_To my right worshipfull son, Sir John Paston, Knyght, be this
delyverd._
[Sidenote: 1488(?)]
Right worshipfull son, I recommaund me unto you and to my lady my
doughter your wyfe, and I send you both Cristes blyssyng and myne. And,
son, I thank you hertely for my son, William Brews; and I moste pray you
for the reverens of Jesu to help hym for your tenauntes and myne, or els
John Dynne will owver rewle them. And, son, God thank you, ye helpyd ons
Whyte of Metfeld, and so I must beseche you nowe to do, and that it wold
pleas you to gyffe credans unto the Priour of the Wyhte Freres, for I
have shewed unto hym my mynd; and as ye do, I hold me content.
And, son, we ladys and jentil women in this contrey that is wedows, be
sore trobyld with the Bysshop of Chester,[104-1] and haskith of us more
than we may pay, and that knowith All myghty Jesu, Who have you in His
blyssed kepyng.
Be your moder,