Chapter II: Letter 944: , p. 11, note 2 (1)

947

ABSTRACT[14-1]

[Sidenote: 1479 / JULY 7]

Bill witnessing the delivery of plate by Geoffrey Hunt on behalf of William Paston to John Davy and Alice, his wife, late wife of John Gygges of Burnham, 7 July, 19 Edw. IV. The parcels are:--‘A round salt covered, parcel gilt at the borders, weighing 19 oz. 1½ qr., and also 6 silver spoons, square sharp knoppys, weighing 5 oz. 3 qr. 1 dwt.’; which Davy and his wife engage to keep safely, and redeliver to William Paston or Geoffrey Hunt before the feast of St. Faith next coming.

[_Two seals._]

[Footnote 14-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]

948

ABSTRACT[14-2]

WILLIAM PASTON TO THOMAS LYNSTED

[Sidenote: 1479 / JULY 11]

Hears that he has felled wood and firs, etc. ‘Also Jullis hath do made saw (?) zattes.’ Desires him to ‘find the means that the young spring may be saved, and the wood fenced. . . . . And also let me be answered both for the old payment and the new of wood sale.’

11 July.

_P.S._--‘If Jullis have made a gate, it is the better for the spring,’ etc.

[The MS. is a very illegible note in William Paston’s hand, written
on a small scrap of paper, and endorsed ‘A letter to Thomas
Linsti[d], the ---- (_blank_) day of Julii, anno xix. E.
iiij^{ti}.’]

[Footnote 14-2: _Ibid._]

949

WILLIAM PASTON TO HENRY WARYNS[15-1]

[Sidenote: 1479 / JULY 19]

Harry Waryns, I grete you well, and I thanke you for youre labour. And as for the tenauntez of Knapton, I understand by youre writing that they take non oder consideration to my sendyng but that I call so fast on my fee, for cause they thynke that I am aferd lest I shuld have it no longer; and as for that, I pray yow tell them for ther ungentilnes I woll have my fee of them, and in that maner and in non oder place; and ferthermor I shall fynd the mene that they shall paye it more hastely here after. And as for the money that they offyr to pay at the fest of Advincula Sancti Petri, receyve ye it off them and I shall assign one to receyve it azen of yow. As for the delivere of the catell, I fele be zowr wrytyng they will non sounar pay it thow ther catell shuld dye ffor ffawte off mete. Wer for, affor the money be paid I putt that in zour discresseon wheder ze will deliver them or nay; as ze do I hold me content.

Also as for Thomas Child, I understand be zour wrytyng he will not seale the indenture be cawse ther is no some of mony sertayne ne days of payment sett in the indentur; and as for that, I will neyther sett some nor days after his will; and if he will nat seale that, he shall never seale none for me; and at last I am sure he shall sell. I send zow azen the same indenture that ze sent me, that ze may kepe it still as long as Thomas Chyld abyde now at Paston, in aventure the casse may hap that he will sell yt herafter; and yff he be on departid, than send me both the indenture[s] to London be some massenger. As for Waryn Kynge, wer I understand be zour wrytyn that he seyth he delyver me all evydens, I understand not that; and as for rentall I am sure he deliver me none, and yff so be that he can make the rentall be hart, I wold he did make on [_one_], for it war necessare for me; for I understand be zow that ther was no rent gaderid this xv. ar xvj. zer for defallte off a rentall; and therfor yt is I had a call on the prior of Bromholm for the xxx. comb malt that ze toke hym. Wrytyn at Norton the xix. day of Jull’

By

W. PASTON.

Endorsed by the writer:--

‘A letter to Harry Waryns the xix day of Jule, A^o xix E. iiij^ti
by John Ancell off Paston.’

[Footnote 15-1: [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 133.] The year of this letter
appears by the endorsement. The MS. is a draft, partly in a
clerk’s hand, corrected and continued in that of William Paston
himself.]

950

WILL OF WALTER PASTON[16-1]

[Sidenote: 1479 / AUG. 18]

In Dei nomine, Amen. Ego, Walterus Paston, clericus, in bona et sana memoria existens, condo testamentum meum apud Norwicum xviiij^o die mensis Augusti in hunc modum. Inprimis lego animam meam Deo Omnipotenti, Beatæ Mariæ et omnibus Sanctis, et corpus meum ad sepeliendum in ecclesia Sancti Petri de Hundegate, coram ymagine Sancti Johannis Baptistæ. Item, lego summo altari præfatæ ecclesiæ, iij_s._ iiij_d._ Item, lego reparacioni ecclesiæ supradictæ, ij_s._ vj_d._ Item, Fratri Johanni Somerton, bachalaureo, v_s._ Item, lego Magistro Edmundo unam togam penulatam cum manicis de _mynkys_. Item, lego Roberto Wulff unam togam viridem ----[16-2] cum _chamelet_. Item, lego Roberto Holand, filio spirituali, togam meam curtam. Item, lego Magistro Roberto Hollar unam togam penulatam cum _gray_. Item, lego Johanni Parker mantellum meum rubeum. Item, lego Magistro Roberto Hollere unum pulvinar vocatum _le bolstar_. Item, lego Magistro Edmundo Alyard unum pulvinar. Item, lego Ricardo Richardson unam togam penulatam ad manus cum _menyver_. Item, volo quod residuum bonorum meorum in Oxonia sit ad usum Magistri Edmundi Alyard, sic quod solvat . . . .[17-1] Johanni Skelton et Thomæ Coco. Item, volo quod oves meæ, quas habet Willelmus Bataly senior in villa de Mawteby, dividantur equaliter inter fratrem meum Edmundum Paston, et sororem meam Annam Yelverton, et sororem meam Margeriam Paston, uxorem fratris mei Johannis Paston. Item, lego terras et tenementa manerij mei de Cressyngham, si possum dare, fratri meo Johanni Paston armigero, sibi et hæredibus suis, sub condicione ista, quod si contingat fratrem meum prædictum, Johannem Paston, esse hæredem patris mei, quod nullo modo habeat terras et tenementa prædicta, sed quod frater meus Edmundus Paston habeat terras et tenementa prædicta sibi et suis hæredibus. Residuum vero bonorum non legatorum lego et do disposicioni executorum meorum, ut et ipsi fideliter disponant pro anima mea.

Hujus autem testamenti mei executores condo per præsentes, fratrem meum Johannem Paston, armigerum, pro ista patria, et Magistrum Edmundum Alyard pro bonis meis remanentibus Oxoniæ.

[Footnote 16-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It will be seen by the
next letter that Walter Paston was dead before the 21st August
1479. This will was probably drawn up on the very day he died, or
just before.]

[Footnote 16-2: Blank in MS.]

[Footnote 17-1: Here occurs a short word, which is to me
unintelligible. It seems to be written ‘p^{i}uli.’]

[[Sidenote: 1479 / AUG. 18
_printed as shown, but text of letter says “xviiij” (19)_]]

951

WILLIAM PASTON’S PLATE[17-2]

[Sidenote: 1479 / AUG. 19]

This indenture made the xix. day of August, anno xix^o [witnesseth][17-3] that I, Richard Lee, have delivered to Mr. John Russhe thes parcellis folowyng of plate [and][17-4] of silver:--

First, a bason and an ewer with iij. combis in a skochyn.
Item, a silver potte.
A layer of silver, parte gilte with an acorne on the knoppe.
A gilte stonding couppe ponsid with a cover.
A chasid pece with a cover aparte gilte.
ij. playne pecys.
ij. deppe disshis.
x. sponys.
A white playne coppe with a starre in the botom with a cover.
A standing coppe gilte with a cover.
A candellstik of silver with a sokette.
A trevett of silver.
A salt of silver with a brokyn cover.
A cover for a playn pece, the knoppe gravid with armys.

RICHARD LEE.

_Endorsed_--‘Plate of William Paston left with John Russhe, the xiij.
day of Sept., a^o xix^o.’

[Footnote 17-2: [Add. MS. 27,451, f. 2, B.M.]]

[Footnote 17-3: Omitted in MS.]

[Footnote 17-4: Erased.]

952

[EDMUND PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[18-1]]

[Sidenote: 1479 / AUG. 21]

Suer dydynges arn com to Norwyche that my grandam is dyssessyd, whom God assoyle. Myn uncle had a messenger zesterday that she shuld not escape, and this day cam a nother at suche tyme as we were at masse for my brother Water, whom God assoyle! Myn uncle was comyng to have offered, but the last messenger retornyd hym hastely, so that he toke hys hors incontynent to enforme more of owr hevynes. My syster ys delyverd, and the chyld passyd to God, Who send us Hys grace.

Dokkyng told me sekretly that for any hast myn uncle shuld ryde by my Lady of Norffolk to have a iij. skore persons, whyther it is to convey my grandham hyder or nowght he cowde not sey; I deme it is rather to put them in possessyon of some of her londes.

Wretyn the Saterdaye the xxi. daye of August, anno E. iiij^ti xix^o.

[Footnote 18-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is neither
signed nor addressed, but is in the handwriting of Edmund Paston,
and is endorsed by John Paston the younger, ‘Dies mortis A. P.’]

953

ABSTRACT[19-1]

MANOR OF MARLINGFORD

[Sidenote: 1479 / AUG. 26]

Declaration by Robert Mill, John Hobbes, John Claryngton, Thomas Davy, John Brygge, John Watyr, and William Parson, tenants of the manor of Marlyngford, before the Abbot of St. Benet’s, John [R]adclyf Fywater,[19-2] Mr. John Smyth, Robert Ippeswell, William Lomnor, John Paston, Esq., William Yelverton, senior, John Coke, alderman, William Bastard, gentleman, and William Fuller, that they have always held of the manor in the name of Agnes Paston, daughter, and one of the heirs of Edmund Bery, Knt., and in her name only, till Saturday [21 Aug.] before St. Bartholomew Apostle, 19 Edw. IV., when her son, William Paston, desired them to attorn to him without showing writing or evidence.

Done in the parlour of John Cooke, 26 Aug., 19 Edw. IV. _Signed_: ‘Thomas, Abbot of Seynt Benettes of Hulme.’--‘J. Radclyff Fytzwauter.’--‘John Smyth, clerk.’--‘Robert Ipeswell.’--‘Will. Lomnor.’--‘W. Yelverton.’--‘John Cook.’--‘Will’m Bastard.’--‘Will. Fuller.’

[Footnote 19-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]

[Footnote 19-2: John Radcliff, son and heir of Sir John Radcliff,
called Lord Fitzwalter in No. 450 (vol. iii.). He was summoned to
Parliament as Lord Fitzwalter in the first year of Henry VII.]

954

MEMORANDA[19-3]

[Sidenote: 1479 / AUG.]

Memorandum, uppon the presse at the ferther ende is a box with ij. or iij. bondellis with evydence off Oxenhed and Hawteyn.

Memorandum, that ther is rollis tytelyd uppon them ‘Contra Willelmum Pas[ton],’ and they be owther uppon the presse, or on the cowntre, or on the shelffe by the cowntre, or ellys in the cowntre on . . . that syde next the shelffe.

To enquire, off myn, oncle William, off Jane, off my grauntd[ames] wylle, and whoo wrot itt, and whether she be buried or noo, and who were present at hyr wylle makyng, and iff she spoke . . . . . owte off her londes.

Inquire--

Off the Kynge,
The Chaunceler,
Milorde Chamberleyn,
Sir Thomas Mongomere,
Mi Lorde Cardynall,
Master Bele, and hys clerke, ffor my faderes wille.

[Footnote 19-3: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] These memoranda are in
the handwriting of Sir John Paston. From the inquiry whether Agnes
Paston was yet buried the date is evidently in August 1479.]

[[To enquire, off myn, oncle William
_text unchanged: superfluous comma after “myn”?_]]

955

RICHARD CALLE TO MARGARET PASTON[20-1]

[Sidenote: 1479, or earlier]

Plesith it your mastresship to witte that I sende you a boxe with evidence of Baktons londes, weche plesith it you to delyver to my master, Sir John, so that I may have my money that is behynde. And as for Sporle, I sende you an endenture of the bercars[20-2] and iij. obligacions eche of v. marke. And as for any endenture of the wode sale I made non, but a noote breefely of the effecte, wech I sende you, as I tolde my mastre at Cristemas, and that tyme he seide to me he was the better plesid, and so I ded no more therto; and an obligacion of C_li._ weche they be bounde to hym to performe ther ther covinauntes; weche remayneth in the handes of the veker of Sporle. And I send you also ij. billes of the parcell of the wode sale, bothe the wynter sale and the somer sale, wherof the veker of Sporle and William Halman have the other parties of them, as he comaunded hym selfe at the begynnyng. And lete my countrelle doo what hym liste. I fynd hym a trewe man; he dothe as he hath reported that he shuld go on my harond, and so I undrestond from the[m] he hath do; but thow I have lost a frende of hym in that quarter, I have mo frendes in that contre the[n] hee, etc. Mastres, it were goode to remembre your stuffe of heryng nough this fisshyng tyme. I have goten me a frende in Lestoftot to helpe to purvey me of an vij. or viij. barell, and shal not stonde me upon above vj_s._ viij_d._ a barell, so that he may have money nough in the begynnyng, ye shal do more nough with xl_s._ then ye shal do at Cristemes with v. marke. The fisshyng at Yermouth wol not be so goode as it wolbe at Leystoft, for the haven wol not prove yette, etc. Almyghty God kepe you. Wrete this daye.

Be your servaunt, R. C.

[Footnote 20-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is not
addressed, but seems to have been intended for Margaret Paston.
The date is not very material, but as it mentions Sir John Paston,
it cannot be later than 1479, the year in which he died. Perhaps
it is about the year 1472. _See_ Nos. 819, 820.]

[Footnote 20-2: Barkers, or tanners to whom the bark of the woods
had been sold.]

956

SIR JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[21-1]

_To the ryght worshypfull mestresse, Margret Paston, be thys delyveryd._

[Sidenote: 1479 / OCT. 29]

Please it yow to weet, that I have ben heer at London a xiiij. nyght, wheroff the ffyrst iiij. dayes I was in suche ffeer off the syknesse, and also ffownde my chambr and stuffe nott so clene as I demyd, whyche troblyd me soor; and as I tolde yow at my departyng, I was nott weell monyed, ffor I hadde nott paste x. marke, wheroff I departyd xl_s._ to be delyveryd off my olde bedfelawe; and then I rode be yonde Donstaple, and ther spake with on off my cheffe witnessis, whyche promysed me to take labor, and to gete me wryghtyngs towchyng thys mater bytwyen me and the Duke of Suffolk,[21-2] and I rewardyd hym xx_s._; and then, as I informyd yow, I payed v. marke incontynent uppon my comyng hyddr to replegge owte my gowne off velwett and other geer.

And then I hopyd to have borowyd some off Townesend, and he hath ffoodyd me[21-3] fforthe evyrsynys, and in effecte I cowde have at the most, and at the sonest yisterdaye xx_s._ wherffor I beseche yow to purveye me C_s._ and also to wryght to Pekok, that he purveye me as moche, C_s._ whyche I supose that he hathe gaddryd at Paston and other places, by thys tyme; ffor with owte I have thys x_li._, as God helpe me, I ffer I shalle doo butt litell goode in noo mater, nor yitt I woote nott howe to come home, but iff I have it.

This geer hathe troblyd me so, that itt hathe made me moor than halffe seke, as God helpe me.

Item, I undrestande that myn oncle William hathe made labor to th’ Exchetor, and that he hathe bothe a wrytte off _essend._ clowsyth extr.; and also a _supercedeas_. I have wretyn to the Exchetor ther in off myn entent, iff myn oncle hadde hys wyll in that, yitt sholde he be never the nerre the londe, butt in effecte he shold have thys advantage, whyche is behovefull ffor a weyke mater to have a colour, or a clooke, or a botrase.

But on Tywesdaye I was with the Bysshop off Hely,[22-1] whyche shewyth hymselffe goode and worshypfull; and he seyde that he sholde sende to myn oncle William, that he sholde nott procede in no suche mater, till that he speke with hym; and moor ovyr that he sholde cawse hym to be heer hastelye; in whyche mater is no remedy as nowe, but iff it wer soo, that the Exchetor, iff he be entretyd to sytte by myn oncle William, whyche percase he shall nott, that iff my brother John and Lomnor have knowleche off the daye, and they myght be ther; Lomnor can geve evydence i now in that mater with owte the boke; and mor ovyr that they see bothe the letter and the other noote, that I sente to the Exchetor, and with helpe off the Exchetor all myght be as beste is; and iff my brother and Lomnor take labor her in, I shal recompence ther costs.

Wretyn in haste with schort advisement on the Frydaye next Seynt Symonds and Jude, anno E. iiij^ti xix^o.

Late my brother John se thys bille, for he knoweth mor off thys mater.

JOHN PASTON, K.

[Footnote 21-1: [From Fenn, ii. 276.]]

[Footnote 21-2: John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk.--F.]

[Footnote 21-3: Fenn reads ‘ffoodyd ne,’ and in the modern copy
‘fooded not forth,’ of which some fanciful explanations are
suggested in a footnote. The true reading ought certainly to be
‘me’ and not ‘ne,’ the meaning evidently being ‘he has put me off
ever since.’ ‘To fode out with words’ is an expression which, as
Halliwell informs us, occurs in Skelton, Harrington, etc.]

[Footnote 22-1: John Morton, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury,
and Cardinal.]

957

JOHN PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[23-1]

_To Syr John Paston, Knyght._

[Sidenote: 1479 / NOV. 6]

Syr, aftyr all dwtes of recomendacyon, pleasyt to undyrstand, that, acordyng to your lettre sent me by Wyllson, Lomnore and I mett at Norwyche and drew ought a formable bylle ought of your, and send it ayen to th’Exchetore Palmer by my brodyr Edmund, whyche had an other erand in to that contre to spek with H. Spylman, to get hys good wyll towardes the bargayn lyek to be fynyshed hastyly betwyx Mastres Clyppysby and hym. And, syr, at the delyvere of the bylle of inquisicyon to th’Exchetour, my brodyr Edmund told hym that accordyng to your wryghtyng to me, I spak with myn oncle William, and told hym that I undyrstood by yow that my Lord of Elye had aswell desyred hym in wryghtyng as you by mouthe, that non of you shold swe to have the inquisycion fond aftyr your intentys tyll other weyes of pese wer takyn betwyx you; wherfor my brodyr Edmund desyred hym that with ought myn oncle labord to have it fond for hym, ellys that he shold not procede for yow; but th’Exchetour answerd hym that he wold fynd it for you, aftyr your byll, of hys owne autorite; and so it was fond. But, syr, ye must remembre that my Lord of Ely desyred myn oncle as well as you to surcease, as I put myn oncle in knowlage, and myn oncle at the fyrst agreid that he wold make no more sute a bought it, in trust that ye wold do the same, acordyng to my Lord of Elys desyer; wherfor ye had ned to be ware that th’Exchetor skyppe not from you, when he comyth to London, and sertyfye it, or ye spek with hym. Th’Exchetor shalbe at London by Twysdaye or Wednysday next comyng, at John Leeis house, for he shall ryd forwardys as on Monday next comyng be tymys, &c.

Syr, your tenauntes at Crowmer sey that they know not who shalbe ther lord; they marvayll that ye nor no man for yow hathe not yet ben there. Also, when I was with myn oncle, I had a longe pystyll of hym, that ye had sent Pekok to Paston, and comandyd the tenauntes ther that they shold pay non areragys to hym, but if [_unless_] they wer bond to hym by obligacyon for the same; myn oncle seythe it was other wyse apoyntyd be for the arbytrorys; they thought, he seythe, as well my Mastyr Fytzwalter as other, that he shold receyve that as it myght be gadryd; but now he seythe, that he wottyth well some shall renne away, and some shall wast it, so that it is nevyr lyek to be gadryd, but lost, and so I trow it is lyek to be of some of the dettors, what for casuelte of dethe and thes other causes befor rehersyd; wherfor me thynkyth if it were apoyntyd befor the arbytrors that he shold receyve theym, as he seythe, it wer not for you to brek it, or ellys if he be pleyn executor to my grauntdam, then also he ought to have it. I spek lyek a blynd man, do ye as ye thynk, for I was at no syche apoyntment befor th’arbytrors, nor I know not whethyr he is executor to my grauntdam or not, but by hys seying.

Also, syr, ye must of ryght, consyderyng my brodyr Edmundys diligence in your maters, sythe your departyng, helpe hym forwardys to myn oncle Syr George Brown, as my brodyr Edmund preyid yow in hys lettyr that he sent on to yow by Mondys sone of Norwyche, dwellyng with Thomas Jenney, that myn oncle Syr George may gett to my brodyr Edmund of the Kyng the wardshepp of John Clyppysby, son and heyer to John Clyppysby,[24-1] late of Owby, in the conte of Norffolk, Sqwyr, dwryng the nonnage of my Lord and Lady of York,[24-2] thow it cost iiij. or v. mark the swte. Let myn oncle Syr George be clerk of the haniper, and kepe the patent, if it be grantyd, tyll he have hys mone, and that shall not be longe to.

Myn oncle Syr George may enforme the Kyng for trowthe, that the chyld shall have no lond duryng hys yong modyrs lyff, and ther is no man her that wyll mary with hym withought they have some lond with hym, and so the gyft shall not be gret that the Kyng shold geve hym; and yet I trow he shold get the modyr by that meane, and in my conseyt the Kyng dothe but ryght if he graunt my brodyr Edmund Clyppysbys son in recompense for takyng my brodyr Edmundes son, otherwyse callyd Dyxsons, the chyldys fadyr being alyve. Dyxson is ded, God have hys sowle, Whom I beseche to send you your most desyred joye.

Wretyn at Norwyche, on Seynt Leonardes Day.

J. PASTON.

Syr, it is told me that Nycolas Barlee, the Scyuer, hathe takyn an axion of dett ayenst me thys terme. I prey yow let Whetley or some body spek with hym, and lete hym wet that if he swe me softly thys terme, that he shall be payed or the nexte terme be at an end. It is a bought vj_li._, and in feythe he shold have had it or thys tyme, and our threshers of Sweynsthorp had not dyed upp; and if I myght have payed it hym a yer ago, as well as I trust I shall sone aftyr Crystmass, I wold not for xij_li._ have brokyn hym so many promessys as I have.

Also, syr, I prey yow send me by the next man that comyth fro London ij. pottys of tryacle of Jenne,--they shall cost xvj_d._,--for I have spent ought that I had with my yong wyf, and my yong folkys, and my sylff, and I shall pay hym that shall bryng hem to me, and for hys caryage. I pray you lett it be sped.

The pepyll dyeth sore in Norwyche, and specyally abought my house, but my wyff and my women come not ought, and fle ferther we can not; for at Sweynsthorpe, sythe my departyng thens, they have dyed, and ben syke nye in every house of the towne.

[Footnote 23-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It will be seen from the
contents that this letter must have been written after the receipt
of the last, or of one to the same effect addressed to John
Paston.]

[Footnote 24-1: The writer probably intended to say ‘son and heir
to William Clippesby,’ who died about this time. His widow
Catherine, the daughter of John Spelman, Esq., of Stow Bekerton,
soon afterwards married Edmund Paston.]

[Footnote 24-2: Richard, Duke of York, son of Edward IV., at this
time a child of seven years old, and Anne Mowbray, daughter of the
late Duke of Norfolk, to whom he was married in 1478.]

958

WILLIAM PASTON TO ROBERT WALSH[26-1]

[Sidenote: 1479 / NOV. 22]

Yet wold I tary, all be yt I have taryd your comyg this halff yer, for I deme her suche men as schall well undyrstond myn titill good; yff any man have good tytyll I am suyr that myn is gode. I dar well juperde to take a dystres, wedyr they come or nat, and so I wyll ze know. Wer for, in so much as I left myn distress for iowr dysyr, so that I be answerid off myn mony acordyng to myn ryth, ar else send me answer, one ar oder [_one or other_], and lett me take the avantage that the Kynge lawys will zeff me be dystress qweche I have delayed, me thynk to long, for any thank that I have.

Wretyn at Norwich, the xxij. Novembre.

[Footnote 26-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter or fragment
of a letter is a corrected draft in William Paston’s hand, and is
endorsed by him:--‘A letter to Roberd Walsche of Colby, the ----
day off Novembre, anno xix.’]

959

JULLYE TO HIS FATHER[26-2]

[Sidenote: 1479 / NOV.]

Well beloved fader, my master prayed you that ye will sende knowlach be my broder as sone as these men be come to Knapton, and that ye may laye a weche to knowe ho sone they be come, and sende me be your sone ar else be some other trusty man; and I have take your son a grote for his laubour. And do this in hast; for wheder they com or nat I wille take a distresse ther, and thatt will abide[26-3] till I knowe the dealing of them this ij. ar iij. dayes for to know wheder they wille come or nat, and ther after shall I be demeaned.

_Endorsed in William Paston’s hand_--A letter fro ----[26-4] Jullye,
clark of Sent Edmundes, to his fadyr, to North Walsham, the ----[26-4]
day Novembr’, anno xix.

[Footnote 26-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]

[Footnote 26-3: ‘Wer I lothe’ has been crossed through, and ‘thatt
will abide’ written over.]

[Footnote 26-4: Blanks in MSS.]

960

MANOR OF KNAPTON[27-1]

Mr. Thomas Pasche of Wynsowr toke the astate and retorne to the Dean and Colage of Wynsowr _infra Castrum_.

And one ----[27-2] Holme, atornay off corte, is recognis (?) and was at stat takyn.

Robert Walsch off Colby j. myl. et di’ fro Blyklyng is steward.

Here folow revys of Knapton:--

Fro M. xvij. till xviij^o, Martyn Smyth.
F[ro] M. xviij. till xix^o, Roberd Fraunk (?), his place bonde.
Fro M. xix. till xx^o, Thomas Frank, his place fre.

[Footnote 27-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This is a paper of
memoranda in the handwriting of William Paston, endorsed ‘A mater
tochyng Knapton for my fee.’]

[Footnote 27-2: Blank in MS.]

961

CRESSINGHAM MANOR[27-3]

[Sidenote: 1479 / NOV. 25]

Receyved at Cressingham, the Thirsday nex aftyr Seynt Edmund[27-4] at the corte ther v_li._ x_s._ by the handes of me, John Paston, Sqwyer.

Wherof payed to my modyr for costys don up on the berying of Walter
Paston, and whyll he lay sek, and for the hyer of a man comyng with
the seyd Water fro Oxenford xx_d._

xxix_s._ xj_d._

Item, payed to William Gybson for j. horse sadyll and brydyll lent
to Water Paston by the seyd William,
xvj_s._

Item, gevyn the seyd man comyng fro Oxenford with the seyd Water by
the handys of J. Paston,
xx_d._

Item, payed for dyvers thynges whyll Water Paston lay sek,
iiij_d._

Item, for the costes of John Paston rydyng to kepe the coort at
Cressingham, _anno supradicto_, whych was iiij. dayes in doing,
for the styward mygh not be ther at the day prefyxid,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

[Footnote 27-3: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This paper is in the
handwriting of John Paston the younger. The reference to the
burial of Walter Paston proves it to be of the year 1479.]

[Footnote 27-4: St. Edmund’s Day is the 20th November. The
Thursday after it in 1479 was the 25th.]

[[the seyd Water fro Oxenford
_spelling “Water” unchanged_

Item, payed to William Gybson ... xvj_s._
_“s.” in plain (non-italic) type_]]

962

JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[28-1]

_To my ryght worchepfull modyr, Margaret Paston, at Seynt Peter of Hundgate._

[Sidenote: 1479 / NOV.]

Ryght worchepfull modyr, aftyr all dwtes of humble recomendacyon, as lowly as I can, I beseche yow of your dayly blyssyng and preyeres. And, moder, John Clement, berer heroff, can tell yow, the mor pite is, if it pleasyd God, that my brodyr is beryed in the Whyghte Fryers at London; whych I thought shold not have ben, for I supposyd that he wold have ben beryed at Bromholme, and that causyd me so sone to ryd to London to have purveyd hys brynging hom, and if it had ben hys wylle to have leyn at Bromholm, I had purposyd all the wey as I have redyn to have brought hom my grauntdame[28-2] and hym to gedyrs; but that purpose is voyd as now. But thys I thynke to do when I com to London to spek with my Lord Chamberleyn,[28-3] and to wynne by hys meanys my Lord of Ely,[28-4] if I can; and if I may by eny of ther meanys cause the Kyng to take my servyse and my quarrell to gedyrs, I wyll, and I thynk that Sir George Brown, Sir Jamys Radclyff, and other of myn aqueyntance, whyche wayte most upon the Kyng, and lye nyghtly in hys chamber, wyll put to ther good wyllys. Thys is my wey as yet. And, modyr, I beseche yow, as ye may get or send eny messengers, to send me yowr avyse and my cosyn Lomeners to John Leeis hows, taylere, with in Ludgate. I have myche more to wryght, but myn empty hed wyll not let me remembre it.

Also, modyr, I prey that my brodyr Edmond may ryd to Marlyngforthe, Oxenhed, Paston, Crowmer, and Caster, and all thes maners to entre in my name, and to lete the tenants of Oxenhed and Marlyngfor know that I sent no word to hym to take no mony of theym but ther attornement; wherfor he wyll not, tyll he her fro me ayen, axe hem non, but lete hym comand theym to pay to servaunts of myn oncles, nor to hymsylff, nor to non othyr to hys use, in peyne of payment ayen to me. I thynk if ther shold be eny money axid in my name, peraventure it wold make my Lady of Norfolk ayenst me, and cause hyr to thynk I dellt more contrary to hyr plesure than dyd my brodyr, whom God pardon of Hys gret mercy. I have sent to entre at Stansted and at Orwellbery, and I have wretyn a bylle to Anne Montgomery and Jane Rodon to make my Lady of Norffolk, if it wyll be.

Your sone and humble servaunt,

J. PASTON.

[Footnote 28-1: [From Fenn, ii. 280.] Sir John Paston died in
London on the 15th November 1479, as Fenn informs us. I presume he
had some authority for the precise date, which I have not seen.
The inquisition _post mortem_ is not now to be found; but the writ
to the Escheator still exists, and is dated 30 Nov., 19 Edw. IV.
This letter refers not only to the burial of Sir John Paston, but
also to the death of his grandmother Agnes. The year was one of
great mortality.]

[Footnote 28-2: Agnes, widow of William Paston the Judge.]

[Footnote 28-3: William, Lord Hastings.]

[Footnote 28-4: John Morton, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury,
and Cardinal, etc.]

963

WILLIAM LOMNOR TO JOHN PASTON[29-1]

_To the ryght worchypfull John Paston, Squyer, yn haste._

[Sidenote: 1479 / NOV. 28]

My Master Paston, I recomaunde me to yow, preyyng God to have mercy on my master your brother sowle, to whom ye ar heyre, and also to my mastras your grauntdam. Wherfore be th’avyse of my mastras your carful moder, your brothere Edmund, on Sunday next before Sent Andrew, rod to Marlyngforth, and before alle the tenauntez, examynid on James, kepere ther for Will. Paston, where he was the weke next before Sent Andrew, and there he seyd that he was not at Marlingforth from the Monday unto the Thorday at evyn, and soo there was no man there but your brothers man at the tyme of his decese; so be that your brothere dyyd sesid, and your brothere E. bad your man kepe possession to your behoffe, and warned the tenauntez to pay noo man, til ye hadde spoke them. So mesemyth that ys a remyttir to your old taylyd titell; comon with your concell. Forther, at afternoon he was at Oxned to understande how they had doo, and Peris kepyd your brotheres possession at that tyme; and your oncle his man was not there, but he assyned anothere pore man to be ther. Whethere that contynuid the possession of W. Paston or not be remembrid, &c.

And after the decese, &c., W. Paston sent the man that kepyd possession to fore to entre and kepe possession, wheche was noo warent be tha poyntment, for ye stande at your liberte as for ony apoyntment or comunycacion hadde before, and soo men seme it wer good for yow to stande at large til ye here more; yf ye myght have my Lord Chamberleyns good faver and lordship, it were ryght expedyent. As for my Lord of Ely, dele not wyth hym be owr avyse, for he woll move for trete, and elles be displesid. Your brother Edmund sent to John Wymond, and he sent word he wolle be a mene of trete, but wold take noo parte, and as I sopose that was be Heydons avyse; for your uncle sent to me to be with hym, and also the same man rodd to Heydon and Wymondham, &c. The brenger of this letter can tell, for he was with your brothere E. at these placez.

Forther, my mastras your moder gretyth yow well, and sendyth yow her blessyng, requiryng yow to come oute of that here [_air_] alsone as ye may; and your brothere E. comaundid hym to yow, and he doth hys dylygens, and parte for yow full well and saddely yn many behalvys, and hath brought my maistras your wife to Topcrofte on Friday last, and they fare all well there; and he yntendith to see my Master Fitz Water, whech lythe at Freton, ner Long Stratton. And God be your gide yn all your maters, and brenge yow sone home.

Wretyn at Norwyche, on Sonday at nyght next before Sent Andrew, and delyverd on Monday next be the morwyn.

Be your,

W. LOMNOUR.

[Footnote 29-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It is apparent from the
contents that this letter was written shortly after the decease of
Sir John Paston in November 1479.]

964

ABSTRACT[31-1]

[WILLIAM PASTON TO ROBERT WALSH]

Thinks his dealing not very commendable, seeing that the writer is not paid his fee, according to the promise made by him and Fouke of Knapton, when they were with him at Norton. I had a distress and left it for your sake, but you show no consideration for me, etc.

[This is a draft in the handwriting of William Paston. To it is
attached a small slip with these words, ‘A letter fro William Paston
to Robert Walsch and Robert Fouk of Knapton.’]

[Footnote 31-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]

965

JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[31-2]

_To my ryght worchepfull and most kynd modyr, Margarett Paston._

[Sidenote: 1479 / DEC.]

Ryght werchepfull modyr, aftyr all dutes of humble recomendacyon, as lowly as I can, I beseche yow of your dayly blessyng and preyer. Pleasyt yow to undyrstand that wher as ye wyllyd me by Poiness to hast me ought of the heyer that I am in, it is so that I must pwt me in God, for her must I be for a season, and in good feyth I shall never, whyll God sendyth me lyff, dred mor dethe than shame; and thankyd be God, the sykness is well seasyd here, and also my besyness puttyth awey my fere. I am drevyn to labore in lettyng of th’execucyon of myn unkynd onclys entent, wher in I have as yet non other dyscorage, but that I trust in God he shall fayle of it.

I have spokyn with my Lord of Ely[32-1] dyvers tymys, whyche hathe put me in serteynte by hys woord, that he wyll be with me ayenst myn oncle in iche mater that I can shewe that he entendyth to wrong me in; and he wold fayne have a resonable end betwyx us, wher to he wyll helpe, as he seythe. And it is serteyn my brodyr, God have hys soule, had promysed to a byde the reule of my Lord Chamberleyn[32-2] and of my Lord Ely; but I am not yett so far forthe, nor not wyll be, tyll I know my Lord Chamberleyns intent, and that I purpose to do to morow, for then I thynk to bewith hym, with Godes leve. And sythe it is so that God hathe purveyd me to be the solysytore of thys mater, I thank Hym of Hys grace for the good lordes, mastrys, and frendys that He hathe sent me, whyche have perfytely promysyd me to take my cause as ther owne, and those frendes be not a fewe.

And, modyr, as I best can and may, I thank yow and my cosyn Lomenore of the good avyse that ye have sent me, and I shall aplye me to do ther aftyr. Also, modyr, I beseche you on my behalf to thank myn cosyn Lomnorre for the kindness that he hathe shewyd on to me in gevyng of hys answer to myn onclys servaunt, whyche was with hym.

Modyr, I wryght not so largely to yow as I wold do, for I have not most leyser; and also when I have ben with my Lord Chamberleyn, I purpose not to tery longe aftyr in London, but to dresse me to yow wardes; at whyche tyme I trust I shall brynge yow more serteynte of all the fordell [_advantage_] that I have in my besyness then I can as yett wryght.

I am put in serteynte by my most specyall good mastyr, my Mastyr of the Rollys,[32-3] that my Lord of Ely is, and shal be bettyr lord to me then he hathe shewyd as yet, and yet hathe he delt with me ryght well and honourably.

Modyr, I beseche yow that Pekok may be sent to purvey me as myche money as is possybyll for hym to make ayenst my comyng home, for I have myche to pay her in London, what for the funerall costes, dettes, and legattes that must be content in gretter hast then shalbe myn ease. Also I wold the ferme barly in Flegge, as well as at Paston, if ther be eny, wer gadryd, and iff it may be resonably sold, then to be sold or putt to the maltyng; but I wold at Caster that it were ought of the tenauntes handys for thynges that I here (kepe ye consell thys fro Pekok and all folkys), whyche mater I shall appese, if God wyll geve me leve.

[Footnote 31-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It is evident from the
contents that this letter was written shortly after the death of
Sir John Paston. The year 1479 was a year of great mortality, in
which the Paston family lost three of its members. The letter is
not signed, but is in John Paston’s hand.]

[Footnote 32-1: John Morton, Bishop of Ely.]

[Footnote 32-2: Lord Hastings.]

[Footnote 32-3: Robert Morton.]

966

JOHN PASTON AND HIS UNCLE WILLIAM[33-1]

[Sidenote: After 1479]

Thes be th’enjuryes and wrongys done by William Paston to John Paston, hys nevew.

Fyrst, the maners of Marlyngforthe, Stansted, and Horwellbery wes gev[en to] William Paston, Justyce, and to Agnes, hys wyff, and to th’eyers of ther tw . . . . to whom the seyd John Paston is cosyn and heyer, that is to sey, son to John, son and heyer to the seyd William and Agnes.

Item, wher the [_seyd William Paston was seasyd of the maner of ----_], Ed. Clere with other infeofyd to the use of the seyd Will[iam][33-2] and of hys heyres, the whyche William made hys wyll that th[e said Agnes], hys [wife], shold have the seyd maner for terme of hyr lyff. And aftyr th[at he] dyed, and the seyd Agnes occupyed for terme of hyr seyd lyff . . . . of the seyd feoffes the seyd maner; and aftyrwardes the seyd . . . . . . Afftyr whoys dethe Sir John Paston, Knyght, as cosyn and heyer to t[he said William], in to the seyd maner entred, and dyed with ought issue of hys bodye. . . . . . John as brodyr and heyer to the seyd Sir John, [_and cosyn and heyer is lett . ._],[34-1] . . seyd maner entred, and is lettyd to take the profytys of the same by . . . . of the maners of Marlyngforthe, Stansted, and Horwelbery befor r . . . . by the meanys of the seyd Wylliam.

[Footnote 33-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] It is evident that this
paper was drawn up some time after the death of Sir John Paston in
1479. It is in his brother John’s handwriting.]

[Footnote 33-2: ‘Ed. Clere--Will[iam].’--These words are
interlined in place of the words in italics within brackets, which
are struck through.]

[Footnote 34-1: These words are struck through.]

967

JOHN PASTON TO ----[34-2]

[Sidenote: 1479-80]

Sir, I pray yow that ye will send sum chyld to my Lord of Bukingham place, and to the Crown, wich as I conseive is called Gerardes Hall, in Bred Stret, to inquere whedir I have any answer of my letter sent to Caleys, whech ye know off; and that ye will remembre my brotheris ston, so that it myth be mad er I cumm ageyn, and that it be klenly wrowgth. It is told me that the man at Sent Bridis is no klenly portrayer; [the]rfor I wold fayn it myth be portrayed be sum odir man, and he to grave it up.

Sir, it is informyd sum personis in this cuntre that ye know that the frere will sew a nodir delegaci fro Rome, direkt to sum byschop of Ingland, to amend his mater, &c.; and how be it that it may not gretly hurt, yet the seyd persones, &c., wold not he shuld have his entent, in asmoch as his suggestion is untrew, but rather they wold spend mony to lette it. I suppose the Abbot of Bery shuld labor for him rather than anodir, becawse the sey Abbot is a perteynor to the lord that is the freris mayntener, &c.; wherefor, ser, my moder and I pray yow enquere after a man callid Clederro, whych is solisitor and attorne with Master Will. Grey, that late was the Kingges proktor at Rome, and the seyd Clederro sendith matiers and letters owth of Ingelond to his seyd master ever[y] monith, &c. He is well knowe in London, and among the Lumbardes, and with the Bischop of Winchesteris men, but I wot not wher he dwellit in London, and I suppos if ye speke with him, he knowith me. Plese yow to comone with him of this mater, but let him not wete of the mater atwix my modir and him; but desir him to wryth to his master to lett this, if it may be, or elles to se the best wey that he have not his intent, and to comon with the proktor of the Whith Freris at Rome to hep forth, for the freris here have laborid to my moder, and praid her to lette his ontrewe intent, and have wrete to her proketor befor this. And I suppose if ye speke to the prior of the freris at London, he will writh to her seyd proktor, &c., but tell the prior no word that I know [ther]of, but let him wete if he will wryth to his proktor, odir men shall help forth.

More over, that ye will tell Cledero that I am not seker that the frere laborith thus, but be talis of freris and odir; nevertheles let him writh to his master that [for] whatsomevyr he do herin, he shall be truly content for his labor and costes. And if ye think that Cledro will writh effectually herin, geff hym j. noble, [bid] hym let his master know that my Lord of Wynchester[35-1] and Danyell ow godwill to the part that he shall labor for. And if thar be fown no sech sewth be the seyd [fre]re, yet wold I have sum thing fro Rome to anull the old bull, &c., or to apeyr [_impair_] it [if] it myth be do esily, &c., and tyding wheder ther be any sech sute, &c.

Your own, &c.

[For] how beit that it may nowthir avayl ner hurt, yet my moder will this be do. [I] send yow the copi of the bull, and how execucion was do, and informacion of the mater imparte, &c. And, sir, I sha content your noble, &c. And I pray yow red it over, and spede yow homeward, and bring this letter home with yow, &c.

[Footnote 34-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] As this letter refers to
the making of a tombstone for Sir John Paston, it may be presumed
to have been written either at the end of the year 1479, or in the
course of the year 1480. The MS. is a rough draft, apparently in
the hand of Edmund Paston. It has been slightly mutilated, and
apparently since the letter was printed in Fenn’s fifth volume.]

[Footnote 35-1: William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester.]

968

AN INVENTORY OF PLATE[36-1]

[Sidenote: 1479]

In primis, a sallt with j. cover,
xx. unces di. & di. quart.

j. stumpe of a salte,
ij. unces & di.

j. flat salt with a squyrell,
j. unce iij. quarters.

iiij. Parys cuppis with a cover, with a rose in the botom, weyeng
lvj. unces j. quarter.

ij. holowe disshes,
xxix. unces iij. quarter di.

j. chafre of silver,
ix. unces j. quarter.

xij. sylver spones, wereof my lady hath one.

j. lytil spone of Rippyngales,
j. quarter & di. quarter, j. d. ob. q^a. di.

j. lityll spone for egges,
j. quarter & di. quarter ob.

j. prikettes nuper Howis,
ix. unces ij. d. weight.

j. preket nuper Howis,
viij. unces iij. quarters & di.

j. long sokett.

j. nother long soket.

vj. soketes, with branches to remeve.

iij. wherwilles to the same.

j. playne pees for potage, per estimacionem,
xj. unces j. quarter.

j. playn pees nuper Frere Water,
iiij. unces j. quarter.

j. nother playn peece nuper Frere Walter,
iiij. unces di. quarter.

j. chaleis,
xv. unces & di. quarter.

ij. cruettes,
vij. unces iij. quarters.

a paxbred,[36-2]
iij. unces di. quarter j. d.

j. holowe barbore bason, bought of Colet.

j. standing pece couvered, bought of Elingham,
xv. unces & j. quarter.

iij. gilt spones.

j. spone for grene gynger, gilt,
j. unce j. quarter j. q^a. & di.

j. gilte cup covered, wel shapen with trayle, with j. knop with
a kroune enamelid,
xxiij. unces & di. & di. quarter.

j. nothir cupp standing covered, gilt, bell shapen with trailles,
with a playn knopp not enamelid,
xxiij. unces & j. quarter.

j. maser Sipton.

ij. masers.

iij. gilt spones.

j. gynger spone.

j. bag whiteleder, wherin is all this stuff folowyng this lyne:--
iij. girdels Staunton.
j. girdel upholdester.
Fawcon Skern coppe.
Hans Eborlyn girdel.
Purs gold with Jane Aske harnes.
ij. lynen bagges lityll with broke silver and j. old harneis gilt.

* * *

Furst, a standing cuppe with a cover therto plommed, weyeng
xxiiij. unces di.

Item, a standing coppe curid gilt, weyeng
xxxvj. unces.

Item, a nother standing cupp cuerid gilt, weying
xv. unces iij. q^a. & di.

Item, a goblette of silver and gilt covered
xiiij. unces j. quarter & di.

Item, a nother goblett gilt, weyeng
xij. unc’ & j. d. weight.

Item, a nothir goblet gilt, weyeng
vij. unc’.

Item, a standing white pees with a cover withoute a knoppe, weyeng
xxij. unces.

Item, a salt with a pale covered,
xiiij. unc’ j. quarter.

Item, a rounde salt covered,
xix. unc’ j. quarter di.

Item, a rounde salt uncovered,
viij. unces.

Item, a basonne of
xxxv. unc’ j. quarter.

Item, an ewer to the same of
xv. unc’ & di. quarter.

Item, an ewer,
xiiij. unc’ di. quarter.

Item, vj. silver sponys with square sharp knoppes of
v. unces iij. quarter j. d. wight.

Item, spone for grene gynger of
iij. quarters & ij. d. wight.

Item, a grete gilt chalis with a patent longing to the same, weying
xlij. unces j. quarter.

Item, a litil standing pece chacid plumtes, with a kover to the same,
x. unces j. quarter.

Item, a blak notte standing of silver and gilt, with a kover to the
same, weying
xviij. unc’.

Item, a grete maser with a prend in the botom, and the armes of
Seint Jorge, weying
xv. unc’ j. quarter & di.

Item, a nother maser sownde in the botom and a sengilbonde,
viij. unc’ & j. quarter.

Item, a lytil maser with a foote, weying
viij. unc’.

Item, a nother maser with a lytill foote, weing
viij. unc’.

Item, a nothir litill maser with an higher foote, weying
x. unces & j. quarter.

Item, xx^ti spones on a bundell, weying
xvj. unc. j. quarter.

Item, vj. spones with acorns, weying
v. unc’ & di. quarter.

Item, a peyre bedes of corall with paternostris of silver and gilt,
and a knopp of smale perle, weying
vj. unc’ j. quarter.

In primis, j. standing cuppe covered playne with a rounde knoppe,
weyeng
xxv. unces.

j. nodir cuppe of golde covered playne with a chacid knoppe, weying
xxiij. unces iij. quarters.

j. layer of gold with a crokid spoute, weyeng
xiij. unces iij. quarters.

j. nothir layer of golde, weyeng
xiij. unces j. quarter j. d.

j. chaleis of fyne golde in pecis broken,
xxiiij. unces.

j. coppe of golde covered, chacid with a perle,
xxj. unces.

j. salte covered with a berall gairneshid,
v. unces j. quarter.

j. nothir salt covered, garnyshed with stones,
v. unces iij. quarter.

j. par of gilt basouns covered, weyeng
viij^xx. xix. unces & di.

j. salte gilte, weyeng
xxviij. unces di. quarter.

j. cover to the same, weyeng
viij. unces j. quarter.

j. nothir salte gilte withoute a cover,
xxvij. unces iij. quarters.

j. standing pees gilte, with a cover Skern,
xxxvij. unces j. quarter.

j. nothir standing pees gilte with a cover, A. P.
xxj. unces di. & di. quarter.

j. flatte pees covered, gilt, A. P.
xviij. unces & di.

j. potte for grene gynger gilte,
x. unces & di. iiij. d. ob.

j. cover to the same, weying
j. unce & j. quarter.

j. stonding cuppe covered parcell gilt, Sir Buk,
xvj. unces & j. quarter.

j. salt covered parcell gilt, Sir Ric.’,
xij. unces & di.

j. paxe parcell gilte, Staunton,
xiij. unces.

j. standing cuppe with a kever, parcell gilt, Staunton,
xix. unces & di.

j. goblett for Rynesh wyne covered,
xj. unces & di. quarter.

j. powder boxe,
vj. unces j. quarter di. quarter.

j. noder powder boxe,
viij. unces j. quarter.

j. candilstykke with a lous [_loose_] sokett and j. preket, P.
xvij. unces di. quarter.

ij. candilstikkes with ij. lous preketes, Skern,
xxxj. unces j. quarter di.

di. doss. [_half a dozen_] sylver spones, Shipton,
vj. unces di. & di. quarter.

di. doss. spones, Stanton,
vij. unces.

j. bason, P.
xlv. unces di.

j. bason, Sparke,
lx. unces.

j. bason, Sturmer, with a spoute,
xxxiiij. unces. j. quarter j. d. q.

j. bason, Sturmer, withoute a spoute,
xxxij. unces j. quarter di. quarter j. d. q^a.

j. bason, Rous,
l. unces iij. quarters.

j. ewer, P.
xvj. unces & di. & di. quarter.

j. ewer, Sparke,
xx. unces.

j. ewer, Sturmer,
xiiij. unces j. quarter and di. quarter q^a.

j. ewer, Sturmer,
xiiij. unces di. di. quarter j. d. ob. q^a.

j. ewer, Rous,
xviij. unces.

j. pott, Hous,
lvij. unces.

j. pott, P.
xxviij. unces iij. quarter di. ij.

j. pott, S. . . . lett,
xv. unces.

j. pott, Rous,
xxxv. unces.

j. pott, Spark,
xxvij. unces j. quarter.

j. flagon,
xxxix. unces.

j. layer,
ix. unces a quarter & di.

j. layer,
ix. unces j. quarter & ij. di.

vj. Parys cuppis with a cover, Skerne,
lxx. unces iij. quarters di.

j. grete boll pees, with a cover, Noris,
xl. unces j. quarter.

xxiij. disshis of sylver, Skerne,
xvij^{xx.}vj. unces di.

iiij. chargeours,
v^{xx.}x. unces.

xxvij. dishes,
xx^{xx.}xj. unces di. & di. quarter.

xxiij. sawcers,
vj^{xx.}xv. unces.

[39-1]xij. flatt cuppis of silver, P. and Staunton,
v^{xx.}v. unces iij. quarters.

[39-1]iiij. coveres to the same, P. and Staunton,
xl. unces.

j. chargeour priour (?) water,
xlvj. unces j. quarter di.

[Footnote 36-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This inventory was
certainly drawn up after the death of Agnes Paston, but how many
years later it is impossible to say.]