_To Master Syr John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1469 / APRIL 7]
Syr, I pray yow recomand me to my Lord Scalys good lordshep, and to let
hym weet that, in lyek wyse as hys Lordshep gave me in comandement,
I have enqweryd what the gentyllmanys answer was that my Lord of
Norffolk sent to to awayte up on hym at the Kyngs comyng in to thys
contre. Hys answer was to my Lord of Norfolks messenger, that he had
promysyd my Lord Scalys to awayte up on hym at the same seson, and in as
myche as he had promysyd my Lord Scalys, he wold not false hys promesse
for no man on lyve. I fond the menys that the seyd gentylemanys wyfe
mevyd hyr husbend with the same mater as thow she had axyd hym of hyr
awne hed, and he told hyr that he had gevyn thys answer. Thys gentylman
is Sir William Calthorp;[17-2] but I pray yow tell my Lord Scalys that
ye undyrstand not who it is, for he preyid me to be secret ther in.
I pray with all my hart, hye yow hom in hast, for we thynk longe tyll ye
coome. And I pray yow send me woord whedyr ye shall be mad a Crysten man
or ye com home, or nowt; and if so be that ye send eny man hom hastly,
I pray yow send me an hat and a bonet by the same man, and let hym bryng
the hat upon hys hid for mysfacyonyng of it. I have ned to bothe, for I
may not ryd nor goo owt at the doorys with non that I have, they be so
lewde [_shabby_]. A murry bonet, and a blak or a tawny hat. And God send
yow your desyr. Wretyn at Caster, the viij. day of Apryll.
Your J. PASTON.
[Footnote 17-1: [From Fenn, iv. 318.] For the date of this letter
see preliminary note to the last (p. 14, Note 1).]
[Footnote 17-2: Sir William Calthorpe, Knight, had been High
Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, both in this and the preceding
reign, and died very old in 1494. His second wife was Elizabeth,
daughter and co-heir of Sir Miles Stapleton, Knight, of
Ingham.--F.]
[[Sidenote: 1469 / APRIL 7
_printed as shown, but text of letter says “viij” (8)_]]
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