[Sidenote: 1451 / June?]
Please it your maistership to wete that, as touchyng Blake of the
Kyngges hous, I spak with hym, and he told me that if the Lord Moleyns
wold take suyche appoyntement as ye agreed to, that he shuld lete me
wete therof on Satirday after noon, as I tolde yow whanne ye dyd on your
botes, &c. And sith that tyme I herd no word of hym. Item, there is
laboured a _supersedeas_ for alle them that th’exigend[248.4] is ageyn,
that arn convycted by record of my Lord of Oxenford, except ij. men
which the Lord M. gyveth no fors of. Item, I send yow Treshams letter
and a copie of the same. Item, I send yow the _cerciorari_ for my
maistresse your modir. Item, I send yow the _scire facias_ for Osbern
and Foke _versus_ Heydon and Wyndam. Item, I send yow a _distringas_
ageynst Tudenham, &c. Item, I beseche yow if it may be in cas my Lord of
Oxenford have not Holt hundred, that ye wole take it to suyche on as yow
seme best, for it is told me that Pertriche laboureth therfore. And that
is by the setting on of Heydon, &c. As touchyng the _capias_ ageynst
Pertrich, and the _pros._ a geynst Costard, &c., it wole not be hadde,
&c.
[Footnote 248.3: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is
anonymous, but it is in James Gresham’s handwriting. In Letter
190 we have Lord Molyns offering to treat with Paston for the
injury done to his property at Gresham. Apparently Paston has
now mentioned what terms he would accept. From what is said of
the _supersedeas_, it would seem that this letter was written
not long before the next, which is dated on Trinity Sunday.]
[Footnote 248.4: A writ of _exigent_ lies where the defendant in
a personal action cannot be found, or anything of his to
distrain. The sheriff is therein directed to proclaim him on
five county court days, requiring him to appear on pain of
outlawry.]
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