Sir Thomas Howys to John Paston

268

SIR THOMAS HOWYS TO JOHN PASTON²

To the wurshepfull and reverent Sir, my good Maystir
John Paston, in all goodly haste.

   REVERENT and wurshepfull Sir, and my good maistyr,
     I recomaund me to yow in as louly wyse as on my part
     aperteineth. And please yow to wete that my maistyr
is fully purposed to sewe ateynte, whereupon he wrytethe a
lettere directyd to yow and otherez, for the wheche I beseke
yow to be my good maystyr in pursewyng the seyd ateynte;
and also my maistyr is agreed what reward ye geve the Shereff
he holdeth hym content. Wherfor, that youre reward may be
the larger, so he woll³ ther upon returne the panell for the
seyd ateynte; and thanne yef Jenney wold meove my Lord of

Norffolke that he wold be my good Lord, amyttyng me for
hese chapeleyn, and Jhankyn Porter for hese servaunt, wheche
is hese chek roll, it shuld cause the matere to have the redyer
expedecyon, as well be the Shereff as be the gret jury. And
yef the processe may have so redy sped that it myght be had
be fore my Maystyr Yelwerton in this vaccacyon tyme, it wer a
gret counfort, &c. Beseking yow at the reverence of God, and
as ever my power servyse may be at your comaundement, that
ye effectualy labour this matere in the most spedfull wyse, as
youre descrecyon, with Jenneyez avyse, thinketh most exped-
yent; for I ferre gretly to be outlawed or the seyd processe
shuld be brought to a conclucyon withoute redy processe in the
seyd ateynte. And I here no sewer tydinges of a parlement;
but rather thanne I shuld be outlawed, I wold yeld my self to
preson, wheche shuld be myn undoyng, and thanne to be with
oute remedy. My refformacyon and counforte in eschewyng
that lythe holly in your helpe and Jenneyez at thys tyme, be
cause my maystyr hathe comytted the governaunce of the seyd
matere to yow, and what expense it draweth he agreyth to bere
it, &c.

     I beseke Almyghty Jesu have yow, my good maystyr,
eternaly in hese me[r]cyfull governaunce, and inspyre yow
with hese speryt of remembraunce effectualy to procede in this
matere.

     Wretyn breffly at Castre the Monday next be fore Seynt
Edmond the Kyng,¹ anno xxxiij. Regis H. vj^ti.

     Item, Sir, as for mony to the sped of this matere, Bokkyng
hathe redy in comaundement to make delevery to yow what
that ye nede, so there shall be no defaute in that, &c.

                                                                                        T. HOWYS.

     ² [From Paston MSS., B.M.]                        ³ Woll corr from wold.

     ¹ The day of St. Edmund the King was the 20th November.

NOV. 18

1454
NOV. 18