RUSTY and welbeloved frend, I grete youwele. And for as much as hit is don me tounderstande that there is a greet straunge-nesse betwix my right tiusty frend JohnRadchff and you, withoute any matier or cause of sub-

staunce, as I am lemed; wherfore, in as much as I loveyou wele bothe, I am not content hit shulde so be.

Praying you hertly to forbere the said straungenesseon your partie to suche tyme as I speke with you nextmy self, leting you wite I have wreten to him to dothe same; and that ye faile not herof, as I may do anything for you herafter. And our I.orde have you in Hiskeping.

VVretin at London, the x. day of Fevrier.

Cromwell.

970.

A.D. 1459? [22] Aug.William Jenney to John Paston.

[From Fenn, iv. 38.]

This letter is referred by Fenn to the beginning of Edward IV's reign, buton a careful examination I think it must be earlier, as William Jenney's pro-ceedings, even in the first year of Edward IV., were by no means friendly toJohn Paston. The Lord Scales here mentioned must therefore be the LordScales of Henry VI.'s time, who was murdered in July 1460, and the letter,having been written in August, cannot be later than 1459. lA that year, aswill be seen by Letter 325, John Paston's eldest son had already begun activelife, and I am inclined to think that it is the precise year in which the presentletter was written. John Paston, the second, was at that time not more thannineneen years of age, and we hear nothing of his doings earlier. The manorof Sporle was inherited by John Paston, Senior, from his father the judge.

To my worshipful and right gode mayster^ John Paston^

Squyer.

URSHIPFUL sire, and my right gode mayster,

I recomaunde me to zou, and hertely I

thanke zour gode maystership that ze liked

to sende my mayster zour sone to Sporle with

suych felaship as ze dede, for which I am ever bounde

to doo zou service, prayeng zou of zour gode conte-

nuaunce.

Sire, the cause why I kam not was this : I was falleseek with an axez [agtie], and truly that caused me thatI and my felaship taryed; and so be cause theroffe Icaused my lady to wryte a specyall Icttre to my Lord

APPENDIX, 427

Scales. But for al that Blake hath hoom the corn inmy Lady of Suffolkys name. And the cause why Isent no wurd of my seknes was, that I wuld not mynenmy shuld be rejoysed be the knowlych of my sek-nesse. So God help me, the felaship that was redyto goo was right sory that thei myght not goo furthwith me ; and my lordes and my ladyes wyl was thatthei shuld have goon lurther. But if I had been heiland not seek, there shuld have kome a wurshipful fela-ship out of Suffolk of so litel warnyng; but truly I layseek at Ipeswych of the axcez bothe Sunday and Mon-day. But, sire, syn ze have shewed me so kyndelyzour gode maystership, I praye zou I may have yourfelaship redy at a nothir tyme to help to execute acommyssion touchyng Blake, and that thei may beredy withinne ij. dayez after ze have warnyng. And,sire, my service is redy to zou at alle tymys, as zeshewe me gret cause to doo zou service. Wreten atThelton,^ the Wednysday next before Seynt BertilmewDay in haste. Your servaunt,

William Jenney.

971.

A.D. 1459, 26 Nov.Sir John Fastolf and John Paston.

[From a Bodl. MS.]

EMORANDUM, that I Robert Fytzrawff, Es-quyer, recorde that I, beyng in my Master Fas-tolff chambre, lenyng upon the gret bedde, atsuche tyme as John Paston, Esquyer, MasterJohn Brackeley, Master Clement Felmyngham, weerein comonycacion with my seid master of dyvers gretmaters towchyng his will, and serten appoyntmentes atwyx my seid master and the seid John Paston, in theweke next be ffor my seid master dissesid, I hard myseid master and the seid John Paston appoynte and

1 Thelveton, near Diss, in Norfolk.

conclude that the seid John Paston shulde take uponhym the rwle of my masters howsold and of all hislyflod in Norffolk and Suffolk duryng his lyve; andaftir his dissese the seid John Paston shulde do ffoundea colage at Caster of vij. monkes or prestis, and payiiij. m^- mark of money be yeres to my seid masteresexecutoris, at eche payment viijc. marke, till the seidsom wer paid; and that the seid Jolm Paston shuldehave all the lyvelode that was my seid masters in Nor-ffolk and Suffolk to hym and to his heyres in fee.And aftir this seid mater rehersed my seid master seidethese wordes, " Cosyne, I pray you and requere you,lete this be settled in all hast withowte tarying, for thisis my very last wille." Also be it knowe to all menthat I had knowlege of this bargayne dyverse tymeshalfe-yere past, and how my seid Master Fastolff andthe seid John Paston wer nye at a conclucion of theseid maters a quarter of a yere be fore this last bar-gayne was made.

Wrete at Caster the xxvj. day of Novembre thexxxviij. yere of Kyng Plerry the Sexte. In witnessewherof, I have syngnyd this bull with myn own handand sette to mv seale. Robt. Fetzrawff.

972.

A.D. 1460 (?), 26 July.—Abstract.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

1 HE King TO John Nedham and Thomas Litilton, JusticesOF THE County Palatine of Lancaster.

Desires them to show favor to the defendants in an appealof robbery sued before them out of malice by Thomas Bury againscJohn Bemey of Redham, Norf., Junior, Esq., John Paston olNorwch, Esq., John Bemey of Redham, Norf., Senior, Esq.,John Hevenyngham, of Norwich, Esq., and Christopher Norwichof Brundehale. They are to receive no writ returned in the nameof the Sheriff of Norfolk touching that matter except by thehands of the sheriff himself, or of John Bernarde his under-sheriff.

London, 26 July.

II. Another letter, similar in substance, in which no justices*names are given.

[These documents cannot be later than 1460, as the younger John Bemeydied in July of that year (sec next letter). But as Judge Littleton was onlymade a King's Serjeant in 1455, they cannot be many years earlier, and theyare not unlikely to be of the year 1460 itself.J

973.

A.D. 1460, 28 July.John Paston to Margaret Paston.

[From Fenn, iv. 36.]

According to Fenn, Margaret Paston's uncle John Eerney, second son ofJohn Berncy, Esq. of Reedham, died in July 1461, and he accordingly placesthis letter in that year. It is evident, however, that John Berney was deadat the date of Nos. 368 and 396, the former written in January 1461, the lattercertainly not so Lite as the 28th July in the same year, for Thomas Denyswas murdered at the very beginnmg of the month. Indeed, it is clear thatin No. 396 Margaret Paston wishes to ainuige about the approaching anni-versary of her uncle's death. John Bemey must therefore have died inJuly 1460, although from the troubled character of the times his will (whichjs preserved in the Principal Registry at Somerset House), made on the 2dJ line 1460 (Monday after the Feast of St. Petronilla the Virgin), w.is not provedtill the ist December 1461.

To my ivurschipfuU coysyn, Margaret Paston^ be thisdelyvercd in haste.

RECOMAUNDE me unto you, letyng youwitte that your unkyll, John Berney, is deed,whoos soule God have mercy; desyryng youto sende for Thomas Holler,^ and enquere ofhym wher his goode is, and what he is wurthe, andthat he take goode eede to all suche goods as he hadbothe meveable and on mevable ; for I undre standethat he is wurthe in money v<^- [500] marke, and in plateto the valwe of other v^- marke, beside other goods.Wherfor I wolde ye schulde not lete hym wete of hisdissese unto the tyme that ye had enquered of the seideThomas Holler of all suche maters as be a bov}n

1 When Berney's will was proved at Lambeth, ist December 1461, admini-stration was granted provisionally to Thomas Hooler, who was to send inaccounts before the morrow of the Conversion of St Paul (Jan. 26) following.Power was, however, reserved of committing administration to John Paston.But John Paston did not appear on the day, and left the undivided admini-•UraUou to Hooler.

wreten, and whan he hathe enformed you therof,than lete hym wete verely that he is deede, desirynghym that no man come on to his place at Redham buthym selfe, unto the tyme that I come.

Item, I lete you witte that gret parte of his goodeis at William Taverners, as I undrestande. ThomasHoller woll telle you justely the trouthe as I suppose,and deseyre hym on my behalfe that he doo soo, andther is writyng therof; and telle Thomas Holler that Iand he be executours named, and therfore lete hymtake heede that the goods be kept saffe, and thatnobody knowe wher it shall lie but ye and ThomasHoller. And Thomas Holler, as your unkyll tolde me,is prevy wher all his goode lithe and all his writyng,and so I wol that ye be prevy to the same for casualteof deethe, and ye too shal be his executours for me aslonge as ye doo trewly, as I trowe verely ye woll.

Wreten at London, the xxviij'- day of Jule.

I requer yow be of god cum fort and be not hevy, ifye wil do ovvth for me.

Yowr, John Paston.

874.A.D. 1460, I Aug.—Abstract.

[From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

"Soutwerk cum membris," No. $oa.—"Inquisitiopost mortemJohannis Fastolf militis capta per eschaetorem Regis, ubi mentiofit quorundam tenementoinim, viz., the Berehouse, Boreshead,Hartshome, et 2 molendinoinmi aquaticorum. Aug. i, Hen.VI. 38."

975.

A.D. 1463, Feb. or March.Margaret Paston to John Paston.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Thfe letter though not addressed seems to have been written by MargaretPaston to her husband. The election referred to must have beeu mat fur the

Parliament of 1463. From one expression used it is clear that it was written

boiuc time before Easter, and the dispute with Jciincy and Dcbcnliani aboutCalcotc proves the date to a certainty. Compare Nos. 467 and 468 in Vol. ii.

LEASE you to wet that Will. Jeney and Deb-ham cam to Calcote on Wednysday beforenone, and ther they spake with Rysyng andJohn Smythe, and haskyd hem rent andferme, and they seydyn they had payed you, and sothey myght not paye hem. Also, ferthermore, they toldhem that ye had hold a corte ther syn that they enterydthere. Than Jenney answerd ageyn " Be cause he helda corte here we mad hym hold corte at London, and soshall we make the to hold a corte at Ipysweche with-owt thow wolt pay us the rent and ferme." "Sir,"quod Rysyng, " I toke the ferme of my master and ofSir Thomas Howys." Jenney seyd, "And as for SirThomas, he and we schall acord well i nowe." And sothey hahte seled up the beme dore and woll dryvea wey the catell bothe of the fermores and of the ten-auntes, withowt the fermor and John Smythe woll fyndhem suerte to pay hem at Esterne, and Jenney andDebham woll [be] bownd ageyn to hem in a obligacionof xl//. to save hem harmelese ageyns you. And soas yet Rysyng standythe under award at Leystofte. SoRysyng hathe sent word to me that I shall knowe thysnyght or ellis to morowe what end they hathe mad.

Item, as towchyng the burges of Yermothe they werchosyn on Wednysday. The Baly Wydwell ys on ;and as for the todyr the Bischoppe sent to the townefor to have a man of hys owne, and so they be notacordyd yit of hym; en cas they may not acord, JohnRus shall be the todyr.

Item, as towchyng Grene, a came not to Caster onThursday, for he went to Norwich the same day, andso he is yet ther. Daubeney hathe spokyn with Wat-kyn Shypdam for to be at Beyton on Monday to kepea corte ther; and so he woll be at Caster on Sondayand spek with you, for he seythe that Fastolf ^ hathe

1 Thomas FastoU of Cowhawe.

mad a cleyme ther to; that is the cause he wolle comotiand speke with you ther of hym selff.

Item, I can not, ner Daubeney nowther, fynd yourwyght boke; it is not in the trussyng cofyr, ner in thesprucheste nothyr. Jon Walsham toke me a quayer,I suppose it lo[n]g)'the to the same boke, that same Isend you, and the byllis of Walcote with ale sealyd.Wretyn this day. By your, M. P.

On the back are the following accounts, written, in a very careless hand

hy Richard Calle:—

Forene' Recepf.

De Jqhanne Prentice de Castelaere ad festum Sancts

Fidis per manus vicarii de Sporle, . . Ixr.

De Roberto Wylley clerico post Nativitatem Domini, cr.

De Willelmo Whyte, vigil' Conversionis Sancti Pauli, yj//. xiijj. iiij</.

De Edmundo Wynter, mason, de Bermynghem circa

Conversionem Sancti Pauli, vjj. y\\]d.

De Willelmo Elys de Wynterton ad Pascha vjj. viij^

De Warino Herman ad Pascha xiiJ5. iiij</.

De Johanna Bakeney uxore Gerard, . . ziij^. iiij<^

Item, de Johanne Russe.

Rec. de Willelmo Norwich et M. Johanne Smythe ven-ditio jocalium Johannis Bemey de Redham pro tant'denar' pro me pro debito ipsius Bemey apud Redhamsolut', . . .... xx/z. xvjf.

Reccpt' de Tesauro.

Inprimis, pro viagio Johannis Paston, Jun. cum Rege etaliis causis (?) versus Annewyke de denariis receptisde debito prioris Norwicensis .... \li.

Item, de auro remanente de Coppes in eadem baga, . \xs.

Item, de baga pecuniae prestandse eodem tempore, . viij. marc'.

Item, de remanent' in forcerio tesaur' li'berat' 1 frater

meus Will' Yelv'n, ... xs. m]d.

Termitu) Michaelis.^

Item, de pecunia remanente cum Thoma Gresham apudLondon ; termino Michaelis xx//., termino Hillarij,xxxiiji. iiij^. xxj/t". xiij.;. \\\id.

Item, de tesauro London termino Michaelis, 1. marc',) ,■termino Hillarij 1. marc', termino Paschae 1. marc', \

Item, de tesauro Norffolk cariat' versus London ter-mino Paschse, ultra x\li. remanens {sic) apud termi-num Trinitatis, . xL marc'.

1 The words "tesaur* liberat'" are interlined and apparently intended to beinserted here. I must leave the grammar of the sentence as it stands in theoriginal. The word at the end, which I believe stands for " Yelverton," is veryambiguous from the careless writing.

2 These words are inserted between the lines, but vhether they were in-tended for a heading is a little uncertain.

976.

A.D. 1464.—Sacred Vessels.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This list of articles is in the handwriting of Richard Calle, writing, I pre-sume, as John Paston's secretary, and in nis name. It will be seen that itcorresponds with a Latin list contained in No. 487, and must therefore be the" bill drawn in English " there referred to.

This is the plate that was in my cofir at Norwich.

Chaleys of goold playne, weyng ij. pound.Item, a nother chaleys of goold, with thiswritynge "Calicem salutaris^ accipiam," weyngxix. unces.

Item, one table of gold, with an image of Sen Jamesset with precious stonys, weyng xiij. unce iij. quarter.

Item, one peyre of sensers of silver and gilt, withscripture, viz., in the first part, " Dat' est eis," &c., andin the second parte, "Ascendit fumus," &c., weyngxiij//. et X. unc'.

Item, one box of silver and gilt for the sacrement,with a crosse in the heyght, and chased with liliis,weying v//. iij. unc' di.

Item, one potte callid a crismatorie to put in holycreme and oyle, of silver and gilt, weying ]li,

977.A List of Gilt Images.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

This list is likewise in the handwriting of Richard Calle, and was perhapsdrawn up about the same time as the preceding one.

N image off Owr Lady with ij. awngellis sens-yng, gilthe, viij''^- unc', viz., xiii//. et. iiij.unc'.

1 Salutularis, MS.IH. 2 F

Item, a crosse with a fott, Ix. unc', gilthe in tocassys and gilt, viij^*- & xvij. unc', viz., xiiij//. & ix.unc'.

Item, an image of Sent Jon Vangelist, gilthe, weyngvij'^^x. unc', viz., xij//. vj. unc'.

Item, an image of Sent Jon Baptist, gilthe, with theLamb, Iviij. unc', viz., iiij//. x. unnc'.

Item, an image off Sent Jamis with his staff, gilthe,weyng xxxvj. unc', viz., iij//.

Item, an image off Our Lady, gilthe, with a crowneand a lely, weyng iij^^-vj. unnc*, viz., v//. vj. unc'.

Item, an image of Sent Denys, gilthe, weyng 1. unc*,viz., iiij/2. ij. unc'.

Item, an image off owr Savyowr, gilt, with Hiscrosse, His diademe, and His fane, v^^xj. unc', viz.,ix//. iij. unc'.

Summa unciarum xl^^viij. unc'.

Summa Ixvij. lib. iiij. unc'.

Sum in markis Cj. mark ij. unc', di.

Memorandum, j. lib. continet xij. unc'; j. marccontinet viij. unc'.

Endorsed—Episcopus Cantuariensis.

978.

A.D. 1465, 14 Oct.The Duke of Suffolk's Attack on Hellesdon

[From a Bodl. MS.]

HYS be the parcell underwryten of such godysas were taken and beren away at Haylesdon,of John Pastons, hys sones and hys servauntsby the Duk of Suffolk servaunts and tenauntsthe xiiij. day of October the v. yere of Kyng E. the

iiij'*^, the whych day the place of Haylesdon was brokenand pullyd dovvyn, &c.

In primis, ther was lost of John Pastons ther at thattyme in beddyng ij. ffeder bedds with ij, bolsters, iiij.materas, with iiij. bolsters; a grete seler with thetestor, and iij. corteyns of whyte lynen cloth, and acoverlyte of whyte werstede longyng therto.

Item, a selere with a testore, and iij. corteyns ofblewe bokeram with a coveryng of blew werstede long-yng therto; v. pylowys of dovvyn, vj. coverlyts of werkof dyvers colors, vj. payr blankettys, ij. payr shytes ofiij. webbys, ij. hedshytes of ij. webbys, vj. payre shytesof ij. webbys, ij. basons of pewter, and iij. candelstykksof latyn for the chamber.

The Boiere.

Item, in primis, vj. bord clothys, vj. towellys, xij.napk)ms, vj. candelstykks of laton, ij. saltsalers ofsylver, ij. saltsalers of pewter, ij. basons of pewter withij. ewers, a bar ell of vyneger, a barell of vergyous, xij.ale stondys, ij. pantre knyves, a pyce of sylver, a pypefor brede, a ale stole, xij. spones of sylver, &c.

Tlie Browhern.

Item, a grete lede to brew v. comb malte \\ith oneplawyng, a mayshsate, ij. kylyng sates, vj. kylers, ij.clensyng sates, a taptrogh, a temps to dense, with ascyppe to bere malte, a syff to s>^t malte, a bultyngpype, ij. knedyng satys, a moldyng bord.

TJte Kychyn.

Item, ij. dosyn pewter vessell, iiij. grete bras pannes,iij. potts of bras, j. greddyron, ij. broches, j. dressyngknyff, j. morter of marbell with a pestell, j. litell panneof bras of di. galon, ij. pothoks, ij. rakks of yron, ij.brendeletts, a almary to kepe in mete, j. axe to clyvewodc, ij. saltyng satys to salte in fflesh.

Gere taken omt of the Chyrch.

Item, in the stepell, ix. sheffe arwys, ix. bawys, ij.handgonnes, iiij. chambers for gonnys, ij. mallys oflede, ij. jakks.

Item, in the church, a purs and iij. gold ryngs,a coler of sylver of the Kyngs lyvery and a nobyll ofviijj. iiij^., the whych was Wykys.

Item, a syde gowne of blewe of Wyks.

Item, a stokke gonne with iij. chambers.

Gei'e taken owte of the Chaumher of Ric. Calle.

Item, a syde money gowne, a dobelet of blak satyn,a payre hosyn, a jakks, the pohronds of a pay re bry-ganders of rede sateyn ffugr.

Item, a payr of large tabelles of box, pris vj j. viij^.

Item, a staffe, pris iijj". iiij^.

Item, boke of Frensh, pris iiji". iiij^.

Gere taken away of Margeret Fastons,

Item, an unce of gold of Venyse, di. pype of golddamask, di. unc' of gold of Gene, an unc' of sylk, a li.of threde, a close glasse of yvery, a grete combe ofyvere, a fyne kerchy of fyne Holond cloth, a quarterof blak velwet.

Gere of Johanne Gayns.

Item, a ryng of gold with a dyamonics, a typet ofsarsenet, a nobyll of xj-., a nobyll viiji". m]d.

Gere of John Wyks.

Item, a dobelet of blak fusteyn, a hers harnys, vjj.a gray hers, pris xIj-., ij. shertys, pris iiijj.

Will. Bedford.

Item, a Normandy byll and a bawe, pris of themboth s]s.

APPENDIX. 437

loJm Botcler,

Ilem, a payr botys, a payr sporys, a shert, a cappe,a hatte, a dobelet, a payr hosyn, a brydell, ij. crepers,V. ston of wall, xxx. welfellys, a spere staff.

Shepe.

Item, taken away uppon Draytun grounde at on tymeby the baylly ot* Cossey and others, CC. shepe callydhoggys.

Item, at a nother tyme, uppon the same ground,iiij^^ hoggys and xl. theyves.

Item, at a nother tyme, at Haylesdon, by the bayllyof Cossey and Bottesford and other, viij^^- modershype and CCCC. lambes.

Memorandum, a gowne of Richard Calle, pris ixj-.,

j. peyr hosen, iijj"., j. swerd, iijj., ij. bonets, \]s

j. jakk, xxvjx. viij^., j. schert, \\]s. \\\]d.

Memorandum, the pullyng downe of the place atHeylesden, to the hurts and skathes of

Item, the pullyng downe of the logge of Heylesden.

Item, the distroyng of the waryne at Heylesdon.

Item, .... the raaner and the warreyn.

Item, memorandum, the rydyngs and costs off suthe.

Memorandum, the assaw made uppon Marg. Paston,Sir John Paston, at Heylysdon beeffor the place was

Memorandum, the imprisonment off Sir John Pastonin the Flet and in the Kyngs Benche.

979.A.D. 1466.—Fastolf's Goods.

[From a MS. in the Tower of Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

This is a paper drau-n up by William Worcester after John Paston's deathki 1466. The errors in grammar are characteristic of the writer.

ECLARACIO bonorum mobilium JohannisFastolf militis ad manus Johannis Pastonarmigeri deveniencium et possidencium tarnex liberacione Thomse Howys, Rectoris dePulham, unius executoris dicti militis> quam ex Raptoaliorum hominum serviencium et tenendum suorum.Ac valorem in possessione dominiorum maneriorumterrarum et tenementorum suorum in eonim prima per-quisicione per dictum militem solutorum et per herederadicti Paston clameatorum pro nichilo solvendo, cumcustubus edifficacionis eorundem. Et pro quibus omni-bus supra specificatis executores dicti militis petiuntde heredibus et executoribus dicti Johannis Paston,solucionem restitucionem ac satisfacionem de dampnisoccasione hujusmodi retencionis.

In primis.

Die octava mensis Novembris anno xxxviij. RegniRegis Henrici Sexti, \'idelicet tercio die post obitumJohannis Fastolf militis, Thomas Howys clericus, co-executor dicti Johannis Fastolf, deliberavit JohanniPaston armigero de bonis dicti Johannis Fastolf exis-tentibus ad tunc sub salva custodia in abbathia SanctiBenedicti de Hulmo de parte majoris summe in auro,videlicet in nobilibus antiquis boni et justi ponderisij"^ cccc. nobilia, precii nobile viijj". iiij^., faciuntmV/., et alia vice in moneta argenti xxiiij//. xvijj". \)d.\unde summa m^-xxiiij//. xvijj. \]d.

Item, idem Thomas liberavit Johanni Paston dictomense Novembris apud Nonvicum, de vasis argenti di-versarum specierumadtunc habitanim extra thesauraiumdicti militis manerij de Castre, iiij"^i- xxiij. unciarumponderis Troie, precium uncie iji". x//., faciunt vclxix/z.xviijj". v]d. Et eidem Johanni apud Norwicum aHavice, de vasis argenti, ponderis Ivij. unciarum, preciumuncie ut supra, vij//. iiijj. x//. Et eidem Johanni aliavice apud dictum Castre liberantur de vasis argentiCxij. unciarum precium ut supra xv//. xvijj. iiij^.; undesumm.a v<^-iiij^viij//. m\]d.

APPENDlk, 439

Item, idem Thomas liberavit eidem Johanni Pastonapud Norwicum dicto mense Novembris, in cyphis etvasis aiiri triati et finati, iij-"*''xv. unciarum ponderisTroie, precium uncie xIj CI//.

Item, idem Thomas liberavit dicto Johanni ad faci-endum certum prestitum comiti de Salysberye de bonisdicti Johannis Fastolf, unde idem Johannes Pastonhabet sufficientem securitatem et obHgacionem EpiscopiNorwicensis xxxiij//. \]s. \\\]d. Et consimili modoliberavit dicto Johanni ad faciendum certimi prestitumdomino de Fitzwater, unde idem Johannes habetsufficientes securitates, xxxiij//. vjj. viij^. . . Ixvj//.xiijj". \\\]d.

Item, dictus Johannes Paston cepit de bonis dictimilitis existentibus sub custodia Willelmi Worcetyr,contra agreamentum suum, et tradita per ipsum adsalvo custodiendum Thome Plummer de London scry-vaner et Johanni Gressham de eadem capper, videlicetin vasis argenti diversarum specienim m^-viij^^iiij^^-x.unciarum, precium uncie ut supra, CClxviij//. ws. Etconsimiliter cepit cyphum coopertum de puro auroponderis Troie xxiij. unc', j. quart, di., precium unciexlj"., xlvj//. xvi". Et similiter cepit unam cathenamam-i puri, ponderis Troie xxiij. unc' et dimidii, preciumimc' ut supra xlvij//. CCClxij//.

Item, idem Johannes Paston cepit consimili modode bonis dicti militis traditis Willelmo Worcetyr ad cus-todiendum, dicto mense Novembris, videlicet London,apud domum dicti Thome Plummer, ultra Cxi//, perdictum Worcestre solutas pro panno nigro pro liberatistogarum datis erga funeralia dicti militis, et pro sericopro baneretis pictis cum armis, necnon pro vino etspeciebus, videlicet viij<^j. nobilia antiqua boni et justiponderis, precium nobile viijj. iiij^., iij^^-xxxiij//. xvj.Et liberantur dicto Johanni Paston per manus dictiThome Howys, London, de moneta tradita in custodiadicti Thome Plummer Ixij//. xji". iiij^.; pro toto. . .CCCiiij^^xvj//. vji". iiij^.

Item, diclus Johannes Paston cepit consimili modo

de Willelmo Worcestre certa notabilia monilia et jocaliaauri cum lapidibus preciosis garnizata, videlicet unummonile ditissimum vocata Anglice a White Rose nuperdomini diicis Eborum^ cum magno precioso lapidevocato a poynted dyamant^ qui in prima empcione con-stabat, ut dicitur, iiij°''m^marcarum,ac alia duo jocalianuper dicti domini ducis tradita in plegio quando dic-tus Johannes Fastolf obligatus fuit pro dicto duce intribus milibus libris executoribus cardinalis Anglie^super certis denariis prestitis dicto duci, et unde idem,dominus dux debebat dicto Johanni Fastolf in denariisprestitis CCCClxvj//. xiijj. \\\]d. Et pro aliis justiscausis CClxvj//. xiijj-. \\\]d. Et predicta tria jocaliaper assensum dicti domini ducis sub sigillo armorumin scriptis tradita assignata fuerunt dicto Johanni Fastolfut bona sua propria ad vendendum et disponendumin recompensacione debiti sui et aliis magnis laboribuset vexacionibus dicti miHtis pro dicto duce sustentatiset habitis dum modo locum tenens pro Rege fuit inFrancia, ac postea in Anglia. . . . vij<^xxxiij//.vjj". v\\]d.

Item, predictus Johannes Poston recepit exitus etpro-ficua omnium maneriorum, terraium et tenementorumdicti militis in comitatibus Norffolk, Suffolk, Essex etSurrie per manus ministrorum et servorum sine consensuexecutorum dicti militis, diversis annis ex quo obiit, perpropinquam estimacionem . . m^vjc-lxvj//. xiijx. iiij^.

Item, dictus Johannes Paston recepit diversa aliacatalla et bestias dicti militis, videlicet equos et pale-fridos principales suos valoris xxx//. ac oves et animaliaminuta cubancia in pasturis de Castre et aliis maneriis,videlicet ij"™iiij«^lvj. oves diversorum generum pre-cium capitis xiiij^. Cxliij//. vj. iiij^. Et in precio xiij.magnarum bestiarum vj//. Et in valore vj™- cunicul-orum apud Warennam de Haylysdon anno quo dictusmiles obiit per Warennarios ibidem per propinquamestimacionem assessatos precium m^- xvj., xlv/^'. Simi-

1 Richard, Duke of York, father of Edward IV.

2 Probably Cardinal Beaufort; but it may be Cardinal Kemp.

APPENDIX. 44»

liter in precio vcllerum lane ovium dc stauro suo apudHaylysdon ante obitiim suum remanencium, xxvj//.xiijj. \\\]d. per ipsum recept* . . CCl//. xviijj. viijV/.

Item, idem Johannes Paston recepit apud Castrepredictam stuffuram et ordinacionem pro defensionepatrie in artilleria, videlicet colubrinas librillas^ diver-sonim magnitudinum cum cameris in decern carectisoneratis ac in curassys, brigandinis, jakkis, salectis,basnetes, habourjonnys, lanceis, crossebowes de calibe[tr//^/)'<^(f],longbowes, arcubus, sagittis, gonnepowder, gon-nestonys, et cetera hujusmodi defensibilia valoris, QMi.

Item, recepit apud Castre per supervisum dictiThome Howys in valore librorum pertinencium capelleac in utenciliis garderobe dicti militis ibidem, videlicetin costeris et lectis de pluma et coopertoria de arraset tapestria ac penulis de martys cum togis necnonutencilia aule camerarum coquine et cetera hujusmodi,ut per billam de particulis patet, Cxxj//. vij^-. iiijV. Etsimili modo de utenciliis Warderobe et camerarumremanencium apud manerium suum in Suthwerk,valoris xx//., .... Cxlj//. vijj. myi.

Item, dictus Johannes recepit per manus dicti ThomeHowys, Willelmi Paston, Thome Playter, ThomePlummer de London, scryvaner, Christofori Hanssonarmigeri et Luce Nantron ad diversas vices tamLondoniis quam in Suthwerk, ut patet per billam dcparcellis, ..... Ciiij//. xjj". viijV.

Item, idem Willelmus Worcestre mense Julii annov*° regni Regis Edwardi quarti solvit uxori dicti ThomePlumer pro debito dicti Johannis Paston ut pro pannonigro ac prestita facta et liberaciones argenti fact'suo mandato diversis personis,. . . xxxij//.

Item, idem Johannes recepit in valore ejt preciopanni lanei nigri coloris per ipsum dati diversis homi-nibus de affinitate sua propria, ultra Clij//. ut in preciopanni lanei nigri coloris provisi et dati amicis etservientibus dicti Johannis Fastolf erga funeralia suatenenda, xl/r. Et similiter idem Johannes Paston fecit

^ colubrinas librillas^ i.e., culverius.

prefatum Thomam Howys exponere et tradere diversishominibus in regardis et solucionibus circa proprianegocia dicti Paston expedienda London' et alibixxx/i. xvjs. ]d. Et consimiliter idem Johannes fecitdictum 'Lhomam exponere et solvere in expensisvictualium hospicii tenti apud Castre anno primo quoidem miles obiit, tam circa extraneos et notos super-venientes de affinitate et amicicia sua sine causa apudCastre Maner trahentes ibidem moram inutilem, adsummam iiij^^-x/?'., prout evidenter patebit per certamdeclaracionem, .... Clx//'. xvjj". ]d.

Item, ultra predicta bona sic sibi applicata, prefatusJohannes Paston pretendebat habere et possidere, sineracione et scripto autentiquo, omnia dominia, terras ettenementa dicti militis in comitatibus Norffolk, Suffolk etNorwico, ac sine solucione alicujus summe que consta-bant dicto militi in prima empcione ultra edifficacioneset repparaciones dictorum maneriorum, \x^W\\]^li.

Item, considerandum est quod, ultra dictas perqui-siciones, edifficacio manerii de Castre velut fortaliciumdefensionis patrie constabat in triginta annis \]^^-H.Et edifficacio manerii de Haylysdon, cum clausura bosciet warenne, ac edifficacione duarum domorum vocata-rum lez logges apud Haylysdon et Drayton, v<^-xlviij//.xiiji". iiij^. Et custus imparcacionis parci in Cottoncum repparacione manerii mfli. Et repparacio princi-palis mesuagii sui in villa de Jernemouth CC//. Ediffi-cacio et repparacio tenementomm suorum in civitateNorwici CCxl//. . . vijn^^CCCiiij'^^-viij//. xiijj-. iiij^.

Item, ultra ista, prefatus Johannes Paston retinet incustodia sua principales evidencias maneriorum dictimiUtis vocatorum Dedham Netherhall et DedhamOverhall in comitatu Essex; que quidem maneria, indefectu dictarum evidenciarum per ipsum non pro-sequutorum a tempore obitus dicti militis pro recupera-cione eorundem, et hucusque, existunt extra posses-sionem, in maximum prejudicium defuncti, pro eo quoddictum manerium vocatum Dedham Netherhall con-stabat dicto militi in prima empcione m'7/., et pre«

APPEXniX. 443

dictiim manerium vocatum Dedham Overhall Clx//.Et exitus et proficua dictorum mancriorum que admaniis executorum dicti militis medio tempore nondevenerunt secundum ratam xl/;. per annum ascen-dunt ad CCiiij'^''//. Sic in toto, . m^iiij^ xl//.

980.

A.D. 14C7, 21 July.Declaration of Sir Thomas Howys.

[From a MS. in the Tower of Magd. Coll., Oxford.]

|E it knowen to all men that this present wry tyngshall rede, see, or hyre. Forasmoche as Iunderstande nowe late ther ys a newe con-tryved proccsse concernyng the variaunceuppon my maister Sir John Fastolf is testament andlast will, whos soule God assoyle, made by Sir JohnPaston, Knyght, and his counsell in the seyd Pastonsname and myne, ayenste Sir William Yelverton, Knyght.and William Worcetter, that is exhibited and putte irmy lordys courte of Audience be fore his auditoure, meunwetyng or assentyng, in the vigille of Seint JohnBaptiste; in wheche processe ys surmyttyd and mademencion that William Worcetter in his owne persone,and by others in his name, hathe promysed and gevynmoney to corupte certayne \v)'tnesse to depose untreulyin a processe exhibit in J ohn Pastons lyf tyme by SirWilliam Yelverton, Knyght, the sayd W^illiam Wissetterayenste John Paston decesed and me; and whechewitnesse were Stephan Scrope, Squier, Richard Fas-tolf, gentilman, Thomas Neve, gentilman, WilliamBoswell, clerk, John Monke, Nicholas Churche, JohnRugge, John Daunson, Richard Home, ThomasPykeryng, Harry Clerk, John Tobye, Thomas Hart,Thomas Neuton, John Gyrdyng, Thomas Spycer, andothers, frome the moneth of August into the moneth 0/

March, the yere of Cryst M^^CCCClxv., yn Yermouthe,Castrc, Fretenham, Bloofeld, Thetford, Brundale,Wroxham, Borough, Southetoune, Yermouthe, Gorles-ton, Suthewerk, Norwych, and London ; so they to becorupted in all the forseyd named tounes wyth prayer,price, and money to hem promised and gevyn, be sydhar expences, her costs, and her labours, to be con-ducted to depose with Sir William Yelverton andWilliam Worcetter partye ayenste the seyd John Pastonand mee : I the sayd Thomas Howys so made partye,and unwetyng and assentyng, ayenste the [said] ^ Sir Wil-liam Yelverton and William Worcestre, sey and affermefor trouth in this matyer to be knowen, that for declara-cion of trouth in this processe and mater, and for thedischarge of my concience and the trewe acquietall tomy sayd Master Fastolf that putte me in grettyst chargeof hys testament, and for grete remorse I have in mysoule of the untrewe forgyng and contryvyng certaynelestamentes and last wyll by naked wordes in my saydMaister Fastolf name aftyr he was desesyd; y, in thename of the seyd Sir William Yelverton and WilliamWorcetter, required and prayed the sayd above namedwitnesse and alle other wytnesse produced in Sir Wil-liam Yelverton and William Wyssetter name beforethat tyme, excepte the forsayd Stephan Scrope, Esquier,and Richard Fastolf, to come to London, and apperein my lords house of audience before his auditour, andthere to say, depose, and witnesse the trouthe as theyknewe in especiall, in the. absense of John Russe, SirRobert Cotiler, late vycar of Castre, Robert Botylerbeyng oute of the chamber of Sir John Fastolf, Knyght,there he lay seke in his maner of Castre, the Saterdayenext before the seid Sir John Fastolf discesyd, namely,from viij. tylle xj. atte belle affore mydday, and presentin other placez, where diverse of the sayd named v\^t-nesse and diverse other witnesse sawe ham. And thesayd Worcestre nother promysed ne yave hem gode,money, nother reward, neyther relessed no debtes, not

1 Omitted in MS.

APPENDIX. 445

soo nought payed not for har costes, nothcr dispensesby the wey comyng to London, taryeng, ne returnynga yen, that lawe and reson wold understonde the saydwitnesse ought have for har costes and labours, wechewas payed by my handes, I beyng present dayly andtymely diverse tymes most conversaunt at Jermuthwyth hem; and in especiall whan they taryed morethan xxiiij. dayes in London or they coude be exa-myned; and I knowe well the sayd Sir William Yelver-ton, nouther the seyd William Worccstre promysed nepayed no maner money ne godes worth, noutherrelessyng har dutes, yf any they axed they knowe ytnot, as the seyd named witnesse wylle sey and certyfyethe trouth. And as for ij. witnesse called Bunch andShave, lete hem be examynyd, yf the seyd Sir Williamor WiUiam Worcestre fyrst procured, moved, or excitedhem at Vermouth, or any other place, to come toLondon to depose in the said maters, or promysed orpayed hem ony money, or any man for ham promysedor payed; and yf they be of trewe disposicion, theywoU discharge the seyd Sir William Yelverton andWilliam Worcestre, for ther was none in especiall butT, that labored hem alle to come to London to mylordis audience yn the seyd Yelvertons and Worcestrenames; but I pryncipally required diem to deposetreuly as they knewe, be the o\vt(3 promyse, mede,rewarde, or money, yn the discharge of my concience,and for the trouthe of the mater to be knowen to allthe worlde, as I am redy to preve, whyle God lendethme lyffe, and yn the same quarell to dye. And I ev)Tseth that I understode the seyd John Paston is untrewedemenyng in the contryvynge of my Maister Fastolftestament and last wille, and was compellyd to apperebefore my lord ys auditour at Lambyth, to be swornatte my ffree will to declar the trouth of my seydmaister trewe testament and last wyll befor my seydLord of Canturbury is auditur of his courte of audience,I nevyr varyed ne held aftyr wyth John Paston, butahvey have ben stedfast wyth the processe that I have

^nfourmed my Lord of Canterbury, and divers othersastates also in like \vyse have declared to the sayd SirWilliam Yelverton and William Worcestre to precede,and soo evyr woll be stedfaste. And in witness fortrouth, I sele this declaracion wyth my signet, andsubscrybe it wyth my hand and name, in presence ofMaister John Prentyse, Sir Edmond Hall, John Smyth,John Robynson, Thomas Hoore, John Bullok, andRichard Batilmewe, the xxj^^ ^^y of Jule the yer ofCrist M''CCCC°^°lxvij°. T. Howys.

981.

Abstract.[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

Anonymous to Mrs [Margaret Paston?].

There is no tachment made in the land unless it be done privily.The sheriff has been thrice in our town in these three weeks.As for the panel of Frances' matter, there is none of the sherifTsdeputies but Francis to inquire of.

[I am quite unable to attach a date to this letter, or to conjecture by whomit was written. Even the person to whom it is addressed is very uncertain,though I have suggested ftlargaret Paston.]

982.Memorandum.

[From Paston MSS., B.M.]

I cannot tell by whom this memorandum was drawn up, nor do I know towhat it refers. But as the MS. appears to belong to the Paston collection,and is of the period, I have not thought it right to omit it. The name ** Vyall"wtiich is written on the back of the paper occurs in No. 651.

Memorandum to speke with William Byrde be the sametokne, I came home from London to Norw^ich on Mydsomerevyn last past, and the same even I cam home to his howse, andbrought hym xs. for a gyrdyll off myn that he had in his kepyngfor a plegge off myn ; and if so be that he wilnat ley out thesmoney, let hym send me the bill indentyd off my jowellys closydin a letter with a signet off myn that my wiff hath in her keping.

i.ndorsed—W yaXV

Appendix.Part IL

WILLS.

From the Principal Registry of the Court of Probate at SomeisetHouse, and from the Diocesan Registers at Norwich. For theMemoranda of the latter I am indebted to the kindness of Dr.Jessopp.

983.A.D. 1419, June.—Clement Paston.

[Reg. Dioces. Norvic, Hyming, f. 51, b.]

Will of "Clemens Paston de Paston, sanse mentis," &c.(no style of Armiger or any other designation), A.D. 1419, June.

Leaves his soul to God, St. Margaret, and All Saints ; his bodyto be buried in the parish church of St. Margaret at Paston, }

between the north door and the tomb of his wife Beatrix. '

Legacies—(i.) To the High Altar (sum not named) ; (2.) To ||

the Vicar of Paston for tithes, &c., 3^. 4//. ; (3.) For the lights '

" Beatoe Margaretoe in cancella . . . coram ymagine BeataeMargaretae, vj//. cer." ; (4.) " Item, luminibus super le Rodelofteejusdem ecclesia;, xijrt'." ; (5,) For the reparation, &c. of thechurch, 3J, 4^^. ; (6.) To the Vicar of Bakton (as above) 2J. ;(7.) For the repair, &c. of Tnmch church, 8^/. ; (8.) For therepair of Monslee church, (>d. : (9.) " Item, Priori et Conventuide Bromholm, vjj-. viijrt'."

The residue to Martha, ** quae fuit uxor Johannis Bakton, sororimese, et Willelmo Paston, filiomeo," that they may pay his debts,make restitution for any wrongs done, and expend the rest inworks of charity and piety for the good of his own soul, that ofBeatrix, his wife, the souls of his deceased parents and benefactors,*' et animabus fidelium defunctorum."

Witnesses—** Nich'o Priori de Bromholm, Rich. JememuthMonacho, Rich. Vicario Ecclesiae de Paston prsedicta, JohannaKyng, capellano, Roberto Gynne, et aliis."

Proved at Norwich, ** 2 Oct. An. Dom. supradicto."

984.

A.D. 1444, 10 Jan.—William Paston, the Judge.

[Register LufFenam, 29.]

I. —[ Testamcntl

In Dei nomine Ameru Ego, Willelmus Paston de Paston,sanae mentis et memorise, condo testamentum meum in huncmodum. In primis, lego animam meam Omnipotenti Deo, BeatreMariae, et omnibus Sanctis, et corpus meum sepeliendum adfinem Australem altaris in Capella Beatse Mariae in fine Orientaliecclesiae Cathedralis Sanctae Trinitatis, Nonvici. Et si contingatcorpus m«im ibidem sepeliri, lego cuilibet monacho sacerdotiecclesiae praedictae qui singulis diebus aliqua septimana per septemannos proximo sequentes post mortem meam missam de SpirituSancto in capella praedicta tempore celebrationis summae missaein eadem ecclesia decantaverit, ad exorandum in eadem missa deSpiritu Sancto, et in aliis divinis per ipsum diebus illis factis, proanima mea et animabus uxoris meae, patrum, matrum et omniumconsanguineorum et benefactorum nostrorum, et omnium quorumdebitores sumus, et omnium per nos injuriam patientium, eteorum omnium pro quibus Deo est deprecandum et omniumfidelium defunctorum septem de nac' (?), Item, lego Roberto nuncpriori ecclesiae Sancti Andrese de Bromholm quadraginta solidos;et cuilibet monacho ejusdem ecclesiae conventus de Bromholmsex solidos et octo denarios; et executoribus testamenti RicardiCauston, nuper vicarii ecclesiae de Paston, viginti solidos; et exe-cutoribus testamenti Adae, nuper vicarii ecclesiae de Bakton, sexsolidos et octo denarios; ita quod remittant et relaxent in con-scientiis suis animabus praedictis si quae per earum aliquam sibidebita fuerint. Et si hoc remittere et relaxare recusaverint, depraedictis legatis nihil habeant, sed in omnibus quae sibi per animaspraedictas vel earum aliquam deberi rationabiliter aut evidenter,in conscientia vel aliter, juxta discretionem executorum meorum,-aut majoris partis eorundem, probaverint aut verificaverint, sibi

satisfaciant executores mei. Residuum vero bononim meorumomnium non legatonim do ct lego Agneti uxori mex, Johannifilio mco, Willelmo Bakton et Johanni Damme de Sustede, quosordino et constituo executores hujus testamenti mei, ut ipsi indedisponant pro[ut] in justis conscientiis suis magis viderint Deoplacere et animabus praedictis prodesse. In cujus rei testimoniumpraisentibus sigillum meum apposui. Datum decimo die Januariianno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimosecundo. I In jus autem testamenti mei venerabilem in Christopatrem et dt)minum. dominum Willclmum Lincolniensem Epis-copum* ordino et constituo supervisorem.

II.—{Last V/ill, 31 Jan. 1444.]

[The ink iii some parts of this document is so very much faded that aboutnaif of each line is almost or quite illegible.]

Universis et singulis ad quos prcesens scriptum indentatumpervenerit. Ego Willelmus Paston de Paston gratias, rever-encias et honores. Cum diversce personae ad usum, proficuum etdenominationem mea feoffatas sive seisitse existant sibi et haere-dibus suis in feodo simplici in et de uno mesuagio, uno molendino,et certis terris, tenementis redditibus et serviciis cum pertinentiisin Paston, Bakton, Edithorp, Witton, et Moneslee, ac in aliisvillis adjacentibus in comitatu NorfTolk, quae nuper fuerunt de-mentis Paston, patris mei jam defuncti, cujus animce propitieturDeus; ac de certis terris et tenementis, parcellis manerii vocatiLatymers, remanentibus ultra et prceter alia terras et tei:iementaparcellas dicti manerii nomine meo adiu'' est dat' Priori et con-ventui ecclesiae Sancti Andreae de Bromholm et successoribussuis ; quam perquisitionem praedicti prioris dominus Rex nuncper literas suas perdonavit; et uno tofto et uno columbari et aliisterris et tenementis cum pertinentiis in Bakton, Paston, Edithoq),"Witton, et Casewik quse nuper fuerunt Hugonis atte Fen deJememouthe ; et de aliis terris et tenementis in Paston et Baktonper praedictos priorem et conventum mihi et aliis ad usum meumet hceredibus meis datis et concessis; et de et in uno mesuagioet certis terris, tenementis, redditibus, et serviciis cum pertin-entiis in Estsomerton, Westsomerton, PIe[nnesby ?], Martham,Wyntertonin Flegge, ac in aliis villis adjacentibus, et in HeigharaPorter, Veteri Bokenham et BokenhamCastell,in eodem comitatu,

tam ilia quae [quam] ilia quae nuper fuerunt

Galfridi Somerton, avunculi mei, videlicet fratris Beatricis, matrismese carissimae jam defunctas, quae

1 William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln from 1436 to 1449. He had beenBishop of Norwich before he was presented to Lincoln.

2 So in MS.

IIL 2G

Et in et de manerio de Oxenede, ac certis ten is, tenemcntis et ser

viciis in Oxenede, Burgh, Skeyton, Marsham

. , . [et in] aliis villis adjacentibus cum pertineuciis in eodemcomitatu, quce nuper fuerunt Roberti Salle militis, et Willelmi

Clopton militis, firmarii (?) sive aliquonim

vel alicujus eorum in eodem comitatu : Et in et de manexiis de

Marlyngford, Riston, Vaux, et Sliipd[am]

niedietate quatuor marcatanim, sive medietate unius marisci nuperThomae Ocam (?) [cum pertinentiis] in eodem comitatu . . .

mesuagiis, ac certis terris,

tenementis, redditibus et serviciis cum pertinentiis in Estodenham

et aliis v[illis] in eodem comitatu ....

Honyngham: Et in et de uno

mesuagio ac certis terris et tenementis, redditibus et serviciis

in Wy

in comitatu prsedicto quae nuper fuerunt Willelmi

Thuxton, Armigeri, vocata Tolyes: Et

Ricardi Doket in Carleton et aliis villis adjacentibus: Et in et

dc duobus

... villis adjacentibus: Et in et de una

pecia terrae in Carleton vocata W

de manerio de Snaylwell et aliis terris et tenementis quae quon-dam fuerunt Johannis

Ac in et de manerio de Stanstede cum pertinentiis in comitatu

Suffolk, et de Horwelbury continue

absque aliqua condition e collusione seu covina, istis tamen . .

mesuagiis, terris, tenementis, redditibus et

serviciis praedictis ultimo

consciencia mea, lege Dei et Anglia'

illaesa, fieri et exequi et adimpleri

Sciatis me,

praefatum Willelmum Paston, ultimam voluntatem de praemissis

ligenti deliberacione declarasse, fecisse et limit-

fisse juxta effectum verborum sequentium

seu seisitae et omnes aliae personae quas in praedictis maneriis, terris

et tenementis vel aliqua parcella eorum ad

impostermn feoffari contigerit, hseredes et assig-

nati sui, quandocumque post mortem meam

ejus sufficiens warantum in hac parte habentem racionabiliter

requisitae fuerint per cartas dum ....

. . . praefatce Agneti praedicta maneria de Oxenede, Marlyng*forde, Stanstede, Horwelbury, et Sli . . . dictas pa . . .

« , , . de I.atymers dictis ]v.ioii et conventui niinime datas,ct prccdicta mesuagia, molendinum, terras et tenementa, qua;fuerunt pra^icti prions et conveiUus, Ruberti Salle, WillelmiClopton, Francissoe, dementis Paston, Ilugonis atte Fen, seualicujus eorum, ac raedietatem pra:dictoruni marisci et quatuormarcatonim redditus, in toto, per comniunem oestimationem, advalenciam centum librarum per annum ; habenda et tenendaeidem Agneti et assignatis suis ad totam vitani ejusdem Agnetis:Ita quod eadem maneria de Oxenede, Marlyngforde, Stanstedeet Horwelbury, et tcrne et tenementa qua: fuerunt Roberti Salle,Willelmi Clopton et Francissoe, seu alicujus eorum, cum pertin-entiis, post mortem prsefatas Agnetis remaneant hseredibus decorpora meo et corpora prccdictas Agnetis exeuntibus. Et prae-dicta manerium de Shipdene et parceila manerii de Latymers, acdicta mesuagia, molendinum, terra; et tenementa nuper ClementisPaston et Hugonis atte Fen, seu alicujus eorum, cum pertinentiis,post mortem pnedictre Agnetis, ad prsedictas personas feoffatasseu feoffandas, haredes et assignatos suos revertantur, ad per-ficiendam inde hanc ullimam voluntateui meam : Et si nidlusextiterit haeres de corpore meo et corpore praedictae Agnetisexiens, quod tunc post mortem ejusdem Agnetis praedictummanerium de Oxenede et dicta terrae et tenementa nuper praedic-torum Roberti Salle, Willelmi Clopton et Francissae, seu uniuseorum, cum pertinentiis, ad praedictos feoffatos et haeredes suossimiliter revertantur, ad perficiendam inde hanc ultimam volun-tatem meam. Et quod praedicta maneria de Marlyngford, Stan-stede et Horwelbury, cum pertinentiis, remaneant rectis haeredibusEdmundi Barry militis, patris prsedictae Agnetis, imperpetuum.Item, volo quod praedictae personae, ut prsedicitur, feoffatae seufeoffanda;, haeredes seu assignati sui, paciantur et permittantRobertum Clere, armigerum, Edmundum Clere, armigerum,Johaimem Pagrave, armigerum, Willelmum Bakton de Bakton, etJohannem Damme de Sustede, vel duos eorum, per communemassensum eorum quinque, praedictum manerium de Snaylwell etpraedicta alia terras et tenementa in Snaylwell, in toto, per com-munem estimacionem, ad valenciam quadraginta marcarum perannum, occupare, et exitus et proficua inde percipere et habere, afesto Sancti Michaelis proximo sequenti post mortem meam usqueEdmundus filius mens jam aetatis xviij. amorum pervenerit adKtatem xxj. annorum. Et quodiidem Robertus Clere, EdmundusClere, Johannes Pagrave, Wlllelmus Bakton et Johannes Damme,seu dicti duo eorum, viginti marcas annuatim provenientes deeisdem exitibus et proticuis, inter praedictum festum SanctMichaelis et dictam aetatem praedicti Edmimdi, filii mei, percommune avisamentum et assensum suum et praedictae Agnetis,aimuatim distribuant in elemosinis inter notos, pauperes et debiles,tam hospicia tenentes quam alios qui non vadunt mendicatum, etpro missis, sacerdotum oracionibus, et suffragiis devotorum

pauperam utriusque sexns, tam religiosonim quam alionim, cele«brandis et fiendis, pro anima mea et praedictae Agnetis, et anima-bus patrum et matrum nostrorum, et omnium corLsanguineorumct benefactorum nostronim, et omnium quorum debitores sumus,et omnium per nos injuriam patientium, et eorum omnium proquibus Deo est deprecandum, et omnium fidelium defunctorum ;ct de eisdem exitibus et proficuis praedicto Edmundo, filio meoquousque ad dictam aetatem xxj. annorum pervenerit, rationabilesvictum, vestitum, apparatum et sustentationem, juxta gradus suiexigenciam, sic quod non superbiat, inveniant, et eum tam adartis dialecticae per dimidium annum, juris civilis per unum annum,ac juris regni Anglise postea ad sufficienciam, si fieri potent, sub•srina tutela providenter ponant, et ipsum in eisdem continuare etresidere faciant, prout eisdem melius visum fuerit ipsum Edmun-dum in hac parte sapere et intelligere et sibi in futurum prodesse;et domos, muros, sedificia, et clausuras in eodem manerio nostroexistentia rationabiliter reparari faciant, et redditus et servicia etalia onera inde debita solvant, et hoc quod de eisdem exitibus etproficuis ad dictam aetatem dicti Edmundi remanserit juxta sanasconscientias suas eidem Edmundo satisfaciant tempore quo ipsejuxta banc voluntatem meam statum de eodem manerio recepcritct habuerit Item,volo quod praedictae personae, prout praedicitur,feofFatae seu f [eoffandae], haeredes seu assignati sui, paciantur etpermittant praedictos Robertum Clere, Edmundum Clere, Jo-hannem Pagrave, Willelmum Bakton et Johannem Damme, velduos eorum per communem assensum eorum quinque, praedictummanerium de Beauchamp et Hollewelhalle et dicta alia mesuagia,terras, tenementa, tofta, clausuras, redditus et servicia, quondamRicardi Doket, Willelmi Thuxton, Johannis Patgris senioris,Johannis Whynne et Eustachii Rows, seu aliquorum vel alicujuseorum, in Wymondham, Carleton, Bonnewell, Estodendam, etaliis villis adjacentibus, per communem estimacionem ad valen-ciam XXV. marcarum per annum occupare, et exitus et proficuainde percipere et habere, a proedicto festo Sancti Michaelis usqueWillelmus filius meus, jam aetatis vij. annorum, pervenerit adaetatem xviij. annorum ; et quod iidem Robertus Clere,EdmundusClere, Johannes Pagrave, Willelmus Bakton et Johannes Damme,vel dicti duo eorum, quinque marcas annuatim provenientesde eisdem exitibus per octo annos proximo sequentes praedictumfestum Sancti Michaelis, per discretionem et avisamentum sua etpraedictae Agnetis, annuatim distribuant inter pauperes et debilespraedictos et [pro]^missis, orationibus et sufFragiis celebrandis et

in forma praedicta, et de eisdem

exitibus et proficuis praedicto Willelmo filio meo usque ad dictam

aetatem xviij. annorum pervenerit

. . . . statum et sustentacionem juxta gradus sui exigenciam,

sic quod non superbiat, inveniant et tribuant, et

1 Omitted in MS.

ad scholas ponant et ibidem continuare et residere faciant proutpricdicitur de praedicto filio meo Edmundo, et domos, muros et

clausuras et aedificia in diet et tenementis . . .

repararent, et redditus et servicia et alia onera inde solvant, et deresiduo dictorura exituum et proficuorum dicto Willelmo filio

ineo satisfaciant statum de eisdevn

manerio, tenis et tenementis juxta hanc voluntatem meam . .

haeredes seu assignati

sui paciantur et permittant praedictam Agnetem

. . pra:dicta mesuagia, terras [et] tenementa in Est Somerton,West Somerton, Hennesby, MartJiam, et Wynterton, tam ilia quae

fuerunt quam ilia quae

de Reston in toto per communem aestimacionem

ad valenciam xxv. marcarum

occupare, et exitus et [proficua?] inde percipere et gauderea pratflicto fe^to Sancti Michaelis usque Clemens filius meus

xviij.

annorum ; et quod eadcm Agnes de eisdem exitibus et proficuis

prcedicto Clementi Fasten

ad dictam cetatem xviij. annonim, et Elizabeth filiae mece quousque

maxitetur, racionabiles victum, vestitum,

exigenciam,

sic quod non superbiant, et de eisdem exitibus et proficuis nutri-

atur honeste

filiam, prifidictam Elizabetliam prout statui suo con-

venit, ac inveniat et ponat praedictum Clementem, filium nieum,tam ad scholas grammaticales quam alias et caeteras erudiciones,prout praedicitur de praedictis fratribus suis ; et domos, muros,clausuras, et aedificia in eisdem mesuagio, terris et tenementisexistentia, racionabiliter reparari faciat, ct redditus et servicia et aliaoneia inde debita sol vat, ac annuatim quousque d ictus Clemens,filius meus, ad dictam xtatem xviij. annorum [pervenerit ?] *distribuat manu propria in elemosinis, juxta discretionem suam,inter magis pauperes et debiles creaturas, in lionore Quinque prin-cipalium Vulnerum et Passionis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, etQuinque Gaudionim Beatx Mariai Virginis et Matris ejus, proanimabus praedictis, quinque marcas ; et de hoc quod de eisdemexitibus et proficuis ad dictam a?tatem praedicti dementis, filiimei, remanserit, satisfaciat eadem Agnes juxta sanam conscienciamsuam eidem Clementi tempore quo ipse juxta hanc voluntatemmeam statum de eisdem manerio, mesuagiis, terris, et tenementis,de prcedictis personis feoffatis sive feoffandis recepcrit; et quoddictce personae feoffatae seu feoffandas, haeredes, seu assignati sui,infra xl. dies proximo sequentes postquam ipsi post festumSancti I^Iichaelis proximo post mortem meam per JohaimemTaston, filium meuni primogenitum, racionabiliter fuerint requisiti,1 Omitted in MS.

per facta sua tripartita et indentata, dimittent, liberent et assignentpraedicto Johanni Paston, jam setatis xx. annorum et amplius,prsedictum manerium de Gresham cum pertinentiis, habendumeidem Johanni ad totam vitam suam ; Ita quod si contingat prce-dictum Johannem Paston aliquem exitum vel hoeredem de corporeMargaretse nunc uxoris suae procreare, quod tunc idem maneriumcum pertinentiis post mortem ejusdem Johannis remaneat dictreuxori suae, tenendum sibi ad terminum vitae ejusdem uxoris.Et si praedictus Johannes Paston nullum exitum vel hseredemde corpore dictae uxoris suae procreaverit, tunc immediate postmortem ejusdem Johannis idem manerium cum pertinentiis haere-dibus masculis de corpore meo exeuntibus integre remaneat. Etsi nullus fuerit haeres masculus de corpore meo exiens, quod tuncidem manerium cum pertinentiis integre remaneat praedictae Agneti,uxori meae, habendum et tenendum eidem Agneti ad totam vita.-nejusdem Agnetis ; Ita quod tunc post ejusdem Agnetis mortemidem manerium cum pertinentiis ad praedictos donatores et haeredessuos revertatur, ad exequendum et perficiendum inde banc volunta-tem meam. Et quod eaedem personae feoffatss seu feoffandae,haeredes seu assignati sui, infra xl. dies proximo sequentes post-quam ipsi, post festum Sancti Michaelis proximo post mortemmeam, et postquam praedictus Edmundus, filius meus, fuerit aetatisxxj. annorum plenarie completorum, racionabiliter fuerint requi-sitae, per consimilia facta dimittantr, liberent et assignent praedictoEdmundo, filio meo, praedictum manerium de Snaylwell, etpraedicta terras et tenementa nuper Johannis Langham de Snayl-well, in Snaylwell, ac dictam reversionem manerii de Shipdene etpraedictarum parcellarum manerii de Latymers, dictis priori et con-ventui minime data,^ ac dictorum mesuag', molendini, terranimet tenementorum quae fuerunt prasdictorum prioris et conventus,ac Clementis, patris mei^ et Hugonis atte Fen, aut unius eorum,post mortem praedictae Agnetis, habenda et tenenda eidemEdmundo et haeredibus mascuh's de corpore ipsius Edmundiexeuntibus. Et si contingat ipsum Edmundum sine haerede mas-culo de corpore suo exeunte obire, quod tunc eadem manerium,terrae, tenementa et reversio cum pertinentiis haeredibus de corporeejusdem Edmundi exeuntibus remaneant. Et si nullus fuerithaeres de corpore prasdicti Edmundi exiens, quod tunc eademmanerium, terrse, tenementa et reversio remaneant haeredibus decorpore meo exeuntibus. Et si nullus fuerit haeres de corporemeo exiens, quod tunc praedicta reversio ad predictos donatoreset haeredes suos revertatur, et praedictum manerium de Snaylwell,teiTae et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, remaneant praedictae Agnetiad totam vitam suam. Ita quod, post ejus mortem, idem maneriumcum pertinentiis ad prcedictos donatores et haeredes suos similiterrevertatur, ad perficiendum et perimplendum banc voluntatemmeam. Et quod eaedem personae feoffatae seu feoffandae, hoeredes

1 Sic in oripne.

seu assi^ati siii, infra xl. dies proximo sequentes post festumSancti Micliaelis proximo post mortem meam, et postquam pra:-dictus Willelmus filius meus fuerit a.natis xviij. amiorum plenariecompletorum, racionabiliter fuerint requisitae, per consimilia factadimittant, liberent et assignent prsedicto Willelmo filio meo, prre-dicta maneria de Hollewelhalle et Beauchamp, et dicta mesuagia,terras et tenementa, redditus et servicia nupcr Willelmi ThuxstonArmigeri, Ricardi Doket, Eustachii Rows et Johannis Patgrys,seu unius eorum, in Estodenham, Wymondeham, Carleton, Bone-well, et aliis villis adjacentibus, habenda et tenenda eidem Wil-lelmo et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus. Et si contingatipsum Willelmum sine hcerede de corpore suo exeunte obire,quod tunc eadem maneria, teme, tenementa, redditus et servicia,cum pertinentiis, remaneant Clementi Paston, filio meo, et hsere-dibus de corpore suo exeuntibus. Et si idem Clemens obieritsine hcerede de corpore suo exeunte, eadem maneria, terne, tene-menta, redditus et servicia cum pertinentiis remaneant dictceAgneti ad totam vitam suam. Ita quod post ejus mortem eademmaneria, terrne et tenementa cum pertinentiis ad praefatos dona-tores et haeredes suos revertantur, ad implendum et perficien-dum inde banc voluntatem meam. Et quod proedicta; personce[feoffatae] seu feoffandas infra quadraginta dies proximo se-quentes post festum Sancti Michaelis postquam preedictus Cle-mens filius meus post mortem meam fuerit Ktatis xviij. amiorumplenarie completorum racionabiliter fuerint requisitce per consi-milia facta dimittant, liberant et assignent prcedicto Clementifilio meo pra;dictum manerium de Ryston, et praedicto mesuagia,terras, tenementa, redditus et servicia cum pertinentiis in EstSomerton, West Somerton, et aliis villis adjacentibus et inHeigham Potter, Bokenham et Bokenham Castell, habenda ettenenda eidem Clementi filio meo et hceredibus de corpore suo exe-untibus. Et si contingat ipsum Clementum filium meum obiresine hoerede de corpore suo exeunte, quod tunc eadem manerium,mesuagia, terrae, tenementa, redditus et servicia remaneant prae-dicto Willelmo, filio meo et hasredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus.Et si contingat ipsum Willelmum sine haerede de corpore suoexeunte obire, quod tunc eadem manerium, mesuagia, terrae,tenementa, redditus et servncia ciun pertinentiis remaneant hasre-dibus de corpore meo exeuntibus. Et si nuUus fuerit de corporemeo exiens, quod tunc eadem manerium, mesuagia terrae et tene-menta cum pertinentiis remaneant praedictae Agneti, tenenda sibiad totam vitam suam. Ita quod eadem manerium, mesuagia,terrae et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, post mortem praedicL'eAgnetis, ad pracdictos donatores et haeredes suos revertantur aJperficiendum inde banc voluntatem meam. Item ad amorem etfavorcm mier pn-edictos Johannem, Edmundum, Willelmum, etClementem filios mcos et praedictam Elizabeth et praefatos ha;re-(ies suos, eorunique mutuam caritatem hinc inde nutriendum (?)

et amplificandum, volo et ordino per praesentes quod si ab'qu^terrae seu tenementa, sibi aut eorum alicui, per praedictas personasfeoffatas seu feoffandas vel eorum hseredes vel assignatos in formapraedicta per dona et concessiones, immediate, in feodo talliato seualio statu, per remanere aut alio quovis modo, danda seu conce-denda, versus praedictos Johannem, Edmundum, Willelmum etClementem, filios meos, et praedictam Elizabeth aut haeredes suospraedictos absque culpa recuperentur, vel aliqua inde parcellarecuperetur, vel status eorum inde adnihiletur, quod infra unumannum proximo tunc sequentem residui eorum de porcionibus suisterrarum et tenementorum praedictorum, ut praedicitur, sibi dan-dorum et concessorum, juxta ratam annul valoris earundem portio-num suarum, debitam faciant recompensacionem caeteris eorumde quorum porcionibus dictas recuperaciones vel status adnihila-ciones fieri contigerit Ita quod onus perdicionis in hac parte, siquod evenerit inter ipsos juxta ratam annul valoris portionumsuarum uniformis sit et aequalis. Item, ad finem quod iste arti-culus praesentis voluntatis meae proximo praecedens per praedictosJohannem, Edmundum, Willelmum et Clementem, filios meos,ac praedictam Elizabetham et haeredes suos praedictos sufficienciuset plenius exequatur, et quod dicta dona et concessiones immediatevel per remanere in feodo talliato vel alio statu, ut praedicitur,bibi faciendo per eorum facta, feoffamenta, cartas, scripta, vel aliomodo non discontinuarentur, volo et ordino quod praedictae per-sonae feoffatae seu feoffandae eomm haeredes et assignati, antequamipsi aliquem statum de praedictis terris et tenementis aut parcellainde praedictis Johanni, Edmundo, Willelmo et Clementi, filiismeis, et praedictae Elizabeth et haeredibus suis praedictis, seu eorumalicui, faciant, per scriptum suum indentatum dent et concedantpraedicto Edmundo, filio meo, unum annuum redditum trigintalibrarum legalis monetae, habendum et percipiendum eidem Ed-mundo et haeredibus suis masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus depraedicto manerio de Gresham ad festa Paschae et Sancti Michaelissequis portionibus, una cum sufficienti clausula districtionis indicto manerio fiendae pro non solucione ejusdem annul redditus subforma et condicionibus subseqnentibus: videlicet, quod praedictusannuus redditus sit et remaneat in suspenso et non levetur, solva-tur, nee percipiatur quovismodo, quousque dictus Johannes Pastonvel aliquis haeres suns masculus de corpore suo exiens aliquoddonum sive concessionem, immediate vel per remanere, in feodotalliato vel alio statu, de manerio praedicto cum pertinentiis eidemJohanni fiendum, per factum, feoffamentum, cartam vel scriptum,seu alio modo, in jDarte vel toto, discontinuaverit seu discontinuarifecerit, vel quousque praedioius Johannes Paston, vel aliquis haeressuus masculus de corpore suo exiens, praedictum articulum prae-sentis voluntatis meae sic incipiendvun "Item ad aniorem etfavorem," &c. in aliqua ex parte sua perimplendo infregerit,pon perfecerit, vel non observaverit, vel sic tarn omnibus

et singulis quihus aliquod donum sivc concessio, immediatevel per remanere, in feodo talliato vel in aliquo alio statu, de prrc-^licto manerio cum pertinentiis dicto Johanni I'aston vel alicuihoeredumde corpore suo exeuntium perpraidictas personas feofTatasseu feofiandas, haredes seu assignatos suos, in fonna prccdictafiendum per praedictum Johannem Paston vel aliqucm hajredumsuoruni prieclictorum discontinuatum fuerit non legitime recon-tinuatuin, quam omiiibus et singulis annis quibus articulus pra;-dictus jirivsentis voluntatis meai sic incipicns " Item ad amoremet favorem," &c. per praedictum Johannem Paston vel aliquemhairedumsuonmi projdictorum in aliquo ex parte sua perimplendoconfractus, non tentus, aut non impletus, fuerit non debitereformatus. Et per consimile factum suuni indentatum dent etconcedant prcedicto Willelmo filio meo unum annuum redditumtriginta librarum consimilis monetce habendum et percipiendumannuatim prsedicto Willelmo et ha;redibus suis de corpore suoexeuntibus a tempore quo praedictus Johannes filius meus mortuusfuerit sine hairede masculo de tempore ^ suo exeunte de proedictomanerio de Gresham cum pertinentiis ad festa praidicta acquisportionibus, una cum sufficienti clausula districtionis in eodemmanerio fiendas pro non solutione cjusdem annul redditus subforma et conditionibus sequentibus, videlicet, quod idem annuusredditus sit et remaneat in suspenso et non levetur nee solvatur,aut percipiatur quovismodo quousque prcedictus Johannes Paston,vel Edmundus Paston, vel aliquis haeres masculus de corporealicujus eorum exiens, aliquod donum sive concessionem, imme-diate vel per remanere, in feodo talliato vel in alio statu, de eodemmanerio cum pertinentiis, aut parcella inde, eidem Johanni velEdmundo fiendum, per factum, feoffamentum, cartam, vel scriptum,seu alio modo, in parte aut toto, discontinuaverit seu discontinuarifecerit, vel quousque aliquis eouKii praedictum articulum praescntisvoluntatis meoi sic incipientem " Item ad amorem et favorem,' &c.in aliquo ex parte sua perimplendo infregerit, non perfecerit, velnon observaverit. Et per consimile factum suum indentatumdent et concedant praedicto Clementi, filio meo, unum annuumredditum triginta librarum consimilis monetw, habendum etannuatim percipiendum praedicto Clementi, filio meo, ethaeredibusde corpore suo exeuntibus a tempore quo uterque praedictoiumJ ohannisPastonet Edmundus (j/V) Paston mortuus fuerit si nehaoredemasculo de corpore suo exeunte de pra.'dicto manerio - de Greshamad festa praedicta acquis porcionibus, una cum clausula districtionisin forma praedicta, sub fonna et condicionibus subsequentibus,videlicet, quod idem annuus redditus sit et remaneat in suspenso,et non levetur, solvatur nee percipiatur quovismodo, quousquepraedictus Johannes Paston, vel prxdictus Edmundus Paston, velaliquis masculus de corpore alicujus eomm exiens, vel j)raediclus

1 So in MS.

% ^prcedicto manerio These words are repeated in tpf M.^-

45^ THE rASTON LETTERS.

Willelmus Pabton, fillus mcus, vel allquis hxres de corpcre suoexiens, aliquod donum sive concessionem, immediate vel perremanere,! in fcodo talliato vel alio statu, dicto Johanni Paston,Edmundo Paston, vel Willelmo Paston, filiis meis, vel eorumalicui fiendum per feoffamentum, cartam vel scriptum, seualio modo, in parte aut toto discontinuaverit, seu discontinuarifecerit, vel quousque aliquis eorum proedictum articulum proe-sentis voluntatis mere sic incipientem " Item ad amorem,"&c. in aliquo ex parte sua perimplendo infrcgerit, nonfecerit, vel non observaverit. Et per consimile factum suumindentatum dent et concedant prsedictoe Elizabeth unumannuum redditum triginta librarum consimilis monet?e, haben-endum et percipiendum eidem Elizabeth et hteredibus decorpore suo exeuntibus a tempore quo uterque proedictorumJohannis et Edmundi filiorum meorum mortuus erit sine hoeredemasculo de corpore suo exeunte, et uterque prGedictorum Willelmiet dementis, filiorum meoi-um, mortuus fuerit sine hoerede decorpore suo exeunte de prsedicto manerio de Gresham ad festaprredicta sequis porcionibus, una cum clausula districtionis informa praedicta, forma et condicionibus subsequentibus, videlicet,quod idem annuus redditus sit et remaneat in suspenso et nonlevetur, solvatur, nee percipiatur quovismodo, quousque prsedictusJohannes Paston aut prcedictus Edmundus Paston, vel aliquisha:res masculus de corpore alicujus eorum exiens, vel quousquepraedictus Willelmus Paston seu prsedictus Clemens, filii mei, vel

aliquis haeres de corpore alicujus eorum exiens

sive concessionem, immediate vel per remanere, in feodotalliato vel alio statu, dictis Johanni Paston, Edmundo Paston,"Willelmo Paston, et (?) Clementi Paston, vel alicui eorum,fiendum, per factum, feoffamentum, cartam vel scriptum, seu

alio modo, in parte aut toto .... manerio

discontinuari fecerit, vel quousque aliquis eorum prsedictumarticulum praesentis voluntatis meae sic incipientem *' Item adamorem," &c. in aliquo ex parte sua perimplendo infregerit, nonperfecerit, vel non observaverit. Item, volo quod [si ?] aliquispraedictorum Johannis, Edrriundi, Willelmi, et dementis, filiorummeorum, ante dictam aetatem suam xviij. annorum obierit, quodtunc prxdictas personae feoffatae seu feoffandae, eorum haeredes etassignati, patiantui et permittant praedictos Robertum Clere,Edmundum Clere, Johannem [Pagrave], Willelmum Bakton,et Johannem Damme, vel duos eorum per communem assensumeorum quinque, praedictam porcionem teiTarum et tenementonmipraedicto sic obeunti, ut praedictum est, dandam et concedendamoccupare et exitus et proficua inde percipere et habere quousqueille qui proxime post mortem dicti sic obeuntis juxta eifectumpraeseutis voluntatis dictam portionem haberet et teneret fueritgetatis xviij. annorum plene completorum, et tunc infra quadra-1 vel per remanere, repeated in MS.

ginta dies proximo tunc sequentes postquam racionabiliter fuerlutrequisiti, per scripta sua indentata dimlttant, liberent, et assignenteandem porcionem cum pertinentiis ipsi qui, ut pradicitur, tuncjuxta hanc vcluntatem meam porcionem illam liaberet et teneret,habendam et tenendam sibi in forma proedicta. Et si prcedicURobertus Clere, Edmundus Clere, Johannes Pagrave, WillelmusBakton, et Joliannes Damme, vel dicti duo eorum eadem exituset proficua disponant et distribuant in solucione debitorum qureme debere contingat, et reformacione et satisfactione mesprisionumet extortionum, si quas fecerira, et pro animabus pra^dictis infonna prosdicta per discretionem praedictoe Agnetis et executorummeorum. Item, volo quod prsedicta Elizabeth filia mea habeatducentas libras legalis monetae ad maritagium suum si ipsa peravisamentum pra2dictas Agnetis et executorum meorum maritetur.Proviso semper quod eadem Elizabeth pari sexu et oetate in bonaet competenti consanguinitatis linea maritata sit, et per maritagiumillud habeat statum sufficientem et securum in lege sibi et viro suoet hoeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus, si fieri poterit, seusaltem ad totam vitam suam, in terris et tenemetis valoris quadra-ginta librarum per annum ad minus. Et si eadem Elizabethantequam maritata fuerit, obierit, quod tunc dictae pecuniae summapro maritagio ejus limitata in solucione debitorum quas me deberecontingat, et in refonnacione et satisfactione mesprisionum etextorcionum, si quas fecerim, et pro animabus praedictis fideliterdistribuatur, per discretionem prcedictse Agnetis et executorummeorum. In cujus rei testimonium ego praefatus WillelmusPaston praesentibus sigilium meum apposui. Datum tricesimoprimo die Januarii anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conques-tum vicesimo secundo.

Probata fuerunt prosdicta testamentum et ultima voluntas coramnobis, Alexandro Prowet, decretorum inceptore, ac reverendissimiin Christo patris et domini, domini Johannis, permissione DivinaCantuariensis archiepiscopi commissario generali, &c., vicesimoquarto die mensis Novembris anno Domini millesimo CCCCmoxlliijto et legitime pronunciatum pro eisdem, administratioqueomnium bononim &c. honestae mulieri, Agneti, relictae dictidefuncti, primitus prolestanti (et proteslata fuit palam, publice etexpresse, judicialiter coram nobis quod voluit agere et peterepartem sibi de jure et consuetudine in hac parte debitam, in casuquo praefatus defunctus in testamento sive ultima voluntate quoadKquivalenciam partis hujusmodi minime ordinavit et disposuit),ac discretis viris Johanni, filio dicti defuncti dum vixit, WillelmoiJakton et Johanni Damme, executoribus in eodem testamentonominatis, sub forma protestationis dictae Agnetis commissa extititin debita juris forma ; ac praifati executores habent crastinumPurificationis Beatae Mariae Virginis proximo futurum ad exhilien*dum inventarium &c. ex praefixione nostra.

985.A.D. 1479.—John Pyrke.

[Norwich Episcop. Reg., 16.]

Will of John Pyrke, Rector of St. Michael and St.Peter's, Long Stratton.

I^eaves to John Paston, Esquire, "unam cistam rub ram desp . . . . ," and some other articles.

Executors, John Paston, Esquire, and William Martin of LongStratton, each to have for his trouble vjs. vujfil.

Date of will, 8 Sept. 1479. Proved 13 Nov. 1479 by JohnPaston alone.

986.A.D. 1482, 4 Sept.—Robert Paston of Wiveton.

[Norwich Archdeaconry Reg., vol. i., f. 29, b.]

[I do not know whether this Rohert Paston was at all nearly related to thefamily, whose correspondence is contained in these volumes ; but this will andthe will of his wife Margaret, which follows, are interesting in themselves,and deserve a place, even on account of the testator's surname.]

In Dei nomine, Amen. Quarto die Septembris Anno DominiMillesimo CCCCmolxxxijo, Ego Robertus Paston de Wyveton,compos mentis et sanoe memoriae meas existens, condo testamen-tum meum sive ultimam mcam voluntatem in hunc modum : Inprimis, lego animam meam Deo Omnipotenti et Beatae MariosVirgini et Omnibus Sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum ubi-cunque Deus disposuerit. Item, lego summo altari de Weveton])roedicto pro decimis meis oblitis et male compensatis, xx^. Item,Gildae Beatse Marise ibidem, xi'yi. Item, Gildae Sancti JohannisBaptistse ibidem, xij^. Item, lumini super pelvem coram Cruci-fixo ibidem, viij^. Item, lego lumini de /e Torchys ibidem, y]d.Item, reparacioni capellse Beatce Mariae in cimiterio ibidem, \]d.Item, campanis in campanili ibidem, viij</. Item, reparacionicapellae Sanctce Trinitatis super Pontem, v\d. Item, volo quodMargaretta uxor mea habeat sibi et assignatis suis meam partemcujusdam navis vocatoe le Gylys, cum omni apparatu prcedictoeparti navis pertinenti et pra2dictam partem navis praxlicta Mar-gareta sumptibus siiis reparabit. Item, volo quod prredictaMargareta uxor mea habeat ad terminam vitre su;e messuaginmmeum cum omnibus pertinentiis, coramoditatibus, utensilibus, ettiecessariis proedicto raessuagio concementibus; et post decessuiP

prrcdictce Margaretas volo ut prxdictum messuagium nicum ven-detur, et de pecunia inde provcniente volo quod Alicia Idia iiieaad conjugium semen habeat v. marcas : Et si coutingat quodprnedicta Alicia obiret antequam conjuncta fuerit, tunc volo quodpra.'dictas marcas executores disponant in operibus caritatis in

ecclesia Wyveton pra:dicto

Item, volo cum residua pecuniae de prsedicto messuagio pro-

venientis ad celebrandum in ecclesia de

Weveton praedicta pro anima mea et anima dictre Margaretae [&c.]

Et requiro in nomine Jesu feofiatos meos

ut ipsi faciant legitimum statum ei vol eis qui mesuagium prae-dictum adquirere voluerit aut voluerint sine contradictione siveimpedimento aliquibus. Item, lego Willelmo Wynterton, iijj. iiij^.Item, lego nepoti meo \no na7ne\ unam togam, unam deploidam,unum par caligarum ad disposicionem Margaretoe uxoris meae.—The rest of his goods to be disposed of by his executors at theirdiscretion for the good of his soul.

Executors—his wife Margaret and Edmund Shotery, clerk.

Proved at Cley, 9 Oct. 1482.

987.A.D. 1484.—Margaret Paston.

[Norwich Archdeaconry Reg., vol. i., f 76, a.]

In Dei nomine. Amen. Ego, Margareta Paston de Weveton,vidua, bonae memoriae existens die Lune xx. post Dominicam inAlbis ^ anno Domini nostri 148410, condo testamentum meum acultimani voluntatem in hunc modum. In primis, lego et com-mendo animam meam Deo Omnipotenti, Redemptori meo, BeataeMariae Virgini, et Omnibus Sanctis celestis curiae, corpus quemeumsepeliendum in cimiterio ecclesiae Beatas \iio name] de Wevetonpraedicta, cujus summo altari lego pro decimis meis non solutis,xx^. Item, lego fratemitati Gildae Sancti Joannis Baptistaeunum pannum le drapre. Item, lego pictuis [sic) porticae ejusdemecclesiae, xiij.y. iv^., quas summa remanet in manibus JohannisAndrews. Item, lego emendacioni ecclesias praedictae, iijjr. \\d.Item, reparacioni campanarum ibidem, \]d. Item, lego luminiAltaris, m]d. Item, lumini le Torchys, y]d. Item, lego repara-cioni capellae Beatae Mariae ibidem, y'yi. Item, lego fratemitatiBeatae Mariae de Salthoiis, xx^., et Summo Altari ibidem, xij</.

1 So in MS., but the date would be more intelligible without the numeral"xx." Dominica in Albis means sometimes Whitsunday, sometimes theSunday after Easter. The Monday following would in the one case be7 June, in the other 19 April, in 1484.

Item, reparacioni campanarum ibidem, iiij^. Item, luminiAratrub'm (?), iv^. Item, volo quod messuagium meum cumomnibus terris dicto messuagio pertinentibus vendatur per meosexe^uLores, et summa pecuniae inde {sic) dispensatur per eosdeinin celebratione missarum per bonum presbyterum scolarem celc-bratorem in ecclesia Beatoe Marice de Weveton praedicta proanima mea et animabus omnium parentum et benefactorumnieorum. Item, lego Alicice Bastard quinque marcas de dictoniessuagio receptas. Et si contigerit ipsum Aliciam discedere abhac luce, tunc volo quod Alicia filia mea habeat inde 33i-. 4^., etresiduum remaneat executoribus meis. Item, volo quod feoffatimei deliberent totam seisinam et possessionem de et in messuagioprsedicto, cum onmibus suis pertinentiis {bloti qui requisiti fuerint\)ex executores meos. Residuum omnium bonorum meorum nonlegatorum do et lego et concedo meis executoribus ut ipsi ordinentet disponant pro salute animaa mese et animabus benefactorummeorum, prout melius Deo Omnipotenti placeat, quos ordino etconstituo Edmundum Shortere, clericum et Johannem Say meosexecutores et legitimos attomatos. In cujus rei testimonium prae-sentibus sigillum apposai.

Proved at Cley, 14 June, anno praidicto.

988.A.D. 1487, 18 May.—Dame Elizabeth Browne.

[Register Milles 12.]

In:Dei nomine, Amen. The xviijth' day of the moneth of Mayin the yere of Our Lord God m^cccclxxxvij. and in the secundyere of the reign of King Henry the vij. I, Dame Elisabeth latewife of Sir George Brown, Klnyght, being of hoole mynde andin good memorye, thanked be Allmyghty God, make and ordeignthis my present testament and last will yn maner and forme folow-ing, that is to say :—

First. I bequeith my soul to Allmyghty God, Our Lady SaintMary and to all the Holy Company of Hevon ; and my body tobe buried withyn the churche of the Blak Freris within Ludgatewith my forsaid housband Sir George; to the whiche place Ibequeith xxj/z, for my said housbandes soul and myne, our fadresand modres soules and for all Cristen soules to be praid for.And for xiij. trentalles of Saint Gregory to be said and songynfor us and thaym by the freris of the said place, as in dirigesand masses with all other observaunces belonging to the same, inmaner and forme folowing ; That is to wete, in the day or morowalter mv discesse vij. trentaJlis; and every weke folowing unto

my monthes mjrnde oon trentall, and iij. trentalles at my monthesniynde biside the solempnc dirige and masse that is to be r*;-qiiyred for me at that tyme. And I charge myne executours toi^ce that the premisses be done and performed, and also the saidfreris to feche me from the place where I die unto thair said placewhere I have lymyted afore to be buried. Also, I wull that assone as my body is buryed and th'expenses therof done and paidthat myn executours provide and see that my dettes be contentedand paid. Also, I bequeith to the vicar of the church of Dork-ing in the county of Surrey for my forsaid housbandes soul andmyne, our faders and modres, and for all the soules that we bebound unto, to be praid for within the yer after my discesse, asin diriges and masses to be said or song by hym or his deputieand to have us specially in remembraunce in tha}T memento byoon hole yer, xxj. Also, I bequeith to the reparacion of the for-said churche of Dorking xxj. Also, I bequeith to the parson ofSaint Albans in Wodstrete within London for diriges and massesto be said or song by hym or his deputie, in like wise as the vicarof Dorking is charged, as is afore rehersed, xxj-. Also I bequeithto the reparacion of the stepull of the said churche of Saint AlbaneXX. solidos. Also, I bequeith to the prisoners of Newgate andLudgate, Kinges Bench and Marshallsee, to every of those placesto be praid for, xx^^/. Also, I bequeith to bedred folkes and otherpour householders, aswell men as women, dwelling within Lon-don and without in the suburbis of the same, and moste speciallysouche as have knowen me and I thaym, xIj. , as by the discrc-cions and advises of myne executours it shall be thought best tobe done. Moreover I geve and biqueith to my doughter Mary,to the promocion of her mariage, all my plate and other juelles,with all myne hole apparell, and all my stuff of houshold beingwithin my dwelling place or any other within the citee of Londonor suburbes of the same, that is to say:—First, a standing cupp ofsilver gilt, chaced with plompes, weyeng with the cover, knoppeand devise xlij. unces et dimidium. Item, a standing cupp ofsilver and gilt, chaced with flowres, weying with the cover, theknopp and devise, xxvij. unces et diviidium. A playn standingcupp of silver gilt, weing with the cover, the knopp and the deviseXXX. unces. A standing cupp of silver and gilt, chaced with halfplompes, weying with the cover, knopp and devise xx. unces anddimidium. A playn standing cupp of silver gilt weying withcover and the knoppe and the devyse xxvij. unces and an halt Astandyng cuppe of silver and gilt, we>Tig with the cover, theknoppe and the devyse xxvj. unces. A saltseler of sylver andgilte, wcyng with the cover, the knoppe and the devyse xxiij.unces. A saltseler of sylver and gilt, without a cover, weyingxxij. unces and an halfe. A litill saltseler of sylver and gilt, wey-ing witli the cover and the knoppe and liie devyse xv. unces and anhalf. A litell saltseler of sylver and gilt, without the cover, v/ey-

ing viij. unces and an halfe. And vij. Lolles of sylver, parcellespalt, weying iiij.xx. xviij. unces. And ij. peces of sylver with acover weying xlviij. unces. A dosen and a half of silver sponysweying xxiij. unces, and iij. sponys of silver and gilt weying iij.unces and iij. quartrons, and a long spone of sylver and gilt forginger, weying j. unce and iij. quartrons. Item, a chafing dissheof sylver weying xxvj. unces. And ij. litell crewettes of sylverweying viij. unces. A chalese of sylver and gilt with the paten,weying xj. unces. An haly water stole of silver with the lid,handill, and spryngill, weying xij. unces. An Agnus with abaleys iij. saphires, iij. perlys with an image of Saint Antonyapon it. And a tablet with the Salutacion of Our Lady, and theiij, Kingis of Collayn. A bee with a grete pearl. A dyamond,an emerawde, iij. giete perlys hanging apon the same. A notherbee with a grete perle, with an emerawde and a saphire, weyingij. unces iij. quarters. A pece of the Holy Crosse, crossewisemade, bordured with silver aboute ; iij. brode girdilles, oone oftavvTiy silke with bokill a pendaunt, another of purpill with bokylland pendaunt, and the iijde. of purpill damaske with bokell andpendaunt. And vj. barres of silver and gilt, and iij. brode har-nysed girdilles, oone white tisshew, another red tysshew gold, andthe iijde a playne grene coorse. A muskeball of gold weying halfean unce, and ij. bokilles and ij. pendauntes of gold, oone playne andthe other pounsyd, weying an unce and a quarter. And a hamysedgirdill enameled with rowsclare, weying halfe an unce. A dymy-soynti with a rubye and an amatyste weying j. unce and an halfe.An harnysed girdill of golde of damaske with a long pendaunt,and a bokill of golde chekkyd, weying j. unce. A grete bed ofa state of verdure, and a counterpoynt to the same. And iiij.curteyns of grene tartron. A grete federbed, a bolster, and vj.fetherbeddys over woren, vj. bolsters. And iiij. mattarasses,lytyll over woren, xij. pellowes of downe, v. newe carpettys of ij.ellys in lengeth and yarde and halfe brode. iij. fyne pelow beres,and a grete counterpoynt of tapstery werk of v. yardes and aquarter longe and iiij. yardes brode. A hanging for a chamberof grene say borduryd with acrons of xxxv. yerdes longe ; a whytespervyour; ij. counterpoyntes, an hanging bed, with a lyonthereupon ; and the valence white, grene, and red, and iiij. blewcourtens to the same. And two coverlettes with lyons ; a blaktestovu: for a bed, with iiij. blak cfurtens, and vj. pecys of blakhanging to the same ; ij. cusshens of blak velvet; a cusshyn ofblak damask; a cusshen of grene worstede; a long cusshen ofblewe saten figure. A blak coveryng for a bed of borde ali-saunder. And xj. peces of grene saye, borduryd with aconis, tohang with a chambre. A vestment of blak velwet with orfrayes,browderyd with my saide husbondys armes and myne ; an awbe ;j. chesyppill, with a stole, and all that belongeth therto; ij-1 A metal facing for a girdle.

corporas CfUys of cloth of gold ; j. olde vestment; an awbe ; anawter clothe wyth the image of Our Lorde; a corporas case ofblewe cloth of golde. A nother of blewe saten and russet. Anawter clothe of staynyd werke. And iij. stenyd clothes withimagis in them to hang a chapell. ij. awter clothes of whitesylke with red crosses, and ij. curtens with white frengis and red.And iiij. curtens, ij. of rayed sarsenet, and two of grene. Anawter clothe ; a litell pece of grene tartron ; a payer of fustjansof iiij. breddys iij. yerdys iij. quarters long. A paire of fyneshetys overwome of iiij. yerdes brede. An hede shete and iij.payer of newe shetys of iij. levis, of iij. ellys and an half long.And two payer of shetys of ij. levis and an half long. And iij.hed shetys of ij. bredys, and vj. paier of shetys over wome of ij.levis. And vj. paier of houshold shetis. And two paier ofwollen blankettes. And a violet gowne, furryd with martrons.A blak gowne furryd with gray. A blak gowne furryd withwhite. A blak gowne furryd with martrons. And a nyghtgowne of blak furryd with martrons. A kirtill of tawny chamlet.A purfiU of ermyns of ij. skynne depeth, and iij. yardys and anhalf long. A purfill of martrons of j. skynne depeth, and iiij.yardis long. A purfill of shankes of ij. skynne deppelh, and iiij.yardis long. A bonet of poudrid ermyns. And a pece of clothof golde with dropis, which was of a duplade. And a dosen ofdiaper napkyns of flour de lyce werke and crownes. And adosen and a half of naptkyns of playne clothe with blew pelowers,and a pece of clothe of diaper werke to make with a dosennaptkyns. A bordecloth of floure de lice werk and crownes of x.yardis and an half long, and iij. yardis brode. And a notherbordecloth of flour de lyce werk and crownes, viij. yardes and ahalf long, ij. yardes and a quarter brode ; a to well of diaper olflower delice werke and crownys of xxti yardys long, and iij.quarters brode. Another towell of flower delice werke andcrownys of iij. quarters brode and xviij. yardes long. A notherof latise werke and diaper of iij. quarter brede xiiij. yerdes di'long. Another towell of iiij. greynys, and a fret of viij. yerdesdi* long. A nother towell of latise werk and crownys vj. yerdesand di' long and iij. quarters Ijrede. And two towellis of greatdiaper werke, iij. yerdes and a quarter long and iij. quarter brode.And a pece of new creste clothe conteygnyng xxiij. ellys. And twotowellys of great diaper werkes of xiij. yerdes long and iij. quarterin brede. And vij. grete cofers, v. chestis, ij. almaryes like a chayer,and a blak cofer bounden with iron. vj. yoyned stoles, iiij. kas-kettys, v. litell joynyd stoles. A litill table, ij. yerdes long.A rounde table, ij. trestelles, ij. ganiysshe and di* of pewtervessell counterfete, wherof j. gamysshe and di' is newe ; and vj.great kandelstikkis newe of laton, and iiij. newe bellyd kandel-stikkis, ij. litill kandelstikkis, vij. basens of pewater, and v.brasse pannys, of the which oon is xvj. galons, and two of themIII. 2 H

of viij. galons a pece, and the other ij. more lesse. A gretestanding chafer of laton with a lyon apon the lydde, ij. cliafers ofbrasse, and ij. litill brasse pottys, ij. grete cobardys, and ij. othercobardys more and lesse, ij. fyer pannys, a lityll skelet. Aladill and a scomer of laton, ij. colondyrs, ij. spyttys, ij. drepingpannes of iron, iij. dressing knyfys, ij. lechyng knyfys, ij. chop-pyng knyfys. A tryvet. A brasen morter with a pestell of iron,ij. stone morters, ij. gredyrons, j. payer of potte hokys, a flesshehoke, and a kolerake. Provydid alwey that myn executours bythe advyse of myn overseers ordeigne and put in safegarde to bekept after my discease in to som religious place unto the day ofmy said doughters mariage, and to the behofe and promocyon ofthe same, all and every part of the forsaid plate and juelx withall other stuffe of houshold by me to her, as is abovewritten, yovenand bequethed, except souciie stuffe as canne not be kept frommowghtes, which I will she have the rule and govemaunce offor the safegarde of the same and for her wele. And if my saidedoughter Mary dye unmaryed, then I yeve and bequethe all theforsaid plate with all other stuffe of housholde to my soon Matheweher brother. And if it fortune that he dye unmarj'ed, as Godforfende, then I yeve and bequeth all and every part of my for-said plate, juelx, and stuffe of housholde unto my soon Sir Ed-ward Ponyngis. And yef it fortune the said Edward to dye, asGod defcnde, that then all the forsaid juelx and other stuffe abovewritten, except a playne standing cuppe of sylver and gilt, withthe cover, the knoppe, and the devyse of the same with gryfiomhede in the botom wrought apon blewe asure, weying xxvj. uncis,which I geve to my doughter in lawe, Dame Isabell Ponyngis, to"je dyvydyd by th'advice of the overseers of this my present testa-ment and last wille, and evynly to be departed unto AntonyBrowne and Robert Browne, my brethem in lawe, they to dowith it thair fre wille. And as touching myne Agnus, tabletteswith dyamondys, saphires, perlys, grete and small crosses, gur-dillis, dymyseyntes, gownys, with all other thingis longing tomyne apparayle, as is above written, yef it fortune my said doughterMary decease, I geve and bequethe all and every part of it to mykynnyswoman Margaret Hasslake. And if the said Margaretdye, that then all the said apparell particularly written beforeremaigne to my said doughter-in-lawe Dame Isabell Ponyngys.Also XX. marc which I lent unto my son Sir Edward Ponynges,I woll that it be distributyd by the discrecion of myn executoursand overseers among souche as been knowen my servauntys atthe day of my discease. The residue of all my singuler goodes,catallys, and juellys after my dettys payde, and my bequestes per-formyd and fulfyllyd, and burying done, I geve and fully bequethto my sonnys, Ser Edward Ponyngis and Mathew Browne, andtheym to dispose and do theire fre wille, to pray and to do for mysoule as they wolde I sholde do for them, as they will auiswer

afore God. And of this my testament aud last wille I make andordeigjie myn executours my forsaid sonnes, Ser Edward Ponyngysand Mathew Browne, andtheiresupervysours Humphrey Conynges-by and Ricliurd Tuke. And I bcqueth to every of myne execu-tours for thair labour Ixj-., and to every of myne overseers forthair labours y\s. In Wittenesse hereof, I the said Dame Eliza-beth to this my present testment and last wille have put myscale. Yoven at London, the day and yere abovesaide.

Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum coram dominoapud Lamchith xxvjtodie mcnsis Junii, anno Domini supradicto,acapprobatum &c. Et commissa fuit administratio &c., MatheoBrowne, filio ejusdem et executori &c. de bene &c. Ac de plenoinventario &c., citra fcstum Sancti Petri quod dicitur ad Vin-cula, reservata potcstal-e committendi &c., Edwardo Ponyngesmiliti, executori (ic.

A.D. 1496, 7 Sept.—William Paston.

[Register Plorne, 12.]

In Dei nomine, Amen. The vijth day of the moneth of Sep-tembre in the yere of Our Lord God ml-CCCClxxxxvj., I, WilliamPaston of London, gentilman, being of hooll mynde and in goodmemory, laude and praysing be unto Almighti God, make andordeigne this my iiresent testament and last wille in maner andfourme folowing, that is to sey :—Furst, I geve and bequeith mysoule unto my saide Lorde God, to our blessed Lady Sainte MaiyeVirgyne, and to all the holy companye of Heven. And I willthat my body be buried in the church of Blak Frerez, in London,at the north ende of the high altar there by my Lady Anne, latemy wife. Also, I will that there be yeven unto the saide churchof Blak Frires, where my saide body shall lye, to be praide for,aud for the place of my saide burying to have a large stone uponthe saide Lady Anne and me, a convenient rewarde by th'adviseand discrecion of myne executours underwriten. Also, I willthat all my dettes be wele and truely contente and paide. Also,1 wille that xx//. in money be geven and disposed for my souleand all Christen soules in dedes of pitee and charitee the day ofmy saide burying, that is to sey:—emonges pouer people and pri-soners within the citee of London and withoute. Also I will thatI have a preste of honest conversacion to synge bothe for me, andfor suche as I am chargid to do syng for at Cambrige, as myservant, Thomas Andrewe, can shew by the space of viij. yeres.Also, I will that for every wronge by me done in my life tyme adewe recompence be made there fore by th'enformacion of mysaide servante, Thomas Andrew, in that behalf. Also, I will thatall my landes and tenementes with th'appurtenances be devyded

bytwene my ij. doughters, Agnes and Elizabeth, by the discresionof my executours underwritten, and after th'enformacion of mysaide servaunte, Thomas Andrew, to whome I have shewid myentent and mjTide in the same manye tymes, and often to haveto theym and to the heires of theire ij. bodies lawfully begoten.Also, I wille that all the revennuyes of my fee symple landes,over and a bove the reparacions and charges of the same thatshalbe due at Mychelmas next after my deceasce be takyn of mytenauntes and fermours there by favoure, and that the samerevenues go to the contentacion and payment of my saide dettesassone as it can be convenyently gadred and levied, &c. Also, Iwill that none of my tenantes nor fermers, suche as be of greteage and fallith in poverte, be in any wise vexid or t[r]oublid aftermy deceasce by my executours underwritten for no maner of oldedettes due unto me before the day of my deces. Also, I will thatnether my heires, executours, nor non other person for theim, norin theire names, in any wise vex, sue, or trouble the saide ThomasAndrew, my servaunte, after my deceasce of or for any maner ofrekenynges or other maters bitwene hym and me in all my lifetyme, but utterly thereof I discharge hym and will, and will thathe be therof acquyte and discharged in that behalve as I haveshewid and declared in my life unto my doughter Elizabeth,Mastres Hide, Master Ursewik, Archedecon of Richemonde,Master Doctor Myddelton, Master Thomas Madies, chapeleyn tomy Lorde Cardinall,^ Master John Shaa, Alderman of London,Master Reede, Master Christofer Mildelton, proctours of thecourte of Canterbury, and many other honorable folkis, and tomy servauntes in my life tyvae, consideryng that he hathe ben mytrewe and feithfuU servant these xix. yeres or more, in whichseasone he hath had dyvers grete paynfull besynes and labours inmy causis, by whose gode policie and meanes I have purchasedmoche of my saide fe symple landes, which also canne geve bestenformacion how all suche landes as I have purchased stonden,and what consciens is there in, and howe every thyng shalbeordred. Also, I vvdll that the churche of Saynte Petre, in Wode-norton have a hole vestyment of the price of v. marc. Also, Iwill that Elizabeth Crane be wele maried at my costis, or ellis bythe menes of my doughters, unto suche a personne as may dis-pende by yei\t xx. marc, or ellis to a gode marchaunt or othercraftisman. Item, I will that Christofer Talbot be treuly con-tentid and paied of his yerely annuyte of v. merke by yere durynghis life. Item, I will that Thomas Dokkyng have surely hisannuyte of xLr. by yere duryng his life. Item, I wille that thebargayne of Adam Sowter be recompensid after th'enformacionhad of my saide servaunte, Thomas Andrew. Also, 1 will thatevery of my servauntes be rewarded for theire good and diligentlaboure and attendance had a bowte me after the discresion of my1 Cardinal Morton.

APPENDIX, 469

cxccuTours uiKTerwritten. Also, I will that all suche of my t^odesmoveable in Wanvikes Inne, and in my place callid Castre Ciere,in NorflTolk, and in my place in Norvviche, be solde by the dis-cresion of my executours, tawarde and for the contentacion andpayment of my saide dettes and performance of this my presentwill. Also, I will that the vicar of Fyncham be recompensid ofhis bargayne betwene hym and me after th'enformacion of thesaide Thomas Andrewe. Item, I will that all my servauntes,suche as be behynde of their wages and dueties, be trewly contentand paied. Also, I will that all other my godes not bequethid,this my will fulfilled, my dettes paied, and all my wrongesrecompensed by th'enfonnacion of the saide Thomas Andrew, bedepartid bytwixte my ij. doughter beforesaide after the discresionof my saide executours. And also, for as moche as I have notsufficient redy money, and that my dettis cannot be redely levied,therfore I will that money be made of all suche plate as I havefor the haste of contentacion of my dettes that I owe of my buri-allis. And of this my present testament and laste will I makeand ordeyne and constitute my executours the moste reverendfadre in God my Lorde Cardinall, the right high and myghtyPrynces, my lady the K}Tiges modre, my Lord Dawbeney, and SirEdwarde Poynynges, Knyght, my nevew, whome I hartely be-seche in executyng and performyng this my laste will to do anddispose concemyng the same in every thyng as they shall thynkebest to the pleasure of Almyghty God, and for the helthe of mysowle and all Cristen sowles.

Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum coram domino apudLamehilh, xxviij° die mensis Novembris, Anno Domini MillesimoCCCCo nonagesimo sexto, juramento Thomce Andrew et Laur-encii Canwike, testium, quibus Thomse et Lawrencio comniissafuit administracio per viam intestati, pro eo et ex eo quod execu-tores in suo testamentonominati ex ccrtiscausis legitimis refutarunt,de bene et fideliter administrand' eadem juxta et secundum viresipsius defuncti testamentum sive ultimam voluntatem, ac primo desolvend' aes alienum in quo idem defunctus hujusmodi mortissuae tempore extitit obligatus, deinde legata in hujusmodi suotestamento contcnta, quatenus bona et debita »S:c., ad sancta &c.

A.D. 1504, 24 Nov.—Margaret Paston.

[Reg. Norvic *'Rix" f. 107.]

T, Mai^aret Paston, widow, "late wife of Edmond Paston,

Squier 24° Nov. mccccciv my sinful

bodie to be buried in the chyrche of Our Lady in Iteryngham."** Item, to the HeyAwter of the chirche of Sharington, vjj. viij^/" Item, to the reparacion of the said churche, xxr.

470 THE PASTON LETTERS.

** Item, to the reparacion of the chirch of Manington, xx.

** Item, to the reparacion of tlie chirch of Itteringham, iijj. ivd,

** Item, to the Hey Awter of Itteringham, iijj. iv^.

•' Item, to the Gikle of Oure blessid Ladi there, iijj. iv^/.

** Item, to the Heigh Awter of Saxthorpe, ijs.

** Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Little Baning-ham, u']s. iiijd.

*' Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Woolterton, ijj.

** Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Wood Bailing,iijj. iiijflf.

** Item, to the reparacion of heigh way in Woolterton, vj.

** Item, I vnll that my son W^illiam Lumnorhave c. sheep, xxiij.nete, x. quarters wheat, xx. quarters barley, x. quarters oats, andas many horse, cartes, plowghes, and harowghes, with alle herapparell, as shall extende to the valu of vi/z. xiijj. iiij*/., besidealle the foresaide shepe, &c." .... in recompense of allgoods .... that Thomas Brigge, late my husbande, byhis testament and last will bequeathed or gave to the said WilliamLumnor .... He to have all the hangings in the greychamber over the parlour within the manor place of Manington,and the great bed with the covering and hangings, *' which is oftapestrie worke ;".... also all the hangings of the halleand parlour, " with the falte table in the parlure, and all thetables and stooles in the haule, and all the rede hangings of therede chaumber over the pantry and botry, and a bed of red saye " viz., its belongings, pillows, coverlets, &c., &c.

"Item, to the said William Lumner, my son, ij. grete rostingaundemes, iij. spetes, ij. brass pots with all the brewing vessels."

Item, to my daughter, Margaret Brownie, " my fnmtelet of purpillvelvet, my girdill whereof the hemey* is silver and gilt, and thecorse is of damaske gold, and also my fruntelet of crymsyn velvet"

Item, to my daughter Elizabeth Whymbergh my dymysent silverand gilt, and my corse of crymsyn velvet pirled with gold, andalso a fruntlet of cryms}Ti velvet.

Item, to Margaret Lomnor, my daughter-in-lawe, my prymerclad with grene velvet.

Item, to my daughter, Anne Lomnor, my russet gown pervildwith menks, and my best coral bedes conteyning once fifty, andmy best bonnett.

Item, to Elizabeth Gayne, xiijj. iiijV., to the bjdng of a gownefor her.

Item, to my son, John Lomnor, a brass pott, a basin, with anewer of pewter with a roose of lateyn in tlae bottom of the saidbasin, and four platters, and four dishes, and iiij. sawcers ofpewter.

Item, to my son, Henry Lomnor, xh.

Item, to my nephew, Thomas Lomnor .... a featherbed, &c, &c

APPENDIX. 471

Item, to my nephew, James Lomnor a feather

bed, &c.

** And all the residue of alle my goodes and catallis, sylverplate, and all my detts to me owing, above not bequeathed norassigned, I give and bequeath to my son, William Lomnor, whomI ordeine and make my executor," first to pay debts, and dis-tribute the remainder " to the most plesure to God and helthe tomy sowle."

Proved at Norwich, 19 May 1505, by William Lumnor.

A.D. 1510, 31 May.—Dame Agnes Paston.

[Register Benet, 29.]

*• Dame Agnes Paston, widow, late the wife of Sir John PastonKnight, deceased," makes her will 31 May, A.D. 1510, 2 Hen.VIII. To be buried, if she die in London, in the church of theBlack Friars, by her husband John Harvy ; or, if she die inKent, in the parish church in Sondryche. Goods in three cheststo be divided among her three sons, George, Thomas, and Edward.Bequeathes to her son George Hervy a pair of large sheets ofher own spinning, and all her bedding at Sondryche to her sonTliomas Isley. Other bequests to John Palmer of Otteford, tothe parson of Brasted, to her daughter Isabel Isley, her cousinAlys Petham, to Margaret Palmer, to Mrs Bygote "with myLady Marqueys."^ To her son-in-law W^illiam Hatteclyffa basinand ewer, parcel gilt, for 20 marks, if he will give so much for it;otherwise it is to go to her sons George Harvy and Edw. Isley.To her son George a silver salt with a cover, at Leuesham. To herchaplain Sir Robert " the complete bedde within my little draughtchambre att Sonderiche," and 10 marks a year for 5 years, topray for her soul and the souls of John Hervy, Sir John Paston,and John Isley, her husbands. To her son Thomas Isley's chil-dren, and her own and her daughter Isabel Hatteclyff's children,5 marks each. To her son George Hervy " a standing cupp witha kever, silver and gilt with sekylles," and a gold cross. To herdaughter Isley a ring with a rebewe. To her son Thomas Isleyher gelding. Other bequests to her cousins Margaret Palmerand Thos. Waserer's wife ; also to young Potter, the man of law,to Agnes Waserer, and to Eliz. mother to Thomas Waserer's wife,to Joan Julles, William Tidman, to her servant Kyllingworth, toVincent her housekeeper, to Sir Robert, parish priest of Sonde-ryche, to Sir W^illiam of Nokold. Mr. Robert Scalys parson otBraysted to be overseer of her ^\^ll; her sons George Harvy andThos. Isley to be her executors.

Proved at Lambeth, 19 June 1510.

1 Cecily, widow of Thomas, first Marquis of Dorset

Appendix.Part III,

NEWLY DISCOVERED LETTERS.

The two previous parts of this Appendix had beenalready printed, when the Editor was informed of thediscovery of a number of MSS. belonging to the PastonCollection in the house of Mr. Frere of Roydon Hall,near Diss, in Norfolk. By the courtesy of the owner,he was permitted to examine them, and found that,besides the long-lost originals of the letters in Fenn'sthird and fourth volumes, and a considerable numberof others of a later date, there were no less thanninety-five unpublished letters of the same period asthose contained in the present publication. All ofthese had evidently been examined by Sir John Fenn,and not a few had been copied by him in his ownhand, with fac-similes of the signatures and water-marks ; showing that he had at one time thought ofincluding them in his collection, but that upon matureconsideration he thought them not of sufficient interestfor publication.

For our own part, though we had always hoped tomake this collection as complete as possible, wecannot, under the circumstances of the case, attemptto treat these new materials on the same scale as therest of the correspondence. We must therefore con-tent ourselves with a very few abstracts and copies

of the more interesting of the newly found letters,supplemented by a brief inventory of the whole,arranged in the order of names chiefly of the writers.

992.

A.D. 1449, 28 Feb.Margaret Paston to John Paston.

Begs him not to be displeased though she be out of the placehe left her in ; for she heard such tidings that she durst not abidethere. Divers of my Lord Moleyns' men said if they might gether they would steal her and keep her in the castle ; "and thanthey said they would that ye should fetch me out. They said itshould be but a little heartburning to you." After that I couldhave no rest till I was here. I did not venture out of the placetill I was ready to ride, and no one knew an hour before but thegood wife, whom I told that I was coming here to get gearmade for me and the children. I beg you will keep secret thecause of my coming away till I see you. I spoke with yourmother on my way hither, who offered to let me abide in herplace if you wished me to stay in Nonvich, and to give me suchgear as she could spare till you can be purveyed of a place ofyour o\vn. Let me know what to do. I should be sorry todwell so near Grassam as I did, till the matter between you andthe Lord Moleyns is settled. Barow said there was no betterevidence in England than Lord M. had of Gressam. I said Isupposed they were such as William Hasard spoke of, the sealsof which were not yet cold, and that you had evidence with seals200 years older. Do not on any account trust Lord Moleyns andhis men, or eat or drink with them, though they speak ever sofair. Roger Foke of Sparham dare not leave his house for thesuit Heydon and Wyndham have against him. Watkin Shipdamwishes you to speak to Sir J. Fastolf about the harness you hadof him, &c.

Norwich, Friday after Pulver Wednesday.

993.

A.D. 1449? 16 Oct.James Gresham to [John Paston].

** The King is now into the Marches of Wales, as it is said, tothe intent he may be near the country if my Lord of Buckingliam,

which is commissioner now in Wales for divers ofTences donethere to the Crown, would sue to have his commission to be en-larged, if he were repyned." It is not known when the Kingwill be in London again, but he is expected here at the beginningof the Parliament. I have your writs of error, but can see nothingwrong. Thos. Denys asked me why you did not follow his sug-gestion about the removing of the strength at Gresham, and thinksit should be done yet. Francis Costard is not yet well at ease,for his venire facias between Will. Prentj'S and him and Hen.Halman comes in very inopportunely. You had better comehither as soon as possible and get the favor of the sheriif that shallbe next year.London, i6 Oct.

994.

A.D. 1451, 3 Jan.—[W. Wayte] to John Paston.

Blake, the baily of Swaffham, came home from London theSaturday after my Master [Yelverton] departed from you at myLord of Oxford's. He went straight to my Lord Chancellor andtold him " that if the King pardoned Sir Thomas Tudenham andHeydon their issues, that the shire of Norfolk would pay no tax ;for what needeth the King for to have the tax of his poor people,when he will not take his issues of these rich extortioners andoppressors of his peo]^le ? And also he told my Lord Chancellorand many mo lords that if the King pardoned him or granted anysupersedeas, London should within short time have as much for todo as they had for to keep London Bridge when the Captain[Jack Cade] cam thither; for he told them that there was up inNorfolk, ready to rise, 5000 Commons, if they have not executionof the oyer and terminer.^' When my Lord Chancellor heardthis he was very glad, and made Blake say it before the King andall his Lords, *' that they blessed him whanne they herden yt, andif he had not said this they should have had a supersedeas andpardon." The Lord Scales maintains Sir Thos. Tudenham asfar as he may, but he will not avow it. But he will come downto the oyer and terminer "sekerly," to make an end betweenTudenham and Swaffham. So my master understands that ifSwaffham and he were accorded, he would set little by Norwich.He begs you therefore to speak to the Mayor and his brethrenthat there be a sufficient fellowship at Lenn, and that there bemade a great noise both of Tudenham and Heydon. For thisday the Parson of Swaffham was with my master, and they areagreed to have their lodging at the Friars Minors at Lenn, andwill assent to no end, except the city agree to it, &c. My mastershould be informed at Walsingham on Friday next how the Mayoiand you be accorded, &c.

Rougham, Sunday after New-Year's Day.

995.

A.D. 1454, 8 April

" Your woful Servant Den yes " to Master

Paston.

** Forasmuch as adversity and prosperity both lie in the dis-position of O [i.e., One] Man above, I thank God, and let you witthat I stand yet in as great trouble as ever I did, or greater."Implores him to be his good master. One Jas. Cook, his ownservant, is hired by Wat Ingham, and has falsely accused Denyesand his wife of setting up bills against Lords, &c.

The Fleet, 8 ApriL

996.

Friar Brackley to John Paston.

Magistro meo verurabili Johanni Paston Armigero detui.

Dixi enim magistro meo gardiano ante meum exitum quodmagistri mei generosi et amici alii vellent me juvare pro die Jovispro pascendo doctores, patres ac coeteros confratres nostri pro-vincialis capituli; et in exitu meo consentire noluit, quia Gumaysuus socius et procurator, frater juvenis nostri conventus et unussacerdos simplex, curatus de Worsted, et Bukle, cocus, super sediem prsedictum assumpserunt. Et ego dixi, *' Olim fuit modusquod unus ejusdem loci magister esset prseferendus in tali dieieleccione. Sed unum scitote, si magistri mei certi generosi et egocum eis habere noii potuerimus diem quern elegimus, certe prohoc tempore nullum alium diem habere volumus." Utinamplaceret vobis ut magistra mea, uxor vestra, vellet mittere promagistro gardiano, et dicere sibi quod ipsa qusesivit a me qualemdiem ego haberem pro fratribus pascendis in tempore capituli etquod ego dixi me habiturvun ilium vel certe nullum, aliter.Quaecumque ego potero procurare de pecuniis seu victualibus egosingula venderem et expendere vellem in reparacionibus, &c.Rogo vos ex caritate ut magistrse mese matri vestrae ac aliisamicis vestris vobis notis, insinuetis nostram indigenciam profaciliori relevamine capituli provincialis. Sic enim ad vestri etmei magistri mei specialem instanciam prsesencialiter habereresidenciam teneo, ut alia loca pro prsesenti negocio accederenon valeam, &c. Non plura pro prtesenti sunt calamo praesen-tanda, nisi quod vos, vestros et vestra Jesus Christus graciose con-servet in prosperis et graciosius dirigat in agendis. Amen.

Recommendetis me, si placeat, uxori et matri et confratribusvestris W., &c. et domino meo Rectori de Blofeld, utinam deHadle, &c. ; cui dicatis quod hac nocte jacuit Colinus Gallicuscum pulcherima Amasia sua in camera conducta per eum, &c.Utinam nunquam vigeat, &c. Ipse proponit in vestra prcesentiadicere dicto rectori satis perversa verba. Et spero quod dominusRector faciat de sua speciali gratia meum negocium per Ricardumfamulum suum crastina die summo mane expediendum, quia diesista est dies ultima, &a Ex manerio de Castre, Sabbato circatempus prandii festinantissime.

Magister meus^ valde gavisus est quando audivit de vobis quo-modo scienter, audacter, viriliter et veraciter respondistis adver-sariis vestris coram Domino Cancellario aliisque dominis, &c.

Vester pne caeteris orator,

F. J. B., Minorum minimus.

997.

A.D. 1460 [Oct]Friar Brackley to [John Paston].

Jesus, Maria, &c. Reverende domine, si contingat ut sitisLondoniae hoc tennino in principio parliamenti, hcec poteritis insecretis dicere domino Warwik ac domino Cancellario, quomodoJohannes W.' apud Felbrigg jacet cum manu forti contra pacemdomini Regis et patrioe, qui quantum valere potest est hostispublicus et inimicus capitalis domini Regis et suonim fideliumdominorum utilitatem rei publicoe et communitatem Anglirediligentium, pro quo taliter esset modo indilate et cum omnifestinacione possibili providendum quod esset commissio directasub poena ligeancice et poena mortis et privatione bonorum vice-comiti, domino M. Stapilton, domino W. Chambirleyn, W.Yelverton justiciario, W. Calthorp, Johanni Twyre, JohanniGeney, T. Gumay, Johanni Fyncham, Johanni Yelverton Juniori,Edmundo Bokynham, Johanni Gros, Johanni Dam, JohanniLomenour, Jacobo Arblaster, T. Denys, ut assistant sub poenapnedicta sex primis militibus et armigeris ad excitandum popu-lum de patria pro domino T. T.,' J. H.,* P. Wentworthe, J. A.,T. Danyel, H. Hunton, J. Wode, W. Prentys, S. Gumior, H.Todynham, Joh. Wyndham, Palmere Ballivo de Costsey, T.Brygge, et suis complicibus subito et secretiori modo capiendo etversus London adducendo cum manu forti, et in Turn vel New-gate firmiter cum Thorp de Scacario carcere coUocando, &c. Ettunc eorum clientes et eis adhaerentes non possent, ymmo neeauderent nocere populo patrice bonce disposicionis. Certe si in

1 Sir John Fastolf. •* Sir Thomas Tuddenham.

* John Wyndham. * John Heydon.

hac parte fid el iter laborare in effectu volueritis, dominus ComesWarwic, et omnes sibi et suis benivoli essent vobis multiformilerobligati, et tunc esset in Norffolchia mansio concors et valdepacificus. Utinam bona voluntas vestra non sit in hac materiapigra, &c.

2°. Item, quod Episcopus Norwicensis esset in curia Regis adtempus, vel in parliamento omnino, quia hie parvum bonum facit,nisi supportando iniquos et paci patriae contraries ; est enim satisdives ad comprestandum pecunias Regi in necessitate sua. Ipseenim cum ducissa Suff. et aliis personis proenominatis sunt Reginseet principi maxime favorabiles cum totis suis viribus; et ideomaxime expediens est parti Regis et comitis Warwic subtrahere,diminuere, et pocius opprimere, vires omnium illorum praedicto-rum eis et suis continue malignantium ex adverso, &c.

3°. Item, vos et vestri praemunire poteritis, si placeat, DoctoresKyrry et Godard quomodo fama communis hie volat continueper Boreales et eorum fautores quod Regina ac sui firmiter statu-eioint unanimi decreto ipsos doctores et nie non solum mortiignominiose tradere sed etiam generaliter omnes Fratres Minorescitra flumen Trent commorantes interfici facere. Sed MagisterVergeant cum socio qui in sermonibus Reginam cum principesolempniter recommendat et in suis missis Reginam nominatim.specificat per instanciam Ducissae Suff. erit cum socio privile-giatus ab hac punicione.

4°. Item, bonum esset quod juvenis dux Suff. cum suis mili-tibus et armigeris uteretur suis calcaribus et jam probaretur inbello cui esset fidelis, an caro vel piscis. Si T. T. cum suis priusrecitatis essent unde memorati in parliamento a dominis et com-munibus, non dubium quin puniti essent causatores insurrectionisfalsorum Regis contra Comitem Warwic apud pontem West-monas' rii, &c.

5°, Item, memorari dignetur dominus Comes Warwic quomodoT. T., J. H., J. A., et H. T., J. W. et caeteri gravissime com-minantur priorem Wals' [W^alsingham], &c.

6°. Item, caveant Comes Marchiae et Comes Warwic ne quovismodo sit inter eos controversia, sed sint omnino unanimes et Con-cordes, nee aliqua cupiditas consiliariorum suorum faveat alicuieoi^um adversario propter lucrum bonomm in fmalem deperdi-cionem ipsorum et amicorum suoiiim.

7°. Item, fiat per decretum parliamenti diminutio juris peri-torum ac legis attomatorum Suff. et Norff. punicioque taxatasingulorum oppressorum, generosos ac eorum liberos, nativos-que tenentes cotidie -et annuatim gravissime infestancium.

8°. Continue ac continue cordialiier cogitate ac scinitinio dili-genti saepius revolvite quomodo inimici vestri et adversarii anti-qui, spiritu rancoris et invidiae maliciose agitati, nituntur pro possesuo, et totis viribus, vos, et vestros vobis benevolos funditusdestmere et finalrter deperdere, quod absit onmino; quare ex

APPENDIX. 479

nahirali Icgis dictamine potestis et debetis vim vi violenter acpotenter reprimcre ac repellere et eorum maliciis inveteratis virilicongressu rigorose resistere, quia minus malum incomparabilitervidetur existere quod eorum obstinata malicia potestate politicasit diminuta et quasi dejecta quam vos et vestri afilnes, propinquiet amici essetis nimis depauperati, et quasi, quod absit, fmaliterabjecti.

998.A.D. 1460.—Friar Brackley to John Paston.

Warns him against that " instabilem virum, utinam Ilibemi-cum, &c.," who told Mr. Clement that Fastolf's yearly expensesin Norfolk and Suffolk, truly reckoned, came to 800 marks, and;hat it was pure madness his bargaining with Paston for 4CXX)marks; "et quod idem Hibernicus scit deteriorare et diminuerebona militis ad summam viginti ml marcarum, &c.'' Take carethat he do not undertake the burden of the will or sell or alienmanors, &c., "nee commutat jocalia nee evidentiales literas pervestrum germanum W. P. et per ipsum receptas London, Ber-raondyseye, &c. Cum ideo sciat de multis ubi sunt, &c., videturmihi, salvo, saltem, vestro meliori judicio, quod de aliis personiset locis est cum om.ni celeritate possibili prudenter providendumet politice, ne idem W. W. oculis luscus et denigrato colore, infacie fuscus, sit cum W. Yelverton Judice confoederatus et perducem Exonioe satis tirannizantem supportatus, et per suos com-plices, &c Post vestrum didici recessum in

4or nostri Collegii famulis duplicibus et falsis cum omni perfidiacontra voluntatem militis et ejus executores iniquitatis vinculoconftTederatis et astrictis, scilicet, Colino Gallico, coquinoe clerico,W. W., militis secretario, et W. Eton; nunc in promptu ambopropter Jhesum Christum deleantur de libro vertuose et una-nimiter vivencium."

Caister, Saturday.

[This letter was probably written just before No. 356. It is important asshowing tliat William Worcester was not, as the Editor had imagined, the** Colinus Gallicus," but the " Hibernicus " of Br.ickley's epistles. That thiswas only a nickname is certain, for we know William Worcester's parentageand place of birth : and if he had any Irish blood in him, it was not that ofhis father or mother. The personal description, however, is very cuiious.]

999.A.D. 1460.—Friar Brackley to John Paston.

Do not let your brother W. P. forget to inform H. Fylongleyabout W. W. Hibernicus and Colinus Gallicus, who are leagued

together against their master, the deceased knight and his execu-tors, and have shown secret letters sent to the knight in specialconfidence. If this treachery were insinuated by H. Filongleyor myself, say to the Earl of Wiltshire, this deceitful ColinusGallicus would not be so great and intimate with that Earl as hethinks himself, or with the Queen, to whose service he was intro-duced by the labor of his brother to Master Ormond. If W. P.could get hold of the caskets of C. Gallicus and W. W. Hibemi-cus, you would probably find some gieat roguery.

1000.A.D. 1461 [April?]—[Th. Denys] to John Paston.

I thank you as a poor man for succouring my wife, " which Iwot well is woe begone." I have been too busy to vnrite in thisgreat trouble. ** The noise came suddenly, and I was within thewalls of your city ; God save the governor thereof, for he wasbusy to trap me—more busy than he would be aknow ; et perfenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum, et sic efifugi manusejus. But he shall abye, by God, if I live, for searching minehouse." As for the false noise, he lieth on me. I will prove thatmy servants were at Brisle that same hour, more than 16 milesdistant.^ I beg you still to help my wife, for my only sorrow isfor her. Ere long I will "send to her to labour her to otherplace." If the boy that was hurt die, get your tenants in thehundred where he was beat "to do for me and mine," for I amnot yet my own man. God knows the matter was falsely begunon me, ** and usury it is and accursed." Begs him very earnestlyto succour his wife '* for she is widow yet for rae."

1001.

AD. 1461.—Thomas Plaiter to John Paston, Esq.

Is informed by Danyell of Gray's Inn that Kyng of Dounhamwho slew Thos. Denys is arrested, and in hold at Wysbyche,*' and had been delivered now had Francis Costard a taken suretyof peace of him." Danyell seems to expect he will accuse manyothers, probably Twyer for one. Haydon has paid 500 marks,and is delivered. It is said the Parliament will be prorogued to4 Nov., and the King will into Scotland in haste.

" Wretyn in hast uppon the day of the Advericion (?)"

1 Brisley is more than i6 miles from Norwich, being some miles north ofEast Derehanu

APPENDIX, 4S1

1002.

A.D. 1464 [15 Feb.]

Clement Paston to his Brother John Paston

THE Elder, Esquire.

Hugh Fenn's obligation has been acknowledged by Yelvertonin the Exchequer as Sir J. Fastolf s deed, and there he had hisjudgment to receive the money and ;^io damages. They reporthere that a sherifT after their intent " wyll mak hem execucion orellis return that ze have wastyd the godes of the dede," and theywill have execution of your own goods or a writ to take your body.Advises him to treat rather than let all the goods be thus wasted.Yelverton has charged the tenants in Southwark to pay no moneybut to him. The King has been in Gloucestershire and punishedtlie rebellious, and so he intends to do in Norfolk and elsewhere.

'* Wretyn on llassewednysday in haste."

1003.

A.D. 1464? [28 June].

John Paston to Margaret Paston, and to John

Dawbeney and Richard Call.

Has received a letter from her, and one from Call, &c. " Asfor your son, I let you wit, I would he did well; but I understandin him no disposition of policy, ne of governance, as man of theworld ought to do, but only liveth, and ever hath, as man desolatewithout any provision, ne that he busyeth him nothing to under-stand such matters as a man of livelode must needs understand;ne I understand nothir of what disposition he purposeth to be,but only I can think he would dwell again in your house andmine, and there eat and drink and sleep. Therefore I let youwit I would know his, or he know mine intent, and how well hehath occupied his time, now he hath had leisure. Every poorman that hath brought up his children to the age of 12 yearwaiteth them to be holp and profited by his children, and everygentleman that hath discretion waiteth that his kin and servantsthat liveth by him and at his cost should help him forward. Asfor your son ye know well he never stood you ne me in profit,ease, or help, to value of one groat, saving at Calkot Hall, when[he] and his brother kept it one day against Debenham ; and yetwas it at three [times] the cost that that ever Debenham's sons puthim to, for be her \iheir\ policy they keep Cotton at my cost and

in. 21

with the profits of the manor. Wherefore give him no fZiVor tillye feel what he is and will be."

Call sends word that Mr. Philip has entered Drayton in myLord of Suffolk's name, and that others purpose to enter Helles-don. He asks my advice, which is that you comfort my tenantsand help them till I come home. Tell them I shall not lose it,and that the last Duke of Suffolk would have bought it of Fastolf.As he could not have it that way, he claims the manor, sayingthat it was one Pole's ; but he does not come of that stock, andif he did it was la\A'fully bought and sold, and he never claimed itafter. I mean to take assise against him, &c. He troubles meto make me cease labor against him for Dedham, which I will not.

Thursday before St. Peter's Day.

I have witnesses ready, and will speed this matter spiritualbefore Easter.

1004.

A.D. 1465 [15 Jan.]John Paston to Margaret Paston, John Dau-

BENEY, AND RiC CaLLE.

A long letter, first about ** provision of stuff" for his household,gathering revenues, &c. ** And where ye desire me that I shouldtake your son to gi-ace, I woll for your sake do the better, andwill ye know that he shall not be so out of my favor that I willsuffer him to mischief without be eftsoones his own. defaut. Andhowbeit that in his presumptuous and undiscreet demeaning hegaf both me and you cause of displeasure, and to other of myservants ill example, and that also guided him to all men's under-standing that he was weary of biding in mine house, and he notinsured of help in any other place ; yet that grieveth not me soevil as doth that I never could feel nor understand him politicnor diligent in helping himself, but as a drane among bees, whichlabour for gathering honey in the fields, and the drane doth naughtbut taketh his part of it. And if this might make him to knowthe better himself, and put him in remembrance what time hehath lost, and how he hath lived in idleness, and that he couldfor this eschew to do so hereafter, it might fortune for his best.But I heard yet never from no place that he hath be in of anypolitic demeaning or occupation of him. And in the King's househe could not put himself forth to be in favor or trust with anyman of substance that might further him. Nevertheless, as foryour house and mine, I purpose not he shall come there, nor bymy will none other, but if he can do more than look forth andmake a face and countenance."

Wishes to know what the glazier has done at Droinliohn andRt tlie Friars of Southtown, &c. Reminds her tliat his hay atIlellcsdon last year was foully wasted. Speaks of an offer tofarm Mautby Marsh, &c.

London, Tuesday next St. Hilary.

1005.

Year uncertain.Thomas Playter to John Paston.

{To be cUlivercd to him at London, or else sent to him to Nontnch.)

Has spoken with my Lord Chancellor, and put the bill beforehim and all the Lords on Wednesday afternoon, "wenyng to meto have an answer upon Thursday." Was told by my LordChancellor they sped no particular matters since they came, andhave no leisure to attend to them. My Lords Wiltshire andBeauchamp both promise to help. Fenyngley came only onThursday evening. Has got a new bill made, which he willdeliver to the King. The lords marvel sore at the entry madeby the strange man before my lord entered. Spoke to my LordChancellor about Paston and his friends being put out of thecommission of the peace, but " he hath not granted yet nonenew." The council is expected to break up on Monday next.The Archbishop of York "is hcyll and mery."

Written 20 July.

1006.

Year uncertain.Sir J. Paston to Margaret Paston.

On Tuesday after I departed from you, I was with my brotherJohn at Atelborow at 8 p.m., and found him in such ease thatyou would have been as glad to have seen him as of a new son.I did not expect he would have lived till the morning, and Idaresay if we had not come to him he would not have been aliveon W^ednesday; for since Saturday he slept not four hours " (andyet three of them was since I come thither) " till to-night. Butto-night he slept well. His ague is gone, " and all that lay on hisstomach and under his side it weareth away." He hopes to bewell enough to visit his mother in a few days. On WednesdayI wished he and I had been at Norwich, and he hacped all nightupon the thought, and lost his rest. In an anger he would needs

to horse, and have no horse litter. We did not think he couldhave ridden a mile, but he passed Wyndham in less than an hour,and there rested an hour, and was here in an hour and a half. Wesaid he led us a dance faster than we could follow. Hopes he isnow safe.

Written on Friday next the Decollation of St. John Baptist

INVENTORY.

This being a complete inventory of the newly found letters, includes those ofwhich copies or abstracts have been given in the preceding pages. In suchcases the number is not given in the margin, but at the end of the descriptionof each letter.

1007.—Andrew, Thomas, to William Paston, with my Lord ofOxford. Ryburgh, this Monday next St. Andrew[Hen. VII.]

1008.—Anonymous to Lord . Touching Paston's title to

the manor of Walsham against John Roys. Begins:*' Paston recommend him to your good lordship."

1009.—Anonymous (in French). Wrentham, 28 March [Early].

1010.—Anonymous to William Sewarby. Edythorp by Brom-holm, I July [Mutilated].

1011.—Anonymous to H. B. of Lincoln. About Fastolf's wilLWednesday, 9 April [1460].

1012.—Anonymous to Qohn Paston] "Worshipful master."Touching armorial bearings. With arms of Paston,Barry, &c. tricked upon the back of the letter.

1013.—Anonymous to "Master Paston." About a livery for"my Lord."

1014.—Anonymous to . A small scrap of paper without

signature, date, or address, sealed with a _^eur de lis(the Paston crest). Begins: "I prey zu if ze haveany old go^\^lys.'* Mentions that Wyndham is verywroth that Daniel is made Admiral [Hen. VI.]

1015.—Botoner to Sir John Paston, at the George, by Paul'sWharf (or to be left at a barber's over it). I March.

1017-19.—Brackley, Friar. Seven letters to John Paston.Four printed above in whole or in abstract (996-9).

1020.—Bromholm, Nich., Prior of, to William Paston (theJudge). " Dawn " John Paston has posted letters onChristchurch gates summoning the writer to Rome.

[1425?]1021.—Calle, Richard, to John Paston at the Temple. MyLord of Worcester lies at Blakney keeping household

at the Friars. Wymondham has entered Felbrigg.

Heyneford, St. Martin's Day.1022.—Calthorpe, W., to Jolin Paston. Bninham, Ascension

Day.1C23.—Clopton, J., to John Paston. The King has sent to the

writer to be friendly to Lord Molynes. Melford, i

April [about 1450].1024.—Cotyng, W., to Jolin Paston. Cambridge, Sunday

before St. George.1025.—Crowne (?), Rob., to Sir John Paston. London, Sunday

[1468-9].1026.—Damme, J., to John Paston, at the Temple. About

Lord Molynes. Sustead, St. Andrew's Day [1448-9].1027. —Daubeney, John, to [Sir John Paston]. London, Satur-day before St. Laurence [1463-9].1028.—Daune, Cicely, to Sir John Paston. Congratulations

and advice on hearing that he is to marry a daughter

of the Duchess of Somerset. Hellowe, 3 Nov.

[Before 1467?]1029.—Denyes to John Paston. Wevenho, i March.

Denyes to John Paston. Without date, &c. [April

1461.] No. icxx).Denyes to Jolm Paston. From the Fleet, 8 April

[1454]. No. 995.1030.—Dory, John, under-sheriff of Norfolk to John Paston.

Without date. [Hen. VI.]1031.—Fastolf, Sir John, to Sir Thos. Howys. London, 12

July 32 Hen. VL [1454].1032.—Fastolf, Sir John, to Jolm Paston. Sunday before St.

John Baptist.1033.—Fenn, Hugh, to John Paston. London, 25 April.1034.—Fitzwalter, John, Lord (same signature as in Nos. 902-3)

to John Paston. Attelburgh, Tuesday before St.

Matthew's Day.1035.—Gloys, Jas., to John Paston. Norwich, St. Clement's

Even [about 1450].1036.—Gresham, J., to John Paston at Winchester. London,

Friday after SL Peter's Day.Gresham, J., to [John Paston]. London, 16 Oct.

[1449]. No. 993.1037.—Gresham, J., to John Paston. Withoutdate. [Plen.VL]1038.—Gyne, John, to John Paston of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

About a purse found between Cambridge and New-market on Sunday after Ascension Day. Snailwell,

Monday next after said Sunday. [Dated by Fenn on

the ^LS., circa 1435-6.]1039.—Hastings, Sir Ralph, to John Paston. His illness.

Guisnes, 9 May [1473?] See No. 737.

1040.—[Hautcj-n]. An account of the Friar [H.] coming totake possession of the manor of Oxnead as his inherit-ance, and being resisted by Edmund Paston. [Before

I449-]

1041.—Howard, Sir John. Memorandum, 22 Jan. 6 Edw. IV.,of stuff delivered by ** my master, Sir John Howard,"to my lady his wife, in the said month of January.

1042.—Howard, Sir John. List of persons to whom *' mymaster " Sir J. H. gave jackets at the 6ghting betweenLord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy. Jime,7 Edw. IV.

1043.—Howard, Lady Katlierine. Expenses at the funeral ofLady K. H., who died at Stokeneylond on themorrow of Soulmas Day, 5 Edw. IV.

1044.—Kyllygrewe, Robert, to his father-in-law, Ric. Wasse,dwelling in the parish of Morton. Without date.

1045.—Mundeford, Osbeme, to John Paston, Esq. Hearsthat Daniel has entered Brayston, and put out hisservants, &c. Calais, 9 Feb. [1450, or perhaps 1452].See No. 92.

1046.—[Norfolk, Duke of], to Sir John Howard. To be hisdeputy now on the arrival of the Bastard of Bur-gundy, the writer being ill.

1047.—Norman, Edmund, of Filby. His will, 1444-

1048.—Osbem, John, to John Paston, in the Inner Temple.About Charles Nowell, &c. Norwich, 14 May [1452].

1049.—Oxford, Earl of, to John Paston. Wevenho, 30 April.

1050.—Oxford, Earl of, to John Paston. Wevenho, 25 July.

1051.—Oxford, Earl of, to John Paston. 23 Dec.

1052.—Paston, Agnes, to John Paston, at the Temple. Paston,Monday after Hallowmas.Paston, Clement, to John Paston. Ash Wednesday,[1461]. No. 1002.

1053.—Paston, Clement, to John Paston. About the Parson ofBlofield (Howes), who had come to town, and wassworn yesterday to give evidence about Sir JohnFastolf. Wednesday after St. George. P.S.—TheKing has been in Kent, and many persons have beenindicted. He will come to towm to-day, and then goto York. [25 April 1464 ?]

1054.—[Paston, Edmund], to his brother, John Paston. A frag-ment. [About 1475 ?]

1055.—Paston, John, (son of the Judge). Petition to my Lord(Norfolk ?) to support him in the possession of themanor (Cotton ?), which was Fastolf's.Paston, John, to Margaret Paston, Dawbeney, andCalle. Thursday before St. Peter's Day [1464].No. 1003.

APPENDIX. 4S7

[Paston, John"!, to Margaret Paston, Daubency, and

Calle. London, Tuesday next St. Hilary [15 Jan.

1465]. No. 1004.1056.—[Paston, John, to Margaret Paston]. Morrow of St.

Hilary.1057.—Paston, Sir John, to Roger Townsend. London, 12

Feb.1058.—Paston, Sir John, to Margaret Paston. Calais, 31 July.Paston, Sir John, to Margaret Paston. Friday next

the Decollation of St. John Baptist. No. 1006.1059.—Paston, John, the youngest, to his father. At Hally-

wurthe, Saturday after Trinity Sunday.1060.—Paston, John, the youngest, to his brother, Sir John

Paston. Norwich, i March.1061.—Paston, John, the youngest, to Margaret Paston. [No

date.][Paston, Margaret], to her husband. Norwich, Friday

after Pulvcr Wednesday [1449]. No. 992.1062.—Paston, Margaret, to John Paston. Nor\vich, first

Monday in Lent [about 1450 ?].1063.—Paston, Margaret, to John Paston. Monday after St.

Andrew.1064.—Paston, Margaret, to John Paston. Heydon's wife had

a child on St. Peter's Day, &c. Geldiston, Wednes-day after St. Thomas.1065.—[Paston, Margaret, to Sir John Paston]. Troubled that

Sporle Wood is to be sold, &c. [1471 ?]1066.—Paston, Margaret, to Sir John Paston. Midlent Sunday.1067.—Paston, Margaret, to her son [Sir John ?]. St. Simon's

Day and Jude.1068.—Paston, Margaret, to her son. Thursday after St.

Martin.1069.—Paston, Margaret, to John Paston. Original draft of

Letter 681, with the P.S.:—"I warn yw kepe ^this

letter clos, and lese yt not ; rather bren yt."1070.—[Paston, Margaret], to John Paston ^^ the younger*' (these

words crossed through in the MS.) Esq. Friday

after St Luke.1071.—Paston, Margaret, to John Paston the younger. Sunday

next after your departing. P.S.—** And I pray you

send me some tidings as soon as ye may after tliat ye

be comen to London how your father speedeth and

your brother in her {i.e. their) matters."1072.—Paston, Margaret, to John Paston (the youngest). Hears

that affray was made on him by men in disguise, &c

Without date.1073. —Paston, William (the Judge). Instructions to Joho

Staynford of Furnivars Inn.

488 THE PASTON LETTERS.

1074.—Paston, William, son of the Judge, to his ** sister'" Mar*garet Paston. Norwich, 7 April.

1075.—Paston, William, son of the judge, to Henry Waryns.(A draft letter), 19 July 19 Edw. IV.

1076.—Piers, late servant of John Berney, to Margaret Paston.[About 1460.]Plaiter, Thomas, to John PastoH. The day of the Ad-

vencion (?) [1461]. No. loor.Plaiter, Thomas, to John Paston. 20 July. No. 100$.

1077.—Pleadings in 23 Hen. VI.

1078.—R. B. to John Paston, Squire, with my Lord Chamber-lain. From Weston.

1079.—Radclyff, John, of Attylburgh, to John Paston. Attyl-burgh, 17 Dec.

1080.—Reynolds, William, of Crowmer, to Agnes Paston.Crowmer, next day after St. Mark.

1081.—Russe, John, to Margaret Paston. Without date.[After 1466,]

1082.—Stoke, Battle of, list of Knights made at (mutilated).

1083.—Suffolk, Alice, Duchess of. Letters of Thomas Cardinal,Archbishop of Canterbury, setting forth an applica-tion made to him by Alice D. of S., touching heralleged title to Hellesdon. Without date.

1084.—Surrey, E., Countess of, to . A brief note, the

whole of which is crossed through.Wayte, W., to John Paston. Rougham, Sunday afterNew-Year's Day [1451]. No. 994.

1085.—Wayte, W., to John Paston. Rougham, Saturdaynight.

1086. —Wykes' bill for travelling expenses. Headed "'Towardmy Lord of Oxford."

Chronological Table

OF

rUBLIC AND PRIVATE OCCURRENCES.

[This Taole is intended partly to serve the purpose of a Table of Contents tothe more important Letters, partly to enable the reader to see at a glancethe bearing of particular transactions on the general history of the times.The Nos. quoted are those of the Letters.]

HENRY V.

1413.

Accession o; Henry V.

1415.Henry V!s first campaign iii France—Battle of Agincourt.

1417-8.Henry V.'s second campaign in France^ I.

1419.13 Jan. Capture of Rouen^ i.

1420.24 Mar. Marriage Settlement of William Pa-ston, 2.21 May. Treaty of Troyes.

1422.31 Aug. Henry V, dies at Vincennes,

HENRY VI.

1422.I Sept. Accession. The King only nine months old.

1424.

Outrages committed by Walter Aslak in Norfolk, 4.

1425.

Disputes between Humphrey^ Duke of Gloucester, andBeaufort, Bishop of Winchester,

1425-6.Disputes between William Paston and John Wortes,5. 6, 7-

1427.Beaufort made a Cardinal,

1428-9.Si^ge oj Orleans—Raised by Joan of Arc,

1429.

6 Nov. Coronation of Henry VI. at Westminster.

7 Dec. William Paston made a brother of the Monasteiy of

Bur>', 13.

1431.

30 May. Joan of Arc burned at Rouen.

17 Dec. Coronation of Henry VI. at Paris.

1432.

29 Nov. Demands of the Earl of Warwick touching the chargeof the King^s education, 18.

1434?William Dalling's petition against William Paston, 19.

1434-5.Sir John Fastolf, captain of Le Mans, 21.

1435.

Aug. Peace Conferences at Arras—broken off by England.14 Sept. Death of the Duke of Bedford at Rouen. The Duke of

York made Regent.21 Sept The Duke of Burgundy deserts England, and makes aseparate pecue with France,

1436.Recovery of Paris by the French.The Duke of York lands in Normandy, and recovers

several places from the French.Calais besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, hit relieved by

the Duke of Gloucester.

1437.19 Feb. yames I. of Scotland murdered.

16 July. The Duke of York recalled from France^ and the Earl of

Warwick sent in his place.

1439.Death of Warwick at Rouen. York made Regent again.Pecue Conferences at Calais—ineffectual.

About 1440.John Paston's introduction to Margaret Mauteby, 25.His marriage to her, 26.

1440.Release of the Duke of Orleans^ 27.

1443.John Paston ill in London, 36.

1444.Feb. William Paston and Chief Justice Fortescue both too illto go on circuit, 37.14 Aug. Death of William Paston, 42.

1445.Disputes of Agnes Paston with the Vicar of Paston, 46.22 April. Marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of Anjou^ 46.

1447.Parliament of Bury.—Arrest and death of Gloucester.Death of Cardinal Beaufort.

1448.

17 Feb. John Paston dispossessed of Gresham by Lord Moly-

nes, 77.A relief claimed by Lady Morley, 57.Daniel said to be out of favour^ 57*22 May. Affray at Coventry between the retainers of Sir RobertHarcourt and Sir Humphrey Stafford, 60.

1449.

Mar. Death of Edmund Paston—his nuncupative will dated

21 March, 64.May. Robert Wenyngtoiv captures a fleet of lOO ships^ 68. FriarHauteyn's claim to Oxnead, 47, 66.6 Oct. John Paston again occupies Gresham, 67, 77.The King in the Marches of Wales, 993.Capture of Routn by the French.Stephen Scrope a suitor of Elizabeth Paston, 70. 1(\.

1450.28 Jan. John Paston's wife driven out of Gresham, 77j 1^*7 Feb. Jjtipeachment of the Duke of Suffolk, 76.

John Paston presents a petition to the King in Parliamentagainst Lord Molynes, 77.Mar. Foreigners light on the coast of Norfolk, and takepeople prisoners, 80, 81.15 April. Battle of Fourmigni—Sir Thomas Kiriel taken prisoner,

93-30 April. The Duke of Suffolk's letter to his son, 91.April or May. Daniel enters the manor of Brayston, 83, 92.2 May. The Duke of Suffolk murdered at sea, 93, 94,May. New appointments to offices of state, 96.yack Cadets rebellion, 99.12 Aug. Loss of Cherbourg, the last place held by the English inNormandy, 103.Aug. Disturbances in Norfolk, 104, 105.

Thomas Denyes and the Earl of Oxford, 96, 97, 104.J. Paston's dispute with Lord Molynes, 103, 107, loS,III, 116.Sept The Duke of York comes orver from Ireland, and causesa change of administration, 113, 114.Molynes and his men indicted of felony, 118.Oct Election of two knights of the shire for Norfolk, 119,120.Nov. Meeting of Parliament—Oldhall chosen Speaker, 122.

Tuddenham and Heydon unpopular in Norfolk, 124,994.Dec. Oyer and ter?niner vn. Suffolk, at Beccles, 130, 131.Oyer and terminer going into Norfolk, 132.

1451.Jan. An oyer and terminer for Kent, 140.

Oyer and terminer to be held at Norwich at Easter, 143,

144.John Paston re-enters Gresham, 146.25 Feb. Bettes arrested at a court held by Gonnor at Ronton, 146.I Mar. Heydon's horse brought through Aylesham into Nor-wich, 147, 148.I Mar. Tuddenham and Heydon expected to regain theirascendancy, 150.Petition to Parliament against Sir Tliomas Tuddenham,

151.April. Tuddenham and Heydon to be indicted at Norwich,

152.May. Lord Molynes and his men indicted at Walsingham,

155, 156 ; acquitted by favour of the King, 155, 159.I July. Death of Sir Harry Inglos, 167.Aug. Surrender of Bayonne:—entire loss of Case any and Gui-

enne by t/te English,

1451.

Dec. Daniel hoping to re-enter Brayston, 172 ; which he didsoon after, 92.

1452.7 April. Good Friday. A general pardon granted by the Jvinq.April. The Duke of Norfolk coming to Norfolk to redressdisorders, 173, 174, 175.The King also coming into Norfolk, 173, 174.Outrages of Charles Nowell and others, 175, 176, 179,

201.Roger Church, being taken prisoner by his own consent,accuses many gentlemen of sedition, 177, 178, 179,180, 181, 201.An army sent under Shreiusbury to recover Guienne.18 Dec. The Duke of York pawns jewels to Sir J. Fastolf, 184.

1453.

Building operations [at Caister?], 185, 186.April. Visit of Margaret of Anjou to Norwich, 187.July. Deaths of Philip Berney and Sir John Ileveninghani,

188, 189.July. The Earl of Shrewsbury defeated and slain at Caslillon,

Final loss of Gidenne.Aug.? The Kin^ falls ill at Clarendon.Dec? The Dului of Norfollis petition against Somerset^ 191.

1454.Jan. T7ie King's imbecility, 195.

Yorh and other Lords coming up to London, 195.12 Jan. Walter Ingham waylaid and beaten by procurement ofThomas Denyes, 198.Thomas Denyes and his wife put in prison, 199, 200,204, 995.22 Mar. Death of Cardinal Kemp, 199.3 April. The Duke of York made Protector,

1454?

Marriage proposed between Jolin Clopton and ElizabethPaston, 202, 203.

1454.

May or June. Defeat of the French in an attack on Jersey andGuernsey, 206.6 June. Wardship of Thomas Fastolf of Cowhaw, granted toJohn Paston and Thomas Howys, 207.—Paid for bySir J. Fastolf, 227.—Disputed by Sir Philip Went-worth, 207, 219, 222, 223, 233, 234, 245, 248, 261.9 June. Edivard the Alnj^'s son created Frincc of Wales^ 206.

494 THE I'ASTON LETTERS. [Hen.VI.

1454.

5 July. The Duke of York and other Lords coming up from the

North—Lords appointed to keep the sea, 208.11 July. Marriage proposed for Elizabeth Fasten by Lord Greyof Hastings, 209, 2IO.July. The Duke of York is commissioned to convey the Dukeof Exeter to the North, and commit him. to I'cmfrdCastle, 211.Aug.? Sir John Fastolf goes to reside at Caister, 211, 216.Sept. Pestilence in London, 216.Nov. Fastolf proposes to sue an attaint, 223, 224.25 Dec. The King recovers from his illness, 'l'i(>.

1455.

5 Feb. Somerset released from the Tower.

7 Feb. Sir J. Fastolf resents words spoken at a dinner atNorwich, 228.

4 Mar. The questions between Somerset and York referred to

arbitrators.17 Mar. Presentation to Stokesby church, 229, 230.29 Mar. Sir Thomas Howes vexed by Andrews and others, 232,

252.22 May. The first battle of St. Albans, 239-241, 243.

June. Election of Howard and Chamberlain for Norfolk, 244,

247, 249, 250.[June or July], Attempt of the Scots on Berwick.7 July. Poynings acquitted of treason, &c., 252.19 July. Dispute between Warwick and Lord Cromwell before

the King, 253.25 July. Slander against John Paston, Yelverton, and Alyngton,

254, 255.2(> July. Letter of the Bishop of Lincoln, 256.28 Oct. Affray at Radford'splace in Devonshire bctiveen the men

of the Earl of Devonshire and of Lord Bonvile, 257.The King sick again at Hertford, 257.13 Nov. Fastolf and the Duke of Bedford's goods, 259, 272-3,

276.

19 Nov. The Duke of York appointed Protector a second titne.25 Nov. Daniel comes to Rising Castle, 260.

Letter of Judge Bingham about Stephen Scrope, 263.Fastolf's claims against the Crown, 263-4.

1456.

6 Jan. Fastolf about to make his will, 267.

20 Jan. Fastolf and Lady Whitingham, 270-2.

5 Feb. Fastolf and Lord Willoughby's executors, 274.

9 Feb. York and Warwick come to the Parliament with 300armed men, 275.

1456.

25 Feb. VorJf: a^ain discharged of the Protectorship.I Mar. Fastolf's "compcrt" sped in the Exchequer, 277.

27 Mar. Letter of Archbishop liourchier, 279.

30 Mar. Letter of Dame Alice Ogard, 2S0.8 May. Progress of the attaint, 281.

Attack on foreign merchants in Londott, 281, 282.

15 May. The King at Sheen, the Queen at Tutbury, &c., 282, 2S5I June. Farmers of Cowhaw, &c., 284,

7 June. Siege expected at Calais, 285.[29 June]. Letter of Friar Brackley, 289.17 July. Fastolfs proposed College, 290, 300, 301.

31 July. Fastolf and the Prior of Hickling, 291.

10 Aug. Learned men not easy to get this harvest, 292.

7 Sept. Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 294.

8 Oct. The Court at Coventiy.

16 Oct. Bishop Waynfleie made Chancellor in place of Archbishop

Bourchier, dr'r,, 298.16 Oct. Affray at Coventry.

15 Nov. Visit of my Lady of York to Caister, 286, 300.Nov. Suit of Paston and Howes against Andrews, 302.

1457.I May. Expenses of Fastolf's household, 305.

The Court at Hereford:—Welshmen indicted, 305.

28 Aug. 77ie French burn Sandwich,

1458.

24 Jan. [? year]. Earl of Salisbury excuses himself by illness from

coming up to London, 310.

28 Jan. Clement Paston and his tutor Grenefeld, 311.I Feb. Arrival of the different Lords in London, 313.

Feb. The King at Berkhampstead, 314.15 Mar. The council sits at the Black Friars in the forenoon andat the White Friars in the afteiiioon, 315.The coast of Norfolk insulted by the French, 315.

25 Mar. Reconciliation of the Lords at London.

29 May. Sea fight off Calais on Trinity Sunday between Wanvick

and the Spaniards, 317.27 Aug. William Worcester learning French in London, 318.Expenses of John Paston in 36 and 37 Hen. VI., 321.

1459.3 Jan. Elizabeth Poynings to her mother, Agnes Paston, 322.Ych.'i Fray between the Kitig's servants and Warwick's; afterwhich Warwick goes over to Calais.5 Mar. John Paston, the eldest son, to John Paston his father,regretting having given him displeasure, 323.

49^ THE PASTON LETTERS. [Hcn.VI.

1459.29 April. Hastings and others ordered to be with the King atLeicester on the loih May. Is Paston's son to go ? 325.25 May. Osbert Mundeford to John Paston (in French), 326.23 Sept. Battle of Bloreheath—Lord Audley defeated by Salisbury.12 Oct. Dispersion of the Yorkists at Ltidlow.3 Nov. Will of Sir J. Fastolf, 332, 333, 334.5 Nov. Death of Sir J. Fastolf.

Inventory of Fastolf's goods, 335. His wardrobe, 336.2 2 Nov. William Paston to John Paston about Fastolf's goods, 338.Bishop Waynflete's advice, 339.

7 Dec The Yorkists attainted in the Parliament at Coventry, 342.

Sir Philip Wentworth's petition touching the wardsliipof Thomas Fastolf of Cowhaw, 343.

1460.Jan. Rivers and his son surp-ised at Sandwich^ and carriedover to Calais^ 345, 346.The King coming to London, and raising the people onhis way, 346.

8 May. The Abbot of Langley excuses himself from coming up

to London about Fastolf's will, 351.10 July. Battle of Northampton—the King taken prisoner.23 July. The Yorkist Lords to the authorities in Norfolk, 353.

Oct. John Paston returned to Parliament, 355, 997.12 Oct. The Duke of York coming up to London, 357. Hechallenges the Cro^un in Parliament, 361.Oct. Inquisition taken on Fastolf's lands at Acle, 359,360,361.29 Oct. Inquisition to be taken on the same for Suffolk at

Bungay, 365.31 Dec. Battle of Wakefield—the Duke of York slain^ 367.J. Perse m prison, 361, 562, 363, 396.

1461.

3 Feb. Battle of Mortimer's Cross.17 Feb. Second battle of St. Alban*s.I Mar, Plot to carry off John Paston into the North, 369.A Whitsunday sermon of Friar Brackley, 372.

Vol. II.

EDWARD IV.

4 Mar. Edward IV. proclaimed King,

People take wages, and go up to London in spite olorders to the contrary, 384. Attempt against JohnDamme, ib.

1461.

29 Mar. Battle of Tmvtm, 385.

April. Henry VI. besieged in Yorkshire^ 386.May. Benvick full of Scotsy 389. Earl of Wiltshire's head seton London Bridge^ ib.

10 May. The feoffees of Fastolf's lands mean to sell some to the

Duke of Suffolk, 388.May. Thomas Denyes complains of Howard, 389.

Carlisle besieged by the Scots—the siege raised by Mon-tague, 391.31 May. The Earl of Oxford anticipates disturbance fromHoward, 390.

5 June. The Duke of Norfolk in possession of Caister, 392.June. John Paston at Court, 392, 393.

26 June. Elizabeth Poynings dispossessed of her lands, 395.28 June. Coronation of Edward IV.

June. The Parson of Snoring drags Thomas Denys out of his

house, 396.July. The King should be informed of the demeaning of the

shire, 397.

3 July. A message for Thomas Denys' wife, 398.

6 July. Murder of Thomas Denys, 399, 403, 406, looi.9 July. Denys' wife in great trouble, 400.

Sir Miles Stapleton accuses John Bcmey of complicity

in Denys' murder, 401, 402.John Bemey and the Under-Sheriff, &c., 402, 403, 404,

405.

27 July. John Paston restores co the King the jewels pledged to

Fastolf by his father, the Duke of York, 407.I Aug. Election for Norfolk, 408.Aug. John Paston's eldest son in the King's household, 409,410, 411.Altercation between John Paston and Howard in theshire-house at Norwich, 410, 411.

28 Aug. William Worcester out of favour with Paston and

Howes, 412.

30 Aug. Lord Hungerford and Robert Whityngham to Margaret

of Anjou from Dieppe, 413.Aug. Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjott in Scotland, 413.

4 Sept. Yelverton and Jenn y take a distress at Cotton, 414, 415.Sept. The Duke of Gloucester to have Caister, 415.

4 Oct. The castles in Wales given up to Edward IV. y 416.

9 C)ct. Richard Calle prevents Jenney holding a court at

Cotton, 418.Disorders committed by the occupants of Cotton Hall,

419, 420.

11 Oct. The King is offended at John Paston for not obeying

Privy Seals, 417.III. 2 K

1461.

2 Nov. John Paston delivered from the Fleet, and Howardcommitted to prison, 421.Dec. Message of the King to the people of Norfolk throughYelverton, 430, 134,431-

1462.

Jan. Clarence and Suffolk to be sent down to Norfolk with

a commission to judge rioters, 435.Feb. Presentation to Drayton Church, 440.Feb. Projected invasion of England in three places in the

interest of Henry FL, 440.Feb. Executions of Sir Thomas Tuddenham and of Lord

Aubrey de Vere.Mar. Sir John Howard like to lose his head, 441.13 Mar. John Paston the elder at great expense travelling withthe King, 442.Mar. Confession of French prisoners taken at Sherringham—the Duke of Somerset going into Scotland^ &c., 443.24 Mar. The King going to keep Easter at Bury, 444.April. The Earl of Worcester to be Treasurer, 446.

The-Mzry Talbot ond the Barge of Yarmouth, 449, 452-4.Campaign of the Earl of Warwick in Scotland, 452.17 July. Death of Christopher Hanson, 457-9.

July. Warwick and other I^rds going to Scotland in embassy,

458-9.Sept. Proclamation for men to serve the King, 460.

TTu Duke of Somerset seeks to be reconciled to the King,

460.John Paston's bill in Chancery against Yelverton and

Jenney, 461.Naval engagement—fifty French and Spanish ships taken,462.Oct. The castle of Bamborough taken by Margaret of Anjou,

463-II Dec. Alnwick, Dunstanborough, and Bamborough besieged byKing Edward^s forcesf 464.

1463.

19 Jan. Return of John Paston, the eldest son, home to Nor-wich, 465.[Feb.] A writ received at Norwich against John Paston jun.(the eldest son), 467.19 Mar. Ralph Lampet's testimony about FastolPs ^vill, 469.6 April. Sir Roger Chamberlain's testimony about Fastolf'5 will,

471.6 May. John Paston should have my Lord of Suffolk's * * goodlordship " to live in peace, 472.

1463.

July. Examinations touching a murder, 473.31 Aug. The Duke of Norfolk desires John Paston the father'spresence at Framlingham, 476.Complaint that John Paston keeps his son, Sir Jolin,

too much at home, 478.A marriage suggested for John Paston's daughter

(Margery), 479.Sir John Paston leaves home clandestinely, 480.

10 Dec. Plate lent by John Paston to St. Mary's College, Cam-

bridge, 481.

1464

26 Jan. Lawsuits of Ogan and Debenham with John Paston,

482.

28 Jan. Henry Berry appeals to John Paston for aid to the

Monastery of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, 483.

27 Feb. Bemey, Yelverton, and Rough summoned to appear

before the King, 484

29 Feb. Assizes at Thetford, 484, 485.

Rebels in Cambridgeshire pardoned, 485.The Duke 0/ Somerset rebels once more, 486.

11 April. Plate and other articles delivered by the Prior of Nor-

wich to Richard Calle, 487.25 April. Battle of Hcdgley Moor.I May Ediuard IV. marries Elizabeth Woodvilleprivately.8 May. Battle of Hexham.—Somerset beheaded, 15th; and LordsHuitgerford and Roos, 27th.Ap.—Nov. Depositions touching P'astolf's will, 488.

12 May. Seisin of Hominghall in Caister to be delivered to the

Pastons, 489.8 June. Commission to inquire why men did not come morequickly to serve the King when summoned, 490.

28 June. Suit by Jenney against Paston, 491.

Petition of John Paston to Edward IV. for license tofound a college at Caister, 492.10 Sept. Agreement of the King with John Paston for the founda-tion of the college, 493.20 Nov. Outlawry of John Paston, 494.3 Dec. Mocking letter addressed to John Paston, 496.

1465.

7 Feb. Judgment against Daubeney, Ric. Calle, &c., 497.31 Mar. Message by William Worcester to Sir Thomas Howes,

498.3 April. The Duke of Suffolk lays claim to Drayton and Helles-

don, 499, 501.

1465.

3 Miiy. His bailiffs trouble the tenants there, 500, 502, 506, 510.

13 May. Margaret Paston wishes John Jenney put out of the

commission of the peace, 503.

20 May. Paston's servants take distresses at Drayton, 504-

26 May. Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen.

27 May. Right of presentation to Drayton church, 505.

15 June. Master Popy's examination, 507.

18 June. John Rysing imprisoned at Ipswich, 508, 510.

18-21 June. Examination of witnesses touching Fastolf's will, 509-

6 July? The Duke of Suffolk raising men, 511.

10 July. His men attempt to enter Hellesdon, 512, 513, 514, 517.The Parson of Brandeston taken, 516.July ? Henry VI. taken prisoner in Lancashire^ and committedto the Tower.

7 Aug. Outrages committed by Suffolk's men on Paston's

servants going to hold a court at Drayton, 518.7 Aug. Matters concerning John Russe, 519, 520.

Will of Nich. Pickering, 521, 522.18 Aug. Sessions held after the assizes by Yelverton, 523.

Margaret Paston going up to her husband in London, 523.Aug. John Paston examined touching Fastolf's will, 525.

14 Sept Margaret Paston in London, 526.

Commission touching right of presentation to Draytonchurch, 527.

21 Sept John Paston desires his wife to send him worsted for

doublets, 528.

22 Sept Margaret Paston enters Cotton on her way back from

London, 529, 531.

27 Sept. John Salet supposed to have found evidence in theregister of wills in favour of Suffolk's title to Helles-don and Drayton, 530.

15,16 Oct. Attack on the lodge at Hellesdon by the Duke ofSuffolk, 533, 534.

18 Oct The Duke of Norfolk comes of age, 532.

Message from the King to Sir William Yelverton, 535.

10 Nov. Wymondham of Felbrigg invites Margaret Paston tohis house, 536.

1466.

12 May. Friar John Mowth inquires touching bonds delivered byFriar Brackley to William Paston, 541.

22 May. Death of John Paston. His funeral, 549.

May, June. Examinations touching Fastolf's will, 550.

17 July. The Paston family proved to be " of worshipful bloodsince the Conquest," 552, 554.

16 Sept Will of Agnes Paston, 555, 556, 557.

1466.

29 Oct. Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston touching his father's

will, 560.Sir John Paston wishes Arblaster to refuse administra«

tion of his father's will, 566.J. Strange proposes a marriage for Margery Paston, 567.

1467.7 Feb. Yelverton labouring to get new witnesses up to London,

569-Mar. John Paston the younger desires to marry Lady Bole)ni's

daughter, 570, 573.3 April. Witnesses coming up to London,—Abbot of Langley

and Witchingham. Henry Inglos will not come

without a subpoena, 571.April. Sir John Paston hurts his hand at a tournament at Elt-

ham, 572.ApriL Evidence of Friar Mowth touching Master Brackley and

Sir John Fastolfs will, 573.

1 May. Wager of Sir John Paston touching the marriage of the

Princess Margaret and the *' the Lord Charles," sonand heir of the Duke of Burgundy, 574.

2 July. Evidence found during Fastolfs life by William Wor-

cester touching the lands which belonged to the Dela Poles, 575.II July. Fastolf of Cowhaw intends to assault Caister, 576.28 Aug. Fastolf's trustees make grant to Sir John Paston ofmanors in Caister, &c., 577.2 Oct. Sir John Paston grants the manor of Henmales in Cottonto the Duke of Norfolk, 579.Petition of John Herling of Basingham to MargaretPaston, 580.

1468.

11 Jan. Release made by Fastolf's trustees to Sir John Paston

of manors in Caister, &c., 581.Proposal to found Fastolf's college at Cambridge, if

it cannot be at Caister or at St. Benet's, 582.William Worcester congratulates Margaret Paston that

Caister is to be at her commandment, 582.

12 April. Hugh Fenn intercedes for a poor tenant in Catts lands,

from whom a distress was taken by Thomas Pecock,Sir John Paston's servant. Titleshale had no right tosell Catts to Fastolf, 583.18 April. Sir John Paston is ordered to be ready by the 1st Juneto accompany the Princess Margaret into Flanders,584.

1468.

3 July. Marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and thePrincess Margaret, 585.

16 July. General pardon to William Paston, 586.

18 July. The Earl of Oxford desires Sir John Paston to get him

"three horse harness," 587.22 July. Sir John Paston to Anne Haute, 588.10 Oct. Howes agrees with the Duke of Norfolk about Caister,589.Declaration by Howes against the authenticity of Fas-tolf's will, 590.28 Oct. The Duchess of Suffolk intends to enter Cotton, 591.9 Nov. Sir John Paston hiring men to keep Caister, 592.15 Dec. Elizabeth Ponyngs complains of Sir Robert Fenys, whooccupies her lands, 593, 594.Sir George Browne to John Paston, 595.

1469.William Ebesham sends Sir J. Paston an account forscrivener's work, 596.7 Jan. The Duchess of Suftolk intends holding a court atCotton, 597.18 Jan. The King charges Sir J, Paston and the Duke ofNorfolk to cease making assemblies, 599.

17 Mar. Sir J. Paston gives the chapel at Caister to John Yotton,

the Queen's chaplain, 600.3 April. Margaret Paston is anxious to know about her son Sir

John's betrothal, 601.7 April. The King expected in Norfolk, 602.10 April. Lord Scales, in consideration of Sir J. Paston's engage-ment to his kinswoman, Anne Hawte, urges theDuke of Norfolk to forbear trespassing on Sir John'slands, 603, 604.5 May. Citation of the Bishop of Winchester and others as

executors of Sir J. Fastolf, 605.7 May. Ardil ishop Nevill sends Sir J. Paston £20, 606.May. Ric. Calle engaged to Margery Paston, 607, 609^May. The Duke of Norfolk intends holding courts at Caister,607.22 May. Ric. Calle cannot get a penny of rent for Paston in

Suffolk or Flegg, 608.22 May. The King going to Walsingham, 610, 611.[19 June]. The King visits Norwich, 612.

June. The lodge at Hellesdon is pointed out to the King,.

612.Tune. Robin of Redesdale's insurrection.9 July. The Queen expected at Norwich on the 18 July, 614.

1469.

9 July. The Kin^^ sends a credence to Claretue^ Warwick^ and theArchbishop of Vori\ 615.Aug. The King is taken Prisoner neat Coventry^ and sent to

MiddUham.Aug. Caister besieged by the Duke of Norfolk, 616.

Examination of Margery Paston and Calle by the Bishop

of Norwich, 617.

Sept Sir John Paston attempts to negotiate with the Duke

of Norfolk through the medium of the King's Council,

618, 619, 622-5.

12 Sept. Margaret Paston warns Sir John of the distress of the

garrison at Caister, 620.15 Sept Sir John Paston disbelieves his mother's warning,

621.20 Sept. Rivers and his son, Sir y. Woodville, put to death by the

insurgents.26 Sept Caister surrendered, 626-630.

5 Oct. John Paston desires instioictions about the discharged

garrison of Caister, 631.Oct The King, having recovered his liberty, returns to Lon-

doft, 632.[Oct] Richard Calle and Margery Paston at Blackborough

Nunnery, 633.

6 Nov. Sale of Beckham by Sir John Paston to Roger Town-

sende, 634.Dec. Two widows sue an appeal against John Paston, 636,646.

1470.

Mar. Insurrection of Sir Robert Welles—the King goes into

Lincolnshire to put it do^vn, 637, 638.Mar. Battle of Losecoatfield {Stamford), 655.May. Letters of W. Worcester about Titchwell, 639, 640.22 June. John Paston and others charged with felony in killing

men at the siege of Caister, 641, 642.22 June. The Duchess of Norfolk promises to intercede for JohnPaston with her husband, 641.

14 July. Agreement of Bishop Waynfiete and Sir J, Paston for

the teniiination of disputes about Fastolf's will, 645.

15 July. Margaret Paston complains of her sons, 647.July, Aug. Sir J. Paston pledges plate, 643, 644, 649.

5 Aug. Rebellion in the North.—Clarence and Warwick expected

to latui in England, 648.10 Aug. Endowment of Magdalen College, Oxford, with Fastolf'slands, 650.

7 Sept. Edward anticipates an invasion of Kent, 653.

1470.HENRY VI. Restored.

12 Oct. Qtieen Elizabeth Woodville in Sanctuary, 654.

12 Oct. The Earl of Oxford befriends John Paston, 654.

Dec The Duke of Norfolk evacuates Caister and releases itto Bishop Waynflete, 657-9.

28 Dec. Calthorpe, wishing to reduce his household, advises Mar-garet Paston to provide a marriage for her daughterAnne, 660.

1471.

14 Feb. Lord Beauchamp releases his interest in Caister, &c. to

John Paston, 662.14 Mar. Edward IV, lands at Ravenspur.—Plis landing anti-cipated by the Earl of Oxford, 663.19 Mar. Oxford orders the lieges of Norfolk to meet him at Lynnto resist King Edward, 664.[Mar.] Clarence goes over to Edward IV., 665.

Register of writs against Sir J. Paston and others, 666.

Vol. IIL

EDWARD IV.

14 April. Battle of Barnet.—John Paston wounded, 668, 670.18 April. News of Queen Margarets landing, 668.

Escape of the Earl of Oxford, 669.

4 May. Battle of Tewkesbury, 671.

12 May. Attempt of the Bastard Falconbridge on London.21 May. Death of Henry VI.

23 Jime. Caister again taken by a servant of the Duke of Norfolk(W. Wyrc. Itin. 368), 672.

5 July. Lord Scales (Rivers) offers to befriend John Paston, 672.17 July. The King signs a bill of pardon to John Paston, 674.

15 Sept. The Bastard Falconbridge beheaded, 675, 676.

Sir J. Paston desires his brother to watch Caister, 675.Great mortality in England, 675.28 Sept. Sir J. Paston vnshes to have the measure of his father'stomb, and some measurements at Gresham, 676.Sept The King and Queen on pilgrimage to Canterbury, 676.One of the two widows married, 677.

28 Oct A general pardon proposed, 678.

Inventory of Sir J. Paston's deeds, 679.5 Nov. Death of J. Bemey of Witchingham, 681.

29 Nov. Margaret Paston is armoyed at Sir John's extravagance,

685.Valuation of Sporle wood. 686, 710.

1472.

8 Jan. Sir John Paston receives his pardon, 687.

Queen Margaret is removed to Wallingford, 687.

23 Jan. John Paston urges his brother to obtain probate of his

father's will, 688.John Paston interrupts a court which Gumey attemptsto hold at Saxthorpe, 688.5 Feb. The one widow comes up to London to sue the appeal,

689.17 Feb. Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 690.

The King inUi-cedes with Clareiue for Gloucester^ 690.Purchasers offer for Sporle Wood, 690.30 April. The Earl of Northumberland gone home into the North,692.Sickness prevalent, 692.Archbishop Nevill committed to the Tower^ and then sent

to sea, 692.The Countess of Oxford still in St. Jlfartin's, 692.A daughter bom to the Queen at Windsor, 692.14 May. Arrangement with Gumey about Saxthorpe, 693.25 May. Sir John Paston's lands will not pay his debts underpresent management—his mother will disinherit himif he sell any land, 694.5 June. Margaret Paston likely to be troubled about Sir J. Fas-tolf's goods, 695, 697.Henry Heydon has bought Saxthorpe and Titchwell,

695-6.Sir T. Lynde's goods, 696-7.The Earl of Arran in London, 696-7.8 July. Altercations with Sir James Gloys, 697, 702.

20 Sept. Sir John Paston proposed for the borough of Maldon,

700-1.

21 Sept. Conferences with the Duchess of Norfolk about Caister,

701.29 Sept. John Paston desires a goshawk, 702-3, 708.4 Nov. Sir J. Paston jests with the Duchess of Norfolk on hercondition, 703.Rivers coming home from Brittany, 703.The Duchess of Norfolk \vishes to have Margaret Pastonwith her at her confinemert, 765. [This letter hasbeen accidentally misplaced in the year 1475.J8 Nov. Approaching confinement of the Duchess, 704.

John Paston going to Framlingham, 704-6, 708.19 Nov. Dr. Alen's wife, 705, 707.

22 Nov. John Paston going to Calais, 706.

24 Nov. John Paston delivers a rmg to a lady for his brother,

708.27 Nov. Sale of Sporle Wood, 711.

1472.

Nov. or Dec. Margaret Paston desires a license to have thesacrament in her chapel, 712.Sir John Paston should come home to be at the christen-ing of the Duchess of Norfolk's child, 712.

7 Dec Agreement of Bishop Waynflete and William Wor-

cester, 713.18 Dec Bishop Waynflete intercedes with the Duchess of Nor-folk about Caister, 714.Christening of the Duke of Norfolk's child, 714.John Paston is "not the man he -was," 714.John Paston's petition to the Duke, 715.

1473.

18 Jan. Margaret Paston w^ishes her son Walter not to be toohasty in taking orders, 716.Illness of John Bemey of Reedham, 716.3 Feb. Sir J. Paston writes from Calais of a visit he had paidto the Duke of Burgundy's court at Ghent, 717.

8 Mar. J. Paston urges his mother to borrow ;^ioo for Sir John,

719, 722, 732.8 Mar. " Frenchmen whirling on the coasts," 719, 720.26 Mar. John Blennerhasset chosen collector in Norfolk, 720,721.** Rather the Devil, we say, than more taxes," 720.2 April. TAe Queen and Prince coming out of Wales to Leicester^721.Murder of the Count of Armagnac^ 721.Lewis XI. on the Somme, 721.12 April. The King to be after Easter at Leicester^ 722.John Paston's tomb, 722, 733.Sir John Paston and Arme Haulte, 722.Sir John Paston's instructions touching Sporle, 722, 732.16 April. Truce between Burgvmdy, France, and England, 723.The Earl of Oxford at Dieppe^ meaning to sail to Scot'

land, 723.Sir John Paston troubled about his servants, 723, 725.18 May. The Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Sudley dead, 724.John Paston going to Compostella, 724, 727.Landing of the Earl of Oxford in Essex, 724.

5 July. Edmund Paston at Calais, 727.28 Aug. Armour for Sir John Paston, 728.

16 Sept. Hastings to Sir J. Middleton and Sir J. Paston, 729.30 Sept. The Earl of Ox ford takes St. MichaeVs Mount by surprise^but is afterwards besieged there.

6 Nov. Th^ dispute between Cla?-ejice and Gloucester, 731, 732-

The King has sent for the Great Seal, 731.22 Nov. Death of Sir James Gloys, 732.

1473.

A dispensation may be had at Rome as to Aone

Ilauke, 732.Anne Paston and Yelverton, 732.Citations touching John Paston's will, 732, 733.

25 Nov. The Earl of Oxford still besieged at St. Michael's Mounts

733-Will Margaret Paston dwell at Caister, if it be recovered ?

733-Tenants of Sporle troubled, 734.

1474-

Feb. Leiuis XL at Amiens, 736.20 Feb. The Earl of Oxford surrenders^ and is compelled to suefor his life, 736.Sir J. Paston expects to have Caister again, 736.

26 April. Hastings to John Paston at Guisnes, 737.

25 July. John Paston, Elizabeth Eberton, and another lady, 739,

747.24 Oct. Will. Paston pledges plate to Eliz. Clere, 740.3 Nov, The Vicar of Paston to Margaret Paston, complainingof Henry Warns who intimidates the tenants at Paston,741, 742. [These two letters should have been placedin the year 1479.][Nov.] Sir John Paston recovered from illness, 745.

Money matters between Sir J. Paston and Townsend

and his uncle William, 745, 746, 751, 752, 753.Edmund Paston well amended, 745.Sir James Gloys' books, 745, 746, 752, 754.20 Nov. Sir J. Paston redeems Sporle, 746.

Agnes Paston recovered from illness, 746.Margaret, daughter of William Paston, dead, 746.John Paston and Lady Walgrave, 747, 749.John Paston and Stockton's daughter, 747.A French embassy in London, 747.[About 8 Dec] Edward IV. visits Norwich, 752.11 Dec. Lady Walgrave rejects John Paston's ring—her musk-ball, 749.

1475.17 Jan. Sir J. Paston going to Flanders, 750.

Siege of Neuss by Charles the Bold, 750.29 Jan. William Paston endeavouring to get possession diOxnead, 751.Sporle Wood cannot be sold in whole to advantage

752, 754-Sir J. Paston ill in his eye and leg, 752, 754.5 Feb. Efforts for the recovery of Caister, 753.

1475.

Sir J. Paston detained at Calais, 753.

5 Mar. Margaret Paston will apply to the Archbishop of Canter-

bury for the license to have sacrament in her chapel,

755.29 Mar. The Duchess of Norfolk going to Walsingham, 757.23 May. Margaret Paston writes of money difficulties—" theKing goeth so near us in this country," 758.Pecock has paid two taxes for Sir J. Paston, 758.Sir J. Paston's brothers going over sea, 758.

13 June. Edmund Paston going over to Calais, 760.

10 Aug. The Duchess of York at St. Bennet's, 761.29 Aug. Peace of Pecguigny, 762.

11 Sept. The King's army returned to Calais, 762.

The King had spoken to the Duke of Norfolk about

Caister, 762, 764.Sir John Paston the worse for Calais air, 762.10 Oct How to get Caister again, 763.

The King going to Walsingham, 763.23 Oct. John Paston sick, 764.

Petition of Sir J. Paston to the King for recovery ofCaister, 766.

1476.17 Jan. Death of the Duke of Norfolk, 768.21 Jan. Sir John Paston gone up to London to petition the

King about Caister, 769.23 Jan. Sir John Paston's "sending to Caister" is ill taken,

770, 771, 772.a Mar. John Paston recommends Richard Stratton to LordHastings, 773.John Paston to [Margery Brews]—a love letter, 774.

12 Mar. Sir John Paston crosses with Hastings to Calais, 775.21 Mar. Lord Rivers at Rome, 776.

Conquest of Lorraine by Charles the Bold, 776.

6 May. John Paston welcomes his brother Sir John again to

England, 777.John Paston thinks of Mr. Fitzwalter's sister, 777.27 May. The King has promised that Sir J. Paston shall haveCaister, 778.

1477.5 Jan. Defeat afid death of Charles the Bold at Nanci, 786.

Letters about John Paston and Margery Brews, 780-5.

14 Feb. Great council begun yesterday, 786.

8 Mar. Dame Eliz. Brews desires to meet Margaret Paston at

Norwich, and not at Langley, 787.8 Mar. Terms offered by Sir Thomas Brews, 788, 790, 791,

1477.

9 Mar. The "matter of Mrs Early," 789.

Letters of John Pyrape to Sir J. Paston, 792-4-

Sir J. Paston refuses to help his brother's marriage,

795, 802.

The match between John Paston and Margery Brews,

796, 797. 799, ?oi-

14 April. Lewis XL has gained many of the Duke of Burgundy's

towns, 798.23 June. Debt of Sir J. Paston to Henry Colet, 800.7 Aug. Manor of Sporle mortgaged to To\vnsend, 802, 803.II Aug. Margaret Paston will not pay Sir John Paston's debt toCocket, 803.Sir J. Paston to pay his brother William's board andschool-hire, 803.

17 Aug. Lewis XI. besieges St. Omer's^ and hims Cassel, 804.22 Aug. Manors of Agnes and William Paston, 805.

31 Oct Sir John Paston's will, 806.

19 Nov. Wreck at Winterton—Sir J. Paston's claims as lord ofthe manor, 807, 808.

18 Dec. Margery Paston with child, 809.

1478.21 Jan. Dr. Yotton and the chapel at Caister, 811.

Marriage of Richard^ Duke of York, and Anne Mow-bray, 811.John Paston going to take his wife Margery to see herfather, 811.3 Feb. Dr. Pykenham now Judge of the Arches, 812.A match for Edmund Paston, 812.A present of dates from Margery Paston to her mother-in-law Margaret, 812.

18 Feb. Execution of the Duke of Clarence.

21 Mar. Constance Reynforth to Sir John Paston, 813,5 May. Woods at Hellesdon and Drayton, 814.

The Duke of Suffolk's claim there, 814, 815.13 May. Tomb of John Paston the father not begun, 815.The King buying cloth of gold, 815.

19 May. Walter Paston at Oxford, 816.

20 May. Tlie Duke of Suffolk at Hellesdon, 817.

WiUiam Worcester and Sir William Bocking, 817.Margaret Paston very ill, 817.27 May. Margaret Paston sends cloth of gold for her husband'stomb, 818.Sir J. Paston's claim in Hellesdon and Drayton, 818.Sir J. Paston going to marry a kinswoman of the Queen,818.31 July. Oxnead Parsonage, 810-822, 828.

5IO THE PASTON LETTERS. tEdw. lY.

1478.

25 Aug. Birth of John Paston's son Christopher, 821.

The Duke of Buckingham going on pilgrimage to

Walsingham, 821.William Brandon a ravisher, 821.The Earl of Oxford at Hammes, 821.7 Nov. William Pastort, junior, at Eton, 824, 827.

1479.18 Jan. Errands to Marlingford, 825.2 Feb. Dr. Pykenham informs Margaret Paston that her son

Walter is not yet qualified to hold a benefice, 826.4 Mar. Walter Paston ready to take his B.A., and proceed inlaw, 829.22 May. He would be inceptor before Midsummer, 830.30 June. He takes his degree, 831.7 July. Plate of William Paston, 832, 835.18 Aug. Will of Walter Paston, 834.21 Aug. Deaths of Agnes Paston and Walter, 836.

26 Aug. William Paston claims the manor of Marlingford, 837.

Sir J, Paston inquires about his grandmother's will, 838.29 Oct. Sir J. Paston's dispute with Suffolk, &c., 840.He is very ill, 840.

Bishop Morton offers to mediate between him and hisuncle William, 840, 841.6 Nov. The tenants at Crowmer know not who shall be theirlord, 841.25 Nov. Money received and spent at the manor court at Cres-singham, 845.Nov. Death and burial of Sir John Paston, 846.

John Paston wishes his brother Edmund to enter Marl-ingford, &c. in his name, 846.Proceedings of Edmund Paston at Marlingford andOxnead, 847.Dec. The great mortality abated, 849.

Bishop Morton promises to favour John Paston against

his uncle, 849.Injuries done to John Paston by his uncle William, 850,

1479-80.

Touching a tombstone for Sir John Paston, 851.Inventory of plate, 852.

1480.24 Feb. William Paston to John King, fanner of Harwelbury,

854.John, Prior of Bromholm, to John Paston, desiring himto procure of the Queen timber for his " dortour," 856.

About 1481 ?

Edmund Paston will see a widow in Worsted for his

brother William, 858.Edmund Paston desires his mother's forgiveness that he

and his wife have not waited on her, 859.

1482.

4 Feb. Margaret Paston's will, 861.

John Paston to his mother about her will, 862.I Nov. Tenants of Marlingford molested by William Paston'soflicers, 865, 866.Declaration of William Barker and Margaret, widow ofWilliam Worcester, in behalf of William Paston, 867.Inventoiy of John Paston's books, 869.Verses by a lady to an absent lord, 870.

EDWARD V.

1483.

II June. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to Lord Nevill, desiringhim to come up to London with a body of men, 874.Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, to John Paston, request-ing him to leave his lodging for a few days, 875.

RICHARD TIL

10 Oct. Tlie Duke of Norfolk to John Paston on an insurrectionin the Weald of Kent, 876.Oct. The Duke of Buckinghani's rebellion.

1484

I May. An order by the Duke of Suffolk to a farmer to paymoney, 879.Complaints of John Paston against his uncle William,

309.4 Nov. Death of Margaret Paston, 881.

Manors of Stansted and Harwellbury, 882.

1485.23 June. Proclamation of Richard III. against Henry Tudor, 883.

I Aug. The Earl of Richmond lands at Milford Haven, 884.22 Aug. The Battle of Bosuiorth.

1485.HENRY VII.

23 Sept. Dame Elizabeth Browne to John Fasten about her

father Judge Paston's death, 885.3 Oct. The Countess of Surrey complahis to J. Paston that herhusband's servants have been discharged by LordFitzwalter, 886.20 Oct. Proclamations ordered against rebels confederated withthe Scots, 887.

1486.

24 Feb. Alice, Lady Fitzhugh, to John Paston about hei

" daughter Lovel's " suit for her husband, 889.19 May. Viscount Lavel escaped into the Isle of Ely^ 890.

1487.24 Jan. Lord Lovel's adherents, 892.

The Prior of Norvvdch touching a bequest of JudgePaston to his monastery, 893.May. Rebellion of Lambert Simnel, 894, 895.16 June. Battle of Stoke.

Dame Elizabeth Brews to Sir J. Paston for twelve menin harness to recover a distress, 896.

1488?

The Bishop of Chester asks of widows more than theycan pay, 897.

1486-95.Sir J. Paston to Dame Margery, his wife, for a plasterfor the King's attorney, James Hobart, 898.

1487-1502.The Queen to the Earl of Oxford touching the claim of

Sir J. Paston to the manor of Hemnals in Cotton, 899.Sir J. Howard and Debenham intend to "set on"

Cotton, 900.

1488.Sir Edward Woodville goes aver unauthorised to aid the

Duke of Brittany, 904.Rebellion against James III. in Scotland^ 904.

1489.2 Feb. A whale taken off Thomham, 906, 907.7 Mar. The Earl of Northumberland agrees with the King aboutkeeping out the Scots, 908.Intended progress of the King to Norfolk, 908, 91a

Hen.vii.] Chronological Table. 513

1486-9.Edmund Paston appointed receiver of lands of LordScales, 911, 912.

1489.22 April. Henry VII. to the Earl of O-idoxiS.—favourable news oj

the war in Brittany, 913.28 April. Insurrection in Yorkshire—the Earl of Northumberlandkilled, 914, 916.6 May. Sir J. Paston ordered to meet the King at Cambridgewith a body of men, 915, 916.

1490.

27 Jan. Sherwood, Bishop of Durham, to Sir John Paston, 917.Humorous petition of Sir J. Paston to Lord Fitzwalter,

919.The Earl of Surrey certifies that Thomas Hartford is

not a Scotchman, 920.

1491.

6 April. Complaints of the King of Denmark against Englishships resorting to Iceland, 922.[Sept.] The old and new Bailifis of Yarmouth ask Sir J Pas-ton's mediation with the Earl of Oxford, 924.Oct. The Earl of Oxford to Sir J. Paston about RichardBarkeley and his ship, 925-7.

1492.

18 Feb. Preparations for the invasion of France, 929, 930.

30 April. William Barnard to William Paston complaining that

he has been obliged to keep a prisoner at his own

cost, 931.

1492-3.

Letters of Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, in behalf ofThomas Martin, 932-3.

1493.

Proposal of Sir R. Clere for the marriage of Sir J.Paston's son, 934.

1494.Nov. Creation of the King's second son as Duke of York—Knights of the Bath made on the occasion, 935.

1495.

3 July. Attempt of Perkin Warbeck to land at Deal, 936, 937.

Young William Paston at Sir J. Fortescue's place on

account of the plague at Cambridge, 938.III. 2 L

5M TlIK r ASTON LETTERS. [Hen. Vll.

1495.

William Paston, Sir John's brother, " erased in mind,"940.

1497-1503.Margaret, Countess of Richmond, to [Sir J. Paston ?]touching the inheritance of the daughters of WilliamPaston, 941.

149<»,20 Aug. Sir J. Paston to inquire who were privy to the Earl ofSuffolk's flight beyond sea, 942.

1500.20 Mar. Sir J. Paston to be ready to attend on the PrincessCatherine of Spain on her arrival in England, 943.

Before 1503.

Proposed marriage of Clippesby with a niece of Sir T.

Paston, 946.The Eari of Oxford's steward to the " Black Knight,"

in Latin verse, 948.

1503.

6 Feb. Award touching East Beckham between Sir John

Paston and Roger Townsend, 949.6 Sept Archbishop Warham to William Paston on the death

of his father Sir John, 950.John Kendal to [William Paston?] touching lands

bought of the executors of Nich. Pickering of Filby,

951-

1506.17 Jan. Account of the Visit of Philips King of Castile^ to IfatfyVII. at Windsor, 953.

Index I.

LETTERS AND TITLES.

In this Index will be found the names of the willers of the dinferent letters,and of the persons written to, with the titles of other papers. Thenumbers referred to here are those of the letters, while the General Indexrefers to the volume and page, in which each name will be found. Forthe convenience, however, of persons using this Index, the Nos. con-tained iu each volume are indicated at the head of every page.]

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 3&4 to 667.—Voi. III., 668 to 1086.

Alvard, Edmund.

To Paston, Margaret, 829.

Alvngton, Giles, andDarcy Roger.

From Makefyrr, William, 953.

Ancestry of the Pas-tons, 554.

Andrew, Thomas.

To Paston, William, 905, 1007.

Anne, Mrs.

From Paston, Sir John, 588.

Anonymous.

To , 381, i(X)8, 1009,

1014.

To II. B. of Lincoln, ion.To Paston, J., 42, 116, 428,496,

1012, 1013.To Paston, Sir John, 591.To Paston, Margaret, 432, 527,

981.To Sewarby, William, 1010.To Yelverton and Paston, 354.

Arblaster, James.

To Maiden, BailifT of, 700.Jo Paston, John, 548.

AuBRY, John.

71? Spelman, Sir Henry, 614.

B., H., of Lincoln.From Anonymous, loil.

B., R.

To Paston, John, 1078W

B. D. M. S.

To Paston, John, 543.

Barker, William.

To Fastolf, Sir J., 221.To Paston, John, 327.To Paston, Margaret, 868.To Worcester, William, 243.From Fastolf, 271.From Fastolf (to Barker andHowys), 115.

5i6

THE PAS TON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 38a—Vol. II., 384 to 667.-Vol. III., 6C8 to 1C3&

Barnard, William.To Paston, William, 931.

Beauchamp, J., Lord.To Howes, Sir Thos., 412.

Beaumont, John, Vis-count.

From Buckingham, Humphrey,

Duke of, 49.From Jersey, Bailiff and Jurats

of, 52.From Lovel, John Lord, 329.From Norfolk, Eleanor Duchess

of, 330.Fro7n Northwood, John, 60.From Salisbury, Ric, Earl of,

310.From Tailboys, Will., 75.From Willoughby, John, 961.

Beckham, East, 949.

Bedingfield, Edmund,

(knighted 1483).

To Paston, Sir John, 804-To Paston, John, 894.From Oxford, Earl of, 895.

Berney, John.

Memorandum of, 377.

To Paston, John, 165, 404, 405.

To Paston, John, and Roke-

wode, W., 401.From Botoner, 345.From Fastolf (to Berney and

others), 133, 141, 169, 170.

Berry, Henry.To Paston, John, 483.

Bill of Costs, 682.Bingham, Richard.

To Fastolf, 262.

Black Knight, The.

From the Earl of Oxford's Ste-ward, 948.

BocKiNG, John.

To Fastolf, 275, 315.

To Paston, John, 281, 282, 285,295, 303.

To White, William, 140.

To Yelverton, Paston, andFilongley, 342.

From Fastolf (to Bocking andothers), 126, 128, 130, 131,142, 271.

From Windsor, H., 253.

From Worcester, W. (to Bock-ing and Paston), 259.

Froin Yelverton, 125.

BoLEYN, Sir Geoffrey.To Paston, John, 366.

BoTONER, W.—Sec Wor«

CESTER.

BouRCHiER, Thos., Arch-bishop of Canter-bury, afterwards Car-dinal.

To Fastolf, Sir J., 279.

To Paston, J., 294.

From Howes, Thomas, 589.

Brackley, Friar.

To Paston, J., 289, 331, 341,

355, 356, 364, 996, 997, 998,

999, 1017-9.To Paston, William, 349.

From , 28.

Whitsunday, Sermon of, 372.

Breton, John, of Hadley.

To Paston, William, 955.

I

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.-Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Brews, Dame Elizabeth.

To Paston, John, or Sir John,the youngest, 780, 781^ 782,896, 897.

From Paston, Margaret, 799.

Brews, Margery.

To Paston, John, 783, 784,From Paston, John, 774.Paston, John, and M. B., 796.See also Paston, Margery.

Brews, Thomas, andStapleton, Sir Miles.

From Oxford, Earl of, 105.

Brews, Sir Thomas.

To Paston, Sir John, 788.Memorandum of, 791.

Bromholm, John, Prior of.

To Paston, John, 368, 856.

Bromholm, Nicholas,

Prior of.To Paston, William, 1020.

Bromholm, Robert, Prior

of.To Paston, John, 63.

Browne, DameELiZABETH.

To Paston, John, 885.Her Will, 986.

Browne, Sir George.

To Paston, John, 595.

Buckingham, Humphrey,

Duke of.To Beaumont, Viscount, 49.

Burton, J.

To Paston, Margaret, 379,

C, W.

To Paston, John, 447.

Caister Castle, Besie-gers of.

From Writtill, 622.

Caister College.

Foundation of, 493.

Calle, Richard.

To Paston, John, Senior, 135,136, 392, 418, 425, 438, 453,454,455, 467, 484, 491, 512,1021.

To Paston, John, Junior, 420.

To Paston, Sir John, 507, 571,60S, 613.

7i7 Paston, Sir John, the younger,

944. 945-To Paston, Margaret, 39S, 711,

839.To Paston Margery, 609.

From Paston, John (to Calleand others), 468, 520, 1003,1004.

Bill of Costs of, 682.

Call, Robert.

To Paston, John, 358.

Calthorpe, W.To Paston, John, 1022.

Canon, Thomas, the elder,

of Mekyll Palgrave.To Paston, J., 237.

Canterbury, Archbishopof, (John Stafford).

From Hauteyn, John, 47.

Chambre, Eleanor.

To Paston, William, 34.

5i8

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II.,

Chamberlain, Sir Roger.To Paston, Agnes, 48.

Chancellor, The Lord.

From Paston, John, 461.

Chedworth, JoHN,Bishop

of Lincoln.To Paston, John, 256.

Clarence, George, Dukeof.

From Edward IV., 615.

Clere, Edmund.

To Paston, John, 226.

Clere, Elizabeth.

To Paston, John, 71, 88, 382.To Paston, Margaret, 565.

Clere, Robert.

To Paston, Sir John, 901.

Clopton, John.

To Paston, John, 202, 203,1023.

Coke, William, and

others.From Fastolf, 82.

Cole,William, and others.

From Fastolf, 79.

Cook, John.

From Coting, W., 598.

Cotyng, W.

To Cook, John, 598.To Paston, John, 1024.To Paston, Margaret, 380.

Crane, Alice.

To Paston, Margaret, 251

384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Crane, John.

To Paston, John, 94, 241.

Cressingham Manor,845.Croft, Richard.

Frotn Paston, John (of Gelston),871.

Cromwell, Lord.

To Paston, John, 969.

Crowmer, Robert.

To Paston, Sir John, 937.

Crowne (?), Rob.

To Paston, Sir John, 1025.

Cryne, T.

To Paston, John, 863.

Dalling, William.

Petition of, 19.Damme, John.

To Paston, John, 1026.To Paston, John, (from Dammeand Gresham), 122.

Daniel, Thomas.

From Wenyngton, Rob., 68.

Darcy, Roger, and Al-YNGTON, Giles.

Fro7n MakefyiT, William, 953.

Daubeney, J.

To Paston, John, 452.To Paston, Sir John, 1027.From Lampet, Ralph, 470.From Paston, J., (to Daubeneyand others), 1003, i<X)4.

519

Vol. 1., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Edward IV.—continued.

Daune, Cicely.

To Taston, Sir John, 1028.

Daverse, T.

To Paston, Sir John, 568.

Davy, John.

To Paston, John, 370.

Debenham, Tymperley,

and White.To Paston, John, I55«

Denyes, Thomas.

To Paston, John, 96, 199, 204,

389* 995» 1000, 1029.To Paston, Margaret, 397.

DOLLAY, R.

To Paston, John, 207.

Dory, John.

To Paston, John, 1030.

DowBiGGiNG, John.

To Paston, John, 437.

DowNYNG, John.

To Paston, Edmund, 873.

Durham, Bishop of.To Paston, Sir John, 917.

Ebesham, William.

To Paston, Sir John, 596.Edward IV.

To Clarence, Warwick, and

Archbishop Nevill, 615.To Fynys, Sir Robert, 594.To Paston, Sir John, 584, 599.To Swan, William. 653.To Yarmouth, Bailiffs of, 552.

From Paston, John, Senior, 492.From Paston, Sir John, 766.

Elizabeth, Queen of

Henry VII.To Oxford, Earl of, 899.

Errands to Marlingford,825.

EsTGATE, John.To , 521.

Fastolf, Sir John.

Memoranda by, 129, 137.

His claims against the Crown,

263, 264.To Bemey, John, and Thos.

Howes, 133, 141, 143.To Bemey, Howes, and Ship-

dham, 169.To Bemey, Paston, and Howes,

170.To Bocking or Barker for J.

Paston, 271.To Fastolf, John, and John Kir-

teling, 72.To Filongley, Henry, and John

Paston, 227.To Howes, Thomas, 95,98, 102,

no, 123, 132, 152, 154, 168,

171, 1031.To Howes and W. Barker, 11$.To Howes and J. Bocking, 130,

131, 142.To Howes, Bocking, and Ship-

dham, 126.To Howes, W. Coke, and W.

Shipdham, 82.To Howes, W. Cole, and W.

Shipdham, 79.To Howes, Th. Green, and

Shipdham, 109.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., No». 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Fastolf, Sir John—con-tinued.To Howes, Jenney, and Dock-ing, 128.To Molyneux, Nich., 258.To Norfolk, the Duke of, 233,

234-To Paston, John, 217, 222, 225,

228, 232, 235, 242, 245, 246,

261, 266, 271, 274, 276, 286,

287, 288, 291, 299, 300, 301,

306, 328, 968, 1032.To Paston, Molyneux, and

West, 272.To Paston and Yelverton, 251.To Paston and Howes, 324.To .Scrope, Steph., 309.To Waller, Ric, 220.To Whytyngham, Lady, 270.To Yelverton, W., 308.From Bingham, Ric., 262.From Bocking, John, 275, 315.From Bourchier, Archbishop,

279.From Filongley, Henry, 290.From Howes, Th., 158.From Paston, J., and T. Howes,

316.From Earl of Oxford, 139.From Worcester (Botoner), W.,

3i3» 314.

From W. Yelverton, 124.

His Will, 332, 333, 334.

His Will, depositions touching,488.

His Will, examinations touch-ing, 525. 550-

Inventory of his Goods, 335.

His Wardrobe, 336.

His College, 337, 652.

His Goods, 979.

His Lands, 645.

Sir J. F. and John Paston, 971.

Sef also Paston, William, sonof the Judge.

Fastolf, John, and John

KiRTELING.From Fastolf, Sir John, 72.

Felbrigge, Sii John.

To Paston, John, 538.

Fenn, Hugh.

To Paston, John, 277, 1033.To Paston, Sir John, 583.

Filongley, Henry.7<? Fastolf, Sir J., 290.

Filongley, Henry, andJohn Paston.

From Fastolf, Sir J., 227.

Filongley, Henry, J. Pas-ton, and Yelverton.

From Bocking, J., 342.

FiTZHUGH, Alice, Lady.

To Paston, John, 889.

Fitzwalter, John, Lord.

To Paston, John, 1034.

To Paston, Sir John, 902, 903.

From Paston, Sir John, 919.

French Prisoners, Re-port of, 443.

Fynys, Sir Robert.

From Edward IV., 594.

Gloucester, Richard,Duke of.

To Nevill, Lord, 874. •

Vox. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Voi- III., 668 to 1086.

Gloys, James.

To Paston, John, 146, 147, 254,

4i5» 1035-To Paston, Sir John, 561.

From Paston, Margaret, 716.

Gnateshale, Thomas.

To Paston, Margaret, 546, 547*From Scales, Lord, 57.

GOLDEWELL, NICHOLAS.From Paston, William, 822.

Grant from the Crown,407.

Grene, Thomas.

To Yelverton, William, 562.from Fastolf (to him and others),109.

Gresham, Tenants of.From Molynes, Lord, 6$.

Gresham, James.

To Damme, Simon, 575.

To Paston, John, loi, 103, 117,118, 164, 257, 278, 298, 394,444, 473, 482, 993, 1036,

1037-To Paston, J., (from Gresham

and J. Damme), 122.To Paston, Sir John, 665.To Paston, Margaret, 474.To Paston, William, 37.To White, Master, 100.From Paston, J., 108.From Paston, J., to Margaret

Paston, James Gresham, and

Calle, 520.

Grey of Hastings, Ed-mund, Lord.

To Paston, J., 209.From X^aston, J., 210.

Griggs, T.

To Paston, Sir John, 906.

Gyney, John.

To Paston, John, 1038.To Paston, Will., 38.

Hansson, Christopher.

To Paston, J., 357.

Haryson, Lumen.

To Paston, Sir John, 918.Hastings, Lord.

To Middleton, Sir John of, and

Sir J. Paston, 729.To Paston, John, 737, 1039.From Paston, John, 773.

Ha\vte, James.

To Paston, Sir John, 610.

Hawteyn, John.

Deposition against, 35.

To Stafford, John, Archbishop

of Canterbury, 47.His coming to Oxnead, 1040.

Hellesdon, the Duke ofSuffolk's Attack on,97S.

Henry VI.

To Nedham, John, and LiUla

ton, John, 972.To Paston, John, III.From York, Richard, Duke of,

114.Memorial to, 238.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol, I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 108&

Henry Yll.

To Oxford, Earl of. 913, 922.To Paston, John or Sir John,891| 943-

Herlyng, John, of Bas-

yngham.

Petition of, to "Lady" Paston,580.

Hert, Sir Thomas.

To Paston, Margaret, 872.

Heveningham, Sir John.

To Paston, John, Senior, 427.To Paston, Margaret, 157.

Howard, Sir John, 104i,1042.

From Norfolk, Duke of, 1046.Howard, Lady Kathe-

RINE, 1043.

Howes, Sir Thomas.

To Bourchier, Cardinal, 589.

To Fastolf, Sir J., 158.

To Fastolf, Sir J. (from Howes

and Paston), 316.To Paston, John, 215, 219, 223,

224, 229, 440.From Beauchamp, Lord, 412.From Fastolf, Sir J., 95, 98, 102,

no, 123, 132, 152, 154, 168,

171, 1031.From Fastolf, Sir J. (to Howes

and Paston), 324.From Fastolf, Sir J. (to Howes

and others), 79, 82, 109, 115,

126, 128, 130, 131, 133, 141,

142, 143, 169, 170.Declaration of, 980.

HuNGERFORD, Loid, andWhityngham, Ro-bert.

To Margaret of Anjou, 413.

Ingham, Walter.

Petition of, 198.

Inventory, An, 954.See also Plate.

Jeffreys, Thomas.

From Suffolk, Duke of, 879.

Jenney, John.

To Paston, John, 249, 250.

Jenney, William.

To Paston, J., 378, 970.From Fastolf, Sir J. (to Jenneyand others), 128.

Jermyn, John.

From Oxford, Earl of, 138.

Jernyngham, John.

To Paston, Margaret, 317.

Jersey, Bailiff and Jurats

of.To Beaumont, Viscount, 52.

JoYE, William, and Pas-ton, William, 964.

JULLYE.

To his Father, 843,

Vol. I, Nos, 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Kela, Thomas.

To Paston, John, 78$.

Kem p, Cardinal, LordChan-

cellof.Petition to, 180.

Kendal, Sir John.To Paston, Sir John, 946.

Kendal, John.

To Paston, William, 951.

King, John.

From Paston, William, 854.J^rom George, Servant to Wil-liam Paston, 855.

Knapton, Manor of, 844.

Knivet, Sir William, and

others.From Norfolk, Elizabeth, Du-chess of, 932.

Kyllygrewe, Robert.To Wasse, Ric, 1044,

L., R.

To Paston, John, 677.

Lam PET, Ralph.

To Daubeney, his cousin, 470.Testimony of, 469.

Langley, Abbot of.

To Paston, Sir John, 477.To Stokes, John, 351.

Ledham, Robert.Information against, 201.

L'Estrange, Roger.

To Paston, Sir John, 930.

Lethum, Robert.

To Paston, John, 393.

LiGHTFOOTE, RiCHARD.

From Paston, Sir John, (to himand Paston, W.), 939.

Lincoln, John Ched-WORTH, Bishop of.

To Paston, John, 256.

Littleton, Thomas, andNedham, John.

From Henry VI., 972.

LoMNER, William.To Paston, John, 93, 156, 348,399, 847.

Lovel, John, Lord.

To Beaumont, Viscount, 329.

Lyng, Sir T.

To Paston, Sir J., 935.

Lynsted, Thomas.

From Paston, William, 833.

Makef\'rr, William.

To Darcy, Roger, and Alyng-ton, Giles, 953.

Malden, Bailiff of.From Arblaster, James, 700.

THE P ASTON LETTERS.

Vol. L, Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to lOM.

Margaret of Anjou.

From Hungerford, Lord, andV/hityngham, Robert, 413.

Marham, Peter.

To Paston, William, 957.

Marlingford.

Manor of, 837.Errands to, 825.

Maryot, John.

To Paston, "William, 40.

Mautby, Bailiff of.From Paston, William, 910.

Mautby, Edward.To Paston, Margaret, 564.

Memoranda, 838, 982.

Memoranda for Prosecu-tions, 144.

MiDDLETON, Sir John of,

and Paston, Sir J.From Hastings, Lord, 729.

MoLYNES, Lord.

To the Bishop of Winchester,

61.To the Tenants of Gresham, 65.

MOLYNEUX, NiCH.

From Fastolf, Sir J., 258, 272.

MowTH, Friar John.

To Paston, John, 541,

MUNDEFORD, ELIZABETH.To Paston, John, 433.

MUNDFORD, OSBERT.71? Paston, J., 326, 1045.

Naunton, William.

To Paston, John, Senior, 419.

Ned HAM, John, and Lit-tleton, Thomas.

From Henry VI., 972.

Nevill, Lord.

From Gloucester, Richard,Duke of, 874.

Nevill, G., Archbishopof York.

To Paston, Sir John, 606.From Edward IV., 615.

Norfolk, Authorities in.

From Yorkist Lords, 353.

Norfolk, Gentlemen of.

To the Sheriff, 174.

Norfolk, Parties in, 181.Norfolk, Sheriff of.

To the King and Council, 177.From Gentlemen of Norfolk,

174.From Paston, J., 175.

Norfolk, John Mow-bray, Third Duke of.

Proclamation by, 173.To Paston, J., 43, 119, 121.From Fastolf, Sir J., 233, 234.From Oxford, Earl of, 106.His Petition against the Dukeof Somerset, 191.

Vol- I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 3M to 667.—Vou III., 6G8 to 1086.

Norfolk, Catherine,

Duchess of.To Paston, J., 44.

Norfolk, Eleanor,

Duchess of.

To Beaumont, Viscount, 330.To Paston, J., 244.

Norfolk JohnMowbray,

Fourth Duke of.

To the Besieged at Caister (pass-ports), 626, 627.To Howard, Sir John, 1046.To Paston, John, Senior, 476.To Paston, John, the youngest,

532.From Paston, John, 715.

Norfolk, Duke of, his

Council.From Scales, Lord, 603.

Norfolk, John Howard,

Duke of.To Paston, John, 876, 84.

Norfolk, Elizabeth,

Duchess of

To Knivet, Sir William, and

others, 932.To Paston, Sir John, 934.

Norman, Edmund.His Will, 1047.

Northwood or Norwode,John.

To Beaumont, Viscount, 60.From Paston, J., 186.

Norwich, W., Bishop of.To Yelverton, W., 376.

Norwich, John, Prior of.To , 893.

Ocley, William.

To Paston, William, 958.

Ogard, Dame Alice.To Paston, John, 280.

Osbern, John.

To Paston, John, 159, 1048.

Outrages, Information of,179.

Oxford, John, TwelfthEarl of.

71? Fastolf, Sir J., 139.

71? Jermyn, J., 138.

To Norfolk, Duke of, 106.

To Paston, J., 97, 104, 120,

373. 390, 1049, 1050, 1051.To Stapleton, Sir M., and

Brews, Th., 105.From Pastou, J., 200.

Oxford, Elizabeth, Coun-tess of

To Paston, J., 192, 193, 194.

Oxford, John, Thir-teenth Earl of

7i?Bedingfield,Sir Edmund, 895.

To a Lady, 669.

To Paston, Edmund, 911.

To Paston, Sir John, (the elder),

587, 597.To Paston, John, or Sir John,(the younger), 892, 900, 909,914, 915, 921, 923, 925, 926,927' 928, 94a

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol- I., No$. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Oxford, John, Thir-teenth Earl of—con-tinued.7(?Paston, Sirjohn, and another,

942.To Spilman, Henry, and others,

664.To Vere, Thomas, 663.From Elizabeth, Queen of Henry

vn., 899.

From Henry VII., 913, 922.

Oxford, The Earl of,

His Steward.71; the ** Black Knight," 948.

Oxford, Margaret,

Countess of.

To Paston, John, or Sir John,890,947.

OxNEAD Parsonage, 819,828.

Painter's Work, 651.Pampyng, John.

To Paston, John, Senior, 414,

485.To Paston, Sir John, 646.From Paston, John, (to him and

and others), 468.

Passport.

To the Besieged on surrender ofCaister, 626.

Paston, Land in, 963.Paston, Vicar of.

To Paston, Margaret, 741, 742.

Paston, Agnes.

To Paston, Edmund, 46.

To Paston, John, 70,80,160,161,

162, 183, 188, 197, 312, 426,

1052.To Paston, William, 25.From Chamberlain, Sir Roger,

48.From Poynings, Elizabeth, 322.From Reynolds, William, of

Crowmer, 1080.From Williamson, Sir Robert,

434-** Errands to London of A.P.,"

Her Will, 555, 556.

Paston, Dame Agnes,Widow of the secondSir John.

Her Will, 988.

Paston, Agnes and Wil-liam.

Their Manors, 805.

Paston, Clement, Father

of the Judge.His Will, 983.

Paston, Clement, Son of

the Judge.To Paston, J., 367, 395, 411,417, 540, 1002, 1053.

Paston, Edmund, Son of

the Judge.To Paston, John, 53, 58.From Paston, Agnes, 46.His Will, 64.

Paston, Edmund, Son ofJohn.

To Paston, John, or Sir John,the younger, his brother, 683,836, 933» 1054-

Vou I., Nos, 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 6G7.-Vol. III.. 668 to 1086.

Paston, Edmund, Son of

John—continued.

To Paston, Margaret, 859.

To Paston, William, his brother,

858.From Downyng, John, 873.Front Oxford, Earl of, 911.From Paston, Sir John, 727.From Paston, Sir John, (to him

and John Paston), 760.From Paston, "William, his

brother, 853.

Paston, John, Son of the

Judge.

To , 176,439-

To Chancellor, The Lord, 461.

To Edward IV., 492.

To Fastolf, Sir John, (from him

and Howes), 316.To Gloys, Jas., 255.To Gresham, Jas., 108.To Grey, Edmund, Lord, of

Hastings, 210.To Norfolk, Sheiiff of, 175.To Norwode, John, 186.To Oxford, Earl of, 200.To Pampyng, Calle, and Wykes,

468.To Paston, Margaret, 352, 402,

408, 514, 519, 528,973* 1056.To Paston, Margaret, and others,

520, 1003, 1004.To Radclyff, John, of Attyl-

burgh, 1079,To Southwell, Richard, 375.From Anonymous, 42, 116,428,

496, 1012, 1013.From Anonjrmous (to him and

Yelverton), 354.From Arblaster, Jas., 548.From B. D. M. S., 543.From Barker, Will., 327.From Bemey, John, 165, 404,

405.

Paston, John, Son of theJ udge—continued.

From Bemey, John, (to Pastonand Rokewode), 401.

From B. D. M. S., 543.

From Berry, Henry, 4S3.

From Bocking, Jolm, 281, 282,285, 295, 303.

From Bocking, John, (to Pastonand others), 342.

From Boleyn, Sir Geoffrey, 366.

From Botoner, W.—See Wor-cester.

From Bourchier, Archbishop,294-

From Brackley, Friar, 289, 331,

341, 355, 356, 364, 996-9,

1017-9.From Bromholm, John, Prior

of, 368.From Bromholm, Robert, Prior

of, 63.From C, W., 447.From Calle, Richard, 135, 136,

236, 392, 418, 425, 438, 453,

454, 455,467, 484, 491, 512,

1021.From Call, Robert, 358.From Calthorpe, W., 1022.From Canon, Thos., the Elder,

of Mekyll Pagrave, 237.From Clere, Edmund, 226.From Clere, Elizabeth, 71, 88,

382.From Clopton, John, 202, 203,

1023.From Cotyng, W., 1024-From Crane, John, 94.From Cromwell, Lord, 969.From Damme, John, 1026.From Damme, John, and J.

Gresham, 122.From Daubeney, J., 452.From Davy, John, 370.From Debenham, Tymperley,

and White, 155.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 108&

Paston, John, Son of theJ udge—continued.

From Denyes, Thomas, 96, 199,204, 389, 995, 1000, 1029.

Frotn Dollay, R., 207.

From Dory, John, 1030.

From Dowbigging, John, 437.

From Fastolf, Sir John, 217,222, 225, 228, 232, 235, 242,245, 246, 261, 266, 271, 274,276, 286, 287, 288, 291, 299,300, 301, 306, 328, 968, 1032.

F7-om Fastolf, Sir John, (to Pas-ton and others), 170, 227, 231,272, 324.

From Felbrigge, Sir John, 538.

From Fenn, Hugh, 277, 1033,

From Gloys, Jas., 146, 147, 254,

4I5> 1035-

From Gresham, Jas., loi, 103,117, 118, 164, 257, 278, 298,394. 444, 473, 482, 993,1036,1037.

Fj-om Grey (of Hastings), Ed-mund, Lord, 209.

From Gyne, John, 1038.

From Hansson, Christopher,

357.From Henry VI., m.From Heveningham, Sir John,

427.From Howes, Thomas, 215,

219, 223, 224, 229, 297, 440.From Jenney, John, 249, 250.From Jenney, William, 378,

970.From Lethum, Robert, 393.From Lincoln, John Chedworth,

Bishop of, 256.From Lomner, William, 93,

156, 348, 399.From Alowth, Friar John, 541.From Mundeford, Elizabeth,

433-From Mundeford, Osbert, 326,

1045.

Paston, John, Son of theJ udge—continued.

From Naunton, William, 419.

From Norfolk, Third Duke ofi43, 119, 121.

From Norfolk, Fourth Duke of,476.

From Norfolk, Catherine, Du-chess of, 44, 244.

From Ogard, Dame Alice, 280.

From Osbem, John, 159, 1048.

From Oxford, Earl of, 97, 104,120, 373, 390, 1049, 1050,1051.

From Oxford, Elizabeth, Coun-tess of, 192, 193, 194.

From Pampyng, John, 414, 485.

From Paston, Agnes, 70, 80,160, 161, 162, 183, 188, 197,312, 426, 1052.

From Paston, Clement, 367,395,411,417, 540, 1002, 1053.

From Paston, Edmund, 53, 58.

From Paston, John, his eldestson, 323, 410, 442, 449; asSir John, 531.

From Paston, John, his secondson, 463, 464, 486, 545, 1059.

Fro7)i Paston, Margaret, his wife,29,36,56, 59.62,66,67, 78,81,134, 148, 149, 150, 153, 163,167, 178, 182, 185, 187, 189,190, 196, 260, 325, 361, 365,369, 396, 400, 403. 406, 421,422, 429, 436, 441, 448, 465,472, 479, 490, 499, 500, 502,503, 504, 505, 506,510, 513,515, S18, 523, 529, 530, 533,534, 542,975,992, 1062,1063,1064.

From Paston, William, his bro-ther, 69, 211, 216, 338, 346,

350, 457. •From Paston, William, and

Playters, Th., 385.From Payn, John, 99.

Vou I., Nos. 1 to 383.-VOU II., 384 to 667.—Voi- III.. 668 to 1086.

Paston, John, Son of theJudge—continued.

From Playter, Thomas, 359,360, 386, 387, 391, 430, 458,459, 466, looi, 1005.

From Playter, Thomas, and Pas-ton, W., 385.

From Price, William, 247.

From R. C. V. C, 478.

From Reppes, Robert, 27.

From Russe, John, 284, 409,446, 456, 460, 462, 501.

From Rysyng, John, 508.

From St. Benet s. Abbot of, 230.

From Scales, Thos., Lord, 84,85,86, 87, 89, 90, 205, 292, 293.

From Shotbolt, John, 371.

From Smyth, John, 388.

From Southwell, Ric, 172, 218,

544-From Sperlyng, G., 344.Frorn Sporle, Vicar of, 112./>-<7w Taverham,Roger, 423,424.From Warwick, Ric.,Earl of, 213.From Wayte, William, 113, 994,

1085.From. Willoughby (of Eresby),

Robert, Lord, 45.From Windsor, Henry, 283,

318, 416.From Wingfield, Sir John, 374.From Worcester (or Botoner),

W., 206, 208, 214, 252, 259,

267, 268, 269, 273, 296, 304,

305. 320.From Wykes, John, 445.From Wymondham, John, 536.From Yelverton, William, 50.From York, Richard, Duke of,

212.Petitions of, 77, 107, 965, 1055.Expenses of, 321.Outlawry of, 494.Funeral of, 549.J. P, and Margaret Paston, 962.Vastolf, Sir J., and J. P., 971,III. 2

Paston, oiWortes, John,6, 960.

Paston, John, Eldest Sonof John Paston, Seni-or, (Sir John in 1463).

To Anne, Mistress, 588.

To Edward IV., 766.

To Paston, Edmund, his brother,727.

To Paston, John, his father, 332.410, 442, 449, 531.

To Paston, John, his brother,566,570, 572, 592, 600, 6ii,625, 637, 648, 656, 675, 676,690,692, 703, 704, 717, 721,722, 723, 724, 725, 731, 732,733, 747, 749, 75°, 753. 768,770, 771, 775, 779, 7^6, 789,795, 798, 800, 814, 821.

To Paston, John and Edmund,760.

7J?Paston,Margaret, his mother,563, 621, 632, 668, 687, 736,

745, 746, 754, 762, 776, 778,

797, 802, 815, 840, 1006,

1058.To Townsend, Roger, 1057.To WrittiU, Master, 618, 619.From Anonymous, 591.From Bedingfeld, Edmund,

804.Fro7n Brews, Sir Thomas, 788.From Calle, Richard, 420, 507,

571, 608, 613.From Crowne, Rob., 1025.From Daubeney, John, 1027.From Daune, Cecily, 1028.From Da verse, T., 568.From Ebesham, William, 596.From Edward IV., 584, 599.From Fenn, Hugh, 583.From Gloys, Sir James, 561.From Gresham, James, 665.M

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 38a—Vol. IL, S84 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Paston, John, Eldest Sonof John Paston, Sen-ior, (Sir John in 1463)—continued.

From Hastings, Lord, (to SirJohn of Middleton and SirJohn Paston), 729.

From Hawte, James, 610.

From Langley, Abbot of, 477.

From Nevill, G., Archbishop ofYork, 606.

From Osbem, John, 710.

From Oxford, Earl of, 587,

597.

From Pampyng, John, 646.

From Paston, John, his brother,569, 573, 602, 607, 612, 628,631, 633, 636, 641, 642, 686,688, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701,702, 708, 712, 714, 719, 720,

739, 763, 764, 770, 772, 777,

790, 811, 841, 1060.From Paston, Margaret, 480,

511, 560, 576, 601, 6i6, 617,

620, 629, 647, 684, 695, 752,

758, 761,803,818,1065,1066,

1067, 1068?From Paston, Walter, 830.From Paston, William, 743.From Pekoe, William, 680, 807,

808.From Poynings, Elizabeth, 593.From Pympe, John, 792, 793,

794-From Reynforth, Constance,

813.From Sporle, Tenants of, 734.From Strange, J., 567.From Whetley, J., 817.From Whynbergh, Robert, 767.From Worcester, W., (Botoner),

1015.From Wykes, John, 517, 539.His Deeds, 679.His Will, 806.

Paston, John, the young-est, (Sir John in 1487),

To ,384.851.

To Brews, Margery, 774.

To Croft, Richard, 871.

To Fitzwalter, Lord, 919.

To Hastings, Lord, 773.

To Norfolk, Duke of, 715.

To Paston, John, his father, 463,464, 486, 545, 1059.

To Paston, Sir John, his brother,569, 573, 602, 607, 612, 628,631, 633, 636, 641, 642, 686,688, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701,702, 708, 712, 714, 719, 720,

739, 763, 764, 770, 772, 777,

790, 811, 841, 1060.To Paston, Margaret, 526, 585,

654, 660, 670, 672, 674, 678,

757, 765, 769, 787, 801,812,

846, 849, 862, 1061.To Paston, Dame Margery, his

wife, 898.To Paston, Will., his brother,

and Lightfoote, Ric, 939.From Anonpnous, 683.From B., R., 1078.From Brews, Dame Elizabeth,

780, 781, 782, 896, 897.From Brews, Margery, 783, 784.From Bromholm, John, Prior

of, 856.From Browne, Dame Elizabeth,

885.From Browne, Sir George, 595.From Calle, Richard, 944, 945.From Clere, Robert, 901.From Crowmer, Robert, 937.From Ciyne, T., 863.From Durham, Bishop of, 917.From] Fitzhugh, Alice, Lady,

889.'From Fitzwalter, John, Lord,-

902. 903, 1034.From Griggs, T., 906.From Haryson, Lumen, 918.

Vou I., Nos. 1 to 383—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vox- III., 668 to 1086.

Paston, John, the young-est, (Sir John ini487)—continued.

From Hastings, Lord, 737,1039.

From Henry VH., 891, 943.

From Kela, Thomas, 785.

From Kendal, Sir John, 946.

From L., R., 677.

From L'Estrange, Roger, 930.

From Lomnor, William, 847.

From Lyng, Sir T., 935.

From Norfolk, Elizabeth, Du-chess of, 934.

From Norfolk, John Howard,Duke of, 876, 884.

From Norfolk, John Mowbray,Fourth Duke of, 532.

From Oxford, Earl of, 892, 900,

909. 914, 915. 921, 923,925.926, 927, 928, 940.

From Oxford, Margaret, Coun-tess of, 890, 947.

From Paston, Edmund, 683,

836, 933> 1054.

From Paston, Sir John, his bro-ther, 566, 570, 572, 592, 600,611, 625, 637, 648, 656,675,676, 690, 692, 703, 704, 706,717, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725,73i» 732, 733» 747, 749, 75o,753, 768, 771, 775, 779, 786,789, 795, 798, 800, 814, 821.

From Paston, Sir John, his bro-ther, (to him and EdmundPaston), 760.

From Paston, Margaret, 681,685, 689, 705, 707, 751, 755,1069, 1070, 1071, 1072.

From Paston, Margery, his wife,809, 865, 866, 881, 888, 907.

From Paston, Walter, his bro-ther, 831.

From Paston, William, his bro-ther, 824, 827, 904, 908, 916,929.

Paston, John, the young-est, (Sir John ini487)—continued.

From Paston, William, his son,

938.

From Southwell, Richard, 756.

From Suffolk, Duke of, 887.

From Suffolk, Elizabeth, Du-chess of, 875.

From Surrey, Earl of, 920.

From. Surrey, Elizabeth, Coun-tess of, 886.

From W^rittill, 624.

From Yarmouth, Bailiffs of,924, 936.

J. P. and the Surrender ofCaister,627.

J. P. and Brews, Margery, 796.

J. P. and his uncle William,850, 880.

His books, 869.

Paston, Margaret, Wifeof John.

To , 516.

To Brews, Dame Elizabeth, 799.

To Gloys, Sir James, 716.

To Paston, John, her husband,29,36,56,59,62,66,67,78,81,134, 148, 149, 150, 153, 163,167, 178, 182, 185, 187, 189,190, 196, 260, 325, 361, 365,

369, 396, 400, 403, 406, 421,422, 429, 435, 436, 441, 44S,

465, 472, 479, 490, 499, 500,502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 510,513, 515, 518, 523, 529, 530,533, 534, 542, 975, 992, 1062,1063, 1064.To Paston, Sir John, her eldestson, 480, 511, 560, 576, 601,616, 617, 620, 629, 647, 684,695, 752, 758, 761,803,1065,1066, 1067, 1068?

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667. -Vol. III.. 668 to 1086.

Paston, Margaret, Wife

of John—continued.To Paston, John, her second

son, 68i, 685, 689, 705, 707,

751. 755. 1069, 1070, 1071,

1072.Frvax Alyard, Edmund, 829.Froxx\. Anonymous, 432, 527,

981.From Barker, W., 868.Froxa. Burton, J., 379.FrovQ. Calle, Richard, 398, 711,

839.Frcrax. Clere, Elizabeth, 565.FroTi^ Cotyng, W., 380.From Crane, Alice, 251.From Denyes, Thomas, 397.From Gnatyshale, Thomas, 546,

547.

From Gresham, James, 474.

From Herlyng, John, of Bas-yngham, 580.

From Hert, Sir Thomas, 872.

From Jernyngan, John, 317.

From, Mautby, Edward, 564.

From Paston, Vicar of, 741,742.

From Paston, Edmund, 859.

FroTd Paston, John, her hus-band, 352, 402,408, 514, 519,528, 973, 1056.

FroTci Paston, John, (to her andothers), 520, 1003, 1004.

From. Paston, Sir John, 563,632, 668, 687, 706, 736, 621,745, 746, 754, 762, 776, 778,797, 802, 815, 818, 840, 1006,1058.

From. Paston, John, the young-est, 526, 585, 654, 660, 670,672, 674, 678, 757, 765, 769,787, 801, 812, 846, 849, 862,1061.

From. Paston, Walter, her son,816.

From Paston, William, 1074.

Paston, Margaret, Wife

of John—continued.

From Piers, 362, 1076.From Pykenham, William, 826.From Russe, John, 1081.From Spany, Robert, of Posse-

wyke, 340.From Worcester, William, 582.From Wykes, John, 497.Her Will, 861.John Paston and M. P., 962.

Paston, Margery, Daugh-ter of John.From Calle, Richard, 609.

Paston, Margery, Wifeof John Paston, theyoungest.

To Paston, John, or Sir John,her husband, 809, 865. 866,881, 888, 907.

From Paston, Sir John, 898.

Paston, Robert, of Wive-

ton.His WiU, 985.

Paston, Walter, Son ofJohn.

To Paston, Sir John, his bro-ther, 830.To Paston, John, his brothei,

831.To Paston, Margaret, his mother,

816.His WiU, 834.

Paston, William, the

Judge.To , 5.

To The Vicar of the Abbot ofClugny, 14.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Paston, William, theJudge—conii7iued.

To Worsted, William, andothers, 7.

From Anonymous, 9.

From Bromholm, Nichu, Priorof, 1020.

From Chambre, Eleanor, 34.

From Cressingham, Ralph, Par-son of, II.

From Gresham, Jas., 37.

From Gyney, John, 38.

From Maryot, John, 40.

From Paston, Agnes, 25.

From Willoughby, Robert,Lord, 16.

From Wotton, William, 41.

His Will, 984.

W. P. and William Joye, 964.

Instructions to John Staynford,1073.

Paston, William, Son of

the Judge.

To Goldewell, Nicholas, 822.

To King, John, 854.

To Lynsted, Thomas, 833.

To Paston, John, 69, 211, 216,

338, 346, 350, 457.To Paston, John, (from him and

Playters), 385.To Paston, Sir John, 743.To Paston, Margaret, 1074.To Pope,\Viniam, of Bacton,823.To Walsh, Robert, 842, 848.To Waryns, Henry, 1075.From Brackley, Friar, 349.His Will, 987.His Plate, 835.

W. P. and Sir John Fastolf, 867.His Servant George to John

King, 855.

See also Paston, Agnes and Wil-liam ; and Paston, John, theyoungest.

Paston, William, Son of

John.

To Mautby, Bailiff of, 910,To Paston, Edmimd, his brother,

853.To Paston, John, or Sir John,

the youngest, his brother, 824,

827, 904, 908, 916, 929.From Andrew, Thomas, 905,

1007.From Barnard, William, 931.From Breton, John, of Hadley,

956.From Paston, Edmund, 858.From Paston, Sir John, (to him

and Lightfoote, Richard), 939,From Wryght, John, 955.

Paston, William, Son of

Sir John the younger.

To Paston, Sir John, his father,

938.From Kendal, Jolm, 951.From Warham, Archbishop,

950-

Paston, William, (un-certain).

From Mavham, Peter, 957.From Ocley, William, 958.

Payn, J.

To Paston, John, 99.

Pecock, William.

To Paston, Sir John, 680, S07,808.

Pickering, Nicholas.Will of, 522.

Piers.

To Paston, Margaret, 362, 1076.To Rokeby, Robert, 363.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Plate, Inventory of, 852.Playter, Thomas.

To Paston, John, 359, 360, 386.

387, 391, 430, 458, 459, 466,

looi, 1005.To Paston, John, (from WilliamPaston and T. P.), 385,

Pleadings in 23 Hen.VI.,1077.

Pope, William, of Bacton.From Paston, William, 823.

PoYNiNGS, Elizabeth.

To Paston, Agnes, 322.To Paston, Sir John, 593.

Price, William.

To Paston, John, 247.

Proclamation againstHenryTudor, 883.

Prosecutions, Memor-anda for, 144.

Pykenham, William.

To Paston, Margaret, 826.

Pympe, John.

To Paston, Sir John, 792, 793,794-

R. C. V. C.

To Paston, John, the eldest,478.

Radclyff, John, of Attyl-

borough.To Paston, John, 1079.

Reppes, Robert.

To Paston, John, 27.

Reynforth, Constance.

To Paston, Sir John, 813.

Reynolds, William,

Cro\viner.To Paston, Agnes, 1080.

of

Richmond, Margaret,

Countess of.To , 941.

Rokesby, Robert.

From Perse, 363.

RoKEWODE, William.

From Bemey, (to Rokewodeand J. Paston), 401.

RoNDELLE, Martin.To Paston, Sir John, 728.

RussE, John.

To Paston, John, 284, 409, 446.

456, 460, 462, 501.To Paston, Margaret, 1081.

Rysyng, John.

To Paston, Sir Jolm, 508.

Sacred Vessels, 976.

St. Alban's, The Battle of,239, 240.

St. Benet's, John Mar-tin, Abbot of.To Paston, John, 23a

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.-Vol. III., 668 to 1086l

St. Faith, Monastery of,86o.

Salisbury, ?.ichard, Earl

of.To Beaumont, Viscount, 310.

Scales Lands, The, 912.Scales, Anthony, Lord.

To , 604.

To Norfolk, Council of theDuke of, 603.

Scales, Thomas, Lord.

To Gnateshale, Thos., 57.To Paston, John, 83, 84, 85, 86,87, 89, 90, 205, 292, 293.

Scrope, Stephen.

From Fastolf, Sir J., 309.

Sewarby, William.

From Anonymous, loio.

Shipdam, Walter or Wat-kin.

From Fastolf, Sir J., (to himand others), 79, 82, 109, 126,169.

Shotbolt, Thomas.

To Paston, John, 371,Smyth, John.

To Paston, John, Senior, 388.

Southwell, Richard.

To Paston, John, 172, 218, 544,

756.From Paston, John, 375.

SpanY; Robert, of Posse-

^\yke.To Paston, Margaret, 340.

Sperlyng, G.

To Paston, John, 344.

Spelman, Sir Henry.From Aubry, John, 614.

Spilman, Henry, and

others.From Oxford, Earl of, 664.

Sporle, Vicar of.

To Paston, John, 112.

Stansted and Harwell-bury, 882.

Stapleton, Sir Miles, and

Brews, Thomas.From Oxford, Earl of, 105.

Stodeley, John.

News Letter of, 195.

Stoke, Battle of, 1082.Stokesley, John.

From Langley, Abbot of, 351.

Strange, J.

To Paston, Sir John, 567.

Suffolk, Alice, Duchessof, 1083.

Suffolk, Elizabeth, Du-chess of.To Paston, John, 875.

53^

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 108&

Suffolk, William, Dukeof.

Impeachment of, 76.To his Son, 91.

Suffolk, John, Duke of.

To the BailifTs, &c. of Eye, 655.To Jeffreys, Thomas, 879.To Paston, John, 887.Plis Attack on Hellesdon, 978.

Surrey, Elizabeth, Coun-tess of.

To Paston, John, 886.

Surrey, Earl of.

To , 1084.

To Paston, Sir John, 920.

Swaffham, Town of.

Petition from, 151.

Swan, William.

From Edward IV., 653.

Tailboys, William.

To Beaumont, Viscount, 75

Taverham, Roger.

To Paston, John, 423, 424.

Tewkesbury, Battle of,671.

TowNSEND, Roger.

From Paston, Sir John, 1057.TuDDENHAM, Sir Thomas.

From Warwick, Richard, Earlof, 73-

TuDDENHAM and Heydon.Oppressions of, 145.

Tudor, Henry.

Proclamation against, 883.

Tymperley.—See Deben-

HAM.

Vaux, John, Parson o'

Edingthorpe.To , 12.

Vere, Thomas.

From Oxford, Earl of, 663

Verses by a Lady, 87c

Waller, Richard.

From Fastolf, Sir J., 220.

Walsh, Robert.

From Paston, William, 842, 848.

Warham, Archbishop.To Paston, William, 950.

Waryns, Henry.

From Paston, William, 1075.

Warwick, Richard, Earlof.

To Paston, John, 213.

To Tuddenham, Sir Thos., 73.

Fj'dtn Edward IV., 615.

Index of Letters and Titles. 537

Vol. I., Nos 1 to 383.—Vol. II., 384 to 667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Wasse, Richard.

From Kyllygrewe, Robert, 1044.

Waynflete, William,Bishop of Winches-ter.

From Molynes, Lord, 61.His advice touching Fastolf'swill, 339.

Wayte, William.

To Paston, John, 113,994,1085.From Bocking, John, 140.

Wentworth, Sir Philip.Petition of, 343.

Wenyngton, Robert.

To Daniel, Thomas, 68.

West, Thomas.

From Fastolf, Sir J., 272.White.—See Debenham.

White, Master.

From Gresham, James, 100.

Wheixey, J.

To Paston, Sir John, 817.

Whityngham, Robert.—See Hungerford.

Whynbergh, Robert.

To Paston, Sir John, 767.

Williamson, Sir Robert.To Paston, Agnes, 434.

Willoughey, John.

To Beaumont, Lord, 961.

Willoughby (of Eresby),

Robert, Lord.To Paston, John, 45.

Windsor, Henry.

To Bocking, J., and Worcester,

253-To Paston, J., 283, 318, 416.

Wingfield, Sir John.

To Paston, John, 374.

Wingfield, Thomas.

From Writtill, 623.

Worcester (or Botoner),

William.

To , 347, 498, 639.

To Bemey, John, 345.To Fastolf, Sir John, 313, 314.To Paston, John, 206, 208, 214,252, 267, 268, 269, 273, 296,

304, 305. 320.

To Paston, John, and J. Book-ing, 952.

To Paston, Sir John, 1015.

To Paston, Margaret, 582.

Worsted, William, and

others.From Paston, William, 7.

WoRTEs, or Paston, John,6, 960.

WoTTON, William, of Pa-grave.To Paston, William, 41.

538 THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 383—Vol. II., 384 to667.—Vol. III., 668 to 1086.

Wright, John.

To Paston, William, 955.

Writtill, Master.

To Caister, Besiegers of, 622.To Paston, John, 624.To Wingfield, Thomas, 623.From Paston, Sir John, 618,619.

Wyke, John.

To Paston, Sir John, 517, 539.To Paston, Margaret, 497.From Paston, John, 445.From Paston, John, (to him andothers), 468.

Wykes, .

Bill for travelling expenses, 1086.

WymondhaM; John.

To Paston, John, 536.

Yarmouth, Bailiffs of.To Paston, Sir John, 924, 936.

Yelverton, William, Jus-tice. (Sir William in1461).

To Booking, John, 125.

To Fastolf, Sir John, 124.

To Paston, John, 50.

From Anonymous, (to Yelver-ton and Paston), 354.

From Booking, J., (to Yelver-ton and others), 342.

From Fastolf, Sir John, 308.

From Fastolf, Sir John, (to himand Paston), 231.

From Norwich, W., Bishop of,376.

Message of, 535.

Yelverton, William,Grandson of theJudge.

From Grene, Thomas, 562.

York, Richard, Duke of.

71? Henry VI., 114.To Paston, J., 212.Indenture with Sir J. Fastolf,184.

Yorkist Lords.

To Norfolk Authorities, 35;.

OF

NAMES, PLACES, SUBJECTS,

AND

OBSOLETE WORDS.

In this Index all well-known places will be found under their modem spelKing, and where a surname of a person occurs in the Letters spelt invarious ways, it should be looked for under that spelling which is nearestto modem usage. Cross references, however, are given in the case ofsurnames from all the variations, except when the difference between anytwo forms is so inconsiderable that they would naturally be found in thesame place in the Index. Names spelt with y in the text are, for con-venience, spelt with i in the Index, wherever they would be so spelaccording to ordinary modem usage.

The numbers refer to the pages of the different volumes. When con-secutive pages are indicated by a line, thus, " 12-18," the reference isalways to the same letter; and the number of the last page is repeated,if the name is contained in another letter on that page.

The word bis or ter in parentheses after a number indicates that thename will be found in two or three separate Nos. upon the same page.

A., J., iii. 477.

Abbevile, iii. 192.

*'Abbey of the Holy Ghost"

(Alcock's), iii, 301.Abbot, John, i. 97-8.Abbys, Will., iii. 212.Abergavenny (Bargevenny),

Lady, i. 397 {see Note).Acle (Okill), Norfolk, i. 282,

369, 528 [bis), 529, 530; iii.

38.Acle (Ocle), Magna et Parva,

iii. 106.Acton, Hugh, i. i88.Adam, John, ii. 124.Adam, Little, i. 523.Adam, Master, i. 267.

Agas, , Tenant at Cotton,

ii. 55.Akethorpe, in Lowestoft, Suf-folk, ii. 155, 163, 219, 221,276, 278, 280, 310, 311, 424;

iii. 5i» 93-Albert the Prodigal, Duke of

Austria, i. 185.Alblastre.—See Arblaster.Albon, John, iii. 418.Albon, Rob., iii., 386.Alborow, Margaret, iii. 241.Alburugh, or Hawteyn, John,

Friar, i. 46.Alcock, Jo., Bishop of Ely, iii

332-3.Alderford, Edmund, iii. 416.

the: paston letters.

Alderiche, Friar John, iii., 410.Alderton More, Yorkshire, iii.

362.Alen9on, i. 7.Alen9on, John, Duke of, taken

prisoner at the battle of Ver-

neuH (1424), i. 352, 361, 367,

376.Alexander, i. 434.Aleyn, Dr., i. 522, 535; ii. 189,

249; iii. 15, 53, 61-2, 67.Aleyn, Dr., Wife of, iii. 61-2,

67.Ale)m, John, i. 150, 205, 206.Aleynes, , Fanner of Gres-

ham, ii. 70.Alfonso V., King of Arragon,

i. 105, 185.Alford, John, iL 328.Alington, Giles, iii. 403.Alington, John, i. 277.Alington, Master, i. 347, 348-9.Alington, Will., i. 277; iii. 173.

Alisander, , i. 522.

Alman, Rob., L 267.Almayne (German) harness, iii.

405-

Alnwick (Annewyke), North-umberland, ii. 121; iii. 432.

Alnwick, Will., Bishop of Lin-coln, iii. 312, 449.

Aloyned. Esloigned, ii. 166.

" Alredis sone," i. 239.

Alunday, Richer, i. 5.

Alwedyr, , iii. 235, 241.

Alyard, Mr. Edmund, iii. 225-6,245, 246, 249.50.

Alyer^ Green, A kind of cloth,iii. 215.

Alygh, Ralph, i. 442.

Alys.—See Hales,

Amasia, iii. 477.

Amiens, iiL 107.

Amiens (Amyas), St John of,iii. 387-8.

Ampthill, i. 295.

Andrew, Thos., iii. 345-6, 484.

Andrew or Andrews, John, i.

123-4, 169, 170, 225, 320,

338, 385, 391, 395, 404, 412,419 (^V), 432, 519, 537; iu

49, 193, 249; iii- 461.Andrewe, Tho., iii. 467-9, 484.Andrews, Jas., ii. 350.Anemps. Anent; towards or

before, ii. 340.Angerville, in Normandy (An-

kyrvile), L 9.Anjou, in France, i. 37, 99, 455.Anjou, Charles of, Count of

Maine, brother of King Rckic,

L 102.

Anjou, Margaret of.—See Mar-garet.

Ankyrvile, in France, 1. 9.—See Angerville.

Aime, Duchess of Brittany,afterwards Queen of France,

iii. 357.Annewyke.—See Alnwick.Ante-dated Letters Patent, L

388.Antony, Castle of {qu, the

Bastile of St. Anthony in

Paris?), i. 9.Apawys, Norfolk, iii. 206.Appeal of Murder, ii. 392, 398,

403, 423.Appleby (Appylby), John, ii.

299.Appleyard, John, iL 158.Appleyard (Appulzerd), Nich.,

of Norwich, i. 167, 169, 188,

226 {bis), 232, 236.Appointment. A treaty; terms

or conditions laid down, ii.

368, 373, 384, 386.Ap Rice (Aprys), David, L 25.Aprys.—See Ap Rice.Arblaster, Agnes, i. 263.Arblaster (Alblastre), Jas., i.

128, 181, 262 {ins), 263, 386,

434, 438, 516, 521, 529; ii-158, 211, 217, 241, 251, 265,

295, 367, 414; iii- 51-2, 53»104, 106, 141, 194, 477.

541

Arblaster, Jas., Wife of, i.

428."L'Arbre de BataiUe," book

called, i. 261.Ardem, Sir Peter, ii. 7, 150.Arfleet.—See Harfleur.Argenten, Sir William, i. 39.Argenton, in Normandy, i. 7.Arkesay, Parson of, i. 91, 457.Arleham, ii. 264.Armagnac, John, Count of, iii.

83.Amald, Davy, ii. 248.Aronde. Errand, ii. 205.Arques (Arkes), in Normandy,

ii. 45.Arragon, King of.—i<f(f Alfonso

V.Arran, Thomas Boyd, Earl of,

iii. 47, 50.Arthur, King, ii. 318; Death

of, iii. 300.Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of

Henry VII,, iii. 394.Arundel, Sir John, iii. 350.Arundel, William Fitzalan, Earl

of, ii. 257, 389.Arundel, Sir John, of the West,

iii. 385.Ashfield (Aschefylde), ,

ii. 241, 364.Ashton (Ascheton), Ralph, ii.

121; iii. 146.Aske, Jane, iii. 271.

Aslalce, , iii. 104.

Aslak, Walter, i. 12-18, 26.

Asple, , i. 333.

Asse la Rebole, i. 9.Assele. To seal, ii. 79.Assize, Writ of, ii. 79, Note.Asslie, Kent, ii. 331.Astley (Astele), , (children

dead at " Asteles "), ii. 254.Attaint, i. 312, 320, 335, 378,

384, 427.Attcliff, or HatteclifF, Will., ii.

412; iii. 85, 88.Atte More.— See More.

Attleborough, Norfolk, i. 383,453» 454, 462; iii. 27, 160,334, 342, 483, 485, 488.

Attlebridge (Attylbrigge), Nor-folk, ii. 69.

"Attrochid," i. loi. So Fennreads the word, which heinterprets as attracted. Thereading in tlie Rolls of Par-liament is, however, **ac-croched."

At well, Thom., iii. 292.

At Wessyll.—See Entwistle.

Aubre, Adam, i. 18.

Aubry (Awbry), ii. 26, 271.

Auckland, iii. 368.

Audeley, John, ii. 47.

Audeley, Sir Humphrey, iii. 9.

Audeley (Awdley), iii. 350.

Austria, Duke of.—See Albert.

Avranches (Averense), i. 7.

Awdley.—See Audeley.

Awge (?), in France, i. 8.

Axes, Anne, iii. 426-7.

" Ayeseldys wife," iii. 277.

Aylesham, in Norfolk, i. 46-47,199,281; ii. 36,277; iii. 232.

Aylinton (? Aylmerton), Nor-folk, ii. 256.

Aylmerton, Norfolk, iL 391.—See Aylinton.

B., H., of Lincoln, iiL 484.

B., J., junior, L 514.

B., R., iii. 488.

Baberham (Baburgham), Cam-bridge, i. 139.

Babington, Thos., ii. 170.

Babthorpe, Ralph of, and hisson, i. 330, 333.

Bacon, or Eakon, ii. 99.

Bacon, Edmund, i. 28.

Bacon, John, junior, i. 232.

Bacon, Margery, i. 28.

Baconthorpe, Norfolk,ii. 125.—See Heydon, John.

Bacton (Baketun, &&), Norfolk,i. 5, 31 (<^V), 52, 553; ii. 136,

THE PASTON LETTERS.

270; iii. 22, 229, 236, 421,

440.Bacton, Vicar of, iii. 447.Bacton, Adam, Vicar of, iii.

448.

Bacton, , Land of, iii. 253.

Bacton (Bakton), John, i. 66,

69, 79; ii. 286, 287-8; iii.

112, 395-6.Bacton, Martha, Widow of

John; iii. 448.Bacton, William, i. 247; ii, 390,

iii. 449, 451-2, 458-9.Bactons Place, iii. 395.Baggeworth, i. 442.Bagham, Thos., i. 305.

Bain, , i. 435.

Bakeney, Joan, Wife of Gerard,

iii. 432.Baker, John, iii. 390.Baketun.—See Bacton.Bakon.—See Bacon.Bakton.—See Bacton.Bakuile, in France, i. 9.Bald baitsy ii. 125.Balden, Reginald, i. 57.Baldware, Laurence, Rector of

Stockton, i. 39 ; Parson of

Oxnead, 206.—See also Ox-

nead.Baley, Mr., iii. 279.

Ball, , i. 216-7, 434.

Ball, Agnes, i. 217, 219.Ball, John, i. 219; ii. 278-9.Ballon (Balon), in France, i. 9.Baly, Roger, i. 241.Bamborough, Northumberland,

ii. 120, 121.Hampton, Thos., i. no.Bang, Henry, i. 237, 241, 277,

280.Bange, Tho., iii. 390.Baningham, Rob., ii. 224.Banningham, Norfolk, ii. 256.Banningham, Little,Norfolk, iii,

470.Bapthorp.—See Babthorpe.Barantyn, Drewe, i. 136.

Barber, Sir William, ii. 329.Barbour, Henry, i. 532, 538;

ii. 158, 272.Barbour, John and Cassandra,

^' 304.Barbour, Philip, iii. 370.Barbour, William, i. 47.Bardeslie, Nic, iii. 73.Bardolf, Lady, i. 113, 167, 168,

188, 192, 226.Bardolf, Sir Will. Philip, Lord,

L 124, 187, 226, iiu 418.—

See also Philip,Barel, John, iii. 315.Baret.—See Barret.Barge of Yarmouth, The, il

102, 105.Barkeley, Ric, iii 371, 372-3,

373-4-

Barker, , of Blickling,

218.

Barker, Chas., i. 530.

Barker, Christopher, i. 424.

Barker, PIarry,i. 216; iiL 153.

Barker, John, ii. 413.

Barker, Ric, iiL 292.

Barker, WQl., i. 154, 167, 211,226, 308, 310, 312, 335, 335-7, 343. 369, 374, 375, 379,393, 403-5, 409, 409-10, 411,412, 427, 431, 440-1, 468,501, 518, 538; ii. 176, 313;iii. 49, 57, 80, 91, 101, 229,296-7, 299 {bis).

Barkerz, Yard called, in Sax-thorpe, i. 510.

Barkway (Berkewey), Herts, i.

139, 434; iii- 335-Barlee, Nic, iii. 253.Barly, Mrs, iii. 177, 182, Note I.Barnard.—See also Bernard.

Barnard, , ii. 358.

Barnard, , Warden of the

Grey Friars, Norwich, i. 511.

—See also Bernard.Barnard, Will., iii. 378-9,Barnet, Battle of, iii. 4.Barney.—See Berney.

543

B.irnham (Bcmham) Broom,Norfolk, iii. 292.

Barow, , i. 110-2; iii. 474.

Barret, or Barette, , Treas-urer to the Duke of Norfolk,i. 308.

Barret, or Baret, Cath., Daughterof Simon, i. 37, Note i.

Barret, Thos., i. 239,241, 280-1.

Barret, Will., Son of Robert, i.

5.Earronners (Bemers?), , ii.

40-1.Barrow, Walter, iii. 8.Barry, Sir Edmund, iii. 450.—

See also Berry.Barry or Paston, Agnes.—See

Paston.Barry, Arms of, iii. 484.

Barsam, , ii. 85.

Barton, Sir Hen., Alderman of

London, iii. 423.Basingham.—See Bessingham.Bastard, Alice, iii. 462.Bastard of Burgundy, ii. 317-8.Bastard, Will., iii. 252.Bastram, Kent, ii. 330.Bastwick, Norfolk, ii. 136, 163,

311,402, 417; iii. 135, 187.Bataly, Will., iii. 250.Batilmewe, Ric, iii. 446.Bath, Knights of the, iii. 384-5.Bathom Wyly, i. 374-Batryaux, John, i. 330.Bawd, Sir Tho., of Hertford-shire, iii. 385.Baxter, Waryn, i. 66.Baxter, Will., i. 544.Baxter's Place, i. 51.Bayard, a horse, iii. 354.Bayeux, i. 7.

Bayfield, in Norfolk, i. 63.Bayfield, Allen, ii. 71.Bayleham (Beylom, Boylom),

Suffolk, i. 412, 432.Bay ton.—See Beighton.Beamond, Hugh, iii. 137.Bear on hand, to, i. 90, Note.

Beauchamp, Manor of, iii. 452,

455-Beauchamp, Ann, daughter and

heir of Henry, Duke of War-wick, i. 64.

Beaucliamp, John, Lord, i. 466-7, 494; ii. 44-5, 309, 311,345, 419-20; iii. 483-

Beauchamp, Sir Roger, Arms of,iii. 282.

Beaufort, Lady Anne, Wife otWilliam Paston (son of JudgePaston), iii. 346, Note 3.

Beaufort, Henry, Bishop ofW^inchester (1405-47); Car-dinal (1427), i. 25, 93,; iii.418, 430.

Beaufort, Lord John, brother ofHenry, third Duke of Som-erset, iii. 8.

Beaufort, Margaret, daughter ofJohn, Duke of Somerset, andmother of Henry Vn., i. 100.

Beaufort.—See also Somerset,Duke of; Exe*er, Duke of.

Beaulieu (Bewelay) Sanctuary,iii. 92. [N.B. This is Be»'-erley in Fenn's modernversion].

Beaumesnil, in France, i. 8.

Beaumesnil, Robert, Lord otWilloughby and "B.—See Wil-loughby.

Beaumont (Bemonde), SirHarry, iii. 9. [France, i. 9.

Beaumont (Bewmound), in

Beaumont, John, Viscount(1440-59), i. 61-2, 63-4, 73,96, 128,264,352,387,420-1,442,443,491,; ii. 6; iii. 416.

Beccles, in Suffolk, i. 48, 169-70 ; ii. 240, 273.

Becham, Henry, ii. 224.

Becham, Sir John, iii. 350.

Becher, Jo., iii. 133.

Beckham, Norfolk, ii. 286,288-9, 350. 359. 386, 388, 390;iii. 116.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Beckham, East, Norfolk, i. 432;»• 376, 391: i":. .21, 380, 400.

Beckham, West, iii. 417.

Beckingham, Sir Harry, ii. 6.

Bedford, John, Duke of, uncleof Henry VI., and Regent ofFrance, i. 32-34,37, 310, 352,353» 361, 369, 371, 372, 374,376, 379, 382, 394, 446; ii.62, 236.

Bedford, Jaquetta, Duchess of,ii. 235, 326, 341, 391, 412.

Bedford, John, i. 137.

Bedford, Matt., ii. 387.

Bedford, Will., ii. 424; liL 46,

436.Bedingfeld, Edmond (knighted1483), iiL 46, 85, 166, 202-4,

334-5, 335, 361, 367, 375,

382.

Bedston, , ii. 296.

Begviles Pasture, in Somerton,

iii. 291.Begviles in Winterton, Norfolk,

ii. 163, 311,420.Behelwyn.—See Belesme.Beighton (Beyton or Bo)rton),

Norfolk, i. 167, 169,175,181,

182, 207, 213,367,375,518;

ii. 78,163,280,311,350,4175

iii. 38, 136.Bekarton (Bykerton), John, iii.

171, 177, 178.

Bekk, , i. no, 112.

Bekkes, John a, i. 43.Bele, Master, iii. 253.Belesme (Behelwyn), in Nor-mandy, i. 9.Bellacombyr, in France, i. 9." Belle Dame sans Mercy," iii.

300.

Belt, , iii. 386.

Belton, SufF., ii. 280.Belton, Jane, iii. 409.

Belys, , ii. 70.

Bemond, Will., iii. 411.Benchaid, Geoffrey, i. 217.Bennes, John, i. 417.

Bentley, or Bentley Houses,Suffolk, i. 322, 391, 394, 412,425, 468.

Bentley, Yorkshire, near Don-caster, i. 374, 427.

Berdewell, Will., i. 44

Berkeley (Barkley), Maurice,ii. 360-1; iii. 9.

Berkeley, William, iii. 123.

Berker.—See Barker.

Berkshire, i. 521.

Berkyng, John, 53, 529.

Bermondsey,i. 474,493; iii. 479.

Bermondsey, Abbey of, i. 22.

Bermondsey, Abbot of, i. 356.

Bermoth, Sir Wm., iiL 8.

Bermysdale, iii. 89.

Bernard (Barnard), iii. 64, lOi,140.

Bernard, Long, L 292, 306-7,

385, 394-Bemard, John, i. 529; iL 412;

iii. 428.Bernard, Friar John, ii. 272,301.Bernard, Sir John, Captain of

Jersey and Guernsey, L 64.Bernard, Rob., iiL 157.Bemers.—See Bumeys; Bar-

ronners.Bemers, Sir John Bourchier,

Lord, (1455-74), ii. 5, 41-Bemey, , i. 55; ii. 175, 324;

iiL 66, 101-2, 119.Bemey, Elizabeth, iiL 107.Bemey, John, of Reedham [pb.

1440), L 14-15, 27, 39, 40.Bemey, John, third son of the

preceding {pb. 1460), i. 542;

ii. 21; iii. 428, 429, 432.Bemey, John, of Reedham,

grandson of the first John

{ob. 1473), ii. 217; iiL 78-9,

82, 428.Bemey, John, of Reedham,

Wife of, L 536.Bemey, John, of Witchingham

(^^.i47i),L 439-40, 529, 531;

iL 23,27. 28, 29, 30-1, 31, 36,

545

^7, 78, 82-3, 148, 150, 218,265 ; iii. 24, 26.

Bcrney, John (uncertain), i. 148,164, 175-6, 176.7, 187, 188,190, 192, 193, 222-3, 226 [Ifis),277, 291,293, 339, 504, 510,516,534,553; »• 129, 135-6,148 ; iii. 57.

Lcmey, Osbert, ii. 372, 374,

384, 387.Bemey, Osbom, iii. 50, 221,288.Berney, Philip, i. 181, 202, 212,

222,238-9,246,251 Note,255, j

256, 278, 281.Bemeys of Reedham, Anns of,

iii. 282. j

Berry (Bery), Sir Edmund, ,

Knight, iii. 252.Berry and Guienne, Charles,

Duke of, iii. 119.

Berry, , i. 216.

Berry (Berre), Agnes, i. II.Berry, Sir Edmund, i. 11; ii.

289.—See also Bariy.Berry, Henry, ii. 145-7.Berton, John, i. 282.Berton, Rob., i. 278.Berton, Will., ii. 49.Berwick-on-Tweed, ii. 9.Bery, Rob., ii. 404.Bery, Thos., i. 282.Bery. —See Berry.Bessingham (Basyngham or Be-

sigham), Norfolk, i. 257; ii.

311 ; iii. 199, 283, 417.Best, Roger, ii. 365.Beston, John, i. 241, 277.Betele.—See Beetley.Betes, John, i. 199.Bethune (Betoyn), iii. 192.

Betts, , i. 133, 194-6.

Beueron, S. Jaques de, i. 7.Bever, Drinkables, i. 201.Beverley, iii. 17 {jsee also Beau-lieu).Beylom.—See Bayleham.Bewmalyn, Castle of, in France,

i. 8.

III. 2

Bewmanill.—Set Beaumcsnil.

Bewmound.—See Beaumont.

Bey ton.—See Beighton.

Bible, ii. 329.

Bickwod, i. 319.

Bigot, Mrs, iii. 471.

Billes in Stokesby, ii. 311; iii.

187.Billesdon, Nichol, Chancellor

of Beaufort, Bishop of Win-chester, i. 25.Billing, Thos., Serjeant-at-law

(1453), Chief Justice of the

King's Bench (circa 1469), i.

297, 302; iii. 97.Billingford, Norfolk, iii. 365.Billingford, John, i. 529; ii. 122.Billingford (Bylyngeford),Marg.

wife of Edmund, iii. 183.

Billingham, , ii. in.

Billys.—6V.? Billes.

Bingham, Rich., Justice of the

King's Bench, i, 290, 356,

409, 442 ; ii. 134.Bingham, Sir John, iii. 9.

Bingham, , iii. loi.

Bircham (Brytcham), Norfolk,

iii. 347.Birde, Will., iii. 446.Birlingham, iii. 38.Birmingham (Bermingham), iii.

432-" Bishop of the other side of the

sea," i. 77-8.

Bishop (Busshop), , i. 114.

Bishop (Busshop), his Wife, i.

164, 192.Bishop (IByshop), the Attorney,

iii. 152.Bishop (Byshoppe), Mrs, iii.

.295.Biskley, iii. 155.Blackbeard or Whitebeard, i.

131-Blackheath, i. 123, 132.Black Knight, The, (Sir J. P. ?),

iii. 399.Bladsmyth, John, i. 205.N

THE PAS TON LETTERS.

i. 226, 497 ; iii.of the King's

Blake, -

427.Blake, -

house, i. 187, 221; the King's

Secretary, i. 222.Blake, , Bailiff of Swaff-

ham, i. 186, 254; iii. 475-

See also S waff ham, Bailiff of.Blake, Ric, i. 553.Blake, Simon, i. 193.Blakette, Walter, i. 305.Blakeney, Mrs, iii. 27.Blakeney, Norfolk, 1, 425.Blakeney, The Carmelite Friars

of, i. 46; iii. 484-5.Blakeney, , Clerk of the

Signet, ii. 107.

Blakke, , ii. 49.

Blanket Bendes, i. 106.Blennerhasset, Blaundrehasset,

or Harsset, Jane, iii. 81-2, 83.Blennerhasset, John, iii. 81-2.Blennerhasset, Ralph, iii. 83.Blickling, Norfolk, i. 113, 123,

189, 218, 246, 251, 539; ii.

205, 308.Blodwell, John, i. 25.Blofield, Norfolk, i. 234, 240,

277, 283, 404, 432 ; ii. 72-3,

105, 159, 275-7 ; iii. 296, 444.Blofield,Parson of.—See Howes,

Thomas.Bloumvyle, Ric., ii. 35, 415.Blount, Sir Walter, Treasurer

of Calais, ii. 5, 52, 169,Bloxham, Master, ii. 298.Blyant, Simon, iii. 339-40.Blythburgh, Suffolk, ii. 299.Blything Hundred, Suffolk, L

385.

Boar's Head, The, in South-wark, i. 431.

Bocher, , iii. 89.

Bocking (Bokking), John, i. 148{bis\ 166, 167, 168, 169, 170,171, 174, 185-6, 187 (^zj), 226(bis), 301,307,309, 310, 311-2,313, 324 (^w), 338, 339,344-5,

352, 353, 370, 375. 377, 379.

382,384-6,386-7,392-3,401.3,

404,409,412, 426-7,431,482,

485, 497, 498-500, 515-6,523,

538; u. 154, 156, 274; iii.

228.Bocking, Nicholas, L 113, 128,

164, 176, 304.Bocking, Sir Will., iiL 228.Bodham, Norfolk, ii. 391.Bogey. Budge fur, or lambskin

with the wool dressed out-wards, i. 134.Bokenham (Bukman, &c.), Will.,

Prior of Yarmouth, i. 463 ;

ii. 129, 155-6, 229, 272.Bokenham Castle, iii. 234.Bokenham Ferry, iii. 175.Bokking.—See Bocking.

Bokynham, , i. 258-9.

Bokynham, Edmund, iii. 477.Bokyngham.—See Buckenliam.Boleyn.—See Boulogne.Boleyn, Anne, Lady, and her

daughters, ii. 300, 304; iii.

30, 46.Boleyn, Sir Geoffrey, of London,

i. 246, 248, 3ii,.52i, 539-' BolejTi, Thomas, ii. 358.I Boleyn, Sir Will., iii. 334, 361.I Boll, Harry, iii. 407.I Bolore, in France, i. 9.Bolte, Henry, i. 433.Bolwer, Roger, ii. 24.Bomstapyll, in France, L 9.

Bomsted, , iii. 35.

Bon, Bone, or Bonde, Thomas,

i- 257, 531; ii. 36, 173, 214.

6.Bonaventure, the ship, L 43.Bonde, Wareyn, i. 391.Bondes, William, i. 54; ii. 158.Bongay.—See Bungay.Bonvile, in France, L 9.Bonvile, William, Lord, L 264,

268, 290, 350.Books, iii. 300; expense of

transcribing, ii. 334-6.

547

Booth (Bothe), Laurence, LordPrivy Seal, afterwards Bishopof Durham, and Archbisliopof York, i. 408, 499; iii. 4.

Boothe, Rob., i. 226.

Borceter, Sir John, ii. 7.

Horde Alisaundre^ iii. 286.

Bordeaux (Burdeux), i. 364,456,ii. 94.

Borges.—See Burgess.

Borow.—See Burgh.

Borret, , of Sussex, ii. 47.

Borrow {Borwe). A surety, i.

17.

Bosartys. A kind of hawk, iii.

365-

Bosomes, or Bosouns, in Cais-ter, Norfolk, ii. 163, 309,311, 402, 420; iii. 309, 415.

Boson, Ric, iii. 415.

Boston, Lincolnshire, L 57,

97-

Boswell, , ii. 122.

Boswell, Will., ii. 271, 277; iii.

443-Boteler.—See Butler.

Botewright, Jolm, i. 168, 172-3,

193-

Bothas (?), , iii. 383.

Bothe, Laur.—See Booth.

Botill, Robert, Prior of St.John's, i. 315.

Bot.iller.—See Butler.

Botoner.—See Worcester, W.

Bottesford, , iii. 437.

Bottisforth, , Baihtif of Eye,

ii. 248, 250.

Boules.—See Bowles.

Boulogne (Boleyn), ii. 118; iii.192.

Bourchier (Bourgchier), Edw.,L 500; Henry, i. 431.

Bourchier, Henry, Lord (1435-61), Earl of Essex (1461-83),Lord Treasurer (1455-6 and1460), i. 186, 294, 334, 392,408, 431; ii. 38, 40-1, 43,"0»33i» 370, 3S9; "i. 92.

See also Buckingham,Humph., Duke of, hisbrethren.

Bourchier, Sir Humph., iii. 4.

Bourchier, John.—See Fitz-warine, LorcL

Bourchier, Lady, iii. 97.

Bourchier, Lady Eliz., iii. 15,39-

Bourchier, Thomas, Bishop ofEly (1443-54), Archbishop ofCanterbury (1454-S6), LordChancellor (1455-6, 1460),Cardinal (1467), i. 145, 226,303, 305* 3io» 316, 326, 351,354» 373. 374, 381- 2, 392-3.394 (/Jw), 400-1,, 407, 408,409, 410, 411, 416, 426-7,431, 467, 493, 508, 540; ii.31,33, 56,167,228,309,310,322, 326, 345, 370, 382, 402(called erroneously George),417, 420; iii. 22, 28, 34, ^7,131, 174, 242, 253, 446, 488.See also Buckingham,Humph., Duke of, hisbrethren.

Bowen, Edmund, of the Check-er, iii. 133, 151, 154, 156.

Bowet, Henry, Clk., i. 401.

Bowet, Sir Nichol, i. 400-1.

Bowie, John, iii. 396.

Bowles, Manor of, i. 298, 299.

Bowres Place, i. 247.

Bowser, Master, i. 525.

Boylom.—See Bayleham.

Boys, Jane, i. 520-3.

Boys, John, i. 39-40; ii. 307.

Boys, Sir Roger, i. 174.

Boys, Sibilla, widow of SirRoger, i. 221, 248.

Boys, , daughter of, iii. 138,

Note I.

Boyton.—See Beighton.

Bra..., Will., iii. 300.

Brackley, John, D.D., GreyFriar of Norwich, i. 42, 269,395-6, 444,466-7, 496-8, 511-4, 519, 521, 535, 546; ii. 18,

THE PASTON LETTERS.

37, 157,229-32, 260,272,277,303-4, 313; iii- 427 476-7,477, 479, i^A 484-

Bradbury, The, Alderman ofLondon, iii, 403.

Bradeleghe, Will, de, i. 6.

Bradeston (Breydeston or Bray-ston), Norfolk, i. 11, 116-7,123, 221, 229, 243-4, 282,

355.Bradfield, Will, de, i. 4.Bradlee,Christopher, i. 237,277.

Bradshaw, , i. 74.

Bradwell, Suffolk, i. 167, 170,

175, 207, 213, 322, 356, 367,

391, 402, 404, 410, 453, 501;

ii. 280; iii. 51.Braham, John, ii. 310.Brampston, Parson of, ii. 292.Brampton, John, iii. 27.Brampton, John, senior, ii.

421.Brampton, Thos., ii. 47, 156,

358.Brancaccio, Thos. Cardinal,

Bishop of Tricarico, i. 20.Brancaster, Norfolk, i. 554.Branch, Henry, i. 454.Branch, Margaret, i. 454, 456.Branch, Sir Philip, Kt., i. 27,

454, 456.Brandeston, Norfolk, ii. 163.Brandeston, Parson of, ii, 212.Brandon, juxtaBamham Broom,

Norfolk, iii. 292.

Brandon, , iii. 13.

Brandon, Lady, iii. 33, 59.Brandon, Mrs., ii. 88.Brandon, Rob., iii. 144, 155,

334.

Brandon, Sir Rob., iii. 342.

Brandon, William, i. 380; SirWill.,ii. 356,376; iii. 10, 13,54, 59, 75, 140, 146, 164.

Brandon, Will., junior, iii. 13,

235-Brant on, Robert, i. 218.Brasiour, . iii. 293.

Brasted, Kent, Parson of, iiL

471.Braunford, i. 391.

Brawnton, , i. 88.

Bray, John, i. 96.

Bray, Sir Reginald, iii. 332-3,

392.Braydeston, or Brayston.—See

Bradeston.Brayles, Sir Simon, i. 394.Braylyes, Sir Jas., i. 393.Bra)ai (or Broyn), , i. 166

(bis), 169, 186, 212, 395.Brayn, Matt., i. 133.Brayston, iii. 486.Bregmiles (?), in Winterton, ii.

402.Breknok, Davy, i. 373,Brele (Brackley?), Friar, i. 42.Brenerig, John, ii. 96.Brest, in Britanny, L 84; iii.

350, 358.Breton, Will., i. 282.Bretons, ii. 118.Brewes, Dame Eliz., iii. 107,

108-9, 169, 171, 172, 174-5,

190-1, 192, 193, 195-8, 214.

5, 295, 323, 336-7, 337-8.

Brewes (Brewys or Bruce), Mar-gery, married in 1477 to JohnPaston the youngest, iii. 158,166, 168, 169, 170-1, 171-2,176,177, 178 (^w), 188-9, 190,193-4,196-8. For hermarriedlife, see Paston, Margery.

Brewes, Sir Robert, i. 11.

Brewes, Thomas, i. 141-2.

Brewes, Sir Thomas, ii. 240;iii. 168, 169, 171, 172, 175,176-7, 178-9, 179, 189, 190-I, 192, 193-4, 195-7, 214,217.

Brewes, Young, i. 307, 410.

Brews, , iii. 6.

Brews, Will, iii. 337.

Bretailles, Louis de, ii. 358.

Breton, John, iii. 412.

Breze, Pierre de, French Gene-

549

ral (called Piers Brusy by

Lomner), i. 126.

iBrice, , iii. 244.

Drigaunders or Brigafidines. A

kind of coat armour, i. 106,

133; ii. 189.

I^"gg. . i- 165; ii. 176.

l^rigg, John, ii. 2$; iii. 238,

252.Brigg, Marg., i. 169, 404.Brigg, Tho., iii. 470, 477.Brightlede (Bryghtylhed, Bry-

tyeff, or Brythyeve), , ii.

176, 187.Brightlede, Rob., i. 529.Brisley, Norfolk, ii. 20; iii. 480.Bristol (Brystow), L 152, 157,

293 ; iii. 352.Bristol, Castle of, i. 288.Bristol, Mayor of, i. 293.Bristol, Captain of, iii. 8.Briston (Bryston), Norfolk, ii.

265, 396; iii. 417.Brittany, i. 363, 366 ; iii. 17, 59,

349-50. 356, 358; Ambas-sadors of, iii. 59.Brittany, Anne, Duchess of, iii.

357-Brittany, Francis I., Duke of,

i. 105.Brittany, Francis II., Duke of,

ii. 94; iii. 60, 317, 344.Brittany, Giles of, brother of

Duke Francis I., i. 105.Brittany, Marshal of, iii. 358.Brodeston, iii. 136.

Brok, iii. 22.

Broke, Wilts, iii. 417.

Broke (Bruke), Rob. Willough-

by. Lord, iii. 350.Broke, Mr., i. 369-70.

Broke, , a scrivener, i. 553.

Brokesby, , i. 397.

Brome (or Broom), , i. 175.

Brome, Edmund, i. 238, 281,

532; ii. 358, 398, 412,423-4;Brome, Mrs., iii. 7.Bromehill, Prior of, ii. 98.

Bromholm (Brumham,or Broom-holme), Norfolk, i. 512,543;ii. 82, 268, 285, 385; iii. 229,230, 483-

Bromholm, Priory of St And-rew, i. 4, 21, 25-6, 30, 31,52; ii. 267-8; iii. 16, 85,104, 207, 224, 262, 276, 447,

449.Bromholm, Prior of, i. 19, 21,

22, 48, 316; ii. 267, 269.71 ;

iii. 144, 396.Bromholm, John, Prior of, i.

541-3; iii. 275-6.Bromholm, Nic, Prior of, iii.

448, 484.Bromholm, Robert, Prior of,

i. 77-9; iii. 448.Broom.—See Brome.Broweston, in Bradvvell, Suffolk,

iii. II, 51,93.

Brown (Broun), , i. 114.

Brown, Edmond , i. 278.

Brown, John, Under-Secretary

of England, i. 408.Brown, John, ii. 148.Brown, Mr., iii. 247.Brown, Mother, iii. 148.Brown, Ric., Alderman of Nor-wich, i. 340; iii. 275.Brown, Rob., ii. 156.Brown, Thomas, i. 46, 53.Brown, Sir Tho., iii. 207.Brown, Will., iii. 225.Browne, Anthony, iii. 466.Browne, Eliz.—See Past on, Eliz.Browne, Sir George, ii. 332-3,

iii- 9, 33, 50. 56, 68, 85, 258,

262, 462.Browne, Margt., iii. 470.Browne, Mary, daughter of Sir

George, iii. 463, 466.Browne, Matt, iii. 466-7.Bro\\Tie, Rob., iii. 466.Broyn.—See Brayn.Bruce.—See Brewes.Bruges, ii. 317-8; iii. 96.Bruke.—See Broke.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Brundall (Brundehall), Norfplk,ii. 277, iii. 428 444.

Brundale, John, Prior of Brom-holme (1426), iii. 415.

Bninham, iii. 485.

Brustall, Suffolk, 1. 322, 391.

Brusy, Pierce.—SeeBreze.

Bruus, Rob., Chancellor ofArchbishop Chicheley, L 25.

Brychamwell, i. 551.

Brygg.—^^^ Brigg.

Bryghtylhed, Brytyeff or Bry-thyeve.—See Brightlede.

Brykkes, Will., iii. 348.

Bryse, Sir T., 236.

Brytcham.—See Bircham.

Bryston, John, i. 277.

Bryston, Mr., iii. 27.

Bube (?), John, iii. 411.

Buck (Buk or Bukk), John Par-son of Stratton, i. 170 {dis).

Buckenham (Bokjoigham), Nor-folk, i. 375, 383, 514.

Buckenham (Bokenham), Old,iii. 449.

Buckenham, Castle of, iii. 449,

450. 455-

Buckenham (Bukenham), Ed-mund, of Snyterton, L 432.

Buckingham, Duke of, hisplace, iii. 234, 268.

Buckingham, Henry Stafford,Duke of, (1460-83), iii. 474.See also Stafford.

Buckingham, Humphrey Staf-ford, Duke of {1441-59), i.61-2, 139, 263-5, 290, 327,330, 332,335-6, 386,392,408,416, 426. '* His brethren."{i.e., Archbishop Bourchierand Viscount Bourchier), i.336, 408.

Buckingham, Will.—See Boken-ham.

Buckram, ii. 132.

Buk, Sir, iii. 273.

Bukle, iii. 476.

Bukman.—See Bokenham.

Bullock, John, ii. 90, iii. 446.Bulman, Master John, i. 433,

441; il 205, 234, 236.Bulmans, Norfolk, iiL 206.

Bunch, , iii. 445.

Bungay (Bowunggey), Suffolk,

i. 538; iiL 299.Bunwell (Bonewell), Norfolk,

iii. 206, 455.

Burflet, , L 199.

Burgess (Borges or Burgoys),

, ii. 176.

Burgeys, John, ii. 299.Burgeys, William, i. 42.Burgh (Borow), Norfolk, ii

279, iii. 381, 444, 450.Burgundian Embassy, i. 428.Burgundy, Bastard of, ii. 317-8;

iii. 486 (dis); his armourer,

iii. 96.Burgundy, Duke of.—See Char-les the'Bold (1467-77); Philip

the Good (1419-67); Philip

the Fair (1482-1506).Burlingham, Norfolk, L 236,

237, 280.Burlingham, South, Norfolk, L

280.Bumam, John, iii. 342.Burnby, Thos., ii. 47.Bumeviles, in Nacton, ii. 71,

88, 163, 312, 417.Bumeys (Bemers ?), Lord, i.

327-Bumham, Norfolk, i. 190; iiL

248 Note.Burton, , of Norwich, i.

251.Burton, J., 1. 553.Burton, Seman, ii. 156.Burvam, S. Jaques de, i. J.Bury, Thos., i. 277; iii. 428.Bmy St. Edmund's, in Suffolk,

i. 5, 6, 141, 161 (dis), 434;

ii. 95, 149, 292 (Bery), 420-1,

422; iii. 320, 372.Bury St. Edmund's, Abbot of,

iii. 269.

55'

Bury St. Edmund's, Monastery

of, i. 29.Bury St Edmund's, Parliament

of, i. 536.

Bussard, , i. 545-

Busshop.—See Bishop.

Butler, Lord Sudley.—See Sud-

ley.Butler, Sir James, son of James,

fourth Earl of Ormond, i. 73.Butler (Boteler), Sir John, iii. 9.Butler (Boteler), John, ii. 148,

248; iii. 437.Butler (Botiller), Rob., i. 167,

527; ii. 155, 187,272,278-9,

298 ; iii. 444.Butler (Botelore), Will, L 330.Bychamwelle, ii. 424.Bylaugh (or Chirch), Roger, i.

241.

Bylbys, , i. 43.

Byrde, Will., iii. 446.Byrdon, Thos., i. 241, 280.Bysshop.—See Bishop.

C, W., ii. 96-7.

Cabell (CapeU?), Sir WiU., iii.326.

Cade, Jack, the rebel, i. 123.

Caen, in Normandy, i. 7, 96,456; ii. 108.

Caen, Abbey of St Stephen's,i. 8.

Caen, "The Bole Abbey" of,i. 8.

Cager, Thos., iii. 80.

Caister (Castre), in Norfolk, L6, 27, 37, 38, 114, 116, 127,130-1, 148, 154, 174, 176,177, 188, 207, 211-3, 227,248, 281, 293, 296, 300, 301,304, 307, 310, 312, 313, 314,316, 317, 319, 320, 324 [bis),

335» 33«, 344, 352, 354, 356,370, 373, 377 {bis\ 379, 387,393, 394 Kbis\ 399, 404-5,409, 410, 413, 414, 415-6,418, 419, 420, 427, 431, 437,

442, 444, 445-8, 452-3, 460,462, 464, 468, 475, 504, 514,

515-6, 527, 531, 542; ii. 24,32, 50, 105, 106, 122, 128,130, 141, 143, 151, 155, 156,158, 163, 165, 177, 189, 197,209, 226-7, 229-30, 234, 239,250, 262, 270, 272-8, 280,282, 292, 300, 302, 308, 309,311, 312, 313, 314-5, 319,322, 327, 341, 343, 348-9,350, 354, 358, 362, 371,375,377, 392, 398, 402, 408, 417{bis), 420, 423-4; iii. 14, 16Note 2, 22 [bis), 33,45,49, 50,54, 66, 74, 76, 87, 89, loi,104, 107, 116, 128, 137, 139,140, 142, 145, 147, 149, 150,154, 157, 160, 163, 173, 177,179, 199, 200, 205, 208-9,212, 217, 246, 262, 266, 298-9,

304, 309, 3", 314, 326,370,425, 428, 431, 438, 440-2,444, 477, 479. IntendedCollege at, ii. 32-33, 37,70, 113.5, 130, 162, 164,230, 273, 280, 298, 312;iii. 119. Inventory of house-hold stuff at, ii. loi. Descentof the manor, ii. loi. Ex-pense of household at, ii. 197.Rooms in, iii. 415. Vicar of,see Cutteler. Presentation toChapel, ii. 339, 342. Siegeof and negotiations thereon,ii. 366, 367-71, 371-73, 374-76, 376-78, 380, 381, 382,383, 385, 386. Inventory ofgoods and guns left at, afterthe siege, ii. 386, 390.

Caister Bardolf, iii. 205.

Caister Cleres, iii. 205, 298,469.

Caister, Homing Hall in, i. 27 ;iii. 298.

Caister Hall, Manor of, i. 6.

Caister St. Edmund's, by Nor-wich, iii. 417.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Caister St Edmund's, Parson of,ii. 404,

Calabria and Lorraine, Nic. ofAnjou, Duke of, iii. 119.

Calais, i. 43,124, 127, 139, 294,392, 416-7, 425, 428-9, 440,505,506; ii. 52, 94, 118, 135,354; iii. 16,56-7,66,79Note2,80, 84, 85, 89, 91-2, 93, 95,97, 98, 101-2, 107, 119, 123,129, 130, 137, 139, 141, 151,154, 157, 160, 163, 173, 177,178, 181, 182, 183-4, 185-6,191,192,195,204, 268, 376-7,486, 487.

Calais, Deputy and council of,iii. 128.

Calais, Lieutenant of, i. 43.

Calais, Mayor and merchantsof the staple of, i. 267; iii.

97.

Calais, Treasurer of, iii, 56.See Elkenhed.

Calais, Marshal of, iii. 128.

Calais, Master Porter of, iii. 186.

Calcote or Caldecote, Suffolk,ii. 70, 127, 127-8, 163, 239,240, 273-4, 280, 310, 311,417; iii. 11,51,93, 136,431,481.

Calle, John, son of Ric, iii.287, 304.

Calle (Kale), Richard, Bailiffto the Paston family, i. 72,180-1, 182, 324, 518, 531-2,538, 540; ii. 14-16,23,35,37,49 {bis), 54-6, 58-61, 64, 70,83, 85, 87-8, 100, 104-6, 119,123 (<^w), 126-7, 127-8, 138,147-9, I53» i6i-2, 169, 173,181, 184,187,193,194, 196-7,198-9, 201-2, 203-4, 204-6,207, 212, 217, 219, 220-2,225, 227, 237, 238-9, 242.3,246, 267, 273, 291, 292, 296,301, 301-2, 304, 319, 337,347, 349, 359, 376, 386, 388,390, 423-4;iii. 25, 26, 53, 57,

71-2, 100, 133, 135, 253, 369,390, 395-6, 396, 432, 433,436-7, 481-2, 482 ; his im-prisonment, ii. 58, 60-1 ; hisengagement to Margery Pas-ton, ii. 347, 350-3, 363-6,390-1.

Calle, Ric, son of the preceding,iii. 287.

Call, Robert, i. 527.

Calle, Will., son of Ric, iii.287.

Calthorpe, , ii. 121, 418 ;

iii. 131, 350.

Calthorpe, Alianora, widow ofWilliam, i. 39.

Calthorpe, Dame Elizabeth, ilL

79-Calthorpe, Lady, iii. 13.

Calthorpe, Master, i. 157, 199,

213, 439-Calthorpe, Philip, iii. 380.Calthorpe, Sir William, i. 39;

ii. 4, 14, 24, 63, 343, 358,

415; iii. 209.Calthorpe, William, i. 277; iii.

82, 477, 485.Calthorpe, Young, i. 307, 410.

Caly, , i. 247.

Calybut, , i. 137.

Camber, the, near Rye, iii.

388.Cambridge, i. 82,87, 422, 433-4,

519; ii. 70, 79, 91, 95, 143,

155, 276, 312, 397; iii. 39,

n. 360, 361-2, 389, 467.Cambridge, Peter House in, i.

Cambridge, Trin. Hall, iii. 485.Cambridge, Provost of, ii. 187.Cambridge, A Scholar of, L

86-7.Cambridgeshire, iL 150, 168,

420.Camplyon, Rob., i. 282.Candle. " Set a candle before

the devil," ii. 73.Canon, Thos., i. 120.

553

Canon, Thos., the elder, 325.

Canterbury, i. 416-7; ii. 292,320,399; iii. 17,89, 147,3^6.

Canterbury, Archbishop of.—SeeStaflbrd, John, (1443-52);Kemp, John, (1452-4); Bour-chier, Thos., (1454-86); Mor-ton, John, (1486-1500).

Canterbury, Archbishop of,Auditor of, iii. 445

Canterbury, Court of Audienceof, ii. 229, 234, 366.

Canterbury, Monastery of StAugustine's, ii. 146-7.

Canwike, Laurence, iii. 469.

Canyngs, WilHam, i. 425.

Capell.—See Cabell.

Cappe, John, i. 530.

Capron, , i. 83.

Capron, R., iii. 53.

Carbalde, Jo., iii. ?iZ.

Carbonell, Sir John, i. 11, 39.

Carbonell, Margery, wife of SirJohn, i. II.

Carbrooke, Norfolk, iii. 71.

Carbrooke, Master of, ii. 100.

Cards, Game of, iii. 314.

Carontan (Karentine), in Nor-mandy, i. 7.

Carenton, John, Bailiff of Mal-don, iii. 51.

Carleton, Norfolk, iii. 206,310-1, 450, 455.

Carlisle, ii. no.

Carlisle, Siege of, ii. 13.

Carpentarius, Robertus, i. 5.

Carr, John, iii. 405.

Carre, Sir Wm., iii. 9, 388.

Carrow, Prioress of, ii. 266.

Carsell, in France, i. 9.

Carvel. A kind of ship, ii. 45,

93-Carvil, Edmund, ii. 243.Catherine (Kateryne), Mrs, i.

no; iii. 63.Catherine of Arragon, iii. 394.Case, John, ii. 224.Casewick, Norfolk, iii. 449.

Cassell, iii. 203.

Cassibelaun, iii. 300.

Castile, Henry IV., King of,

ii. 9.Castile, King of.—See Philip.Castile, Queen of.—6><? Isabella;

and Joan.Castleacre, Norfolk, i. 191; iii,

432.Castlecombe, Wilts, i. 426.Castlecombe, Parson of.—Set

Howes, Thos.Caston, Norfolk, i. 11.Caston, William, Esq., i. 39.Castre.—See Caister.

Catelyn, , ii. 292.

Catesby, John, Serjeant-at-law,

ii. 144, 158, 25S.Cattes, Norfolk, ii. 311, 315Caudebec (Galdebek), in France,

i. 8.Causton.—See Cawston.Causton, Richard de, i. 29.Causton, Ric. Vicar of Paston,

iii. 447-8, 448.Cavendish, Suffolk, i. 284.

Cavendish, , i. 284.

Cawston (Causton), Norfolk, ii.

206, 251, 292.Chaderton, Edmd., iii. 328.Chalers, Sir John, i. 277.Chamberlain, Lord, to the King

of Castile, iii. 405.Chamberlain, My Lord, ii. 10,

3S9; iii. 253.Chamberlain, Sir Robert, ii.

121; iii. 235.Chamberlain, Lady, ii. 139.Chamberlain, Sir Roger, i.

60-1, 337, 340, 379; ii- 130;

iii. 216.Chamberlain, Sir William, i.

161, 182; ii. 15, 62; iii. 477.Chamberlain, W., i. 497.Chambers (or Chambre),

Eleanor, wife of Thomas, i.

44; iii- 417-Chambre, John, i. 44.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Chambre, Thomas, i. 67, 280.

Chambrois (Chamberexs), Castleof, in France, i. 8.

Chamer, George of, i. 282.

Champerty, A legal ofifence,145, note 3.

Chancehose, Nich., i. 5-

Chancellor, My Lord, iii. 253.

Chancellor, The Lord.—SeeBourchier, Thomas (1455-6);Morton, John (1487-1500) ;Nevill, Geo. (1460-7); Staf-ford, John 1432-50); Stilling-ton, Rob. (1467-73); andWaynflete, Will. (1456-60).

Chapell, John, i. 53.

Chapman, Sir John, Rector ofSt. Mary's, Melton, iiL 238.

Chapman, John, ii. 327, 383.

Chapman, Thos., 11 107.

Chardequeyns. A preserve ofquinces, i. 245.

Charles VII., King of France,i. 100-5, 424.

Charles VIIL, iu 317-8.

Charles the Bold, Duke of Bur-gundy (1467-77), iii. 79, 88,123, 162-3, 173, 192.

Charles, Ric, i. 76, 251; IL 49,201, 268-9 ; iii. 410.

Charles, Thos., iii. 374-5'

Charles and his fellowship, L221.

Chaucer (or Chawsers), Thomas,Chief Butler of Henry V.,and son of the poet, 1. 27,28.

Chaumpeneys, Richard, i. 5.

Chawsers.—See Chaucer.

Chawson, in Brittany, iii. 357.

Checkroll, L 157.

Chedworth, John, Bishop ofLincoln, i. 349-50-

Cheke, Sir Will., iii. 385.

Chelmsford, Essex, iii. 352-3.

CheLsfeld, Kent, ii. 331.

Cheney, Sir John, iii, 350.

Cherbourg, i. S. 139, 261.

Cherche.—See Chirch.

Cheseman, L 181, 182.

Chesham, Thos., iii 421.

Cheshire, ii. 152.

Chess, Game of, iii. 314.

Chester, i. 392, 408, 525.

Chester, Bishop of.—iSi?^ Coven-try and Lichfield.

Chesterfield, Yorkshire, ii. 395.

Chesteyne, Friar John, ii. 293.

"Chevers mater," i. 113.

Chevissche. To procure, orprovide, iL 374.

Chevyssance. Borrowing atinterest, ii. 297.

Cheyny, Festux (?), ii. 358.

Chicheley, Henry, Archbishopof Canterbury (1414-43), i.25.

Chief Justice, The, i. 410.

Child, William, i. 6.

Chippenham, Master, ii. 298.

Chirch, Nicholas, i. 241, 280;ii. 271, 278-9; iii 443.

Chirch, Roger, i. 234-5, 236,237, 240-1, 241-2, 244, 277,281-2.

Chirch, Robert, i. 280.

Chitock's Son, ii. 227.

Choke, Richard, Seijeant-at-law, afterwards Judge of theCommon Pleas, i. 384.

Chrewys, , ii. 73.

Christopher, The. A ship, iii.94.

Christopher, St, Life of, iii.800.

Christopher, i. 406.

Church.—See Chirch.

Church close in Paston, iii. 112.

Cicero (Tully), de Amicitia et dtSenectute, iii. 301.

Clarence, George, Duke of,brother to Edward IV., ii. 82,360, 369-70, 372-3, 374, 382,390, 395, 406; iii. 38, 92-3,98,102,173.—.S<?^a/j^ George.

Clarence, Thomas, Duke of.

555

brother of Henry V., i. lo,

364, 446.Clark, Thos., iii. 389.Claryngton, John, iii. 252.Claveryng, John de, i. 6.Claxton, Norfolk, i. 231; ii.

205, 207.Clay, John, i. 525; iii 9.Clay, Thos., i. 500.Clay.—See Cley.

Clederro, , iii. 269.

Clement, Master (qu. Felming-

ham?), i. 513.Clement, John, iii. 262.Clement, Robert, i. 274.*' Clenefyed, strek met, and non

inmet," ii. 176.Clerc, John, i. 164, 167.Clere, , i. 166; ii. 188; iii.

23-

Clere, Anne, Wife of Robert,iii. 381-2.

Clere, Edmund or Esmond, i.27, 44, 277, 304, 314-6, 370,425, 435, 538; ii- 158, 16S;iii. 267, 418, 451-2, 458-9.

Clere, Eliz., Widow of Robert,i. 81, 88, 89-91, 120, 198,246, 248, 253-4, 255, 297,554; ii. 74, 122, 124, 140,158, 226, 294, 419; iii. Ill,211, 230, 382.

Clere, John, of Ormesby, i. 27.

Clere, Margaiet, ii. 123.

Clere, Robert, of Ormesby {ob.1446), i. 27, 44, 53-4,68; iii.418, 451-2, 458-9.

Clere, Rob., Son of preceding(knighted 1494), iii. 123, 125{bis), 131, 134, 230, 380,381-2, 385, 390.

Clere, William, i. 68.

Clerk, , iii. 390.

Clerk, Geoffrey, ii. 70.

Clerk, Henry, ii. 271, 277; iii.

443-Clerk, John, i. 441; ii. 271,279,290.

Clerk, Margaret, ii. 77*

Clerk, Roger, ii. 47.

Clerke, Rob., iii. 9.

Clewer (Cleworth), near Wind-sor, iii. 403.

Cley, Norfolk, iii. 364, 461,462.

Cley, Sir John, ii. 52, 140.

Cleyhall, i. 553.

Clifford, , the heirs of, L

227.

Clifford, Sir Hugh, iii. 435.

Clifford, John, twelfth Lord(1422-55), i. 264, 327, 330,

332-3, 334.Clifford, John, thirteenth Lord

(1455-61), i. 425; ii. 5-6, 13.Clifford, Sir Rob., iii. 349.Clifton, Sirjerveys, of York, iii.

9, 385.Clifton, Sir John, L 394 {bis).Clifton, Robert, i. 193.Clifton, Sir Robert, Kt., L 14,

314-Clinton, John, fifth Lord (1432-

65?), i. 332-3, 500; ii. 118.Clippesby, Catherine, iii. 258,

Note I.Clippesby, John, i. 277; iii.

258.Clippesby, John, of Oby, iii.

397.Clippesby, WilL, L 241; iii.

258, Note I.Clippesby's Wife, i, 77»Clopton, Mr., iii. 361.

Clopton, , iii. 178.

Clopton's Manor, Suffolk, iiu

305-

Clopton, John, Sheriff of Nor-folk (1451-2), i. 234, 283-5,285-6, 406; ii. 158, 415; iii.485.

Clopton, Will., i. 285-6.

Clopton, Sir Will., iii. 450-1.

Clot shon. Clouted or patchedshoes, ii. 125.

Cloth of gold, iii. 148, 149,

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Cloves, iii. 25.

Clugny, Vicar-General of theAbbot of, i. 29.

Cluniac order, i. 30.

Clyf, Will, i. 409.

Clyfton.—See CliftoiL

Cobham, iii. 221.

Cobham, Eleanor, Wife ofHumphrey, Duke of Glou-cester, i. 92.

Cobham, Lord, iii. 9.

Cobham, Sir Reynold, i. 92,226.

Cockermouth, ii. 7.

Cockley Cley, Norfolk, i. 190,

551-Cocus, Thos., iii. 250.Cofe.—See Cove.Cok, Alex., ii. 424.Coke (or Cook), John, i. 44,

239» 279; ii. 337; iii. 252.Coke, Lincoln, i. 432.Coke, William, i. 116; ii. 420.Coke (Koke), Sanders, iii. 411.Cokett (Kokett), , i. 247;

ii. 131; iii. loo-i, 161, 198,

200 {bis).Cokett, John, i. 277.Cokfeldes, Norfolk, iii 206.Cokkow, John, i. 237.Cokkow, Thomas, i. 277, 282.Colby, Henry de, i. 6.Colbyes, in Walsham, i. 51.

Colbyne, , i. 526.

Colchester, i. 291-2; ii. 412;

iii. 352.Cole, Jas., i. 25.Cole, John, L 170 {bis)', ii.

117.Cole, Will., i. 113, 164.Cole, Will.—*' Cole and Wat-kin's (Shipdam's) chamber,"

i. 484.Coleby (Colby), Norfolk, iii.

260.Colens, Will., ii. 268.Colet, Henry, ii. 399; iii. 194,

312, 382.

Colet,

-, ni. 271.

Colin, servant of Sir J. Fastolf,

i. 394^

Colins, , ii. 264.

Colinson, Robert, a priest, i. 344.

Colinus Gallicus, i. 445, 514,523; iii. 477, 479, 479-85.

Colle, iii. 163.

Colley Weston, Northampton-shire, iii. 392.

Colman or Coleman, John, iL

55. 423-Colman, Nich., i. 394, 530,538;

ii. 150.Colneise, Bailiff of, i. 390.Colneys, in Carleton, iii. 311.Colte, , of Newcastle, ii.

187.Colte, Thos., L 500, 540.Colvyle, John, i. 267; iii. 144,

155. 164.Colyet, ii. 196, 266.Combesdon, Kent, ii. 330, 332.Camenaunte. A covenant, i.

252.Comet. "A greet gleymyng

sterre " seen, i. 378.Compiegne, in France, i. 361.Compostella, St. James of, iii.

90, 94.Concarnewe, in Brittany, iii.

357.

Conches, in Normandy.—SeeCounsheux.

Coningsby, Humph., iii. 467.

Constable, , i. 413.

Conyers, , ii. 7; iii. 235.

Conyers, John, Son of Sir Ro-bert, i. 511.

Conyers, Sir John, i. 500.

Conyers, Sir Rob., i. 213; ii.124.

Coo, John, i. 137.

Cook.—See Coke and Kook.

Cook, Henry, iii. 2ii, 213.

Cook, Jas., iii. 476.

Cook (Kook), Jo., iii. 57, 80,

175-

557

Cooke's tenement, i. 228.Cookeson, Thurstan, ii. 423-4.Coomber, Ric., ii. 49.Cooting, Sir Will.—S^gCoi'mg.Coppes, iii. 432.Coppyng, John, i. 20.Copschotyn. High-crested, ii.

Corbet, Sir Rob., iii. 10.

Corbctt, , iii. 3S6.

Corbrygg, Simon, i. 553.Corby or Courby, the carrier,

iii. 39, 115.Corbyn, Will., i. 330,Cork, John Paston, alias Wor-

tes, made Bishop of, i. 19, 24-

25-Cornburght, Averey, ii. 107.

Comewaleys, , iii. 362.

Cornewaleys, Thos., ii. 158.

Cornwall, ii. 8.

Cornwall, A gentleman of, ii.

242.Coronation of Edward IV., ii.

13, 16, 17-18, 24.Coroner for Norfolk, ii, 35-6.Coroumbr (?), in Yorkshire, ii.

7.Cossey (or Costessey), Nor-folk, i. 14S, 254; ii. 202, 248,

250, 251.Cossey, Bailiff of, ii. 183, 1S9,

191, 195-6, 201, 204, 207,

209, 215-6, 225, 234, 249;

iii. 227, 427.Costaunce. —See Coutances.

Costard, , i. 136, 222.

Costard, Francis, i. 149, 528-9;

ii. 20; iii. 475.Costersy iii. 285, Note 2,Costessey.—See Cossey,

Costid (?), , i. 55.

Coteler, Edw., i. 257.Coteler, Rob.—See Cutler.Coting (Cooting, or Cutting),

William, clerk, i. 554; ii.

162, 337-8; iii. 321, 416,

485.

Cotton, Suffolk, i. 148, 410;"• 47-9. 55-6, 57, 70, 113,128, 232, 239, 241, 245-6,310, 312, 324, 337; iii. 23S,339, 442, 481, 486.

Cotton, Parson of, i. 170.

Cotton (Quotton), Will., ofCambridgeshire, Receiver ofthe Duchy of Lancaster, i.

330, 333, 334.

Cotton, Mr., iii. 389.

Coubitt.—See Retford.

Coule, William, i. 29.

Councils, Great, i. 392.

Counsheux (Conches in Nor-mandy ?), i. 7.

Courcy (Cursy), in France, i. 8.

Courtenay, , Knight, iii.

18.

Courtenay, Sir Hugh, iii. 9.

Courtenay, John, ii. 46.

Courtenay, Sir Ph., iii. 9.

Courtenay, Piers, Bishop ofExeter.—See Exeter.

Courtenay,Thos.,Son of Thomas,fifth Earl of Devonshire (after-wards sixth Earl), i. 350-I.

Courtenays, ii. 406.

Courtonne (Curton), in France,i. 8.

Cousinot, William, FrenchAmbassador, i. ICX), 103.

Coutances, in Normandy, i. 8.

Couth. Publicly known, i. 344.

Cove (Cofe), Will., of NorthCove, Suffolk, i. 554.

Coventry, i. 73-5,152, 403, 408,

499, 525-Coventry, Parliament at, i. 499,

522, 535-Coventry, Recorder of, i. 152.Coventry and Lichfield, Bishop

of, formerly called Bishop of

Chester.—See Hales.Covim. Intrigue, i. 242, 281.Cowhaw, in Nacton, Suffolk,

i. 306, 321-2, 385, 390, 412.Cowling, Suffolk, i. 454, 456.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Cowntewery. Counter or desk,

i. 250.

Cowper, , iii. 352.

Cragg. Stoneware, iii, 28$.

Craksheld, , iii. 147.

Crane, , i. 393.

Crane, Alice or Alson, i. 115,

269, 342-3.Crane, Eliz., iii. 468.Crane, John, L 126-7, 284,

333-4, 342.Crane, Margaret, Sister of John,

i. 334-

Crane, Mistress, 1. 413.

Crawethom, , iiL iio-i.

Cray, North, Kent, ii. 331.

Cressell, Monsieur de, ii. 46.

Cressener, , i. 303.

Cressingham, Norfolk, i. 28,136-7, 194; it 292; iiu 147,250, 260-1, 330-1.

Cressingham, Parson of, i. 28.

Crevecoeur, Ph. de, iii. 203,

Croft, Sir Ric, iii. 9, 304.

Croile, in France, i. 9.

Croker, Sir Jo., iii. 10.

Crome, N., L 352; ii. 133,201-2.

Cromer (or Crowmer), in Nor-folk, i. 52, 115,217,425,497;ii. 287; iii. 205, 257, 262, 488.

Cromes, i. 106.

Cromwell, Ralph, Lord Trea-surer of England (1433-44),i. 41, 96,98, 165, 173-4, 293,310, 344, 345, 352, 354, 376,

456, 475; 111- 425-6.

Cromwell, Humphrey Bour-chier. Lord (1461-71), ii. 68;iii. 4.

Cromwell, Sir Thos., iii. 10.

Crosseby, , ii. 300.

Crostwight (Crostweyt), Nor-folk, Parson of, ii. 269.

Crowmer.—See Cromer.

Crowmer, , ii. 122.

Crowmer, Sir James, iii. lO.

Crowmer, Rob., iii. 379, 387-8.

Crowne, Rob., iii. 485.

Croxton, , i. 136.

Croxton (Croxeston), Audreyi

ii. 263.Croxton, Thos., ii. 169.Cr5me, T., iii. 291.Cubitt—See Kubyte.

Cullynge, , iu 71.

Curde, John, ii. 80.Currants.—See Raisins.Curson, Sir John, i. 192.Curson, Philip, ii. 271.Cursy.—See Courcy.Curteys, John, iii. 213.Curton.—See Courtonne;Curt baron, iii. 406.

Custans, , i. 109.

Cutler (or Coteler), Rob., Vicar

of Caister, il 155-8, 268-9,

272-3, 276, 278-9; iii. 285,

444.Cutting.—See Coting.Cuttyng, Gees, i. 20, Note 3.Cyselond.—See S island.

Dacre of the North, Ralph, first

Lord (1459-62), ii. 6, iii.Dacre (Dakarys), of the South,

Richard Fynes, Lord (1459-

84), ii. 118, 122, 389.Dacre of the South, Thomas

Fynes, Lord (1484-1534), iii.

385.Dalalaunde, Sir Thos., ii. 395.Dalby, Constantine, ii. 159.Dale, Edw., ii. 47-8, 56, 57, 60,

324.Dalling, Norfolk, ii. 25.-Dalling, Vicar of, ii. 270-1.Dalling, , Under Escheator,

i. 176, 177, 187-8.Dallmg, Robert, i. 237, 241,

244, 277, 280.Dalling, Sir Roger, iL 69.Dalling, Thos., i. 241, 280.Dalling, William, i. 36, 190,'

206, 553.Dam (or Damme), John, L 68,

559

77,112-3,126,152,156,162-3,179, 180, 192, 198, 200, 248,

285, 532; ii. 4, 8, 37, 85, loS,131, 286, 287-8, 290; iii. 215,449, 451-2, 458, 459, 477,485.Dam, Simon, ii. 305-6; iii. 95,

155-

Danby, John, ii. 144.

Danby, Rob., i. 421.

Dane, John, ii. 332.

Danger. "In his danger,"i.e.,in his debt, or responsible tohim, i. 340, &c.

Daniel, , iii. 269.

Daniel, John, iii. 349-50.

Daniel, Thos., of Rising, Nor-folk, i. 65, 68, 70, 84, 116-7,123, 128-9, 152, 190, 192,228, 244, 264, 281, 355, 363,366, 399, 432, 522; ii. 152;iii. 424, 477, 484, 486.

Daniel, , of Gray's Inn, iii.

480.

Daniel, Walter, iii. 310.

Dan vers, Rob., Justice of theCommon Pleas, i. 139.

Darby.—See Derby.

Darcort, , ii. 4.

Darcy, , i. 397.

Darcy (Darsy), Roger, iii. 403.

Dates, iii. 25.

Daubeney, , i. 47; iii. 42,

89, 431-2.

Daubeney, Giles, Lord (1486-

1507), iii- 377, 469-

Daubeney, John, ii. 4, 36, 49,74, 85, 100 {bis), 101-4, 124,129, 136, 141, 143, 173, 182,183-4, 188, 189, 198, 205-6,207, 239, 267, 270, 301, 308,319, 327, 340, 348, 349-50,372, 374, 384, 388, 390, 423,424; iii. 209, 481, 482, 485,486, 487.

Daubeney, Will., i. 529; ii. 173.

Daune, Cecily, iii. 485.

Daungell, in I'Yance, i. 9.

Daunson, John, i. 442 ; iii. 443.

Dauson. See Dawson.

Davers, The, ii. 296-8; iii. 75.

Davington, i. 164.

Davy, , ii. 403.

Davy, Alice, Wife of John,iii. 248.

Davy, Elyse, ii. 181.

Davy, John, i. 187, 544-5; ii.154-7, 272-4; iii. 248.

Davy, John, Vicar of E. Tud-denham, iii. 310.

Davy, Richard, i. 288.

Davy, Thos., iii. 252, 293.

Davvbeney.—See Daubeney.

Dawes, Thos., ii. 224.

Dawnson, , iii. Ii8.

Dawson (Dauson), , ii. 47.

Dawson, John, ii. 271, 276.

Daye, John, iii. 78.

Debenham, Suffolk, i. 292.

Debenham, Gilbert, i. 207-8,216, 243, 277, 338; ii. 49,57, 59, 70, 102, 127, 127-8,144, 149-50, 239-40, 244; iii.

431-

Debenham, Gilbert, the younger,knighted before 1465, fallierof Elizabeth Brews, ii. 102,104-5, 105, 240, 245-6, 376;iii. 168, 481.

Debenham, Sir Gilbert, son ofthe preceding, and uncle toMargery Paston, iii. 340, 350.

Debretayll, Lewis, ii. 358.

Decies tanium, writ of, i. 17.

Dedham, Essex, i. 127, 148,169, 170 {bis), 359, 367, 369,

370, 394, 396, 409, 430, 442;

ii. 40; iii. 22.Dedham Netherhall, Essex, i.

454; iii. 442, 482.Dedham Overhall, Essex, iii

442-3-Delgate, Thomas, 1. 45.Delvys, Sir John, iii. 9.Dene, Rob., i. 370.Dengayns, iu Yarmouth, ii. 420.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Denham, or Dynham, John,afterwards Lord, i. 500, 505 ;iii. 92, 351.

Denmark, King of, iii. 368, 369.

Denney (jenney?), , L 211.

Denschers, ii. 68.

Denston, , i. 284,

Denyes, Thos., i. 128-9, 129,140, 152, 166, 190, 271-3,273, 276, 287-8, 386, 391; ii.11-12,20, 21-3; iii. 475, 476,477, 480 [bis), 485 iter); mur-dered, ii. 20, 24, 27, 29, 32.

Denyes,Thos., * * M istress Anne,"or Agnes, afterwards wife of,i. 129, 130, 271, 274, 275-6,287; ii. 23, 25, 36, 99; iii.476, 480; her daughter, i.

273-

Denyse, , iii. 85.

Derby (Darby), , iU. 155,

166, 168.Dereham (Dyram), Norfolk, ii.

201, 225.Dereham, East, Norfolk, Vicar

of, ii. 159.Dereham, West, Norfolk, i. 191.Derham, Thos., i. 14, 15.Der}'k, Mr., iii. 378.Deve.—See Dive.Devereux (Deverys), Sir J., iii.

10.Devonshire, ii. 406; iii. 17.Devonshire, Thos. Courtenay,

fifth Earl of (1422-58), i. 127,

327, 332, 350-1. 378.Devonshire, Thomas Courtenay,sixth Earl of, son of the fifthEarl (1458-61), i. 350-1; ii.

6,7. .Devonshire, Humphrey Stafford,

created Earl of (1469), ii. 353.Devonshire, Earl of, iii. 8.Dewe, John, ii. 270.

Dey, , ii. 70.

Dey, Thos., iii. 376.Deye, John, i. 161, 527.Deye, Henry, i. 391.

Deymayne, Will., i. 529,Deyvill, or Dev}'le, , i. 385,

390, 412.Diem clausit extremum, writs of,

i. 16.Dieppe (Depe), i. 8, 526; iL

45-6, 93; "i- 88.Dilhams, i. 38.Diskure. Discover, disclose, ii.

.234-

Dive, S. Pierre, i. 8.

Dive, S. Sauveur, i. 8.

Dixon, , iii. 258.

Dixon (Dyxon), Mrs., iii. 174.

Docking, Norfolk, i, 512.

Doctor of Physic, ii. 79.

Dode, John, ii. 307.

Dogdyke (Dokdike), Lincoln-shire, i. 98.

Doget, or Doket, Master, i. 137.

Doget, or Doket, , the

Bailiff's son, ii. 249.

Doget, John, ii. 195.

Doget, Ric, i. 192, 213; iii.

45o> 455-

Doget, Will., ii. 215.

Doke, John, i. 530.

Doket.—See Doget.

Dokkyng, , iii. 251.

Dokkyng, Thos., iii. 468.

Dokkynges Manor, iii. 206.

Dokworth.—Sec Duckworth.

Dole at Bromholm, ii. 268, 270.i Dolestones, i. 58, Note 3.j Dollay, R., i. 291.

Dollys, , iii. 7, 12, 68.

Donifront, in Normandy, i. 8.

Doncaster (Dancastre), York-shire, i. 264, 427, 434; ii. 395.

Donge. A mattress, i. 485 j iii.406-7, 409.

Donhara.—See Dunham.

Donmowe.—See Dunmow.

Donne, Laurence, i. 442.

Donne, , iii. 234.

Donnynges, in Walsham, i. 51.

Donsamborowe.—See Dunstan-borough.

1

S6i

nonstable. —See Dunstable."Doolis," or " Dolestones," i.

58.Dordrecht, or Dort, in the

Netherlands, iii. 388.Dorking, Surrey, iii. 463.

Dorlet, , ii. 175, 178.

Dormand, Edmund, iii. 344,

35o» 352.

Dormants. Large beams, i.250.

Dorset, Henry Beaufort, Earl of,eldest son of Edmund, secondDuke of Somerset, afterwardsthird Duke of Somerset, i.

327» 331, 332-3, 336.—^^^

also Somerset.Dorset, Cecily, Marchioness of,

iii. 195,471.Dorset, Thomas Grey, Marquis

of, iii. 316, Note 6, 404.Dortour. Dormitory, iii. 277.

Dory, , i. 386.

Doiy, John, Under Sherifif of

Norfolk, iii. 485.Dorylot, John de, ii. 49.Douglas, James, Earl of, IL

III.Douyle, in France, i. 9.Dover, i. 124-5, '26; iii. 89,

98.Dow, John, i. 251.Dowbigging, John, ii. 86.Dowebegjnig, John, iii. 424.Do wee, Thos., i. 190.Downes, Sir John, iii. 9.Downham (Dounham), Norfolk,

iii. 480.Do^vning, John, i. 63; iii.

304-

Dowylday, Nich., i. 191.

Draper, John, i. 47.

Draught Chamber. A room con-taining a "draught" or privy,i. 250.

Dravjde, , i. 114.

Dra}i;on, Norfolk, i. 113-4, 116,228,344; ii. 85,90, 149,163,III. 2

176, 178, 181, 183-4, 186,

190, 192, 193-4, 195, 202,

206, 209, 214-7, 222, 243,

249, 251, 252, 306, 401-2;

iii. 44, 69, 92, 221-3, 223,

226-7, 229, 230, 234, 437,

442.Drayton, Descent of the Manor,

ii. 210.Drayton, Church of, ii. 193,

226-7, 234, 241.Drayton, Bailiff of, ii. 174.Drentall, Thos., clerk, iii. 289.Druell, John, LL.D., il 155-7,

228, 271, 281.Drury, Matt., i. 276.Drye, Thos., ii. 224.Dublin (Debylyn), i. 505.Duckworth (Dokworth), Elys,

i. 237, 277, 282.Dudley, John Sutton, fourth

Lord (1406-82), i. 327, 336.Dudley, Catherine, ii. 393.Dunham (Donham), Norfolk, iL

20; iii. 70.Dunham, Little (Lytyldonliam),

Norfolk, i. 325.Dunmowe, Will., L 237, 239,

277, 282.Dunois, John, Coimt of, bastard

of Orleans, i. 99, 103.Dunstable (Donstable), iii. 254.Dunstanborough (Donsam-

borowe), Northumberland, iu

121.Dunston, Norfolk, i. 271-2.Dunwich, Suffolk, i. 6; ii. 241.Durasse, Lord, iii. 92.Durham, ii. 121.Durham (Dereham), Laurence

Booth, Bishop of (1457-76), ii.

no.Durham, Bishop of.—See Sher-wood.Durham, Bishop of, iii. 423.Dutchland, or Germany, i. 86.Dutchmen, iii. 373.Dux, William, ii. 417.O

56^

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Dylmyn, Will., ii. 189.Dymock (Dymmok), Lady, iii.

39-Dymysoynt, or Dymysent. A

metal facing for a girdle, iii.

464, 470.

Dyne, , i. 384.

Dynham.—See Denham.

Dynne, , i. 169, 177.

Dynne, John, iii. 337.Dyram.—See Dereham.Dyrward, , ii. 41.

Eagle, The, in Lincolnshire,Priest of, i. 551-2.

Earl Soham (Eril Some), byFramlingham, Suffolk, i. 239;iii. 381, 384.

Earlham, Norfolk, iii. 92.

Easewyk, Norfolk, iii. 421.

Ebesham, Will, ii. 333-5, 390.

Eborlyn, Hans, iii. 271.

Eccles, Kent, ii. 330, 332.

Eccles, Norfolk, i. 114.

Eccles, John, iii. 422.

Eccles, Rob,, iii. 422.

Eddingthorpe, Norfolk, i. 31,44; iii. 418, 421, 449.

Eddingthorpe, Rector of, i. 29.

Edinburgh, ii. 46.

Edgecombe (Egecum), Sir Ric,iii. 349-5o> 358. ^

Edgecombe, Sir Piers, iii. 385.

Edmonds, John, of Taverham,ii. 175.

Edmonds, Thos., ii. 102-3.

Edward I., King, ii. 283, 285.

Edward IH., iii. 300.

Edward IV., as Earl of March,i. 265, 497, 500, 506, 519,525-6; iii. 478; as King, ii.5, 9, 10, 24, 30-1, 38, 40-1,43, 46, 52, 53-4, 68, 76, 84,91. 94-5. 96, 107, 112, 118,122, 124, 134, 145, 148, 150,160, 162, 165-8, 168, 219, 252{bis\ 259, 281-2, 316, 328,33o-i> 332, 33S, 341, Z^^-^

356-8, 360, 367, 369, 375,

377, 382, 389-90, 394, 395-6,406, 409-10, 421, 423; ui. 4,12, 17, 33, 38, 83, 85, 92,98-9, 119, 124, 125-6, 128,135, 138, 139, 140-1, 141-2,153, 155, 156, 164-5, 195.224, 231, 253, 480, 481, 486;redeems jewels pledged byhis father, ii. 33-5; his desireto do justice, ii. 40; strong-holds in Wales given up tohim, ii. 40; statutes of, iii.301 ; his harbinger, whenEarl of March, i. 525.

Edward, Prince of Wales, Sonof Henry VL, i. 263-5, 290,315,335,386, 387, 497, 525;ii. 5, 7, in; iii. 4, 478.

Edward, Prince, son of EdwardIV., afterwards King Edwardv., iii. 83.

Edward, a servant, iii. 91.

Edworth, Will, i. 282.

Egremont, Thos. Percy, Lord,third son of Henry, secondEarl of Northumberland, i.264, 425, 427.

Egyll (I'Aigle?), castle of, inFrance, i. 8.

Eimond.—See Emond.

Election for Norfolk, ii. 22, 28,

31-

Elger, John, 1. 324.Elghe, Suffolk, i. 11.

Elingham, , i. 118; iii. 271.

Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of

Edward IV.,ii. 354,355, 359,

360, 388, 412 ; iii. 2, 17, 20,

40, 83, 86.Elizabeth, Mrs, iii. 94.Elizabeth of York, Queen of

Henry VII., iii. 339-40, 385.Elkanhed, Treasurer of Calais,

iii. 66. See also Calais.Ellis, Bartholomew, i. 306-7,

405, 406; ii. 15, 71, 154,

157, 273, 274, 279, 299.

563

Ellis, Thomas, i. 538; ii. 186.Ellis, Will, iii. 432.

Ellis (Elys), , ii. 221.

Elmyse. Enemies, ii. 309, 363.Eltham, Kent, i. 525; ii. 304.Ely, Bishop of.—See Alcock,

John (i486-1500); Bcirchier,

Thos. (1443-54); Grey, Will.

(1454.78).Ely, Isle of, iii. 327.Elysse, Berthelmew.—;6><? Ellis.Embracery. A legal offence, i.

145, Note 4, 385.Emeryngale, John, ii. 277.Emond (Eimond), John, i. 169,

344-Emundes, Rob., i. 217.Entwistle (At Wessyll), Sir Ber-

tram, i. 330, 333.Eppeswell, Robert, i. 441.Epworth, in Lincolnshire, i.

Eniold, Ric, of Cromer, i. 81.Erpingham Hundred, Norfolk,

ii. 75-Erpingham, Sir Thomas, Kt.,

i. 13-15, 17, 47.Esher, Surrey, ii. 407.Esprygy, William, i. 4.Essex, County, i. 308; ii. 38,

285, 407, 420; iii. 213, 440.Essex, Gentlemen of, iii. 353.Essex in Hickling, iii. ii, 136.

Essex, , ii. 6.

Essex, Earl of.—See Bourchier,

Henry.Essey, in Normandy, i. 8.Est, John, i. 168.Estaple.—See Staple.Estgate, John, ii. 141, 159, 223,

227.Estlexham.—3(f^Lexham, East.Estodenham. —See Tuddenham,

East.Estwell, Kent, ii. 330, 332.Etaples (Staples), in France, iii.

388.Eton, iii. 241-2.

Eton, Will., ii. 154, 157, 274;

iii. 479.Eu, in Noraiandy, i. 8.

Eusdale, , i. 241.

Everard, Sir Thos., Parson of

Oxnead, iii. 233.Everingham, Thos., i. 442.Everton, Eliz., iii. 109, 118.Everton, Harry, Wife of, iii.

109.Everyton, John, ii. 265.Evreux (Everose), in Normandy,

i. 7.Ewelme, Oxfordshire, i. 99; iu

341; iii- 33-Exeter, Bishop of.—See Nevill,

Geo.Exeter, Piers Courtney, Bishop

of, iii. 316.Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Duke

of (1416-26), i. 10, 456; ii.

236 Note.Exeter, Henry Holland, Duke

of (1446-73), i. 132, 264, 290,

296, 424, 425, 426, 493, 526;

ii. 5, 52; iii. 479.Exeter, Anne, Duchess of. Wife

of John Holland, third Duke

(1443-6), ii. 236; iii. 154.Eye, Suffolk, ii. 55.Eye, Bailiff of, ii. 248, 250, 413.

Fagernon, in France, i. 8.Fairchild (Feyrechildes), Nor-folk, ii. 90; iii. 73, 92.Fairfax, Guy, ii. 356, 402; iii.

309-Fairfax, Mr., iii. 6, 25.Fairfax, Sir Thos., iii. 385.Fakenham, Norfolk, i. 191.Falaise taken by Henry V., i. 7."Falce Carte Sproute," i. 355.Falcon (Fawcon), Pnrsuivrjit,

iii- 357-Falconbridge, Bastard, iii, 14,

17; his Brother, iii. 14, 17.Falyate, John, i. 234-5.Farrer.—See Ferrour.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Farwell, John, i. 454, 456.Faste. **Be Goddis faste," i.,

65.Faster, John, iii. 411.Fastingong. Shrove tide, i.

194; ii. 70, 83, 311.Fastolf, Catherine, i. 396.Fastolf, Edmund, iii. 80.Fastolf, Sir Hugh, i. 314, 410,

456.Fastolf, John, i. 91.Fastolf, John, Father of Sir

John, i. 446, 448, 452,

454-

Fastolf, John, of Cowhawe, i.321, 339, 412, 501-3.

Fastolf, Sir John, i. 6, 37 {pis\43 {bis\ 55, 83, 91-4, 113,127, 130.1, 132-3, 135, 137,146, 148 {bis), 154-5, 158,164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169(pis), 170 {bis), 171, 175, 176,182-3, 184, 186, 187 {bis\188, 192 [bis), 205-6, 207,210, 223, 225, 226 {bis), 227,246, 248, 249, 250, 292, 296,300, 303, 304, 307, 308, 309-10, 311, 313-4, 316, 316-7,319, 320,321,322-4, 324 {bis),335, 338 {bis), 344, 352, 353,356 {bis), 358-63, 363-7, 368{bis), 369, 369-70, 371 {bis),

372-3, 374-5, 375-7, 377,379,379-80, 381, 381-2, 385, 388-

90, 391, 393, 393-4, 394,395-6, 397, 398-9, 404, 406,407, 409 {bis), 410-II, 412,413-4,415-7,417-8,419,419-20, 424, 425, 426, 427, 431,

432-3, 433-4, 437, 44i, 44i-2, 444, 445, 464, 491-2, 493-

4, 494-5, 495, 497, 499, 5°!,504, 507-9, 516-7, 517, 518,

523, 531, 538, 539, 542, 545,546; ii. 10, 29, 33, 44, 51,56, 78, 83, 88, 89, loi, 113-7, 124, 128, 135, 138, 154-8,159, 163, 165. 189, 202, 219,

221, 227, 236, 252-3, 272-81,290, 298-9, 303,306,309,312-4,315, 322-3,323-4,325, 344,386, 390,391,396, 401-2,407,

408, 417 {bis), 419, 424; iiLII, 21-2, 31, 34, 37, 38, 44,49, 73-4, 76, 80, 99, 120, 136,208-9, 228, 291, 295-8, 311,415, 422,423-4, 424-5, 427-8,430, 443-5, 479, 481, 482,484, 485 {bis), 486 {bis);arms of, i. 480, 485; hisgoods, i. 467-75 ; "• 159,iii. 437-43; his Will, L445-60, 460-3, 464-7 ; ii. 73,113, 116, 128, 130, 154-8,175, 228-32, 271-81, 303-4,323, 397; his wardrobe, i.475-90; his proposed College,i. 397, 410, 411, 491-2; ii.402 ; his place in Southwark,i. 525-6, 539; his conditionjust before death, ii. 158, 275 ;accounts of his receivers, ii.236.

Fastolf, Mary, Mother of SirJohn, i. 446, 448, 453, 454-—See also Mortimer, Lady.

Fastolf, Lady Milicent, Wife ofSir John, i. 92-3, 357, 375,

409, 446, 453, 458, 464, 486 ;ii. 273.

Fastolf, Milicent, ii. 397.

Fastolf, Richard, i. 379; ii.271,280; iii. 443-4.

Fastolf, Thomas, i. 148, 433,485.

Fastolf, Thomas, Son of John,of Cowhawe, i. 292, 306, 309-10, 30, 314, 316, 324, 338{bis), 339, 379, 412, 442, 501-3; ii-i5, 24,48,63,308,397,404; iii. 80,431; his Mother,ii. 63.

Fastolf, William, Abbot of-Fecamp, i. 456.

Fauconberg, Will. Nevill,Lord* i. loi, 425.

sf-s

-, of London, i.

Fauconer,

92-3-

Fauconere, , i. 164.

Fawkon.—Sfe Falcon.Fawkoner, Thos., i. 28, 319.Fecamp, in Normandy, Abbot

of, i. 456.Feen, Master, ii. 106.Feke, Hodge, i. 69.Felbrigg, Norfolk, i. 195, 199,

258; ii. 19, 24, 77, 122, 127,

255-6, 391; iii- 477, 485-

Felbrigg (Fylbryg), , ni. 6.

Felbrigg, Catherine, Lady,

Widow of Sir S., i. 169, 199,

223, 314, 316, 512.Felbrigg, Sir John, u. 253,

255-6.Felbrigg, Sir Simon, Kt., i. 14,

31 (*w), 39-40; iiL 417.Feldyng, Mr, iii. 8.Felix v.. Pope, i. 77.Felmingham, Norfolk, iii.

396.

Felmingham, Clement, {see alsoClement, Master), ii. 155-7,229, 231-2, 270, 272, 275,279; iii. 49, 427.

Felthorpe, Parson of, ii. 234.

Fendykes, , i. 352.

Fenn, Hugh, i. 213, 339, 375-6,379-80, 381, 392, 402-3, 432,442, 467; ii. 72-3, 75, 135,158, 225, 314-5; iii-22, 115,

449, 451, 454, 481, 485-Fenne, Rob., iii. 390, 410.Fennes, in Herringby, Norfolk,

ii. 311.Fenwyk, Ric, Rector of Tes-

terton, iii. 346.Fenyngley.—See Filongley.Fenys (Fenes), Rob., ii. 19,

330-2, 332.Feraris (or Ferers), , i.

190-2, 192; ii. 122.Ferdinand and Isabella of

Spain, iii. 394-Feres, Sir Harry, iii. 9.

Feres, Sir John, iii. 9.Fermer, John, ii. 94, 95-6.Ferrers, John, i. 232.Ferrour (Farrer, Ferrer), ',

iii. no.Ferrour, Ric, iii. 222, 227.Fescamp.—See Fecamp.Feyrechildes.—See Fairchild.Fidyon, Roger, Clerk, ii. 158.Fiennes (Fynys), iii. 203.Figs, Price of, i. 426.Filby, Norfolk, ii. 158, 273;

iii. 22, 138 Note I, 402,

486.Filby, Parson of, ii. 143, 224.Fille, John, iii. 292, 294.Filongley (Fenyngley), Hen.,

nephew of Fastolf, i. 307,316,

334, 336, 369, 378, 397-8,

437, 466-7, 494, 498, 499;

ii. 420; iii. 80, 83.Filongley, Cecily, wife of Henry,

i. 456.Filpot.—6V<f Philpot

Finch (Fynch), , i. 43.

Fincham, Norfolk, Vicar of,

iii. 469.Fincham (Fyncheham), , i.

190.Fincham, John, iii. 477.Fincham, Simeon, of Fincham,

i- 383, 398.Fish, A present of, ii. 95.Fish (Fysch), Peter, i. 47.Fisher (Fysscher), Ric, Secret-ary of the Earl of Salisbury,

i. 396, 500.Fishley, Norfolk, iii. 52.Fish wick, Lancashire, i. 157.Fitzalan, Thos., Lord Maltra-

vers. Son of William, Earl of

Arundel, ii. 257.Fitzhugh, Alice, Lady, iii.

326-7.Fitzhugh, Henry, Lord, (1386-

1424), i. 10.Fitzlewes (Fitzlawes), Sir Ric,

iii. 396.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Fitzralph (FitzrawfT), John, i.

II, 456.Fitzrauff, Rob., i. 174, 452, 485;

"• 59, 157, 272, 275; iii.

427-8.Fitzwalter, (Walter?), Lord, i.

.'7-Fitzwalter, John Ratcliff, called

Lord, (killed at the Battle of

Ferrybridge, 1461), i. 540;

ii. 5-Fitzwalter, John, Lord.—See

also Radcliffe.

Fitzwalter, Lady, iii. 83.

Fitzwalter, Lord, iL 328; iii.

439-Fitzwalter, Master, iii. 83,156-7,

160, 162, 163, 257, 264; his

wife, iii. 160, 163.Fitzwarine (Fyvaren), Jo. Bour-

chier. Lord, iii. 384.Fitzwilliam, Austin, i. 6.Flanders, ii. 118; iii. 122-3,

173, 203-4.Flanders, Ships of, i. 85-6. See

also Flemings.Fleet raised for Edward IV.,

ii. 100, 102, 113, II7-8.Fleet Prison.—See London.Flegg (or Fledge), Norfolk, i.

176, 207, 446; iii. 79 Note 2,

92, 130, 266, 304.Flegg, East, Norfolk, ii. 105,

158, 165, 225,262,311,350,

420; iii. 449.Flegg, West, Norfolk, ii. 105,

420.Fleghalle, in Winterton, iii.

417.Fleming, John, ii. 156.Fleming, Master, ii. 257.Flemings molest the Coast, i. 42.Flemings, Goods of, taken,

i. 268.Florison, Cornelius, i. 226.Flos unguentorum, iii. 338.Flourdew, John, Parson of

Drayton, ii. 90, 193, 234.

I^ogg (Fooge), John, Treasurerof the Household to EdwardIV.. ii. 258.

Foke, , i. 136, 222.

Foke, John, ii. 269.

Foke, Roger, iii. 474.

Folsham.—See Foulsham.

Fooge.—See Fogg.

Fordham (Cambs.), ii. 292 ; iii.

389.Fordham, Vicar of, iii. 389.Forey, , of France, iii.

9.Fomcete, Norfolk, i. 18, 247,

434.

Fomsett, Jo., D.D., iii. 330.

Forslet, A, i. 237.

Forter, John, iii. 39.

Fortescue(Forskew), Lord, iii. 9.

Fortescue, Sir John, Chief Jus-tice of the King's Bench, i.50, 185, 378, 434, 499, 522,535; ii. 46, 358 (name mis-printed by Fenn, "Festux ").

Fortescue, Sir John, of Puns-borne, iii. 389.

Foster, Will., iii. 212.

Fotheringay (Foodryngdre),Northampshire, ii. 169.

Fotheringay, College at, iu.224.

Fouke, , of Knapton, iJL

265.

Fouler, Will., i. 375.

Foulsham (Folsham), Norfolk,i. 287.

Fowler, , ii. 412.

Fox, Henry, iii. 345-6. ■

Fox, Henry, Wife of, iii. 345.

Foxhall (Foxhole), Suffolk, i.322, 412.

Framlingham, Suffolk, Seat ofthe Duke of Norfolk, i. 15,44, 56, 123, 140, 141, 143,216, 229, 231, 233, 234, 239,

323^337, 411» 443; ii. 14, 50,137, 245, 447-8; iii. 53, 55,

69, 75» 79.

5^7

Fra.Tiynghani, , i. 192.

France, i. 261, 365, 367, 446,

455-6; ii. 111,409; iii. loS,

173, 181,—S<re a/so French,France, Admiral of, iii. 192.France, Ambassadors of, iii.

88, 119.France, King of.—S^^ Charles

VII., Lewis XL

Frances, , iii. 44.6.

Frank, Sir Edw., iii. 827.Frank, Thos., iii. 260.Frankleyn. A large owner of

land, i. 281.Fraunces or Frauncesse, ,

i. 65; ii. 243.

Fraunceys. , i. 304.

Fraunk, Rob,, iii. 260.Frays, John, i. 3S4.Frederick IIL, Emperor, iii.

123.Freethorpe, Norfolk, ii. 294.Fremel)Tigham, Richard, Canon

of Leyston Abbey, Suffolk,

i. 20 Note 3.Frenay (Frezsne) Le Vicomte,

in France, i. 7, 365.

French, , Wife of, iii. 220.

French, The, threaten Jersey

and Guernsey, i. 290.French Ships, i. 425; ii. 21,

118, 126.French Books, ii. 390.Frenchmen, ii. 409.Frenchmen on the coasts, iii.

81, 82.Frenges, Norfolk, R-«ctor of,

(1341), i. 6.Freules, Sir Roger, iii. 418.Freston, Suffolk, ii. 37.Frethorp. —See Freethorpe.Frettenham, Norfolk, ii. 277;

iii. 444.Friars, Grey, or Minors, iii.

478.Fritton (Freton), Suffolk, ii.

128, 270, 273, 280,308,311;

iiL 51, 136, 143, 150, 283.

Fritton, Parson of, il 29.

P^ritton (Freton), near LongStratton, Norfolk, iii. 264.

Fruntiire, i. 237.

Fugr'. Figured ? — ** Satcynfugr'," iii. 436.

Fulchier, , i. 137.

P'ulford, Sir Humph., iii. 385.

Fulford, Sii Thos., iii. 15,

17.

Fuller, Will., i. 252.

Fulman, John, ii. 16.

Fulmerston, Ric, ii. 245-6.

Fulthorp, , i. 380, 402.

Fulthorp, Lady, i. 442.

Fulthorp, Sir Thos., i. 146.

Funeral Expenses of John Pas-ton, ii. 266-71.

Furbuschour, , ii. 99.

Fylongley.—See Filongley.

Fynch, , i. 43.

Fyncheham.—See Fincham.

F)Tidem, Sir Thos., ii. 46.

Fynys.—See Fiennes.

Fynys, , Speaker of Parlia-

ment, ii. 131.

Fyrass, Rob., ii. 73.

Fysch, Peter, i. 47.

Fysscher.—See Fisher.

Fyvaryn.—See Pltzwarine.

Gachecrofl, , L 191.

Gaddishill.—See Godshill.Gaillou (Gallon), in Nonnandy,

i. 8.Galdebek(Caudebec), in France,

i. 8.Gallon.—See Gaillon.Gallawey, Rob., ii. 270.Gannok, Catherine, i. 45.Gannok, John, i. 45.Gant, John, i. 6.Gaol of the Bishop of Norwich,

ii. 86.Garcy, in France, i. 8.Gardyvyands. Knapsacks, iii.

376.Garleke, , i. 150.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Gamesseye.—See Guernsey.Garnet, Thos., ii. 358.

Gameys, , i. 48.

Gameys, Margery, Wife of

Ralph, iii. 417.Gameys, Mrs., i. 55.Garrard, Simon, iii. 288-9,

304;

Garnish, A, of pewter vessels(a set), ii. 75.

Gascoigne, Sir Will., ChiefJustice of England, i. 91.

Gately More, iii. 362.

Gaudees. Beads, iiu 287Note 2.

Gaunley, Rob., iii. 412.

Gavaston, Piers, the favouriteof Edward II., i. 5.

Gawnt—See Ghent.

Gaydade, Mistress, ii. 298.

Gayn, John, ii. 150, 160.

Gayne, Joan, ii. 65, 100, 122;iii. 436.

Gayne, , iii. 35.

Gayne, Eliz., iii. 470.

Gayton (Geyton), Norfolk, i.190.

Gaywood, Norfolk, ii. 87.

Geane.—See Genoa.

Gedding, in Suffolk, i. 61.

Gees, John, a Carmelite Friar,iii. 415.

Gees, John, of Crowmer, Mer-chant, iii. 416.

Geffreie, , i. 58.

Gelderstone (Gerlyston), in Nor-folk, i. 48; iii. 487.

Geney.—See Jenney.

Gemyngham. — See Gimming-ham.

Genoa, ii. 293.

Gent, Jolm, i 173.

Genyn, , ii. 320.

George, Son of Richard, Dukeof York (afterwards Duke ofClarence), i. 525.—See alsoClarence.

George, Walter, i. 277.

George, servant to Will. Paston,iii. 275-6.

Geppeswich.—See Ipswich.

Gerbrege, Sir Thos,, ii. 289.

Gerlyston.—See Gelderstone.

Germany (Dutchland), L 86.

Germyn.—See Jermyn.

Germyne, , iii. 102.

Gemyngham. —See Jemingham.

Gesernys, or Giserings. Battleaxes, i. 107.

Gesseren. A sleeveless coat ofmail, ii. 214.

Geyton.—See Gayton.

Ghent (Gavmt), iii. 79, 203.

Gibbon.—See Gybon.

Gibson, Will., iii. 261.

Gifford, Will., iii. 11.

Gilberd, , i. 247.

Gilbert, John, Mayor of Nor-wich (1460), i. 532; ii. 62.

•* Giles," The, ship called, iii460.

Giles, John, ii. 94.

Giles, Karoll, i. 431,

Gtl/e. A girl, ii. 238.

Gilyngsat, A, iii. 419.

Gimmingham (Gemyngham),Norfolk, i. 5, 83; ii. 36, 71;iii. 418, 421.

Gimmingham, , i. 58; ii. 77*

Ginger, iii. 25.

Gippeswich.—See Ipswich.

Girlyngton, Nich., ii. 312, 420.

Glanville, impalement of, i. 4.

Glanville, Sir William, ii. 285.

Gloucester, Humphrey, Dukeof, Brother of Henry V., Pro-tector of England during theminority of Henry VI., i. 10,14, 17, 24-5, 32-5, 40.

Gloucester, Humphrey, Dukeof, his Wife.—See Hainault,Jacqueline of.

Gloucester, Richard, Duke o£—See Richard.

Gloucestershire, ii. 145; iii. 481.

Glover, Alex., i. 217.

569

Glover, Rol«rt, ii. 70-

Gloys, James, Priest, i. yi, J2,193. 19S-9, 200, 221, 346-8,348; ii. 37, 47, 49-50, 131,204, 214, 266-7, 292, 319,351, 365 ; iii. 7, 20, 49-50,57, 76, 100, 115, 117, 127,129, 406-7, 485.^

Gnateshale.—See Knatysale.

Goche (Gough?), Margaret, i.

3S7.Godard, Dr., iii. 478.

Godehreds, , ii. 225.

Godfrey, Mr., iii. 45.

Godmerston, , iii. 4.

Godnoston, Jane, iii. 84,Gotlshill (Gaddishill), Isle of

Wight, iii. 393.Gogyne, Will., iii. 352.Golbeter, Jas., ii. 176.Gold, Pipes of, i. 39.Goldsmyth, Nich., i. 237.Goldwell, James, Bishop of

Norwich (1472-99), iii. 73,

124, 131, 212, 232, 242-4,

246, 256.Goldwell, Nic, iii. 236.Goneld (Gunnold), Henry, L

70, 109-10; iii. 411.Gonnore.—See Gimnor.Goodfellow, Robin, iii. 362.Goodknape, Thos., iii. 213.Good wen (or Goodwyn), Will.,

i. 190, 217.Goos, Sir J., iii. 104-Gordon, Rob., ii. 88.

Gorge (or Gorges), , ii. I2I.

Gorge, Walter, ii. 80.Gorleston, by Yarmouth, ii. 273,

279-80, 299, 311, 424; iii.

II, 51, 136, 444.Gomey.—See Gumey.Goshawk, desired by John Pas-ton, iii. 55-6, 57-8, 60, 67-9.Gosloth (?), Alice, i. 20 Note 3.Goth.—See Gough.Gough (Goth), Matthew, i. 37,

126, 456.

Gough.—See also Goche.Ciournay.—See Gumey.Gower, James, iii. 9.Gower, Thomas, i. 37, 456.Gowns, ii. 120.** Grace de Dieu," Ship called,

ii. 118.Grame, Mrs., iiL 157.Granere, William, Master of

Works at Caister, i. 38.Grantham, Lincoln, ii. 395.Gray, Sir John, i. 10; iii.

350.Gray, Sir Ralph, ii. 6, 121.

Gray (or Grey), Sir Thomas,iii. 9, 178.

Great Seal, iii, 99.

Green alyer, iii. 215.

Greenfield (Grenefeld), ,

i. 422.

Greenfield, John, ii. 37 Note2.

Greenfield, John, Serjeant-at-law, il 144, 158, 258-9.

Green wax, i. 137 Note I.

Greenwich, i. 316, 525; ii. 45,

54-

Grefyth, Sir Walter, ot I^n-caster, iii. 385.

Gregory, a servant of EdmundPaston, i. 71.

Grenacre, Chr., ii. 37 Note 3.

Grene, , ii. 250 j iii. 431.

Grene, Dr., i. 350.

Grene, John, iii. 422.

Grene, Sir Rob., iii. 9, 89.

Grene, Thos., i. 123, 137, 148,413; ii- 37, 72, 136, 185,261-2, 293, 420; iii. 178.

Grene, Will., ii. 311.

Grenefeld.—See Greenfield.

Grenesheve, Christopher, L237, 277. ^

Grennevile, i. 9.

Gresham, Norfolk, i. 28, 70, 73,76, 80, 82, 105-6, 110-13,138-9, 144, 147, 189, 193-4,257; u. 70, 86,286, 391; iii.

TTTE PASTON LETTERS.

i6, 22, 63, 283-4, 454, 456-8,

474, 475-Gresham, Church of, i. 418,

433.

Gresham, , ii. 269.

Gresham, , the London

Carrier, ii. 270.

Gresham, James, i. 46, 49-50,70, 73, 126, 135-6, 136, 137,140, 145, 157, 159, 162, 178,198, 202, 217, 221, 294, 325,350-2, 381, 403, 407-9; ii-17-18, 94-5, 132-6, 135-6,144-5, I48> 216, 220-1, 262,

305-7, 309, 338, 393, 422-3,

423; 111. 21, 30, 42, 43-4,

321, 474, 485 (ter).Gresham, John, iii. 439.Gresham, Thos., iii. 432.Giessenhall, Norfolk, i. 137 ;

ii. 79.Gresynges. Steps, iii. 286.Gretkyn, Mrs., iii. 79.Greve, Will., iii. 378-9.Grey or Minor Friars, iii.

478.

Grey, , ii. 28.

Grey, Edmimd, Lord, of Hast-ings and Ruthin, L 294-5,

295, 302, 344, 500.Grey, Henry, i. 36, 161, 277,

302; ii. 217.Grey, Sir Harry, iii. 10.Grey, John, ii. 299.Grey, Master, i. 339.Grey, Will., iii. 269.Grey, Will., Bishop of Ely

(1454-78), i. 303; ii. 31,

325-6, 412; iiL 106.Grey, Will., of Martyn, iii.

45-

Greyve, , il 311.

Griffith (Gryphet), , Usher

of the Hall to Henry VI., L

333-Grigges, Andrew, i. 393,

Grigges, John, i, 529,

Grigges, T., iiL 347-8.

Grimesby, Sir Wm., ii. 9.

Grimston, i. 393, 394.Grinstead, East, i. 50.Groby, in France, i. 9.Grocer, Philip, i. 442.Grome, Nich., i. 192.Groos, John, i. 232, 277.Groos, Oliver, i. 14, 39; iii.

417.Gros, John, L 258-9; iL 63;

iii. 477.Gros, John, his Wife, i. 258.Grymesby.—See Grimesby.Gryphet.—See Griffith.Grys, John, of Wight on, i. 12,

13.Grys, Thomelin, iii. 423.Gryseacresse, Mistress, ii. 393.Guernsey, i. 63-4, 85, 290; ii.

91.Guienne, i. 99, loi, 104, 260,

363-4, 367, 455-Guingamp (Gingham), iii. 357.Guisnes (Guynes), i. 392, 506,

526; iii. 108, 157, 160-I.Gundy, in France, i. 8.Gunnold.—See Goneld.Gunnor, or Gonnore, , i.

109, 194-7, 199, 202, 407 ; ii.

71, 99- .Gunnor, Simon, i. 432 ; iii. 477.Gunnor, William, i. 457.Gunton, Norfolk, i. 539.Gunton, Ralph, of Norfolk, iii.

416.Gumay (Gomey), , i. 164,

247, 255, 429 ; iii- 476.Gumey, Margaret, i. 262.Gumey, Thos., i. 123, 232 ; ii.

63, 124, 126; iii. 477. ^Gumey (Gomay), W., iii. 35,

40-1, 46, 54, 64, 190, 192,

294-5-Guton (in Brandiston), Norfolk,

L 539; ii. 163, 176,292,309,

311,350,412 ; iii. 32,44,46,

136.Guy of Warwick, iiL 300.

57t

Guy and Colbrande, ILL 300.Guybon, Gregory, i. 192 {ins).Guynes. —See Guisnes.Gybon (or Guybon), , of

Debenhaui, i. 292.Gygges, John, iii. 248.

Gylmyn, -, ii. 257.

Gylys.—See Giles.Gymmyngham.—See Gimming-

ham.Gyne, or Gyney, John, of Dil-

ham, i. 50-2; ii. 414; iii.

485.Gynne, Rob., iii. 418, 448.Gyns, or Gynnis Close, in Paston,

i. 59; iii. 112.Gypcer. A purse or bag, ii. 28.Gyrdyng, John, iu 271, 277;

iii. 443.

Habeland, Hadlounde, or Have-land, in Bradwell, Suffolk, ii.163, 280, 310, 311, 424; iii.

II, 51, 93, 136.Haborjouiiy or Harbicryone. A

coat of mail, L 190, 291,

487.Hache, Will., i. 252-3.Hadle, iii. 477.Hadley, Suffolk, i. 292.Hadlounde.—See Habeland.Hadynet, Jolin, ii. 315.Hagreston, , Groom of the

King's Chamber, i. 421.Hainault, Jacqueline of, Wife of

Humphrey, Duke of Glou-cester, i. 24-5.Haineford, iii. ii.Hakon, Thos., Parson of Fel-

thorp, ii. 227.Hale.—See Holm Hale.Hales^ or Alys. Pavillions, iii.

375-Hales, or Halse, Jo., Bishop of

Coventry and Lichfield, iii.

338.Halfnothe, or Halsnoth, John,

ii. 295; iii. 103.

Hall, Sir Edm., iii. 446.Hall, Rob., ii. 173.Hallywarthe, iii. 486.Halman (or Halleman), ,

i. 136 {pis).Halman, Henry, i. 150; ii. 302,

384; iii. II, 86, 475.Halman, James, i. 110; ii. 327;

iii. 408.Halman, John, i. 28.Halman, Will., iii. 254.Halsnoth-—See Halfnothe.Haltoft, Gilbert, Baron of the

Exchequer, i. 392.

Haltoft, , i. 385.

Halton, Kent, ii. 330.Halvergates, Norfolk, iii. ^5.Halyn, the King's porter, i. 330.Hambie (Hommbe), in Nor-mandy, i. 9.Hamden, Sir Edmond, iiL 8.Hammes (or Hampnes), l)y

Calais, ii. 52.Hammond, Master, i. 26.liamond, Simon, i. 190.Hampden, Sir Edmund, ii. 46.Hampton.—See Southampton." Hankyn, our dog," iii. 115.Hanmer, John, and William,

ii. 152.Hanson (Hansson), Henry, L

225, 409, 411.Hanson, Hauswan, or Housoq

Christopher, i. 435, 524-6^

538, 540; ii- 7, 41, 43, 109,

no. III ; iii. 441.Hanyngton, Chr., ii. 259.Happisburgh, Norfolk, i. 114.Harbard.—See Herbert.Harburyone.—See Haborjoiin.Harcourt, , ii. 325, 393;

iii. 385.Harcourt, Lady, iii. 248.Harcourt, Sir Ric, iii. 53, 8l-2.Harcourt, Sir Rob., i. 74.Harecourt, in France, i. 9.Harfleur (Arfleet), in i^fo^

mandy, 40, 364^

THE PASTON LETTERS.

ITaringby.—See Herringby.Harington, John, Lord (1405-

18), L 10.Harington, Lady, the young

(1473), iii. 89.Harington, Thos. Grey, Lord,

Son of first Marquis of Dor-set, iii. 384.

Harington, , i. 374-

Harington, Sir Rob., iii. 9.Harington, Sir Thomas, i. 500.Harleston, Norfolk, iii. 425.Harleston, , Under-Steward

of the Duchy of Lancaster, iL

191, 205, 208, 215, 249.Harley, Sir John, iiu 9.Harling, East, Norfolk, Parson

of, i. 148.Harling, Sir Rob., i. 456, 469;

Daughter of, i. 394.Harman, or Herman, Warjm,

i 114, 217, 218, 219, 236,

247; ii. 71; iiu 432.—See also

Herman.Harmerer, Rob., ii. 32.Harness^ Harnys, Armour, ii.

189.Harper, or Harpor, , L

336; ii. 122.Harple.—See Wolman.Harpour, , Yeoman of the

Crown, i. 333.Harry, Lord (who?), iL 5.Harsset or Hasset—See Blen-

nerhasset.Hart.—See LyhartHart, Thos., iii. 443.Hartford, Thos., iii. 366.Hartwelbury. — See Horwell-

bury.Harvey, or Hervey, Geo., iii.

476.Harvey, John, iii. 471.Haryngby.—See Herringby.Haryson (Henrickson), Lumen,

iii. 364.Hasard, William, I 83, 109;

iii. 474-

Hasingham, Norfolk, Parson

of, i. 239, 282.Hasslake, Margaret, iii. 466.

Hastings, , iii. 167.

Hastings, Catherine, I-ady,

Wife of William, Lord, iii.

195-Hastings (Hastynges), John, ii.

158; iiu 151-2.Hastings, Lord of.—See Grey,

Edmund.Hastings, Margery, Lady,

Widow of Sir Edward, Lord

Hastings, i. 72, 246, 314-Hastings, Sir Ralph, iii. 108,

485.Hastings, Sir Ric, iii. 9.Hastings, Will., Son of Sir

Leonard, L 438, 500, 540-Hastings, Sir William, Knight,

ii. 5-

Hastings, William, Lord (1461-83), Lord Chamberlain toEdward IV., ii. no, 122,320; iii. 16,40, 52, 54-5.66,68,89,96-7,107-8,119, Note I,151,155,156,160,162, 173-4,184, 195, 262, 264, 266, 307.

HatteclifF.—6>^ Attecliff.

Hattecliff, Isabel, Wife of WilL,iii. 471.

HattecliflF, Will., iii 471.

Haukeney. A hackney or saddlehorse, ii. 97.

Haidt.—See Haute.

Hautayne (or Hawteyn), Alice,i. 5, 6.

Hautayne, Claricia, i. 45, 47.

Hauta)me, Haymundus, i. 45,47.

Hautayne, John, Friar, L 45-47,59-60, 65, 81, 88, 135; iii.253, 486.—See also Alburugh.

Hauta3Tie, Robert, i. 46, 65.

Hautayne, Tiphania, i. 47.

Havelound.—See Habeland.

Haverland, or Heverlonde,John, Prior of Norwich, iii.330.

573

Haute (Hawt), , ii. 122.

Haute, Anne, ii. 321, 340, 344,345. 388, 394; iii. 15. 20,37-8, 85, 92, 100, 127, 174,199, 200.

Haute, John or Takys, ii. 47,

357.Haute, Ric, iii. 20, 92.Haute (Hawte), Sir Ric, iii.

344.

Haward.—Sif^ Howard.

Hawe, Ric, ii. 224.

Hawes, Mr., iii. 350.

Hawhunte, i. 47.

Hawk.—See Goshawk.

Hawte.—See Haute.

Hawys.—See also HoA^ys.

Hawys, Thomas, i. 72.

Haxby, Rob., i. 64.

Hay's Wife, i. 83.

Haylysden.—See Hellesden.

Haynford (Heynesford, &c.),Norfolk, ii. 163, 292, 310,311, 350; iii. 485.

Haywards, i. 217.

Heberd, Ric, i. 76.

Hedermoder. Hugger mugger,ii. 28.

Hederset.—See Hetherset.

Hedin (Hedyiige), in Artois, iii.192.

Hedingham (Heveningham orHenyngham), Essex, ii. 421;i». 345. 352, 354, 359. 360,362, 367, 369, 374, 375, 376,383, 398, 412.

Heestowe, Edw., iii. 352.

Hegon, a man of Lord Moleyns,i. 110-1.

Heigham (Hygham), near Nor-wich, ii. 136.

Heigham Potter, iii. 449, 455.

HelU, To cover or put a topon, L 216.

Hellesden (Haylysdon, &c),Norfolk, i. 114, 116, 131,148,167, 248, 250, 413, 414, 416,434, 491, 531, 533; ii- 17,

36-7, 39, ^Z, 85, 100, no,116, 133, 136, 138, 148, 163,176, 178, 183-5, 187-8, 190,190-2, 194, 195-6, 204-6, 209,213, 215-6, 226, 244, 248,261, 307, 308, 357, 402; iii.12, 22, 45, 69, 92, 221-2,223, 226-7, 229, 304, 434-5,437, 440-2, 482, 488. Attackon, ii. 204, 207-8, 213, 216,248-50, 250-2. Title to, iu210, 243.

Hellesden, Parson of. — SeeHert, Thos.

Helloughton, i. 193.

Hellowe, iii. 485.

Hemnales (Hempnales), in Cot-ton, Suffolk, ii. 163, 247, 310,312, 337 ; iii. 339.

Hempton, Norfolk, i. 190.

Hempton Abbey, iiL 346.

Hengham.—See Hingham.

Ueningham.—See Hedingliain.

Ilenmar, Wm., iii. 8.

Hennebon, in Brittany, iii.

358.Hennesby, Norfolk, iii. 449,

453-Henry IV., i. 362, 364, 446,

448.

Henry V., i. 100, 362, 364,411, 446, 448, 506; iii. 420.His conquests in France, i. 7.His siege of Rouen, L 10.

Henry VI., i. 40, 149, 150-1,153 {bis), 265, 305, 335, 345,376, 378, 386, 387, 392, 403,408, 411, 416-7, 424, 425,426, 438, 446, 448, 456, 505,506, 510, 524, 525-6 ;ii. 5,7,25, 46, 71, 91, 93, III, 202,219, 284, 41'', 421-2; iiL428, 474-5, 478, 485. Hiseducation, i. 31-35. Informedof the state of the county ofNorfolk, i. 178-9, 229. " Bor-roweth his expense for Christ-mas," L 185. His recovery

THE PASTON LETTERS.

from illness, i. 315. Memo-rial addressed to him beforethe battle of St. Alban's, i,325. At the battle of St.Alban's, L 327*31> 332-3-Expected to invade Scotland,i. 388. Claims by Fastolf,against, i. 358-63, 363-7.Money lent to him, i. 362.Flies to Scotland after Tow-ton, ii. 5. Attempts to regainthe Crown, ii. 91. Restored,ii. 411. His uncles, i. 411.His almoner, i. 315.Henry VH. (called "HenryTydder " before his accessionby Richard HI.), iii. 317-9.His landing in England, iii.320. As King, iii. 356, 360,367, 370, 374, 375-6, 385,

394, 403-5.Henry, second Son of HenryVII.,afterwards Henry VIH.,created Duke of York, iii.

384-5-Hensted, Edw., iii. 187.Henyngham. — See Hevening-

ham.Herberd, Julian, i. 26.Herbert (Harbard), Ric, i.

538.Herbert, Sir Will., i. 417;

Earl of Pembroke (1468-9),

ii. 326.Herden (?), ii. lOl.Hereford, i. 416-7, 52$.Herington, John, i. 468.Herlyng, John, of Basyngham,

ii. 311.Herlyngflet.—See Herringfleet.Herman, , ii. 269.—See

also Harman.Herraer, Ric, ii. 267.Heme, Will., ii. 194.Herod in Corpus Christi play,

iii. 227.He^on, Roger, iii. 390.Heningby (Haryugby), Nor-

folk, i. 381; ii. 163,309,311,

315, 402, 420 ; iii. 341.Herringflete, Suffolk, i. 207.Herringfleet (Herlyngflet), St

O laves, Prior of, i. 6.Herry, Captain of Bristol, ilL

8.Hert, John, ii. 224.Hert, Nich., L 549.Hert, Rob., ii. 157, 274-6,

278.Hert, Thos., Parson of Helles-

den, i. 164 ; ii. 63, 185 ; iiL

304-Hert, Thos., of Caister, ii. 271,

278.Hertford, i. 335, 352; iiL 358,

359.Hertfordshire, ii. 285.Hervy, Harry, iii. 292.Hervy, Nich., Recorder (of

Bristol), iii. 8.

Herward, , ii. 149-50.

Iletherset (Hederset), Noi-folk,

i. 174, 339-

Heveningham.—See Hen5mg-ham.

Heveningham, Suffolk, ii.72.

Heveningham (or Henyngham),Sir John, i. 39, 115, 209-10,212, 232, 255, 256, 277.

Heveningham, John, afterwardsSir John, son of the preced-ing, i. 258-9, 277 ; iii. 428.

Heveningham, [Eliz. ?],Widowof Sir John, i. 258, 316.

Heverlonde, John, Prior ofNorwich, iii. 330.

Heydon, Henry, afterwards SirHeniy, son of John Heydon,of Baconsthorpe, ii. 125, 204;iii. 167, 196, 230, 291, 334,342, 350, 375, 382, 392 ; hisWife, Anne, second Daughter-of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, ii. 304.

Heydon, ohn, ii. 273-4; "i*376.

?;7S

Heydon, John, of Baconsthorpe,I^awyer of Norwich, i. 60,6S-9, 81-2, 112, 116, 119,123-4, 144-5, 151-3. 156,157-9, 160, 165, 167, 168,171-3. 179, 183, 186, 187\ins), 190, 192-3, 199, 200,202, 207, 211-2, 222, 226,229, 230, 246, 347, 348-9,395, 404, 419, 432, 496-7,519, 520, 521-2, 535, 537;ii. II, 15, 24-5,31, 36, 76-7,157, 202, 262, 414-6; iii. 41,44, 46, 264, 474, 475, 477-8,480, 487.

Heydon, Young, iii. 82.

Heydons, The Family of, iiL82.

Heylesden.—See Hellesden.

Heylisdon, John, ii. 210.

Heylok, Walter, i. 53.

Heyng. To heighten or raise,ii. 176.

Heynesford.—See Ha)mford.

Heythe, Rob. at, iii. 72.

Hickling, Norfolk, i. 113, 187,212, 226, 227, 367, 394; iii.II, 38, 136.

Hickling, A Bailly of, i. 167-8.

Hickling, Netherhall in, L

453:Hickling, Prior and Priory of,

I 167, 169, 175, 223, 227,

398 ; iii. 12, 422, 423-4.Hide, Mrs, iii. 468.Higgens, Eliz., iii. 18.Higham, , i. 155, 227 ; ii.

415 ; his Widow, i. 155,

227.Higham, Thos., i. 370.Hill, Robert, i. 247-8, 255.

Hillingworth, , ii. 8.

Hingham (Hengham), Norfolk,

i. 241.Hith.—^'-f^Hythe.Hobard (Hubbard), James,

aft'^rwards Attorney-General

to Henry VII., ii. 344, 36S,

378; iii. 110, 140, 164, 218,

220, 243, 338, 342-3, 351,

3 So, 400.Hobbes Wife, i. 192.Hobbis, John, ii. 209.Hobbyllers. Light Horsemen,

iii. 324.Hockwold, Norfolk, ii. 98.Hodson (Hodessone or Ilod-

deson), Margaret, i. 486, 488.Hodson, Thos., i. 457.Hody, Sir John, Chief Justice

of the King's Bench, i. 6,

139.

Hody, , L 522.

Hogan the Prophet, iiu 82, 83,

85, 92.Hogan, Thos., iii. 366.Hogan (Ogan or Huggan),

Will., ii. 48, 144, 168-9; i"'

25-6.Ho^gys. Lambs, iii. 437.Hokehold.—See Hockwold.Holand, Rob., iii. 249.Holham Rents, Norfolk, iii.

205.Holkham's Tenement, iii. 205,

298.Holkham, Edmund, iii. 298.Holkham, Margaret, iii. 298.Holland, i. 85-6; iii. 372.Hollar, Mr. Rob., iii. 249.Holle, Sir Wm., Priest, iii.

242-3.Holler, Thos., i. 281, 529; ii.

84; iii. 429-30. His son, iii.

77-8.Hollewelebury.—See Horwell-

bury.Hollewellhalle, iii. 452, 455.Hollwellhawe, in East Tudden-

ham, iii. 310.Holm Hale, Norfolk, i. 221,

248 ; iii. 402.Holme.—See Hulme.Holme Hall, in Filby, iii. 138,

Note I.Holme, , iii. 260.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Holme, Henry, i. 170.

Holme, John, ii. 61, 158.

Holt, The, iii. 7.

Holt, Norfolk, L 199, 222.

Holt Castle, IDenbighshire, ii.120, 153.

Holt, Harry, i. no.

Homeworth, , ii. 403.

Hommbe (Hambie?), in France,i. 9.

** Hone, Set upon the," ii. 62.

Honfleur (Honneflete), in Nor-mandy, i. 365.

Honing, Norfolk, i. 51 ; ii.126.

Honingham, Norfolk, iii. 450.

Hoo, Sir Thomas, i. 151 ; ii.337; iii. 146.

Hoop, Thos., Parson of Bran-deston, ii. 212.

Hoore, Thos., iii. 446.

Hopsun, , iii. 334.

Hopton, , i. 385.

Hopton, John, ii. 193, 199.

Hopton, Rob., i. 95.

Hopton, Walter, i. 540.

Hopton, Young, i. 307.

Home, , of Kent, ii. 5.

Home, Richard, ii. 271, 277 ;

iii-443-Hominghall, in Caister, iii.

298.Homingtoft, Norfolk, iii. 345.Horseye, Norfolk, iii. 417.Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk,

ii. 277; iii. 280,Horshighdown (Horsleydown).

See under London.Horsmonden, Kent, iu 330,

332.Plorwellbury (Orwellbery, Hol-lewellebury, or Horswelbury),Herts, i. 11, 88, 247-8, 255,554; ii. 287-9; iii. 263,267.8,

275» 311, 3I5»450-Hose, u. 233.Hosele, Rob., i. 53.Hosy, Mr., iii. 25-6.

Houson.—See Hanson.

Houston, Simon, iii. 410.

Howard, John, afterwards SirJohn, and Lord Howard(1470), created Duke of Nor-folk in 1483, i. 337, 340, 341;ii. II, 17, 42 [bis\ 54, 62-3,78,91,98, 105, 121,152, 160,

3", 336, 358, 423; iii- 16,121, 153, 308, 309, 320, 486.

Howard, Lady Catherine, liL486 {bis).

Howard, Sir John, {temp.Henry VII.), iii. 340.

Howard, Marg., Wife of Jolm,Lord, ii. 53 ; iii. 97.

Howard, Nich., ii. 358.

Howard, Thomas, Earl of S iir-rey (1483-1514), Duke ofNorfolk (1514-24), iii. 39.

Howe, John atte, i. 193.

Howes, Agnes, Wife of Will.Barker, iii. 296.

Howes, Isabel, Mother-in-lawof W. Worcester, iii. 296.

Howes (Hous), John, iii. 292,294.

Howse, , il 358.

HowseL Howsyl. To admini-ster the sacrament. To behoivselled, to receive it, ii. 303.

Howys, Hawys, or Howes,Thos., Parson of Castle-combe, afterwards of Blo-field, Mautby, and Pulham,i. 113, 116, 127, 130, 137,148 {bis), 154, 164, 167,168, 169 {bis), 170, 171,176, 182, 187 {bis), 188,205-6, 207, 2IO, 213, 223,225, 226 {bis), 227,250, 252-3,301, 306, 308, 311-2, 312-3,314, 317-8, 320, 322, 323,324 {bis), 338, 343, 356, 370,

385, 396, 401, 403, 404-5»

405-6, 412 {bis), 414, 419,

. 419-20, 427, 432, 432-3, 437,

441, 444-5, 449-5o» 452,

57?

457-60, 463, 466-7, 467, 495,501-3, 508-9, 514, 515-6,517-8, 532, 53^. 542-3; iJ.16,33-5,44,49,51. 62-3,64,70,72-3,85,90-1, 124, 155-8,158, 159-60, 161, 174, 202,219, 227, 228-32, 236.7, 242,243, 272-3, 275-80, 281, 293,

299, 3", 314, 322-3, 323-4,325-6, 348, 396, 417, 420;ui. 73, 145, 270, 273, 296-8,422, 438-9, 441-2,443-6, 477,485, 486. His Servant Ri-chard, i. 415.

Hoxne (Oxon), Suffolk, it 55,234; iii. 88, 91.

Hoxon, , iii. 79, 87.

Ilugard, Sir Andrew. — SeeOgard.

Huggan.—See Hogan.

Hugh, a man of the Court, i.308.

Hugh, , iii. 403.

Hugiicio, a writer on CanonLaw, iii. 408.

Hull, Ship of, iii. 326.

Hull, lyie Gylys of, ii. 103.

Hulme, or Holme, St. Benet'sMonastery, Norfolk, i. 88,281, 380, 444, 448, 452, 456,462, 464, 468, 472, 492, 508,512; ii. 130, 273, 312-3; iii.138, 348, 376.

Hulme, or Holme, Abbot of, i.36, 399; ii. 136, 277, 311,313, 403 ; iii. 252, 376 ; hisman, iii. 72.

Hulme, or Holme, Anselm,Abbot of, i, 3.

Hulme, or Holme, John Martin,Abbot of, i. 318, 318-9.

Hulme or Holme, Reginald,Abbot of, i. 3.

Hulme, or Holme, Richard,Abbot of, i. 31.

Himgary, King of.—See Ladis-laus V.

Himgary, Queen of, L 425.

III. 2

Hungerford, Mary, daughter of

Sir Thos., iii. 88.Hungerford, Robert, second

Lord (1449-59), i. 94.Hungerford, Robert, third Lord

(1459-64), ii. 45-6, 52, 93.Hungerford, Sir Robert, Lord

Molejms.—See Molcyns.Hungerford, Walter, first Lord,

(1426-49), i. 94.Hunnworth (Honewerth, Hune-

wrth), Thos., ii. 201, 204,

205.Hunsdon, Herts, i. 335, 431.Hunt, Geoff., iii. 248.Hunt, Roger, i. 443.Hunt, Thos., Prior of Walsing-

ham, i. 347.Huntingdon, John Holland,

Earl of (1417-42), afterwards

Duke of Exeter, i. 10.Huntingdonshire, ii. 168.Huntingfield, in Suffolk, iii.

315.Hunton, H,, iii. 477.

Husband, David, iii. 11.Hyde, R., iii. 50, 56.Hygham.—See Higham.Hykele, i. 127.

HyllyngAvorth, , ii. 8.

Hypgame, Thos., i. 193.Hyrste, Hobbe, iii. 362.Hythe (Hith), Kent, li. 117.

Iceland (Islond), iii. 368-9.

Illee, ii. 270.

Illingworth, , ii. 255.

IllingAvorth, Richard, (Knightand Chief Baron of the Ex-chequer, 1462-71), i. 384.

Ing.—See Yng.

Inges, William, i. 51.

Ingham, Norfolk, i. 191.

Ingham, Thos., i. 201; ii. 220.

Ingham, Walter, i. 271, 273,276; iii. 476.

Ingleton (Ingulton), Master, ii298.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Inglose, Henry, L 413 ; ii. 301;

Inglose, Henry, Sister of, iii.278.

Inglose, Sir Henry, Kt, i. 14,38, 88, 169, 175-6, 187 {bis),199, 211, 224, 456; ii. 89,

Inglose (Ingelose), Sir John, i.182.

Inglose (Inglys), Robert, i.225, 236, 483, 516, 552; ii.89, 271, 277, 301.

Ingoldesthorpe (Yngylthorp),Isabel, Daughter of Sir Ed-mund, i. 416.

Ingoldesthorpe, Jane, Widowof Sir Edmund, iii. 97.

Ingworth, Norfolk, ii. 256.

Ingworth, Parson of, i. 51.

Inmet. Unmeasured ? ii. 176.

Intewod, , i. 205.

Intvvood, Norfolk, i. 341, 342.

Ippyswell (Yspwell), Rob. ii.223, 234, 241; iii. 252.

Ipswich (Yepysweche, &c.), i.216, 322, 391; ii. 48, 168,I93> 199, 241; iii. 352, 367,

427, 431-Ipswich, St. Laurence's Church,

ii. 48.Ipswich, Sun Inn at, ii. 48.Ireland, i. 336; ii. 118; iii. 336.Iryng, Roger, i. 529.Irynge, Thos., i. 190.Isabell, Land so named, in

Scroudeby, &c., i. 413 ; ii.

272.Isley, , Steward of the

Inner Temple, i. 186.Isley, Edw., iii. 471.Isley, Isabel, iii, 471.Isley, Thos., iii. 471.Itteringham, Norfolk, iii. 469-

70.Ive.—See Yve.Ixworth, Suffolk, ii. 130.Ixworthe, John, i. 19.

Jack, A servant, iii. 56, 91.

Jack. A coat of mail, i. 83,106, 238, 283, 291. " Jakkydand saletted," i.e., armed wilhcoats of mails and helmets,ii. 36.

Jackson (Jakysson), Rob., iL

327, 349, 350.James III. of Scotland, ilL

343-4-

James IV. of Scotland, iii. 343-4.

Jamys, John, i. 217.

Jane, my Lady, iii. 46.

Jape. To deceive, i. 78.

Jeffrey, Walter, i. 340.

Jeffreys, Thos., iii. 309.

Jekkes or Jekkys, John, i. 53,56.

Jekkes, Robert, i. 530.

Jenney, Edmund, iii. 155*

Jenney (Geney), John, senior,i. 192.

Jenney, John, of Lord Crom-well's Council, i. 123, 152,

173-4, 178,340-1,341-2,384;ii. 13, 189 ; iii. 62-3, 477.

Jenney, Sir Richard, ii. 6.

Jenney, Tho., iii. 258, 323.

Jenney, Will., Serjeant-at-law(1463), Justice of the King'sBench (1481), i. 120, 152,155, 158, 160, 166 {bis), 167,168, 169, 192, 211, 213, 226,301, 311, 312-3, 318, 324,369, 370-1, 384-5, 396, 437,442, 553» 554; 11- 47-8, 50,55, 57, 58, 70, 88, 112, 116,122, 128, 144, 158, 161, 166,168-9, 181-2, 199, 215, 227,239-40, 245-7, 257, 293,311,417, 420; iii. 20, 21-2,^ 80,138, Note I, 145, 423, 426-7,431. His Brother, i. 226.

Jenneys (Family of the?), i.206.

Jerham, John, iii. 310.

Jermy, Sir John, Kt., i. 16.

Jermyn, John, L 160, 180, 183,214.

579

Termyn, Mr. Thos., iii. 175.

Jemnyn, , of SuOblk, i. 370.

Jernemouth.—Sa Yarmoulli.Jeniingham, , L 554; Sister

of, ii. 214.Jemyngan, John, i. 428-9.Jemyngan, John, junior, ii. 29,

240.Jersey (Yemessey), i. 64, 290;

ii. 91.Jersey, The Bailiff and Jurats

of, i. 63-4.Jersey and Guernsey, Captain

of, i. 64.Jemsalem, Chronicle of, L 545.Jeryng, Thos., ii. 262.Jewels pledged by the Duke

of York to Sir J. Fastolf, i.

249.Jhoxson, and Kate, his Wife,

iii. 50.Joan, Queen of Castile, iii. 124,

405-John, Sir Lewis, ii. 236; iii. 4.John Amend-All, name for a

Captain of Insurgents, i. 235,

241.Jonge (Young?), Sir Borle, L

151-

Joptrte. Jeopardy, ii. I2i, 370.

Joseph, William, i. 264,332,346.

Josse, , i. 151.

Joudone, , ii. 412.

Joyce, Will., iii. 418,

Judde, John, iii. 411.

Judy (Juddy or Jwde), a Mes-senger, ii. 340, 347, 403-4;iii- 30, 31, 39, 49, 53, 5^, 63,80, 94-5, 98.

Julles, , iii. 248-9.

JuUes, Joan, iii. 471.

Julles, Will., i. 529.

Jullye, , Clerk of St. Ed-

mond's, iii. 260.

Jullys, Tho., iii. 376.

Justice, The Chief, i. 41a

KaUe.—6-^^- CaUe.

Kampe, in Holland, i. 85.

Katherine.—See Catherine.

Keche, , ii. 98; iii. 299.

Keche, John, ii. 12.

Kechon, John, i. 53.

Kedman, Ric, iii, 212.

Keduray, John, iii. 410.

Kela, Thos., iii. 172-3.

Kelke, Stephen, ii. 410.

Kelerys. Vessels calleil, iii. 419.

Kelynge, Will, i. 191.

Kelsall, Herts, iii. 275.

Kemp, John, Bishop of Roche-ster {1419-21), of Cliichester(1421), of London (1421-6),Archbishop of York (1426-51),of Canterbury (1452-4), Car-dinal (14 - ), Lord Chan-cellor (1450-4), i- 28, 93,138-9, 144, 145-7, 165, 168,241, 264, 267-8, 272, 273,275 {bis\ 315, 367; iii. 440^ Note 2, 475.

Kempston, Simon, i. 25.

Kendal or Kendall, , iii.

56-7.Kendal, John, iii. 209, 402-3.Kendal, Nic, Father of John,

iiL 209.Kendal, Sir John, Prior of the

Knights of St. John, iii. 397-8.Kene, Will., ii. 330.Kensale, Frater, i. 28.Kent, County of, i. 139, 186,

198, 5i6;'ii. 330, 409; iii,

486.Kent, A priest of, i. 394.Kent, Commission of oyer and

terminer for, i. 186.Kent, The Commons of, 132-3,

392-Kent, Insurrection in, iii. 308.Kent, Edmund Grey, Earl of

(1465-88), ii. 259, 331.Kent, George Grey, Earl of

(1488-1504), iii. 404.Kent, William Nevill, Earl of

(1462), iL 121.

S8o

THE TASTON LETTERS.

Kent, Robert, i. 494; ii. 181,213, 279-80.

Kentyng, , i. 109.

Keriell, Sir Thomas, Lieutenantof Calais (1441,) i. 43, 125,363, 366.

Kertelyng.—See Kirteling.

Kervyle.—See Carvel.

Keshank, in France, i. 9.

Keswick, in Taverham, Nor-folk, ii. 68.

Killigrewe, Rob., iii. 4S6.

Killing\vorth (Kyllyn worth),Ric, i. 13.

Killingworth, , iii. 471.

King, , of Downham, iii. 480.

King, John, iii. 274-5, 275-6,448.

King, Warin, i. 217; ii. 71.

King, Warin, his Wife, i. 217.

King's Bench, ii. 58.

Kingston (Kyngyston), Alex.,

i- 554.

Kingston, Sir Roger, iii. 9.

Kirby (Kerby), iii. 34.

Kiriel.—See Keiyell.

Kirkcudbright (Kirkhowbre), inScotland, ii. 46.

Kirkeby, Thos. de, Master ofthe Rolls, i. 430, 528.

Kirkehall Manor, in Sail, iii.417.

Kirkeley or Kirley, by Lowes-toft, i. 322, 385, 391.

Kirteling, John, Parson of Arke? jsay. Sir John Fastolf's Re-ceiver, i. 91, 205, 457, 495 ;ii. 236; iii. 415.

Knapton, Norfolk, i. 5, 6, (>(>',ii. 136; iii. 205, 260 (/;«■),265, 399-400.

Knatysale (Knatylsale, orGnateshale), i. 69, 191.

Knatysale, Thomas, i. 70; ii.265 {bis).

Knevet, Joan, Wife of SirWilliam, iii. 234.

Knevette, Sir Will., iii. 380.

Knevet.—See also KnyveL

Knott, , ii. 194.

Knoyll, , iii. 8.

Knyvet (Knevet), , i. 251 ;

ii- 77, 239, 414.Kn}^et, John, i. 193.Knyvet.—See also Knevet.Knyvett, W., iii. 56.Kok, Sandre, iii. 84, 115.Kokett.—See Cokett.Kokkys, Will., iii. 354.Konyneclosse, i. 71.

Kook, , ii. 264.—See Cook.

Knightley (Kn3rthley), Sir Ric,

iii. 385.Kowven, Ric, i. 534.Kubyte, Oliver, i. 281.Kwte (?), Mr., iii. 21.Kyllynworth, Richard, i. 13.Kyme, Lincolnshire, i. 98.ICyng.—See King.Kyngyston.—See Kingston.Kyrley, in Norfolk, i. 78.Kyrry, Dr., iii. 478.Kyrton, Rob., iii. 80.

L., R., iii. 18-19.Laches. Negligent (?), ii. 72.Lacy, Maste , iii. 101.Ladislaus V., of Hungary, i.

424-5-L'Aigle (Egyll), in Normandy,

i. 8.Lambeth (Lamehith), i. 268,

334, 382 ; ii. 158, 346 ; iii.

445, 471.Lampet, Ralph, i. 127, 377,463,

529,554; ii. 128-9, 155,272.Lampney, Marmaduke, Trea-surer of England, i. 501.I^ncashire, ii. 152; iii. 353,428.Lancaster, Duchy of, i. 29, 44,

167, 172, 194; iii. 277, 342,

418.Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of,

temp., Edw. II., i. 5.Lancasterother. — See Long-

struther.

58.

Langdon, , iii. 399.

iKOiigfonl, Sir Nich., iii. lO.Langham, Simon, iii. 454-

Langham, , ii. 219, 292.

Langheyn, ,of Ireland, ii.47-

Langley, Norfolk, iii. 174.Langley, Monastery of,i. 453,518.Langley, Nich., Abbot of, i.

466-7, 517-18, 542; ii. 138,

277, 201, 417.Langman, John, of Swafifham,

i. 190.Langston, Suffolk, i. 322, 391.LangiM-de-bocuf. A kind of

glaive, i. 271 Note 2.

Lanham, , ii. 98.

Lasuze, in France, i. 360.Latchesnes. Neglect, iii. 279.Latimer, John Neville, fifth

Lord, Lands of, iii. 416.Latimer, George Neville, sixth

Lord, iii. 416.Latimers, Manor of, ii. 287 ; iii.

205,449,451,454.Lauerawns, Rob., i. 112,Lauton, Janet, i, 115.Lavenhara, Suffolk, ii. 95-6;

iii. 328, 340.Lawes, (? Fitzlawes), Mr., iii.

396.Lawes, Rob., iL 273-4.LayeTy iii. 272.Leawe, John de, i. 352.Leche, Sir Philip, i. 10.Lecheield, , Mason of West-minster, iii. 9.Ledham, Rob., i. 173-4, 237,

239-40, 244, 276-283, 297.—

See also Lethum.Ledham, Rob., his Wife's

Brother, i. 278.

Lee, , i. 243, 550.

Lee, Edmund, ii. 413.Lee, Ric, iii. 244, 250-1.Lee, John, ii. 321 ; iii. 109-10,

257, 262.Lee, John, his Wife, iii. 109-10.Lcevys, Sir Thos., ii. 334.

"Legend of Ladies," iii. 300.

Leghe, , Widow, iii. 39a

Leicester i. 17, 18, 24, 26, 116,

123, 127, 129,417,438,525;

iii. 83-4, 85.Leicestershire, i. 397; iii. 85.Lenn.—See Lynn.Lent, Clean, i. 79 Notei; iL 149.Leseaux.—See Lisieux.Lessingham, Richard de, i. 5.L'Estrange, Roger, iii. 377-8.Lethum, Rob., i. 210, 432 ; ii.

17.—See also Ledham.

Leukenor, , ii. 134.

Levelond, Kent, ii. 330, 332.Leventhorpe, Mrs. Jenkin, iii.

423.Leventhorpe, John, i. 267.Leventhorpe, Laurence, i. 267.Levemoys, Sir Hugh, iii. 60.Lewes, Sussex, ii. 42; Priory of,

i. 425-

Lewes, Philip, iii. 361.

Lewes, Sir Ric, iii. 362.

Lewis, , i. 486.

Lewis, Sir Thos., ii. 333-4.

Lewis XL, King of France, ii.52, 94, 118, 318; iii. 17, %T,,123, 162, 192, 203.

Lewisham, Kent, iii. 471.

Lexham, East (Estlexham),Norfolk, ii. 79, 80.

Ley, Ric, i. 528.

Leyhert. — See Lyhart.

Leystoft. —See Lowestoft.

Leyston, Suflfolk, Thos., Abbotof, i. 20 Note 3.

Leyston, Abbot of, i. 192.

Lightfoot(Lytefot), ,iii. 346.

Lightfoot, Ric, iii. 389-90.

Likone, in France, i. 9.

Limnour.—See Lomner.

Lincoln, ii. 262; iii. 484.

Lincoln Castle, i. 97.

Lincoln, Bishop of.—Sec Aln-wick, Will. (1436-49); CheJ-worth, John (1452-71); Ro-therham, Thomas (1472-80).

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Lincoln, Ric, S.T.P., iii. 233.

Lincoln (Lynd Calyn), Will.,i. 346.

Lincolnhalle, in Beighton, Nor-folk, ii. 311.

Lincolnshire, i. 95, 553; ii. 394.

Lincolnshire, Rebellion in, ii.

.395. 413-

Ling,—See Lyng.

Lingwood, Norfolk, i. 241, 280.

Linsted.—See Lynsted.

Lipgate (Lypzate), Mr. Philip,Bailiff to the Duke of Suffolk,ii. 178, 183-6, 189, 194, 204,215, 234; iii. 482.

Lisieux, in Normandy, i. 7.

Lister.—See Lyster.

Liston (Lyston), John, i 41.

Little John, ii. 249.

Littleton.—See Lyttelton.

Livelode or Lifflode. Lands orrents from which an incomewas derived, ii. 64, 74, 386,&c.

Liveries, ii. 355, 358.

Lobsters. Stoats, iii. 365.

Loddon, Norfolk, ii. 277; iii.218.

** Lodonys Wife," iii. 24.

Lodylond.—See Lothingland.

Loer, John, ii. 154, 157, 272,274, 299.

Lomnor or Lumnor, Anne, iii.470-1.

Lomnor, Henry, iii. 470.

Lomnor, Jas., iii. 471.

Lomnor, John, iii. 470, 477.

Lomnor, Margaret, iii. 470.

Lomnor, Thos., iii. 470.

Lomner (Limnour or Lumnor),Will., i. 124, 152, 209, 248,509-10; ii. 24-5, 37, 67, 69,158, 189, 194, 217, 242, 304,398; iii. 4, 7, 30, ez, 190,252, 255-6, 256, 262, 263-5,266, 312, 470-1.

London, passim. Letters datedat,, i. 114, 116, 126, 128, 131,

137, 140, 148 {his\ 155, 164,168 {bis), 170 (bis), 175, 177,186, 187 [bis), 206, 225, 226,227, 267, 294, 303, 346, 350,352, 391, 398, 425, 427, 431,435. 494, 505, 506, 519, 520,526, 553; ii. 18, 23, 28, 37,39, 51, 89, 145, 174, 214,220,258, 298, 371, 379, 407, 412,417 ; iii. 5, 18, 87, 90, 93, 95,105, 107, 108, 119, 121, 154,165, 174, 195, 223-4, 233,236, 274, 275, 276, 306, 308,

327, 350, 377, 385, 391, 398,

401, 412 {bis), 426, 428, 430,

475, 483, 485 {plur.), 486

{bis).London, Alderman of, i. 455.London, Bishop of.—See Kemp,

John (1421-6).London, Commotions in, i.

336, 386, 387.London, Discontent of Citizens

in, iii. 475.London, Edward IV. at, ii.

52.

London, Errands of Agnes Pas-ton to, i. 422.

London, Lombards in, i. 387.

London, Lords of Council in, L392, 425, 426.

London, Mayor of, i. 267; ii.

389.London, Meeting of Lords at,

expected, i. 408.London, Merchants of, i. 267.London, Recorder of, i. -152.London, Places in and adjoin-ing :—Bermondsey, ii. 233.Billingsgate, The Bell at, iiu

244.Black Friars, L 426; iii.109-10, 207, 462, 467, 471.Bow Church, ii. 157.Bow Churchyard, iii. 241.Bread Street, Gerard's Hallm, iii. 268.

583

London, Places in, &c.—con-

linued.Candlcwick Street ward, i.

103.Charterhouse, iii. 90.Cheap, ii. 389.Cheapside, iii. 244.Farringdon Within, Ward of,

i. 99, 101.Fleet Prison, i. 272, 274, 288;

ii. 61, 233, 281; iii. 41, 345,

437, 476, 485.Fleet Prison, Warden of, i.

272, 274.Fleet Street, I 150; ii. 387;

iii. 21, 39.Fumival's Inn, iii. 487.Gray's Inn, i. 297; iii. 480.Grey Friars, within Newgate,

i. 95.

Guildhall, i. 384.Horsleydown (Horshigh-

down), i. 207, 393, 406.King's Bench Prison, iii. 437,

463.Lincoln's Inn, i. 272; iii. 243.Lombard Street, The George

in, iii. 47, 244, 403.London Bridge, i. 134, 442,

454-5; iii. 475.London House (Bishop of

London's), i. 331.Ludgate, L 497, 545-6; iii.

262, 463.Marshalsea Prison, iii. 463.Mart Lane (Mark Lane), i.

265.Mint, The, iii. 244.Newgate Prison, i. 275; lit

463, 477.

Paul's Cross, i. 522, 536.

Paul's Wharf, The George by,iii. 109, 117, 127, 137, 139,141, 150, 154, 162, 163,165, 178, 210, 226, 247,700, 484.

Si. Alban's Wood Street, iii.

London, Places in, &c.—con-

tinned.St. Bridget or Bride, ii. 281;

iii. 269, 321, 322.St. Gregory's Parish, ii. 155,

281.St. Katherine's, i. 265.St. Laurence Lane, iii. 423.St. Laurence Pulteney, Parish

of, i. 103.St. Martin's, u lOi; ii. 412;

iii. 39.St. Mary Eldermary, ii. 280.St. Michael, Crokyd Lane,

ii. 280.St. Paul's, i. 493, 497; ii.

155, 281 ; iii. 244.St. Paul's, Rood at North

Door, ii. 233.St. Sepulchre's Parish, i.

99.Salisbury, Bishop of, his inn,

'}' 350-Silver Street, iii. 110.

Temple, i. 23, 218, 352, 409,

411, 440, 545; ii. 54; iii.

484, 485, 486.Temple Bar, i. 424.Temple Gate, i. 532, 538.Temple, Inner, i. 48, 65, 114,

182, 186, 201, 246, 270;

ii. 126; iii. 486.Temple, Middle, i. 186.Temple, New, Master of, i.

79.Thames Street, i. 265.Tower, i. 133, 154,265,336;

iii. 3, 39, 85, 244, 352,

477.

Tower Hill, i. 186, 265.

Warwick's Inn, iii. 115, 469.

Warwick Lane, iii. 127.

White Friars (or Carmelites),i. 79, 426; iii. 207, 262.

Wood Street, iii. 110.Longford, SirNich., iii. 10.Long Stratton, Norfolk, iii,

264, 325, 460.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Long Stratton, Rector of, iii.400.

Longstruther (Lancasterother,,Rob., L 551-2.

Longstruther, Sir John, Priorof St. John's, iii. 9.

Longyard, John, iii. 213.

Lorraine, iii. 162.

Lothingland (Lodylond;, Suf-folk, i. 109, 453; ii. 112,

273. 279; iii- 49, 51-

Lounde, Thos., ii. 279.

Loundhall, in Saxthorpe, ii.163, 310, 311.

Louviers (Louerse), in Nor-mandy, i. 7«

Love, John, ii. 183.

Loveday. Explanation of term,i. 496, Note I.

Loveday, Agnes, i. 210.

Loveday, Janore, iii. 85.

Loveday, John, ii. 159, 270;iii. II.

Loveday, Philip, iii. 7, 397.

Loveday, Will., iiL 66.

Lovegold, Rob., ii. 249.

Lovel, or Lovell, , ii. 347,

367; iii. 43, 147, 243.

Lovel, Anne, Wife of Francis,Viscount, iii. 326-7, 385.

Lovel, Francis, Son of John,Lord, Viscount Lovel (1483-7), ii. 257; iii. 327, 327-8,

329.Lovel, Ralph, ii. 49, 424Lovel, John, Lord, i. 442-3.Lovel, John, Lord, Mother of,

i. 443-

Lovel, Thos., iii. 113, 114.

Lovel, Sir Thos., iii. 392.

Lovelase, , i. 133.

Loveyn, Lord, Arms of, iii.282.

Lovvdon, in France, i. 9.

Lowe, John a, iii. 347, 349.

Lowe, John, Bishop of Roche-ster, i. 134.

t^owes, John, u. 41^.

Lowestoft (Leystoft), Suffolk, L322, 538; ii. 221, 272, 311,424; iii. II, 51, 136, 211,

254.

Loweys, Kerry, 1. 333.

Lowys, , i. 403, 416.

Loyes, The, iii. 70.

Lubeck, Ships of, i. 85.

Ludlow, Salop, i. 431, 525.

Ludlow, Battle of Mortimer'sCross, near, ii. 4.

Lukett (Lwket), , i. 409,

430; ii. 44.

Lumley, , i. 413.

Lumner.—See Lomner.

Lydgate's De Regimine Princi-pum, ii. 335.

Lydgate's " Temple of Glass,"iii. 37, 300.

Lydham, , ii. 195.

Lye, Alex., ii. 143.

Lyhart (or Hart), Walter,Bishop of Norwich (1446-72),L 52, Tj, 148, 16S, 191, 226,227, 236, 237-8, 278, 280,320-1 (?), 347, 348, 398, 441,

467, 540, 543» 553; ii- 31,55, 59, 86-7, 125, 185, 205,210-1, 234, 241, 325, 328,337, 363-5; iii. 22, 49, 423,431, 439, 478; murder of hisCousin, ii. 126.Lympnour, Thos., of Bury, ii.

336.Lymyngton, Walter, iii. 289.Lynd Calyn (Lincoln?), WilL,

i. 346-Lynde.—See Lyne.Lyndford, John, i. 457.Lyndis (Lynes), Sir Thos.,

Clerk, ii. 242, 268-9, 296,

393 ; iii. 40, 48, 209.L)aie (Lynde or Lynne), Will.,

i. 378; ii. 155, 275, 278.—

See also Lynys.Lyng, Norfolk, iL 265.Lyng, Sir T., iii. 384-5.Lynghall, iii. 206.

58s

Lynn (Lenn), m Norfolk, i. 37,123, 171-2, 176, 177, 184,188, 190, 202, 214, 314, 369,527; ii. 28, 50, 86-7, 100-1,

142, 357. 390, 422.Lynn, Grey Friars (or Friars

Minors) at, iii. 475.Lynne, Rob., ii. 154, 157, 159,

275-Lynne.—See Lyne.Lynsted, Ric, i. 114; iL 158,

217,268; iii, 204; his Brother

(Thomas?), iii. 205.Lynsted, Thomas, iii. 248-9,

377.

Lynys, Will., ii. 29-30.

Lyra, Nich. de, i. 536; ii. 65.

Lyseux, Thomas, Keeper of UiePrivy Seal, i. 290.

Lyster, John, i. 522.

Lyston.—See Liston.

Lytefot—See Lightfoot.

Lyttelton, Thomas (the cele-brated Judge), i. 60, 384,392, 407; iL 144, 311 ; ii.428.

Lytton, Sir Rob., iii., 385.

Lytyldonham.—See Dunham,Little.

Mace, iii. 25.

Mackerell, Dr., ii. "j.

Madies, Thos., iii. 468.

Madok, Edward of, ii. 152.

Magdalen, Daughter of CharlesVIL of France, L 424-5.

Magges, W., i. 325.

Maile, John, i. 287.

Maine, in France, L 37, 99,102, 133, 360, 367, 455.

Maine, Charles of Anjou, Countof, i. 102.

Maintenance. A legal term, i.145, Note 2.

Mak, , i. 109.

Makefyrr, Will., iii. 403-6.

Makestock Castle, Warwick-shire, i. 62.

Maldon, i. 46 ; iii. 52, 55.

Maldon, Bailiff of, iii. 51.

Malley.—See Mauley.

Malmesbury, , i. 506, 512.

Malmesbury, Roger, ii. 230.

Malpas, John, iii. 398.

Malpertuis, the Lord, iii. 357.

Malt, Prices and Sale of, i. 426 ;ii. 70, 176, 180, 187, 211,218.

Maltby.—See Mautby.

Maltby, Johannes de, iii. 281.

Manchester, ii. 396,

Manning, , ii. 60.

Mannington, Norfolk, iii. 470.

Mans, Le (Maunce), in France,i. 37, 102, 133.

Mantes (Mawnt), in France, L8.

Manufrac (?), Rob., ii. 224.

March, Earl of,—See EdwardIV.

Marche, Robert, i. 53.

Marches, Men of the, ii. 52.

Margaret, Daughter of Richard,Duke of York, and Sistor ofEdward IV., married in 1468to Charles the Bold, Duke ofBurgundy, i. 525; ii. 316,317-9; iii. 258.

Margaret of Anjou, Queen ofHenry VL, i. 134-5, 253-4,265, 290, 305, 315, 335, t,6t,,378, 386, 387, 392-3, 403,408, 416, 426, 524, 525-6;

ii. S, 7, 45-6, 93, "i, "S,

319; iii. 4, 33, 38, 162, 478,

480.

Marget, , ii. 267.

Marham, Peter, iii. 412.

Mariot, , iii. 37, 41, 48.

Mariot, John, i. 43, 52, 83, 192

{bis); ii. 302, 349-50, 359,

390, 391.Mariot, Richard, ii. 15S, 270.Markham, , i. 432 ; ii.

109.Markham, John, iii. 147.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Markham, John, afterwards SirJohn, Justice of the King'sBench, i. 158; ii, 14, 127,

133, 144-Marlborough, ii. 168.Marlborough, Statute of, iii.2l6.Marlingford, Norfolk, i. 11 ; ii.

287-9; iii- 206, 238, 252, 262,

263, 267-8, 292-3, 294, 311,

313, 450-1.Marlingford, Parson of, i. 270;

iii. 292.Marney, Sir Harry, of Essex,

iii. 385-Marshall (Merchall), John, i

346; ii. 154, 157, 275.Marshall, Roger, ii. 158.Marsham, Norfolk, iii. 450.Martham, Norfolk, iii. 417,

449, 453-Martin, Master, iii. 345.Martin, Thos., iii. 380-1, 384.Martin, Will., iii. 460.Mart)ni, iii. 45.Mary of Gueldres, Queen of

James II. of Scotland, ii.

104, III.Mary, Sister of James III. of

Scotland, iii. 47."Mary Grace," The, Ship

named, ii. 118."Mary Talbot," The, Ship

named, ii. 102.Maryot.—See Mariot.Maryys, Sir William, ii. 234.Mason, Edmund, ii. 424.Mason, Thomas, i. 53.Master (or Clerk) of the Rolls,

i. 393. See Kirkeby, Thos.

de.Mathew, Will., i. 549.Matlask, Norfolk, i. 257; iii.

72, 283, 368, 417. Matelaske

Kerre, iii. 72.Mattishall, Norfolk, iii. 310.Mattishall-Burgh, Norfolk, iii.

310.Mauley (Malley), Radulfus Bi-

got, Dominus de, ii. 6.—This must have been a de-scendant of Constance, eldestdaughter of Peter, seventhLord Mauley, who died in1415. This Constance mar-ried as her second husbandSir John Bigot {see).

Maundevilles, Manor of, iii. 309

Maunvyle, John, i. 530.

Mautby (Mawdby or Mawteby),Norfolk, i. 72, 297, 434, 527,531 ; ii. 70, 106, 158, 176,242,268-9,272; iii. 22.45,50,125, 127, 133, 135, 138, 143,175,194,197-8,202,212,213,217, 219-20, 250,280-1,281-3,285-6, 288, 341, 417.

Mautby, Arms of, iii. 281-2.

Mautby, Bailiff of, iii. 354.

Mautby, Chapel at, iii. 104,124,

131-

Mautby, Parson of, iii. 84, 270.

Mautby Marsh, iii. 483.

Mautby, Thos., iii. 417.

Mautbys, in Waxham, iii. 291.

Mauteby, Alianora or Eleanor,Widow of Robert, i. 39, 44 ;iii. 417.

Mauteby, Alianora, Sister ofRobert, i. 39.

Mauteby, Edw., ii. 265, 294,419; iii. 209, 417.

Mauteby, John, i. 38, 39, 44;iii. 417.

Mauteby, John, Father of Mar-garet Paston, iii. 281,. 288.

Mauteby, Margaret, Daughterof John, i. 38, 39-40, 44.See Paston, Margaret.

Mauteby, Margery, Wife ofJohn, and Mother of Mar-garet Paston, i. 39; iii. 417,

Mauteby, Peter, i. 39.

Mauteby, Robert, i. 39, 44; lit"280, 288, 417.I Mauteby, Sir John, i. 68.I Mauteby, Sir Robert de, i. 6,68^

5S7

Mavrnt.—Seg Mantes.Mawteby.—See Mauteby.Maximilian of Austria, King ofthe Romans (i486-1519), iii.

203-4, 343-May, William, Master of the

New Temple, i. 79.Mayshaie, iii. 435.Measures, Different, in London

and Norfolk, ii. 106.Medeley, , iL 270. See

Modeley.Medew, Thos., i. 137.Medwe, Will, i. 267." Meeds of the Mass," iii. 301.Melford, Suffolk, iii. 372.Melton, Norfolk, iii. 206.Melton, Parson of, iii. 238.Melton Magna, Norfolk, iii.

292.

Mendham, , iii. %6.

Mendlesham, Suffolk, ii. 239.Meney. A retinue, qu. This

signification in i. 219, "to

owle meney."Merchall.—See Marshall,Mercroft, Roger, i. 330.Mercyment. An amerciament

or fine, i. 21S.Merkeshale, Norfolk, iii. 417.Merlyngforth (?).—See Marling-

ford.Mershlond, Daniel of, ii. 216-7.Merssh, Will., ii. 200.Mestlyon, iii. 294.Met or mette. Measure, ii. 106.

*'Strek met," (exact mea-sure?), ii. 176.Metfield, Suffolk, iii. 337.Methis or Holtham, iii. 298.Methwold, Norfolk, i. 191.Metsharp, Roger, i. 187.Metteney, Peter, iii. 79.Mews, The King's, at West-minster, i. 345.Middleham, in Yorkshire, i.

299 ; ii. 9.Middleton, in Norfolk, i. 70,

117, 118 {bis\ 119 [bis), 120{bis), 399, 400; ii. 359.

Middleton, , iii. 300.

Middleton, Christopher, iii.468.

Middleton, Dr., iii. 468.

Middleton, Mrs. Jane, iii. 202.

Middleton, Sir John, iii. 96-7,163, 202.

Milan, Duke of.—See Sforza.

Mileham, Norfolk, L 190.

Miles, Lewis, iii. 9.

Mill, Rob., iii. 252.

Miller, Robert, i. 418.

Miller, Simon, i. 554; ii. 162.

Milsent, John, ii. 406, 412, 416;

iii. 3» 43-

Milsent, Will., ii. 387, 403;iii. 3, 27, 89, 102, 115.

Alinish, mynyssh, &.C. Tolessen, L 133 ; ii. 175.

Minor Friars.—See Grey Friars.

Minster, in the Isle of Sheppey,iii. 323.

M/^/e sapientem^ a proverb, L177, 186.

Modeley (Medeley ?), , ii.

267. See Medeley.

Molet, John.—See Mowth.

Moleyns, Robert Hungerford,Lord, i. 73, 75-6, 76, 80,81-2,106, 108, 109-112, 138-9,143-5, 146-7, 149, 152-3,155-6, 158, 160, 163, 192,199, 202, 208, 209, 214-5,221, 223 ; iii. 22, 474, 485(Jbis); Alianore, Wiife of, i.144, 146.

Moleyns, Robert, i. 28.

Molejnis, William, i. 28.

Molyneux, Nich., i. 352, 372.

Moncontour, in Brittany, iii. 357.

Mondonet, Nich., ii. 387.

Moneslee.—See Mundesley.

Monford, Osbert—See Mund-ford.

Monke, John, alias Smith, ii,271, 272-6 ; iii. 443.

Monpysson, Robert, i. 94.

THE TASTON LETTERS.

Montague, Isabel, Marchioness,

iii. 98.Montague, John Nevill, Lord.—

See Nevill.

Montayn, , iii. 46.

Montfort, in France, i. 9.Montgomery, Anne, iii. 263.Montgomery, Sir Thomas, ii.

17,253,306,360-1,390,412;

iii. 106, 123, 128-9, 253, 352.Montjoy.—See Mountjoy.Montreuil (Motrell), iii. 192.Moody (Mody), Piers, iii. 179,

187, 192.Moor, The, in Hertfordshire,

ii. 346, 389, 406; iii. 33.More, Adam atte, i, 280.More, Thos., ii. 174-5.Moreton.—See Morton.Morin, John, i. 64.Moring, Thos., i. 500.Morlaix, in Brittany, i. 84; iii.

350.

Morley, Isabel, Widow ofThomas, Lord, i. 6^, 72, 155,199, 316.

Morley, Lady, Widow of Wil-liam, Lord, iii. 314.

Morley, Thos., i. 277.

Mortaigne, in Normandy, i. 8.

Mortality, Great, iii, 15.

Mortimer, Lady, Mother of SirJohn Fastolf, i. 6.—See alsoFastolf, Mary.

Mortimer, Rob., i. 192, 232.

Mortimer, Sir Thomas, i. 454.

Mortimer, the younger, ii. 122.

Mortimer's Cross, Battle of,ii. 4.

Mortlake, i. 401.

Mortoft, , i. 510.

Morton, Parish of, iii. 486.

Morton, John, D.D., Bishop ofEly (1478-86), Archbishop ofCanterbury (i486-1500), LordChancellor (1487-1500^ andCardinal (1493), i- 535; "'•7; iii. 99, 113, 123, 128-

9» m^ 255-6, 262, 264, 266,385, 468-9.

Morton, Rob., Master of theRolls, iii. 266.

Morvile, in France, i. 8.

Morysby, Sir Chr., iii. 9.

Mot, Mons. de la, ii. 46.

Motford.—See Mutford.

Motten, Sir Wm., iii. 9.

Motton, John, iii. 350.

Moundford.—See Mundford.

Mounford, , iii. 386.

Mountjoy, Lord, iii. 304.

Mountjoy, John Blount, thirdLord (1475-85), ii. 389.

Moushold(Musshold), near Nor-wich, i. 512.

Moustierville. -See Mustirvilers.

Mowbray, Ann, Duchess ofNorfolk, iii. 75, 150, 153;Duchess of York, iii. 25S.

Mowbray, John, Earl, Marshalin Henry V.'s time, after-wards second Duke of Nor-folk, i. 10.—6'(?^ a/j^ Noi-folk.

Mowth, Mowght, or Molet,John, Prior of Norwich(1453-71), ii. 125, 153, 168,169, 259-61, 272, 303-4; iii.

330.

Mulso, Sir Edmund, i. 290.

Munde, , iii. 22.

Mundesley (Moneslee), Norfolk,iii. 449.

Mundford, or Monford, Osbert,Marshal of Calais, i. 117,123, 192, 213, 229, 243-4,277, 282, 439-40, 552; iii.486.

Mundford, Eliz., Wife of Os-bert, Aunt of Margaret Pas-ton, i. 354; ii. 79, 80.

Mundford, Mary, Daughter ofOsbert and Eliz., i. 354.

Mundford, , Son of Osbert

and Mary, i. 355.

Mundford, (Osbert?), i.

433.

5S9

Mundham, Manor of, i. 167,

168, 188; ii. 306.Murder, Appeal of, ii. 392.Muster de velers. A kind of

grey wollen cloth, i. 134,

422 ; iii. 214, 411.Mustirvilers (or Moustierville),

in France, i. 8.Mutford (Motford), Suffolk,

Bailiff of, ii. 240.Mykelfylde, , younger, ii.

240.Myles, Christiana, ii. 424.Mylsant.—See Milsent.

Myners, , iii. 104.

Myrfyn, , of Kent, ii. 46.

Myrr\ 1. 224.

M}T7el, John, iii. 55, 85, 89.

Myvers^ (?), ii. 214.

Nacton, Suffolk, i. 322, 394;ii. 48, 70, 71, 246, 312.

Nailer, , i. 402.

Nantron, Luke, iii. 441.

Narbow, Will., i. 277.

Narford, Norfolk, i. 191.

Naseby, John, Proctor, ii. 156-7, 279-80.

Naunton, , L dT,.

Naunton, Will., iu 57-8, 183,187, 205.

Navell, Chas., i. 27S.

Nawton, Will., ii. 249.

Necton (Neyghton), Norfolk,iii. 70, 147.

Nedeham, , ii. 298.

Nedersole, , iii. 26.

Nedham, John, Justice, iii.428.

Neill, John, ii. 395.

Neketone, Edmund, Son ofRobert de, i. 5.

Nessfeld, , iii. 158.

Nettlestead (Netlestede), Suf-folk, i. 412.

Netter, Thomas, of Walden,Provincial of the CarmeliteOrder in England, i. 46.

Neuss, in Germany, Siege of,

iii. 122-3, ^29.Neuton.—See Newton.Neve, Thos., ii. 271, 279; iii.

443.

Nevill, Anne, Wife of Richard,Duke of Gloucester, iii. 38.

Nevill (Nevell), Edw., iii. 405.

Nevill, George, Bishop of Exeter{i456-65),ArchbishopofYork(1465-76), Lord Chancellor(1454-5, and 1460-3), i. 500,522, 536 ; ii. 213, 324-5, 346,360-1, 368-71, 372-3, 374,406, 417; iii. 3, 21, 33, 39,43, 45, 102, 313. ^

Nevill, Sir George, iii. 9.

Nevill, John, or Sir John,Brother to the Earl of War-wick, created Lord Montague,1461, and Earl of Northum-berland, 1464; resigned theEarldom, and was createdMarquis of Montague, 1470;1. 416, 500; ii. 5, 13, 121,396, 483 ; iii. 4.

Nevill, Lord, ii. 5-6.

Nevill, Master, i. 10, 546.

Nevill (Ralph?), Lord, iii. 305-6.

Nevill, Sir Thomas, i. 376, 500,

Nevylebeke, in France, i. 8.

Newark, ii. 422.

Newborow, Sir P^oger, iii. 385.

Newbury, Sir Will,, iii, 9.

Newcastle-on-T)Tie, ii. 121,123,189; Pilgrim Street in, ii.189.

Newham Bridge, by Calais, iii.203.

Newington, Kent, ii. 330.

Newman, , i. 256.

Newman, Colyn, i. 437.

Newman, John, i. 270.

Newman, Nicholas, ii. 61, 154,157, 272, 274.

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, i,515; iii- 355. 485.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Newport, Thomas, of Runham,

i. 39.

Newton, iii. 136.

Newton, Friar, i. 90.

Newton, Rob., ii, 404.

Newton (Neuton), Thos., ii.271, 279; iii. 240, 443.

Neyghton.—See Necton.

Nicheson, , ii. 420.

''Nicholas of the Tower," TheShip, i. 124-5.

Nicholas V., i. 77.

Nicoll, Gilbert, ii. 200.

Noaus, in France, i. 9.

Nokold, Sir Will, iii. 471.

None, Henry, ii. 277.

Nonpier (noonpier^ nounpier), i.14. Umpire.

Norfolk, County of, i. 138-9,140, 142, 148, 149, 155-6,'57-8, 160, 161, 172, 174,186, 195. 198, 237, 243, 254,274, 277, 296, 414, 415, 445,447, 449, 460-3, 464-5, 492,504; ii. II, 30»34. 38, 55>85,II3-6, 128, 139, 150, 168,182, 184, 203, 226, 268, 272,285, 300, 307, 311, 401-2,407, 415.6, 417, 422; iii. 207,440, 442, 478, 479, 481.Collector of Taxes in, iii. 81.Edward IV.'s Visit to, iii. 126.Elections and Knights of theShire for, i. 337, 339; ii. 22,28. Escheators of, i. 359; ii.168. Escheatorship of, i. 408.Feeling of the *' Commons "of, ii. 30, 31, 32, 83. Gentle-men of, i. 231. Officers in,1. 520. Risers (Insurgents)in, i. 86. Subsidy in, iii. 108.Woodsales in, iii. 23.

Norfolk, Sheriffs of, i. 231, 232,

233, 335» 491; ii- 135-6,149-50, 238, 328, 359. Seealso Clopton, John ; Jermyn,John.Norfolk, Under Sheriffs of, i.

344; ii. 126, 149, 161, 238,

307. See also Dory, John ;Price, W.

Norfolk, "The Head-Town"of, ii. 315.

Norfolk Thread, i. 343.

Norfolk, John Howard, Dukeof (1483-5).—See Howard.

Norfolk, John Mowbray, secondDuke of (1424-32), i. 15-18.See also Mowbray.

Norfolk, Catherine, Duchess of.Wife of John Mowbray, thesecond Duke, i. 57, 228.

Norfolk, John Mowbray, thirdDuke of (1432-61), i. 41, 43,44, 56, 123, 139, 140-1, 142,145, 148, 158-9, 160, 161,162, 163, 164, 192, 194, 212,214,216, 228, 229, 231, 232-3,233-4, 234-5, 243-4, 248, 259-61, 266 Note 4, 269, 301,305,

308, 312, 3201, 321, 322-4,333, 336, 340, 341,390,411,443. 514, 550*552; ii- 14,21,24, 50, 54, 89.

Norfolk, Eleanor, Duchess of.Wife of the third Duke, i. 175,228, 305, 337, 443, 550, 552 ;iii. 154.

Norfolk, John Mowbray, fourthDuke of (1461-76), ii. 119,121, 130, 137, 151, 190, 206,244-6, 247-8, 248-9, 252,302,310, 322-3, 324-5, 338, 343,344, 348, 354, 356, 358, 362,366, 368-71, 372-3,. 381-2,382-3, 388, 390, 392, 394,417, 418; iii. 14, 16 Note 2,32, 34-5, 41, 45, 50, 53-5,60, 63, 64-5, 73, 75 {bis), 79,87, 113, 119 Note I, 122,

127-9, 137, 139, 140, 142,145, 148, 149, 153, 155, 164,424, 486 {Ins); his Council,"

ii. 343-5, 368-70, 392, 398.Norfolk, Elizabeth, Duchess of,Wife of the preceding, ii. 20 j

591

411-3; iii. 15, 35, 38, 42,4^-7, 50. 5«. 54-5. 5^-9.60-1,64-6, 68-9, 73, 74-5 Note I,79. 87, 91, 122, 127-8, 137,

141, 143, 150, 152-4, 155,157, 234, 252, 263, 293,

294-5, 315-6, 380, 383-4-.Norfolk, Yeoman for the King's

mouth, i. 500.Norfolk, , of Gemyngham,

ii. 83.Norfolk's house, i. 219.Noris, , iii. 273. — See

Norys.

Norman, , i. 167.

Norman, Edmund, iii. 402,

486.Noimandy, i. 16, 99,101-4,133,

139, 260, 361, 363, 365-7,

446, 455 ; ii. 52.

Norse, , iii. 46.

Northale, John, Sheriff of Nor-wich, ii, 71.Northampton, ii. 135,Northampton, Battle of, ii. ii.Noith Cray.—See Cray.North Walsham.—See Wals-

ham, North.Northumberland, Eleanoi,

Countess of, Widow of

Henry Percy, third Earl, ii.

19.

Northumberland, Henry Percy,second Earl of (1414-55), i.

327, 330, 332-3, 334-Northumberland, Henry Percy,

third Earl of (1455-61), i. 425,

526 ; ii. 5-6, 7.Northumberland, John Nevill,

Earl of (1464-70). —See

Nevill.Northumberland, Henry Percy,

fourth Earl of (restored 1470,

died 1489), ii. 396, 406; iii.

39, 349, 351, 359, 360. Seealso Percy, Henry, Lord.Northwood, John.—See Nor-wode.

Norton, Norfolk, iii. 265.Norwich, i. 13, 15, 30, 43, 4^,51,59,66,70,77,82,88, 115,

116, 123, 124, 126, 136, 147,148,152-3,156, 157, i59(/'/j),163, 169 {bis), 175, I So, 181,183, 188, 189-90, 192, 198-9,200, 201, 202,206, 207,211 -2,216, 218, 221, 225, 226 {tns\230, 231, 232, 237, 245, 246,248, 251, 254, 255, 257, 269,270, 274, 276, 293, 296, 306,308, 317, 335, 349, 355, 380,381, 392, 414, 415,423, 434,

439, 441, 447, 449, 461-3,501,504,505,507,508,509-10,

516, 518, 521-2, 525, 537-8,549, 550, 553 ; ii. 10, 16, 26,34, 37, 38, 50, 56, 62, 94,95 {bis), 98, 99, 103, 106,113-6, 119, 124, 132, 139,140, 149, 150, 159, 162, 189,191, 205, 207-8, 213, 216,220, 223, 234, 240, 248, 250{bis), 254, 261, 263, 265,266-7, 270, 272, 276-7, 292,293, 294, 296, 304-5, 308,

314, 319, 323, 342, 354, 355.357, 359, 360, 361, 369, 390,392, 393, 398-9, 401, 404,407, 414-5, 424; iii. 7, 12,14-15, 19, 27, 43, 53, 55-6,69, 79 Note 2, 80, 88, 89,91-2, 98, 100, 102, no, 116,

117, 121, 123, 124, 125, 129,133-4, 139, 140-1, I-J 2-3,144, 149, 150, 151 {bis\ 153,155, 158, 161, 164 {bis), 167,

169, 173, 174-5, 179, 193.219-20, 222-3, 229, 233, 234,239, 244, 249, 251, 258, 259{bis), 264, 278, 279, 290, 291,293, 295, 304, 325, 345, 352,366, 374, 375, 390-1, 410,423, 431, 438-9, 442, 44-1,446, 448, 469, 471, 474, 475,480, 481, 483, 485, 486, 487{ter\ d88.

S92

THE TASTON LETTERS.

Norwich, Plague at, ii. 226;

iii. 259.Norwich, Shire-mote at, ii.

35-6, 76-7.Norwich, Writ of the ParHament

for, i. 340.Nor\vich, Places, &c. in:Bishop's Gates, i. 199.Castle of, L 206, 236; ii. 84,

412.Cathedral, i. 232, 238; iii.284, 448; Lady Chapelof, ii. 286.Chapel of the Field, iii. 284.Christ Church, iii. 484.Conesford, iii. 284.Friars, the four Orders of, L

48, 465 ; iii. 284.Friars, Black (or Preachers),

iii. 284.Friars, Grey (or Minors), i.

13, 15. 521, 524, 544;

ii. 29; Warden of, iii.

476.Friars, ^Vhite (or Carmelites),

i. 238, 279; ii. 56, 269,

289, 408; iii. 284, 313.Gates, The five, iii. 284.Guildhall, i. 212 ; ii. 84; iii.

82.Maid's Head, The, iii. 6$.Mancroft, i. 188.Nedeham Gates, i. 13.New Inn, iii, 19.Normandy, Sisters of, ii.

266.Normans, iii. 284.North Gates, iii. 284,Pokethorpe, i. 148, 188; iL

272 ; iii. 296.Prince's Inn, i. 169, 170,

387.

Priory (sometimes called"Abbey") of TrinityChurch, i. 13, 199; ii.286, 288 ; iii. 424; Sextonor Sacrist of, ii. 131.

St Andrew's parish, i. 287.

Norwich, Places, &c. in—coftm

iinued.St. Clement's parish, i. 216.St. Edmund's, iii. 292.St. Giles's Hospital, iii. 19,

284; Master of, i. 167,

188.St Gregory's, ii. 123.St James, Pokethorpe, ii.

272.St. Laurence' parish, i. 220.St. Leonard's Priory, i. 48;

ii. 26.St Michael Coslany, iii. 284.St Michael's parish, i. 177.St Peter's, ii. 266, 270.St. Peter's, Hungate, ii. 269;

iii. 249, 262, 284-5; P^^"

son of, ii. 271.St Stephen's, ii. 266.Spurrier Row, i. 181.Tombland, i. 199; iii. 24,

58.W^estewyk Gates, i. 13.Norwich, Mayor of, i. 188, 212,532 ; ii. 62, 186, 248, 414-5 ;

iii. 387.Norwich, Sheriff of, ii. yi ; iii.

390.

Norwich, Bishop of.—See Gold-well, Jas. (1472-99; Lyhart,W. (1446-72).

Norwich, Bishop of, his Chan-cellor, i. 128; ii. 364.

Norwdch, Bishop of, his gaol,ii. 86.

Norwich, John, Prior of; i. 52.

Norwich, John (Bonwell), Priorof, iii. 329-33.

Norwich, Prior of, i. 18, 36,72, 137, 192, 413; iii. 432.See also Mowth, John.

Norwich, Christopher, i. 259;iii. 428.

Norwich, Rob., i. 205 ; ii.277.

Norwich,Will, i. 152, 380, apo\ii. 62; iii. 432.

593

Norwodc or Northwood, John,

i. 73-5, 252-3, 257.Norys, Sir Will., iii. 98. See

Noris.Note, Thos., i. 77.Nottingham, ii. 361 ; iii. 97.Nottingham (pursuivant ?), ii.

7-

Nottingham (Notyngham),

Henry, iii. 423.Nottingham, Will., ii. 144.Nottingham, Will., Earl of, iii.

309.

Nauche or Ncrwche. A jewelledgold button, brooch, or neck-lace, ii. 33, 342.

Novel disseisin, i. 41 Note 3.

No well, Charles, i. 231, 232,233-4, 237, 244-S, 434; iii.486.

Nowell, Otiwell, i. 237.

A'oy. " At the first Noy," i.e.,at the first call, i. 306,

Oby (Owby), Norfolk, iii. 258,

280.Ocam, Thos., iii. 450.Ocle. —See Acle.Ocle, Sir Rob., i. 332; ii. 7.Ocley, Will., iii. 412.Ode, John, i. 193, 349.Oelston, John, i. 60.OJice. An inquisition. See

i. 164 Note I, 528.Ogan.—See Hogan.Ogard, Dame Alice, i. 382-3.Ogard (Hugard), Sir Andrew,

i. 224 277, 353.Ogle (Ogyll), Rob., first Lord

(1461-9), ii. 121.0\d\\.—See Acle.Oldhall, Margaret, Wife of Sir

William, i. 31.Oldhall, Sir William, i. 31,

150-2, 156, 163, 167, 270,

336, 344, 431, 500, 526; ii.

312.

Oliver, , i. 402.

III. 2

Olton (? Oulton, Norfolk), 1.

554.Onwetmg. Unwitting, or not

knowing, ii. 421.Oranges, ii. 394.Orford, John, ii. 270.Orleans, Bastard of. See Du-

nois.Orleans, Charles, Duke of, i. 40,

loo-i.Ormesby, Norfolk, i. 27, 37 ;

ii. 158, 226, 294 ; iii. 22, 205,

341, 382, 402, 417.Ormesby, Reppes Place in, i.

37.Ormesby, Roger, i. 77.Ormond, James Butler, fourth

Earl of (1405-52), i. 10.Ormond, John Butler, sixth

Earl of (1461-78), iii. 162.Ormond, John, i. 529 ; ii. 46.Ormond, Mr., iii. 480.Ormond, Sir James of, i. 73.Orwelde, Leach of, i. 52.Orwellbury.—See Horwellbur)\Osbcm, the Priest, i. 3.Osbem or Osbom, John, i. 79,

109, 136, 197, 213, 216, 222,

247-8; ii. 29, 273-4, 278;

iii. 22, 46, 69-71, 85-7, 100,

407, 408, 486.Oter, John, i. 500; ii. 257.Otford, Kent, iii. 471.Othea, ii. 335 ; iii. 301.Ottery (Otryght), Devonshire,

i. 526.Oulton (Owlton), Norfolk (?),

i. 396; ii. 265. See also

Olton.Ouresby, John, i. 488.Overs, in Awge, France, i. 8.Ovid, De Arte Amandiy &c ,

ii. 297-8.

Ovy, -, i. 287.

Ovye, Nich., iii. 227.Owdin, J., iii. 22.Owell, Will., i. 282.Owle, Toy i. 219.—.SV^ Note.

Q

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Owstoonde, Norfolk, iii. 205.Oxborough, Norfolk, i. 203;

iii- 133, 335-

Oxford (Oxynford), ii. 312 ; iii.77, 225-6, 245, 247, 247-8,249-50, 261.

Oxford, Magdalene College, in,ii. 402, 407 ; iii. 74, 120.

Oxford, John de Vere, twelfthEarl of (1417-61), i. 123,128-9, 129-30, 140-1, 141,142, 146, 152, 156, 159-60,161, 163, 168, 172, 176, 177,183-4, 184-5, 187, 189, 198,200, 222, 226, 271, 273-4,

275» 301, 303, 333, 549 J ii-12, 98 ; iii. 475.

Oxford, Elizabeth Countess of,Wife of the preceding, i. 129,142, 261-2, 262, 263 ; ii. 136,158, 266, 341 ; iii. 6, 106.

Oxford, John de Vere, thirteenthEarl of (1464-1513), Lx)rdAdmiral under Henry VII.,ii. 86, 93.94, 95, 158, 241,

298, 320, 337, 373, 389,411-2, 414-6, 420-1, 421-2;iiL 5-6, 88, 90, 92.3, 104,107, 194, 235, 316,323,329,334, 335, 339, 340, 343, 345,347, 348-9, 353, 355, 358,358-9, 359-60, 361, 366-7,367.8,369,370,371-2,372-3,373-4, 374-5, 376, 378, 390,391, 393, 484, 488; hisbrothers, iii. 15; his Son,ii. 95 ; his Steward, iii. 399.

Oxford, Margaret, Countess of,Wife of the preceding, iii.5, 39, 81, 154, 194, 327-8,378, 398.

Oxnead, Norfolk, L 4, 5, 6, II,49,60,81,88; ii. 287; iii.205,215, 232, 234, 243, 253, 262,

264, 295, 311,313,338,365,450-1, 486.Oxnead, Church and Parsonage,iii. 231.3, 236, 242-4.

Oxnead, Parson of, i. 72, 206.Oyer and Terminer^ L 138Note 5.

P., Lady Anne, ii 298.Page, Thos., ii. 224.Pagentoun, Maimer, i. 330.Pagrave, or Palgrave, Norfolk,i. 28, 53, 289; IL 286, 292;

ii. 330-Pagrave, Little, L 325,Pagrave, MekyU, i. 325.

Pagrave, , i. 72.

Pagrave, John, L 232, 325; iii

451-2, 458-9." Pakker," The, a Ship, iii.

94-** Palatyse and Scitacus," iii.

300.Palle, Roger, i. 514.Palling, Norfolk, iii. 383,

417.Palmer, , i. 58.

Palmer, , Under-sheriff of

Norfolk, ii. 307; Escheator,

iii. 256.Palmer, , BailiflF of Costes-

sey, iii. 477.Palmer, Edmund, i. 52.Palmer, John, iu 248 ; iii.

471-

Palmer, Margaret, iii. 471.

Pamping, John, ii. 37, 47-9,92, 100, 127, 149-51, 177,189, 233, 333, 349, 387, 398,402.4, 406, 423-4 ;.ni. 15,17, 2C, 24, 26, 41, 55, 91,103, 104.

Pamsborow.—See Punsbome.

Papias (Papie), the Grammarian,iii. 408.

Par, John of, ii. 358.

Parcerit, Clement and Cecil, L

5.Pardon from Rome, ii. 271.Paris, i. 456.Paris, Bastile of St. Anthony

at, i. 365.—See aho Antony.

595

Paris, Chamber of Accounts of,i. 366.

Paris, Merchant of, i. 456.

Paris Touch, Silver of, iii. 297-8.

Parker (Perker), , ii. 399;

iii. 27, 43, 155.

Parker, John, iii. 249.

Parker, Nich., Notary, iu 155,158, 214, 281.

Parker, Rob., iii. 213.

Parker, Thos., i. 79*

Parker, Will., iii. 98.

Parklos, i. 219. The explana-tion "Park Close" borrowedfrom Fenn is inaccurate. Aparcloseis an enclosure, screenor railing, in this case evi-dently a pew in Church.

Parlevesque, in France, i. 9.

Parliament, Elections to, i.

337.

"Parliament of Birds," Chau-cer's, iii. 300.

Parr, Sir Thomas, i. 500.

Parr, Will., iii. 405.

Parre, Sir John, iii. 9, 40, 47,50. 123.

Parson, Will., iii. 252.

Partrich, John, Servant of LordMoleyns, i. 80, 83, 193, 202,222.

Partrick, John, of Swathfield,Vicar of Paston, i. 52, 58.

Partridge.—See also Pertryche.

Pasche, Thos., iii. 260.

Paston (Pastune), Norfolk, i. 3,

4, 5, 39, 44, 51, 58-9, 63,114, 212, 218, 220, 247; ii.284-5, 287; iii. 21, 22, III{bis), 112, 204, 236, 257, 262,267, 311, 418 (^w), 421,447,

449-Paston, Church of St. Margaret,

i. 52 ; ii. 270.Paston, Vicar of, i. 52, 58, 66,

217; ii. 74, 81; iii. Ill

(Hs).

Paston, Vicar of, Ric. Cawston(1409-22), iii. 447-8, 448.

Paston Hall, i. 4.

Paston, or Pastun, de. EarlyMembers of the Family :—Clement, i. 6; Constantine,lb.; Edmund, i. 4, 5; Eudo,i. 4; Hugh, i. 4, 5 ; John, i.

5 ; Nicholaus filius RadulphiDiaconi, i. 4; Osbem, i. 3 ;Ralph, i. 4 ; Richard, i. 4, 5 ;Richer, i. 3 j Robert, i. 4, 5,

6 ; Roger, i. 4 ; Walter, i. 5 ;Warin, i. 4 ; William, i. 4, 5,6 ; Wystan or Wolstan, i. 4;ii. 285.

Paston Family, Ancestry of, ii.

283-5.Paston, Agnes, Wife of William,the Judge and Daughter ofSir Edmund Barry, i. 11,38-9,41, 48-9, 51, 54-5, 58-9, 60{bis), 63, 66 {bis), 72, 82, 87-9, 90-1, 114-5, 177, 198-9,216-7, 217-8, 218, 220, 246,248, 251, 254-5, 269-70, 284,285-6, 316, 387, 393, 422,

423, 434, 514, 554; ii. 9, 70-I, 81, 99, 122, 136, 158, 188,2X2, 259, 263, 282, 283, 289-

90, 314, 363; iii. 115, 117,124, 204, 233, 235, 236, 242-4, 251-2, 252, 253, 262, 263,267-8, 273, 313, 321, 330-2,

449-55, 459, 476-7 ; dis-agreement between her andher Son John, ii. 188 ; herWill, ii. 285-6, 287-9; iii-253 ; her Parentage, ii.289.

Paston, Dame Agnes, secondWife of the later Sir John, iii.390, 401, 471.

Paston, Agnes, Daughter ofWilliam, iii. 468.

Paston, Alice, Daughter ofRobert, of Wiveton, iii.461.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Paston, Anne, Daughter of Johnand Margaret, married in1477 to William Yelver-ton, i. 221 (?); ii. 233, 342,419; iii. 45, 46, 50, 102,104, 155, 175, 193 Note 2,250, 285, 288.

Paston, Lady Anne, Wife ofWilliam, iii. 467.

Paston, Beatrix, Wife of Cle-ment, and Mother of theJudge, iii. 447.

Paston, Christopher, Son ofJohn Paston the youngest,iii. 234, 382 (?).

Paston, Clement, Father ofJudge Paston, i. 52 ; iii. 447,

449, 451-Paston, Clement, Son of JudgePaston, i. 393, 422, 423, 515,

524, 537, 540-1; ii- 18-19,38, 41, 42-4, 52, 70, 93, 100,

135-6, 145, 146-7, 152, 173,212, 258, 281-2, 286, 287-9,289,295; iii. 311, 330,453-8, 479, 481.

Paston, Constance, Daughter ofWilliam, Son of the eldestJohn, iii. 397.

Paston, Edmund, Son of JudgePaston, i. 58, 65-6, 71-2, 79,82, 434, 451-8, 486.

Paston, Edmund, Son of JohnPaston, ii. 70, 349, 407;. iii.II, 20, 26-7, 50, 55, 80, 93,109-11, 115, 118, 122, 127,136-7, 173-4, 178, 219-20,250, 251, 256-8, 262, 263-4,274, 278, 279-80, 285, 288,

292, 304, 355, 356, 381-3,486; his Wife, CatherinePaston, Widow of WilliamClippesby, iii. 274, 279, 285,288, 292, 383.Paston, Elizabeth, Daughter ofJudge Paston, married firstto Robert Poynings, after-V'ards to vSir George Brow"*^

of B etch worth,!. 41,88,89-90^251, 268, 270, 284, 285-6,294, 295-6, 302, 310, 311,422, 434, 434-5, 516, 526;ii. 9, 19, 232, 329-32, 338 ;iii- 27, 33, 321-2, 453, 455-6,458-9; her will, iii. 462-7.

Paston, Elizabeth, Daughter ofWilliam, Son of the Judge,iii. 468.

Paston, Harry, a Brother oiJohn, 1. 77.

Paston, John, Esq., Son oiJudge Paston, died 1466, i.39, 40 {bis\ 42, 47-9, 53-5,56, 57 {bis), 59, 60, 61, 62,65, 66-7, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76,77-8, 79-80, 81, 82, 86, 87-8,89, 105-8, 109, 114, 115, 116,117 {bis\ 118 {ter), 119 {bis\120 [bis), 123, 124, 126, 128,129, 131, 135, 136, 137-8,141, 143-4, 145, 149 {bis),150, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162,162-3, 164, 166 {bis), 169,175, 177, 180, 182, 192 {bis),193, 198, 200, 200-1, 202,206, 207, 208, 209, 211-2,213, 214, 216-7, 217-8, 218,220, 221, 222, 223, 226 {bis),228, 231, 232, 233, 235,235-6, 238, 241, 245, 246,250, 252-3, 253, 254-5, 256,257, 261, 262, 268, 269-70,273, 275-6, 277, 283-4, 285,287, 289 {bis), 291-2, 292-3,294, 295, 296-7, 297-8, 299,300, 301, 302,304 {bis), 306-7,307,309,311,312,313,314-5,316 {bis), 317, 318, 319, 320,322, 323, 324 {bis), 325, 333,335, 337, 338 {bis), 339, 340,341, 342, 343, 346-7, 348,

349, 350, 352, 353-4, 354,356, 357, 368 {bis), 372 {bis),

374, 375, 379 {-^^'-f), 381,382-3,384, 386-7, 387, 390, 392,

393 {^?*-r), 394, 395, 397, 398;

597

399,400 {5is), 401, 403,405-6,407, 409, 409-10, 410-11, 412(<J/j),4i3,4i5, 417,418, 419,

423, 425, 426, 427, 430, 432,

433. 435. 436, 437. 437-8,439,440, 441-2, 444-5, 446-9,452,457-60,460-3,464,466-7,467,491-2,492,495,496-8,498,501-3, 504, 505, 508-9, 509-10, 5U-4, 515, 517-8,518-9,520, 521, 523, 524-5, 527(dts), 528, 530, 533, 535, 537,539. 540, 541-2, 543-4, 544-5,

545-6, 549 (<^'>). 550, 553.554 (^w); ii. 5, 6, 8, 9, 11,12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24,25, 27, 27-8, 29, 30, 31, 32,

33-5. 35-7, 38, 39, 42, 44,47, 49 {dis), 51, 52-3, 54-5,57, 61,64,66,68, 70,71,72,74, 75, 78, 79, 82, 84, S6, 87,88-9, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96,97, 99. 100, 102, 106, 108,no (dis), III, 113-7, 122,126, 130 (dis), 133, 136, 137,139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148,

149, 151, 153, 155. 156, 157,158, i6i, 162-5, 165-7, 168,169, 170, 173, 175 {dis), 178,180, 183, 189, 190, 192, 195,199, 201, 204, 207, 209-11,211, 212, 214, 218-20, 220-2,225, 228-31, 235-8, 243, 244,248, 250, 253, 254, 255, 256,258,259,261,263,264,265-6,266, 267, 272, 273, 275, 277,278, 279, 280, 281 {ins), 282,283, 286, 287-9, 290 {ter),293.313-4,332,407; iii.21,28,29, 85, 99, 152, 201, 209,224, 253, 267, 281-3, 310-2,321, 330, 417, 420-2, 423,

424, 425, 426, 427-8, 428,429-30, 430, 434-5. 438-42,

443, 445. 449, 453-9. 474{ins), 475, 476 {dis), 477, 479{dis), 480 {dis), 481 {dis), 482,483, 484-8 {pluj-ies); in

Parliament, L 531, 536;imprisoned in the Fleet, IL61, 228 ; mocking letteraddressed to him, ii. 170;accused of being a bond-man, ii. 227 ; his rhymingletter, ii. 237 ; his claim toSir John Fastolf's property,ii. 114-5 ; his license tofound a College at Caister,ii. 165-8 ; his outlawry, ii.168 ; his disagreement withhis brother William, ii. 263;his funeral expenses, ii.266-71 ; his cousin Mary,ii. 263 ; date of his death,ii. 290 ; his will, ii. 291 ;iii. 34, 102, 103, 187 ; histomb, iii. 29, 104, 144, 148,208, 230.Paston, John, his Brothers, L

387.Paston, John, eldest Son ofJohn Paston, Esq., knightedin 1463, died 1479, i. 49,355. 436, 438, 537-8; ii. 38,39-42, 49, 54, 77, 92-3, loo-I, 104, 125, 136, 137, 141,146, 173, 178, 187, 198,203,205, 244-7, 256, 259, 281,282, 285, 290 {dis), 292, 293-

4, 295, 296 {bis), 297, 298,299. 300-1, 301, 302, 303,305, 307 {bis), 308, 309, 310,311, 312, 313, 314,316,320,321-2, 324, 327-9, 329, 333,334, 338, 339-40, 340, 343,344. 345. 346 {ins), 349. 354-

5. 355, 358, 361, 363. 3^^*367-71, 371, 373. 380-1, 383;387, 389-90, 390, 391. 392,393-5.396, 397. 399.401 (/^),402 {ier), 403, 404, 405-7,407 {dis), 414-7, 419, 422,423-4, 424; iii. 3, 6, II {dis),13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23-5, 28,28-30, 31, 32-3, 34, 36, 37-8,38 {dis), 40, 42, 44, 46, 48,

THE PASTON LETTERS.

51, 52, 52.3, 57, 58-60, 60-1,62-3, 63-6, 67, 69, 72 (i>is),74> 76, 79-80, 80, 80-1, 81,82, 84, 88-9, 89-90, 90-3, 93,

95, 96-7, 97-8, 99-103. 106-7, 109-10, III, 112,113, 114-5, 116-7, 117-9, 119, 120-1,121, 124, 125, 127-9, 129-30,

134, 136, 136-7, 137-8, 138-9, 140, 141, 143-4, 144-5,147, 148-9, 149, 150, 151-4,160-1, 161-3,163, 164-5, 165-7, 173-4, 176, 177-8, 178,180-1, 183, 185, 186, 189-91,191.2, 194-5, 197, 198-200,200, 202, 210, 213, 216, 219,221 (ins), 223-4, 226, 229,234-6, 246, 254-6, 256, 262-3, 263, 266, 267, 274, 275,309, 312, 330,417, 437,481,482, 484, 485 {dis), 487{pluries); displeases hisFather, i. 436, 438 ; iL 142,177, 178-9; iii. 481, 482;his intended marriage.—SeeHaute, Anne; his Will,iii. 207 ; his influence atCourt, iii. 231 ; his "child"Thomas, ii. 346; his brothers,iii. 135, 139.Paston, John, younger Son ofJohn Paston, Esq., knightedin 1487, died 1503, ii. 3, 55,58, 83, 104, 119-20, 120-3,124, 126, 128, 151-3, 201,203, 232-3, 239, 247, 264,293, 295, 298-9, 299, 300,303-5, 317, 327* 332-3, 339,343, 346-9, 354, 355-8, 369,378, 379, 380, 381-2, 382-3,387-8, 390, 392, 393, 395,397-9, 399-401, 402, 404,407, 408, 411-3, 414, 418,419, 420; iii. 6-8, lo-ii, 12-13, 13, 14, 19, 19-21, 22, 23,26, 28, 31, 34-5, 36, 37, 38-9, 40-2, 42-4, 45, 46-7, 48-50. 52-6, 57-8, 58, 60, 61,

64-S, 66-7, 67-9, 72, 74-5, 75,79, 80, 81-2, 82-3, 84, 88,89, 90, 98, 99, 107, 107-8,109.11, 112, 113, 114, 115,117-8, 120, 121, 123, 127,129, 131, 132-4, 139, 140-1,

141-3, 143-4, 148, 149-50,150, 151-2, 154, 156-8, 160,161-2, 163, 164, 165, 167,168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173,174-6, 176, 177, 178-9, 180,188, 190-1, 191-2, 193-4,194, 195-8, 198-9, 208-9, 214,216-7, 218-20, 221, 227, 234,238, 240, 246, 247, 251, 252,255-6, 256-8, 261, 261-3, 263,265, 267-8, 268, 275, 276-7,280, 287-8, 289-90, 291, 292,300, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310-13, 314, 315, 320, 321, 322,324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329,

330, 332, 333, 337, 338, 339,340, 341 {bis), 342, 343, 347,

348, 351, 353, 358-9, 359,360, 363, 364, 364-5, 365,366-7, 369, 370, 371, 372,373, 374, 375, 377, 380, 381,383, 384, 386, 387, 388-9,389, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395,396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401,402-3, 460, 471, 483-4, 485-8 (pluries); writ of attach-ment against, iL 126; mar-riage projects of, ii. 300; iii.109-10, 118-9, 120-1, 159-60,163; his "little man," ii.319 ; appeal of murder suedagainst, ii. 392,398; woundedat the Battle of Bamet, iii. 3-5, 7-8; engaged to MargeryBrews, iii. 158-60, 174, 176,177, 178, 190, 194, 195-8;arrangements touching hissettlement, iii. 179-80, 188-9; married, iii. 214-5 ; hisSons, iii. 314.Paston, JohP; otherwise calledWortca.—See Wortes.

59^

Paston, Margaret, "Wife of John(Daughter of John Mauteby)

i- 38-9, 39-40,41.42-3.47-966-70, 72, 76-7, 81-2, 82, 107109, 114, 115, 133, 177, 180200, 200-1, 202-3, 206-7209-10, 220-1,223, 235, 245247, 250, 253-4, 256, 257268, 270, 297, 316, 334, 342354-5. 393. 428, 437-9. 44°495. 5H, 518, 526, 530-3533. 536, 537-8, 542, 543-4553. 554; ". 8, 20-1, 2223, 25-6, 27, 29-30, 32-3, 3561-4, 64-5, 74-5, 78, 82-384-5. 91. 92, 99-100, 122123-5, 130-2, 140-1, 141-3158-60, 173, 175-7, 177-9183-8, 188-90, 190-2, 192-4194-8, 201-3, 203-4, 205207-8, 209, 211-2, 214-8218, 220, 225-7, 232, 233235, 238-43, 243-4, 248-50250-2, 261-3, 265 {dis), 282290-2, 293^ (*w), 294 {dis)308-9, 311, 312, 317, 340-2

354.361-3.363-6,371-3.373384-6, 388,404-5, 411, 418-9iii. 3, 6, 10, 12, 13-14, 19-2023-5,28,28-30,32,36-7,44-549-50, 58, 61-3, 63-4, 66-771, 73. 7^, 79. 80, 85, 99

100, 102, 103-4, 106, I 10;

III, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119121, 123-5, 125-7, 131,132-3134-6, 137-8, 138-9, 141. 142143. 149-50, 161, 164, 166168, 174, 179, 188, 188-9189, 193-4, 195-8, 198, 200-2218, 223, 225, 228, 229-31239, 245, 246, 253, 254, 261261-2, 263-4, 265, 279-80289, 291, 292, 293, 295, 299304 i^s), 309, 417, 430-2

436-7. 446, 454. 474. 476-7481,482,483,487-8 {plurUs)her visit to London, IL 209226, 232, 237, 238, 244

her advice to her son Sir Johnabout his income, ii. 386;complains of her sons, ii. 405;desires a license to have theSacrament in her Chapel atMautby, iii. 124 ; her will,iii. 281 ; her death, iii. 314.

Paston, Margaret, Wife of Ro-bert, of Wiveton, iii. 460-1,461.

Paston, Margaret, Widow ofEdmund (1504), iii. 469.

Paston, Margery, Daughter toJohn Paston, ii. 122, 140,170, 233, 296; her marriage,

ii. 347, 350, 363. 389-

Paston, Margery, Wife of JohnPaston the youngest, iii.214-5, 220, 234, 250, 259,264, 287, 289, 292-3, 294-5,314-5, 322, 323, 325-6, 338,348-50; birth of her sonChristopher, iii. 234 ; goeson pilgrimage, iii. 350; forreferences before her marriage^see Brews, Margery.

Paston, Robert, Son of Ed-mund, iii. 285, 288, 292.

Paston, Robert, of Wiveton,his will, iii. 460-1.

Paston, Walter, Son of JohnPaston the eldest, iii. 49,77-8, 162, 225-6, 239, 245,246-7, 247-8, 251, 261 ; hiswill, iii. 249.

Paston, William, of Paston,Norfolk, Serjeant - at - law(1421), Justice of the Com-mon Pleas (1429), died in1444, i. 4, II, 12-18, 19, 23,24, 26, 27, 28 [bis\ 29 (/<fr),30, 31 {ter\ 36, 38, 39-40,42, 44 {bis), 47-49, 49-50,50-51, 52 {bis\ 53 {bis\ 54,57. 58-59, 59-60, 60, 66, 423,435. 523 ; ii- 283, 285-6, 338;iii. 152, 232, 267-8, 311-3,321-2, 330-2, 417, 418, 418-9,

6oo

THE PASTON LETTERS.

420-1, 448 {Hs), 449-59, 484,487 ; his will, iii. 187;memorandum of his deathand will, ii. 289.

Paston, William, Son of JudgePaston, i. 61, 69, 82, 86, 115,255> 296-7, 302-4, 393. 395-6,435. 492-4. 505-6, 507, 511,515-7, 521 ; ii. 5, 6, 7, 9, 15,,22, 63, 100, 108-9, 146, 147,158, 213, 235, 260, 267,281,282, 283, 286, 287-9, 291,295, 302, 307. 311. 319.324.345. 349. 356, 357, 3^9. 420,424; iii. 16, 21, 22, 36, 41,43. 49. 51. 63, 66, 93, 97,106, III ((^V), 112 (dis), 113,114, 117, 124, 125-6, 127,129, 131, 134, 136, 139, 147,204, 234, 236 {dis), 242, 248{h's), 250, 251-2, 252, 255,257, 259, 264, 265, 266, 267,274-5. 275-6, 288, 294, 295-9,310-3, 315. 330, 332, 382,392, 441, 452-3, 455-8, 477,479, 480, 488 {dis) ; his will,iii. 467-9.

Paston, William, Son of Johnthe eldest, iii. 100, 201, 210,212, 237-8, 240-2, 274, 278,

325,343-5.345.348-9,351-3.

354, 358. 360-2, 375-7, 378,

389-90, 391, 412 {dis), 484 ;

becomes "erased in mind,"

iii. 391.Paston, William, Son of Sir

John (the younger), iii. 388-9,

402, 403, 412.Paston, Arms of, iii. 484.Patents, Validity of, ii. 258-9.Paternoster, Thos., i. 530." Paternoster while," A, i.

Paternosters. Beads, iii. 407,

410.Patgrys, John, iii. 455.Patgrys, Rob., i. 190.Pattesley, Norfolk, i. 190.

Pavises. Large shields, i. 106.

Paxbred^ iii. 271 Note.

Payn, John, Servant of Sir J.Fastolf, i. 131, 135; ii. 255.

Payne, John, i. 6.

Paynter, , ii. 192,

Paytrell, iii. 409.

Peche, Sir Will., ii. 121.

Pecke, Thos., Clerk, i. 11.

Peckhalle, in Tittleshall, Nor-folk, iii. 415.

Pecock, Thos., Servant to SirPaston, ii. 314-5.

Pecock (Pekok), Will., Servantto Sir John Paston, ii. 41,42-3, 136, 177,270,376; iii.22, 50, 53. 56, 78, 106, 126,135, 201, 210-2, 213-4, 217,229, 230, 255, 257, 267.

Pedham Hall, in Beyton, iii.

38.

Pekeryne.—See Pickering.

Pembroke, Earl of.—See Her-bert, Sir Will, ; Tudor,Jasper.

Penteney, Prior of, i. 17.

Penteney, John de Tyrington,Prior of, i. 205.

Penteney, Ric, Prior of Pen-teney, i. 205.

Peny, Will., ii. 327.

Penycock, John, i. 151.

Pepper, iii. 25.

Peraunte, , iii. 93; his

Wife, iii. 66.

Percy, Henry, Lord, ii. 237,243; restored to the Earldomof Northumberland {1470),396, 406.—See also Northum-berland, Henry, fourth Earlof, and Perse, .

Percy, Ralph, i. 332.

Perers, in France, i. 9.

Peris, , iii. 211, 214, 264.

Perker.—See Parker.

Perpojmt, , i. 192.

Perse, , ii. 358.

Perse, , Friar, iii. 219.

601

Perse, Piers, or Pcrys, J., i.

532, 533. 534; ii- 84, 86; iii.

488.Perse, Sky blue, or bluish grey,

i. 134.

Persoun, , i. 292.

Pertr}'che, Alson, i. 77.Perys.—See Perse.Peschere, in France, i. 9.

Pesemerche, , i. 93-4.

Pestilence, i. 302-3; iL 226,

254.

Petche, Jone, 201.

Peterfeld, i. 336.

Petham, Alice, iii. 471.

Peverel, Eliz., iii. 215.

Pewter vessels, ii. 75.

Phelip.—^<f<f Philip.

Philip the Good, Duke of Bur-gundy (1419-67), i- 185, 268,290; ii. 93, 148.

I'hilip the Fair, Duke of Bur-gundy (1482-1506), King ofCastile (1504-6), iii. 343,403-

Phliip (Phelip), Sir William,

Knight, i. 14.—See also Bar-

dolf. Lord.Philip, Mr.—See Lipgate.Philip, Thomas, ii. 47.

Philpot (Fylpot), , i. 537.

Physicians, warning against, ii.

160.Picard, the Baker, iii. 24.Picardy, iii. 128, 183.PickeiJhiam, Norf., i. 151; iii.

70.Pickenham (Pykenham), Dr.

Will., iii. 98 Note, 104, 218-

20, 223, 239-40.Pickering (Pykering), , i.

168; iii. 30.Pickering, John, ii. 224; iii.

213.Pickering, Nicholas, i. 53; ii.

141, 223, 224-5; "i- 402;

his Wife Alson, ii. 224.Pickering, Rauly, i. 84.

Pickering, Tlios., ii. 271, 277;iii. 443.

Pickering, SirThos., i. 540.

Pickering, Will., ii. 223, 224-5,273-4, 278; iii. 210,

Pickworth (Pykeworth), Rut-land, ii. 89.

Piers.—See Perse.

Pigot (Pygot), Ric, Serjeant-at-law, ii. 144; iiu 25-6,

309-Pilgrims, i. 114.Pilgrimages, iii. 17.Pilkington, John, ii. 412; Sir

John, iii. 9.Pinchebek, Dr., i. 497.Pitte, W., iii. 55, 91, 94, no,

155-

Plague.—See Pestilence.

Plaiter.—See Playter.

Plattyng, Kothye, iii. 91, 94.

Plattyng, Stephen, i. 47.

Plattyng, T., iii. 55, 88.

Flawing, iii. 435.

Plawncher. Floor, i. 83.

Plays, , ii. 285.

Playter, Richard, ii. 257.

Playter, Thos., i. 396, 499, 514,515, 527-8, 528-9, 530-2,537-8; ii. 4-6, 6-7, 8-9, 13-14, 17, 37, 38, 42.3» 62-3,65,75-7, 83,85, no, iio-i, 122,123-4, 125, 242, 267 ; iii. 30,36,80,85,113,129,217,441,480, 488 {bis).

Plomer. , i. 493.

Plummer, Thos., ii. 280; iii.

439, 441.Plumstead, Norfolk, i. 239,

279; ii. 17.riumstead, Plumbsted, or

Plumpsted, , i. 123, 158,

189.Phanbtede, Will., i. 135.Pluriiton, , the carter, L

553-Poiness, , iii. 265.

Pokethorpe.—See Norwich.

6o2

THE t»AStON LETTERS.

Pole, or Pool, Lady, L 422,

43>

Pole, , iii. 482.

Pole, Lodowick of, i. 346.

Pole, Pool, or De la Pole,Family of, L 430; ii. 210,306.

Pole, John de la, Son of Wil-liam, Duke of Suffolk, after-wards created Duke of Suf-folk, i. 100, 121.—See alsoSuffolk, John, Duke of.

Pole, W. de la, Duke of Suf-folk.—^^--f Suffolk.

Poleaxes (pelleaxis), i. 83.

Poley, , i. 384.

Poleyn, John, ii. 337.

Polronds. Shoulder pieces, ii.190.

Pomfi-et, or Pontefract, York-shire, ii. 412.

Pont Audemer (Pountedomer),in Normandy, i. 8.

Pont de I'Arche, i. 8, 31.

Pont Meulant, i. 365.

Ponte, Thos., ii. 195-6.

Ponyant, or Pounyant, Williamand Claricia, i. 47.

Ponynges.—See Poynings.

Yoo\.—See Pole.

Pool, John, sen., iiL 212.

Poole, Geofifrey, L 266.

Pope, Master, i. 128.

Pope, Will., of Bacton, iii. 236.

Pope, William, perpetual Vicarof Paston, L 66, 217.

Popy, Rob., L 383, 444, 467;ii. 155-6, 159, 198,275; ill49, 228.

Porter, , ii. 250, 251.

Porter, Harry, ii. 176.

Porter, Johnor Jankyn, i. 123-4,301, 308, 312, 323, 325, 338.

Porter, John, of Blickling, i.189.

Porter, Rob., ii. 420.

Porter, Thomas, Sheriflf of War-wickshire, L 74-

Porter, Sir William, L 10.

Portington, John, Justice of theCommon Pleas, i. 290.

Portland, i. 85.

Portsmouth, iii. 349.

Portugal, iii. 32, 33.

Postwick (Posse wyke), Nor-folk, i. 235, 241, 282, 495.

Potter, , man of law, iii.

471.

Pounyant.—See Ponyant.

Poutrell (Powtrell), , ii. 8,

14.

Powys, Lord, L 500.

Poynings, Henry Percy, Lord,eldest Son of Henry, secondEarl of Northumberland, L264.

Po)Tiings, Sir Edw., Brother-in-law of Eliz. Poynings (orPaston), ii. 330, 332.

Po^Tiings, Edw., afterwards SuEdward, Son of Eliz., ii.330 ; iii. 466-7, 469.

Poynings, Elizabeth.—See Pas-ton, Eliz.

Poynings, Dame Isabel, Wifeof the later Sir Edw., iii. 466.

Poynings, Master, iL 9.

Poynings, Robert, i. 133-4,

294, 344, 354; 435, 516, 521,

526.Prenting, John, ii. 49.Prentis (Pryntys), , i. 136,

151, 153, 159. 169, 190.Prentys, John, ii. 29 ; iii 432,

446.Prentys, Will., iii 475, 477.*' Pretend it in your mind," i.e.^

hold it before your mind,

(Lat. prcetendere)^ ii. 362.Pressigny, Bertrand, Lord o^

i. 100, 103.Prewett, or Prowett, y iii.

135-6, 269.Price, Will., Under Sherif of

Norfolk, i. 339, 341.Prickets^ iii. 276.

603

Priors' Manor, iii. 147.Prisot, John, Chief Justice of

the Common Pleas, i. 123,

211-3, 290, 292.Privy Seal, My Lord, i. 356.PrjTitys.—See Prentis.Prysot.—See Prisot.Pulham, Rector of (T. Howes),

iii. 438.Pulyston, Reger, ii. 152.Punsbome(Pamsborowe),Herts,

iii. 389.Punyant, William and Claricia,

i. 47.

Purdy, , iii. 7, 12.

Purpeynt, Sir Harry, iii. 9.Purry, , L 83, IIO, 112;

iii. 410.Pygot.—See Pigot.Pykenham.—See Pickenham.Pykerell, John, ii. 311.Pykeworth.—Sec Pickworth.Pympe, John, iii. 180-3, 183-4,

185-6.Pynchemore, or Pynchamour,

, i. 139, 247; ii. 191-2.

Pynchester, , ii. 297.

Pyrke, John, Rector of SS.

Michael and Peter, Long

Stratton, iii. 460.Pyssaunce. Puissance or forces,

ii. 91.P)^e, a *' lyster " or dyer, i. 220.

Quale (Qwale), John, iii. 111-2.Quarrels, or Quarreaux. Square

pyramids of iron shojt from

crossbows, i. 82, 137.Quene. A harlot, i. 71.

Queries, , i. 83.

Quotton.—See Cotton.Qwharteyn.—See Wharton.

Rabbes, WilL, IL 297.Rabekyn, iii. 79.Radcliff.—6><r also Ratcliff.

RadclifF, , i. 304, 338, 434,

497, 512; ii. 78.

Radcliff, Cecily, Wife of Sir

John, i. 456.Radcliff (or Ratcliff), Jas., of

Billingford, iii. 365.Radcliff, Sir Jas., iii. 262.Radcliff, John, iii. 425.Radcliff, Sir John, i. 456.Radcliff, John, of Attleborough,

called Lord Fitzwalter, ob.

1461, i. 383, 512 {see Errata),

540; »• 5-

Radcliff, John, of Attleborough,Lord Fitzwalter (1485-93),ii. 420; iii. 252, 323, 334,341-2, 342-3, 485, 488.

Radcliff, Ric, iii. 306.

Radcliff, Sir Richard, iii. 9.

Radcliff, Rob., ii. 255, 265; iii.

39-

Radford, Nich., of Upcott, De-vonshire, i. 351.

Radford.—See also Ratford.

Raffman, , i. 483.

Radley, Ric, iii. 28, loi, 151-2.

Raisins, price of, i. 426.

Raisins of Corons, iii. 25.

Rakesond, John, Son of Geoffrey,

i. 37-Ram, Adam, i. 45.

Ramesey, , iii. 390.

Rammesbury, , ii. 294.

Ranson {qu. Rauson?), Rob.,

ii. 192.Ranworth, Norfolk, i. 529.Ratcliff.—See also Radcliff.

Ratcliff, , ii. 423.

Ratcliff, Jas., ii. 11, 265, 421.Ratcliff, John, Son of Hodge

or Roger, i. 237, 241, 244,

278, 280.Ratford, Sir Harry, i. 525.

Raufman, , i. 93.

Raulyns, , i. 213, 394, 398.

Raulyns, John, i. 333.Rauson (?).—See Ranson.Rawlyn, Richard, iu 407.Reading, ii. 168.

6o4

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Recheforthe, or Rycheferthe,

Master, i. 87.

Recheman, , i. 515.

Rede, Bartholomew, Mayor of

London in 1502, iii. 244.Rede, Laurence, i. 68.Rede, Richard, i. 66.Redeham.—See Reedham.

Redford, , iii. 19.

Redriff.—6"^^ Rotherhithe.

Redwe, John, iii. 158.

Ree, Roger, Sheriff of Norfolk,

ii. 328.Ree, Sir Roger, iii, 9.Reed Clyf, i. 18.

Reede, , iii. 244, 468.

Reede, Edmund, iii. 115.Reedham (Redham), Norfolk,

i. 14, 39, 246, 531 ; ii. 129,

163, 270, 309, 311, 402, 420 ;

iii. 284, 430, 432.Reedhams, in Caister, iii. 309.Rees, in Stratton, i. 182.Regestre, Rob., i. 529.Regimine Principum^ de, iii.

301.Reggisley, ii. 309.Regmayde, WilL, i. 333.Regyll, Castle of, in France,

i. 8.Remond, or Re5miond, Guil-

laume, i. 360, 367.Rendlesham, Suffolk, i. 440.Rennes, in Brittany, iii. 358.Reppes, or Reppys, , i.

169, 207.Reppes, John, Laurence, Ralph,

Roger, and William de, i. 4.Reppes, Robert, i. 40-1, 220.Repps, Manor of, i. 6; iL 163,

309, 311, 402, 420.Reston, iii. 453.Rere. To raise, iL 148.Reskuse. Rescue, iL 81, 82,

373, 375-Retford, John, '«late Coubitt,"

ii. 47.Rove, Alex., i. 190.

Reymond.—See Remond.

Reynalds, , i. 217.

Reynforth, Constance, iii. 220-1.

Reynolds, Will., ii. 269; iii.

Reynthorpe, ii. 294. [488.

Rhenish wine, iii. 364.

Richard Coeur de Lion, Bookabout, iii. 300.

Richard, Son of Richard, Dukeof York, created Duke ofGloucester (1461), becameKing as Richard IIL {1483),i. 525; ii. 50, 357-8, 389 ;iii. 38, 102, 173; proclama-tion of, iii. 316.

Richard, a servant of Howes,Parson of Blofield, i. 415.

Richard, a servant of John Paston, i. 257; iii. 155.

Richard of Wardrobe, i. 267.

Richard, Sir, iii. 273.

Richardson, Ric, iii. 249.

Richford. —See Recheforth.

Richmond, Surrey, iii. 394.

Richmond, Yorkshire, Arch-deacon of, i. 135. See alsoUrswick, Christopher.

Richmond, Earl of.—6(?<? Tudor,Edmund ; aho Henry VII.

Richmond, Margaret, Countessof. Mother of Henry VII.,iii. 346 Note 3, 391, 469.

Richmond, Master, ii. 265, 298.

Ridlingfeld, i. 127, 137 {bis).

Ring delivered by John Paston,iii. 68.

Riot during mass, ii. 81.

Rippingale, , iii. 270.

Rising, Norfolk, L 117.

Rising Castle, Norfolk, i. 355,432 ; ii. 4, 87, 96.

Rising, , iii. 48, 431.

Rising, John, of Fritton, ii. 70,145, 193, 199-200, 203, 308;his Wife, ii. 240.

Rising (Rysyng), WilL, L 530.

Riston.—See Ruston.

Rither, Sir Ralph, iii. 385.

605

Rivers, Lord.—See Woodville,

Richard.Robert, Sir, i. 217.Robinson, John, iii. 446.Robsart, Perceval, iii. 301.Robsart, Sir Terry, iii. 10, 184,

204, 378.

Robson, , i. 176.

Robyn, a servant, ii. 363, 376,

3«4.Roche, Anthony, Count de la.Bastard of Burgundy, ii.

317-8.Rochester, i. 139, 413.Rochester, John Lowe, Bishop

of, i. 134.Rockland Tofts, Norfolk, i.

188, 239, 251.Rodon.—See Rothon.Roger, Master, ii. 142 ; iii. 27,

37.Rogers, Robert, Parson of

Thorpe, i. 78, 554.Rokesby, [Sir ?] Robert, i.

534.Rokesley, Kent, ii. 330.

Rokewode, , i. 393.

Rokewode, William, i. 232, 277,

521, 529, 530-1 ; ii. 26, 27,

30-Rome, i. 19, 25; iii. 162, 268-9.Rome, Court of, i. 19, 24, 78;

iii. 415 - 6 ; dispensation

from, iii. loi ; pardon from,

ii. 271 ; pilgrimage to, ii.

66, 67.Romgey, i. 241.Rondelle, Martin, iii. 95-6.Roon.—See Rouen.Roos, John, eighth Lord (1414-

21), i. 10.Roos, Thomas, tenth Lord,

(1431-61), i. 327, 332, 497,

506, 534 ; ii. 5, 46.Roos, Lady, i. 394, 441 ; iii.

340.Roos, Aleyn, ii. 25, 294.Roos, Sir Plenry, ii. 46.

Roos, Mr., ii. 359, 414-5; iiL63, 64, 116, 117.

Roper's Manor, in Cromer, ii.287.

Rose, Sir John, a Canon ofIxworth, ii. 130.

Rose, Mrs., ii. 310.

Rostock, a Baltic port, i. 85.

Rothenhale, Eliz., Widow ofSir John, i. 27 {bi5\ 36.

Rotherfield Gray, Oxfordshire,i. 442.

Rotherham, Thos., Bishop ofLincoln (1472-80), Arch-bishop of York (1480-1500),iii. 137.

Rotherhithe or Redriff (Redre),i. 526.

Rothnall Hall, i. 554.

Rothon (or Rodon), Jane, iii.55, 85, 213.

Rotty.—See Rutty.

Rouen (Roan or Roon), in Nor-mandy, i. 8, 94; chamber ofaccounts of, i. 366 ; siege of,by Henry V., i. 10; prices ofvictuals during the siege, ib.

Rough, Robert, ii. 148.

Rougham, Norfolk, iii. 475,488 {bis).

Rous, or Rowse, Family of, iu

79.

Rous, , m. 91, 273.

Rous, Edmund, ii. 80.Rous, Eustace, iii. 310, 455.Rous, Reginald, of Dennington^

ii. 160.Rous, Reynold, i. 42, 277.Ronton (Rowton), Norfolk, i.

194-6 ; ii. 256 ; iii. 205.Rowneham.—See Runham.Rowse.—See Rous.

Roys, , i. 164.

Roys, John, i. 31 ; iii. 484.Royston, Herts, iii. 275, 316.Rugge, John, ii. 271, 279; iii.

443.Rimibold, Piers, iii. 315.

6o6

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Runham (Rowneham), Norfolk,i. 39; ii. 163,311,402,420;iii. 135-6, 187, 274.

Runlon (Runeton), Norfolk, iL

391.

Russe, John, I 390-1, 394, 410,518; ii. 37, 37-9,42, 63, 70,96-7, 106-8, 111-3, 117-9,155-8, 159, 176, 179-83, 187,218-9, 220-2, 227, 272-80,293, 298, 313; iii. 53, 85,213, 250-1, 431-2, 444, 488.^

Rusteynes, in Wymondham, IL

294-Rust on (or Riston), Norfolk, iu

143 ; iii. 446, 455.Ruthin.—See Grey, Edmund,

Lord.Rutland, Edmund, Earl of. Son

of Richard, Duke of York,

i. 500.Rutt, William, i. 115.Rutty (Rotty), John, iii. 396.Ryburgh, Norfolk, iii. 346,

484.Rycheferthe.—See Recheforthe.Rychers, John, L 53*Rydon, i. 152.Rye, Herts, i. 335.Rjrveers, Castle of, in France,

i. 8.

Sacring {Sakeryng). A reli-gious service, L 217.Sadler, John, i. 369.Sadler, (Sadiller), Simon, iii.

410.Sahara, i. 193.St. Alban's, i. 151, 327, 336;

ii. III.St Alban's, first Battle of, i.

327-31, 332-3, 345.St Alban's, second Battle of, il

II, 20, 330.St. Benet's, in Norfolk.—See

Hulme.St. Brieux (Bryak), in Brittany,

iii- 357.

St Catherine's [by Rouen], Ab-bey of, i. 9.

St Denis, in France, i. 9, 456.

St Edmund's, Parson of, i.247.

St Faith's Priory, Norfolk, L225; prior of, i. 36.

St Germain's, in France, L 9.

St. Gilerinz, in France, i. 9.

St. Imain's, in France, i. 9.

St. Jacques de Beueron, France,L 7.

St Jacques de Burvam, France,L 7.

St James' Hospital, West-minster, i. 345.

St James', in Spain.—SeeCoui-postella.

St. John, Master, iii. 405.

St. John's, Prior of. — SeeBotiU, Rob. ; Kendal, SirJohn.

St Leger (Selenger), , ii.

393.St. Leonard's (Levenard), by

Norwich, L 48; ii, 26.St Lo, i. 7.

Saintlow, G., i. 544; "• 47*Saintlow, Sir John, iii. 10.St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall,

iii. 107.St Olave's, Suffolk, il 112,

240.St Omer's, iii. 95, 202-4.St Osith's, Essex, iii. 92.St. Pierre suz Dive, in Nor^

mandy, i. 8.St Quentin, iii. 192.St. Romains, in Plaine, France,

i. 9.St. Sauveur de Vive (le

Vicomte ?), i. 7.St. Sauveur suz Dive, i. 8.St. Severin, in France, Dean of,

ii. 52.St Wallrens (S. Vallery ?), in

Normandy, iii. 388.Sak (?), Jolm, i. 456.

607

Sakeryng.—See Sacring.

Sale, Per)Ti, ii. 327.

Salet (Solatt), John, ii. 26, 205,

223, 234, 241, 249 ; iii. 234.SaUttes. Helmets, i. 106, 238,

283, 291 ; iL 189.Salisbury (Sanun), i. 106; ii.

67, 261, 339.Salisbury, Thomas de Monta-

cute. Earl of (1409-28), i. 10;

iiL 417.Salisbur}', Richard Nevill, Earl

of (1442-60), i. 265, 290, 303,

3-5, 327, 330-1, 332, 335,

345. 352, 376, 392, 420-1,

424, 497, 500, 506, 519, 522,

526; iii. 439.Salisbury, Alice, Comitess of.

Wife of the precediiig, i.

500.Salisbury, Bishop of, his "inn,"

or town house, in London, i.

350.Sail, Norfolk, i. 176; iiL 193,

195, 417-Sail, Parson cf^ ii 215, 265,

294.Salle, Rob., iii. 304.Salle, Sir Rob., Knight, iii.

450-1.Salr (?), Osbert, i. 5.

Salter, , iii. 147.

Salthouse, Norfolk, iii. 461.

Sammys, , ii. 71.

Sampson, J., Son and Heir of,

i. 396.Sampson, Mr., iii. 352.Sandal Castle, Yorkshire, i.

298, 386, 393.Sandall, Sir Will., iii. 10.Sandwich, L 417, 505; iL 92 ;

iii. 386.

Sandys, , iiL 26.

Saracens, iii. 32.

Saresson, Dr. John, Chancellor

to the Bishop of Norwich, ii.

364-Sarum.—See Salisbury.

Saunders,-

-, iiL 71.

Saundes, Sir John, iiL 9.Saundre.—See Kok.Savage, Martin, ii. 268.Savile, Sir John, Knight, iiL

392.

Sawtr', , L 223-4.

Sawtre, Hunts, Abbot of, L

205.Saxlhorpe, Norfolk, i. 173,

308, 417, 510; iL 163, 310,

311, 490; iiL II, 35, 40, 44,

46, 470.Say, John, iL 131 Note 2, 134,

257.

Say, Will. Fienes, Lord, iii. 4,

Say, Sir Will., iii. 361.

Scales, Thomas, Lord, i. 70,93, 116-7, II8(/^'r), 119 (^/^),123, 146, 152, 165, 169, 172,186, 209, 212, 222, 228, 23q276, 289, 398, 399, 400, 424,427, 475, 496-7 ; his lands,

iii- 355, 356.Scales, Anthony, Lord.—See

Woodville.Scales (Scalys), Rob., Parson

of Brasted, iii. 471.Scales, Thos., L 337.

Scarlett, , iiL 151-2, 154.

Scarlett, Lady, i. 51.

Scharggar, , iiL 212.

Schauntrell, the Lord, iiL 202.

[This cannot be Poton de

Saintrailles, as suggested in

Fenn's Note, for he died in

1461.]Scheperd.—See Shepherd.Scheryngton, L 46-7.Schipdam.—See Shipdam.Scholdham, Thos., L 277.Schypden.—See Shipden.Scipio, iii. 301 Note i.Scoles (Scoolys), Norfolk, iL

60, 105.Scolton, iii. 235.Scotland, L 388 ; ii. 52, 93, 103,

III, 120, 259; iiL 88, 324,

6o8

THE PASTON LETTERS.

480 ; Henry VI. and Mar-garet of Anjou in, ii. 45-6.Scots, The, i. 393 ; ii. 120 ; iii.

II, 92, 351-Scots, King of.—See James

HI. ; a«^ James IV.Scots, Queen of.—See Mary of

Gueldres.Scott, Sir John, iii. 85, 97, 183,

184.Scott, Margaret, Daughter of

Sir John, iii. 85, 183. See

Bedingfield.Scrope, Sir John, Knight, ii.

158.Scrope, Stephen, Stepson of

Sir J. Fastolf, i. 88, 89-90,

91-4, 296, 303, 357-8, 409,

419, 427, 442, 482; ii. 103,

271, 280; iii. 443-4. See

also Steven, Master.Scrope {of Bolton), John, fifth

Lord (1460-98), iii. 162.Scrope (of Masham), Thos.,

fifth Lord (1455-75), ii- 5,

109, 158.Scrotby (Scrovvby or Scrou-

deby), Norfolk, i. 413; ii.

158, 272 ; iii. 22, 212.Scroudeby. —See Scrotby.Scrowby.—See Scrotby.Seez, in Normandy, i. 7.Sefif (Seve?), , Daughter

of, iii. 219.

Seggeford, , i. 176.

Seine, River, in France, L 10;

ii. 94.Sekbrok, il 168.

Selenger, , ii. 393.

Selet, John, L 192.

Sellyng, , i. 228.

Sellyng, Richard, i. 164.Semper, in France, i. 9.Senctlowe.—See Saintlow.Sendall.—See Sandal.Sergaunte, Robert, i. 45.Seve (Seyve), John, ii. 201, '

421 ; iii. 212. See Sefl.

Seve, Thos,, ii. 421.

Sewal, , i. 391.

Sewarby, Will., iii. 484.

Sewardby's Manor, No folk,iii. 205.

Seymour, Sii J ohn, iii. 8.

Seyntlowe.—See St. Lo.

Seyve.—See Seve.

Sforza, Francis, Duke of Milan,i. 185.

Shaa.—See Shawe.

Sharington, Norfolk, iii. 469.

Sharman, Richard, ii. 385.

Sharp, Robert, iii. 356.

Sharynbom, , i. 253.

Shave, , iii. 445.

Shawe (Shaa), Edmund, ii. 401.

Shawe, John, ii. 273-4, 277-8;iii. 69, 71, 468.

Shawe (Shave), Will., iL 271,278.

Sheen (Shene), Surrey, after-wards called Richmond, i.387, 392 ; iii. 241, 329, 353,368. See also Richmond.

Sheen, Charter-house at, L

497.Sheen, Castle of, iii. 163.Sheep taken from Hellesdon, ii.

206, 211, 217, 238.Shelton, Catherine, Widow of

Will, i. 37.Shelton, John, i. 37.Shelton, Ralph, i. 37, 277.Shepherd (Schepherd), Sim., L

69.Sheriff.—See Shireff.Sheriff Hutton (Shirrifhoton),

i. 421 ; iii. 366.Sheriffs, Election of, i. 408.Sherringham (Sheryngham,

Shiryngham), Norfolk, ii.

391 ; Frenchmen taken at,

ii- 93.Sherwood, John, Bishop of

Durham (1485-92), iii. 363.Shipden (Schypden), Norfolk,

ii. 287, 391 ; iii. 454.

609

Shipdham, Norfolk, iii. 450.

Shipdham, Walter or Walk in,i. 89, 113, 116, 148, 167,174, 226, 415-6, 484, 513,518; ii. 59, 187, 231-2; iii.431, 474.—See also Cole,Will.

Shipdham, Will., i. 480-1.

Shipton.—See also Sibton.

Shipton (or Sypton), Sir John,i. 137, 169, 170(^/4 213.

Shipton (Sipton), , iii. 271,

273-Shirref, W^ilL, i. 97.Shiryngham.—See Sheryngham.Sholond Hall, Suffolk, i. 412.Shotbolt, Thos., i. 545.Shotery (or Shortere), Edmund,

iii. 461-2.Shottisham, Suffolk, iii. 375.

Shragger, , i. 190, 551.

Shrewd. Sharp or severe, ii.

4, 83.Shrewsbury, i. 525.Shi'jwsbury, Battle of (1403),

i. 350-Shrewsbury, , Wile of

John, first Earl of, i. 73.Shrewsbury, John Talbot, first

Earl of (1442-53), i. loi,

363* 366.Shrewsbury, John Talbot,second Earl of (1453-60), i.

333» 345. 403, 408, 417-Shrewsbury, George Talbot,

fourth Earl of (1473-1538),

iii. 385.

Shuldham, , i. 191.

Sibbeson (Sybbeson), Will., iii.

304.Sibton (Sybton), L 148.—See

Shipton.Silk, ii. 235.Sillie le Guillem, Castle of, in

France, i. 360, 367.Silveryn, Roger, ii. 224.

Simon, , i. 199; iii. 315.

Singleton, , iii. 409.

III. 2 R

Sion, Older of the Temple of,

ii. 170.Sipton.—See Shipton.Sisland (Cyselond), Norfolk, i.

168.Skelton, John, iii. 250.Skerne, , ii. 320; iii. 118,

271, 273.

Skerne, Sir , iii. 10.

Skeyton, Norfolk, iii. 450.

Skilly, , i. 307, 390-1.

Skinner, Jas., ii. 50.Skipwith (Skyppewith),

ii. Z7> 124, 185-6, 217; iii.

191.Skipwith, Anne, iii. 154.Skolehouse (Skolous), , ii.

270-1.Skrowpe,—See Scrope.Slacke, Ric, Windsor Herald

{temp. Hen. VII,), iii. 361.*' Sleeping lime," i. 390.Sleyforth (Slyford), Thos., ii.

250, 251.Sloley, Master, ii. 37; iii.

144.Sloth, Piers at, ii. 183, 194.

Slyfelde, , ii. 65, 73.

Slyford.—See Sleyforth.Smalbergh, i. 495.Smalbridge (Smalbergh), Suf-folk, i. 262 ; ii. 315.Smith, or Smyth, , iii.

205.Smith, Harr)', i. 280; iii. 10.Smith, John, ii. 9-10, 84, 193,

199, 271,313; iii. 46, 48, 80,

99, 235, 239, 252, 431, 432,

446.Smith, Martin, iii. 260.Smith, Will., iii. 292, 315.Smithden (Smethedon), llund.

of, Norfolk, ii. 312.Snailwell, Cambs., i. 137, 434,

518; ii. 292, 390; iii. 22,

41, 42-3, 187, 208, 389, 450-

l» 454.Snailwell, Bailiff of, iii. 389.

6io

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Snallewell, , iii. 407,

411.Snetterton (Snyterton), Norfolk,

i.432.

Snoring, Norfolk, Parson of,ii. 20, 29, 32.

Snoring, Little, Norfolk, i. 298,299.

Snow, , i. 405.

Sokelyng, , ii. 60.

Solatt.—See Salet.

Somerlay. To keep groundfallow, ii. 302 ; iii. 402.

Somerset, Sir Charles, after-wards Lord Herbert and Earlof Worcester, iii. 344.

Somerset, Duchess of, iii.

485.Somerset, Edmund Beaufort,second Duke of (1448-55), i.228, 245, 260-1, 265-7, 296,

305, 327, 330, 332-3, 334,

346, 424, 425.Somerset, Edmund Beaufort,

called Duke of (1464-71), ii.

319; iii. 9.Somerset, Henry Beaufort,

third Duke of (1455-64), i.

408, 491, 526 ; iL 4, 7, 52,

91, 93, 113, 152. See also

Dorset.Somerset, John Beaufort, Earl

of (1397-1410), iii. 317.Somerset, John Beaufort, first

Duke of (1443-4), i. 100; iii.

317.

Somerset, The Lord John [Beau-fort] of, Brother of Henry,third Duke, iii. 8.

Somersetshire, i. 497.

Somerton, Norfolk, i. 515; iii.205, 291, 417.

Somerton, East, Norfolk, iii.

449, 453, 455-Somerton, West, Norfolk, iii.

213, 449, 453, 455.Somerton, Beatrice, iii. 449.Somerton, Geoff., iii. 449.

, Somerton, Jolm, iii 249.Somme, River, in France, i

392 ; iii. 84, 123.Songer, Jas., iii. 94.Sorell, a horse, ii. 355.Sotehill, Harry, Counsel, i.

374, 427; "• 54-Southampton (or Hampton), L

425 ; iii. 344.Southtown. — See Yarmouth,

Little.Southwark, i. 133, 386, 403,

493; ii. 72, 157, 332; iii.

22, 41, 42-3, 187, 208, 441,

481.Southwark, places, &c., in :

Berehouse, the, ii. 430.

Bermondsey Street, iii. 69.

Boar's Head, the, i. 431; iii.430.

Buck Head, the, i. 454.

Cardinal's Hat, the, iii. 26.

Fastolf's place in, i. 525-6,

539-Hartshome, the, iii. 430.St. George's, ii. 277.St Mary Overy, ii. 391,

402.St. Olave's Church, i. 442,

454-5, 462.

Water mills in, iii. 430.

White Hart the, i. 133-4-Southwell, Alice, Daughter of

Ric, iii. 131-2.Southwell, Sir John, i. 299.Southwell, Ric, L 220, 228-9,

277, 304-6, 323, 493, 528,

550, 552; ii. 14-15,325, 399;

iii. 19, 54, 75, 105, 131-2, 140,

164, 380.Southwell, Rob., iii. 385.Sowle, Geoffrey, i. 190.Sowier. A shoemaker, i. 292.Sowter, Adam, iii. 468.Spain, ii. 94.

Spain, A Knight of, i. 40.Spanish Ships or Fleet, i. 428 ;

ii. 118-9.

6ii

Spany, Rob., i. 281-2, 495, 529.

Sparham, Norfolk, i. 44, 137,208; ii. 265; iii. 166, 180,187, 189, 190, 196-7, 283,304, 417, 474.

Sparham, Parson of, i. 69.

Sparham, John of, i. 69.

Sparham, Sir Jolm, ii. 254.

Sparke, , iii. 273.

Sparre, Simon, i. 222.

Speke, Sir John, iii. 385.

Spelman, or Spilman, Henry,Recorderof Norwich in 1469,i. 383; iu 125,158,359,421;iii. 256.

Spencers in Herringby, ii. 163,309, 311, 402, 420.

Spendlove, Sir Reynold, Clerk,ii. 90.

Spenser, Rob., iii. 374.

Sperham.—See Sparham.

Sperid. Fastened (spoken ofdoors), L 83.

Sperlyng (or Spirling), Geoff.,i. 168, 314, 335, 370, 404,410, 414, 415-6, 418, 445,504; ii. 262, 264; iii. 43.

Spery, Rob., ii. 408.

Spicer, Clement, i. 219.

Spicer, Master, ii. 397.

Spicer, Thos., ii. 271, 279; iii.

443-Spirling.—See Sperling.Spitlynges, Suffolk, i. 182; ii.

163, 280, 310, 311, 424; iii.

u, 5i» 93.

Spordamis, or Spurdans, ,

ii. 5-6.

Spordamis, Margaret, ii. 262.

Sporle, Norfolk, i. 136, 150,191,325; ii. 286, 2S8-9, 292,302,350,390; iii. 31,38,41,43, 46, 69-71, 71-2, 85-6, 100,104, 105, 116, 126, 130, 135,139, 187, 199-200, 201, 209,253, 274, 293, 330, 426,487.

Sporle, Tenants of, iii. 105.

Sporle, Vicar of, i. 137, 149 ;

iii. 253-4, 432.

Spriggeis Manor, Norfolk, iiL205.

Spring (Sprynge), , iii.

99.

Sprouston, Norfolk, i. 18, 26.

Sprowton, Suffolk, ii. 200.

Spycer.—See Spicer.

Spyrlyng.—See Sperlyng.

Squyer, Sir John, i. 170.

Stacy, , i. 125.

Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.—See Buckingham.

Stafford, Anne, eldest Daughterof Humphrey, Duke of Buck-ingham, i. 516.

Stafiibrd, Henry, Earl of Staf-ford, grandson of Bucking-ham, afterwards second Duke,L 426. See also Bucking-ham.

Stafford, Henry, Earl of, Sonof Edward, third Duke ofBuckingham, iii. 404.

Stafford, Lord Henry (calledLord Henry of Buclungham),ii. 6, 389.

Stafford, Humphrey, Earl ofStafford, eldest Son of thefirst Duke of Buckingham, i.

62, 327, 33i» 332-3.

Stafford, Humphrey, Lord (ofSouth wick), created Earl ofDevonshire in 1469, ii. 353.

Stafford, Sir Humphrey, i. 73-4;

ii. 5.Stafford, John, ii. 5.Stafford, John, Archbishop of

Canterbury and Chancellor,

i. 59-60, 84-5, 410.Stafford, Lord John (called

Lord John of I3uckingham),

ii. 389.Stafford, Richard, Son of Sir

Humphrey, i. 74.Stafford, Thos., iii. 350.Stafford Bemyngham, i. 39.

6l2

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Stalham (Stalom), Norfolk, L

38 ; ii. 105.Stamford, ii. 93.Stamford, Battle of, ii. 413.

Stanhope, , ii. 214.

Stanle, , i. 258.

Stanley, George.—See Strange.Stanley, Thos., Lord (1459-

85), Earl of Derby (1485-

1504), ii. 396.Stanley, Sir Thos., i. 129, 333.Stanley, Sir W., iii. 90.Stanstede, Suffolk, i. 11, 59;

ii. 287-9 ; i"- 263, 267-8,311,

3I5» 450-1.Stanton, Nicholl, ii. 234.Stanywerp, Bury St. Edmund's,

i. 6.Staple, Merchants of the, iii.

166,Stapleton, or Stapilton,

i. 195-6, 202, 521.Stapleton, or Stapilton, Sir

Brian, Knight, i. 14, 15.Stapleton, Brian, i. 120, 169,

277, 400.Stapleton, Sir Miles, i. 39, 120,

141 {bis), 152, 156, 159, 230,

314, 393» 394; ii. 4» 24,

27, 28, 31, 36-7; iii. 311,

477.Stapleton, Miles, i. 123.Stapleton, Lady, i. 257.Stapleton, Lady Catherine,

Widow of Sir Miles, iii. 314,Staphs.—See Etaples.Star Chamber, at Westminster,

i. 104; iii. 385.Starbroke, Gilbert, i. 330.Starkey (Sterkey), Humph.,

Barrister, ii. 144, 258.Starkey (or Cookeson), , ii.

423-Staundon, Kent, IL 330, 332.

Staunton, , iii. 271, 273-4.

Staunton, Will., i. 210.Stavely, Master, ii. 298.Stayard.-—See Steyard.

Staynford, John, iii. 487.Stendale, Edmund, i. 336.Stephen (or Steven), Master,

i. 441 ; ii. 193, 227, 234.Sterborough, Lady, i. 226.Sterkey.—See Starkey.Stermyn, Thos., ii. 184-5.Steven, Master.—See Stephen.Stevenson, Thos., iii. 237,

241.Stevynnyd. Parti-colored, iii.

408.Steward, , of Colton, iii.

238.Steyard, Will., i. 27.Stibbard (Styberd), Norfolk, iii.

206.Still.—^<r^ Style.Stillington, Rob., Bishop of

Bath and Wells (1466-91),

Lord Chancellor (1467-73),

iii. 12, 62.Stirop, or Styrop, , of the

King's Bench, i. 160.Stiwardson, WilL, L 53, 119

{bis).Stockton, Norfolk, Parson of,

i-39-Stocton, , Daughter of, iiL

118.Stodeley, John, i. 263, 267.Stodhagh, Thos., i. 39.Stoke (Norfolk?), ii. 310.Stoke, Suffolk, i. 170.Stoke, by Newark, Notts, Battle

of, iii. 488.Stoke Nayland, iii. 486.Stokes, John, Clk., LL.D., i.

69, 352, 373, 466-7, 493-4,

506, 508, 517; ii- 33, 230.Stokesby, Norfolk, i. 538; ii.

311, 402.Stokesby Church, i. 318, 319.Stokesby, Parson of, iii. 57.Stompys (Stomps), Thos., ii.

397, 400, 403, 416.Stonham, Suffolk, i. 44.Stonsted.—See Stanstead.

613

Storor, Sir Will., iii. 244, 275,

276.Stotevyle, Will., i. 53.—^^-^

also Stutvj-le.Stradbroke, Bailiff of, ii. 251.Strange, Geo. Stanley, Lord

(1482-97), iii. 385.Strange (Slrawng), , Wife

of, ii. 130.Strange, John, ii. 196-7, 296.Strang^^7sse, Sir Jas., i. 540.Strangys, Land called, i. 325.Stratford, Suffolk, i, 292.Stratford of the Bowe, ii. 136.

Abbey of, iii. 352.Stratton, i. 182; ii. 35-7, 88,

294.Stratton, Long, Norfolk, iii,

264, 325, 460.Stratton, Long, Rector of, iii.

460.Stratton, Ric, iii. 157-8, 159.

Straunge, , i. 192.

Street Hall (Strehall), or Straw-hall, in Cressingham, iii. 147.Sirek met. Exact measure (?),

ii. 176.Strickland, Sir Thos., iii. 9.Strumpshaw, Norfolk, i. 241,

2S0.Stuard, Master, ii. 298.Stuff. Household goods, ii. 75,

81.

Stunner, , iii. 273.

Stunner, Hany, i 164.Sturmyn, Rob., Mayor of

Bristol, i. 293.

Sturmyn, , iii. 219.

Stutvyle, , ii. 388. —See also

Stotevyle.

Stwkle, , ii. 264.

Styberd.—See Stibbard.

Style (Still), Sir John, ii. 350,

387 ; ii'. 31, 49, 56-7, So.Styrston, Noifolk, ii. 256.Sty ward, Thorn, iii. 19.Suckling (Sokelyng). , ii.

60.

Sudbury, Suffolk, ii. 238.

Sudley, Sir Ralph Butler, Lord,ii. 310, 312, 420; ii. II, 90.

Suffeld, John, i. 245.

Suffolk, County of, i. 149, 158,172,246, 308,447,449, 460-3,465, 492; ii. 34, 38, 113-6,I39> 163, 166, 168, 182, 1S4,203, 285, 308, 350,407,417,420, 423 ; iii. 325, 427, 440,442, 478, 479-

Suffolk, Sessions of, ii. 241.

Suffolk, Sheriff of, i. 412; ii.168.

Suffolk, Under Sheriff of, \i.161.

Suffolk, William de la Pole,Earl of (1415-44), Marquis of(1444-8), Duke of (1448-50),i. 38, 41, 65, 69, 81, 99-10^,111-2, 115, 121-2, 123, 124,126, 127, 129, 148, 192, 341,

35^-9, 367, 368, 394, 454-

Suffolk, Alice, Duchess of. Wifeof the preceding, i. 122, 25S,394, 521; ii. 16, 50, 70, 207-8,210, 213, 341, iii. 427, 47S,488.

Suffolk, John de la Pole, DuV.eof(i463-9i), i. 52i;ii. 10,54,59, 82-3, 85, 124, 132, 160,176, 184, 186-7, 194, 195-6,203, 204-6, 207-8, 209, 213,215-6, 227, 234, 250-1, 252,292, 302, 306, 323, 356-7,3S9, 413; iii. 53, 208, 216,222, 223, 226, 229, 234, 254,309-10, 324-5, 434, 478, 482;his claim to Drayton, ii. 210;his pedigree, ii. 210.

Suffolk, Elizabeth, Duchess of,Wife of the preceding, andSister to Edward IV., i. 521;ii. 207 ; iii. 16 Note 2, 32,33, 69, 216, 306-7.

Suffolk, Edmund de la Pole,Earl of (1491 - 1503), iii.

393-

6i4

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Sumpterman, John, i. 266.Sundridge (Sondryche), Kent,

iiL 471 ; Sir Robert, Parish

Priest of, iii. 471.Suoh (?), Griffith, i. 392.Surrey, County of, ii. 407; iii.

440.Surrey, Eliz., Countess of, iii.

322-3, 488.Surrey, Thos. Howard, Earl of,

iii. 365-6.Sussex, County of, i. 266.Sustead, Norfolk, i. 113; iL 391;

iii. 449, 451.Suthwell, Ric.—See Southwell.Sutton, Robert, i. 24.S waff ham, Norfolk, i. 45-47,

123, 137, 151-2, 168, 172-3,

186, 190.1, 193, 196-7, 203,

205, 211-2; iii. 70, 475.Swaffham, Bailiff of, i. 190.

See also Blake.Swafield, iii. 237.Swainsthorpe (Sweyngsthorp),

Norfolk, i. 206, 434; ii. 131,

148, 262, 286, 287-9 ; iii- 22,

43, 179-80, 189, 219, 258-9,

330-I-

Swan, Agnes, iii. 288.

Swan, William, i. 21, 22; ii.311, 409; iii. 241.

Swaywell.—See SnailwelL

Swathfield, i. 58.

Swathing, Edmund, i. 56.

Sweet (Swete), Henry, ii. 423.

Sweyngsthorp. — See Swains-thorpe.

Swiss, The, iii. 162.

Swive or Swhyve. To havesexual intercourse, i. 71.

SwoUe, i. 167.

Swyffhcote, John, i. 95.

Swyneston, , i. 74.

Swynford, Catherine, third wifeof Jolji of Gaunt, iii. 317.

Swysto, The Wynsalaw (?) de,

Sybton.—See Sibton.

Sjnne, or Symme, a boy, iii. 7,72, 78, 115, 116, 133, 134,148, 175.

Symmys, John, ii. 273-4, 276-8.

Symmys, Thos., i. 127.

Sypton's matter, L 169. SeeShiptoiL

Tables, Game of, iii. 314.Tacolneston, Norfolk, ii. 294.Tailboys, Will., L 96-98; ii

46.Taillor.—See Taylor.Talbot, Christopher, iii. 468.Talbot, Sir Christopher, third

Son of John, first Earl of

Shrewsbury, i. 41.Talbot, Gilbert, eleventh Lord,

i. 10; iii. 392.Talbot, Sir Humphrey, ii. 369.Talbot, Mr., iii. 157.

Talfas, , i. 247.

Talfas, Margaret, i. 247.Talyour, John, iii. 347.

Tanfeld, , ii. 8.

Tanny, in France, i. 9.Tartyssale, John, Parson of the

East Church, Warham, L

347. —^i?<? TattershaU.Tasborough, i. 167.Tatleshale, John, i. 192.TattershaU, Lincolnshire, i. 97-

8, 173-4.TattershaU (Tatirshall), Sir

John, i. 496, 514; ii. 29,32.

—See also Tartyssale.Tattingstone (Tatyngston),

Suffolk, ii. 337.Taunton, Somerset, i. 264.Taverham, Norfolk, i. 169; iL

68; iii. 304.Taverham [Roger ?], Old, ii

64.Taverham, Roger, ii. 65-8,

68-9.Taverham, Thos., ii. 68.Tavemer, Will., i. 255 ; ii. 84;

iii. 407, 430.

615

Taylor, Rob., i. 237, 241, 277,

2S0.Taylor, Roger, i. 39.Taylour, Ralph, iii. 390.Tebald, Robert, i. 51.TefTaunt, in Wiltshire, the seat

of Lord Moleyns, i. 76.Telte, Rob., i. 253.Temperley.—See Tvmperley.** Temple of Glass, Lydgate's,

iii. 37, 300.Tendall, John, iii. 83.Tendall, Mary, iii. 287.

Tentale, , ii. 127.

Terell.—See Tyrell.

Testerton Church, Norfolk, i.

20, Note 3.Testerton, Parson of, iii. 346.Tewkesbury, Battle of, iii. S.Thames, River, i. 45 ; ii. 118.Thunet (Tenett), Isle of, iii. 93.Tharston (Therston), Norfolk,

ii. 294.Theberton, Suffolk, i. 553.Thelverton (Thelton), Norfolk,

iii. 427.Themelthorpe (Thimblethorpe),

iii. 206.Thepala (?), i. 507.Therston.—See Tharston.Thetford, Norfolk, i. 190, 269,

433; ii- 3, 92, 148, i49-50>264, 277 ; iii. 155, 2S0, 304,334, 444.

Thetford, Priory of, i. 30, 418.

Thetford, Prior of, John Vescey,iii. 6.

Thimblethorpe.—See Themel-thorpe.

Thirn.—See Thume.

Thompson, Thos., of Guisnes,ii. 47.—See also Tomson.

Tiiorald, Thos., ii. 273-4, 279-So.

Thoresby, , ii. 98.

Thome, , i. 324.

Thorae, Richard, ii. 37,

1 hoinham, i. 26,

lliornham, Simon, i. 383; ii.

234-Thornton, , Chamberlain

of London, i. 379.Thorpe, Norfolk, iii. 68, 322-3.Thorpe, Parson of (Rogers ?), i.

78, 554.

Thorpe Wood, i. 238, 278.

Thorpe, Thos., Baron, of theExchequer, and Speaker ofthe House of Commons (1454),i. 264, 331, 332, 346, 522,535; iii. 477-

Thorpe, Friar William, ii. 261.

Thorpe Waterfield, ii. 6.

Thorplond, iii. 291.

Threcher (Thressher), John, ii.

153, 351, 388.

Thurnberne, , ii. 55.

Thurne (Thim), Norfolk, iii.

205.Thuming (Thyrning), Norfolk,

1. 190 ; ii. 265.Thurrock, West (Westthirrok),

Essex, ii. 235.Thuxton, Will., i. 192; iii. 310,

450, 455-Thuxtons, Norfolk, iii. 206.Thwait, Griffm de, i. 3.Thwait.—See also Tweyt.Thyrning.—See Thuming.

Thyrston, , iii. 15, 46, 55,

.85, 89.Tibetot, Lord, i. 456.Tibetot, Millicent, i. 446. See

Fastolf, Millicent.Tibetot, Sir Robert, i. 446,

453.

Tidman, Will., iii. 471.

Tiger pursuivant, iii. 203.

Tilly (Tylly), in Normandy, i. 9.

Tilney, Alan de, i. 5.

Tilney, Reginald, Prior of Ix-wordh, ii. 130.j Tindale, Mary, Wife of Sirj William, i. 354, Note.

Titchwell (Tychwell), Norfolk,i i. 113, 164, 175-6, 177, 367,

6i6

THE PAS TON LETTERS.

375, 404, 518, 554; ii. 161,

163, 204, 337, 396, 397 ; iii.

II, 38, 44, 136.Titileshall, Norfolk, iii. 21, 415.Tobye, John. iii. 443.Todenham.—See Tuddenham.Toke, Henry, ii. 277.Tolle, Rob., i. 252.Tolman, Nich., ii. 178.Tolthoipe, Norfolk, ii. 401-2,

417; iii. 92.Toly, R., ii. 314.TolyesorTolleys, Lands called,

iii. 310, 450.Tom, Master, ii. 208.Tomsori, T., ii. 387.Tonstale.—S^<? Tunstall.Topclifife, Yorkshiie, iii. 359.Topcroft, iii. 167, 171, 176, 177^

178, 264.

Toppis, , i. 220, 224.

Topy, John, i. 38, 53.Toring, Ric, iii. 148.Tottenham (Totnam), iii. 247.Totyndon, Kent, ii. 330, 332.Touques (Towk), in Normandy,

i. 8.Tournament at Eltham, ii. 303,

304- .

Tovey, in France, i. 9.

Tovy, John, ii. 155-6, 271, 278.

Tower of London.—6><? London.

Townsende, Rob., i. 529.

Townsende (Tomiesende),Roger, ii. 198, 326, 391,398-9; iii. 30,40, 57,66,69,72, 106, 114, 116-7. 127,131, 137, 199, 255, 309, 382,400.

Towton, Battle of, ii. 5-6.

Tracy, in Normandy, i. 9.

Traunson. A cross beam, iii.285,407.

Trayford, Sir Ed., iii. 385.

Treacle of Genoa, ii. 293.

Treasure^, Lord, i. 176, 437;ii. 96, 102, 106, 357. SeeCromwell, Ralph, Lord ;

Wiltshire and Ormond, Earlof.

Trenchemer, , 1. 192.

Trent, The River, iii. 478.

Trentalles, iii, 462-3. A tientailwas thirty masses.

Tresham, , i. 222 ; ii. 326.

Tresham, Sir Harry, iii. 9.

Tresham, Thos., i. 264, 332,

Tresham, Sir Thos., iii, 9.

Trevilian, John, L 264.

Tricarico, Tho. BrancaccioCardinal o^, i. 20.

** Trinity," Ihe Ship, ii. 118.

Troilus, Book of, iii. 300.

Trollope, Andrew, i. 526, 540.

Trollope, Sir Andrew, ii. 5, 6.

Trovy, John, iii. 395-6.

Trunch, Norfolk, i. 58; ii. 71;iii. 205.

Trunch Church, iii. 447.

Tnmch Richard de, i. 4.

Tmssell, , ii. 358.

Tuddenham (Todenham), Nor-folk, iii. 205.

Tuddenham, East, in Norfolk,i. II; iii. 292, 310, 450, 455.

Tuddenham (Todyham), Heniy,i. 445, 519; iii. 477.

Tuddenham, Tudham, or To-denham, Sir Thomas, i. 65,69, 94-5, 129, 151, 153, 156,164, 165, 167, 168, 171-3,179, 186, 187, 190-I, 192-3,200, 202, 203-5, 211, 222{bis), 226, 228-9, 230, 276-7,

341, 347, 349-50, 394, 395,496-7, 519, 520; ii. 15, 31,76-7, 157, 260; iii. 418,475,

477, 478.

Tudor, Edmund, Earl of Rich-mond, i. 254 Note 2, 266,392; iii. 319.

Tudor, Henry.—6V^Henry VII.

Tudor, Jasper, Earl of Pem-broke, i. 254 Note 2, 266,327, 392, 499; ii. 52, 118;iii. 17, 316.

617

Tudor, Owen, iii. 316-7.Tuke, Ric, iii. 467.TuHy.—See Cicero.Tunstall, Norfolk, i. 495.Tunstall, Sir Richard, ii. ill,

120.Tunstall (Tonstale), W., ii.

358.Tunstall, Sir Will, ii. 120.Tunstead, Norfolk, ii. 105.Tuibeville (Trobylvyll), Sir

John, iii. 350.Turk, A little, in London, ii.

394.Turks, i. 425.

*' Tumerys of Lawn," iii. 410.Tune, in France, i. 9.Tutbury, Staffordshire, i, 3S6,

387-Tuxiord, Notts, i. 264.Tweyt, Geoffrey de, i. 4.Tweyt, Roger de, i. 4.Tw>er, John, ii. 11, 20, 29, 32 ;

iii. 477, 480.Tychewell.—See Titchwell.Tydder.—See Tudor.

Tylerd, , i. 554.

Tylly, in France, i. 9.Tylyard, Rob., i. 553.Tymperley, or Temperley, ,

i. 207-8, 215-6, 233, 243,

292 ; ii. 49 ; iii. 54, 75.T>'ndale, Will., iii. 355.

Tyrell, , i. 521.

Tyrell, Sir Jas., iii. 9, 92.Tyrell, Sir John, i. 365.Tyrell, Sir Thos., ii. 236; iii.

361.Tyrell, Sir Walter, iii. 4.Tyrell (Terell), Sir WUl., ii.

326.Tyrlj-ngham, Kent, ii. 330-1.

Ulveston, , Steward of the

Middle Temple, i. 186.

Ulveston, John, i. 169, 170.

ynifraville (Umphirvile), SirGilbert, i. 10.

Unguentum album, i. 221.

Upgate, Sir Will., Vicar ofCaister, iii. 236.

Upton, Norfolk, Vicar of, ii.267.

Upton, Thos., i. 346, 414, 514,524; ii. 154, 156, 274.

Urmond.—See Onnond.

Urr}', John, i. 19, 20.

Urswick, Christopher, Arch-deacon of Richmond (1494-1500), iii. 468.

Vache, Phihp, and Ellz., hisWife, i. 28.

Valeis.—See Falaise.

Valognes (Valence), in Nor-mandy, i. 7.

Vampage, Sir Will., iii. 344.

Vannes, in Brittany, i. 84 ; iii.

358-Vaughan (Waghan), Sir Hugh,

iii. 405.Vaughan, Thos., i. 500.Vaus, Sir Will., iii. 8.Vaux, in Caister, Norfolk, ii.

163, 309. 402, 420; iii. 309,

450.Vaux, John, Parson of Edd ing-

thorpe, i. 29.Ve, Town of, in France, i. 8.Venice, Gold of, iii. 404.Venor, Eliz., ii. 281.Vere, Aubrey de. Son of John,

twelfth Earl of Oxford, i.

Vere, Dame Margaret, iii. 80.Vere (or Veer), Sir Rob., ii. 8.Vere, Thos., ii. 420.Vergeant, Master, i. 511; iii.

478.Vermus, in France, i. 8.Vemeuil (Vernoile), in France,

i. 8, 361, 365.Vemicle, a Prayer to the, iii.

301.Veinnile (Vernon ?), SU7 Seyno,

i. §.

6i8

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Vescy, Lord, i. 409.Veuuter, Sir Ric, i. 222-3.Vileine, in France, Castle of, i.

8.Vincent (Vyncent), John, of

Bentley, i. 425.Vincent, Sir John, L 374.Vincent, the Phimber, iii. 212.Vire, in Normandy, i. 7.Vive (Vicomte ?), Saint Sauveur

de, i. 7.VjTicent.—See VincentVyol's Bill for Painting, iL

408.

Wacy, John, i. 53.Waghan.—See Vaughan.Wager of Law, i. 407, Note 2.Waifford, i. 295.Wakefield, Battle of, i. 541 ; ii.

4-Walcot, Norfolk, ii. 74; iii.

432.Walcots, in Little Snoring, L

298, 299.Walden, Thomas, Netter of.—

See Netter.Wales, i. 525-6 ; ii. 38, 41, 52,

91, 119, 152; iii. 33, 107,

475-

Walgrave, Lady, Widow of SirRic, iii. 118, 120, 178.

Walgrave, Sir Thos., iii. 39.

Walkere, Will, iii 363.

Walle, Geoffrey, i. 37.

Waller, Richard, i. 307; ii.312,420.

Wallerswyke, i. 6.

Walles, in Southwark, iii. 73.

Wallingford, iii. 33.

Walsam, , i. 227. See also

Walsham,

Walsam, Catherine, i. 69.

Walsam, Joan, iii. 43.

Walsam, Ric, Sexton of Nor-wich Priory, iii. 330.

Walsh, Rob., 259, 265.

Walsh (Walysh), Thos., i. 51.

Walsham, ■, of Chancery, i497. See also Walsam.

Walsham, Jane, ii. 142.

Walsham, John, iii. 432.

Walsham, Norfolk, i. 51, 60,219, 241, 381, 498.

Walsham, North, Norfoll:, L31, 52; iii. 260, 304.

Walsham, South, Norfolk, ii.130; iii. 19, 205.

Walsch, Rob., of Colby, iiL260.

Walsingham, Norfolk, i. 48,62-3, 94, 123, 156, 167, 208,211-2, 215, 289, 368, 384,411, 507; ii. 24, 29, 50, 54,217, 225, 264, 353, 357; iii.47, 69, 71, 75, 133, 141,234,

279, 352, 475, 478, 484-Walsingham, Bailiff of, iL 29.Walsingham, Prior of, i. 37,

176, 192, 298, 299, 347.Walsingham Way, iii. 70.Walter, Sir, i. 52.Walters, Bacheler, ii. 406.Walters, Friar, iii. 270.Waltham, ii. 150.Waltham, beside Winchester,

iii. 16, 75.Walysh.—6><? Walsh.Wanzeford, Will., iii. 423.Wappys, ii. 388.Warbeck, Perkin, iiL 386,

387.

Ware, Herts, L 335.

Warham, Wm., Bishop of Lon-don, iiL 401.

Warkworth (Warcorth), iL 121.

Warns (Waryns), Harry, iii.Ill, 112, 488.

Waron, Martin, i. 46.

Warren, Earl of (/^w/. Edw. L),ii. 285.

Warwick, i. 386, 392.

Warwick (Warwyk), , ii.

264.

Warwick, Anne, Comitess of,iiL 92.

619

Warwick, ITenr)' de Beau-champ, Duke of (1444-5),i. 64.

Warwick, Richard de Beau-champ, Earl of (1401-39), i.10, 31-5.

Warwick, Richard Nevill, Earlof (1449-71), "the King-Maker," i. 94-5, 127, 266,299, 325* 327,330-1,332,334,335-6, 34S» 352, 377, 386,387, 392,417,424,426,428-9,491. 497» 500, 506, 514, 519,^21-2, 526, 532, 536, 538; ii.4, 10, II, 69, 80, 91, 103,no, 112, 118, 120, 121, 252,255» 325. 354, 360-1, 394,395, 406; iii. 477-8; hissecretary, i. 396; his apo-thecary, iii. no.

Waryn, Barth., Parson ofTrunch, iii. 416.

Waryn, John, i. 170.

Waryn, Piers, ii. 183-4, 192.

Waryns.—See Warns.

Waserer, Agnes, iii. 471.

Waserer, Thos., iii. 471.

Wasse, Ric, iii. 486.

Water, Batchelor, a CarmeliteFriar of Norwich, iii. 10, 204,

270, 313.Water (Watjn:), John, iii. 252,

293-Water, Thom, ii. 250.Waterman, Nich., i. 150.Waterman, WilL, ii. 273-4.Watford, Herts, i. 327.Waxham, in Norfolk, L 42,

514; iii. 291.Waxstonesham, Norfolk, iii.

417.Waynesford, , of London,

ii. 47.Waynflet, John, il 38.Waynflete, William of, Bishop

of Winchester (1447-86), Lord

Chancellor (1456-60), i. 75,

»35» 165, 315, 407, 410,411,

466-7, 493-4, 494-5, 497, 49S,506; ii. 309,310,311-2,312,345, 391, 397, 401-2, 407,408, 417 [bis), 418, 419, 424;iiL II, 21, 24, 38, 44, 49, 51(^is), 65, 73-4, 74-5, 76, 79,

87, 92, 93, "9, 136, 145,

208, 233, 246, 269, 274, 477.

Wayte, , Old, iii. 57.

Wayte, Will, i. 55, 150, 153,

185, 512, 514; iii. 475, 488.Webster, Wat, ii. 268.Weche, Alice, ii. 264.Wechingham.—See Witching-ham.Wechyngham, Dan John, iiL

330.** Wedyrby's matter," i. 43.Weeting, Norfolk, ii. 98 ; iii.

299.Weggs, 1. 553.

Wekeys, , i. 433.

Welle (Wells by the sea, in

Norfolk ?), Parson of, i.

86-7.Welles, Leo, Lord, L 96-98;

ii. 5, 6, 8.Welles, Lord, i. 553.Welles, Sir Rob., ii. 395.Wellis, John, i. 409, 454-5; ii

91-2, 119, 349.Wells, Thos., i. 87.Weloi'by, i. 44.Welpdalle, Sir John, ii. 47.Welshmen, The, iii. 11.Wendlyng, Abbot of, i. 192.Wenlok, Sir John, Knight,

Lord Wenlock (1461-71), i,

331, 336, 500; ii. 52, 69,

no ; iii. 8.Wenlok, R., i. 43.Wenstall (Wynstall), Henry,

ii. 157, 274-7; iii. 54.Wentworth, Henry, i. 410.Wentworth, John, ii . 106.Wentworth, Lady, i. 207.Wentworth (or Wentforde), Sir

IMiilip, i. 207, 284, 291-2,

6jo

THE PAS TON LETTERS.

305, 307, 321-2, 323, 336,338, 356, 378, 380, 385-6,390-1, 401-3, 407, 411, 412\bis), 434, 441, 497, 501, 520,532; ii. 48; iii. 477.

Wenyngton, Rob., i. 84-6.

Weseter.—See Worcester.

Wessyll, At—See Entwistle.

West, Thos., i. 372; ii.312,420.

West Acre, Norfolk, Prior of,i. 191.

Westby, Edmund, i. 330.

Westhawe, Dr., i. 497,

Westminster (Westmonasteri-um), i. 17, 36, 100, 136, 143,149, 157, 163, 327, 333, 345,378,386,424, 502-3; ii. 319,345, 406; iii. 9, 17, 30; St.James' Hospital at, i. 345 ;Star Chamber at, i. 104; theKing's mews at, i. 345; theKing's receipt at, i. 363; theKing's Chequer, or Exchequerat, i. 364-5 ; the King's Palaceat, ii. 338; Sanctuary at, ii.412 ; a Monk of, iii. 90.

Westminster Bars, i. 350.

Westminster Bridge, iii. 478.

Westminster Hall, i. 5^2; ii.416; iii. 385.

Weston, i. 124; iii. 488.

Weston Baldock, Herts, iii.316.

Westthirrock (West Thurrock),ii. 255.

Westvale, Geoff., ii. 396.

Westwood, Kent, ii. 330, 332.

Wetherby.—See Wedyrby.

Wetherby, Thomas, i. 43.

Wevenhoe. —See Wivenhoe.

Wevcrston, Suffolk (?), Park of,

ii- 337-

Wharles, , i. 193-4.

Wharton (Qwharteyn), Alex.,

iii. 292, 294.Wheat, price of, ii. 70-Wheatacre, Norfolk, i. 553.WTieler, Henry, ii. 349.

WJierwilles, iii. 270.

Whethill, , iii. 156, 158.

Whetley or Wheteley, John, iii.

22, 153, 187, 217, 222, 224,

226-9, 230, 238.Whevenho.—See Wivenhoe.

White, , i. 207-8; iii. 211.

White, , of Metfield, iii.

337.White, Bartholomew, i. 247;

ii. 158.White, John, i. 530.White, Master, a servant of

Cardinal Kemp, i. 135, 138-

9, 147-White, Simon, iii. 374,White, Will., i. 277, 531; iL

158; iii. 432.White Friars, Proctor of, at

Rome, iii. 269.Whitingham, Rob., ii. 45-6,

52. See Wyttyngham.Whitingham, Sir Robert, i.

352, 353-4, 371, 379, ; iii- 8.Whitingham, Sir Robert, hi;i

Widow, i. 371 ipis)^ 373.Whittock's Mede (Maid?), L

140.Whymbergh, Eliz., iii. 470.Whynbergh, Rob., iii. 147.Whynnes, in Carleton, iiu

311.

Wickham Market, Suffolk, i.440.

Widville.—See Woodville.

Wigge, . i. 387.

V/iggenhall, Norfolk, ii. loi.

Wight, Isle of, i. 85-6.

Wighton, Norfolk, i. 12, 348.

Wighton-on-the-Wold, York-shire, i. 92-3, 409, 427.

Wigorniensis. —See Worcester,W.

Wikes.—See Wyke.

Willerby, Ralph, i. 330.

William, the Priest, i. 22.

Williamson, Sir Rob., Vicar ofPaston, ii. 81-2.

621

Willinghnm, SufTolk, i. il.Willoughby de Broke. —Str

Broke.Willoughby, John, iii. 416.Willoughby, Margaret, sister of

Robert, I>ord, Wife of Sir

W. Oldhall, i. 31.Willoughby, Maud, Widow of

Robert, Lord, i. 376.Willoughby, Richard Welles,

Lord, reported killed at Tow-

ton, ii. 5, 6, 8.Willoughby, Robert, Lord

(1409-52), i. 10, 31, 57, 96,

98, 352, 361, 376.Willoughby, Sir Robert, iii. 19.Willoughby, Sir Will., ii. 127.Willyot, John, i. 51.

Wilson, , iii. 256.

Wilton, , i. 413.

Wilton, Catherine, i. 239; iii.

409.Wilton, Henry, i. 303, 340; u.

194.Wilton, John, L 239, 279,

281.Wiltshire, i. 138, 155, 160.Wiltshire, Insurrection in, i.

140.Wiltshire, I>ady, i. 164.Wiltshire and Ormond, James

Butler, Earl of, Lord Treasurer

(1455 and 1458-60), i. 264,

293, 327, 331. 335,388,437,

493, 499, 526; h. 7, 9; "i-

480,483.—See also Treasurer,

Lord.Wiltshire, John Stafford, Earl

of, iii. 90.Winch, Norfolk, a seat of the

Earl of Oxford, i. 129, 142,

184, 185.Winchester, iii. 14, 16, 485.Winchester, Bishop of.—See

Waynflete, W.Windacs (grappling irons for

cross-bows), i. S2.Windefeld, Sir John, ii. 249.

Windham.—See Wyndham.Windsor, i. 265, 290, 343 ; ii.282, 354; iii. 33, 195, 260,

343.Windsor, St. George's Chapel,

i- 453-Windsor, Dean and Chapter of,

iii. 260.Windsor, Henry, i. 344-6, 387-

90, 412, 430-1 ; ii. 51-2.Wingfield, Suffolk, ii. 413 ; iii.

310.

Wingfield, , i. 385.

Wingfield, Dame Anne, iii.

300, 352.Wingfield (Wyngfelde), John,

i. 402.Wingfield [Sir?] John, i. 549-

50.

W^ingfield, Mr., iii. 105.Wingfield, Robert, i. 302.Wingfield, Sir Robert, i. 41 ;

iii. 35, 53, 149, 153.Wingfield, Thomas, iu 16, 54,

355-7, 376, 378-9 ; iii- 12.

Winstall.—6"^^ Wenstall.

Winter (Wynter), Edmund, i.192 ; iii. 432.

Winter, John, i. no, 456.

Winter, Walter, iii. 411.

Winterbourne (Wyntborne, orWinterton?), Thos., LL.D.,ii. 156, 158.

Winterton, Norfolk, i. 53, 114[jlns)\ ii. 106, 163, 299, 311,401, 417, 420; iii. 187, 213,417, 432, 449, 453, 460-1.

Winterton, Thos.—See Winter-bourne.

Winterton, Will., iii. 461.

W^isbeach, Cambs., iii. 480.

Witchingham (Wychynghani, or

Wechingham), , i. 51,

174-5, 195, 225, 226, 550,

552-.Witchingham, Blanche, i. 42S.Witchingham, Edmund, iL 89,

218, 301.

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Witchingham, Norfolk, iL 31,

265.Witton, Norfolk, i. 52,239,277,

279, 432; iii. 421, 449-Wivenhoe, Essex, a seat of the

Earl of Oxford, i. 123, 130,

262, 263, 271, 549; ii. 12;

iii. 485, 486 {bis).Wiveton, Norfolk, iii. 460-1,

461-2.Wobum (Wabum), Prior of,

iii. 376.Wode. Wild, furious, mad, i.

341.Wode.—See Wood.Wodehous, Sir Edw., iii. 10.Wodehous, H., i. 160.Wodehouse (Wodows), John, ii.

141, 292, 414.Wodesyde, i. 554.Wodhalle Manor, in Pagrave, i.

28.

Wodhows, , i. 243.

Wodhowse, Mr., iii. 227.Wodlark, Rob., ii. 143.Wodows.—See Wodehouse,Wodvyle.—See Woodville.Wolman, alias Harple, Ralph,

Parson of Cressingham, i.

28.Wolterton, Norfolk, iii. 470.Wolverton, Kent, ii. 330.Wolvesby, Thos., ii. 264.Wonges, The, iii. 70.Wood (Wode), John, i. 191,

403; ii. 200; iii. 477.Wood, Robert of, i. 191.Wood, W., iii. 50, 56, 85,

89.Woodhall, Woodhouse, &c. —

See also Wodhall, Wodhows,

&cWoodhall, Norfolk, iii. 330.Woodhous, Harry, iii. 141.Woodmill (Wodemyl), in Bac-

ton, ii. 136; iii. 205, 304.Wood Norton, Church of St.

Peter, iii. 468^

Wood Rising (Woderyi-yng),iii. 132.

Woodville, Sir Anthony, LordScales (1461-9), Earl Rivers(1469-83), i. 505, 506; u. 5,6, 8, 121, 160, 214, 293, 318,

341, 343, 345, 355-8, 359;iii. 10, II, 14, 21,22,32,33,59, 60, 92, 107, 162, 291,486; reported killed at Tow-ton, ii. 5, 6, 8.

Woodville (Wydewell), Ed-mund, ii. 72, 107.

Woodville, Sir Edward (calledLord Woodville), iii. 316,

344-Woodville, Elizabeth, Queen

of Edward IV., iiL 217, 231,

277.Woodville, Sir John, ii. 355-7'Woodville, Lionel, Brother of

the Queen, iii. 246.Woodville, Sir Richard, created

Baron Rivers 1448, Earl

Rivers 1466, beheaded 1469,

i. 41, 128, 504, 506 ; ii. 236,

344, 355-6.Wool, Price of, ii. 211, 218.

Worcester (Wyrcestre or Wys-seter, otherwise called Boto-ner), William, i. 123, 164,168, 289-91, 292-4, 299-300,301, 318, 335, 339, 343-4,344-5, 352, 353-4, 355, 356,362,366,368-9,369-70,3701,371, 374-5, 379, 396 (Wigor-niensis), 403-5, 409, 410, 412,413-4, 415-7, 424-5, 425,430-1, 432-3, 434, 435, 445,466-7, 486, 492-4, 499, 504-5,507, 516, 545; ii. 44, 62, 73,85, 90, no, 112, 145, 154-7,158, 170, 174-5, i^i, 202,228-9, 231-2, 237, 275-6, 279.81, 281, 306, 312, 324, 396,397, 417 ; iii. 7, 56, 58, 73-4,80, 228, 296-8, 301, 439,441, 443. 479, 475-8O/ 481.

623

Worcester, Margaret^ Wife ofWill., i. 505, 508 Note,509; iii. 296-7, 299.

Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earlof (Lord Treasurer in 1454),L 293 Note I, 416, 503; ii.96, 102, 121, 292, 412 ; iii.

484-

Wormegay, or Wyrmegay, ,

i. 384, 511. See Wremme-

gay.

Worsop, , i. 402.

Worsted, Norfolk," iii. 13, 278.

Worsted, Curate of, iii. 476.

Worsted (manufacture), iii. 14.

Worsted, fine as silk, ii. 235,242.

Worsted, Merchant of, iii. 278.

Worsteler, Greg., ii. 268.

Wortes (otherwise called Pas-ton), John, i. 19-22, 23-4,25-6; iii. 484.

Wotton, William, L 53, 118{bis).

Wrantham, WilL, iii. 213.

Wremmegay's Wife, ix\ 277.

Wrenham, i. 516.

Wrentham, iii 484.

Wright, John, iii. 412.

Wright, Richard, i. 193; 1136.

Wrightes of Smalbergh, placecalled, i. 495.

Writell, Essex, i. 386, 392.

Writing, cost of, ii. 334-5, 336.

Writtill, Master, ii. 366, 367-71, 372, 374, 376-8, 378,379, 384, 386.

Wrothe, , ii. 14a

Wrottisle, Walter, ii. 37.

Wroxham, Norfolk, i. 308 ; ii.277 ; iii. 444.

Wryte, Roger, i. 241.

Wulff, Rob., iii. 249.

Wyatt (Wyott), Harry, iii. 345.Wychsave. Vouchsafe, ii. 262.

Wychyngham,—See Witching-ham,

Wydevile.—See Woodvillc.

Wydwell, , Bailiff" of Yar-

mouth, iii. 431.

Wyghlton, Edmund, i. 191.

Wyke, or Wykes(Wekis), John,Usher of the King's (Edw.IV.) Chamber, ii. 43, 95-6,98, 142, 172-4, 213-4, 256-8,307, 424; iii. 13, 32, 436.

Wykes, Will., servant of thePastons, ii. 127, 183, 189,190, 192, 201, 205-6, 207,209, 239-40, 423.

Wykes, , iii. 488.

Wylles, , i. 251.

Wylleys, , iii. 22.

Wylly, Rob., iL 154, 157; iii.

432.Wymond, John, iii. 264.Wymondham.—Sec Wyndham.Wymondham, or Wyndham,

Norfolk, i. 38, 310, 455, 484;

ii. 319; iii. 49, 56, 80, 260,

383.

Wynch.—See Winch.

Wyndham, , iii. 412.

Wyndham, or Wymondham,John, of Felbrigg, i. 55, 72,153, 167, 168, 195, 198, 206,222, 224, 226, 258-9, 277,314,432 (/J/j), 497, 499, 519;ii. 19, 49, 150, 253-4, 256,400; iii. 474, 477, 4S4,485.

Wyngfeld.—See Wm^field.

Wynne, John, iii. 304.

Wynsalaw (?), The, de Swysto,i. 20.

WjTistall.—See Wenstall.

Wyntbome.—6V<fWinterbouma

Wynter.—See Winter.

Wynterton.—See Winterton.

V/yoth, Richard, i. 28.

Wyrcestre.—See Worcester.

Wyrmegay.—See Won-negay.

Wysman, , iii. 227, 335

Wysseter.—See Worcester.

Wytherley, John, ii. 192.

^24

THE PASTON LETTERS.

Wyihom, Hugh, i. 96.Wylt}Tigham, , i. 526.

Yaniiouth (Jememouth), Muchor Great Yarmouth, i. 27, 36,78, 115, 152, 154, 187, 281,314, 322, 400, 416, 427, 445{bis), 447, 462, 464; ii. 4, 21,95, 97, 100, 103, 104, 106,loS, 128, 155-7, 158, 164,181, 183, 189, 218, 270, 272-80, 293, 299, 340, 382, 420;iii- 53. 59, 94, 155, 211, 254,304, 309, 325, ol^, 3S6-7,387-8, 431, 442, 444, 449.

Yarmouth, Bailiffs of, i. 164,463; ii. 96; iii. 370.1, 386-7,387-8.

\ armouth. Friars of, L 465 ; ii.396; iii. 284.

Yai-mouth, Friars, White, orCarmeHtes, i. 27.

Yarmouth, John, Parson of (?),i. 20 Note 3.

Yarmouth, Parish Church of, i.

451-Yarmouth, Prior of, Will. Boken-

ham, i. 463 ; ii. 129.Yarmouth, Priory of the Parish

Church, i. 451.Yarmouth, Ric, Monk of, iii.

448.Yarmouth, Little, or S outhTo wn,

ii. 275, 279 ; iii. 284, 444.,Yarmouth, Little, Austen ers

(AustinFriars) of, ii. 270,275;

iii. 483.

Yatys, , ii. 262.

Yaxham (Yeaxham), Norfolk,

iii. 206.Yaxley, John, iii. 400.Yelverton, Anne.—See Paston,

Anne.Yelverton, Eleanor, Daughter

of William, i. 511.Yelverton, John, iii. 278.Yelverton, Jolin, junior, iii.

477-

Yelverton, William, aftenvardsSir William, Justice of theKing's Bench (1444-70), i. 56,62-3, 76, 123, 146, 150, 156,157-8,159-60,163,164,165-6,166-7, 168, 172, 177, 178-9,183, 187-8, 191, 192, 196-7,198, 200, 211-3, 226, 257,311, 313, 318, 319, 347,348-9, 349, 371, 378, 381,384-5, 393, 396, 410, 419,439, 444, 466, 466-7, 498,511-4, 520, 524, 553; ii. 14,47-9, 50, 58, 72, 76, 83, 94,112, 116, 122, 126, 134, 148,154-6, 158, 162, 166, 181,196-7, 206, 215, 217, 225,228, 245-6, 252-3, 271, 275,278-9, 281 {bis), 292, 311,322,324, 326, 337, 341, 348, 391,394, 396, 397,417 {bts),^2o;iii. 32, 80, 145, 311, 443-6,475> 477, 479, 481; his Wife,i. 511-2.

Yelverton, Will., Son of theJudge, i. 381, 43S; iL 293,298, 416; iii. 252. (Thv,person mentioned in some ofthese references may be theJustice's grandson).

Yelverton, Will., Grandson ofthe Judge, iii. 46, 102, 193,217, 285-6, 346, 367, 375 ;Servant of, iii. 346.

Yemessey.—See Jersey.

Yllyngworthe. —6>(fIllingAvorth.

Yraay, Agnes, i. 45.

Yng, Master, i. 375.

Yngloos.—See Inglos.

Yngylthorp. — See Ingoldes-thorpe.

Yon, , i. 376.

Yong, John, i. 474, 540.

Yonge, Thos., i. 152, 372.

Yonge, Will., ii. 267.

York (City), i. 290; ii. 5, 7, 9,

375, 389, 410; iii- 352, 366,4S6.

General Index.

625

Vork, Archbishop of, iii. 483.

York, Archbishop of. — SeeNevill, George (1465-76) ;Rotherham, Thomas (1480-1500).

York, Duchess of.—See Mow-bray, Anne.

York, Cecily, Duchess of. Wifeof Duke Richard, i. 393, 410,

499. 505. 525; »• 5. 140;iii. 38.York, Richard, Duke of, Fatherof Edward IV., i. 43, 150-3,153-4, 156, 157, 160, 161,163, 176, 186, 249-50, 264-6,290, 293, 296, 297-8, 303,305. 327-31. 332, 334, 335,336. 341, 345, 352, 377-8,393, 408, 424, 505, 521 ; ii.280; iii. 224, 440; his Memo-rial to Henry VI. before theBattle of St. Alban's, i. 325 ;at the Battle, 327-31, 332,525; attainted with his adhe-rents, i. 499-500; his claimto the Crown in Parliament,i. $32.

York, Richard, Duke of, Sonof Edward IV., iii. 153, 217,258.

York, Henry, Duke of, after-wards Henry VIII., iii.

384-5-York, Robert, Prior of Brom-

holm, i. 31.Yorkshire, i. 370, 438.Yotton, orYetton, Dr. John, ii.

339, 342; iii. 216.Young. — See Jonge, and

Yong.Yoxhale, Robert, ii. 224.•' Ypotis," the Child, Book

about, iii. 301.Ypswell.—See IppyswelLYve, John, ii. 25.

Zealand, iii. 372.Zealand, Ships of, i. 85-6.Zealand Cloth, i. 481.Zelverton.—See Yelverton.Zouche, John Lord, of ITar-

ringworth, iii. 88.Zouche, Will., i. 330.

m.

2 s

All the errata noted by the E^tor in the last edition havebeen corrected, with the exception of the following:—

Vol. I

Page 71.—The preliminary note to Leaer 58 is wrong. As the letter isdated from Mautby, the writer must be BdmuDd, the son olJohn and Mzu-garec Paston, not the brother of that ]6iuxPaston.

Pages x77-i8i, Nos. 134, 135.—See corrections of date and c<her partic-ulars with regard to these tyro letters in VoL II., Nos. 430, 431.

Page 368, No. 265.—This note should have been omitted.

Vol. Ill

Page 202, Note a is wrong, as Ponton de Xantrailles died in 1461.

Page 242.—I ha\-e been favoured by Lady Beatrice I*retj-man with afacsimile from the original ms. of the lines at the head of thispage, and the true reading of the first two lines appears to metobe:—

" Quaeritnr quod non valet hora, valet mora." Unde di'" [^. dicendum est?].

The first line most be a theme given out at school. " Unde di' " (whereofit is to be said) is the preface to the young scholar's answer.

Page 389.—The I*reliminary Note to No. 939 is wrong in some points,especially in the words ' by whom she had a daughter, Isabel';for it appears this Isabel was the daughter of Dame AgnesPaston's Jirsi husband, Nicholas Morley. See Nota emdQueries, 5th Ser. ix. 205, 326, 350, 370, 414, 512 ; x. 32, no.. Italso appears that the date of this letter is undoubtedly 1503—that is to say, it was written after the death of John Legh ofAddington in April of that J'ear, and before that of the -wTiter,Sir John Paston, in September.

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

All the errata noted by the Editor in the last edition havebeen corrected, with the exception of the following:—

Vol. I

Page 71.—The preliminary note to Letter 58 is wrong. As the letter isdated from Mautby, the writer must be Edmund, the son ofJohn and Margaret Paston, not the brother of that JohnPaston.

Pages 177-181, Nos. 134, 135.—See corrections of date and other partic-ulars with regard to these two letters in Vol. II., Nos. 430, 431.

Page 368, No. 265.—This note should have been omitted.

Vol. Ill

Page 202, Note 2 is wrong, as Ponton de Xantrailles died in 1461.

Page 242.—I have been favoured by Lady Beatrice Pretyman with afacsimile from the original MS. of the lines at the head of thispage, and the true reading of the first two lines appears to meto be:—

*' Quaeritur quod non valet hora, valet mora." Unde di' " [^«. dicendum est?].

The first line must be a theme given out at school. " Unde di' " (whereofit is to be said) is the preface to the young scholar's answer.

Page 389.—The Preliminary Note to No. 939 is wrong in some points,especially in the words ' by whom she had a daughter, Isabel';for it appears this Isabel was the daughter of Dame AgnesPaston's first husband, Nicholas Morley. See Notes andQueries, 5th Ser, ix. 205, 326, 350, 370,414,512; x. 32, no.. Italso appears that the date of this letter is undoubtedly 1503—that is to say, it was written after the death of John Legh ofAddington in April of that year, and before that of the writer,Sir John Paston, in September.

O O

o

0

•H

Cj CO

o

I

THE INSTITUTE OF MEDIAEVAL STUDIES59 QUEEN'S PARK CRESCENTTORONTO » a^ CANADA