Lord Scales to John Paston
- Medieval Family Life
- Title
- Lord Scales to John Paston
- Reference
- Add. 34888, f. 41
- Date
- n.d.
- Library / Archive
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- The British Library
- Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
- Gairdner, Vol II, item 109; Fenn, Vol III, Henry VI item 91
- Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume III' (1st transcript)
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LETTER XCI.
To my right trusty and
welbeloved frende Iohn
Paston Squier.RIGHT trusty and welbeloved frend I grete you hertly wel
And wul ye wite that Wotton is evr. creyng and callyng
upon me to write un to you for hise londe Wherfore at ye
revrence of good consideryng ye Symplenesse of hem all I pray
you that ye put hem at a crten and lete hem all yat they aught
to have of right for yaire creyng cause men to thinke ye do hem
grete wrong which j wote wel ye wold be sory to do oure lord
have you in hise govrnance Writen at Midelton the xvj day of
Octob’r.Youre frende,
Scales.
11 by 4 ½.
Middleton,
16th of October,
before 1460. 39 H. VI.I have given this Letter as somewhat perhaps helping us to form a character of
J. Paston.Thomas Lord Scales was a nobleman of great worth and loyalty; he was slain
in 1460.For a further account of him, see Letter XXXIII. Vol. I. p. 136. Note 3, &c.
Autograph. Pl. I. No 12. - Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume III' (2nd transcript)
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LETTER XCI.
To my right trusty and well-beloved Friend, John Paston, Esq.
RIGHT trusty and well-beloved Friend, I greet you hear-
tily well, and will ye weet that Wotton is ever crying and
calling upon me to write unto you for his land; wherefore at
the reverence of God considering the simpleness of them all, I
pray you that ye put them at a certain (certainty,) and let them
all that they ought to have of right, for their crying cause men
to think ye do them great wrong, which I wote (know) well ye
would be sorry to do.Our Lord have you in his governance. Written at Middle-
ton, the 16th day of October.Your Friend,
SCALES.
11 by 4 ½.
Middleton,
16th of October,
before 1460. 39 H. VI.I have given this Letter as somewhat perhaps helping us to form a character of
J. Paston.Thomas Lord Scales was a nobleman of great worth and loyalty; he was slain
in 1460.For a further account of him, see Letter XXXIII. Vol. I. p. 136. Note 3, &c.
Autograph. Pl. I. No 12. - Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume II'
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LORD SCALES TO JOHN PASTON1
To my right trusty and welbeloved frende, John Paston, Squier.
Right trusty and welbeloved frend, I grete you hertly wel, and wul ye wite
that Wotton is ever creyng and callyng upon me to write un to you for hise
londe; wherfore at the reverence of Good, consideryng the symplenesse of hem
all, I pray you that ye put hem at a certen, and lete hem all that they aught to
have of right, for thaire creyng cause men to thinke ye do hem grete wrong,
which I wote wel ye wold be sory to do.Oure Lord have you in hise governance. Writen at Midelton, the xvj.
day of October.Youre frende, SCALES.
1 [From Fenn, iii. 364.] This and the six letters following, all but one of which
are, like the last, written by Lord Scales to John Paston, are placed here merely for
convenience, the years in which they were written being quite uncertain, though
probably not very far apart. The one letter among them of which Lord Scales is not
the writer, is inserted in abstract on account of its bearing on that which immediately
precedes it.Year
uncer-
tain