William Pekoc to Sir John Paston

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WILLIAM PEKOC TO SIR JOHN PASTON¹

To my ryth worschepffull master, Sir John Paston, Knyth, logyd
at the Goorge, be Powll Warffe, in London, in hast.

      RYTH worchepful sir, I recomand me to yowr good
          masterchep. Plseyth you to wete that I have pur-
          weyid for for your heryng a non after your depart-
yng, but I can yet no caryage, nowthir owte of Yermowth,
ner in no oder place be twyn Wynterton and Leystoft, nowthir
be lond nor be the se, not yet; and specyally for your swanes.
Hery Cook seyth he wolle no more come on the se with his
good wylle. Ther is no man wyllyng to del with your
swanes. Also, as for your hors, ye most ordayne a nothir
keper than they have, or ellis ye chal not leke wel be them
whan ye se hem; they arn nowthir redyn nor corayd. Peris
is meche owteward, and Whyte wol not a tende hem, nowdyr
for Peris ner for me. They arn not watryd butt at the welle.
Peris hath be ryth seke; and yet, but for dyspleser of you,
Peris had ben in hand with Whyte or this tyme. Ye
muste be proveyd of a nothir hors keper, or elles it wol do
you harm on your hors. Also, I have had iiijli. for to a sent
you if I cowde have gete ony trosty man to youward. As for
barly, I can non selle a bove xiiijd. the comb. As your leter
that ye sent me, I have fownd a frere that hath promyssyd me
to do’n his dever if it may be browte a bowte be ony mene in
hast. Also there is a grete chyppe go to wrekke be for Wyn-
terton, and there came up on your several grownd gret plente
of bowe stawys and waynescotte, and clappalde² grete plente.
I gate cartys and caryd to the towne that that was fownd on
your fee. Mastras Clere hath sen down hyr men, and with
set alle the stuff and wrekke, and seyth that ye gete non
there, for sche wol have it be the tytyl of the lete, and I have
answerd there to, that che owte non to have be that tytil; and
so if ye wol comon with yor cownsel, I trow it to the lord of
the soylle and not to the lete; for the maner holdyth nothyng
of hyr. Sche had never no wrekke nor growndage till withinne
this xx. wynter. There is no maner in Wyynterton but your;
lesse your ryth now and lesse it for ever. I am threte to be
trobelid there, for there ben v. men on lyve of the chyppe.
The bordes had ben good for wyndownes and dores. Ye
chuld have had thyme worthe the money, and sche had not
lettyd it. Ther is com up ter [tar] at Caster v. or vj. barell.
Men of Scrowby hath fet it awey. Ye must have a meen be
sum wryte of trespas for them, or ellis it wool do yow meche
harm here after. Rechard Kedman, John Pool, senior, and
William Abbys, these arn summe of ther namys of Scrowby.

     Item, I receyved a leter the Twis day befor Sen Edmunde
the Kyng there as ye wryte to me for William Foster; his
sewirtesse ston chargyd for iiijli. vjs. viijd., as John Seyve
hath seyd to me or the tyme that I receyvyd your leter, but
he hath ij. men of Norwech to sewirte to save hym and his
felaw harmeless. Scharggar is on, and Vyncent the plomer is
a nothir that chal bere the dawnger. And as for your swanes,
I have gette a man that chal cary hem be lond, and that I chal
send word with the swanes that the herynges chal com be
water; and if the chuld have ony heryng for your store, it
wold be purveyd for, for heryng wol be dere or Lente.

     Item, there arn wyndownes blow opyn in the place, and
the wyndown of the gonne hows with inne the brege is revyn.
I wot not whethir it was so or ye wente or not. My Lord of
Norwech was at Caster Halle for to a cen the place as he cam
to London ward. Ser, remembir your hors to have a better
keper. Ser, to remembir thesse men of Scrowby, and comon
with Master William Paston there in, for he partith with you
both wrekke and growndage in Caster; and he wold take the
accyon in his lordes name that he delyth for, it ware a good
wey, be my sympil wyth. God preserve you, and kepe yow,
and bryng yow home a yen to your contre.

 Wretyn at Mawteby on Sen Edmundis Evyn, the Kyng,
in hast,

                                      Be your man and servant,

                                                                                WILLIAM PEKOC.

     ¹ [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is endorsed by Sir John Paston, ‘Pekok,
m. [i.e. mense] Decembris, anno E. iiij^ti xvij^o.’

     ² Board cut to make casks.

1477
NOV. 19

1477

NOV. 19

1477

NOV. 19