[Sidenote: About 1440]
Draft Lease by Sir Simon Felbrygge; Oliver Groos, Esq.; John Berney of
Redham, Esq.; William Paston of Paston; Thomas Stodhagh; Roger Taillour
of Stafford Bernyngham; and Thomas Newport of Runham, executors of
Robert Mawteby and John his son, to Margery, widow of the said John, of
‘two parts of manors, &c.’ and the reversion, &c., which they lately
held along with Sir Miles Stapleton, Sir William Argenten, Sir John
Hevenyngham, Sir John Carbonell, Sir William Calthorpe, John Boys, Esq.,
and William Caston, Esq., now deceased, by deed of Robert Mawteby. The
remainder, after Margery’s death, is to go to Margaret, daughter of the
said John and Margery, and the heirs of her body; then to Peter Mauteby,
son of Robert and uncle of Margaret; then to Alianora, widow of Robert;
then to Alianora, widow of William Calthorp and sister of Robert
Mawteby, with reversion to the trustees to fulfil the will.
[This paper is addressed to John Berney of Reedham, and appears, by
an endorsement, to have been transmitted along with a letter of
William Paston. The date is fixed by the contents within pretty
narrow limits, for it is after the death of John Boys, Esq., which
was in August 1439 (Inquis. _post mortem_, 18 Hen. VI., No. 2), and
before that of Sir Simon Felbrigg in 1442 (Inquis. _p. m._, 21 Hen.
VI., No. 33). It is easy to see, in fact, that the document had
something to do with the marriage settlement of John Paston and
Margaret Mauteby, which was about 1440.]
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