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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Paston Letters.Volume II.by James Gairdner.THE PASTON LETTERS _Early Doc.u.ments_ Be
The Paston Letters.Volume II.by James Gairdner.THE PASTON LETTERS _Early Doc.u.ments_ Before entering upon the correspondence of the Paston family, in the reign of Henry VI., we have thought it well to give the reader a brief note of such deeds and charte
- 28 Search the accounts of Drayton Heylesdon, &c., these thirteen years.[Footnote 137.1: [From a modern copy by Blomefield on the fly-leaf of a Letter addressed to him. Headed, 'Gave this original letter of Sir John's to Sir Andrew Fountain.'--
- 27 I seyd to hem, as for seche servys as they had do to zw and to me, I desyr no mor that thei xuld do nother to zw ner to me. Thei seyd I myt an had of them att Gressham qhat I hadde desyryd of hem, and had as moche as I desyryd. I seyd, nay; if I mytz an h
- 26 Item, suth the matier first moeved of the convencyon of trewes and pees by twenne you and your seid grette enemeye Charlys, callyng hem selfe kyng of Fraunche, wheroppon by grete diberacyon ye, by the advyse of your Councell, have send many solempne amba.
- 25 RICHARD, EARL OF WARWICK, TO SIR THOMAS TODENHAM[117.1]_To owr ryght trusty and welbelovyd Frend, Ser Thomas Todenham._ [Sidenote: 1449(?) / NOV. 2]Ryght trusty and welbelovyd frend, we grete you well, hertely desyryng to here of yowr welfare, which we pr
- 24 95 JOHN DAMME TO JOHN PASTON[111.2]_To my ryght worshepfull master John Paston at London in the Inner Temple._ [Sidenote: 1449 / NOV. 30]Plese it your good maistershep to knowe that my maisteresse your wyff recomaundeth here to yow and fareth well, blysse
- 23 [Footnote 106.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] As it appears from Margaret Paston's letter of the 2nd April 1449 that William Paston was a student at Cambridge in that year, the date of this must be about the same period.][Footnote 106.2: Word omitted.][F
- 22 [Sidenote: 1449(?)]Ryt wurchipful hwsbond, I recomawnd me to zu, and prey zw to gete som crosse bowis, and wyndacs[101.2] to bynd them with, and quarrels;[101.3]for zour hwsis her ben so low that ther may non man schet owt with no long bowe, thow we hadde
- 21 All my brethir wenyth that I schyd no forthir goo than to the Byschope, and undir that colour schal I weel go forthe to the Courte. I haf gret stody til I haf tydings fro zow. Avyr mor All mythi Good haf zow in kepyng, bodi and soule.Writtin in hast, the
- 20 [Footnote 90.2: [From Fenn, i. 190.] It appears, by John Paston's pet.i.tion presented to Parliament two years later, that after he had been dispossessed of Gresham by Lord Molyns in February 1448, communications pa.s.sed between his counsel and that
- 19 LORD SCALES TO THOMAS GNATESHALE[87.1]_To Thomas Gnateshale._ [Sidenote: Date uncertain]Thomas Gnateshale, I wul ze wite it was oute of my remembrance that Paston hade pout in my determinacion the discort betwene you and hym.I was the more favourable to y
- 18 Small seal, on the paper, with a straw round it.[Footnote 81.1: [From MSS. in Magd. Coll., Oxf.]][[The empty brackets after "Hickling 104" are in the original.]]73 ABSTRACT[82.1][Sidenote: 1447 / NOV. 29]Indenture, dated St. Andrew's Eve, 2
- 17 _Tradatur Johanni Paston, of the Inner In in the Temple, att London._ [Sidenote: 1447(?)]Ryth worschipfull brothir, I recomaund me to yow, &c. I preye write to myn modre of your owne hed as for to consell her howh that sche kepe her prevye, and tell no bo
- 16 Wretyn at Geddyng, the xv. day of September.Your Cosyn, SIR ROGER CHAMBERLEYN.[Footnote 75.1: [From Fenn, iii. 38.] Nothing can be said as to the date of this letter, except that it is evidently after the death of William Paston.]65 THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
- 15 CATHERINE, d.u.c.h.eSS OF NORFOLK, TO JOHN PASTON[71.1]_To our right trusty and hertily welbeloved John Paston, Squier._ {_Kateryn, d.u.c.h.esse_} {_of Norff._ } [Sidenote: After 1444 (?)]Right trusty and entierly welbeloved, we grete you wel hertily as w
- 14 This letter appears to have been used as a wrapper for others. It is endorsed, 'Literae diversorum directae J. Paston receptae apud London per diversos annos ante festum Michaelis anno x.x.xiiij Hen. VI.Literae Fastolff pro Costid (?). Literae W. Way
- 13 51 JAMES GRESHAM TO WILLIAM PASTON[61.1]_To my right worthy and worshepfull Lord, William Paston, Justice, in hast._ [Sidenote: 1444 / JAN. 29]Please it your good Lords.h.i.+p to wete that the Chief Justice of the Kynggs Benche[61.2] recomaundeth hym to y
- 12 [Footnote 54.1: The celebrated Thomas Netter of Walden, provincial of the Carmelite order in England; a great opponent of Wycliffe.][Footnote 54.2: Richard II. was committed to the Tower in 1399, just before his formal resignation of the crown.]47 MARGARE
- 11 41 ABSTRACT[51.1][Sidenote: 1441 / OCT. 14]Sir Thomas Keryell, lieutenant of Calais, notifies that his servant, John a Bekkes, mariner, master of his s.h.i.+p _Bonaventure_, has sold it to Sir John Fastolf, and that he agrees to the sale. Calais, 14th Oct
- 10 No more atte this tyme, b.u.t.te the Trynyte have you in proteccion, &c.; and qwan your leysyr is, resorte ageyn on to your college, the Inner Temple, for ther ben many qwych sor desyr your presence, Welles and othyr, &c.Wretyn in le fest de touts Seynts,
- 9 32 ABSTRACT[43.1][Sidenote: 1438 / AUG. 18]Sir H. Inglose notifies his agreement with John Topy of Wyndham, jun., in an action for trespa.s.s done to him at Stalham. Dilhams, Monday after the a.s.sumption of Our Lady, 16 Henry VI.[Footnote 43.1: [Add. Cha
- 8 (1429-30) or that of 12 Hen. VI. (1433), which sat till 21st December. Probably the latter.[Sidenote: 1434(?)]Plese it to Commines of the present Parlement, that William Paston, on of the Justice of oure Saverayne Lorde Kyng, takyth diverse fees and rewar
- 7 _Articles de Monsr. de Warrewyk[34.3] touchant le bon regime du Roy, etc._[34.4][Sidenote: 1432 / NOV. 9]For the goode reule, demesnyng and seuretee of the Kynges persone, and draught of him to vertue and connyng, and eschuyng of eny thing that mighte yev
- 6 [Sidenote: 1427-43]Is he to deliver to John Halleman Paston's evidences belonging to the manor of Wodhalle in Pagrave, and under what form? Hopes to see him at Norwich, on Tuesday or Wednesday after Michaelmas-day. Cressingham, 20 Sept.On the back ar
- 5 and Maister John Blodwelle,[27.6] a weel lerned man holden, and a suffisant courtezan of the seyd court, and all these acorden to the seyd Maister Robert Sutton. Nought with stondyng that I herde nevere of this matier no maner lykly ne credible evidence u
- 4 [Sidenote: 1425 / SEPT. 24]Bill witnessing a concord made 24 Sept. 4 Hen. VI. between John Kertelyng, clerk, general attorney to Sir John Fastolf, on the one part, and Richard Boson, Esq., on the other, viz.: That Fastolf shall have in fee-simple the mano
- 3 [Sidenote: 1424]Be it remembred that where, on the nyght next biforne the feste of the Circ.u.mcision of owre Lord Jesu, the [second][12.2] yeer of the regne of Kyng Henry the s.e.xte, certeyns maffaisours, felons, and brekeres of the kynges peas vnknowyn
- 2 The Castell of Bakuile.The Castell of Bellacombyr.The Castell of Douyle.The Castell of Likone.The Castell of Ankyrvile.The Abbey of Seint Katerinz.These er the gates names of Roon, and how the lordys lay in sege, and to fore what gate, and also the derth
- 1 The Paston Letters.Volume II.by James Gairdner.THE PASTON LETTERS _Early Doc.u.ments_ Before entering upon the correspondence of the Paston family, in the reign of Henry VI., we have thought it well to give the reader a brief note of such deeds and charte