Please it to youre moste hie and habundant grace to graunte un to
youre pouere and continuel bedwoman Julian Herberd, that William
Paston one of youre Juges of the cõe benche may come with alle his
affinite and appere bifore youre hie and gracious presence with alle
youre worthy and right wyse counsail, and that of youre hie
goodnesse comaunde the seide William Paston to bringe bifore yow and
to schewe alle the evidences and munimentes, whiche that the modere
of youre seide pore bisechere schulde have yeve un to the seide
William Paston state or to any man that had it bifore hym or eny man
for here seide moder or eny of the seide blode, fro the tyme youre
seide pore bisechere modere was borne un to this oure. For the seide
William Paston knowleched bifore my lorde of Warewyk and youre
Chaunceller of Inglonde, youre Tresorer, youre chef Juge of the
Kynges benche, and afore other of yo{r} sergeantz of lawe, beynge to
gidere, how he radde diversez evidences of xix acres londe that
schulde longe un to youre seide pore bisechere every yere vj_s._
viij_d._, so that sche wolde holde here plesed and content. Up on
the whiche sche wolde nat holde here so agreed with oute youre
gracious advis in this matere. Besechinge to youre hie and habundant
grace, for oure right worthy and gracious Kynge youre fadere soule,
and for oure right worthy and gracious quene youre moder soule, whos
soules God of his grace assoille, that youre seide pore bisecher may
have here evidences, so that here trewe right might be opinly
knowen. For there ys twies so good behinde as the saide William
Paston knowleched of the seide xix acres, and youre seide pore
bisecher wol nat assent that he schulde take his otthe, laste he wol
suere that he have nat here evidences. For it may nat be but he
moste nedes have hem or summe of his, and that ys opinly knowen.
That it like un to youre good Grace to considere this matere above
wretyn, and thereuppon to graunte, that the seide William Paston
with alle his affinite and youre seide bisecher may alle be bounden
to yow in a simple obligacion in what somme that liketh youre hie
wysdome, demene so that they may abide youre awarde, with the assent
& consent of youre fulle wys and discrete councell and youre worthy
and gracious jugement in this mater for the love of God and yn wey
of charitee.