_To my right wurshepfull mastres, my Mastres Margret Paston, at Caster._
[Sidenote: 1463]
Please it your good mastresship to wete that a _fieri facias_ is come
out of the Exchequir for Hue Fen to the Shireff of Norffolk to make levy
of CC. mark of the propir goods and catels of my masters, as executor of
Sir John Fastolf; of whech _fieri facias_ we sent my master word, whech
sent us word ayen by Berney that we shuld lete the Shiref undirstand
that my master nevir toke upon hym as executor, and so for that cause
that writte was no warant to take my masters goods; and also that my
master mad a dede of gift of all his goods and catels to Master Prewet
and Clement Paston and other, so that my master hath no goods whereof he
shuld make levy of the forseid summe; and if the Shireff wold not take
this for non answere, that thanne my master wold he shuld be lettid in
Master Prowetts and Clement Pastons name. Nevirthelesse we spak with the
Shireff this day, and lete hym undirstand the causes aforeseid, and he
agreid, so that he myght have suerte to safe hym harmeles, to mak such
retorne as my master or his counsell coud devise. And because my master
wrote by Berney that he wold not fynd the Shireff no suerte, we wold not
apoynt with hym in that wyse; and so we toke avyse of Thomas Grene, and
by cause the Undir-Shireff shall be on Monday at Hygham, by Bastewyk
brygg, and he and we thought that it was best that Master Prowet shuld
mete with the Shireff there, and require and charge hym that by colour
of the foreseid _fieri facias_ that he make no levy of any goods and
catels of the seid Prowetts and Clement Pastons ayens the seid John
Pastons, letyng hym vete that such goods as the seid Paston had, be now
the seid Prowetts and Clement Pastons by vertu of a dede of gift mad to
hem almost ij. yere agoo; and if the Shireff woll be besy aftir that to
take any catell, that he be lettid in Master Prowetts name and Clement
Pastons by Daubeney and other; whech besines of the Shireff shall be on
Tuisday or Wednesday, and as we understand at Heylesdon. Wherfor ye must
send thedir Daubeney with Pecok, and the may gete hym here more felasep
by the avise of Master Sir John Paston.