James Gloys to John Paston

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JAMES GLOYS TO JOHN PASTON¹

To my Ryght Wurchepfull master John Paston be this
deliuered in hast.

      RIGHT reverent and wurchepfull sir, I recommande me
           to yow, desyryng to here of yowr welfare, the which
           gracyows God contynually preserve and kepe to yowr
gostly hele and bodily welfare; praying yow to wete that as
for the broke sylver that my mastres wend for to a sent yow
whan she dede wryte her letter, ther is none in your forcer;
she supposyd that ye left it at Norwiche in yowr cofere, wher
of ye have the key. Also my mastres yowr moder grete yow
wele, and pray yow to send her word how she shall do with
Edward of Whode of Paston; for she dede seys his corn on
the lond the last hervest, and he led it a wey after that it whas
seysyd with awth licens and leve of here or any of here
offyceris. Item, my mastres yowr syster recommand her
hertly to yow, and pray yow that and ye wold wochesaff to
speke to my master Edmund, and pray hym if that he hath
bowth here ger that she sent to hym fore, that he wold send it
her home; in cas that¹ he have not bowth it, that he wold be
it and sent it here in all the hast that he may goodly. Forther-
more if it plese yow to her of my master Berney, he was at
Gresham with my mastres on the Tuysday next after Halwe-
masday, the same day that we dystreynyd Jamys Rokkysson,
and I had mette a litill a fore with Pertrych, and he thrett me,
and sayd that we shuld not long kepe the dystresse, and there
for my mastres dede us don on owr jakkys and owr salettis.
My master Berney cam in and the parson of Oxened with hym
and sey us in owre jakkis, and he wexe as pale as any herd and
wold right fayn a ben thens. So my mastres dede hym dyne,
and whill thei wher at dynar Herry Collys told my mastres
openly among us all that the same tyme that Pertrych entryd
a geyn up on yow, his master was at Causton to yow ward, and
there it was told hym that Pertrych had putt yow owth and all
your men, and that ye and my mastres wher redyn a geyn to
Norwhich, and all your howshold, and that causyd hym that he
cam no forther that tyme; and my Master Berney confermyd
all this and seyd that it was so. Whan thei had etyn he had
mych hast to a be thens, so my mastres desyryd and prayd
hym that he wold come a geyn or aght long; and so with
mych praying he be hest her if he mythe. And Herry Collys
stode ther bysyde and seyd to my felachep, ‘What shuld my
master do here,’ quod he, ‘lete yowr master send after his
kynnysmen at Mautby, for thei have nowth that thei mawn
lese.’ And so thei redyn her wey. And with in a sevenygt
after my master Berney sent Davy to my mastres, and prayd
my mastres that she wold hold his master excusyd, for he had
hurt his owyn hors that he rode up on; and he dede Davy
sadillyn an oder hors; and he stode by and made water whill
he sadyllyd hym, and as Davy shuld a kyrt the hors, he slenkyd
behynd and toke his master on the hepe suyche a stroke that
never man may trust hym after, and brake his hepe. And he
had sent Herry Collys to Norwhich for medycynys, so he must
ryde hom the same nygt; for his master had no man at home.
So my mastres was rygth sory, and wend that it had be trowth,
but I know wele that it was not so. It happyd that I rod the
next day to Norwhich, and I rood in to my mastres your
moder, and she dede aske me after my master Berney, and I
told here how he was hurt. And she askyd the parson of
Oxened if he wer hurt, and he seyd nay; for Davy lay with
hym the same nygt a fore and told hym that he was heyll and
mery, and prayd hym that he wold be with hym the Sonday
next after; and so Davy lay the same nygt after that he had
told my mastres the tale with the parson of Oxened. I beseche
yow of yowre gode masterchep that ye wold not do wreythe
this letter, for and my mastres knew that I sent yow suyche a
letter I were never abyll to loke up on her, nor to abyde in her
heysyte. My mastres yowr moder hath sent yow ij. letteris;
she hath in dosyd hem to my master Edmunde, and she wuld
wete if ye had hem or nawth. The Holy Trynyte have yow
in kepyng. Wrytyne at Norwhich on Sent Clementis evyn.
In hast.—Your servaunt,                            JAMIS GLOYS.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,888, f. 57.] This letter bears upon the dispute about Gresham,
and is probably of the year 1448, for it is to be presumed that Edmund Paston died
shortly after the date of his nuncupative will, 21st March 1449.

¹ The word ‘that’ is repeated in the MS. by inadvertence.

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A.D. 1448, 3 Dec.

JAMES GLOYS TO JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,888, f. 57]

     This letter bears upon the dispute about Gresham, and is probably of the
year 1448, for it is to be presumed that Edmund Paston died shortly after
the date of his nuncupative will, 21st March 1449.

To my Ryght Wurchepfull master John Paston be
this deliuered in hast.

RIGHT reverent and wurchepfull sir, I re-
      commande me to yow, desyryng to here
      of yowr welfare, the which gracyows God
      contynually preserve and kepe to yowr
gostly hele and bodily welfare; praying yow to
wete that as for the broke sylver that my mastres
wend for to a sent yow whan she dede wryte
her letter, ther is none in your forcer; she sup-
posyd that ye left it at Norwiche in yowr cofere,
wher of ye have the key. Also my mastres yowr
moder grete yow wele, and pray yow to send her
word how she shall do with Edward of Whode of
Paston; for she dede seys his corn on the lond the
last hervest, and he led it a wey after that it whas
seysyd with awth licens and leve of here or any of here
offyceris. Item, my mastres yowr syster recommand
her hertly to yow, and pray yow that and ye wold
wochesaff to speke to my master Edmund, and pray
hym if that he hath bowth here ger that she sent to
hym fore, that he wold send it her home; in cas that¹
he have not bowth it, that he wold be it and sent it
here in all the hast that he may goodly. Forthermore
if it plese yow to her of my master Berney, he was at
Gresham with my mastres on the Tuysday next after
Halwemasday, the same day that we dystreynyd
Jamys Rokkysson, and I had mette a litill a fore
with Pertrych, and he thrett me, and sayd that we
shuld not long kepe the dystresse, and there for my
mastres dede us don on owr jakkys and owr salettis.
My master Berney cam in and the parson of Oxened
with hym and sey us in owre jakkis, and he wexe as
pale as any herd and wold right fayn a ben thens. So
my mastres dede hym dyne, and whill thei wher at
dynar Herry Collys told my mastres openly among us
all that the same tyme that Pertrych entryd a geyn up
on yow, his master was at Causton to yow ward, and
there it was told hym that Pertrych had putt yow
owth and all your men, and that ye and my mastres
wher redyn a geyn to Norwhich, and all your hows-
hold, and that causyd hym that he cam no forther
that tyme; and my Master Berney confermyd all
this and seyd that it was so. Whan thei had etyn
he had mych hast to a be thens, so my mastres desyryd
and prayd hym that he wold come a geyn or aght
long; and so with mych praying he be hest her if he
mythe. And Herry Collys stode ther bysyde and
seyd to my felachep, ‘What shuld my master do
here,’ quod he, ‘lete yowr master send after his kyn-
nysmen at Mautby, for thei have nowth that thei
mawn lese.’ And so thei redyn her wey. And with
in a sevenygt after my master Berney sent Davy to
my mastres, and prayd my mastres that she wold
hold his master excusyd, for he had hurt his owyn
hors that he rode up on; and he dede Davy sadillyn
an oder hors; and he stode by and made water whill
he sadyllyd hym, and as Davy shuld a kyrt the hors,
he slenkyd behynd and toke his master on the hepe
suyche a stroke that never man may trust hym after,
and brake his hepe. And he had sent Herry Collys
to Norwhich for medycynys, so he must ryde horn
the same nygt; for his master had no man at home.
So my mastres was rygth sory, and wend that it had
be trowth, but I know wele that it was not so. It
happyd that I rod the next day to Norwhich, and I
rood in to my mastres your moder, and she dede aske
me after my master Berney, and I told here how he
was hurt. And she askyd the parson of Oxened if
he wer hurt, and he seyd nay; for Davy lay with
hym the same nygt a fore and told hym that he was
heyll and mery, and prayd hym that he wold be with
hym the Sonday next after; and so Davy lay the
same nygt after that he had told my mastres the tale
with the parson of Oxened. I beseche yow of yowre
gode masterchep that ye wold not do wreythe this
letter, for and my mastres knew that I sent yow
suyche a letter I were never abyll to loke up on her,
nor to abyde in her heysyte. My mastres yowr
moder hath sent yow ij. letteris; she hath in dosyd
hem to my master Edmunde, and she wuld wete if
ye had hem or nawth. The Holy Trynyte have yow
in kepyng. Wrytyne at Norwhich on Sent Clementis
evyn. In hast.—Your servaunt,            JAMIS GLOYS.

     ¹ The word ‘that’ is repeated in the MS. by inadvertence.