I shal nowt leve this mater to serve the most enemy that he hat in
Inglond. I wele non of his good. I have lever other men go to the Dille
[_Devil ?_] for his good than I do.
[Footnote 106.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is dated
by the writer in the 35th year of Henry VI., but he does not say
in what month it was written. The 35th of Henry VI. was reckoned
from the 1st September 1456 to the 31st August 1457. Taken in
connection with the postscript of Botoner’s letter immediately
preceding (the date of which letter this partly confirms), it is
not unlikely that this was written about October. Perhaps
‘Wednesday after messe’ should have been ‘Wednesday after
Michaelmesse.’ If so, the exact date would be October 6th.]
[Footnote 106.2: The wardship of Thomas Fastolf was at first
granted to John Paston and Thomas Howes, by patent of the 6th
June 1454, and for this they agreed to pay 100 marks into the
Exchequer. But, for some reason or other, a new arrangement was
made, and the wardship was granted by another patent, dated 12th
December 1454, to John Bokkyng and William Worcestre, who
offered the King 20 marks over what Paston had offered, _i.e._
£80 in all.--See _Patent Roll_, 33 Hen. VI., p. 1, m. 10.]
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