Sir George Browne to John Paston

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Title
Sir George Browne to John Paston
Reference
Add. 34889, f. 72
Date
n.d.
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol IV, item 694; Fenn, Vol IV, Edward IV item 27
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume IV' (1st transcript)

LETTER XXVII.

 

            To my trusty and welbelowyd
            Cosyn Iho' Paston esquyer in
            haste.

 

Loyawlte Ayme.

 

                                                                                   Be zowr howne.

                                                                                                                        G. Browne.

 

     Hyt schal newyr Cum howt ffor me.

 

                    

 8 3/4 by 7.

   

     Sir George Browne, knight, of Beechworth Castle, in Surrey, was the second hus-
band of Elizabeth, the Sister of J. Paston, and widow of Robert Poynings; this short
Letter was therefore most probably written by him to J. Paston, in the beginning of

Edward IV th's reign; it recommends in a friendly manner to him loyalty to the Prince
upon the Throne, and seems to hint at some actions of J. Paston's done contrary thereto.
which had come to Sir George's knowledge, and which he would not disclose.

     Autograph. Pl. XXIV. No 9.

Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume IV' (2nd transcript)

LETTER XXVII.

 

To my trusty and well-beloved Cousn John Paston, Esq. in haste.

 

Loyawlte Ayme.

(Love Loyalty.)

 

                                                            By your own
                                                                                               G. BROWNE.

 

     It shall never come out for me.

 

     Written most probably
         between 1461 and 1466.
         1 and 6 E. IV.

   

    Sir George Browne, knight, of Beechworth Castle, in Surrey, was the second hus-
band of Elizabeth, the Sister of J. Paston, and widow of Robert Poynings; this short
Letter was therefore most probably written by him to J. Paston, in the beginning of

Edward IV th's reign; it recommends in a friendly manner to him loyalty to the Prince
upon the Throne, and seems to hint at some actions of J. Paston's done contrary thereto.
which had come to Sir George's knowledge, and which he would not disclose.

     Autograph. Pl. XXIV. No 9.
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume IV'

694

 

SIR GEORGE BROWNE TO JOHN PASTON2

 

To my trusty and welbelowyd cosyn, Jhon Paston,
Esquyer, in haste.

 

Loyawlte Ayme.

Be zowr howne

                                                                                                      G. BROWNE.

     Hyt schal newyr cum howt for me.

     

     2 [From Fenn, iv. 100.] The writer of this brief and enigmatical letter was the
second husband of Elizabeth Paston, as mentioned in the preliminary note to No. 692
preceding. If the John Paston, Esquire, to whom it is addressed be the first of that
name, that is to say, Elizabeth Paston’s brother, the date is not later than 1466; but
as it was certainly some years later before the writer became connected with the
Pastons by marriage, the person addressed is more probably John Paston the youngest,
brother of Sir John. The date of this communication, however, is unimportant. Its
purport, of which Fenn has suggested rather a complicated explanation, appears to me
simply a promise of secrecy on some subject: ‘Loyauté, aimé (i.e. Honour bright, my
dear friend). It shall never come out for me.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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