_To myn welbeloved frende, Sir Thomas Howys, Parson of Blofeld._
[Sidenote: 1461 / AUG. 28]
Welbeloved frende, I grete you well. And for as muche as I understonde
that William Wurcester, late the servant unto Sir John Fastolf, Knyth,
whois soule God assoyle, ys not had in favour ne trust with my right
welbeloved frende, John Paston, nether with you, as he seyth, namely in
such maters and causes as concerneth the wylle and testament of the said
Sir John Fastolf; and as I am informed the said William purposeth hym to
go into his cuntre, for the whiche cause he hath desired me to wryte
unto you that ye wolde ben a special good frend unto hym, for his said
mastris sake, to have alle suche things as reason and consciens
requireth, and that ye wolde be meane unto Paston for hym in this mater
to schewe hym the more favour at thys tyme for this my writyng in doyng
of eny truble to hym, trusting that he wole demeane hym in suche wyse
that he shal have no cause unto hym, but to be his good master, as he
seyth. And yf ther be eny thing that I can do for you, I wole be right
glad to do it, and that knoweth Almyghty God, whiche have you in his
keping. Wretin at Grenewyche, the xxviij^th day of August.