_To Master John Paston, or to my mestresse, hys Modre, be this letter
delyveryd in hast._
[Sidenote: 1472 / APRIL 30]
Brother, I comand me to yow[136-3] . . . .
. . . . . . .
By Juddy I sende yow a letter by Corby with in iiij. dayes byffor thys;
and ther with ij. potts off oyle for saladys, whyche oyle was goode as
myght be when I delyveryd itt, and schall be goode at the reseyvynge,
iff it be nott mysse handelyd, nor mysse karryd.
Item, as ffor tydyngs, the Erle of Northomberlonde is hoome in to the
Northe, and my Lord off Glowcester schall afftr as to morow, men seye.
Also thys daye Robert of Racclyff weddyd the Lady Dymmok at my place in
Fleet-street, and my Ladye and yowrs, Dame Elizbeth Bowghcher,[137-1] is
weddyd to the Lorde Howards soon and heyr.[137-2] Also Sir Thomas
Walgrave is ded off the syknesse that reygnyth, on Tewesday, now [_no_]
cheer ffor yowe. Also my Lorde Archebysshope[137-3] was browt to the
Towr on Saterday at nyght, and on Mondaye, at mydnyght, he was conveyd
to a schyppe, and so in to the see, and as yitt I can nott undrestande
whedyr he is sent, ner whatt is fallyn off hym; men seye, that he hathe
offendyd, but as John Forter seythe, some men sey naye; but all hys meny
ar dysparblyd [_dispersed_], every man hys weye; and som that ar greete
klerkys, and famous doctors of hys, goo now ageyn to Cambrygge to
scoolle. As ffor any other tydyngs I heer noon. The Cowntesse off
Oxenfford[137-4] is stylle in Seynt Martyns; I heer no word off hyr. The
Qween hadde chylde, a dowghter, but late at Wyndesor; ther off I trow ye
hadde worde. And as ffor me, I am in lyke case as I was. And as ffor my
Lorde Chamberleyn,[137-5] he is nott yitt comen to town; when he comythe
than schall I weete what to doo. Sir John of Parr is yowr ffrende and
myn, and I gaffe hym a ffayr armyng sworde within this iij. dayes.
I harde somwhat by hym off a bakke ffreende off yowr; ye schall knowe
moor her afftr.
Wretyn the last daye of Apryll.
[Footnote 136-2: [From Fenn, i. 288.] The date of this letter is
ascertained by the fact that Sir Thomas Waldegrave died on the
28th April 1472.--_See_ Inquisition post mortem, 12 Edw. IV., No.
4.]
[Footnote 136-3: Here (according to Fenn) follows an order for
making out an account and receiving some rents, etc.]
[Footnote 137-1: Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Frederic
Tilney, Knight, and widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, son of John,
first Lord Berners. Her husband was slain at the battle of
Barnet.]
[Footnote 137-2: Thomas Howard, afterwards created Duke of
Norfolk, by Henry VIII., for his victory over the Scots at
Flodden. He was son and heir of John, Lord Howard.]
[Footnote 137-3: George Nevill, Archbishop of York.]
[Footnote 137-4: Margaret, wife of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford,
daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and sister of
Warwick the Kingmaker.]
[Footnote 137-5: William, Lord Hastings.]
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