John Paston to Sir John Paston

659

JOHN PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON¹

To my mastyr, Sir John Paston, logyng
in Fletstret, be thys delyveryd.

SYR, lyekyth it yow to wet that thys day my modyr sent
     me your lettyrs, wer by I undystand, blessyd be God,
     all thyng standyth in good wey. Also I undyrstand by
your lettyr sent to my modyr and me that ye wold have your
lyvelod gadyrd as hastyly as we myght do it. Syr, as to that,
and othyr folk do no wers ther dever [devoir] in gaderyng of
othyr manerys then we have don in Caster, I tryst to God
that ye schall not be long unpayid; for thys day we had in
the last comb of barly that eny man had owyth in Caster
towne, not with standyng Hew Awstyn and hys men hathe
crakyd many a gret woord in the tym that it hathe ben in
gaderyng. And twenty comb Hew Awstyns man had doun
cartyd redy for to have led it to Yarmowth. And when I
herd ther of I let slype a sertyn of whelpys that gave the cart
and the barly syche a torn that it was fayn to tak covert in
your bakhous systern at Caster halle, and it was wet within an
owyr aftyr that it cam hom, and is nye redy to mak of good
malt all, ho ho! William Yelverton hathe ben at Gwton and
hathe set in a new bayly ther and hathe dystreynyd the ten-
auntis, and hathe geve hem day till Candyllmas to pay syche
mony as he axyth of hem. Also the seyd Yellverton hathe
ben at Saxthorpe, and hathe dystreynyd the fermour ther and
takyn of hym swerte to paye hym. And thys day the seyd
Yelverton and viij. men with hym, with jakys and trossyng
dobletis all the felawshep of hem, wer redy to ryd; and one
of the same felawschep told to a man that sye hem all redy
that they shuld ryd to tak a dystres in sertayn maners that
wer Syr John Fastolffys; wherfor I suppose veryly that they
be to Gwton and Saxthorp. Wher for to morrow I purpose
to send Dawbeney thedyr to wet what they do, and to comand
the¹ tenauntis and fermors that they pay no mony to nobody
bot to yow. John Grey, othyrwyse callyd John Delesbay, and
John Burgeys they be Yelvertons kapteyns, and they ryd and
go dayly, as well in Norwych as in othyr plasys of yours and
othyr menys, in the contre in ther trossyng dowblettis with
bombardys and kanonys and chafeveleyns, and do what so
ever they wyll in the contre; ther dar no pore man dysplese
theym, for what so evyr they do with ther swordys they make
it lawe; and they tak dystressys out of mens howsys, hors or
catell, or what they wyll, thow it be not on that for that they
ask the dwte for. Wher for, me thynkys with esy menys ye
myth get a prevy seall of the Kyng to be dyrectyd to the
meyer of Norwyche, as for the towne of Norwyche, and for
the countre a nothyr prive seall, dyrect to me and to som
othyr good felaw, Syr William Calthorp, for he hatyth Grey,²
for to arest the seyd felaws for syche ryot and to bryng hem
to the next prison, ther to abyed with out bayle tyll syche
tym as the Kyng sendyth othyrwyse woord, and they that the
prive sale shall be dyrect to, to be chargyd vpon peyne of ther
alegeans to execut the Kyngis comandement; and, this done,
I warant your lyvelod that my lord delys not with shall be
gadyrd pesybylly. As to that lyvelod that my lord clemys I
shall do my dever, our logyng kep, to tak as myche profyt of
it as I may by the grase of God, Whom I pray send you the
acomplyshement of your hertys desyir, and other por folys
thers. All my felawshep ar mery and well at ease, blyssyd
be God, and recomandyth hem all on to yow. Wretyn the
Twesday next befor Kandylmas.—Your brodyr,

                                                                                                J. P.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 33,597, f. 3.] This letter appears to have been written in the year
1467, like No. 661, which bears date eleven days later. Besides what is said here of
Yelverton, note the reference to John Grey and John Burgeys, whose names appear
in the other letter also.

      ¹ ?the? repeated in MS.

      ² ?Syr William?Grey? is an interlineation.

1467
JAN. 27

1467
JAN. 27

LXX

A.D. 1467, 27 Jan.

JOHN PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 33,597, f. 3]

     This letter appears to have been written in the year 1467, like No. 569,
which bears date eleven days later. Besides what is said here of Yelver-
ton, note the reference to John Grey and John Burgeys, whose names
appear in the other letter also.

To my mastyr, Sir John Paston, logyng in Fletstret,
be thys delyveryd.

SYR, lyekyth it yow to wet that thys day my
     modyr sent me your lettyrs, wer by I
     undystand, blessyd be God, all thyng
     standyth in good wey. Also I undyrstand
by your lettyr sent to my modyr and me that ye
wold have your lyvelod gadyrd as hastyly as we
myght do it. Syr, as to that, and othyr folk do no
wers ther dever [devoir] in gaderyng of othyr manerys
then we have don in Caster, I tryst to God that ye
schall not be long unpayid; for thys day we had in
the last comb of barly that eny man had owyth in
Caster towne, not with standyng Hew Awstyn and
hys men hathe crakyd many a gret woord in the tym
that it hathe ben in gaderyng. And twenty comb
Hew Awstyns man had doun cartyd redy for to have
led it to Yarmowth. And when I herd ther of I let
slype a sertyn of whelpys that gave the cart and the
barly syche a torn that it was fayn to tak covert in
your bakhous systern at Caster halle, and it was wet
within an owyr aftyr that it cam hom, and is nye
redy to mak of good malt all, ho ho! William
Yelverton hathe ben at Gwton and hathe set in a
new bayly ther and hathe dystreynyd the tenauntis,
and hathe geve hem day till Candyllmas to pay
syche mony as he axyth of hem. Also the seyd
Yellverton hathe ben at Saxthorpe, and hathe dys-
treynyd the fermour ther and takyn of hym swerte
to paye hym. And thys day the seyd Yelverton and
viij. men with hym, with jakys and trossyng dobletis
all the felawshep of hem, wer redy to ryd; and one
of the same felawschep told to a man that sye hem
all redy that they shuld ryd to tak a dystres in ser-
tayn maners that wer Syr John Fastolffys; wherfor I
suppose veryly that they be to Gwton and Saxthorp.
Wher for to morrow I purpose to send Dawbeney
thedyr to wet what they do, and to comand the¹
tenauntis and fermors that they pay no mony to
nobody bot to yow. John Grey, othyrwyse callyd
John Delesbay, and John Burgeys they be Yelver-
tons kapteyns, and they ryd and go dayly, as well in
Norwych as in othyr plasys of yours and othyr
menys, in the contre in ther trossyng dowblettis with
bombardys and kanonys and chafeveleyns, and do
what so ever they wyll in the contre; ther dar no
pore man dysplese theym, for what so evyr they do
with ther swordys they make it lawe; and they tak
dystressys out of mens howsys, hors or catell, or
what they wyll, thow it be not on that for that they
ask the dwte for. Wher for, me thynkys with esy
menys ye myth get a prevy seall of the Kyng to be
dyrectyd to the meyer of Norwyche, as for the
towne of Norwyche, and for the countre a nothyr
prive seall, dyrect to me and to som othyr good
felaw, Syr William Calthorp, for he hatyth Grey,² for
to arest the seyd felaws for syche ryot and to bryng
hem to the next prison, ther to abyed with out bayle
tyll syche tym as the Kyng sendyth othyrwyse
woord, and they that the prive sale shall be dyrect
to, to be chargyd vpon peyne of ther alegeans to
execut the Kyngis comandment; and, this done, I
warant your lyvelod that my lord delys not with shall
be gadyrd pesybylly. As to that lyvelod that my
lord clemys I shall do my dever, our logyng kep, to
tak as myche profyt of it as I may by the grase of
God, Whom I pray send you the acomplyshement
of your hertys desyir, and other por folys thers. All
my felawshep ar mery and well at ease, blyssyd be
God, and recomandyth hem all on to yow. Wretyn
the Twesday next befor Kandylmas.—Your brodyr,

                                                                                 J. P.

¹ ‘the’ repeated in MS.

     ² ‘Syr William—Grey’ is an interlineation.