_To my worshipfull Cosyn John Paston._
[Sidenote: 1458(?) / [MAY 11?]]]
Right worshipfull Cosyn, I recommaund me unto you, certifying you that
your man John Osberne of Walsyngham hath be with me and lete me have
knowlage of a commyssion chuld be doun from my lord Chaunceler to Sir
Robert Conyers, you other and me, and that ye wold have your day upon
Munday or Tewesday at Crowemer, Blakeney or Walsyngham, &c. And after
that he was departed from me, ther cam a servaunt from my cosyn Twyer,
and seid that his maister hade a letter from you that ze have set to be
at Blakeney uppon Munday next comyng. And for as much as I stande in
nonn certeyn be cause of variaunce of the massangeres, therfore I send a
man of myne to you, praying yowe to sende me verray certeynte and a copy
of the commyssion, that my neybures may have knowlage of the kingis
entent if the case requyreth so, &c.
I hold Blakeney a resonable place, and if ye kepe youre purpose at
Blakeney uppon Munday next comyng I shall mete ther with you, with
Goddis grace, Wheche have you ever in His intyer kepyng, &c. Wretyn at
Brunham upon the Assencion day of our Lord, &c.,
By W. CALTHORPE.
[Footnote 128.1: [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 163.] The date of this
letter is by no means certain, but may be 1458, after the
reconciliation of parties. The reference to ‘the King’s intent’
shows at least that it was not when the Duke of York was
Protector; and it is not likely to have been under Somerset’s
rule or in the reign of Edward IV. If 1458 was the year, the day
(Ascension Day) was the 11th May.]
368