John Estgate to -

602

JOHN ESTGATE TO——¹

      SER, ze sent to me a letter conteynyng the substaunce of
          the processe off Mr. Robert Ippyswell for the mater
         off the codicill of Nicholas Pykeryng, &c. Me
mervelyt gretly off the certificat off Mr. Robert in that be
halve, for this is the truthe as forth forth as I kan remembre
me. The codicill had nether day nor place lymyte, qwer or
qwan it xuld a ben mad; qwerfor to a reprovyd that that
nether was qualifyid with day nor place it had be gret foly,
&c. Therfor I askyd off the juge hys accounts, and specy-
ally the deposicionys and attestacionys off the wytteness that
wer swor in the seyd codicill, &c.; by the qwyche it mowth
appere clerly qwan and qwere this codicill xuld a be made and
wrete. And this sen I mad protestacion to for the seyde Mr.
Robert that I wolde impugne the mater as lawe requiryd. The
qwych peticion I made diverse tyme to fore moche recorde,
judicialy syttyng the seyde M. R.,² &c. The qwyche peticion
he wold not her, but seyde expresse that nether Will. Pyker-
yng nor non other man xuld sen his accounts nor knowe qwat
the deposicion wer in that parte; this mater was comownyd to
for Mr. John Selet and my mayster and yours diverse tymys,
and ever he seyde we xuld not sen the seyde deposicions.
And so qwat sum ever he hath certyfyid, this is the truthe,
God to wetenesse and all Seynts, qwo preserve zow evermore.

     And I pray zow to declare this to my mayster and zours;
and comende me hertly to hys good maysterchep. And God
sende hym victorye off all hys elmyes, and so pray all hys well
wyllers at Norwich.                                               JOHN ESTGATE.

     ¹ [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The writer of this letter is reported to be dead in
No. 604, which was written on the 18th August 1465. We have little doubt, how-
ever, that this belongs to the same year, as the names of Robert Ippeswell and John
Salet occur in the correspondence more than once about this time.

     ² Master of the Rolls.

1465