William Paston to Lord -

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WILLIAM PASTON TO LORD ——¹

     PASTON recomaund hym to youre good lordeship,
         willyng with all his herte to doo yow servise to his
        symple power. And as touching the maner of Walsham
he seyth that at your comaundement he wille be redy to
shewe yow and preve that the seid maner and all the vesture
and crop therof this yeer by trewe title in lawe and conscience
is his owen trewly, bowth and in gret party payed for, and
that John Roys never hadde non estate in the seid maner, but
oonly occupied it by suffraunce of the seid Paston and other
feffes in the seid maner, and that be bargayn of the seid
maner th’estate that the seid Roys shuld have hadde in the
seid maner and in stoor therof shul have be condicionel to be
voide and nought for defaute of payement, and that the seid
John Roys ne kept not his dayes of the payementz, &c.;
and that the seid William Paston, in the lyve of the seid John
Roys, for defaute of payment entred in the seid maner with
the seid the crop and the vesture of this yeer therof than
therupon, and that the seid John Roys never at noo tyme
payed to the seid John Baxtere sith the seid bargeyn, nother
for the seid bargeyn ne for the dette he aught to hym, more
thaune an C. and xl. marcz, wherof he borwed ageyn of the
seid John Baxtere xlli.; and over that he oweth and beforn
the seid bargeyn aught by his obligacion to the seid John
Baxtere, of trew dette of mony borwed, other xlli., and hath
hadde and taken the profitz of the seid maner by iij. hool yer
before his deth to the value of xxxli. and more, and that he
receyved in his said bargayn of the seid John Baxtere xl.
marcz worth of stoor; the which iiii^xxli. of dette and xxxli. of
the profitz of the seid maner, and xl. marcz worth of stoor,
maketh the somme of Cxxxvili. xiijs. iiijd. Wherof, thogh
the lawe wille it not, were abated, if conscience required it,
Cxl. marcz payed by the seid John Roys and xli. for the value
of the seid crop, over the value of the verray ferme of the seid
maner for this yeer, yet remanyneth dwe to the executoures of
the seid John Baxter liijli. vjs. viijd., and all the title and
interesse of the seid John Roys his heyres and assignes in the
seid maner lawfully and in conscience extincted and adnulled.
Wher upon the said Paston lowly besecheth your good lorde-
ship that if it may be preved this mater be trew that ye wille
not be displesed thogh he desire to have his fre disposicion of
the seid maner.

     On the back of this letter are the following memoranda:—

     ‘Hæc billa . . . . . . [testatur]¹ quod Johannes Baxtere vendidit Johanni
Roys mesuagium suum [vocatum]¹ Walccham place, cum toto stauro ibidem
vivo et mortuo in Bryanes, cum omnibus aliis terris et tenementis suis, liberis et
nativis, cum pertinentiis, ex parte occidentali ecclesiæ North Walsham, et
molendinum ventriticum et mesuagium nuper Rogeri atte Hille, cum omnibus
redditibus et servitiis pertinentibus dictis mesuagio et tenemento ubicumque
fuerint in comitatu Norffolk, pro iijC. marcis et l. marcis; unde dictus Johannes
Roys solvit dicto Johanni Baxtere die Jovis proximo ante festum Apostolorum
Simonis et Judæ anno regni regis Henrici vi. xij., C. m., et habet diem solvendi
residuum, videlicet ad festum Nativitatis Domini et festum sancti Michaelis
proximo futurum xl. marcas annuatim, quousque dictæ CCC. marcæ et l.
marcæ plenarie persolvantur. Datum die Jovis prædicto. Hæc prædicta de
manu Thomæ Whitewelle.’

     Then after two further imperfect entries relating to the same matter:—

     ‘Memorandum, quod licet esset concordatum quod W. Roys haberet bar-
ganium, &c., quod, ut credo, non ita erit, tunc in festo Nativitatis Domini anno
regni regis Henrici VI. XV^o debentur executoribus de eodem barganio C. marcæ
præter et ultra Cxl. marcas per Johannem Roys in vita sua solutas et xlli. de
antiquo per dictum Johannem Roys Johanni Baxter debitas, videlicet per
obligacionem suam xxxvli. inde, et ex mutua sua obligacione vli. de Perey
Noble (?), ut patet per papirum dicti Baxter, et ultra xlli. per dictum Johannem
Baxter post dictum barganium dicti Johanni Roys per obligacionem . . .
ejusdem Johannis Roys præstitas. Memorandum eciam quod dictus Johannes
Roys nec uxor ejus unquam protulerunt aliquem denarium solvendum dictis
. . . dicti Johannis Baxter nec Willelmo Paston post mortem dicti Baxter.
Set circa Nativitatem Domini anno regni dicti regis xiiij^o et in quadragesima
tunc proximo sequente uxor dicti Roys apud Paston dixit quod habuit xx.
marcas paratas ad solvendum. Et sic dixit Johannes Roys tempore quo
Domina Skales fuit apud Paston, videlicet ix. die Januarii dicto anno xiiij^o et
sic omnibus temporibus quibus dictus J. Roys et uxor ejus ut prædicitur
dixerunt quod habuerunt xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum semper fuerunt
arretro xlli. absque dictis xlli. novi debiti et xlli. antiqui debiti.’

¹ [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 140.]

¹ Mutilated.

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A.D. 1436

WILLIAM PASTON TO LORD ——

[Add. MS. 34,889, f. 140]

     This letter is noticed as No. 1008 in the Appendix to Vol. III.

RASTON recomaund hym to your good lorde-
    ship, willyng with all his herte to doo
    yow servise to his symple power. And
    as touching the maner of Walsham he
seyth that at your comaundement he wille be redy
to shewe yow and preve that the seid maner and
all the vesture and crop therof this yeer by trewe
title in lawe and conscience is his owen trewly,
bowth and in gret party payed for, and that John
Roys never hadde non estate in the seid maner,
but oonly occupied it by suffraunce of the seid
Paston and other feffes in the seid maner, and that
be bargayn of the seid maner th’estate that the seid
Roys shuld have hadde in the seid maner and in
stoor therof shul have be condicionel to be voide
and nought for defaute of payement, and that the seid
John Roys ne kept not his dayes of the payementz,
&c; and that the seid William Paston, in the lyve of
the seid John Roys, for defaute of payment entred
in the seid maner with the seid the crop and the
vesture of this yeer therof than therupon, and that
the seid John Roys never at noo tyme payed to the
seid John Baxtere sith the seid bargeyn, nother for
the seid bargeyn ne for the dette he aught to hym,
more thaune an C. and xl. marcz, wherof he borwed
ageyn of the seid John Baxtere xlli.; and over that
he oweth and beforn the seid bargeyn aught by his
obligacion to the seid John Baxtere, of trew dette of
mony borwed, other xlli., and hath hadde and taken
the profitz of the seid maner by iij. hool yer before
his deth to the value of xxxli. and more, and that
he receyved in his said bargayn of the seid John
Baxtere xl. marcz worth of stoor; the which iiii^xxli.
of dette and xxxli. of the profitz of the seid maner,
and xl. marcz worth of stoor, maketh the somme
of Cxxxvili. xiijs. iiijd. Wherof, thogh the lawe
wille it not, were abated, if conscience required it,
Cxl. marcz payed by the seid John Roys and xli. for
the value of the seid crop, over the value of the
verray ferme of the seid maner for this yeer, yet
remanyneth dwe to the executoures of the seid
John Baxter liijli. vjs. viijd., and all the title and
interesse of the seid John Roys his heyres and
assignes in the seid maner lawfully and in conscience
extincted and adnulled. Wher upon the said Paston
lowly besecheth your good lordeship that if it may be
preved this mater be trew that ye wille not be
displesed thogh he desire to have his fre disposicion
of the seid maner.

     On the back of this letter are the following memoranda:—

     ’Hæc billa [testatur]¹ quod Johannes Baxtere
vendidit Johanni Roys mesuagium suum [vocatum]¹ Walccham
place, cum toto stauro ibidem vivo et mortuo in Bryanes, cum
omnibus aliis terris et tenementis suis, liberis et nativis, cum
pertinentiis, ex parte occidentali ecclesiæ North Walsham, et
molendinum ventriticum et mesuagium nuper Rogeri atte Hille,
cum omnibus redditibus et servitiis pertinentibus dictis mesuagio
et tenemento ubicumque fuerint in comitatu Norffolk, pro iijC.
marcis et l. marcis; unde dictus Johannes Roys solvit dicto
Johanni Baxtere die Jovis proximo ante festum Apostolorum
Simonis et Judæ anno regni regis Henrici vi. xij., C. m., et
habet diem solvendi residuum, videlicet ad festum Nativitatis
Domini et festum sancti Michaelis proximo futurum xl. marcas
annuatim, quousque dictæ CCC. marcæ et 1. marcæ plenarie
persolvantur. Datum die Jovis prædicto. Hæc prædicta de
manu Thomæ Whitewelle.’

     Then after two further imperfect entries relating to the same
matter:—

     ’Memorandum, quod licet esset concordatum quod W. Roys
haberet barganium, &c., quod, ut credo, non ita erit, tunc in
festo Nativitatis Domini anno regni regis Henrici VI. xv^o
debentur executoribus de eodem barganio C. marcæ præter et
ultra Cxl. marcas per Johannem Roys in vita sua solutas et xlli.
de antiquo per dictum Johannem Roys Johanni Baxter debitas,
videlicet per obligacionem suam xxxvli. inde et ex mutua
sua obligacione vli. de Perey Noble(?), ut patet per papirum
dicti Baxter, et ultra xlli. per dictum Johannem Baxter post
dictum barganium dicti Johanni Roys per obligacionem . . .
ejusdem Johannis Roys præstitas. Memorandum eciam quod
dictus Johannes Roys nec uxor ejus unquam protulerunt aliquem
denarium solvendum dictis . . . dicti Johannis Baxter nec
Willelmo Paston post mortem dicti Baxter. Set circa Nativitatem
Domini anno regni dicti regis xiiij^o et in quadragesima tunc
proximo sequente uxor dicti Roys apud Paston dixit quod habuit
xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum. Et sic dixit Johannes Roys
tempore quo Domina Skales fuit apud Paston, vidilicet ix. die
Januarii dicto anno xiiij^o et sic omnibus temporibus quibus dictus
J. Roys ct uxor ejus ut prædicitur dixerunt quod habuerunt
xx. marcas paralas ad solvendum semper fuerunt arretro xlli.
absque dictis xlli. novi debiti et xlli. antiqui debiti.’

¹ Mutilated.