J Strange to Sir John Paston

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Title
J Strange to Sir John Paston
Reference
Add. 34889, f. 50
Date
1467-1469
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol IV, item 657; Fenn, Vol IV, Edward IV item 72
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume IV' (1st transcript)

LETTER LXXII.

 

    To my rith worchipfull and
    good mastr Ser John Paston
    Knyght.

 

       RYTH worchupful Ser aftr dewe recomendacon plesyt zow
            to undrstond the cause of my wrytyng ys for a maryage
for my mast'ys Nargery zowr Sustr for my Nevyewe Iohn
Straunge wold make her sur of xl li. Joynt' and CC m'ke be
zer of inherytaunce and yf zee and zour frendes wole agreve
herto J trost to god yt xall take a Conclusion to the plesur of
god And worchup to both prtyes moreour and yt plesyth zow to
wete J am sore troblyd wt Bedston as wele be the wey of tache-
ments owte of the Chauncer as odr wyse J must beseche zow of
zowr good mastrshepe and help in secrete maner as the Ser
Thomas Lynes the brynger of thys shall enforme zow J xall be
att London in the begynnyg of thys terme bethe g'ce of god
qwych p'serue zowe Wretyn att Norwych in hast the Monday
aftr Twelthe day.

                                                          By yowr
                                                                                  J. Strange.

 

      12 by 4 1/2.

     Paper Mark,

      A Coronet.

    Pl. XXVI. No 2.

 

    In the proposals of marriage here preserved of this distant age, we find the care and
attention paid by our ancestors to the endowment of the Lady; most proposals being
accompanied with terms for that purpose.

The Stranges or L'Estranges here mentioned, were of the ancient and knightly family
of L' Estrange, of Hunstanton in Norfolk.

    The male line of this house ended with the late Sir Roger L'Estrange, Bart. the female
branch survives in the families of Astley, of Melton, and Styleman, of Hunstanton, in
Norfolk.

    Autograph. Pl. xxv. No 23.
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume IV' (2nd transcript)

LETTER LXXII.

 

To my right worshipful and good Master, Sir John Paston, Knight.

 

       RIGHT worshipful Sir, after due recommendation, please
            it you to understand the cause of my writing is for a mar-
riage for my Mistress Margery your Sister; for my Nephew
John Straunge would make her sure of forty pounds jointure,
and two hundred marks (133l. 6s. 8d.) by year of inheritance;
and if ye and your friends will agree thereto, I trust to God it
shall take a conclusion to the pleasure of God and worship to
both parties.

    Moreover, and it pleaseth you to weet, I am sore troubled
with Bedston, as well by the way of attachment out of the Chan-
cery as otherwise; I must beseech you of your good mastership
and help in secret manner, as Sir Thomas Lynes the bringer of
this shall inform you. I shall be at London in the beginning
of this term by the grace of God, which preserve you. Written
at Norwich, in haste, the Monday after Twelfth-day.

 

                                                           By your

 

                                                                                   J. STRANGE.

    Pl. XXVI. No 2.

 Norwich, January,

         between 1466 and 1469.

         6 and 9 E.IV.

 

    In the proposals of marriage here preserved of this distant age, we find the care and
attention paid by our ancestors to the endowment of the Lady; most proposals being
accompanied with terms for that purpose.

The Stranges or L'Estranges here mentioned, were of the ancient and knightly family
of L' Estrange, of Hunstanton in Norfolk.

    The male line of this house ended with the late Sir Roger L'Estrange, Bart. the female
branch survives in the families of Astley, of Melton, and Styleman, of Hunstanton, in
Norfolk.

    Autograph. Pl. xxv. No 23.

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

657

J. STRANGE TO SIR JOHN PASTON1

 

To my rith worchipfull and good master,
Ser John Paston, Knyght.

 

RYTH worchupful ser, after dewe recomendacion, plesyt
     zow to understond the cause of my wrytyng ys for a
     maryage for my Masterys Nargery, zowr suster. For
my nevyewe, John Straunge, wold make her sur of xlli. joynture
and CC. marke be zer of inherytaunce; and yf zee and zour
frendes wole agreve herto, I trost to God that xall take a con-
clusion to the plesur of God, and worchup to both partyes.

     Moreover, and yt plesyth zow to wete, I am sore troblyd
with Bedston, as wele be the wey of tachements owte of the
Chauncer as oderwyse. I must beseche zow of zowr good
mastershepe and help in secrete maner as the Ser Thomas
Lynes, the brynger of thys, shall enforme zow. I xall be att
London in the begynnyng of thys terme, be the grace of God,
qwych preserve zowe.

     Wretyn att Norwych in hast, the Monday after Twelthe
Day.

                                           By yowr,                             J. STRANGE.

 

 

     1 [From Fenn, iv. 286.] This letter being addressed to Sir John Paston touching
a proposal of marriage for his sister, must have been after the death of his father in
1466, and, of course, before the actual marriage of Margery Paston to Richard Call,
which seems to have taken place towards the close of 1469.

 

 

 

 

 

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1467-9