Lord Molyns to the Bishop of Winchester

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Title
Lord Molyns to the Bishop of Winchester
Reference
Add. 43491, f. 5
Date
13 June 1448
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol II, item 79; Fenn, Vol I, Henry VI item 48
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume I' (1st transcript)

LETTER XLVIII.

To the worschypfull fadyr yn God and my ryth gode Lord the
Bysshop of 1 Wynchestyr.

 

   WORSCHYPFUL Fadyr yn God and my rythe gode
     Lord as hertely as y canne y recomaund me to your
gode Lordschyp to the wyche plese hyt to wyt that y have
resayvyd your lettr by the wyche y oundyrstond the dayely
sute to your Lordschyp as of Pastun as for the mater betwyx
hym and me wer yn also y fele that he ys wyllyd that comyny-
casyon and trete schold be had betwyxt hys counsayle and myne
now at Mydsomer to the wyche my Lord y am at the reverens
of your Lordschyp wel agreyd, and have send to my counsayle
at Loundon aftyr the seyng of thys your last lettr as for the trete
by twyxt hym and me, and that they schold yeve ful attendauns
to the end of the mater by twne the sayde Pastū and me as
thow y were present wt hem.

     And my Lord hyt were to grete a thyng and hyt laye yn
my power but y wold do at the reverens of your Lordschyp
yn las than hyt schold hurt me to gretly wyche y wote wel
your Lordschyp wol nevyr desyr and God for hys mercy have
you rythe worschypful fadyr yn God, and my rythe gode Lord
yn hys blessyd kepyng. Wrytyn wt my noune chaunsery hand
yn hast the xiij daye of June at teffaūt.

 

                                                            Vere hartely,

                                                                               Your

                                                                                     2 Molyns.

8 ½ by 11.

          Tafunt, in Wiltshire,
                13th of June.
                Between 1457, and 1460,
                35 and 39 H. VI.

     We have here a familiar Letter from Lord Molyns, to the Bishop of Winchester,
written entirely with his own hand.

     The Seal is remarkably fair, having the Impression of a Griffin, with wings displayed,
placed on an Helmet, and surrounded by a braid of Straw.

1 William de Waynfleet or Patten, Provost of Eton, was appointed Bishop of Win-
chester, in 1447, and continued Bishop of that See till 1486, having just lived to see
the Line of Lancaster reascend the throne, to which he had always been a faithful subject.

 2 Robert Hungerford, Lord Molyns, attached himself to the House of Lancaster, and
was beheaded in the beginning of the reign of Edward IV. and though this Letter has no
date, I should suppose it might be written between 1457 and 1460, when the Bishop of
Winchester was Lord Chancellor, especially as Lord Molyns pays so much attention to
the Bishop’s recommendation. Pl. II. No 13.
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume I' (2nd transcript)

LETTER XLVIII.

To the worshipful Father in God, and my right good Lord,
the Bishop of 1 Winchester.

 

   WORSHIPFUL Father in God, and my right good
     Lord, as heartily as I can, I recommend me to your
good Lordship, to the which please it to weet, that I have re-
ceived your Letter; by the which I understand the daily suit to
your Lordship as of Paston, as for the matter betwixt him and
me, wherein also I feel, that he is willed that communication
and treaty should be had, betwixt his Counsel and mine now at
Midsummer; to the which, my Lord, I am at the reverence of
your Lordship well agreed, and have sent to my Counsel at
London, after the seeing of this your last Letter as for the Treaty
betwixt him and me, and that they should give full attendance
to the end of the matter between the said Paston and me, as
though I were present with them.

     And my Lord it were too great a thing, and it lay in my
power, but I would do at the reverence of your Lordship,
unless that it should hurt me too greatly; which I wote (know)
well your Lordship would never desire.

     And God for his mercy have you, right worshipful Father
in God, and my right good Lord, in his blessed keeping.

 Written with mine own chancery hand in haste, the 13th
day of June, at Teffaunt.

                                                   Very heartily,

                                                                        Your

                                                                              2 MOLYNS.

8 ½ by 11.          

           Tafunt, in Wiltshire,
                13th of June.
                Between 1457, and 1460,
                35 and 39 H. VI.

 

We have here a familiar Letter from Lord Molyns, to the Bishop of Winchester,
written entirely with his own hand.

     The Seal is remarkably fair, having the Impression of a Griffin, with wings displayed,
placed on an Helmet, and surrounded by a braid of Straw.

1 William de Waynfleet or Patten, Provost of Eton, was appointed Bishop of Win-
chester, in 1447, and continued Bishop of that See till 1486, having just lived to see
the Line of Lancaster reascend the throne, to which he had always been a faithful subject.

 2 Robert Hungerford, Lord Molyns, attached himself to the House of Lancaster, and
was beheaded in the beginning of the reign of Edward IV. and though this Letter has no
date, I should suppose it might be written between 1457 and 1460, when the Bishop of
Winchester was Lord Chancellor, especially as Lord Molyns pays so much attention to
the Bishop’s recommendation. Pl. II. No 13.

 

Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume II'

79

 

LORD MOLYNS TO THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER2

 

To the worschypful Fader yn God, and my ryth gode Lord,
the Bysshop of Wynchestyr.3

 

        WORSCHYPFUL Fader yn God, and my rythe gode
             Lord, as hertely as y canne, y recomaund me to
             your gode Lordschyp; to the wyche plese hyt to
wyt that y have resayvyd your lettre,by the wyche y oundyrstond
the dayely sute to your Lordschyp as of Pastun, as for the
mater betwyx hym and me, wer yn also y fele that he ys
wyllyd that comynycasyon and trete schold be had betwyxt hys
counsayle and myne, now at Mydsomer; to the wyche, my
Lord, y am at the reverens of your Lordschyp wel agreyd, and
have send to my counsayle at Loundon, aftyr the seyng of thys
your last letter, as for the trete by twyxt hym and me, and
that they schold yeve ful attendauns to the end of the mater
by twne the sayde Pastun and me, as thow y were present
with hem.

     And, my Lord, hyt were to grete a thyng, and hyte laye
yn my power, but y wold do at the reverens of your Lord-
schyp, yn las than hyt schold hurt me to gretly, wyche y wote
wel your Lordschyp wol nevyr desyr.

     And God for hys mercy have you, rythe worschypful
Fadyr yn God, and my rythe gode Lord, yn hys blessyd
kepyng.

     Wrytyn with my noune chaunsery hand, yn hast, the xiij.
daye of June, at Teffaunt.

                                               Vere hartely your,          MOLYNS.

     2 [From Fenn, i. 190.] It appears, by John Paston’s petition presented to Parliament
two years later, that after he had been dispossessed of Gresham by Lord Molyns in
February 1448, communications passed between his counsel and that of Lord Molyns
on the subject until Michaelmas following. This letter must refer to the first
overtures.                              3 The celebrated William of Waynflete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1448
JUNE 13