_To the worshypfull and my ryght welle belovyd cosyn, John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1455 / JULY 10]
Worshypfull and ryghte welbelovyd cosyn, I comaund me to you. Please you
to wete that the pryour and convent of Norwych have wyth holden certeyn
rent for londes that they holden of me wythynne my maner of Harlyston,
and the ij. tapers of wax of ij_lb._ wyghte by the space of xviij. yeers
that mountyth . . . . . . . xxj_s._ valued in money; and the
lordes of the seyd maner beying before me, and also y yn my tyme have be
seisid and possessed of the sayd rent. Praying you to speek wyth the
pryour, recomaundyng me unto hym, and that ye lyke to meave hym to make
me payment, as hys dewtee ys, so as y have no cause to stirre further,
and to doo as justice requyryth. He holdyth xxx. acres land or more by
the sayd rent, and yhyt ought to pay me othyr rents more by myne
evidents of more ade. Y pray you, cosyn, that y may speke wyth you or y
ryde, and that on Thrysday by the farthyst, and then y shall tell you
tydyngs off the Parlement, and that ye fayle not, as my trus ys yn you.
Y pray God have you yn Hys governance.
Wreten at Castre, the x. day of Julle.
Your cosyn,