Errands to Marlingford

940

ERRANDS TO MARLINGFORD¹

     DO² Gerald of Marlingford come to me, and know were
        he ys become; in qw[at] place he hydyth hym, he
        dothe but distroyh hym selff.

     Do on Steward [of] Colton, a tenaunte of Marlingford,
come to me.

     Do² Sir John Chapman,³ parson of Oure Ladies Chyrche,
send hider the bill of rekenyng of Richard Hervy, shewyng
what stokke was delivered be Richard Hervy to Harry Hervy,
and also a bille what costes that Richard H[ervy] ......................
of at that tyme.⁴

     Do² John Brigg come to me and bryng me suyrte for hys
dette, and know qwat wey the parson off Melton takyth with
hym.

     ...................... de the par[sone] off Melton come to me to Nor-
wych, for tell [him that] and he come nat hastely he schall nat
fynd me here.

     Item, pray the parson off Melton to call up on the parte-
culer tenauntes off Melton that have had parteculer fermys
fro Michaelmas xvij. til Michaelmas xviij. to pay ther fermys.

     ¹ [From Paston MSS. B.M.] This is a paper of memoranda by William Paston,
partly in his own handwriting, endorsed—’Erandes to Marlyngford, the xvij. day of
Januar, anno xviij^o, wer off a copy was delyvered at Sent Edmundes the same d[ay].’

     ² ‘Do,’ i.e. cause.                          ³ He was rector of St. Mary’s Church, Melton.

     ⁴ This paragraph is crossed out in the MS.

1479
JAN. 18