Anonymous to John Paston

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ANONYMOUS TO JOHN PASTON¹

       WORCHEPEFUL mayster I recomend me to yow:
            and I pray yow to wete I was at Katefeld in Cobbes
            place for to se the armes as ye comaunded me, and
the feld is gold wyth iii. bukkeles of sylver
mad on the wyse as it is her, wyth floweris of
sylver on the bukkelis mad of iiij. lyke a trew-
love. Also, syr, I have spoke to a fryer that
is conversaunt at Wykelwode wyth Randolffis
dowter and he hath behestid me for to gete me
Randolffis armes of hese dowter Wyltones wyf;
but I have not yet spoke wyth the frier a yen.
Also I pray yow to wete that I was at Mauteby and ye have
there CC. combz of malt if ye wyl gef for xiiiid. a combz in
the comes and xxi. for xx. ye shal have redy mony, as I
suppose, for Pykeryng sellyth for xid. and xiid. the lest that
hath, as the parson of Mauteby tellyth me. And the parson
and I have do throche your qwete for it was ete wyth myse to
petowsly for to se; and if it plese yow I pray yow that ye wyl
send me word qwhedyr ye wyl selle your malt and your qhete
aftyr the pryse of the countre or (?) it shal be purveyid for to
kepe it til ye may sett. And I have spoke to Lawrauns Reede
for the ferme; but he wyl not take it, as I conseyve, til he
speke wyth yow. I suppos for to a made a covienaunt wyth
hym, but he hath no sewerte yet, and the londis shal not be in
your handis til myhelmes as he seyeth; ther for he is the mor
terying, &c. I beseche all myti Jhesu spede yow and kepe
yow.                                                                       [Not signed.]

     On the back are some names of families in a contemporary hand, and five
shields of arms tricked in a modern hand, the latter being apparently the armorial
bearings of ancestors of the Earl of Yarmouth, to whom there is a letter addressed
by ‘Wm. Smyth’ upon this subject at f. 146 of the MS.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 143.] This letter is neither signed nor addressed, but
there is no doubt the person for whom it was intended was John Paston the eldest,
who possessed property at Mautby in right of his wife. The reference to Laurence
Reede seems further to show that it is of the year 1448. See p. 85.

1448

1448

XI

A.D. 1448

ANONYMOUS TO JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 143]

     This letter, No. 1012 in the Inventory at the end of the Appendix, is
neither signed nor addressed, but there is no doubt the person for whom
it was intended was John Paston the eldest, who possessed property at
Mautby in right of his wife. The reference to Laurence Reede, more-
over, seems to show that it is of the year 1448. See Vol. 1. p. 68.

WORCHEPEFUL mayster I recomend me to
     yow: and I pray yow to wete I was at
     Katefeld in Cobbes place for to se the armes
     as ye comaunded me, and
the feld is gold wyth iii. bukkeles of
sylver mad on the wyse as it is her,
wyth floweris of sylver on the
bukkelis mad of iiij. lyke a trewlove.
Also, syr, I have spoke to a fryer
that is conversaunt at Wykelwode
wyth Randolffis dowter and he hath
behestid me for to gete me Ran-
dolffis armes of hese dowter Wyltones wyf; but I
have not yet spoke wyth the frier a yen. Also I pray
yow to wete that I was at Mauteby and ye have there
CC. combz of malt if ye wyl gef for xiiiid. a combz
in the comes and xxi. for xx. ye shal have redy mony,
as I suppose, for Pykeryng sellyth for xid. and xiid.
the lest that hath, as the parson of Mauteby tellyth
me. And the parson and I have do throche your
qwete for it was ete wyth myse to petowsly for to se;
and if it plese yow I pray yow that ye wyl send me
word qwhedyr ye wyl selle your malt and your qhete
aftyr the pryse of the countre or (?) it shal be pur-
veyid for to kepe it til ye may sett. And I have
spoke to Lawrauns Reede for the ferme; but he wyl
not take it, as I conseyve, til he speke wyth yow. I
suppos for to a made a covienaunt wyth hym, but
he hath no sewerte yet, and the londis shal not be in
your handis til myhelmes as he seyeth; ther for he is
the mor terying, &c. I beseche all myti Jhesu spede
yow and kepe yow.                                      [Not signed.]

     On the back are some names of families in a contemporary
hand, and five shields of arms tricked in a modern hand, the
latter being apparently the armorial bearings of ancestors of
the Earl of Yarmouth, to whom there is a letter addressed by
’Wm. Smyth’ upon this subject at f. 146.