Archbishop Nevill to Sir John Paston
- Medieval Family Life
- Title
- Archbishop Nevill to Sir John Paston
- Reference
- Add. 43489, f. 35
- Date
- ?7 May 1469
- Library / Archive
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- The British Library
- Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
- Gairdner, Vol V, item 709; Fenn, Vol II, Edward IV item 31
- Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume II' (1st transcript)
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LETTER XXXI.
To my right trusty and Welbeloved Sir John Paston.
——
i h s.
RIGHT trusty and welbeloved I grete you hertely well.
And sende you by Thom’s yor childe xxli prayng you to
spare me as for eny more atthis tyme and to hold you con-
tent with thessame, as my singlr truste is in you, And I shalle
within bref tyme ordeigne and p’veye for you such as shalbeunto yor pleasir with the g’ce of Almightty God, who have you
in his proteccōn and keping.Writen in the manor of the 1 Mor the vijth daye of Maye.
G. EBORAC.
10 ½ by 3 ½.
A small Part of the Paper
Mark, only remains.The Moor,
in Hertfordshire,
7th of May.
Between 1466 and 1476,
6 and 16 E. IV.This Letter from George Neville, Archbishop of York, and brother to Richard,
Earl of Warwick, must have been written either when he was in oppofition to Edward,
in conjunction with his brother the Earl of Warwick, or after his return from his im-
prisonment abroad, not long before his death, when it is probable he found it difficult to
raise even a small sum of Money. Pl. IV. No 4.George Neville, was consecrated Bishop of Exeter, in 1455, when he was not com-
pletely twenty years of age. In 1460, he was appointed Lord Chancellor, and in 1466
advanced to the Archbishoprick of York. In 1470, he had the Custody of Edward IV.
when taken Prisoner by the Earl of Warwick, and died in 1476, Æt. 41.On the top of the Letter is the sacred Character of IHS.
1 The Moor, a Manor in Hertfordshire, and a Seat of the Archbishop of York.
- Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume II' (2nd transcript)
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To my right trusty and well beloved Sir John Paston.
——
I H S.
RIGHT trusty and well beloved, I greet you heartily well,
and send you by Thomas your Child 201. praying you to
spare me as for any more at this time, and to hold you content
with the same, as my singular trust is in you; and I shall
within brief time ordain and purvey for you such as shall beunto your pleasure with the Grace of Almighty God, who have
you in his protection and keeping.Written in the Manor of the 1 Moor the 7th day of May.
G. EBORAC.
10 ½ by 3 ½.
A small Part of the Paper
Mark, only remains.The Moor,
in Hertfordshire,
7th of May.
Between 1466 and 1476,
6 and 16 E. IV.This Letter from George Neville, Archbishop of York, and brother to Richard,
Earl of Warwick, must have been written either when he was in oppofition to Edward,
in conjunction with his brother the Earl of Warwick, or after his return from his im-
prisonment abroad, not long before his death, when it is probable he found it difficult to
raise even a small sum of Money. Pl. IV. No 4.George Neville, was consecrated Bishop of Exeter, in 1455, when he was not com-
pletely twenty years of age. In 1460, he was appointed Lord Chancellor, and in 1466
advanced to the Archbishoprick of York. In 1470, he had the Custody of Edward IV.
when taken Prisoner by the Earl of Warwick, and died in 1476, Æt. 41.On the top of the Letter is the sacred Character of IHS.
1 The Moor, a Manor in Hertfordshire, and a Seat of the Archbishop of York.
- Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume V'
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709
ARCHBISHOP NEVILL TO SIR JOHN PASTON2
To my right trusty and welbeloved Sir John Paston.
Ih’s.
RIGHT trusty and welbeloved, I grete you hertely well,
and sende you by Thomas your childe xx.li., prayng
you to spare me as for eny more at this tyme, and to
hold you content with thessame, as my singlr truste is in you;
and I shalle within bref tyme ordeigne and purveye for you
such as shalbe unto your pleasir, with the grace of Almightty
God, who have you in His proteccion and keping.Writen in the manoir of the Mor3 the vijth daye of Maye.
G. EBORAC.
2 [From Fenn, ii. 34.] This letter was almost certainly written between the years
1467 and 1469, and is not unlikely to be of the latter year, before the Nevills and the
Archbishop had come to be regarded as open enemies of Edward IV.3 The Moor in Hertfordshire, a seat of Archbishop Nevill.
1469(?)
MAY 7