John Osbern to John Paston

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JOHN OSBERN TO JOHN PASTON¹

To my right reverent and worchepful maister John Paston in the
Iner In of the Temple be this delyverid in hast.

       PLEASE it your maisterchep to weete that John Reyner
           and Nicholas Strecok of Sparham have gete a respyte
           of Nicholas Byschop for the distresse that the seid
Byschop had take, as ye knowe wele, tyl seche tyme as ye may
speke wyth Symond Blake for the trought of the mater; not
wythstandyng this respite myght never be gete tyll that Byschop
had a reward of mony; it is told me he toke viijd. for hese
reward. The dryvers ought of the catell fro Sparham ground
to Lyng grownd were Hugo Sadde of Baldeswell, Byschoppis
man, Nicholas Gatesend, Roberd Joye, Jacobis Baxter of Lyng.
James Gloys hath a bill of the tyme and day. I pray your
maisterchep to know that on Fryday in the afftyr none I spak
with my lord of Norwiche in hese chamber more than the
space of j. owre and ther I dede to hym myn erand that ye
commaunded me for to a do to chalanches, and when my lord
woost that ye were to London he was right sory that he had
not a spoke wyth yow or that ye reden; he told me that he
had iij. letters fro my lord of Norffolk the day before. Alle
I wet wel were they not for yowre mater of Charlys Nowell.
Aftyer that he had told me of these letteris he askid me how
ye dede. I sayde wel, for I trostid to my lord of Norffolkis
lordchep and ritewesnesse that he wold see that Charles shuld
be sharply correctyd for hese trespasse and mysrewle, or ellis
the jentelmen of the shire must to giddyer purvey anodyer
meane; and he seid it wold never odyerwyse be, but if he had
spoke wyth yow or ye redyn to London he hopid be your avys
he shuld a perveyd a meane to a set that in correccion, and
also the trobyl for the maner of Brayston, for that was cause of
all. For he seide he had spoke wyth my lord Skales and he is
wel disposid to yow and vn the best wyse and wel do . . .
yow that he can, so that he wold forsake Danyell. This was
seyde in a diswere, savyng he told me he must . . . . pleayne
he told me many more thyngges and tales I pray you of your
maistechep (sic) hold me excusid that I wryte hem [not], but
they were not alle of gret substans, &c. I had gret cher, he
comaunded me to be had into the seler, and for to drynk wyne
and ale bothe; and so I had and goode chere. My mastras
recomendith her to yow and pray yow that ye wol do the cost
vn my mastras Margery for to do make her a new gyrdyl a
yens Witsontyde, for she shal never have, my mastras seith,
till she hath nede; and my mastras prayith yow to send her
tydyngges, as hastely as ye may, how ye do in your maters.
The Holy Trenyte have yow in hese kepyng. Wrete at Nor-
wiche the xiiij. day of Maii.—Be your seruaunt,

                                                                           JOHN OSBERN.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,888, f. 83.] The reference to the outrages of Charles Nowell,
the bailiff of Bradeston, and the trouble about that manor, show that this letter must
be of the year 1452.           

MAY 14

1452
MAY 14

XXXI

A.D. 1452, 14 May

JOHN OSBERN TO JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,888, f. 83]

     This letter is noted as No. 1048 in the Appendix to Vol. III. The re-
ference to the outrages of Charles Nowell, the bailiff of Bradeston, and
the trouble about that manor, show that it must be of the year 1452.

       To my right reverent and worchepful maister John
         Paston in the Iner In of the Temple be this delyverid
         in hast.

      PLEASE it your maisterchep to weete that
          John Reyner and Nicholas Strecok of
         Sparham have gete a respyte of Nicholas
Byschop for the distresse that the seid
Byschop had take, as ye knowe wele, tyl seche tyme
as ye may speke wyth Symond Blake for the trought
of the mater; not wythstandyng this respite myght
never be gete tyll that Byschop had a reward of
mony; it is told me he toke viijd. for hese reward.
The dryvers ought of the catell fro Sparham ground
to Lyng grownd were Hugo Sadde of Baldeswell,
Byschoppis man, Nicholas Gatesend, Roberd Joye,
Jacobis Baxter of Lyng. James Gloys hath a bill of
the tyme and day. I pray your maisterchep to know
that on Fryday in the afftyr none I spak with my
lord of Norwiche in hese chamber more than the
space of j. owre and ther I dede to hym myn erand
that ye commaunded me for to a do to chalanches,
and when my lord woost that ye were to London he
was right sory that he had not a spoke wyth yow or
that ye reden; he told me that he had iij. letters fro
my lord of Norffolk the day before. Alle I wet wel
were they not for yowre mater of Charlys Nowell.
Aftyer that he had told me of these letteris he askid
me how ye dede. I sayde wel, for I trostid to my
lord of Norffolkis lordchep and ritewesnesse that he
wold see that Charles shuld be sharply correctyd for
hese trespasse and mysrewle, or ellis the jentelmen
of the shire must to giddyer purvey anodyer meane;
and he seid it wold never odyerwyse be, but if he
had spoke wyth yow or ye redyn to London he hopid
be your avys he shuld a perveyd a meane to a set
that in correccion, and also the trobyl for the maner
of Brayston, for that was cause of all. For he seide
he had spoke wyth my lord Skales and he is wel
disposid to yow and vn the best wyse and wel do
. . . yow that he can, so that he wold forsake
Danyell. This was seyde in a diswere, savyng he told
me he must . . . . pleayne he told me many more
thyngges and tales I pray you of your maistechep
(sic) hold me excusid that I wryte hem [not], but they
were not alle of gret substans, &c. I had gret cher.
he comaunded me to be had into the seler, and for
to drynk wyne and ale bothe; and so I had and
goode chere. My mastras recomendith her to yow
and pray yow that ye wol do the cost vn my mastras
Margery for to do make her a new gyrdyl a yens
Witsontyde, for she shal never have, my mastras
seith, till she hath nede; and my mastras prayith
yow to send her tydyngges, as hastely as ye may, how
ye do in your maters. The Holy Trenyte have yow
in hese kepyng. Wrete at Norwiche the xiiij. day of
Maii.—Be your seruaunt,                       JOHN OSBERN.