_To my ryght worchepfull hosbond, Jon Paston, be this deliveryd in
hast._
[Sidenote: 1465 / APRIL 8]
Right worchepfull hosbond, I recomand me to you. Please you to wet that
I send you a copy of the deed that Jon Edmonds of Taveram sent to me, be
the menys of Dorlet. He told Dorlet that he had suche a deed as he
supposyd, that wold don ease in prevyng of the tytyll that the Duk of
Suffolk cleymythe in Drayton;
[Sidenote: Carte Drayton.]
for the same deed that he sent me, the seale of armys is lyke onto the
copy that I send you, and noo thyng leke to the Duk of Suffolks
auncesters.
Item, the seyd Edmond seythe, yf he may fynd any other thyng that may do
yow ease in that mater he wolle do hys part therin.
[Sidenote: Heylisdon, Brythyeve, Barker, Porter.]
Item, Jon Russe sent me word that Barker and Herry Porter told hym in
councell that the Duk of Suffolk hathe bowght one Brytyeff ryghte, the
wyche makythe a cleyme on to Heylysdon, and the seyd Duke is proposyd to
entere within shorte tyme after Esterne, for in so moche the seyd Russe
felle be the seyd Barber and Porter that all the feffees wolle make a
relees on to the Duk and helpe hym that they can in to her power, for to
have hys good lorchep.
[Sidenote: Bracium.]
Item, yf it please you, me thynkythe it war ryght nessessary that ye
send word howe that ye wolle your old malte be purveyed for; for and any
hote weder come affter that it hathe leyne this wynter season, it shall
be but lost but yf [_unless_] it be sold be tymys, for as for the pryse
[_price_] here, it is sore falle. I have sold a C. comb of malt that
came fro Guton, to Jamys Golbeter, clenefyed, and strek met, and non
inmet (?), for ij_s._ ij_d._, the comb, and to be payed at Mydsomer and
Lammes.
[Sidenote: Sirpi pro reparatione de Mautby.]
Item, ther be dyvers of your tenantrys at Mauteby that had gret ned for
to be reparyd, at [? but] the tenaunts be so por that they ar not a
power to repare hem; wherfor yf leke you, I wold that the marche that
Bryge had myght be kept in your owne hand this yer, that the tenaunts
myght have ruschis to repare with her howsys. And also ther is wynfall
wod at the maner that is of noo gret valewe, that myght helpe hem with
toward toward the reparacion, yf it leke you to late hem have it that
hathe most need therof.
[Sidenote: Burgoys, Mareshs, Mauteby.]
I have spoke with Borges that he shuld heyne [_raise_] the price of the
mershe, or ellis I told hym that he shuld no lenger have it, for ye
myght [have][130.1] other fermors therto that wold geve therfor as it
was late befor, and yf he wold geve therfor as moche as another man
wold, ye wold that he shuld have it befor any other man; and he seyd he
shuld geve me answer be a fortenyght after Esterne. I can get non other
fermor therto yet.
Item, I understand be Jon Pampyng that ye wolle not that your sone be
take in to your hows, nor holpe be you, tylle suche tyme of yere as he
was put owt therof, the wiche shall be abowght Seynt Thomas
messe.[131.1]
[Sidenote: Pro recuperatione Johannis Paston.]
For Gods sake, sir, a pety on hym; remembre yow it hathe bed a long
season syn he had owt of yow to helpe hym with, and he hathe obeyed hym
to yow and wolle do at all tymis, and wolle do that he can or may to
have your good faderood. And at the reverence of God be ye hys good
fader, and have a faderly hert to hym; and I hope he shall ever knowe
hymselff the better here after, and be the more ware to exchewe suche
thyngs as shuld dysplease you, and for to take hed at that shuld please
you. Pecoke shalle telle you be mothe of more thyngs than I may write to
you at this tyme. The blyssyd Trinite have you in Hys kepyng. Wretyn at
Caster in hast, the Monday next after Palme Sonday.
Your M. P.
[Footnote 129.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The claims laid by the
Duke of Suffolk to Drayton and Hellesden occupy a prominent place
in this correspondence during the year 1465, and I do not find
them alluded to in any letter of an earlier date. Moreover, the
purchase by virtue of which the Duke laid claim to the latter
manor, which is reported here as a secret, is mentioned again as a
piece of news in a letter undoubtedly written on the 10th May
1465. There can be little doubt therefore that this letter is of
the same year. The apostyle, or set of marginal notes appended, is
in the handwriting of John Paston.]
[Footnote 130.1: Omitted in MS.]
[Footnote 131.1: This might be the translation of St. Thomas the
Martyr, 7th July, or St. Thomas Apostle’s Day, 21st December; but
most probably it means the day of St. Thomas à Becket, 29th
December.]
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