Edmund, Lord Grey of Hastings to John Paston

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Title
Edmund, Lord Grey of Hastings to John Paston
Reference
Add. 34888, f. 101
Date
11 July 1454
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol II, item 250; Fenn, Vol III, Henry VI item 52
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume III' (1st transcript)

LETTER LII.

         To my trusty and wele belovid
         Iohn Paston Squyer be this
         l’re deliv’ed.

TRUSTY and welebelovid frend y comaund me to zow
     certifying zow yt. and zor Sustyr be not zit maried y trust
to god y know yt. where she may be maried to a gentylman of
iij C. m’rc of lyvelod ye which is a grete gentylman born and
of gode blode and yf ze yink yt y shall labore ony ferder y’ynne
y p’y zow send me word by ye bringer of ys I’re for y have
spoke wt. ye p’ties and yey have granted me yt. yey wolle p’ccde
no ferder y’ynne tyll y speke wt. hem azen And y’fore y p’y
zow send me word in hast how yt ze wylle be desposed y’ynne
and god have zow in hys kepyng wettin at Ampthill ye xj day
of July last past.

 

                                            By Edmond Grey, Lord of Hastynges,
                                                          Waifford, & of Ruthyn.

 

        11 ? by 3 ?.

      Ampthill,
           Thursday, 11th of July,
           1454. 32 H. VI.

 

 Edmund succeeded his grandfather, Reginald Lord Grey, of Ruthyn, in 1441. In
1464 he was appointed Lord Treasurer to Edward IV. and the next year created Earl
of Kent. He died in 1489. The barony of Ruthyn is now in the Earl of Sussex.

     Autograph. Pl. XIX. No 13.

     These Letters discover to us the great attention paid by families to the proper dispo-
sition of the female branches in suitable and advantageous marriages.

     Pl. XIV. No 8.

     N. B. At the bottom of this Letter in the hand-writing of John Paston, is the follow-
ing memorandum,

     “Librat. pr. Will’. Aleyn Valett’. dēi dēi xiiij die Julij Ao. xxxijo. H. VI.”

     Seal of red wax, the impression defaced, but it has a neat braid of straw round it.

     Pl. XXIII. No 6.
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume III' (2nd transcript)

LETTER LII.

        

To my trusty and well beloved John Paston, Esquire, be this
Letter delivered.

 

TRUSTY and well beloved Friend, I commend me to
     you, certifying you that and (if) your Sister be not yet
married, I trust to God I know that where she may be married
to a gentleman of 300 marks (200l.) of livelihood, the which
is a great gentleman born, and of good blood, and if ye think
that I shall labour any farther therein, I pray you send me word
by the bringer of this Letter, for I have spoken with the parties,
and they have granted me that they will proceed no farther
therein till I speak with them again, and therefore I pray you
send me word in haste how that ye will be disposed therein,
and God have you in his keeping. Written at Ampthill, the
11th day of July last past.

 

                          By EDMOND GREY, LORD of HASTYNGS,
                                         WAIFFORD, and RUTHYN.

         11 ½ by 3 ½.

      Ampthill,
           Thursday, 11th of July,
           1454. 32 H. VI.

 Edmund succeeded his grandfather, Reginald Lord Grey, of Ruthyn, in 1441. In
1464 he was appointed Lord Treasurer to Edward IV. and the next year created Earl
of Kent. He died in 1489. The barony of Ruthyn is now in the Earl of Sussex.

     Autograph. Pl. XIX. No 13.

     These Letters discover to us the great attention paid by families to the proper dispo-
sition of the female branches in suitable and advantageous marriages.

     Pl. XIV. No 8.

     N. B. At the bottom of this Letter in the hand-writing of John Paston, is the follow-
ing memorandum,

     “Librat. pr. Will’. Aleyn Valett’. dēi dēi xiiij die Julij Ao. xxxijo. H. VI.”

     Seal of red wax, the impression defaced, but it has a neat braid of straw round it.

     Pl. XXIII. No 6.
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume II'

 

250

 

EDMUND, LORD GREY OF HASTINGS TO
JOHN PASTON2

 

To my trusty and wele belovid John Paston, Squyer, be this
lettre delivered.

 

   TRUSTY and welebelovid frend, I comaund me to zow,
     certifying zow that and zour sustyr be not zit maried,
     y trust to God y know that where she may be maried
to a gentylman of iii. C. [300] marc of lyvelod, the which is
a grete gentylman born, and of gode blode; and yf ze think
that y shall labore ony ferder therynne, y pray zow send me
word by the bringer of this lettre, for y have spoke with the
parties, and they have granted me that they wolle procede no
ferder therynne tyll y speke with hem azen; and therefore,
y pray zow, send me word in hast how that ze wylle be des-
posed therynne; and God have zow in hys kepyng. W[r]ettin
at Ampthill, the xj. day of July last past.

By EDMOND GREY, LORD OF HASTYNGES,
WAIFFORD, AND OF RUTHYN.

 

          2 [From Fenn, iii. 214.] This letter is dated by a memorandum at the bottom
of the original, in the handwriting of John Paston—’Liberat. per Will. Aleyn,
valetum dicti domini xiiij. die Julii anno xxxijo. H. vi.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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