[Sidenote: After 1479]
Thes be th’enjuryes and wrongys done by William Paston to John Paston,
hys nevew.
Fyrst, the maners of Marlyngforthe, Stansted, and Horwellbery wes gev[en
to] William Paston, Justyce, and to Agnes, hys wyff, and to th’eyers of
ther tw . . . . to whom the seyd John Paston is cosyn and heyer, that is
to sey, son to John, son and heyer to the seyd William and Agnes.
Item, wher the [_seyd William Paston was seasyd of the maner of ----_],
Ed. Clere with other infeofyd to the use of the seyd Will[iam][33-2] and
of hys heyres, the whyche William made hys wyll that th[e said Agnes],
hys [wife], shold have the seyd maner for terme of hyr lyff. And aftyr
th[at he] dyed, and the seyd Agnes occupyed for terme of hyr seyd lyff
. . . . of the seyd feoffes the seyd maner; and aftyrwardes the seyd
. . . . . . Afftyr whoys dethe Sir John Paston, Knyght, as cosyn and
heyer to t[he said William], in to 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 heyer is lett . ._],[34-1] . . seyd maner
entred, and is lettyd to take the profytys of the same by . . . . of the
maners of Marlyngforthe, Stansted, and Horwelbery befor r . . . . by the
meanys of the seyd Wylliam.
[Footnote 33-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It is evident that this
paper was drawn up some time after the death of Sir John Paston in
1479. It is in his brother John’s handwriting.]
[Footnote 33-2: ‘Ed. Clere--Will[iam].’--These words are
interlined in place of the words in italics within brackets, which
are struck through.]
[Footnote 34-1: These words are struck through.]
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