[Sidenote: 1466(?)]
Item, Arb[l]aster must mak a proctyr by yowr advyce, and iff he lyst to
make the seyd Master John Halfnothe he maye, elles he must sende uppe an
other; and he most also make a letter of waraunt to the seyde Master
John Halfnothe undre hys selle by yowre advyce in thys forme:--
Master John, &c. I recomande me, &c., letyng yow weet that I have
made yow my proctor towchyng the testement off John Paston, Esquier;
wherffor I praye yow that ye on my behalve reffuce the
admynystracion of hys seyde testamen, fur I woll nowt have ado ther
with. Wherffo[r] loke that ye on my behalve reffuce all
admynestracion, entresse or besynesse, that I myght have there by.
And thys shewys yow my wyll here in, and shall be to yow a dyscharge
att any tyme. No moor, &c.
Yowr frend,