_To owr welbeloved John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1450 / OCT. 18]
Right welbeloved, I grete yow well. And as towchyng for tydyngs, I can
none, savyng that my Lord of Norffolk met with my Lord of York at Bury
on Thursday, and there were to gedre til Friday, ix. of the clokke, and
than they departed. And there a gentilman of my Lord of York toke unto a
yeman of myn, John Deye, a tokene and a sedell of my Lords entent, whom
he wold have knyghtts of the shyre, and I sende you a sedell closed of
their names in this same lettre, wherfore me thynkith wel do to performe
my Lords entent.
Wretyn the xviijº day of Octobr, at Wynche.