_To oure specyall good lord and mayster, Syr John Paston, Knyght, be
this delivered in hast._
[Sidenote: Date uncertain]
Right worchepfull and oure specyall good mayster and loord, after our
dewe recomendacion with owre servyce. Please it yow to knowe that we arn
grevously troubled, and not lyke to kepe oure tenourys, the whiche we
holde of you, but yf ye helpe us; for we wer bete at the boordourys
syde, and afterwarde our servauntes wer bete at the plowe in Spoorle
felde, and somme of them be lyke to dey. And we redyn to Maister Shereve
and to Mayster Southwell for remedye, and thei advysed us to ryde to
Mayster Wyngfeld; and thenne we understode that Mayster Wyngfeld was
reden to London, &c. And so we stonden withoute remedye, and in grete
doute of our lyves, and losse of our goodys. Wherfor we beseche you to
socoure us accordyng to your right and owres. And ellys we kan nott
abyde it, &c. Cryst kepe your good lordshep.
Be your poore tenauntes
of Spoorle.
[Footnote 201-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The date of this letter
is very uncertain, but as a good deal is said about this time of
the manor and wood of Sporle, we insert it here for convenience.]
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