Margery Paston to John Paston

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Title
Margery Paston to John Paston
Reference
Add. 27446, f. 62
Date
21 January 1486
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol VI, item 1007; Fenn, Vol V, Henry VII item 2
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume V' (1st transcript)

LETTER II.

 

To My Mastyr John Paston
      be this Delyvird

 

RYGHT Reurent and Worshepfull Syre Jn my most vmbill
Weysse I Recomaunde me to you desyryng to here of your
Welfare the wytche I beseche god to preserve to his ple-
sur and to your harts desyer Syr I thank you for the veny-
son that ye sent me and youre schepe is seylyd owt of ye
havene as this daye Syr I send you be my brodyr Wyllem
your stomachere of damaske as for youre teppet of velvet it
is not here An seythe that ye put yt Jn your Casket at
london Syr your chyldryn be jn goode helle bellside be god
Syr I prey you sende me the gowild that I spak to you of
be the nexst man that Comythe to Norwytche Syr your
mast that laye at Yermowyth is letyn to a scheppe of Hull
for xiijs iiijd and if ther fawyll ony hurt therto ye schall
have a newe mast ther for No mor to you at this tyme but
almyty god haue you in his kepyng Wretyn at Castyr Haw-
ill the xxj daye of Janever Jn the furst yere of Kyng Harry
the vijth

J pray god no ladyis No more
ovyr com you that ye geve no            Be your servant
lenggar Respyt Jn your                            MARGERY PASTON.
Materys

 

     11½ by 3¾.

 

     This letter is very respectfully written, and contains several of those little
family matters which always constitute materials for a letter to an absent master
of a family.

     What his wife says of ladies in her postscript has a doubtful meaning; it
may mean that he had been over persuaded to some delay in the business with
his uncle William by the ladies mentioned in Letter LXIX. 23 Ed. iv.

     Autograph, Pl. xxix. No. 11. Seal, a Helmet, Pl. xxxiv. No. 5.
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume V' (2nd transcript)

LETTER II.

 

To my Master John Paston be this delivered.

 

RIGHT reverend and worshipful Sir, in my most humble
wise I recommend me to you, desiring to hear of your wel-
fare, the which I beseech God to preserve to his pleasure,
and to your heart’s desire.

     Sir, I thank you for the venison that ye sent me; and
your ship is sailed out of the haven as this day.

     Sir, I send you by my brother William your stomacher of
damask. As for your tippet of velvet it is not here; Ann
saith that ye put in your casket at London.

     Sir, your children be in good health, blessed be God.

     Sir, I pray you send me the gold, that I spake to you of,
by the next man that cometh to Norwich.

     Sir, your mast that lay at Yarmouth is let to a ship of
Hull for 13s. 4d. and if there fall any hurt thereto, ye shall
have a new mast therefore.

     No more to you at this time, but Almighty God have
you in his keeping. Written at Caister Hawill [Hall], the
21st day of January, in the first year of King Harry the
VIIth.

I pray God no ladies no more           By your Servant,
overcome you, that ye give no                MARGERY PASTON.
longer respite in your matters.

              Caister Hall,
     Saturday, 21st January,
           1485-6. 1 H. vii.

     This letter is very respectfully written, and contains several of those little
family matters which always constitute materials for a letter to an absent master
of a family.

     What his wife says of ladies in her postscript has a doubtful meaning; it
may mean that he had been over persuaded to some delay in the business with
his uncle William by the ladies mentioned in Letter LXIX. 23 Ed. iv.

     Autograph, Pl. xxix. No. 11. Seal, a Helmet, Pl. xxxiv. No. 5.
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume VI'

1007

 

MARGERY PASTON TO JOHN PASTON2

 

To my mastyr, John Paston, be this delyvird.

 

    RYGHT reverent and wortshepfull syre, in my most
       umbill weysse I recomaunde me to you, desyryng to
       here of your welfare, the wytche I beseche God to
preserve to His plesur and so your hartes desyir. Syr, I
thank you for the venyson that ye sent me; and youre schepe
is seylyd owt of the havene as this daye.

     Syr, I send you be my brodyr Wyllem your stomachere of
damaske. As for youre teppet of velvet, it is not here; An
seythe that ye put yt in your casket at London.
     Syr, your chyldryn be in goode helle, bellsside be God.

     Syr, I prey you sende me the gowild, that I spak to you of
be the nexst man that comythe to Norwytche.

     Syr, your mast that laye at Yermowyth is letyn to a
scheppe of Hull for xiijs. iiijd., and if there fawyll ony hurt
ther to, ye schall have a newe mast ther for.

     No mor to you at this time, but Almyty God have you in
His kepyng. Wretyn at Castyr Hawill, the xxj. daye of
Janever, in the furst yere of Kyng Harry the vijth.

                          Be your servaunt,                    MARGERY PASTON.

 

 I prey God no ladyis no more ovyr com you, that ye
geve no lenggar respyt in your materys.

                            2 [From Paston MSS., B.M.]        

 

 

 

 

 

 

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