John Dory to John Paston

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Title
John Dory to John Paston
Reference
Add. 34889, f. 170
Date
?about 1456
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol III, item 353; Gairdner, 'Paston Letters', item 40
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume III'

353

 

JOHN DORY TO JOHN PASTON1

 

To my ryth wurchepfull sovereyn and master, John Paston,
be this delyveryd in hast.

RYTH wurshepfull master and sovereyn, I recomaunde
     me to you, besechyng you to pardon me that I
     cum not to awayte up on you like as Barkere wrote
to me. For I have notable and grete causis syth the lettere
cam from hym, the qweche hath chaungyd my purpos, and
be my master the Schreve is wrytyng, on to weche I must
aplie me, all excusis leyd apart. And as for the wrytyng
Barkere wrote to me, be the qweche he directyth a gret default
in my deputys for return of the habeas corpus with ducens tecum,
ther as is none, I dar seye, for John Rede spek to all my
master Fastolfs councell to advyse hym in the return, and to
have returnyd hit after ther conceyt, and thei wuld gyf hym
non advys. Nevertheles I now understande ther entent be
Barkere is wrytyng; for thei wuld put alle juparte up on me
to myn utter ondoyng, and yit to do my trewe part in execu-
cion of ther entent, for ye knowell my master hath put the
juparte and the losse, if any growe, to me on his part. And
ther for I may repent the tyme that ever I promysyd my trewe
and good wyll to that entent. For alle the malesse and evyl-
will that is owyng to me in alle the Schere ys for that mater
and non other, the qweche hath grettely hurt me, and in tyme
comyng schall hurt more. But lete them hold me excusyd,
thei schall not have my goodwill so feythfully as thei have
had, be my troweth, and I schall helpe my sefl [sic] as I may.
And, Sire, I be seche you, thynke not that I pyke this be
waye of qwarell, that I myth be this querell owe my good
wyll to the toder part, for thei schall never have yt in that
mater, nor in non other. And for good the qweche I have
receyvyd yff be thowth I have not deservyd yt I am abill to
content yt a geyn. And on Friday nexst foluwyng I schall
be with you atte Norwich be Goddys grace, and knowe your
entent in this mater.

     No more, &c., but &c.—Be your man and servaunt,

                                JOHN DORY under Schreve of Norffolk.

 

     1 [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 170.] The name of Dory occurs only once elsewhere in
these letters, and then without a Christian name; but the person so referred to (at
the end of No. 330) is probably the under-sheriff of Norfolk; and this letter, which
is likewise concerned with Fastolf’s business, may have been written about the same
period.         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, 1422-1509'

XL

 

About A.D. 1456?

 

JOHN DORY TO JOHN PASTON

 

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 170]


     The name of Dory occurs only once in the printed letters, and then with-
out a Christian name; but the person so referred to (Vol. I. p. 386) is pro-
bably the under-sheriff of Norfolk; and this letter (No. 1030 in the Inventory
at the end of Vol. III.), which is likewise concerned with Fastolf’s business,
may have been written about the same period.

 

To my ryth wurchepfull sovereyn and master, John
Paston, be this delyveryd in hast.

 

      RYTH wurshepfull master and sovereyn, I
          recomaunde me to you, besechyng you to
          pardon me that I cum not to awayte up on
          you like as Barkere wrote to me. For I
have notable and grete causis syth the lettere cam
from hym, the qweche hath chaungyd my purpos,
and be my master the Schreve is wrytyng, on to
weche I must aplie me, all excusis leyd apart. And
as for the wrytyng Barkere wrote to me, be the
qweche he directyth a gret default in my deputys for
return of the habeas corpus with ducens tecum, ther as is
none, I dar seye, for John Rede spek to all my master
Fastolfs councell to advyse hym in the return, and to
have returnyd hit after ther conceyt, and thei wuld
gyf hym non advys. Nevertheles I now understande
ther entent be Barkere is wrytyng; for thei wuld put
alle juparte up on me to myn utter ondoyng, and yit
to do my trewe part in execucion of ther entent, for
ye knowell my master hath put the juparte and the
losse, if any growe, to me on his part. And ther for
I may repent the tyme that ever I promysyd my trewe
and good wyll to that entent. For alle the malesse
and evylwill that is owyng to me in alle the Schere
ys for that mater and non other, the qweche hath
grettely hurt me, and in tyme comyng schall hurt
more. But lete them hold me excusyd, thei schall not
have my goodwill so feythfully as thei have had, be
my troweth, and I schall helpe my sefl [sic] as I may.
And, Sire, I be seche you, thynke not that I pyke
this be waye of qwarell, that I myth be this querell
owe my good wyll to the toder part, for thei schall
never have yt in that mater, nor in non other. And
for good the qweche I have receyvyd yff be thowth
I have not deservyd yt I am abill to content yt a geyn.
And on Friday nexst foluwyng I schall be with you
atte Norwich be Goddys grace, and knowe your
entent in this mater.

     No more, &c., but &c.—Be your man and servaunt,
                        JOHN DORY under Schreve of Norffolk.