Lord Scales to John Paston

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Title
Lord Scales to John Paston
Reference
Add. 34888, f. 99
Date
17 May 1454
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol II, item 246; Fenn, Vol III, Henry VI item 48
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume III' (1st transcript)

 LETTER XLVIII.

        To my right and welbeloved
        frend Iohn Paston Squier.

RIGHT trusty and welbeloved frend I grete you wel And
      for as mych as I have understande yt ze have do take a
distresse of c’tayn bestes upon c’tayn land which I stande infessed
in in ye town of 1 Pagrave for what cause I knowe not wherfor
I pray you yat ze wyll make deliv’ance ageyn of the said bestes
and if any thing ze can axe be dute of right setteth a day and
lete yor. evydences and right be shewed and I shall assigne con-
ceill of myn to be ye to se it and all yat reson or lawe wyll I
wyll be right glad ze have and otherwise I trowe ze wold not
desire And if ze wyll do this I wyll be wel paied and elles ze
constreyn me to porveye other wise as lawe may gyde me oure
lord have you in gov’nance writen at Walsyngh’m the xvij
day of May.

                                                     Youre frend,

                                                                 The Lord 2 Scales.

 

        11 ? by 4 ?

            Walsingham,
         Friday, 17 May,
         1454. 32 H. VI.

 The Contents of this Letter shew my Lord Scales to be a Gentleman, and a man of
honour, it betrays nothing of the tyranny of an ancient Baron, but breathes the senti-
ments of a friend. At the bottom, in a hand of the time, is written, “Li’t. āā mīch.
xxxiijo.” So that it fixes it to the 33d of Henry VI.

1 Palgrave by Swaffham, where J. Paston had a manor.

     2 Thomas Lord Scales, whose daughter and heir afterwards married Sir Anthony
Widville.—The Letter is written by his Secretary.

     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)

 LETTER XLVIII.

       

To my right and well beloved Friend, John Paston, Esq.

 

RIGHT trusty and well beloved friend, I greet you well,
     and for as much as I have understood that ye have do take
(caused to be taken) a Distress of certain beasts upon certain land,
which I stand infeoffed in, in the town of 1 Palgrave, for what
cause I know not; wherefore I pray you that ye will make
deliverance again of the said beasts, and if any thing ye can
ask be (a) duty of right, set a day, and let your Evidences and
right be shewed, and I shall assign Counsel of mine to be there
to see it; and all that reason or law will, I will be right glad
ye have; and otherwise, I trow, ye would not desire; and if ye
will do this, I will be well paid (satisfied); and else (or) ye
will constrain me to purvey otherwise, as law may guide me.
Our Lord have you in governance. Written at Walsingham,
the 17th day of May.

                                                Your Friend,

                                                       The LORD 2 SCALES.

         11 ? by 4 ?

            Walsingham,
         Friday, 17 May,
         1454. 32 H. VI.

 

 The Contents of this Letter shew my Lord Scales to be a Gentleman, and a man of
honour, it betrays nothing of the tyranny of an ancient Baron, but breathes the senti-
ments of a friend. At the bottom, in a hand of the time, is written, “Li’t. āā mīch.
xxxiijo.” So that it fixes it to the 33d of Henry VI.

1 Palgrave by Swaffham, where J. Paston had a manor.

     2 Thomas Lord Scales, whose daughter and heir afterwards married Sir Anthony
Widville.—The Letter is written by his Secretary.

     Autograph. Pl. I. No 12.
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume II'

 

246

 

LORD SCALES TO JOHN PASTON1

 

To my right and welbeloved frend, John Paston, Squier.

 

       RIGHT trusty and welbeloved frend, I grete you wel;
       and for as mych as I have understande that ze have
       do take a distresse of certayn bestes upon certayn
land, which I stande infeffed in, in the town of Pagrave, for
what cause I knowe not; wherfor I pray you that ze wyll
make deliverance ageyn of the said bestes, and if any thing ze
can axe be dute of right, setteth a day, and lete your evydences
and right be shewed, and I shall assigne conceill of myn to be
there to se it; and all that reson or lawe wyll, I wyll be right
glad ze have, and otherwise I trowe ze wold not desire. And
if ze wyll do this, I wyll be wel paied, and elles ze constreyn
me to pourveye other wise, as lawe may gyde me. Oure Lord
have you in governance. Writen at Walsyngham, the xvij. day
of May.

                                 Youre frend,                     THE LORD SCALES.

 

1 [From Fenn, iii. 200.] This letter is dated by a contemporary note at the
bottom of the original, which is given thus in Fenn: ‘Li’t āā Mich. xxxiijo.’ But for
‘āā,’ according to the Errata in vol. iii., we should read ‘āē,’ i.e. ‘Litteræ ante Mich.
[Festum S. Michaelis] xxxiij.’ [i.e. anno Regis xxxiii.].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1454
MAY 17