Margaret Paston to John Paston

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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON²

To my ryght wyrshipfull husbana, John Paston,
be thys delyveryd in hast.

RYGHT wyrshypfull hosbond, I recomaund me to you.
          Please it you to wyte that the same Wensday that Ric.
         Call departyd hens I send Ric. Charlys to speke with
the undershryf, requyryng hym that he shold serve the replevyn
for the shype and hors that were take, &c.; and the shryf sayd
playnly that he wol not, nor derst not serve it, not thogh I
wold yeve hym xx li. to serve it. And Ric. Charlys axhyd the
cause why, and he sayd, for he wold not have to doo with that
felshyp, and so it ys yet unservyd. I supyose that Ric. Calle
hath told you what revell ther was by the Bayllyf of Coshay
and his felaw uppon your men that shold have servyd the
replevyn.

     Item, the same Wensday that Ric. Call rode from hens the
were indytyd v. of men by the enquest of Fourhoo hunder, as
Crome can enforme you, and on Fryday last paste John Paston,
the yonger, Wykes and Thomas Honewerth were endytyd at
Dyram, by what menys the berour herof Crome shall [en]forme
you. I send theder Ric. Charlys, John Seve, and iij. or iiij.
other gode felows, for to have don other folks as gode atorne;
but it wold not be, for the Juge ys soo parcyall with the other
party that I trowe ther shalbe sped no maters before hym for
you, nor for non of yours tyl it be otherwyse by twene you
than it ys. Crome shall tell you of hys demenyng at the last
sessyons at Dyrham. I send you a copy of both the endyte-
ments. Your son John Paston the yonger, I hope shal be with
you thys wyke and enforme you of mo thyngys, and howe myn
hors and hys sadell and harnys ys prysoner at Coshaye Halle
and have ben ever syn Wensday last.

     Item, I recevyd a letter from you on Satorday last, whych
was wryten on Monday next before and I have sent to Sir
Thomas Howys the same day for such maters as ye wrote to
me of, and he sent me word that Wyllyam Worceter had a
boke of remembraunce of recaytys that hath be recevyd by Sir
John Fastolf or any of hys sythen the iiij.^te. yere Kyng Harry,
both of hys owyn lyflode or of any other mannys that he had to
doo wyth all. He sayd, yf ye wold send to Wyll. Worceter to
loke therfore he sayd he wyst well he wold lete you have
knowlych yf any such thyng may be founde, and also he sayd
that he wold send to the seyd Wyll. to serche therfore, and as
for such bokys as he hath hyre at hom he wol doo loke yf any
remembraunce canne be founde therof, and ye shall have know-
lych ther of, as he hath promysyd, by Satourday next comyng.
And as for the woman that made the clayme that ye wrote of
he ys wellwyllyd that she shold be seyn to in the way of almys.
And as I here say, it symyth by hym that in any thyng that he
canne doo tochyng the savacyon of the dedys gode,¹ other in
lyflode, other in other godys, he sayth that he wyll doo. I
canne not have no knowlych that Haydon mellyth in the mater
of Drayton; yf he do oght therin, he doyth it closely, as he ys
wont to doo, and wayshyth hys hondys ther of as Pylate dyde.
It shalnot be long to or that I send to yow; of such tythynges
as we have I shall lete you have knowlych ther of. I fynd
Crome ryght welwyllyng to you in such thyngys as lyth in
hym for to do. I pray you lete hym be thankynd therfor, and
that shall cause hym to be the beter wylled; he hath not be
rewardyd as yet but by Ric. Call, as he canne tell you. The
Blyssyd Trynyte have you in His kepyng and send you gode
spyde in all your maters. Wryten in hast on Mydsomer day.

     As for Rysyng, but yf [unless] ye purvey for hym he canne
no helpe have at home.

                                                    By yours;                                   M. P.

     ² [From Paston MSS., B.M.] As this letter refers to Paston’s disputes with the
Duke of Suffolk and his officers, the date must be 1465.

     ¹ i.e., the dead man’s goods.

JUNE 24

1465
JUNE 24

1465
JUNE 24