William Calthorpe to John Paston

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Title
William Calthorpe to John Paston
Reference
Add. 34889, f. 163
Date
?[11 May] 1458
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol III, item 367; Gairdner, 'Paston Letters', item 41
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume III'

367

 

WILLIAM CALTHORPE TO JOHN PASTON1

 

To my worshipfull Cosyn John Paston.

 

   RIGHT worshipfull Cosyn, I recommaund me unto
      you, certifying you that your man John Osberne of
      Walsyngham hath be with me and lete me have
knowlage of a commyssion chuld be doun from my lord
Chaunceler to Sir Robert Conyers, you other and me, and
that ye wold have your day upon Munday or Tewesday at
Crowemer, Blakeney or Walsyngham, &c. And after that
he was departed from me, ther cam a servaunt from my cosyn
Twyer, and seid that his maister hade a letter from you that
ze have set to be at Blakeney uppon Munday next comyng.
And for as much as I stande in nonn certeyn be cause of
variaunce of the massangeres, therfore I send a man of myne
to you, praying yowe to sende me verray certeynte and a copy
of the commyssion, that my neybures may have knowlage of
the kingis entent if the case requyreth so, &c.

     I hold Blakeney a resonable place, and if ye kepe youre
purpose at Blakeney uppon Munday next comyng I shall mete
ther with you, with Goddis grace, Wheche have you ever
in His intyer kepyng, &c. Wretyn at Brunham upon the
Assencion day of our Lord, &c.,          By W. CALTHORPE.

 

     1 [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 163.) The date of this letter is by no means certain, but
may be 1458, after the reconciliation of parties. The reference to ‘the King’s intent’
shows at least that it was not when the Duke of York was Protector; and it is not
likely to have been under Somerset’s rule or in the reign of Edward IV. If 1458 was
the year, the day (Ascension Day) was the 11th May.

          

 

 

 

 

 

1458(?)
[MAY 11?]

 

Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, 1422-1509'

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A.D. 1458 (?), [11 May?]

 

WILLIAM CALTHORPE TO JOHN PASTON

 

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 163]

 

     This letter is No. 1022 in the Inventory. Its date is by no means certain,
but may be 1458, after the reconciliation of parties. The reference to ‘the
King’s intent’ shows at least that it was not when the Duke of York was
Protector; and it is not likely to have been under Somerset’s rule, or in the
reign of Edward IV. If 1458 was the year, the day (Ascension Day) was the
11th May.

To my Worshipfull Cosyn John Paston.

      RIGHT worshipfull Cosyn, I recommaund me
          unto you, certifying you that your man
          John Osberne of Walsyngham hath be with
          me and lete me have knowlage of a com-
myssion chuld be doun from my lord Chaunceler to
Sir Robert Conyers, you other and me, and that ye
wold have your day upon Munday or Tewesday at
Crowemer, Blakeney or Walsyngham, &c. And
after that he was departed from me, ther cam a
servaunt from my cosyn Twyer, and seid that his
maister hade a letter from you that ze have set to be
at Blakeney uppon Munday next comyng. And for
as much as I stande in nonn certeyn be cause of
variaunce of the massangeres, therfore I send a man
of myne to you, praying yowe to sende me verray
certeynte and a copy of the commyssion, that my
neybures may have knowlage of the kingis entent if
the case requyreth so, &c.

     I hold Blakeney a resonable place, and if ye kepe
youre purpose at Blakeney uppon Munday next
comyng I shall mete ther with you, with Goddis
grace, Wheche have you ever in His intyer kepyng,
&c. Wretyn at Brunham upon the Assencion day
of our Lord, &c.,                       By W. CALTHORPE.