Nicholas Prior of Bromholm to William Paston

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NICHOLAS PRIOR OF BROMHOLM TO WILLIAM
PASTON¹

A Will’ Paston soit donne.

     DERE Syre and weel be loved, I grete yow weel, and do
         yow to wetyn that Dawn John Pastone was atte Nor-
         wiche on Munday last passed, and dede settyn on
Cryste Chyrche gates divers litteres, a lytyl tyme, and ij. copiis
wheche stondyn ther yet, for somounnyn me to the curt of
Rome. And we supposyn to have hym at Bromholm, or sum
man in hys name wyth inne a lytyl tyme; for dawn Robert of
Yorke was atte Norwiche be sendynge of my lady of Murlee,
and spak wythe hym in hyre hous on Munday afornseyd, and
ther he told the forseyd dawn Robert that he wolde nedys ben
Priour of Bromholm, to levyn and deyin ther upon. Also he
seyde, as for the composissioun of Bromholm, he hadde do
sherchyd att Clunye; and ther inne he standyth clere as he
seythe; and as for provisyoun, he seyde he hadde spokyn wyth
the Chaunceler and the chef Justyse and Ascam, and thei
demptyne hym clere as ther inne, and he seyth; and other
dowte is ther none inne be hys tale. And after this the forseyd
dawn John askyd obedience of the forseyd dawne Robert in
my ladyis presens, and dawn Robert seyde agayne he xulde
noghte done that atte that tyme, but he badde hym provyn
owt hys purpos as for the composissioun and provisioun to an
hende, and than he wolde do hys dever to hym; and thus he
departyd. Where for, yif ony thing may be don whyl ye arn

now atte Londone for oure helpe and his lettyng, gode Syre,
helpythe atte this tyme if it maybe godely, we be seche yow.
Dawn Thomas of Cane was atte my lord of Norwiche for helpe
in this matier, and he seyde he was inhibytyd and alle hys
clerkes be the curt of Rome in this matier, and he seyde by
yowre advys, yif it lyke yow, wryttes may ben taken agens
hym, and that is best remedye ther inne; j. [one] wrytte
is ne ingrediatur manu forti. The Holy Trinite have yow in
governaunce. Wretyn atte Bromholm the v. day of July,

                                     per NICH. PRIOREM DE BROMHOLM.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,888, f. I.] This letter is evidently of the year 1425. Comp.
No. 10.

JULY 5

1425
JULY 5

IV

A.D. 1425, 5 July

NICHOLAS PRIOR OF BROMHOLM TO WILLIAM
PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,888, f. 1]

     This letter, noticed as No. 1010 in the Inventory at the end of the
Appendix in Vol. III., is evidently of the year 1425. Comp. No. 5 in Vol. 1.

A Will’ Paston soit donne.

DERE Syre and weel be loved, I grete yow weel,
     and do yow to wetyn that Dawn John Pas-
     tone was atte Norwiche on Munday last
    passed, and dede settyn on Cryste Chyrche
gates divers litteres, a lytyl tyme, and ij. copiis
wheche stondyn ther yet, for somounnyn me to the
curt of Rome. And we supposyn to have hym at
Bromholm, or sum man in hys name wyth inne
a lytyl tyme; for dawn Robert of Yorke was atte
Norwiche be sendynge of my lady of Murlee, and
spak wythe hym in hyre hous on Munday aforn-
seyd, and ther he told the forseyd dawn Robert
that he wolde nedys ben Priour of Bromholm, to
levyn and deyin ther upon. Also he seyde, as for the
composissioun of Bromholm, he hadde do sherchyd
att Clunye; and ther inne he standyth clere as he
seythe; and as for provisyoun, he seyde he hadde
spokyn wyth the Chaunceler and the chef Justyse
and Ascam, and thei demptyne hym clere as ther inne,
as he seyth; and other dowte is ther none inne be
hys tale. And after this the forseyd dawn John askyd
obedience of the forseyd dawne Robert in my ladyis
presens, and dawn Robert seyde agayne he xulde
noghte done that atte that tyme, but he badde hym
provyn owt hys purpos as for the composissioun and
provisioun to an hende, and than he wolde do his
dever to hym; and thus he departyd. Where for, yif
ony thing may be don whyl ye am now atte Londone
for oure helpe and hys lettyng, gode Syre, helpythe
atte this tyme if it maybe godely, we be seche yow.
Dawn Thomas of Cane was atte my lord of Norwiche
for helpe in this matier, and he seyde he was
inhibytyd and alle hys clerkes be the curt of Rome
in this matier, and he seyde by yowre advys, yif it
lyke yow, wryttes may ben taken agens hym, and that
is best remedye ther inne; j. [one] wrytte is ne in-
grediatur manu forti. The Holy Trinite have yow
in governaunce. Wretyn atte Bromholm the v. day
of July,

per NICH. PRIOREM DE BROMHOLM.