[Sidenote: 1477 / OCT. 31]
[I, JOHN PASTON,] Knyght, in the last day of O[ctober, Anno] Domini
m^{l}cccclxxvj^o, will, graunte, and be queth my sowle to All myghty
God, and to the . . . . . . Marye, Seint John Baptist, Seint Gorge,
Seint Cristofur, and Seint Barbara; and my body, yf I dyghe ny the Cyte
of London, [to the chapel] of Owre Lady in the Whithe Frerys there, at
the Northeest corner of the body of the chyrche, and there to be made an
orator[y] . . . . . or muche leke as ys over Sir Thomas Browne in the
Frere Prechours, to the valour of xx_li._, so that it may cause . . .
. . . ther prayours there, the rather to remembre my sowle, and to pray
therefore; and that there be gevyn to the behoff . . . . . at plotte of
grounde be made suer unto me for ever the some of xx. marc.
. . . . . . . dayly, be the space of an holl yere, by soumme well
disposed brother of the same howse, and that the seyd brother . . .
. . . [not]withstondyng yf I decesse in the counte of Norffolk, or there
nye abouute, I wolde my bodye were buried at the prio[ry of Bromholm]
. . . . . un to the Founders Toumbe, which arche is unto the North syde,
and ryght agayn my fadyr toum[be] . . . . . . . . . ith an awter and a
toumbe for me, to the value of xx_li._, and that the howse there have a
rewarde . . . . . . . . . to the frerys of London, and that there be
also a broder of that howse to synge for my sowle by one . . . . . . .
. . . salarye.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a closette made at my cost over my
faders body ther . . . . . . . . . . of xx_li._, so that owre cousyns
. . . . . . . . . . have the more devocion to that place, and the rather
reste there bodyes there the encresse of the . . . . . . . . . . encrese
and profite of the howse, and reste on the religeus there of, lyke as
owr auncetours have . . . . . . . . . [a]nd to the entent that I
disclosed but on to fewe persons concernyng the fee ferme that is payed
. . . . . . . . Duke of Suffolk.
[Item, I will that my bro]ther, John, yf I dye with owth yssue leffull
of my bodye, have the maner of Swaywell to hym and . . . . . . . .
accordyng to the willez both of myn graunfader and of my fader, on whos
sowles God have mercye, the . . . . . . . . esse.
[Item, I will that the] Bysshoppe of Wynchester, or his assygnes, woll
and fynde suerte to do founde at the lyste iiij. prestys . . . . . . .
. . . of John Fastolf and his frendys, &c., at Caster, and that there be
bylded loggyng conveniant for those . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
adjoynyng uppon the bakhous over the gardeyn withouuth the mote on the
Weste syde of my . . . . . . . . . . . in the seid maner or maners yn
Caster, graunt by chartour, grounde, space, and londe, convenyant for
such . . . . . . . . entre and yssue therunto, and to that entent, and
byldyng or purchasyng of license of the kyng . . . . . . . . profitez of
the seid maners holly be expendid the terme of vij. yerez next after my
dissece; and, moreover, . . . . . . . . . resorte theder in his owne
persone to over see the werkys or byldyng or establyssyng of the seyd
howse [he shall h]ave playn lyberte to dwell withinne my seid maner and
fortresse the seid terme of vij. yerez, and that . . . . . . . . estys.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . [cha]pell of Seint John Baptyst, withyn the
seyd towne of Caster, with all the profitez yerly of that same
begeny[ng] . . . . . . . . . ed to the seyd college or howse for
evermore, with lycence therunto had of the Kyng and of the Pope, with
. . . . . . . . in Caster before seyd, which londis, with the seyd
chapell, schalbe of the yerly value of vij_li._ yerly . . . . . ment of
one prest above the charge that the Bysshope wyll do to pray for the
sowles of my fader . . . . . . . . . Thomas Lyndys, clerk, and of Sir
John Dawbeney. And that after this above wretyn be performed, yf that
. . . . . . es make astate by fyne reryd and enrolled in the Kynges
courte of the seid maner and maners in Castre . . . . . . . . . . .
yssue of his bodye laufully comyeng, and for defaute of yssue of his
body lawfully [rem]ayne to the issue of my moders lawfully commynge. And
for defaute of yssue of her body lawfully commyng . . . . . . . . myn
uncle, Edward Maudeby, and to the yssue of his body lawfully commynge.
And that for defaute . . . . . . . . . [comm]yng that the seyd maners
remayn to my cousyn, Sir William Calthorp, and to the right eyrez . . .
. . . . . . . . . . defaute of issue of his body lawfully commynge, the
seyd maners to reverte to the . . . . . . . .
[Item, I will that the priest of the chap]ell of the seyd collage be
presented by the lordys of my seid maner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . ed by Syr John Fastolff.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eryng de eadem villa vendatur per
executores meos ad perimplendum et persolvendum. . . . . . . . . . . . .
em invenerit securitatem ad redimendum manerium de Sporle prædictum,
quod si ipse . . . . . . . . . x. acr’ terræ de eisdem perquesit’ de
Johanne Kendall tempore debito dentur prædicto Johanni fratri [meo et
hæredibus suis legiti]me procreatis; et defectu exitus legitimi de
prædicto Johanne fratre meo, tunc prædictæ terræ et tenementa remaneant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . triavi mei, legittime procreatis; et pro
defectu exitus legittimi prædicti triavi mei, tunc remaneant Willelmo
. . . . . [et hæredibus i]psius Willelmi legitime procreatis; et pro
defectu exitus legitimi prædicti Willelmi, tunc omnia prædicta terræ et
tenementa [remaneant] . . . . . . assignatis imperpetuum; proviso quod
executores testamenti Willelmi Pekering habeant x. marcas pro . . . . .
et habeat xxxvij. acras terræ de prædictis terris sibi per voluntatem
patris ejus assignatis sive legatis si tantæ . . . . . . . . . . terræ
quæ idem Johannes vendidit sint de numero illarum acrarum sibi
limitatarum per Nicholaum patrem prædicti Johannis ac . . . . . . . . .
recompensacionem; eo quod idem Johannes forte credidit quod ipse juste
potuit vendere, quæque terræ et tenementa in feofamento . . . . .
[pat]ris, non obstante quod pater prædictus non declaravit quicquid
faciendum de dictis terris suis ultra certas acras . . . . . . . . . na
ipsius patris.
[Footnote 300-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The original of this
document is mutilated. It is endorsed in a more modern hand,
‘Testamentum Johannis Paston Senioris militis.’]
[[Sidenote: 1477
_printed as shown, but body text says “m^{l}cccclxxvj” (1476)_
invenerit securitatem ad redimendum
_text reads “invenetit”_]
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