_To John Paston, Esquyer, in Norwich._
[Sidenote: 1473 / MAY 18]
Ryght wershypfull brother, I recomand me to yow, &c.[186-2] . . . . . .
. . . .
As for tydyngs, the Erle of Wylshyr[186-3] and the Lord Sudele[186-4] be
ded, and it was seyd that Sir W. Stanle was deed, but nowe it is seyd
naye, &c.
Item, as ffor your goyng to Seyn James,[186-5] I beleve it but atwyen
ij., &c.
I herd seye that a man was thys daye examyned, and he confessed that he
knewe greet tresor was sende to the Erle off Oxenfford, wheroff a m^le
li. [£1000] sholde be conveyd by a Monke off Westminster, and some seye
by a Monke off Chartrehows.
Item, that the same man schulde acuse C. gentylmen in Norffolk and
Suffolk that have agreyd to assyst the seyd Erle at hys comynge thyder,
whyche as itt is seyd, sholde be within viij. dayes afftr Seynt Donston,
iff wynde and weddyr serffe hym--fflyeng tales. No mor at thys tyme, but
God have yow in kepyng.
Wretyn at London on Seynt Donstones daye, xviij. daye of Maye, Anno E.
iiij^ti xiij^{o}.