Margaret Paston to John Paston

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MARGARET PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON¹

I GRETE yow wele, letyng yow wetyn that I am informyd
        for certeyn the Duc of Suffolk reysyth grete pepyl bothe
        in Norffolk and Suffolk to comyn doune with hym to
putte us to a rebeuc and thei may; querfor I wold in ony wyse
that ze make yow as strong as ze can wyth inne [in the] place,
for I and other moo suppose that zyff they fynd zow not here
they wyl seke yow there ze arn. I wold John Paston the
zonger schuld ryde azyn to my Lady of Norffolk and be wyth
hyr stylle tyl we haff other tydyngs, and ther may he do sum
good, after that he heryth tydyngs, in goyng forth to hys
fadyr or in to sum other place quere we may hafe remedy; for
yt [is] told me that there ar come to Cossay onward more than
ij. hundred, and ther ys comyng, as yt ys seyd, more than a
thowsand. I wold that ze sende hyder Lytyl John that I
mygth sende hym abowte on myn errandys. Sende me worde
how that ze doo by summe of the tenantes that be not
knowyn.

     Item, byd Richard Calle send me word in a bylle, of how
many materys that he hath sent myn husbond an answere of,
the quych he sendt hom in divers letters for to be sped here
and of the fermours of Tychwelle.

     Item, zyf Sir Jamys Gloys may come to Norwych to Adam
Taylours how I wold he come on Munday bytymys, and I
schal sende to hym thyder. God kepe yow alle. Wretyn in
hast on Satyrday.                                           BY YOUR MODYR.

    Item, yt ys told me that zong Heydon reysyth mych pepyl
in the sokyn and in other place.

     Item, I wold ze schuld do Rychard Calle hye hym of
makeng of alle the acountes and, zyf nede, lete hym gete help
and kepe Thomas Hunnworth stille wyth yow, and be war of
of Pykyng [Pickering?]

     ¹ [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is not addressed on the back, nor is the
handwriting that of Margaret Paston, but from the subscription it would appear to
have been written by her to one of her sons; and as John Paston the younger is
mentioned in the body of the letter, the person addressed was evidently his elder
brother. The letter seems to have been written shortly before the Duke of Suffolk’s
attempt on Hellesden mentioned in the next No., probably on the Saturday pre-
ceding it.

JULY 6(?)

1465
JULY 6(?)