[Sidenote: About 1450]
Inquiry made as to the injury of Sporle wood for lack of hedging. The
three years’ growth of the wood availeth no man. The farmers now cannot
sell it the better, so it must be either to your hurt or Halman’s. Hopes
the wastes at Cressingham will be amended. Your tenants are treated
unfairly about the Sheriff’s turn by those of the Prior of Norwich and
John Coo. Can get no money, for Fulchier hopes he is not so far in
arrear as you think. Halman can get no money; his corns are so cheap he
will not sell, but he hopes to make purveyance at Michaelmas.
Calybut says he never asked the Vicar of Sporle to be bound for him.
They will meet with me at Gressenhale on St. Bartholomew’s day and seal
the other part, so that they have notice from you at Swaffham Market,
Saturday next before.
_Accounts of Sneylewell, Cressingham, and Sparham on the back._
[We have placed this letter after the preceding as being probably
not many years apart from it in date, if not the very same year. The
name of Halman occurs in both, and also in a letter of the Vicar of
Sporle, which will be found a little further on.]
[Footnote 159.3: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]
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