Chapter IX: Letter 1049 (2)

Cousyn Paston, I recommaunde me unto you, and have received your letter, by the which I have undrestand of the deth of my cousyn your fadre, whose soule Jesu assoile. I wol counsaile and exhorte you to take it as wel and as paciently as ye can, seeyng that we al be mortal and borne to dey. And where as ye desire to have a letter _ad colligendum_, after myne advise ye shal doo wel to be here with me at Michaelmas next commyng, and at your then commyng I shalbe glad to doo you the best confort and helpe that I can; counsailing that ye in the meane tyme doo not entremedyll in any wise with th’admynystring of any parte of your faders goodes, nor with the receiving of his debtes, for divers causes, as at your comyng hudre ye shal knowe more.

The meane season, loke that ye be of as confortable chere as ye can, exhorting my lady, your modre in lawe,[170-2] to be in like wise, to whom I pray you to have me recommendyd. Thus fare ye hertily wel.

From London, the vj^th day of Septembre.

Your,

WILLIAM, ELECTE OF LONDON.

[Footnote 170-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The writer of this
letter was William Warham, who was first Bishop of London, and
afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the signature,
he was Bishop-elect of London at the time it was written, but we
are persuaded that it is a slip of the pen. He was elected Bishop
of London in 1502, and was consecrated on the 5th October; but it
is clear from the preceding No. that Sir John Paston was alive as
late as the beginning of February 1503. In the year 1503, however,
Warham was translated to Canterbury. The bull for his translation
was issued on the 29th November 1503, but doubtless he was elected
some time before; and it is quite intelligible how, being actually
Bishop of London, he should have written ‘Elect of London’ in
place of ‘Elect of Canterbury.’ Moreover, the allusion to the
business of the administration agrees entirely with this
supposition.]

[Footnote 170-2: Agnes, widow of John Hervey, Esq. of Thurley,
Beds, etc. _See_ p. 166, Note 1.]

1076

JOHN KENDAL TO [WILLIAM PASTON?][171-1]

[Sidenote: 1503, or later (?)]

Your pore servaunt and bedeman, John Kendale, be secheth your good and gracious masterschepp, at the reverence of God and in the wey of charyte, to remembre that my maister your fader, on whos soule God have mercy, had fro me x. acres of free londe that I bout of the executours of Nicholas Pekeryng of Filby for xx. marc paid on j. day, to pay to executours of Edmonde Norman for purchase of ij. partes of Holm Halle, somtyme Edmonde Norman.

Also my seide maister, your fader, had fro John Kendale the croppe of the seide x. acres londe, sowen with barly and peson, wherof v. acres were weel somerlayde[171-2] to the seid barly, the whiche croppe the seide John Kendale schulde a made worth to hym iiij_li._ xiij_s._ iiij_d._, althow ther had be but xx. quarteres barly growyng on viij. acres and half of londe, that is to seyn up on an acre ij. quarter, iiij. busshelz, and the half acre in avayle, besyde j. acre and an half of peson, for the seide John Kendale solde his malt at Ormesby mad of the barly growyng the same yer that the foreseid croppe was taken fro hym, for iiij_s._ viij_d._ a quartere; and so he myght a solde the same and meche more if he had had it.

Also my seid maister, your fader, hath caused the foreseid John Kendale to a foreborne the ferme of the seide x. acres of londe be the space of ix. yer, be the yer xvj_s._ & viij_d._, that is, the ferme of j. acre xx_d._, wherof the somme conteyneth vij_li._ x_s._ beside j. yer receyved of Hagh.[172-1]

[Footnote 171-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] If this petition was
addressed to any member of the Paston family, I should think it
must have been William Paston, the son of the later Sir John. That
would make the date at least as late as the year 1503, when his
father died. If it was either of the two Sir Johns, ‘my master
your father’ would be John Paston, Esquire, who died in 1466. But
Nicholas Pickering of Filby is said to have been buried in the
steeple of Filby church in the year 1466, and it is evident that
‘my master your father’ survived him more than nine years.

Edmund Norman, whose executors are here spoken of, died as far
back as 1444. Blomefield says he was seised of two parts of the
manor of Filby, but does not mention him as being also owner of
two parts of Holm Hale. The two parts of Filby were afterwards
held in trust by Sir John Fastolf; but William Pickering and
Cecily, his wife, were lords of the whole manor and settled it on
John Paston, who released it to Nicholas Pickering in
1450.--Blomefield, xi. 218, 221.]

[Footnote 171-2: Kept fallow for some time previous to sowing.]

[Footnote 172-1: Here the MS. ends abruptly.]

1077

ABSTRACT[172-2]

[Sidenote: 1504 / DEC. 10]

Receipt given by Thomas Bradbury, alderman of London, to William Paston, Esq. of Norfolk, 10th Dec. 1504, for £5 in full payment of half a year’s rent.

[Footnote 172-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]

1078

WILLIAM MAKEFYRR TO DARCY AND ALYNGTON[172-3]

_To the ryght worschypfull Master Roger Darsy and Master Gylys Alyngton, beyng at the Jeorge, in Lumberd Strett, be thys delyveryd in hast._

[Sidenote: 1506 / JAN. 17]

Ryght worschypfull masters, I recomend me un to you, certyfying you that the Kynges Grace and the Kyng of Castyle mett this day at thre of the cloke, apon Cleworth Greyn, ij. mylle owt of Wyndesower, and ther the Kyng reseyvyd hym in the goodlyest maner that ever I sawe, and ech of them enbracyd oder in armys.

To schew you the Kynges aparell of Yngland, thus it was:--hys hors of bay, trappyd with nedyll warke; a gown of purpuyr velvyt, a cheyn with a joerge of dyamondes, and a hood of purpuyr velvyt, whych he put not of at the mettyng of the seyd Kyng of Castylle; hys hatt and hys bonett he avalyd, and the Kyng of Castylle in cas lyke. And the Kyng of Castyll rod apon [a] sorellyd hoby, whych the Kyng gave un to hym; hys apparell was all blak, a gown of blak velvytt, a blak hood, a blak hatt, and hys hors harnes of blake velvytt.

To schew you of the Kynges company, my Lord Harry of Stafforth[173-1] rod in a gown of cloth of tuyssew, tukkyd, furryd with sabulles, a hatt of goldsmyth worke, and full of stons, dyamondes, and rubys, rydyng apon a sorellyd courser bardyd with a bayrd of goldsmythes wark, with rosys and draguns red.

And my Lord Markas[173-2] rydyng apon a bald sorelyd hors, with a deyp trapper full of long tassels of gold of Venys, and apon the crowper of hys hors a whytt fedyr, with a cott apon hys bak, the body goldsmyths wark, the slevys of cremysyne velvyt, with letters of gold.

My Lord of Kent[173-3] apon a sorelyd hors, bald, the harnes of Venys gold, with a deyp frynges of half zerd of lengh. My Lord of Kent cott was on barr of cloth of gold, an oder of cremysyn velvyt, pyrlyd with a demy manche cut of by the elbowe. Thyes be the lords that bare the bruyt.

Sir Hew Waghan apon a bay hors trappyd with cremysyn velvyt full of gylt bels, a gown of blak velvyt, and a cheyn of gold, bawdryk wys, worth v. hondreth pownd.

Thys be the sperys: Master Sant John apon a blak hors, with harnes of cloth of gold with tasselles of plunkytt and whytt, a cott of plunkytt and whytt, the body of goldsmyths werk, the s[l]evys full of spanguls.

John Carr and William Parr cotts lyke, the horsys gray, of Parr trappyd with cremysyn velvyt with tasselles of gold, and bels gylt. Carr hors bay with an Almayn harnes of sylver, an ynch brod of betyn sylver, both the cottes of goldsmythes wark the bodys, the slevys on stryp of syllver, the oder gylt.

Edward Nevell apon a gray hors trappyd with blak velveyt full of small belles, hys cott the on half of greyn velvyt, the oder of whytt cloth of gold; thyse to the rutters of the spers, with oder dyvers well appontyd.

On the Kyng of Castylles party, the Lord Chamberlayn cheyff, I can not tell hys name as yett; hys apparell was sad, and so was all the resydeu of hys company with clokes of sad tawnye blake, gardyd, sum with velvyt and sum with sarsnyt, not passyng a dosyn in nowmber. It is sayd ther is many by hynd, wych cums with the Queyn of Castyll, wych schall cum apon Teyusday.

When the Kyng rod forth to Wyndesouer Castyle, the Kyng rode apon the ryght hand the Kynges of Castylle, how be it the Kynges Grace offeryd hym to take hym apon the ryght hand, the whych he refussyd. And at the lyghtyng the Kyng of Castylle was of hys hors a good space or owr Kyng was a lyght; and then the Kynges Grace offeryd to take hym by the arm, the whych he wold not, bot toke the Kyng by the arme, and so went to the Kynges of Castylle chamber, whych is the rychestly hangyd that ever I sawe; vij. chambers to geder hangyd with cloth of arras wroght with gold as thyk as cowd be; and as for iij. beds of astate, no kyng Crystyned can schew sych iij.

Thys is as fer as I can schew you of this day, and when I can know mor, ye schall have knowlege.

From Wyndesouer this Saterday, at v. of the cloke.

By yours,

WILLIAM MAKEFYRR.

[Footnote 172-3: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter gives an
account of the meeting of Henry VII. and Philip, King of Castile,
near Windsor, during the time when the latter was detained in
England in the beginning of the year 1506. It is well known how
after setting out from the Low Countries to take possession of his
kingdom of Castile, Philip met with a storm, and was driven to
land on our coast, and how, on hearing of it, Henry invited him to
visit him at his Court, where he staid for some time while the
damage done to his fleet was being repaired.]

[Footnote 173-1: Henry, Earl of Stafford, eldest son and heir of
Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, who was attainted and
beheaded in 1521.]

[Footnote 173-2: Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, was the son of
Thomas, the late Marquis, who was the son of Elizabeth, Queen of
Edward IV. by her first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby. This
nobleman in the next reign became Lord of the Marches between
England and Scotland, which he stoutly kept and boldly maintained.
He died in 1530, 22 Hen. VIII.--F.]

[Footnote 173-3: George Gray, Earl of Kent, was a true soldier to,
and a favourite of Henry, and survived this pageant a very short
time, dying within the year.--F.]

[[Master Sant John apon a blak hors, with harnes of cloth of gold
_text has “withh arnes”_]]

1079

AN INVENTORY[175-1]

James Gloys, j. dongge,[175-2]
iij_s._

Item, a coverlete,
v_s._

Item, ij. blankettes,
vj_s._ viij_d._

Item, ij. pare of shettes,
x_s._

Item, a sellore,[175-3]
xij_d._

Item, a rosour,
viij_d._

Item, v. shertes,
viij_s._

Item, j. roset cape,
iiij_d._

Item, iiij. gownes,
xxvj_s._ viij_d._

Item, a curt baron,
xl_d._

Item, iij. gyrdylles,
vj_d._

Item, iij. payre of hossen,
vj_s._

Item, j. song boke, pris
xx_d._

Item, j. dowbelet of fustian,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, j. grene cotte,
ij_s._

Item, ij. payre schone,
xiiij_d._

Item, j. box with j. porse of cloth of gold,
xl_d._

Item, j. crosse silver,
xl_d._

Item, j. sawtere,
vj_s._ viij_d._

Item, j. premere,
ij_s._

Item, j. boke of statutis,
xl_d._

Item, j. boke of _vitas Patrum_,
ij_s._

Item, j. purs in the bedstraw with
xx_s._

Item, j. boke of xij. chapetyrs of Lynccoln, and a boke of
safistre,[175-4]
x_s._

Item, vj. steyned paperis,
xij_d._

Item, ij. scochenes,
viij_d._

Item, a swerd, pris
vj_s._ viij_d._

Item, a towayle,
x_d._

Item, a _supersedyas_ of Gloys, Osborn and Snallewell.

Item, a bleu gown of William Tavernerys,
x_s._

Item, a blake cloke,
vj_s._

Item, a bottell for wine of a potell,
xij_d._

Item, a peyre of tabille of horne and box,
xvj_d._

Item, a confessionall,
ij_s._

Herre Boll, a dongge,
xl_d._

Item, a traunsom,
ij_s._

Item, a paire of schettis,
iiij_s._

Item, a blanket,
iij_s._

Item, a coverlet,
ij_s._

Item, a pillow of down,
xij_d._

Item, ij. curteynes,
ij_s._

Item, gownes,
x_s._

Item, a dowblet of fostian,
xl_d._

Item, iij. schertes,
v_s._

Item, a towayle,
viij_d._

Item, a blake hod,
ij_s._

Item, ij. cofforys stuffet,
ij_s._

Unde, j. was sprwys chyst with,
xx_s._

Item, j. clasp of sylver,
xij_d._

Item, of payse money,
xij_d._

Item, ix. ferthynges,
ij_d. ob._

Item, a lytyll chyst,
vj_d._

Item, ij. pors with,
ij_s._ vij_d. ob._

Item, iiij. rynges,
iij_s._

Item, a box with bedys, qwere of ij. payre of jett, with
Paternosterys of corall,
xl_d._

Item, a poyre of jett, pris
xij_d._

Item, v. payre of box,
x_d._

Item, a payre of ambre,
xviij_d._

Item, a purs of welwet,
viij_d._

Item, iij. payre of knyffes,
x_d._

Item, a payr of hernishede knyffes,
xij_d._

Item, v. napettes,
v_d._

Item, iij. hedkercheffes, pris
xij_d._

Item, a box with sylke and perryll,
iij_s._

Item, a powche of rosset damaske,
xx_d._

Item, a payre of gold weghtes in a case,
ij_s._

Item, a broch of sylver with a crown,
xvj_d._

Item, a payre of beddes of segamore,
iiij_d._

Item, a box of tene with sylver wire.

Item, iij. new gyrdyll, pris
ix_d._

Item, in the second coffer was bokes, pris
xvj_d._

Item, a boke of Seynt Thomas de _Veritatibus_, pris
x_s._

Item, a red boke with Hugucio and Papie,
xx_s._

Item, iij. bokes of soffistre,
xx_d._

Item, maney other smale bokes,
x_s._

Item, iij. cappis,
x_d._

Item, a surplice,
xl_d._

Item, iij. letterys of pardon,
x_s._

Item, a stevynyd[177-1] clothe, a crucifix,
xx_d._

Item, a payre of dowbyll glovys, furredde with lambe,
vj_d._

Item, ij. payr of hosson,
v_s._

Item, a combe of veveri,[177-2]
vj_d._

John Osborn, a cott of rosset, pris
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, a stomaucher of a zerd of gode new hollond clothe,
x_d._

Item, iiij. payre of sokkes, pris
viij_d._

Item, ij. payre of lyncloys,
viij_d._

Item, ij. payre of hossen,
iiij_s._

Item, a payre of schone,
vij_d._

Item, a payre schettes,
iiij_s._

Item, iij. gyrdyll,
ix_d._

Jamus Halmon, iiij. schettes,
x_s._

Item, ij. schertis and a quarter of lynclothe,
ij_s._ vj_d._

Item, a pelow bere,
vj_d._

Item, ij. payre of sockes,
iij_d._

Item, a gown furret with blake lom,
x_s._

Item, a payre of cremessen hossen,
iij_s._

Item, a payre spores, a pare of glovis,
xvj_d._

Item, iij. gyrdyll,
ix_d._

Item, a stomaker of lenclothe,
viij_d._

Item, a payre of shone,
vij_d._

Item, staffe, pris
iiij_d._

Item, a sakke,
viij_d._

Syngleton, a payr of bottes and a parre of sporis,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, a sadyll, a paytrell and a brydoll and ij. gerthis,
x_s._

Item, a payre of dowbelet slevys of blake, }
Item, a payre of slevys of rosset, }
iij_s._

Item, a payr of stokes of fustian,
[viij_d._][178-1]

Item, a pare of schone,
vij_d._

Item, a schyrt,
xx_d._

Item, a purs with
ij_s._

Item, a gyrdyll, a payre of patanys,
iiij_d._

Item, a dagar knyffe, pris
iiij_d._

Katryn Wilton, a donge,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, a coverlet,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, a blanket,
iij_s._

Item, a payr of shettes,
iiij_s._

Item, a pelow of doun,
xij_d._

Item, a payre of new hosson,
viij_d._

Item, a gown and a kertyll,
vj_s._ viij_d._

Item, a cors harnesshet with blake, pris
xx_d._

Item, a hod,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, a kercher of lawn, pris
xx_d._

Item, ij. kercher of therd,
xij_d._

Item, a payre off bedys of ambre,
xx_d._

Item, a new canvasse.

Jane Belton, a blanket,
iij_s._ iiij_d._

Item, a shette,
ij_s._

Item, a kerchey therd, and ther in was vj_s._ viij_d._ of gold.

Item, a payre of beydys of jette with Patter nosteris of corall, pris
xx_d._

Item, a payre of turnerys of lawn,
xx_d._

Item, a yerd of lynclothe,
viij_d._

Item, a payre of hossen,
viij_d._

Item, a smoke,
xx_d._

Item, a kercher of thred,
viij_d._

Symond Houston, a payre of bottes, a payre of sporis,
iiij_s._

Purrey, a blw gown,
viij_s._

Item, a bridull and a feterloke,
xvj_d._

Item, a payr of hossen, a payr of schon,
ij_s._ vij_d._

Item, a pare of furred glovys.

Frere John Alderiche, ij. quaris of prayeris. Item, a powtenere with
a payre of bedys of jette. Item, a scapelerey with an hodde,
vj_s._ viij_d._

John Keduray, a payre of lynclothys, j. gown of blw,
vj_s._ viij_d._

Item, a payre of hossen,
xx_d._

Item, a payre of schone,
vij_d._

Item, a payre of glovys and a hatt,
xij_d._

Simond Sadiller, a payre of sporis,
xij_d._

Item, a knyff hernyshid with sylver,
xij_d._

Robert Fen, a gown,
vj_s._

Item, a cappe,
iiij_d._

Item, a peyre of hossen,
xvj_d._

Item, a chart (?), pris
xvj_d._

Richard Charlys, a peyr of hossen,
xvj_d._

Item, a dager,
xvj_d._

Item, a gyrdyll,
ij_d._

Item, a cappe of rosset,
iiij_d._

Jhon Faster, a horne,
viij_d._

John Judde, a chert, pris
xvj_d._

Item, a peyr of bedys of jett,
viij_d._

William Bemond, a custell, pris
xvj_d._

Item, a perre of bottes, pris
ij_s._

Item, a peyre of glovys of otter.

Water Wynter, a shert,
xij_d._

A dager,
xij_d._

A purs with
x_d._

Sander Koke, a mourey gown,
vj_s._

Item, a cotte of moster develers,[180-1]
xl_d._

Item, a blanket,
iij_s._

Item, a peyre of shettes,
iiij_s._

Item, iij. peyr of shoys,
xx_d._

Item, a peyr of sokkes,
ij_d._

Item, a hatt,
xij_d._

Item, a peyr of patanys, a cappe of violet, }
Item, iij. gyrdyll, and a cerchey [_kerchief_], }
xij_d._

Item, ij. of[180-2] of hossen, pris
iij_s._

Snallewell, a schet, pris
xx_d._

Item, ij. shurtes, a peyr ofe lynclothis,
xx_d._

Item, ij. dowbelettes, pris
xl_d._

Item, iij. gyrdyll, ij. cappes,
xv_d._

Item, ij. peyr of hossen,
xl_d._

Item, a lyneng to a gown,
xx_d._

Item, an hodde,
xl_d._

John Bube (?), ane hatt, pris
x_d._

Item, a bowe, pris
vj_d._

Item, a peyr of bottes,
xvj_d._

Item, a purs with
iiij_d._

Item, a cappe,
iiij_d._

Herry Gunnold, tablys and stolys, pris
v_s._

[Footnote 175-1: [From Add. Charter 17,255, B.M.] This inventory
might perhaps have been inserted in the year 1474, after the death
of James Gloys, with whose name it begins. (_See_ No. 857.) The
year in which it was drawn up is, however, by no means certain, as
the articles seem to have belonged to many different owners; and
it may be conveniently referred to here at the end of our
collection.]

[Footnote 175-2: A mattress.]

[Footnote 175-3: A bed canopy.]

[Footnote 175-4: Sophistry, _i.e._ dialectics.]

[Footnote 177-1: Parti-coloured.]

[Footnote 177-2: Ivory.]

[Footnote 178-1: Struck through with the pen.]

[Footnote 180-1: Grey woollen cloth.]

[Footnote 180-2: So in MS.]

[[Item, a swerd, pris
Item, a poyre of jett, pris
_text has “pris,” for both_

Item, a pelow bere, / vj_a._
_italic “d” misprinted as “a”_]]

1080

WYKES’S BILL[181-1]

_Towardis my Lord of Oxford._

In primis at Brentwode for horsmete,
ij_d._

_Chelmesford_

Item for our dyner there,
iiij_d. ob._

Item for horsmete there,
ij_d._

_Brambtre_

Item for horsmete there,
j_d._

Item for drynke there,
_ob._

_Hydyngham_

Item for oure soper there,
iiij_d._

Item for horsmete there,
iiij_d._

Item for wayshyng of my shert and botes,
i_d. ob._

_Laneham_

Item for horsmete there,
j_d._

_Hadlegh_

Item for horsmete there,
j_d._

Item for brede and drynke there,
j_d._

_Taderston_

Item for horsmete there,
ij_d. ob._

Item for Williamis dyner there,
ij_d._

_Coylchestere_

Item for horsmete there,
ix_d._

Item for the sadelere,
iij_d._

Item payd to the smyth,
vij_d._

Item for brede and drynke there,
ij_d._

_Wytham_

Item for horsmete there,
j_d._

Item for brede and drynke there,
j_d. ob._

_Chelmesford_

Item for oure dyner there,
iiij_d._

Item for horsmete there,
j_d._

_Brentwode_

Item for horsmete there,
j_d._

Item for brede and drynke there,
j_d. ob._

Item for a dosyn poyntis,
ij_d._

Summa expens,
v_s._

_Endorsed_: Wykes.

[Footnote 181-1: [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 231.] This bill of
travelling expenses cannot be assigned to any particular year; but
it would seem to be of the reign of Henry VII.]

[[Item for horsmete there, / j_d._
_Brentwode_
Item for horsmete there, / j_d._
_italic “d” misprinted as “a” (three consecutive lines)_]]

1081

T. BALKEY TO JOHN PASTON[183-1]

_To his ryght wurshipfull maister, John Paston, Esquier, this byll be delyverid in hast._

[Sidenote: Date uncertain]

Ryght wurshipfull and myne especyall good maister, I comaund me vonto your good maistership. Sir, it is so that there hath ben a gret rumour and mervelous noyse of yower departyng ffro Yermoth; for summe seid that ye were departed in a Duch ship and some seid in aspaynessh ship and some seid in yower ship, and some seid ayein your wyll ye were departed; of wych departyng my lord Steward hadde knowleche and comaunded a noon after your old servaunt Rychard Fitzwater to ryde to Norwich, and so to Yermoth, to knowe the trowth. And at Norwich I spoke with your seid servaunt, and ther he shewed vonto me that my lord hadde send another of his servauntis vonto my Lord of Oxynford to shew vonto his lordship of your departyng, &c., and fferthermore he shewed vonto me prevyly that my Lord hath imagyned and purposed many grevous thyngis ayens your Maistership; for wych cawse he shewed wnto me that in any wyse your mastership shuld not come that wey, and I shall shewe your maistership moch more at your comyng, with the grace of God, whoo ever preserve your good maistership. At Norwich the Sonday next after Sent Marke.

Your servaunt,

T. BALKEY.

[Footnote 183-1: [Add. MS. 33,597, f. 10.] There is nothing in the
rest of the Paston correspondence to throw any light upon this
letter, either as to the date at which it was written, or as to
the person addressed, whether it be John Paston the eldest or the
younger of the two Johns, his sons.]

1082

ANONYMOUS TO MASTER PASTON[184-1]

Maister Paston, it is so that my Lord desireth to have his lyverey as for this yere to be of the colour that he hadde him self a demye gowne of, and his childern hadde of the same ayenst Cristmasse laste was; I wot never whether ye remembre it or nay. Yt was a medelled tawney, som what rede, and it was bought at Watkyn Stalworthes. I pray you assaye among the clothe makers in your countre howe a man may bye a cloth of them. Ye muste remembre the gentilmen muste have better than the yomen, and the yomen better than the gromes. And ye knowe well that ye and I the laste yere pourvoied my lord of the gentilmenes lyverey and the yomens for iij_s._ a yerde, one with a nother, and the gromes for ij_s._ viij_d._, and boughte all at the drapers in London. Wherfore my Lord woll thinke to be served of better clothe and lesse price at the clothe makers. I wolde have sente you an example but I can not gette it.

[Footnote 184-1: [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 148.] This letter contains a
great many uncertainties. The writer is anonymous, the person
addressed is by no means clear, and the lord referred to cannot be
determined. Neither is there any means of arriving at an
approximate date.]

1083

ROBERT KYLLYGREWE TO RICHARD WASSE[184-2]

_Thys letter be delyvyrde on to my fadyrynlav Rychard Wasse dewelly yn the parris of Morton._

Welle belovyd fadyr, y recommende me on to you, and y thonke you of your gode cherre to me beyng vyt you laste, &c. Fadyr, hyt ysso asfor the promysse that ys by twyxt you and me, y hope to God to contayne you of my promysse. So by that y am so lenge on y payde on to you, Fadyr, hyt ysso ye have y lefte me yn so grete a danger wyt the reparasyon of Wolston ande wythe Benet Barnarde that y am so lenge byhynde vyt you of my promys; nere the les y have sende you by Herry Penennec iiij. mark a fore Crystmas, ande the wederyng fyl so fowle a konnot go on to you. Fadyr, hyt yesso y have payde Benet Barnarde viij. marke for the fe that ye made on to hym, and more y moste pay hym for you, for he axyt of you yn holle xij_li._ wyt the fe, ande hys labor that a dyde for you yn London. For he sayt that ye nevyr payde hym of no fyne, nodyr for no odyr coste that a dyde for you wylle ye werre yn thys contray. Therfore y pray you to sende on to me a dyscharge for the sayde xij_li._, or ellys a wolle dystrayne me and put me to scharge an coste as a hath strayne my tenenttes byfore for thys mater and costys. For dermore Boryng hath take an accion yn the comyn law ayenst us bothe, entendyng to dryve us to a new particion, for a shewyth owre to tenentes to tempe ande meve them to cry fore a noder particion, ande to have suche as plesyth hym to hys reteyne; and therfore, but we have the better consayle hyt woll cost moch mony wyth owt dowt. Ther fore send me suche evydens as may dyscharge and save bothe you and me, wyche byth yn your hon dysposal; hyt hath coste me xl_s._ for the accion that he hath take ayenst Tomas Snel and Wyllyam Snell, for bycause that T. Snell forbede[185-1] Bouryng ys tenents fro my wode yn Boter towne, which bythe alders. Your doctor [_daughter_] recommende hyr on to you and prayyt of your dayly blessyng, and sche hat a son, bleste by God. Namore to you at thys tymme. God have you yn Hys kepyng.

By your Son,

ROBERTE KYLLY GREWE.

[Footnote 184-2: [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 181.] It is difficult to
connect this letter with the rest of the Paston correspondence, or
to give any idea as to its date.]

[Footnote 185-1: ‘forbede’ repeated in MS.]

1084

MEMORANDUM[186-1]

Memorandum to speke with William Byrde be the same tokne, I came
home from London to Norwich on Mydsomer evyn last past, and the same
even I cam home to his howse, and brought hym x_s._ for a gyrdyll
off myn that he had in his kepyng for a plegge off myn; and if so be
that he wilnat ley out thes money, let hym send me the bill indentyd
off my jowellys closyd in a letter with a signet off myn that my
wiff hath in her keping.

_Endorsed_--Vyall.

[Footnote 186-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] I cannot tell by whom
this memorandum was drawn up, nor do I know to what it refers. But
as the MS. appears to belong to the Paston collection, and is of
the period, I have not thought it right to omit it. The name
‘Vyall’ which is written on the back of the paper occurs in No.
756.]

1085-8

ABSTRACTS[186-2]

The following letters are probably all of the time of Henry VII. They are all addressed to a Mr. William Paston, but perhaps not all to the same person. The first two are apparently to William Paston, the brother of the two Sir Johns. The third is doubtful. The last may be to the son of the second Sir John.

1085.--John Wryght to Master William Paston at Hynnyngham.--Has
received from him a bill with 3_s._ 6_d._, part payment of the
cotton russet. ‘The rest we shall drink when ye come to London.’
Does not understand Paston’s order for other 9 yards. Does he wish
frieze, cotton or plain blanket?--London, St. Catherine’s Even.

1086.--John Breton of Hadley to Master William Paston.--Desires him
to be good master to the bearer, ‘a poor kinsman of mine,’ to whom
my lord[186-3] has written sharply, that he may come before my lord
for his answer.

1087.--Petyr Marham to his master, William Paston.--Desires his
advice, as Robert Gaunley, sometime his ’prentice, has taken an
action against him at the common law.

1088.--William Ocley to Master William Paston.--Has spoken with
young Wyndam in Master Digby’s presence. He was grateful to Paston
for his loving mind towards him, and said he would receive ‘the two
riall’ himself, and buy no new gear till he knew the King’s pleasure
touching his pardon.--London, 3 Sept.

[Footnote 186-2: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]

[Footnote 186-3: The Earl of Oxford.]

NOTE TO NO. 1016.

As stated in the footnote at p. 101, since the above document was in
type the Editor came upon a complete copy of this list of knights
made at the battle of Stoke, which, being also more accurate than
that in Leland’s _Collectanea_, is here printed in full. It is
apparently the original MS. of which No. 1016 is a mutilated copy,
and is written on two flyleaves of the copy of Caxton’s _Game and
Play of Chess_ in the King’s Library in the British Museum.

_The names of the banerettes made at the batell of Stooke by syde Newerke apon Trent, the xvj. day of June the ij^de yer of Harry the vij._

Sir Gilbert Talbott.
Sir John Cheny.
Sir William Stoner.

_Thes iij. wer made by fore the bataile, and after the bataile wer made the same day_:--

Sir John of Arundell.
Sir Thomas Cookesay.
Sir John Forteskew.
Sir Edmond Benyngfeld.
Sir James Blount.
Sir Ric’ of Croffte.
Sir Humfrey Stanley.
Sir Ric’ Delaber.
Sir John Mortymer.
Sir William Troutbeke.

_Knyghtys made at the same bataile_:--

Sir ----[187-1] Audeley, son and heyre of the Lord Audeley.
Sir Edward Norys.
Sir Robert Clyfford.
Sir George Hopton.
Sir Robert of Broughton.
Sir John Paston.
Sir Thomas Lovell.
Sir Humfrey Savage.
Sir Harry Wyloughby.
Sir John Sabacotys.
Sir William Vampage.
Sir Antony Browne.
Sir Ric’ Poole.
Sir Thomas Terell.
Sir Ric’ Lews.
Sir Thomas Grey.
Sir Nycholas Vaux.
Sir Edwarde of Borough.
Sir William Tyrwytt.
Sir Ameas Paullett.
Sir William Troutebeke.
Sir Raff Langforthe.
Sir James Haryngton.
Sir Harry Boulde.
Sir ----[187-2] Devenyshe.
Sir William Redmyll.
Sir Gregory Lovell.
Sir Thomas Blount.
Sir Robert Cheyny.
Sir William Carew.
Sir John Wyndam.
Sir Roger Belyngam.
Sir John a Mosgrave.
Sir George Nevyll the bas[tard] of the Tour.[187-3]
Sir Robert Ratcleff.
Sir James Parker.
Sir Edward Darell.
Sir Edward Pykeryng.
Sir Thomas of Wolton.
Sir William Sandys.
Sir Robert Brandon.
Sir Thomas a Poole.
Sir Morys Barkeley.
Sir Rauffe Shyrley.
Sir John Longvyll.
Sir William Litylton.
Sir William Norys of Lancas . . .
Sir John Dygby.
Sir Thomas Hansard.
Sir Christofre Wroughton.
Sir Thomas Lyne.
Sir Morys a Barow.

[Footnote 187-1: Blank in MS. Leland supplies the name as Sir
James.]

[Footnote 187-2: Blank in MS. ‘John’ in Leland.]

[Footnote 187-3: ‘The bastard of the Tour’ looks as if it had been
added by the same hand at a later date.]