William Worcester to John Paston and John Bocking

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WILLIAM WORCESTER TO JOHN PASTON
AND JOHN BOCKING¹

To the ryght worshypfull Sir, John Paston, and
to my brothyr, John Bokkyng.

   PLEASE it yow to have yn knowlege that y veele well my
     maister takyth gretely to hert the materes whych he
     hath wryt to you uppon the execucion of my Lord
of Bedford ys godes, and in especiall for the recuveryng of
hem, as well as of Sir Andreu O.² executors as of Sir Robert
Whytyngham, &c. to th’entent that it myght be opynly knowe
yn hys lyve tyme that they be not yn his gouvernaunce no part
of it, and that hys factors after hym shuld not be troubled ne
charged for it. And seth the seyd mater ys of so grete wyght
and charge, and that he takyth it so gretely to hert, puttyng
hys grettist trust yn yow, to remembre thys seyd mater by
avyse of hys councell lerned, both spirituell as temporell, that
ye wolle not delay it, but wyth all your entencion remembred
there, as ye by your wysdoms shall thynk it moste expedient,
that som fruyt may grow of it.

     There ys ynowgh whereoff, and it myght be recuvered,
John Bokkyng, ye know ryght moch yn thys mater, and
mooste of my maister ys entent hereynne. And therfor, for
myne acquytaille, y wryte to you to shew the chieff wrytynges
of the copy of endentures of Sir Robert Whytyngham, and of
othyr wrytynges concernyng that to Maister Paston, that he
may be more rypelyer grounded yn the seyd mater when he

shall comyn wyth my Lordz of Caunterburye, Cromewell,
and with onye of my maister councell. And our Lord kepe
you.

     My maister carpyth so oft on it dayly, and that meovyth
me to wryte to yow both. Att Castre, xiij. day of November.

                                     Your,                  W. WOR-H.R.-CESTRE.

     ¹ [From Paston MSS., B.M.] On the 11th November 1454 Sir John Fastolf wrote
to Paston about the goods of the Duke of Bedford, but the subject recurred to his
thoughts for more than a year afterwards, and particularly in January 1456, when all
the other executors of the Duke were dead. This letter is certainly before the death
of Lord Cromwell, and therefore not later than 1455; but it seems to indicate much
greater solicitude on the subject than Fastolf showed in the preceding year.

     ² Sir Andrew Ogard, who died on the 13th October 1454.—Inq. post mortem, 33
Hen. VI., No. 25.

1455
NOV. 13

1455
NOV. 13