John Berney to John Paston

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Title
John Berney to John Paston
Reference
Add. 27444, f. 12
Date
20 June 1451
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol II, item 199
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume II'

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JOHN BERNEY TO JOHN PASTON1

 

To the Ryght worshpful John Paston, Esquyer.

        RYGHT worshipfull, &c. Please zou to comfort and
              help my pouer tenaunt, Symond Sparre, whech ys a
              restyd by warant, at the sute of the Lord Scalys, for
Sir T. Tudynham shepp. And, Sir, uppon Fryday last passyd,
Blake, the Kynges secratory, tolde me that there was delyvered
a supersedyas for all men in that sute. But, Sir, as my verry
trust is in zou for this, lat it be easyd, as I may doo for zou,
&c.; for, Sir, I may not attent, by cause I am ocupyed with
my suster, for hir husbond, Sir Rychard Veuuter,2 dessessyd
upoon Fryday last, &c. Wretyn in gret hast upon Trenyte
Sunday.

                         Be zoure pouer cosyn,          JOHN BERNEYE.

 

     1 [From Paston MSS., B.M.] For the date of this letter see Note 3 on last page.
Trinity Sunday fell on the 20th of June in 1451.

     2 Blomefield mentions a Sir Richard Veutre, who presented to the living of
Cockthorp in 1450.—Hist. Norf. ix. 218.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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