_To oure right trusti and welbelovid John Paston, Esquier._
_The Duchesse of Norfolk._
[Sidenote: 1455 / JUNE 8]
Right trusti and welbelovid, we grete you hertili weel. And for as muche
as it is thought right necessarie for divers causes that my Lord have at
this tyme in the Parlement suche persones as longe unto him, and be of
his menyall servaunts, wherin we conceyve your good will and diligence
shal be right expedient, we hertili desire and pray you that at the
contemplacion of thise oure lettres, as our special trust is in you, ye
wil geve and applie your voice unto our right welbelovid cosin and
servaunts, John Howard and Syr Roger Chambirlayn, to be Knyghts of the
shire, exorting all suche othir as be your wisdom shal now be
behovefull, to the good exployte and conclusion of the same.
And in your faithful attendaunce and trewe devoyre in this partie, ye
shal do unto my Lord and us a singlere pleasir, and cause us herafter to
thank you therfore, as ye shal holde you right weel content and agreid,
with the grace of God, who have you ever in his keping.
Wreten in Framlyngham Castel, the viij. day of June.
[Footnote 34.1: [From Fenn, i. 96.] From the time of year at
which it was written, this letter must refer to the
parliamentary election of 1455.]
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