SIR JOHN FASTOLF to his right well-beloved Brother, RICHARD WALLER.
[Sidenote: 1454-7 / OCT. 30]
My Lord is and hath been always my good lord, especially now that he is
chief officer under the King. Commend me to his grace, and beg him to
favor my matters ‘as far as conscience will, . . . . . now in mine old
age.’ Desires his favor and credence for Henry Fylongley and John
[Pa]ston, whom he has desired to wait on Waller.
Castre, 30th Oct.
_Endorsed._-- ‘A John Paston et John Bokkyng ou William Barker.’
[This letter is written in Botoner’s hand. The date is probably
between 1454 and 1457, as in 1458 Botoner appears to have been in
London,--at least he was so in November, and in the summer also he
was away from Norfolk; and in 1459 the 30th October would have been
within a week of Fastolf’s death, when he must have been ill
inclined, even if capable, to dictate letters, unless of very
special urgency.]
[Footnote 6.1: [From MS. Phillipps, 9735, No. 273.]]
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