_To hys rythe worchypfwll mayster, John Paston, Sqwyer._
[Sidenote: 1466 / MARCH 18]
Rythe worchypfwll broder, I recomawnde me to zow. And as for zour letter
to my Lorde Chawnceler I have not delyveryd it; for I askyd avysse there
in, and I was aunsweryd there in that sythen he was takyn to baylle, the
Chawncelerer[217.4] cowde not compelle the swertes to bryng hym in befor
hys day. Also me thowte zour letter was not most plesauntly wrytyn to
take to swyche a lorde. And as for the tresorer, hys name is Sir John
Fooge, but he is not in London nor wythe the Kyng, so I kan [not] have
the letter sent hym but if I hyeryd a man to bere it. And as for zour
question of the patentes, Grenfeld and Catesby and Sterkey holdyn it a
good question, for the statute is, _Patentes dez tenements dount null
titill est trouve pur le roy de recorde sount voydez_, anno xviij.
H. VI. ca. vj. But I trowe in zour cas that be ther opiniounis the Acte
of the Parlement is a tytyll of recorde. It is said to the contrary
intent, thow the londs be forfetyd of record, yet ther is no
certificacion of recorde qwat londes they be, nor wer [_where_] nor
in qwat place they lye; but and thys clawse be in the patents, _Non
obstante quod nulla inquisicio pro nobis inde est inventa_, by Grenfelde
is consayle the patents xwld be clerly goode. But me semythe that
amendyt not the mater, for be for the makyng of the statute above sayde,
patents graunttyd of londs be fore inquisicion were goode and effectuell
and the statute is generall:-- _Patents dount null tytill, &c. sount
voydez_. Thanne it folowyt well if the Acte of Parlement be no tytyll
for the Kyng thann is ther no tytyll for the Kyng of recorde, for that
clawse in the patente is no tytyll; than if ther [be] no tytyll, ergo
the patents voyde.
My suster[218.1] standythe in the same casse with my Lord of Kent.
Broder, I pray zow send mor mony for my nevew John, for he mwst ellys
com hom azen; for the Kyng gothe into Scotlonde, and he is nowther
horsyd nor harneysyd, for his grett hors is lykly to dye; and if ze wyll
sende it to me or to Christofyr Hanyngton it xall be save for hym.
I send zow a letter from hym closyde herin. And I pray spek to my moder
that my hors faylle not on Passyon Swnday,[218.2] for thann xall I be
redy and thanne xall ower redyng be don. Wrytyn on Twesday nexst after
Seynt Gregory is Day.
Zowr broder,