Margaret Paston to John Paston

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Title
Margaret Paston to John Paston
Reference
Add. 27444, f. 5
Date
30 March 1451
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol II, item 184
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume II'

184

 

MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON1

 

To my right wurchepfull husbond, John Paston, [be]yng in the
Inner Tempill, be this delivered in hast.

 

RIGHT wurchepfull husbond, I recomaund me to you,
     prayng you to wete that myn unkyll Phylyp Berney2
     was at Lynne this last weke, and he was at inne at the
baylyffes hows of Lynne, and Partrych3 came in to the same
place whill myn unkyll was ther. And the seid Partrych was
wele aqueyntyd with the balyffe, and the balyffe told hym that
he sent a letter to the Lord Molyns, and that the Lord Molyns
had sent hym a nother letter, letyng hym wete that he purposyd
hym to be at Lynne thes weke. Than Partrych seid that he
had word that the seid lord purposyd hym to be ther at that
tyme; but he seid summe men supposyd that he wuld not
come here; and the balyffe seid that he was right glad that he
shuld come in to this countre. On of myn unkyll men herd
all this langage, and told it myn unkill. The baly ner Patrych
knewe not at that tyme what myn unkyll was to us ward.
Also I purposyd me to have sent to Stapylton, as ye sent me
word be James Gresham, and it is told me that he is to London.
Item, it is noysed abowte Gresham and all that contre that the
Lord Molyns shuld be there in hast. Item, Gonnore had right
gret langage, and he trostyd that the word [world] shall turne
sumwhat after ther entent. Othre tydynges have we non, but
that Tudenham and Heydon shuld have ageyn the rewle in this
contre, assmych as ever thei had or more. The Holy Trynyte
have you in kepyng. Wretyn at Norwhich un the Tuesday
next before Mydlentesonday.4

                                                      Yowre,                             M. P.

     1 [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter, like several of those preceding, speaks
of a juncture in which it was expected that Tuddenham and Heydon would regain
their influence. The adherents of Lord Molyns were also in hopes that he would
shortly be in Norfolk and re-enter Gresham. The date must therefore be 1451.

     2 Philip Berney, Esq. of Caston. He was a brother of Margaret Mauteby, who
was Margaret Paston’s mother.     3 See p. 101, Note 4.

     4 Mid-Lent Sunday fell on the 4th April in 1451.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1451
MARCH 30