[Edmund Paston to John Paston]

LETTER LVIII.

SUER dydyngs am com to Norwyche y^t my grandam is dys-
sessyd whom god assoyle my Uncle had a Messeng^r zest^r
day y^t she shuld not escape and this day cam a nother at
suche tyme as we wer at Masse for my Brother Water
whom god assoyle my Uncle was comyng to haue offerd
but y^e last Messeng^r Retornyd hy˜ hastely so y^t he toke hys
hors incontyne˜t to enforme mor of owr hevynes my Syst^r ys
delyu˜ed and y^e chyld passyd to god who send us of hys
g’ce.

     Dokkyng told me sekr’tly y^t for any hast my Uncle shuld
ryde by my lady of Norff to haue a iij skor p^rsons whyther
it is to co˜vey my grandh’m hyder or nowght he cowde not
sey J deme it is Rather to put them in possessyon of some
of her londs Wretyn the Sat^rdaye the xxi daye of August
A^o Eiiij^ti xix^o.

     This letter was written by one of the children of Margaret Paston, but by
which does not appear; I believe by John Paston; it informs us that his
friends were saying masses for the soul of Walter Paston, who died at Nor-
wich in August, 1479, at the very time when an account arrived of the death
of Agnes Paston, the widow of Sir William Paston the judge. She was bu-
ried in Our Lady’s Chapel in Norwich Cathedral.

     William Paston, the uncle here mentioned, had disputes with his nephews
concerning the lands of Agnes Paston, his mother; his reasons for so imme-
diately waiting upon the Duchess of Norfolk are therefore obvious.

    Anne Paston married William Yelverton in 1477, and is most probably the
sister here said to be just delivered.

     Walter Paston died soon after his return from Oxford, in the town residence
of the Pastons, called Paston’s Place, in the parish of St. Peter’s at Hungate,
in the city of Norwich, and was buried in the church there before the image
of St. John the Baptist.

LETTER LVIII.

SURE tidings are come to Norwich that my Grandam is de-
ceased, whom God assoil: my Uncle had a messenger yes-
terday that she should not escape, and this day came ano-
ther at such time as we were at mass for my brother
Walter, whom God assoil! My Uncle was coming to have
offered, but the last messenger returned him hastily, so that
he took his horse incontinent [immediately] to inform more
of our heaviness.

     My Sister is delivered, and the child passed to God, who
send us of his grace.

     Docking told me secretly that for any haste [in all haste]
my Uncle should ride by my Lady of Norfolk to have a
threescore persons, whether it is to convey my Grandam
hither or not he could not say; I deem it is rather to put
them in possession of some of her lands.

     Written the Saturday the 21st of August, in the 19th
year of Edward IV.

                  Norwich,
       Saturday, 21st August,
             1479. 19 E. iv.

  This letter was written by one of the children of Margaret Paston, but by
which does not appear; I believe by John Paston; it informs us that his
friends were saying masses for the soul of Walter Paston, who died at Nor-
wich in August, 1479, at the very time when an account arrived of the death
of Agnes Paston, the widow of Sir William Paston the judge. She was bu-
ried in Our Lady’s Chapel in Norwich Cathedral.

     William Paston, the uncle here mentioned, had disputes with his nephews
concerning the lands of Agnes Paston, his mother; his reasons for so imme-
diately waiting upon the Duchess of Norfolk are therefore obvious.

    Anne Paston married William Yelverton in 1477, and is most probably the
sister here said to be just delivered.

     Walter Paston died soon after his return from Oxford, in the town residence
of the Pastons, called Paston’s Place, in the parish of St. Peter’s at Hungate,
in the city of Norwich, and was buried in the church there before the image
of St. John the Baptist.

952

[EDMUND PASTON TO JOHN PASTON¹]

     SUER dydynges am com to Norwyche that my grandam
         is dyssessyd, whom God assoyle. Myn uncle had a
         messenger zesterday that she shuld not escape, and this
day cam a nother at suche tyme as we were at masse for my
brother Water, whom God assoyle! Myn uncle was comyng
to have offered, but the last messenger retornyd hym hastely,
so that he toke hys hors incontynent to enforme more of owr
hevynes. My syster ys delyverd, and the chyld passyd to
God, Who send us Hys grace.

     Dokkyng told me sekretly that for any hast myn uncle
shuld ryde by my Lady of Norffolk to have a iij. skore
persons, whyther it is to convey my grandham hyder or
nowght he cowde not sey; I deme it is rather to put them
in possessyon of some of her londes.

     Wretyn the Saterdaye the xxi. daye of August, anno E.
iiij^ti xix^o.

     ¹ [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is neither signed nor addressed, but is
in the handwriting of Edmund Paston, and is endorsed by John Paston the younger,
’Dies mortis A. P.’

AUG. 21

1479
AUG. 21