Cressingham Manor - Medieval Family Life

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Title

Cressingham Manor

Reference

Add. 27446, f. 35

Date

25 November 1479

Library / Archive

Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)

Gairdner, Vol VI, item 961; Fenn, Vol V, Edward IV item 59

Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume V' (1st transcript)

LETTER LIX.

The Accounte of John Paston Sqwyer.

REC’ at Cressi˜gh’m the Thirsday nex aftyr seynt Edmund
at the corte ther v li x^s by the hands of me John Paston
Sqwyer

Wher of payed to my modyr for costys don up on
      the beryi˜g of Wa’t^r Paston and whyll he lay
      sek and for the hyer of a man comy˜g w^t the seyd
      water fro Oxn’ xx^{d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .}

xxix^s
xj^d

It’ payed to Will’m Gybson for horse sadyll and
brydyll lent to water Paston by the seyd Will’m

xvj^s

It’ geuyn the seyd man comy˜g fro Oxn’ w^t the seyd
Water by the handys of J Paston . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

xx^d

It’ payed for dyuers thyngs whyll Water Paston
lay sek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

iiij^d

It’ for the costs of John Paston’s Rydy˜g to kepe
     the coort at Cressi˜gh’m A^o sup^r diet whych was
     iiij dayes in doig for the styward mygh not be
     ther at y^e day p’fyxid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

iij^s iiij^d

4¾ by 6¼.

This is a memorandum of money received at a court, and of the disposal of
a part of it on the sickness and burial of Walter Paston.

I thought it worth preserving, and have therefore inserted it here.

Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume V' (2nd transcript)

LETTER LIX.

The Account of John Paston, Esq.

RECEIVED at Cressingham the Thursday next
after Saint Edmund [25th Nov. 1479. 19 E.
IV.] at the court there, by the hands of me
John Paston, Esq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

£ s. d.
5 10 0

Whereof paid to my mother,

For costs done upon the burying of Walter Pas- ton, and while he lay sick; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1	9	11
And for the hire of a man coming with the said Walter from Oxon, 20d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item, paid to William Gibson for one horse, saddle and bridle lent to Walter Paston by the said William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0	16	0
Item, given the said man coming from Oxon with the said Walter, by the hands of John Paston	0	1	8
Item, paid for divers things while Walter Paston lay sick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0	0	4
Item, for the costs of John Paston riding to keep the court at Cressingham anno supradicto, which was four days in doing, for the steward might not be there at the day prefixed . . . . . . .	0	3	4
Total paid . . . . . . .	2	11	3

This is a memorandum of money received at a court, and of the disposal of
a part of it on the sickness and burial of Walter Paston.

I thought it worth preserving, and have therefore inserted it here.

Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume VI'

961

CRESSINGHAM MANOR³

   RECEYVED at Cressingham, the Thirsday nex aftyr
     Seynt Edmund⁴ at the corte ther vli. xs. by the
     handes of me, John Paston, Sqwyer.

Wherof payed to my modyr for costys don
     up on the berying of Walter Paston, and
     whyll he lay sek, and for the hyer of a
     man comyng with the seyd Water fro
     Oxenford xxd.

xxixs. xjd.

Item, payed to William Gybson for j. horse
sadyll and brydyll lent to Water Paston
by the seyd William,

xvjs.

Item, gevyn the seyd man comyng fro Oxen-
ford with the seyd Water by the handys
of J. Paston,

xxd.

Item, payed for dyvers thynges whyll Water
Paston lay sek,

iiijd.

     Item, for the costes of John Paston rydyng
          to kepe the coort at Cressingham, anno
          supradicto, whych was iiij. dayes in doing,
          for the styward mygh not be ther at the
          day prefyxid,

iijs. iiijd.

³ [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This paper is in the handwriting of John Paston
the younger. The reference to the burial of Walter Paston proves it to be of the
year 1479.

⁴ St. Edmund’s Day is the 20th November. The Thursday after it in 1479 was
the 25th.

1479
NOV. 25