John Daubeney to [Sir John Paston]

1022

JOHN DAUBENEY TO [SIR JOHN PASTON]¹

      PLEASE your masterchep to have knowlage that my Lord
           Archebyschop of Yorke² is in god helle, blyssyd be
          God. And I came to hym as on Monday last past,
and toke hym your letter. And whan I had takyn hym and
he had over sey it, he merveylle sor of hyr dysposicion, a bad
me not care, ye shuld do welle i nowe. And than he told me
that he had spokyn to Master William Paston for a note of a
letter, hewghe it is best to write to hyr. And so on Tewysday
Master William and I, and Skerne of my Lord of Oxenfordis
hows, and mad (sic) toke hym on Wednysday o [i.e. one] not
of a letter the wyche I send you; and whan he sey it he thowght
it to long, and mad one after his ownne entent, the wiche I
send yow a copy of. Also I send yow a copy of the letter
that the quene sent to my Lord of Oxenford for the maner of
Cotton for Blyaunt; but my Lord of Yorke told to Skerne
that he wold in any wysse that my Lord of Oxenford shuld
help yow to kepe possession. And so Skerne purposythe to
be with in thys v. deyes at home, for to enforme my Lord of
Oxenford of my Lord of Yorke is entent, and that he se in no
wysse that no man do yow no wrong as moche as my Lord of
Oxenford powyr may help yow; for Skerne came from my
Lord of Oxenford to my Lord of Yorke for the same
mater, for that my Lord of Yorke shuld informe the
quene of the mater, and be cause the quene hathe take hyr
chambre my Lord of Yorke toke Skerne a rynge for a tokyn
to my Lord Tresorer³ that he shuld excuse my Lord of Oxen-
ford to the quene, for as moche as ye hathe (sic) infeffid my
Lord of Oxenford in a trost in the maner of Cotton he may
no lesse doo but helpe yow. Item, thys day is the massenger
gone to my Lady of Suffolk with my Lordis letter. I shall
have a answer at the morn on Monday, I trost to God, ryght
god, &c., it cowd non ere be sped. My Lord hath be all this
weke at the Cowncell at Chelchyche and j. day at Chenne.¹
Item, I send yow iij. writtis for feleneys and trespace and ij.
for Mariete mater. Also your flowyr; Also a letter of Cablys;
Also a write for Playter, a letter to Mestres Clere. Item, my
Lord wylle in any wyse that ye kepe welle all the lyvelod that
ye have of Sir John Fastolff, and that ye suffyr no man to
entre no lond nor place, lord nor other personys, what sum
ever they be. Ye may veryly thynke he ys your speciall god
lord, and that ye shall knowe in tyme comyng. I understand
that Calle dothe passyngly welle in your maters in the spirituall
lawe, as his letter makyth mencion, &c. Wretyn at London
the Satyrday before Seynt Lawrens day.

                                      Your servaunt,                 JOHN DAUBENEY.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 48.] The letter here referred to from the Queen to the
Earl of Oxford seems undoubtedly to be No. 1020; and the date must accordingly
be between 1487 and 1502. The reference to the Queen’s confinement does not help
us to much greater precision, for the time of year does not agree with any known
occasion. But some years are distinctly excluded, and the only possible ones are 1487,
1488, 1490, or from 1493 to 1497 inclusive, or 1500, or 1501.

     ² Archbishop Rotherham.                                          ³ John, Lord Dynham.

     ¹ Sheen.

[1487-
1502]
AUG.

[1487-
1502]
AUG.

XCVIII

A.D. [1487-1502], August

JOHN DAUBENEY TO [SIR JOHN PASTON]

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 48]

     The letter here referred to from the queen to the Earl of Oxford seems
undoubtedly to be No. 899 in Vol. III., and the date must accordingly be
between 1487 and 1502. The reference to the queen’s confinement does not
help us to much greater precision, for the time of year does not agree with any
known occasion. But some years are distinctly excluded, and the only
possible ones are 1487, 1488, 1490, or from 1493 to 1497 inclusive, or 1500,
or 1501. The note of this letter in the Appendix, No. 1027, supposes it to
be addressed to the first Sir John Paston, which is quite erroneous.

PLEASE your masterchep to have knowlage
     that my Lord Archebyschop of Yorke¹ is in
     god helle, blyssyd be God. And I came
     to hym as on Monday last past, and toke
hym your letter. And whan I had takyn hym and
he had over sey it, he merveylle sor of hyr dys-
posicion, a bad me not care, ye shuld do welle i nowe.
And than he told me that he had spokyn to Master
William Paston for a note of a letter, hewghe it is
best to write to hyr. And so on Tewysday Master
William and I, and Skerne of my Lord of Oxen-
ordis hows, and mad (sic) toke hym on Wednysday o
[i.e. one] notof a letter the wyche I send you; and whan
he sey it he thowght it to long, and mad one after
his ownne entent, the wiche I send yow a copy of.
Also I send yow a copy of the letter that the quene
sent to my Lord of Oxenford for the maner of
Cotton for Blyaunt; but my Lord of Yorke told to
Skerne that he wold in any wysse that my Lord of
Oxenford shuld help yow to kepe possession. And
so Skerne purposythe to be with in thys v. deyes at
home, for to enforme my Lord of Oxenford of my
Lord of Yorke is entent, and that he se in no wysse
that no man do yow no wrong as moche as my Lord
of Oxenford powyr may help yow; for Skerne came

from my Lord of Oxenford to my Lord of Yorke for
the same mater, for that my Lord of Yorke shuld
informe the quene of the mater, and be cause the
quene hathe take hyr chambre my Lord of Yorke
toke Skerne a rynge for a tokyn to my Lord
Tresorer¹ that he shuld excuse my Lord of Oxenford
to the quene, for as moche as ye hathe (sic) infeffid
my Lord of Oxenford in a trost in the maner of Cot-
ton he may no lesse doo but helpe yow. Item, thys
day is the massenger gone to my Lady of Suffolk
with my Lordis letter. I shall have a answer at the
morn on Monday, I trost to God, ryght god, &c., it
cowd non ere be sped. My Lord hath be all this weke
at the Cowncell at Chelchyche and j. day at Chenne.²
Item, I send yow iij. writtis for feleneys and tres-
pace and ij. for Mariete mater. Also your flowyr;
Also a letter of Cablys; Also a write for Playter, a
letter to Mestres Clere. Item, my Lord wylle in any
wyse that ye kepe welle all the lyvelod that ye have
of Sir John Fastolff, and that ye suffyr no man to
entre no lond nor place, lord nor other personys, what
sum ever they be. Ye may veryly thynke he ys
your speciall god lord, and that ye shall knowe in
tyme comyng. I understand that Calle dothe
passyngly welle in your maters in the spirituall lawe,
as his letter makyth mencion, &c. Wretyn at
London the Satyrday before Seynt Lawrens day.—
Your servaunt,                                JOHN DAUBENEY.

¹ Archbishop Rotherham.

                ¹ John, Lord Dynham.             ² Sheen.