_To my ryght worschipfull husbond, John Paston, in haste._
[Sidenote: To get a copy [of] that he hath . . hed; notwithstandyng [I]
wote well thei have found non such evidens as ye wene.]
Item, it was tolde me thys day that Master John Salatt hathe made a
serge in the regestre this monethe aftre the wylles and testements or
suche as hought the maners of Heylesdon and Drayton this c. yere, and be
that hathe they founde suche evidence as schal be gret strenghthyng to
the Duks tittle, as it is seide. I undrestonde verely that Mastre John
Salet is all on that partye, and no thyng with you.
Item, as for the bill that ye sent to Sir Thomas Howys touchyng on
Edmond Carvyll and on Fraunces, I wote ner whether he had hem or nought,
for he is not spoken with yett in the maters. As wee spede owr materys,
we chall sende yow answers of them as hastely as we maye. At the
reverense of God, spede ye yowr materys that ye maye come owte of that
loggyng that ye ar in as hastely as ye maye, for I have non fansey with
some of the felechipp. I tolde yow, as me thowth, I praye yow be ware,
&c.
I praye yow yf it plese yow that I may be recommaundyd to my Lorde
Percy, and to myn mastres, and to my Lorde Abott. And I pray God bryng
yow and them owt of troble, and send yow good spede in alle yowr
materys. Wretyn in hast, the Fryday next afor Michellmes.
Be yowr,