John Gyney to William Paston

LETTER VII.

                 To ye worthy and worshipfull
                 S^r and my good lord and maister
                 William Paston on of ye
                 Justices of oure sovereign lord
                 of his Co’e benche at Westm^r.

RIGHT worthy and worshipfull S^r and my good lord and
     maister I recomaund me to yow And where as ye by
your l’re direct to my lady your wyf wold y^t my seid Lady shuld
have Rob’t Tebald and me to geder as sone as she myght and ye
evidences which ye seid Rob’t receyved of yow at your last
beyng at Norwich And y^t I shuld amende ye defautes y jnne
And y^t y^t doon yere shuld of baxteres place of Honyng be taken
estate to yow and to oyer as your seid I’re requireth Prey and
beseche yow to witte y^t on ye Friday next after your dep^rtyng
fro Paston Thom^s Walyssh and William Burgh in his owen
p^rsone and ye seid Thom^s by William Inges and William Wal-
syngh’m his attornes by his l’re under his seal where at Honyng
and delyvred to my lady Scarlet seson in ye seid place and
Colbyes and Donnynges in Walsh’m And ye seid Thom^s
Walyssh as ye seid Tebald told me wold not enseale ye seid l’re
of attorne til ye p^rson of Ingeworth come to hym y’fore and
required hym to don it Wychyngh’m in his owen p^rsone in ye
nyght next beforn ye seid friday as ye seid Tebald infourmeth
me come to ye same Tebaldes hows and desired hym to enseale
acquytaunce as he seid and ye same Rob’t refused to don it nerthe
lesse whether it were acquytaunce or were not ye same Rob’t
kan not seye for he myght noo sight have y’ of And ye seid
Wychyngh’m ye same nyght rood to John Willyot and desired
of hym ye same and refused Also to don it What is ye best to
be don in yis matier my seid lady your wyf kan not thynke
with owt your advis and counseile Wherfore as touchyng ye
takyng of yestate to yow and oyer as in your seid l’re is con-
teigned is yet right nought doon The holy Trinite have yow
in his blissed kepyng Wretyn at North Walsh’m ye Thursday
next after ye purificacon of oure Lady.

     My seid Lady your wyf preyeth yow to be remembred of here
grene gynger of Almondes for lente and of the leche of Orwelde
for here seknes encreseth dayly upon here whereof she is sore
a ferd.

                                                                  By youre s^rvūt,

                                                                               John Gyney.

            11 ½ by 4 ½.

             Paper Mark,
        Bull’s Head and Star.
            Pl. VIII. N^o 2.

        An Octangular Seal, having
             a Merchant’s Mark.
             Pl. XXIII. N^o 3.

           North Waltham,
          Thursday February,
          before 1444.

     As I have been requested by several gentlemen of the law to publish whatever Letters,
at all related to proceedings wherein any hints towards titles to estates, &c. were given,
I have inserted the above; the latter part of the Letter furnishes us with one of the deli-
cacies eaten during Lent, and informs us that an eminent physician lived at this time at
Orwell, in Cambridgeshire.

     I believe the writer was the father of Sir William Jenney, a Judge of the King’s
Bench in 1477, and died about 1460.

     Autograph. Pl. XVIII. N^o 1.

LETTER VII.

To the worthy and worshipful Sir, and my good Lord and Master
      William Paston, one of the Justices of our Sovereign Lord, of
      his Common Bench at Westminster.

RIGHT worthy and worshipful Sir, and my good Lord
     and Master, I recommend me to you; and whereas ye by
your Letter direct [directed] to my Lady your wife, would that
my said Lady should have Robert Tebald and me together, as
soon as she might, and the evidences which the said Robert
received of you at your last being at Norwich, and that I should
amend the defaults therein, and that done, there should of
Baxter’s Place of Honing be taken estate to you and to other,
as your said Letter requireth. [I] pray and beseech you to
weet, that on the Friday next after your departing from Paston,
Thomas Walysh and William Burgh in his own person, and
the said Thomas, by William Inges and William Walsyngham,
his attornies by his letter under his seal, were at Honing, and
delivered to my Lady Scarlet seisin in the said place, and
Colby’s and Donning’s in Walsham. And the said Thomas
Walysh, as the said Tebald told me, would not enseal the said
letter of attorney till the Parson of Ingworth come to him there-
fore, and required him to do it. Wychyngham in his own
person in the night next before the said Friday, as the said
Tebald informeth me, come to the same Tebald’s house, and
desired him to enseal acquittance, as he said, and the same
Robert refused to do it.

     Nevertheless whether it were acquittance or were not, the
same Robert cannot say, for he might no sight have thereof;
and the said Wychyngham the same night rode to John Willyot
and desired of him the same, and [he] refused also to do it.
What is the best to be done in this matter, my said Lady your
wife cannot think without your advice and counsel; wherefore
as touching the taking of the estate to you and other, as in your
said letter is contained, is yet right nought done.

     The Holy Trinity have you in his blessed keeping. Written
at North Walsham, the Thursday next after the Purification
of our Lady.

     My said Lady your wife, prayeth you to be remembered of
her green ginger of Almonds for Lent, and of the Leech
[Physician] of Orwell, for her sickness encreaseth daily upon her,
whereof she is fore afraid.

                                                         By your Servant,

                                                                JOHN GYNEY, [Jenney]

11 ½ by 4 ½.

             Paper Mark,
        Bull’s Head and Star.
            Pl. VIII. N^o 2.

        An Octangular Seal, having
             a Merchant’s Mark.
             Pl. XXIII. N^o 3.

           North Waltham,
          Thursday February,
          before 1444.

     As I have been requested by several gentlemen of the law to publish whatever Letters,
at all related to proceedings wherein any hints towards titles to estates, &c. were given,
I have inserted the above; the latter part of the Letter furnishes us with one of the deli-
cacies eaten during Lent, and informs us that an eminent physician lived at this time at
Orwell, in Cambridgeshire.

     I believe the writer was the father of Sir William Jenney, a Judge of the King’s
Bench in 1477, and died about 1460.

     Autograph. Pl. XVIII. N^o 1.

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JOHN GYNEY TO WILLIAM PASTON¹

To the worthy and worshipfull Sir and good Lord and Maister,
     William Paston, on of the Justices of oure Sovereign Lord,
     of his Commone Benche at Westminster.

RIGHT worthy and worshipfull Sir, and my good Lord
and Maister, I recomaund me to yow. And where as
ye, by your lettre direct to my Lady, your wyf, wold
that my seid Lady shuld have Robert Tebald and me to geder,
as sone as she myght, and the evidences which the seid Robert
receyved of yow at your last beyng at Norwich, and that
I shuld amende the defautes therinne, and that that doon there
shuld of Baxteres Place of Honyng be taken estate to yow and
to other, as your seid lettre requireth: Prey and beseche yow
to witte that, on the Friday next after your departyng fro
Paston, Thomas Walysh and William Burgh, in his owen per-
sone, and the seid Thomas by William Inges and William
Walsyngham, his attornies, by his lettre under his seal, where
[were] at Honyng, and delyvred to my Lady Scarlet seson
[seisin] in the seid place, and Colbyes and Donnynges in
Walsham. And the seid Thomas Walyssh, as the seid
Tebald told me, wold not enseale the seid lettre of attornie
til the parson of Ingeworth come to hym therfore, and
required hym to don it. Wychyngham in his owen per-
sone in the nyght next beforn the seid Friday, as the seid
Tebald infourmeth me, come to the same Tebaldes hows, and
desired hym to enseale acquytaunce, as he seid, and the same
Robert refused to don it.

     Nertheless, whether it were acquytaunce or were not, the
same Robert kan not seye, for he myght noo sight have there
of. And the seid Wychyngham the same nyght rood to John
Willyot, and desired of hym the same, and refused also to don
it. What is the best to be don in this matier my seid Lady,
your wyf, kan not thynke with owt your advis and counseile.
Wherfore as touchyng the takyng of th’estate to yow and
other, as in your seid lettre is conteigned, is yet right nought
doon.

     The Holy Trinite have yow in his blissed kepyng. Wretyn
at North Walsham, the Thursday next after the Purificacion of
oure Lady.

     My seid Lady, your wyf, preyeth yow to be remembred
of here grene gynger of almondes for Lente, and of the leche
of Orwelde, for here seknes encreseth dayly upon here, whereof
she is sore a ferd.

                                       By youre servunt,                JOHN GYNEY.

     ¹ [From Fenn, iii. 28.] There is nothing to be said of the date of this letter,
except that it is not later than 1444, when William Paston died.

Not
later
than
1444

Not
later
than
1444