_John Paston, dwellyng in the Tempyll at London, be thys letter delyverd
in hast._
[Sidenote: 1451 or later]
I grete yow wele, and lete yow wete that on the Sonday befor Sent
Edmond, after evyn songe, Augnes Ball com to me to my closett and bad me
good evyn, and Clement Spycer with hyr. And I acsyd hym what he wold?
And he askyd me why I had stoppyd in the Kyngs wey? And I seyd to hym I
stoppyd no wey butt myn owyn, and askyd hym why he had sold my lond to
John Ball? And he sor [_swore_] he was nevyr a cordyd with your fadyr;
and I told hym if hys fadyr had do as he dede, he wold a be a chamyd to
a seyd as he seyd. And all that tyme Waryn Herman lenyd ovyr the
parklos[246.2] and lystynd what we seyd, and seyd that the chaunge was a
rewly chaunge, for the towne was un do therby, and is the werse by an
C_li._ And I told hym it was no curtese to medyll hym in a mater butt if
he wer callyd to councell; and prowdly goyn forthe with me in the
cherche, he seyd the stoppyng of the wey xuld coste me xx. nobylls, and
zet it shuld downe ageyn. And I lete hym wete he that putte it downe
chull pay therfor. Also he seyd that it was well don that I sett men to
werke to owle[246.3] meney whyll I was her, butt in the ende I chale
lese my coste. Than he askyd me why I had a wey hys hey at Walsham,
seyng to me he wold he had wyst it whan it was karryd, and he chuld a
lettyd it; and I told hym it was myn owyn grownde, and for myn owyn I
wold holde it; and he bad me take iiij. acre and go no ferther. And thus
churtly he departyd from me in the cherche zerde. And syt [_since_] I
spacke with a serteyn man, and acsyd hym if he herd owt sey why the
dyner was mad att Norfolkys howse, and he told me [he] herd sey that
serteyn men had sentt to London to gete a commyssyon owt of the
chaunstre to putt downe ageyn the wall and the dyk.
I receyvyd yor letter by Robert Reppys thys day after thys letter wretyn
thus far. I have red it, butt I conn yeve yow non aunswer mor than I
have wretyn, save the wyfe of Harman hathe the name of owr Lady, whos
blyssyn ye have and myn. Wretyn at Paston, on the day after Sent
Edmond,[247.1]
Be yowyr modyr,