[John Paston to Margaret Paston]

535

[JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON]¹

I RECOMAND me to yow and have reseyvid your lettir,
     which causith me to write in the lettir that I send
     to yow, Daubeney and Richard Calle, certeyn articles
touchyng the rewle of myn hows and myn livelode, as ye
shall undirstand whanne ye see hem. Also, I send yow in
the same lettir a bille of all the malt that remaynd at Mighel-
mes. I suppose ye have non such of it. Nevirthelesse it had
be convenient it had be had amongis your servauntis and yow.
Also I woll that ze warne both Daubeney and Richard Calle
that thei disclose nat what malt I have, ne what I shall selle,
ne that on marchant knowe nat what an other hath, for ther is
gret spies leid her at London for ingrosers of malt to heyghne
the prise; hough be it myne is not but of myn owne growyng
and my tenauntis.

 Also I lete zow wete, I faile mony here and must nedys
have up mony at this tyme for sped of my maters, so that
it may come up savely whanne James Gresham and other
attornes come up at the begynnyng of this terme, with whom
Richard Calle may come the same tyme. And peraventure
some trusty carier . . . at this tyme; and with hym myght
some mony come trussid in some fardell, not knowynge to the
carier that it is no mony but some other clothe or vestement
of silk or thyng of charge. Wherfore take avise of such as ye
trust, and purvey that I may have up at this tyme j. c. li. of
gold after the old coynage and xxli. in grotes.

     Item, if I¹ myght have sur cariage, I wold have heder all
the gylt plate that Richard Calle leyd up, he can tell wer and I
trowe ye know also; and ij. potell pottis and a rosting iron
of silver (?) lyth at the same place, for it shuld² stand me in
gret stoher if it mygth be do closly and suerly. Item, take
trew men of yowr counsel.

     Wret the morwe next after Sent Hillary.

     Item leve a bill indorcid what ye take awey if ye take any.
—Your own, &c.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 183.] The MS. of this letter is a rough draft in John
Paston’s hand, and there can be no doubt to whom it was addressed. As to the
year in which it was written there is no positive evidence; but Daubeney and Calle
were both with Margaret Paston in the beginning of 1463 (see No. 536), and the
only thing against that date is that Margaret, writing to her husband (then in
London) on the 19th, acknowledges only a letter of the 9th. This, however, might
well be owing to the disturbed state of the country, or it may be that the present
letter, which is only a draft, was not really despatched.

     ¹ ‘Item, I I,’ MS.                                                    ² ‘Shuld shul,’ MS.

1463(?)
JAN. 14

1463(?)
JAN. 14

                                                        LIII

A.D. 1463?, 14 Jan.

[JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON]

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 183]

     This letter is No. 1056 in the Inventory. The MS. is a rough draft in
John Paston’s hand, and there can be no doubt to whom it was addressed.
As to the year in which it was written there is no positive evidence; but
Daubeney and Calle were both with Margaret Paston in the beginning of
1463 (see No. 465), and the only thing against that date is that Margaret
writing to her husband (then in London) on the 19th acknowledges only a
letter of the 9th. This, however, might well be owing to the disturbed
state of the country, or it may be that the present letter, which is only a
draft, was not really despatched.

I RECOMAND me to yow and have
     reseyvid your lettir, which causith me
     to write in the lettir that I send to yow,
     Daubeney and Richard Calle, certeyn
articles touchyng the rewle of myn hows and
myn livelode, as ye shall undirstand whanne ye
see hem. Also, I send yow in the same lettir a
bille of all the malt that remaynd at Mighelmes.
I suppose ye have non such of it. Nevirthelesse it
had be convenient it had be had amongis your
servauntis and yow. Also I woll that ze warne both
Daubeney and Richard Calle that thei disclose nat
what malt I have, ne what I shall selle, ne that on
marchant knowe nat what an other hath, for ther is
gret spies leid her at London for ingrosers of malt
to heyghne the prise; hough be it myne is not but
of myn owne growyng and my tenauntis.

     Also I lete zow wete, I faile mony here and must
nedys have up mony at this tyme for sped of my
maters, so that it may come up savely whanne
James Gresham and other attornes come up at
the begynnyng of this terme, with whom Richard
Calle may come the same tyme. And peraventure
some trusty carier . . . at this tyme; and with hym
myght some mony come trussid in some fardell,
not knowynge to the carier that it is no mony but
some other clothe or vestement of silk or thyng of
charge. Wherfore take avise of such as ye trust,
and purvey that I may have up at this tyme j.c. li.
of gold after the old coynage and xxli. in grotes.

     Item, if I¹ myght have sur cariage, I wold have
heder all the gylt plate that Richard Calle leyd up,
he can tell wer and I trowe ye know also; and ij.
potell pottis and a rosting iron of silver (?) lyth at
the same place, for it shuld² stand me in gret stoher
if it mygth be do closly and suerly. Item, take trew
men of yowr counsel.

     Wret the morwe next after Sent Hillary.

     Item leve a bill indorcid what ye take awey if ye
take any.—Your own, &c.

 ¹ ‘Item, 11,’ MS.                           ² ‘Shuld shul,’ MS.