Margaret Paston to John Paston

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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON¹

To my Rightwurshipfull hosbond, John Paston,
be this delyveryd in hast.

      RIHT worchipfull hosbond, I recomand me to yow,
          praying yow to wete that I have receyvid the mony
          that Mayster Brakle had of yow, wherof he hath ageyn
v. marc. uppon pledgis of the too basonys that ye had of hym
tyll ye come hom. As for cloth for my gowne, I can non
gete in this town better than that is that I send yow an
exsample of, whiche me thynkith to symple bothe of colour
and of cloth. Wherfor I pray yow that ye woll vouchesauf
to do bey for me iij. yerdis and j. quarter of seche as it
pleasith yow that I shuld have, and what colour that pleaset
yow, for in gode feyth I have do sowte all the draperis schopis
in this town, and her is right febill cheys. Also I pray yow
that ye woll do bey a loff of gode sugour and di. j. lb. [half
one pound] of holl synamun, for ther is non gode in this town;
and as for mony, ther is non of your tenantis ne fermouris
bryngith non as yett. As for tydyngis in this countre, Herry
Ingloses men have slayn ij. men of Tonsted on Thursday last
past, as it is seyd, and all that countre is sore trobelid ther-
with; and if he had abedyn at home he had be lyke to have
be fechid owte of his owyn hows, for the peple ther abowght
is sor meved with hym. And on Saterday last past he come
ryding thorow this town toward Framyngham; and if he had
abedyn in this town he shuld have ben arestyd; for men of
Tonsted and of the countre pusewid after hym in to this town,
and made agrett noyse of hym, and required the mayre and
sheryves that he ne his men shuld not pas the town, but that
they shuld do as it longed to here parte to do, and told hem
the cause why; and as it is seyd the sergeantis were fals, and
lete hym have knowleche ther of, and he hythid hym hens in
hast, &c. The blyssyd Trynyte have yow in His keping.
Wreten att Norwyche on the Weddenesday next after Seynt
Martyn.—Be yowris,                                                       M. P.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 33,597, f. 2.] The year in which this letter was written is altogether
uncertain.

1441-
65
NOV.

1441-
65
NOV.

LXIII

A.D. 1441-65, Nov.

MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 33,597, f. 2]

The year in which this letter was written is altogether uncertain.

To my Rightwurshipfull hosbond, John Paston,
be this delyveryd in hast.

RIHT worchipfull hosbond, I recomand me
     to yow, praying yow to wete that I have
     receyvid the mony that Mayster Brakle had
     of yow, wherof he hath ageyn v. marc.
uppon pledgis of the too basonys that ye had of
hym tyll ye come hom. As for cloth for my gowne,
I can non gete in this town better than that is that
I send yow an exsample of, whiche me thynkith to
symple bothe of colour and of cloth. Wherfor I
pray yow that ye woll vouchesauf to do bey for me
iij. yerdis and j. quarter of seche as it pleasith yow
that I shuld have, and what colour that pleaset yow,
for in gode feyth I have do sowte all the draperis
schopis in this town, and her is right febill cheys.
Also I pray yow that ye woll do bey a loff of gode
sugour and di. j. lb. [half one pound] of holl synamun,
for ther is non gode in this town; and as for mony,
ther is non of your tenantis ne fermouris bryngith
non as yett. As for tydyngis in this countre, Herry
Ingloses men have slayn ij. men of Tonsted on
Thursday last past, as it is seyd, and all that countre
is sore trobelid therwith; and if he had abedyn at
home he had be lyke to have be fechid owte of his
owyn hows, for the peple ther abowght is sor meved
with hym. And on Saterday last past he come
ryding thorow this town toward Framyngham; and
if he had abedyn in this town he shuld have ben
arestyd; for men of Tonsted and of the countre
pusewid after hym in to this town, and made agrett
noyse of hym, and required the mayre and sheryves
that he ne his men shuld not pas the town, but that
they shuld do as it longed to here parte to do, and
told hem the cause why; and as it is seyd the
sergeantis were fals, and lete hym have knowleche
ther of, and he hythid hym hens in hast, &c. The
blyssyd Trynyte have yow in His keping. Wreten
att Norwyche on the Weddenesday next after Seynt
Martyn.—Be yowris,                                             M. P.