Thomas Andrew to William Paston

1027

THOMAS ANDREW TO WILLIAM PASTON¹

To the ryght . . . . . . . . . . . William Paston Squyer
. . . . . . . . . . . my Lord of Ox[ford].

      RYGHT worchipfull sir, in my best maner I recommend
          me unto you as he that is and shalbe at your com-
          mandment. Sir, I beseche you to showe my good
lord and yours that a cordyng to his commandment I have
sesed the good of the parson of Testerton² and of Henry
Fox, exsepe thos goodis of the sayd Fox that whare formerly
sesed be the servantis of my Lord of Surrey; and, Sir, all thos
goodis that I have sesed of them both are nat worthe lytyll
mony lytyll past xls. or iijli. at the m[os]t, exsepe the parsons
corne; and if that may betakyn a way thane the Chyrche may
not be served, and that whar pety. I besech you that I may
knowe my Lordis plesur in that be halfe, for els I thynke the
baly of the franches will have all, for Testyrton is in the
Dowchy. And so I am leek to have lytyll or nowt for all my
lawbour and costis withowt my Lord be my good lord in that
be halff be your mene.

     Sir,³ I pray you tell my Lord that the fryer of Lynne that
. . . . . . . . . . . ak . . . . . . . . . . . cheff, for he served a cherche in Nor-
folk callyd Hornyngtoft and ther . . . . . . . . . . . rd a p . . . . . . . . . . . s
callyd Master Thomas Mertyn, and as I wene he had felows
privy to that robery (?) an[d ot]her that be nat yet knowyn,
and if he whare well a posed he wold tel[l], &c.

     Also⁴ Henry Fox and the parson of Testerton whar gretely
(?) acuequyentyd and conversand with one Sir William, a
chanon of Hempton Abbay, cause my Lord to inquere if he
whar owt privy of the mony makyng or eny other of that
Abbay of Hempton. I know nothyng but that they whar
gret to gether, &c. Sir, I besech you, be good master to Fox
wyff if ye may; how be it he is nowght, but peraventure he
may amend, but she is ryght a good woman be my troughe,
and it whar gret pety but she and her chyld myght have som-
wat. And, my Lord, or ye send me eny letter ye may send
it me be John a More, this brynger, if he cum agayne, or els
be Fox wyff if her husband be not gone to London. And
ever Jhesu preserve you to your most gentyll hertis desyer.
At Ryburgh this Monday next Sent Andrew.—Your servant,

                                                                           THOMAS ANDREW.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 139.] This letter is manifestly of the same year as No.
1028, which apparently was written about A.D. 1488-1490. Most probably the exact
year is 1488, when the ‘Monday next St. Andrew’ was the very day following, i.e.
1st December—unless it was 1494, when the same thing occurred.

     ² Richard Fenwyk.

     ³ Opposite this and the next paragraph the word ‘No^ta’ occurs in the margin, in
the same hand, apparently, as the text.

     ⁴ See footnote 3 supra.

1488(?)
DEC. 1(?)

1488(?)
DEC. 1(?)

XCIX

A.D. 1488?, 1 Dec.?

THOMAS ANDREW TO WILLIAM PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 139]

     This letter is manifestly of the same year as No. 905, which is only dated
vaguely ‘about A.D. 1488-1490.’ Most probably the exact year is 1488,
when the ‘Monday next St. Andrew’ was the very day following, i.e.
1 December—unless it was 1494, when the same thing occurred. This letter
is noted in the Appendix as No. 1007.

To the ryght . . . . . . . . . . . William Paston Squyer
. . . . . . . . . . . my Lord of Ox[ford].

   RYGHT worchipfull sir, in my best maner I
     recommend me unto you as he that is and
     shalbe at your commandment. Sir, I be-
     seche you to showe my good lord and
yours that a cordyng to his commandment I have
sesed the good of the parson of Testerton¹ and of
Henry Fox, exsepe thos goodis of the sayd Fox that
whare formerly sesed be the servantis of my Lord of
Surrey; and, Sir, all thos goodis that I have sesed
of them both are nat worthe lytyll mony lytyll past
xls. or iijli. at the m[os]t, exsepe the parsons corne;
and if that may betakyn a way thane the Chyrche
may not be served, and that whar pety. I besech
you that I may knowe my Lordis plesur in that
be halfe, for els I thynke the baly of the franches will
have all, for Testyrton is in the Dowchy. And so I
am leek to have lytyll or nowt for all my lawbour
and costis withowt my Lord be my good lord in that
be halff be your mene.

     Sir,² I pray you tell my Lord that the fryer
of Lynne that . . . . . . . . . . . ak . . . . . . . . . . . cheff, for he
served a cherche in Norfolk callyd Hornyngtoft and
ther . . . . . . . . . . . rd a p . . . . . . . . . . . s callyd Master Thomas
Mertyn, and as I wene he had felows privy to that
robery (?) an[d ot]her that be nat yet knowyn, and
if he whare well a posed he wold tel[l], &c.

     Also¹ Henry Fox and the parson of Testerton
whar gretely (?) acuequyentyd and conversand with
one Sir William, a chanon of Hempton Abbay, cause
my Lord to inquere if he whar owt privy of the mony
makyng or eny other of that Abbay of Hempton. I
know nothyng but that they whar gret to gether, &c.
Sir, I besech you, be good master to Fox wyff if ye
may; how be it he is nowght, but peraventure he
may amend, but she is ryght a good woman be my
troughe, and it whar gret pety but she and her chyld
myght have somwat. And, my Lord, or ye send me
eny letter ye may send it me be John a More, this
brynger, if he cum agayne, or els be Fox wyff if her
husband be not gone to London. And ever Jhesu
preserve you to your most gentyll hertis desyer. At
Ryburgh this Monday next Sent Andrew.—Your
servant,                                        THOMAS ANDREW.

     ¹ Richard Fenwyk.

     ² Opposite this and the next paragraph the word ‘No^ta’ occurs in the
margin, in the same hand, apparently, as the text.

     ¹ See footnote² on opposite page.