_To my ryght worchipfull Modyr, Margaret Paston, be thys delyuered._
[Sidenote: 1470 / OCT. 12]
Aftyr humbyll and most dew recommendacyon, as lowly as I can, I beseche
yow of yowr blyssyng. Plesyt yow to wet that, blyssyd be God, my brodyr
and I be in good hele; and I tryst that we shall do ryght well in all
owyr maters hastyly; ffor my Lady of Norff.[84-2] hathe promyssyd to be
rewlyd by my Lord of Oxynforthe[84-3] in all syche maters as belonge to
my brodyr and to me; and as for my Lord of Oxynforthe, he is bettyr Lord
to me, by my trowthe, than I can wyshe hym in many maters; for he sente
to my Lady of Norff. by John Bernard only for my mater, and for non
othyr cause, my onwetyng [_i.e._ without my knowledge], or wythout eny
preyer of me, for when he sente to hyr I was at London, and he at
Colchestyr, and that is a lyeklyod he remembyrthe me.
The Dwk and the Dwchess swe to hym as humbylly as evyr I dyd to them; in
so myche that my Lord of Oxynforth shall have the rwyll of them and
thers, by ther owne desyirs and gret meanys.
As for the ofyces that ye wrot to my brodyr for and to me, they be for
no poore men; but I tryst we shall sped of othyr ofyseys metly for us,
for my Mastyr the Erle of Oxynforthe bydeth me axe and have. I trow my
brodyr Syr John shall have the Constabyllshep of Norwyche Castyll, with
xx_li._ of ffee; all the Lordys be agreyd to it.
Tydyngs, the Erle of Wyrcestyr[85-1] is lyek to dye this day, or to
morow at the ferthest. John Pylkyngton, Mr. W. att Clyff, and Fowler ar
takyn, and in the Castyll of Pomfrett, and ar lyek to dye hastyly, with
owte they be dead. Sir T. Mongomere and Joudone be takyn; what shall
falle of hem I can not sey.
The Qwen[85-2] that was, and the Dwchess of Bedford,[85-3] be in
seyntuary at Westmestyr; the Bysheop of Ely[85-4] with othyr Bysheopys
ar in Seynt Martyns. When I here more, I shall send yow more. I prey God
send yow all your desyrs. Wretyn at London on Seynt Edwards Evyn.
Your sone and humbyll servant,