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The Paston Letters Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Paston Letters novel. A total of 328 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Paston Letters.Volume II.by James Gairdner.THE PASTON LETTERS _Early Doc.u.ments_ Be
The Paston Letters.Volume II.by James Gairdner.THE PASTON LETTERS _Early Doc.u.ments_ Before entering upon the correspondence of the Paston family, in the reign of Henry VI., we have thought it well to give the reader a brief note of such deeds and charte
- 201 The letter is endorsed in another hand:-- 'The Counsell of my Lord of Suffolk, Robert Harlesdon. The Counsell of my Lord of Norffolk, Sir Thomas Walgrave, knyght [sergeant at]lawe and Richard Southwell and to everiche of them.'[Footnote 23-2: [Add. MS.
- 202 If my modre be at Caster, as ther schall be no dowt for the kepyng of the place whyl the Kynge is in that contre, that I may have the most parte at Caster; and whether ye woll offre your selfe to wayte uppon the Lorde of Norfolk or not, I wolde ye dyde th
- 203 [Sidenote: 1469 / JULY 9]_These iij. letteres undirwreten, the Kyng of his own hand wrote unto my Lords Clarence, Warrewyke, and Archbishop of York. The credence wherof in substaunce was, that every of them shulde in suech pesibil wise, as thei have be ac
- 204 723 SIR JOHN PASTON TO MASTER WRITTILL[41-1][Sidenote: 1469 / SEPT. 10]Ryght wershypfull syr, I recomaund me to you, thankyng you of your grete labour whych I have nozt as yet, but I shall deserve to my power; and ferthermore lyke yow to wyte that I have
- 205 726 WRITTILL TO THE BESIEGERS OF CAISTER[50-1]_Sir John Hevyngham,[50-2] Th. Wyngfeld,[50-3] Gilbert Debenham,[50-4]Wil. Brandon,[50-5] and to everych of them severally in otheris absence._ [Sidenote: 1469 / [SEPT.]]Hit is so that accordyng to such direcc
- 206 _The Duc of Norff'._ [Sidenote: 1469 / SEPT. 26]John, Duke of Norffolk, Erle Marshall of Suss.e.x, Surrey, and of Nottingham, Marshall of Inglonde, Lorde Mowbray of Segreve, Bromfelde, and Yalle, to al our frendes, servauntes, and othir Crystyne people,
- 207 [Footnote 60-1: [From Fenn, iv. 412.] This is a letter desiring instructions about the garrison of Caister after its surrender.][Footnote 61-1: This expression 'for Wappys' I do not understand.--F. Perhaps Wappys may be a proper name.][Footnote 61-2: _S
- 208 Item, ye must purvey anewe atorny in thys contre. As for me, for our maters and clamore is to gret, and our purse and wytte to slendyr, but I wyle rubbe on as long as I maye bothe with myn owne, and other menys that wyle do for me tyll better pese be.Wret
- 209 Item, my Lorde of Warwyk, as it is supposyd, schall goo with the Kynge in to Lyncolne schyre; some men seye that hys goyng shall doo goode, and som seye that it dothe harme.I praye yow evyr have an eyghe to Caster, to knowe the rewle ther, and sende me wo
- 210 747 JOHN PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[74-3]_To Syr John Paston, Knyght, or to Thomas Stomppys, to delyver to the seyd Syr John._ [Sidenote: 1470 / JUNE 25]As I sent yow woord by a lettyr that John Wymondham browght to London, J. Pampyng is endyghtyd of felon
- 211 752 MARGARET PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[79-1][Sidenote: 1470 / JULY 15]I grete yow well and send yow G.o.ddes blissyng and myne, letyng yow wete that your fermours have brought me a gret bille of reparacion, the which I send yow, with lx_s._ in mony. I wol
- 212 'Memorandum: one copy of this bill remaineth amongs the bills of workmans.h.i.+p at the White Freris and Baretts place, and another bill amongs the bills of plate and pledges.'[Footnote 82-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]][Footnote 82-2: Apparently the White
- 213 [Sidenote: 1470 / OCT. 22]For asmuche as Edmond Lee and John Barker, which were waged for your town to awaite upon us in the Kings service to Lincolne Feld, and from thens to Excestre and ayen, and for that season, as we be enfourmed, thei ar not yet full
- 214 1470, 11 Dec., 49 Hen. VI., 'and of the readepcion of his roiall power 1.' Release (in English) from John, Duke of Norfolk, to Bishop Wayneflete, of the manors of Castre, Wyntertone, Baytone, Bastwik, and Tolthorpe, in Norfolk, and of Caldecote, Burnevi
- 215 771 JAMES GRESHAM TO SIR JOHN PASTON[96-1]_To the right wors.h.i.+pfull and speciall singler maister, Sir John Paston, Knyght, be this delyvered._ [Sidenote: 1471]After due recomendacion hadde with all my service, &c. . . .. . .[96-2]As for tydyngs, here
- 216 And on the Kynge Edwardes partye, the Lord Cromwell,[100-2] the Lord Saye,[100-3] Sir Omffrey Bowghsher[100-4] off owr contre, whyche is a sore moonyd man her, and other peple off bothe partyes to the nombre off mor then a m^l.As for other tythynges, is u
- 217 Sir Edmond Hamden. Sir John Seymour. Sir William Bermoth. Water Barrow. Mr. William Henmar. Mr. Feldyng.[104-2] Hervy, recorder.[104-3] Mr. Herry, capteyn of Brystowe. Sir Roberte Whetyngham. Knoyll. _Thes be men that were heveded._[104-4] The Duke of Som
- 218 [Sidenote: 1471 / JULY 5]Most worchepfull and my ryght specyall good modyr, as humbylly as I can, I recomand me on to yow, besechyng yow of your blyssyng. Please it yow to undyrstand that thys day I spake with Batcheler Water, whiche let me have undyrstan
- 219 [Sidenote: 1471 / SEPT. 28]I comande me to yow, letyng yow weet that, &c.[111-4]I wolde ffayne have the mesur wher my ffadre lythe at Bromholm; bothe the thyknesse and compase off the peler at hys hed, and ffrom that the s.p.a.ce to the alter, and the thy
- 220 Jennyes oblygacion.A box with evydence of Tytlyshall.A box with the letter of attorney off Fastolffes londes by Sir John Paston.j. A box de actis inter episcopum Wynt' et J. P. militem. Item endentur'de argento mutuato termino Trinitatis anno x^{o,} et
- 221 [Footnote 118-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is not addressed, and the MS. is in fact only a corrected draft, of which a fair copy has since been found. The fair copy is not addressed either. The letter was evidently written to John Paston in ans
- 222 790 ABSTRACT[123-1][MARGARET PASTON] TO HER SON [SIR JOHN PASTON][Sidenote: 1471(?) / NOV. 20]Wonders she has no answer to her letter by Ric. Raddeley. Wants him and his brother to get a discharge from my Lord of Canterbury, 'for occupying of your father
- 223 [Footnote 130-1: Omitted in MS.]795 SIR JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[130-2]_To my most honorabl and tendre modre, Margrete Paston, be thys letter delivered._ [Sidenote: 1472 / JAN. 8]Most worschypfull and kynde moodre, I comande me to yow, and beseche y
- 224 M. P.[Footnote 134-1: [From Fenn, iv. 424.] As antic.i.p.ated in the preceding letter we here find that steps are being taken by one of the two women whose husbands were killed at the siege of Caister, to prosecute the appeal against Sir John for her husb
- 225 Syr, I recomande me to yow, &c. W. Gorney and I ar apoyntyd that ther shall no mony be takyn at Saxthorp tyll thys terme be past, for he hathe promysyd me to spek with yow and your consell, and that ye shall tak a wey betwyx yow so that ye shall be bothe
- 226 J. PASTON.[Footnote 143-2: [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.][Footnote 143-3: Here follows an account of some money t
- 227 _To my ryght trusty ffrend John Carenton, Baylye of Maldon._ [Sidenote: 1472 / SEPT. 20]Ryght trusty frend, I comand me to yow, preying yow to call to your mynd that, lyek as ye and I comonyd of, it were necessary for my Lady and you all, hyr servaunts an
- 228 811 MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[154-2]_To John Paston, esquyer._ [Sidenote: 1472(?) / OCT. [23]]I grete you wele; letyng you wete that on Saterday last past within nyght the felesshep at Cayster tokyn ought of Mawtby Cloos xvj. shep of diverse mennes t
- 229 Therfore I thynk t[hat s]he hath other councell that avyseth her to labour to other than to you. I wuld not that [you be] to besy in no such maters [ty]ll the werd [_world_] were mor suer, and in any wyse that w[hile my] Lord the Chaunceller is in [occu]p
- 230 Item, me thynkyth that ye do evyll that ye go not th.o.r.ewgh with my Lady of Suffolk for Heylysdon and Drayton; for ther shold growe mony to you, whyche wold qwyte yow ayenst R. T. and all other, and set yow befor for ever.I prey yow for your ease, and a
- 231 821 JOHN PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[169-1]_To Sir John Paston, Knyght._ [Sidenote: 1472 / NOV. or DEC.]Syme recomandyth hym to your good mastyrshep, and preyeth yow that ye wyll not forget, though he be a boye, to let hym were the same lyvere that your men
- 232 826 SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[175-3]_To John Paston, Esquyer, or to Mestresse Margret Paston, hys Modre be thys letter delyveryd._ [Sidenote: 1473 / FEB. 3]Weell belovyd Brother.[175-4] ... ... ...As ffor tydyngs heer, ther bee but fewe, saff that th
- 233 SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[179-2]_A son trescher & bon ame Freer, John de Paston, Esquier._ [Sidenote: 1473 / APRIL 2]Weell belovyd brother, I recomand me to yow, letyng yow wete that at the request of Mestresse Jane Ha.s.sett and yow, I have laboryd
- 234 I sende yow her with ij. letteris from John Osbern to me, wherby and by hys billes ye may undrestond the verry valewe off the wood.I praye yow sende me wryghtyng ageyn by the Mondaye vij. nyght afftre Ester; iff Hoxon or the goode man off the Goot have it
- 235 Item, I suppose bothe Pytte and Kothye Plattyng shall goo ffrom me in hast; I wyll never cherysshe knaves soo as I have don, ffor ther sakys.Item, I praye yow sende me a newe vestment off whyght damaske ffor a dekyne, whyche is among myn other geer at Nor
- 236 [Footnote 191-1: A warlike instrument of offence.--F.][[Footnote 190-1 Note 5._text has "Note. 5."_]]837 SIR JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[191-2]_To my ryght wyrshypful moodre, Margret Paston._ [Sidenote: 1473 / JULY 30]Ryght wyrshypfull and my
- 237 Wyrshypfull and well belovyd brother, I comand me to yow, letyng yow weet that the worlde semyth qweysye heer; ffor the most part that be abowt the Kyng have sende hyddr ffor ther harneys, and it [is] seyd ffor serteyn, that the Duke off Clarance makyth h
- 238 Item, I pray yow sende me worde howe my moodre is dysposyd to hyr wardes, and iffe so weer that a good mariage myght be had, what she wolde depart with.Item, I praye yow that ye remembre hyr for the tombe off my fadr at Bromholme, and also the chapell at
- 239 848 SIR RALPH HASTINGS TO JOHN PASTON[205-1]_To my feithful lovyng G.o.de cousyn, Johan Paston._ [Sidenote: 1474(?) / MAY 9]Cousyn Paston, I recommaunde me to you in as speciall wise as I cane.And like you to witte, on Sondaye at even last I hadde writing
- 240 THE VICAR OF PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON [Sidenote: 1474 / NOV. 3]When my master Sir John's baily was at Paston he scared your tenants, bidding them pay no rents to Mr. William Paston. On which Harry Warns wrote to Mr. William, who bade him warn them n
- 241 SIR JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[213-1]_To Mestresse Margrete Paston, or to Roose, dwellyng byffore hyr gate at Norwyche._ [Sidenote: 1474 / NOV. 20]Aftre dew recomendacion, my most tendre and kynde moodre, I beseche yow off yowr dayly blessyng. Please
- 242 When I undrestood all thys, and that over nyght she bad hyr that weent bytwyen hyr and me byd me brynge with me hyr muskeball[217-1] which, &c., than I aftr all thys axid iff she weer dyspleasyd with me ffor it, and she seyde, naye.Than I tolde hyr, that
- 243 I wot well, be cause of the good well that he owyt to me, as ye know, he wold ben in possessyon therof. My cosyn, Robard Cler, was her with me thys weke, and told me, that yf he wold a delyveryd them, he myth an had the seyd xx_li._; but he seyd he wold n
- 244 867 RICHARD SOUTHWELL TO JOHN PASTON[227-2]_To the right wors.h.i.+ppfull, and my right feithfull G.o.de cosin, John Paston, Esquier._ [Sidenote: 1475 / MARCH 26]Right wors.h.i.+ppfull and my right feithfull G.o.de cosin, I recomaunde me unto you, and, as
- 245 Item, I have receyvyd of Ric. Calle, of Sporle wodd, xxvj_s._ viij_d._, and more shall I hope here aftyr within short tyme; as I receyve for yow, I hope to yeff yow a trew acownt; and this is all that I have receyvyd for yow zytt, sen ye departyd hens. G.
- 246 _To Mestresse Margret Paston, at Norwyche._ [Sidenote: 1475 / SEPT. 11]Ryght reverend and my most tendre and kynde moodre, I recomaunde me to yow. Please it yow to weete that, blessyd be G.o.d, thys wyage of the Kynges is fynysshyd for thys tyme, and alle
- 247 Also here was here with me yesterday a man fro the Priour of Bromholme to lete me have knowlage of the ille speche whyche is in the contre now of new, that the tombe is not mad; and also he seythe that the clothe that lythe over the grave is all toryn and
- 248 Aftyr all dewtes of recomendacyon, lyeketh yow to weet that I ensuer yow your sendyng to Caster is evyll takyn among my lordes folkes, in so myche that some sey that ye tendryd lytyll my lordes dethe, in as myche as ye wold so sone entre upon hym aftyr hy
- 249 886 JOHN PASTON TO LORD HASTINGS[253-1]_To my Lord._ [Sidenote: 1476 / MARCH 2]My most doughtyd and singular good lord, aftyr most humble and dew recomendacyon, please it your good lordshepp to have knowlage that, accordyng to your comandement, in my wey
- 250 [Footnote 258-3: Light head-pieces.--F.][Footnote 258-4: Embossed ornaments, chains, buckles, etc.--F.][[departyng xij. myle on thyse-halff Roome _printed with ambiguous hyphen at line break_]]890 JOHN PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[259-1]_To the ryght worchep
- 251 _To Mestresse Margret Paston._ [Sidenote: 1476 / [AUG. 30]]Please it yow to wete that I was uppon Tywesdaye, the daye that I departyd froo yowe, with my brother John at Atelborow by viij. of the clokke at evyn, and founde hym in suche case as iff ye had s
- 252 [Footnote 267-1: [From Fenn, ii. 210.]]898 MARGERY BREWS TO JOHN PASTON[268-1]_To my ryght welebelovyd cosyn, John Paston, Swyer, be this letter delyveryd, &c._ [Sidenote: 1477 / FEB.]Ryght wurschypfull and welebelovyd Volentyne, in my moste umble wyse, I
- 253 _To my ryght worchepfull modyr, Margaret Paston._ [Sidenote: 1477 / MARCH 8]Ryght worschepfull 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 Da
- 254 [Sidenote: 1477]Memorandum.--To let my cosyn, Margaret Paston, ondyrstand that for a jontor to be mad in Sweynsthorp in hand, and for a jontore of no more but x. mark ought of Sparham, I wylle depart with CC. mark in hand, and to give theym ther boord fre
- 255 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 G.o.de feith I wote not whan I lowh,[281-3]For, Master Paston, the thyng whereon
- 256 912 SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[287-1]_To John Paston, Esquyer._ [Sidenote: 1477 / APRIL 14]Ryght worshypfull 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 an
- 257 'Yowr, 'MARGARET PASTON.'_'An other lettyr to me that I may shewe._ 'I gret yow well, and send you G.o.des blessyng and myn, letyng yow wet that I undyrstand well by my cosyn, Dame Elyzabeth Brewsys lettyr, whyche I sende yow her
- 258 [Footnote 297-2: Maximilian, son of the Emperor Frederick, married Mary, daughter and heir of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.--F.][Footnote 298-1: Edmund Bedyngfeld married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Scot, Comptroller of Calais, and was created a
- 259 920 SIR JOHN PASTON'S WILL[300-1][Sidenote: 1477 / OCT. 31][I, JOHN PASTON,] Knyght, in the last day of O[ctober, Anno] Domini m^{l}cccclxxvj^o, will, graunte, and be queth my sowle to All myghty G.o.d, and to the ... ... Marye, Seint John Baptist, S
- 260 923 MARGERY PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[307-1]_To my ryth reverent and worscheful husbond, Jon Paston._ [Sidenote: 1477 / DEC. 18]Ryth reverent and worscheful husbond, I recomaunde me to yow, desyryng hertyly to here of yowr wylfare, thankyng yow for the tokyn
- 261 926 JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[311-1]_To my ryght worchepfull modyr, Margaret Paston._ [Sidenote: 1478 / FEB. 3]Ryght worchepfull modyr, aftyr all dwtes of humble recomendacyon, in as humble wyse as I can, I beseche yow of your dayly blyssyng. Pleasyt
- 262 I recomaunde me to yowe, and thanke yow off yowr labor that ye hadde at Heylesdon and Drayton in seyng the woodys there. And it is soo heer that Ric. Ferore seyde, that he repentyd hym that evyr he dalte with any woode theer, and iff I hadde sente hym but
- 263 J. WHETLEY.[Footnote 320-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]][Footnote 321-1: Corpus Christi Day, the Thursday after the Octave of Whitsuntide, was famous for the acting of Mysteries, particularly at Chester.--F.][Footnote 321-2: Richard Farrer, Farrour, or Ferri
- 264 [Footnote 326-3: _Off the maner londes and tenantes londes._ These words are interlined by William Paston.] [Footnote 326-4: This parenthesis is an interlineation by William Paston.] [Footnote 327-1: What follows is in William Pastons hand.] 935 ABSTRACT[
- 265 The Paston Letters.Volume VI.by James Gairdner.SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[1-1]_To John Paston, Esquyer, be thys lettre delyveryd, or to my mestresse, hys wyffe, at Norwych, to delyver to hym._ [Sidenote: 1478 / AUG. 25]Brother John, I recomaund me to
- 266 WYLL'M PASTON, Jun^{r}.[Footnote 7-2: [From Fenn, i. 296.] This letter was written on the 23rd of February, and the Monday following the date was the first Monday of Lent. These particulars prove the letter to have been written in 1479, when William
- 267 946 WALTER PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[13-1]_To hys ryth trusty and hartyly belovyd broder, John Paston, abydyng at the Georg, at Powlys Qwharfe, in London, be this letter delyveryd._ [Sidenote: 1479 / JUNE 30]Rygth worchypfull and hartyly belovyd broder, I rec
- 268 WILLIAM PASTON'S PLATE[17-2][Sidenote: 1479 / AUG. 19]This indenture made the xix. day of August, anno xix^o [witnesseth][17-3]that I, Richard Lee, have delivered to Mr. John Russhe thes parcellis folowyng of plate [and][17-4] of silver:-- First, a b
- 269 Be your servaunt, R. C.[Footnote 20-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is not addressed, but seems to have been intended for Margaret Paston.The date is not very material, but as it mentions Sir John Paston, it cannot be later than 1479, the year in
- 270 day Novembr', anno xix.[Footnote 26-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]][Footnote 26-3: 'Wer I lothe' has been crossed through, and 'thatt will abide' written over.][Footnote 26-4: Blanks in MSS.]960 MANOR OF KNAPTON[27-1]Mr. Thomas Pasch
- 271 Wretyn at Norwyche, on Sonday at nyght next before Sent Andrew, and delyverd on Monday next be the morwyn.Be your, W. LOMNOUR.[Footnote 29-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It is apparent from the contents that this letter was written shortly after the decease
- 272 In primis, a sallt with j. cover, xx. unces di. & di. quart. j. stumpe of a salte, ij. unces & di. j. flat salt with a squyrell, j. unce iij. quarters. iiij. Parys cuppis with a cover, with a rose in the botom, weyeng lvj. unces j. quarter. ij. holowe dis
- 273 Item, spone for grene gynger of iij. quarters & ij. d. wight.Item, a grete gilt chalis with a patent longing to the same, weying xlij. unces j. quarter.Item, a litil standing pece chacid plumtes, with a kover to the same, x. unces j. quarter.Item, a blak
- 274 j. ewer, Sturmer, xiiij. unces di. di. quarter j. d. ob. q^a.j. ewer, Rous, xviij. unces.j. pott, Hous, lvij. unces.j. pott, P.xxviij. unces iij. quarter di. ij.j. pott, S... . lett, xv. unces.j. pott, Rous, x.x.xv. unces.j. pott, Spark, xxvij. unces j. q
- 275 971 GEORGE, SERVANT TO WILLIAM PASTON, TO JOHN KYNG[41-1]_To John Kyng of Therfeld, in Herdfords.h.i.+re._ [Sidenote: Date uncertain]Right trusty and welbeloved frende, I comaunde me to you. And, Ser, I tolde my maister that ye wolde have ben with him or
- 276 EDMOND PASTON.[Footnote 44-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] Fenn dates this letter 1479-80, suggesting that it must have been written very soon after Edmund Paston's marriage with the widow of William Clippesby, as it seems to imply that he had not yet ca
- 277 Item, to the hospitalle of Seint Gile in Norwich, also for a _dirige_ and a ma.s.se for my sowle, xx_s._ Item, to iche of the iiij. pore meen, and to either of the susters of the seid hospitall, ij_d._ Item, to the mother cherche of Norwiche for a _dirige
- 278 [Footnote 50-4: Head of the bedstead.][Footnote 52-1: Opposite this paragraph is written in the margin in John Paston's hand: 'C. marke. Solut' E. P. _l._ marke.'][Footnote 52-2: Halliwell explains 'gaudees' as 'the larg
- 279 MARGERY PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[58-1]_To my ryght wurchupfull mayster, John Paston, Esquyer, be this letter delyverd in hast._ [Sidenote: 1482 / NOV. [3]]Myne owyn swete hert, in my most humylwyse, I recomaund me on to you, desyryng hertly to here of your w
- 280 saunce Mercye_, _the Parlement off Byrd[es_, _the Temple of] Gla.s.se_, _Palatyse and Scitacus_, _the Me[ditations of ... . ] the Greene Knyght_; valet,-- 4. Item, a Boke in preente off the Pleye off the [Chess].5. Item, a Boke lent Midelton, and therin i
- 281 The letters following are all probably of the reign of Edward IV., but their dates are quite uncertain.[Footnote 69-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]989.J. PASTON [OF GELSTON] TO RICHARD CROFT Will not venture to ride in this weather, not being well at ease. S
- 282 JOHN, DUKE OF NORFOLK, TO JOHN PASTON[73-1]_To my right welbeloved frynde, John Paston, be this delivred in hast._ [Sidenote: 1483 / OCT. 10]Right welbeloved frynde, I comaunde me to you. It is soo that the Kentysshmen be up in the weld, and sey that they
- 283 Item, the seid William gate in to his possession a charger of silver in value x. marke, and iij. bollys of silver that were in kepyng of Bacheler Water, a Frier Carmelit of Norwich, to th'entent that a certeyn coost shuld have ben doon upon the liber
- 284 1001 PROCLAMATION AGAINST HENRY TUDOR[81-1]R. R.Ricardus, etc. salutem. Precipimus tibi, etc.[Sidenote: 1485 / JUNE 23]Forasmoche as the Kyng our sovereign Lord hath certeyn knowlege that Piers, Bisshop of Exeter,[81-2] Jasper Tydder,[81-3] son of Owen Ty
- 285 1002 THE DUKE OF NORFOLK TO JOHN PASTON[85-1]_To my welbelovyd frend, John Paston, be thys byll delyveryd in hast._ [Sidenote: 1485 / AUG.]Welbelovyd frend, I c.u.mmaunde me to yow, letyng yow to undyrstond that the Kyngs enmysse be a land, and that the K
- 286 ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF SURREY, TO WILLIAM HARWARD[89-1][Sidenote: 1485, or later]Wylliam Harward, I woll that ze delyver to Robert Thorppe of Norwych v.marc off the next money that ze gadyr; for he hath lent it me, and I have sygned hym to be payed of yow
- 287 MARGARET, COUNTESS OF OXFORD, TO JOHN PASTON[92-2]_To my right trusti and welbiloved John Paston, Shrieve of Norffolk and Suffolk._ [Sidenote: 1486 / MAY 19]Right trusti and welbiloved, I recomaund me unto you. And for as moche as I am credebly enfourmed
- 288 By JOHN, Prior off Northwich and the Covent.[Footnote 95-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The writer of this letter was John Bonwell, who was made Prior of Norwich in 1480, and died in 1488. As it is actually dated in the second year of Henry VII., it must hav
- 289 Sir William Car[ew].Sir John Wy[ndham].Sir Simond ... .Sir Roger Be[llingham].Sir John ... . .Sir George Nevil . .Sir Robert Radcly[ff].Sir Jamys Par[ker].Sir Edward Dar[ell].Sir Edward Pekeryn[g].Sir Thomas of W[olton].Sir William Sand[es].A mutilated en
- 290 [Footnote 106-1: This name is written in a different character, intended as a representation of 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 the words belo
- 291 WILLIAM PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[111-1]_To Sir John Paston, be thys lettyr delyvered._ [Sidenote: 1488 / MAY 13]Aftyr all dewe recomendacion, pleasyt yow to undyrstonde that my lorde[111-2] hathe ben with the Kynge in Wyndesour at Seynt Georgys Feste, an
- 292 _To the Right Honorable Sir John Paston, Knyght, be this delyverid._ [Sidenote: 1489 / FEB. 2]Right reverent and honorable, after the ordre of all diew recommendacion had, I recomaunde me un to your maisters.h.i.+p. Sir, it is so that John Talyour of Bryt
- 293 WYLLIAM PASTON.[Footnote 120-1: [From Fenn, ii. 158.] This letter was unquestionably written in the reign of Henry VII., and not in that of Edward IV., to which Fenn a.s.signed it. The writer, William Paston, was only born in the year 1459, and was still
- 294 [Footnote 125-2: Here the MS. breaks off abruptly.][[of this yere, Cxviij_li._ iiij_d._ _text unchanged: error for "Cxviij_s._"?_]]1036 HENRY VII. TO THE EARL OF OXFORD[125-3][Sidenote: 1489 / APRIL 22]Right trusty and entierly beloved cousin, w
- 295 At Henyngham.Be your brodyr, WYLLIAM PASTON.[_The Rebels' Proclamacion._]To be knowyn to all the northe partes of England, to every lorde, knyght, esquyer, gentylman, and yeman that they schalbe redy in ther defensable aray, in the est parte, on Tuys
- 296 [Sidenote: 1490, or later]Cousin Paston, in my most herty wyse I recomaund me unto you, and thank you for many kindnesses of tyme past, and also for that ye have bene so good maister unto my sarvaunt William May, and now at his comyng to me ye have at you
- 297 1049 THE EARL OF OXFORD TO SIR JOHN PASTON[140-1]_To the right wors.h.i.+pfull and my right intierly welbelovyd counceillor, Sir John Paston, Knyght._ [Sidenote: About 1491(?) / OCT. 20]Right wors.h.i.+pfull and right intierly welbelovyd counceillor, I co
- 298 WYLLIAM PASTON.[Footnote 143-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter refers to Henry VII.'s proposed invasion of France, which, after long preparation, actually took place in October 1492.][Footnote 143-3: William Yelverton, the grandson of the Judge
- 299 SIR HENRY HEYDON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[150-1]_To myn ryght worchypfull cosyn, Sir John Paston, knyght._ [Sidenote: 1488-1492 / MARCH 4]Cosyn Paston, I recommend me to you and wn to myne good ladie your wiff.As for your mater betwyx you and your wncle,[150-2]
- 300 Wretyn at Yermouth, in hast, this Saterday, the xj. day of July.Be your owyn, the Balyffes of Yermouth, with our Brethern and Comons of the same Town.[Footnote 153-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter refers to the attempt of Perkin Warbeck at Deal, wh