_To the right worshepfull my master, Sir John Paston, Knyght._
A^o xij. E. R. quarti.
[Sidenote: 1472]
Please it your masterschep to knowe that Johon Shawe and I have goten a
carpenter fro Walsyngham to Sporle to valewe your wod the[167-2] the
wheche carpenter hese costis there Sondaye at nyght next before the
Assencion off owre Lord Jesu Cryst, Mondaye, Tewesdaye, Wednesdaye,
Assencion Daye, Frydaye and Saterdaye, and for hese labor iij_s._
iiij_d._ And upon the syte of your seid wode he hath valewid the launde
wythin the dykes xij. fote inward fro the cop of the dyke and wythowte
at liiij_li._ vij_s._ x_d._ And wythin the wode xij. fote wythin alle
the dykes vj^xx._li._ vij_s._ viij_d._ the valewe of the dykes abowte
the woode fro xij. fote fro wythin owtewardis arn prysid at x_li._ grete
chepis the valew of the trees in the maner and in the closes azens the
seid manor toward Swaffham xx. marc gret chepe; there off be ware and be
not to hasty, &c., the cloos at the tow . . . toward Pykenham not
valewid nor not spoken of, &c. The summa totall ix^xx._li._ & xviij_li._
ij_s._ viij_d._
And if ze shuld selle all this wode togedyr for redy sylver never lesse
in the summa paste v. marc, if ze woll sell the wode . . . . . the
lawnde wythin the dykes and the standardis thoo I shall wryte aftyr in
this bille for to stande in any wyse less . . . . . . all the hole sum
at the most paste x_li._ for who so ever shall by it he maye so leve and
gete goode, &c.
The summa of your standardis for certeyn reconyd the Mondaye and the
Tewsdaye whill I was at Sporle wyth in . . . . . and xij. fote wythin
the dykes in forme above rehersid xj^xx. And iche standarde a zard
[_yard_] above the grownde . . . . . abowte an . . lesser till we come
xij. inche and viij. inche besyde all odyr smale that arn of lesse
mesure . . . . . . growe the wheche arn many and resonabely sufficient,
&c., the nowmber off the standardis wythin your . . . . . cowntid and
summe be estimacion of the mesures and formes above rehersid CCCC^ma
xxxvj^ti.
As for your undyrwode I can not fynde the meane to valewid to your
avayle, be cause it were necessary to knowe the purpose off your
fellyng, where off beware, &c.
As for the fensyng of your dykes, and ze shuld felle your bordorys off
your wode the Suthsyde, viz., toward Pykenham fro the Wonges to
Walsyngham Weye is lxxx. rodde at leste, the price of the rodde
iiij_d._, dyggyng, plashyng, and heggyng.
Summa, xxvj_s._ viij_d._
The Est syde toward Neyghton and Sparham vij^xx. rodde at the leste,
Summa, xl_s._
The Northende toward Dunham lxxx. rodde,
Summa, xxvj_s._ viij_d._
The West syde toward Sporle be the Loyes vj^xx. rodde,
Summa, xl_s._