_To hys rythe worchyfull broder, John Paston thelder, Sqwyer be this
delyveryd._
[Sidenote: 1464 / FEB. 15]
Broder, I recomawnde me to zowe. After all dew recommendacions, &c. Az
for Hew Fennys obligacion, Zelverton knowlacheyd it to be Sir John
Fastolfe is dede opynly in the Escheker, and ther he hadde is jugement
to receive the mony and x_li._ for domages. And they report here that
they have a schreve after her entent that wyll mak hem execucion, or
ellis return that ye have wastyd the godis of the dede; so that they
wyll have execucion of zowr own goodis, or ellys a wryt to tak zowr
body. Thus ze may se they zeve no fors wat they doo, thow they xwld
lesse and stroy all the goodis of the dede; And ther for, for savacion
of goodis of the dede, better it wer to suffer tak sum trete than to
suffer the goodis thus to be lost. Also Zelverton hathe ben at all the
tenauntis of Sowthewerk and chargid hem to pay no mony but to hym. Also
the kyng hathe ben in Glowcetescher and pwnyssede hys rebellious a zens
the lawe, and so he entendithe to doo in Norfolk, and after that in oder
contreez. God zeve grasse and good spede in hys jornay. No more but I
pray Gode have zow in hys kepyng. Wretyn on Hasse Wednysday in haste.
Also I pray zou, send me xl_s._ that I tok James Gressam and John
Pampyng for zowr materis. Also ther is no man that hathe contentyd ony
thyng in the Kyngis Benche of all thys term for zour materis, and that
makythe the clerkis and zowr Aturnay wery. I trow I xall be fayn to
contente hem or ellys they xall be unpayyd.
Zowr broder,