Item, seth the last comyng over of the seyd Fastolf into this royaume,
as by the space of xv. yere and more, he hath born grete costs, charges,
and expenss, at alle tymes intending uppon the Kyngs highnesse and the
Lordes of his counseille, as he hath had in commaundement, and was his
part to doo; for the which and for all the service that he hath doo to
the right noble Prince Kyng Herry the iiij^the, ayle [_grandfather_] to
our Souvragn Lord that now ys, and to the most victorious Prince and
Kyng, his fader, whos soulys God assoyle, and also to our seyd Souvereyn
Lord, he hath had, nouther fee, wagys, reward, ne recompense in this his
royaume of England, but hath born it of hys own propre godys, at all
tymys to the Kyngs honour and prouffit as to his power, which ys to hym
right grevouse and chargeable, trusting to have be considered and
rewarded as othir men of suche deservyng have be in the tymes of the
right noble progenitours of our seyd Souvreyn Lords, late Kyngs of this
seyd reaume.
There is a corrected draft of the above paper, in William
Worcester’s handwriting, among the Paston MSS. in the British
Museum, on the back of which are the following additional
memoranda:--
Thees been the prestys and sommes of money that the [_sic_] Sir John
Fastolf, knyght, hath lent to oure seid Soverayn Lorde that now is, at
his commaundement in his grete necesitees, at divers tymes with in this
his reaume of England:--
Item, the seid Fastolf lent to oure seid Soverayn Lorde, in the moneth
of September, the xv. yer of his seid regne, as it appereth at the seid
recept of Westminster, the somme of
m^l _li._
It is also to be remembred that the seid Fastolf hath lent to oure seid
Soverayn Lord, in the moneth of Feverer, the seid xv. yer of his noble
regne, as it appereth at the Kynges receyt of Westminster, the somme of
m^l marc.
Item, the seid Fastolf lent to our seid Soverayn Lorde, for the viage of
Sir Thomas Kiriel, and of his retinue in to the Duchie of Normandye, in
the xxviij. yer of his noble regne the somme of CC. marc. Also afore
that tyme in the Kynges grete necessite ageyn the coronacion of the
Quene, at his forseid commaundement, the somme of C_li._ Somme of bothe
iij^{c}. xxxiij_li._ vj_s._ viij_d._[60.1]
Item, the seyd Fastolf lent to the voyage that Thomas Danyell made in to
Breteyn, as it is notorily knowen, of which he ys not yhyt payd, the
somme of