Sir John Paston to John Paston

LETTER LXXX.

To John Paston Esquyer.

I Recomand me to yow letyng yow weete y^t I have spoken
   to ¹ Herry Colett and entretyd hym in my best wyse ffor yow
soo y^t at y^e last he is agreyd to a resonable respyght ffor y^e
xv li. y^t ye sholde have payd hym at Mydsom’ as he seyth
and is gladde to do yow ease or plesyr in all y^t he maye and I
tolde hym y^t ye wolde as I supposyd be heer at London herr
nott long to and than he lokyth afftr y^t ye sholde com’ see hym
ffor he is Sheryff and hathe a goodely hows.

     It’ my Lady off ² Oxenfforth lokyth afftr yow and Arblast’
bothe.

     My Lord off ³ Oxenfford is nott comen in to Inglonde y^t I
can p’ceyve, and so y^e goode Lady hathe nede off helpe and
cowncell howe y^t she shall doo.

     No moor at thys tyme butt God have yow in kepyng.

     Wretyn att London on Seynt Awdryes daye A^o. E. iiij^ti xvij^o.

     Tydyngs butt y^t yist’daye my Lady Marqueys off ⁴ Dorset
whych is my Lady Hastyngs Dowtr hadyd Chylde a Sone.

     It? my Lord Chamb’leyn is comyn hyddr ffro Caleys and
redyn w^t y^e Kynge to Wyndeshor and y^e Kyng will be her’
ageyn on mondaye.

                                                                         ⁵ J.P.K.

               11 ½ by 5 ½.

London,
              Monday, 23d of June,
              1477, 17 E. IV.

      ¹ Sir Henry Colet was Lord Mayor of London, in 1486.

      ² Margaret, Daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, the was during the
imprisonment of her Lord in great distress.

     ³ John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was at this time a Prisoner in the Castle of Hammes,
in Picardy; what expectation there was of his coming into England at this time I know
not.

     ⁴ Cecily, second Wife to Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, was Daughter and
Heir of William Bonvile, Lord Bonvile and Harrington, by Katherine, Daughter of
Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, who was now the Wife of Lord Hastyngs, Lord
Chamberlain, and Governor of Calais.

⁵ Autograph. Pl. IV. N^o 12.

LETTER LXXX.

To John Paston, Esquire.

I Recommend me to you, letting you weet, that I have
    spoken with ¹ Harry Colett, and entreated him in my best
wise for you, so that at the last he is agreed to a reasonable
respite for the 15l. that ye should have paid him at Midsummer,
as he faith, and (he) is glad to do you ease or pleasure in all
that he may; and I told him that ye would, as I supposed, be
here at London, here not long to, and then he looked after, that
ye should come see him, for he is Sheriff, and hath a goodly
house.

     Item, my Lady of ² Oxford looketh after you and Arblaster
both.

     My Lord of 3 Oxford is not come into England that I can
perceive, and so the good Lady hath need of help and counsel
how that she shall do.

     No more at this time, but God have you in keeping.

     Written at London on Saint Audrey’s day, in the 17th year
of Edward IV.

     Tidings but (only) that yesterday my Lady Marchioness of
⁴ Dorset, which is my Lady Hastyngs’s Daughter, had a Child,
a Son.

     Item, my Lord Chamberlain is come hither from Calais, and
(is) ridden with the King to Windsor, and the King will be
here again on Monday.

                                                    ⁵ JOHN PASTON, Knight.

      11 ? by 5 ?.

London,
              Monday, 23d of June,
              1477, 17 E. IV.

      ¹ Sir Henry Colet was Lord Mayor of London, in 1486.

      ² Margaret, Daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, the was during the
imprisonment of her Lord in great distress.

     ³ John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was at this time a Prisoner in the Castle of Hammes,
in Picardy; what expectation there was of his coming into England at this time I know
not.

     ⁴ Cecily, second Wife to Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, was Daughter and
Heir of William Bonvile, Lord Bonvile and Harrington, by Katherine, Daughter of
Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, who was now the Wife of Lord Hastyngs, Lord
Chamberlain, and Governor of Calais.

⁵ Autograph. Pl. IV. N^o 12.

914

SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON¹

To John Paston, Esquyer.

I RECOMAND me to yow, letyng yow weete that I have
     spoken to Herry Colett,² and entretyd hym in my best
     wyse ffor yow, soo that at the last he is agreyd to a
resonable respyght ffor the xvli. that ye sholde have payd hym
at Mydsomer, as he seyth, and is gladde to do yow ease or
plesyr in all that he maye; and I tolde hym that ye wolde, as
I supposyd, be heer at London, herr nott long to, and than he
lokyth afftr that ye sholde come see hym, ffor he is sheryff,
and hathe a goodely hows.

     Item, my Lady off Oxenfforth³ lokyth afftr yow and
Arblaster bothe.

     My Lord off Oxenfford⁴ is nott comen in to Inglonde
that I can perceyve, and so the goode lady hathe nede off
helpe and cowncell howe that she shall doo.

     No moor at thys tyme, butt God have yow in kepyng.

     Wretyn att London on Seynt Awdryes Daye, anno E.
iiij^ti xvij^o.

     Tydyngs butt that yisterdaye my Lady Marqueys off
Dorset,¹ whych is my Lady Hastyngs dowtr, hadyd chylde
a sone.

     Item, my Lord Chamberleyn is comyn hyddr ffro Caleys,
and redyn with the Kynge to Wyndeshor, and the Kyng will
be here ageyn on Mondaye.                                      J. P., K.

     ¹ [From Fenn, ii. 248.]

     ² Sir Henry Colet was Lord Mayor of London in 1486.—F.

     ³ Margaret, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury; she was, during the
imprisonment of her lord, in great distress.—F.

     ⁴ John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was at this time a prisoner in the Castle of
Hammes, in Picardy; what expectation there was of his coming into England at this
time I know not.—F.

JUNE 23

1477

JUNE 23