_To my ryght wyrshipfull husband, John Paston, be thys delyveryd in
hast._
[Sidenote: 1465 / JUNE 24]
Ryght wyrshypfull hosbond, I recomaund me to you. Please it you to wyte
that the same Wensday that Ric. Call departyd hens I send Ric. Charlys
to speke with the undershryf, requyryng hym that he shold serve the
replevyn for the shype and hors that were take, &c.; and the shryf sayd
playnly that he wol not, nor derst not serve it, not thogh I wold yeve
hym xx _li._ to serve it. And Ric. Charlys axhyd the cause why, and he
sayd, for he wold not have to doo with that felshyp, and so it ys yet
unservyd. I supyose that Ric. Calle hath told you what revell ther was
by the Bayllyf of Coshay and his felaw uppon your men that shold have
servyd the replevyn.
Item, the same Wensday that Ric. Call rode from hens the were indytyd v.
of men by the enquest of Fourhoo hunder, as Crome can enforme you, and
on Fryday last paste John Paston, the yonger, Wykes and Thomas Honewerth
were endytyd at Dyram, by what menys the berour herof Crome shall
[en]forme you. I send theder Ric. Charlys, John Seve, and iij. or iiij.
other gode felows, for to have don other folks as gode atorne; but it
wold not be, for the Juge ys soo parcyall with the other party that I
trowe ther shalbe sped no maters before hym for you, nor for non of
yours tyl it be otherwyse by twene you than it ys. Crome shall tell you
of hys demenyng at the last sessyons at Dyrham. I send you a copy of
both the endytements. Your son John Paston the yonger, I hope shal be
with you thys wyke and enforme you of mo thyngys, and howe myn hors and
hys sadell and harnys ys prysoner at Coshaye Halle and have ben ever syn
Wensday last.
Item, I recevyd a letter from you on Satorday last, whych was wryten on
Monday next before and I have sent to Sir Thomas Howys the same day for
such maters as ye wrote to me of, and he sent me word that Wyllyam
Worceter had a boke of remembraunce of recaytys that hath be recevyd by
Sir John Fastolf or any of hys sythen the iiij.^te. yere Kyng Harry,
both of hys owyn lyflode or of any other mannys that he had to doo wyth
all. He sayd, yf ye wold send to Wyll. Worceter to loke therfore he sayd
he wyst well he wold lete you have knowlych yf any such thyng may be
founde, and also he sayd that he wold send to the seyd Wyll. to serche
therfore, and as for such bokys as he hath hyre at hom he wol doo loke
yf any remembraunce canne be founde therof, and ye shall have knowlych
ther of, as he hath promysyd, by Satourday next comyng. And as for the
woman that made the clayme that ye wrote of he ys wellwyllyd that she
shold be seyn to in the way of almys. And as I here say, it symyth by
hym that in any thyng that he canne doo tochyng the savacyon of the
dedys gode,[156.1] other in lyflode, other in other godys, he sayth that
he wyll doo. I canne not have no knowlych that Haydon mellyth in the
mater of Drayton; yf he do oght therin, he doyth it closely, as he ys
wont to doo, and wayshyth hys hondys ther of as Pylate dyde. It shalnot
be long to or that I send to yow; of such tythynges as we have I shall
lete you have knowlych ther of. I fynd Crome ryght welwyllyng to you in
such thyngys as lyth in hym for to do. I pray you lete hym be thankynd
therfor, and that shall cause hym to be the beter wylled; he hath not be
rewardyd as yet but by Ric. Call, as he canne tell you. The Blyssyd
Trynyte have you in His kepyng and send you gode spyde in all your
maters. Wryten in hast on Mydsomer day.
As for Rysyng, but yf [_unless_] ye purvey for hym he canne no helpe
have at home.
By yours,