Volume Iii Part 46 (1/2)
Item, j. barell, dim. alec. alb. di.
Item, j. barrell. anguill., unde car. cc. anguill.
Item, j. ferkyn anguill. hoole. Item, j. barrell.
Item, j. bussch.e.l.l salt albi. Item, j. quart, alb. sal.
[[Item, j. quart, alb. sal. _text has ”alb sal.”_]]
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FASTOLF'S COLLEGE[189.1]
Ultima exitacio domini Johannis Fastolf ad concludendum festinanter c.u.m Johanne Paston fuit quod vicecomes Bemond, Dux Somerset, comes Warwyk, voluerunt emere, et quod intendebat quod executores sui desiderabant vendere et non stabilire colegium; quod totaliter fuit contra intencionem sui dicti Johannis Fastolf; et considerabat quod certum medium pro licencia Regis et dominorum non providebatur, et sic tota fundatio colegii pendebat in dubiis; et ideo ad intencionem suam perimplendam desideravit dictum barganium fieri c.u.m Johanne Paston, sperans ipsum in mera voluntate perficiendi dictum colegium et ibidem manere ne in manibus dominorum veniat.
Item, plures consiliarii sui dixerunt quod licet fundaret regulos seu presbiteros, aut eicientur per clamia falsa aut compellantur adherere dominis pro manutinencia, qui ibidem ad costus colegii permanerent et morarent[ur] et colegium destruerent; et hac de causa consessit eos ditari in pencionibus certis ad modum cantariae Heylysdon, sic quod dictus Johannes haberet ad custus proprios conservacionem (?) terrarum erga querentes et clamatores; et ne executores diversi propter contrarietates et dissimulaciones se favores----[190.1]
Item, considerabat quod ubi monechy et canonesi [_monachi et canonici_]
haberent terras seu tenementa ad magnam [_sic_] valorem, scilicet m^l.
[1000] vel ij. m^l. [2000 _sc. librarum_], tam singulares monachi et canoneci tantum per se resiperent [_reciperent_] xl_s._ per annum et prandium, et quod abbas, officiarii et extraequitatores expenderent residuum in mundanis et riotis; et ideo ordinavit dotacionem praedictam in annuetatibus.
Et quod non fuit intencio dicti Johannis Fastolf in convencione praedicta mortificare CCC. marcas terrae, quia prima convencio Johannis Paston est solvere v. m^l. [5000] marcas in tribus annis et fundare colegium quod in intencione dicti Johannis Fastolf constaret m^l. [1000] libr., et semper dedit Johanni Paston mancionem suam in manerio et tota terra [_sic_] in Northefolk et Southefolk a.s.sessa ad v. C. [500] marcas annuatim, tunc Johannes Paston emeret revercionem CC. marcarum terrae quae valet iiij.[190.2] m^l. [4000] marcas ad suam propriam adventuram pro vj. m^l. v. C. [6500] marcis.
Item, pro tranquillita[te] et pace tempore vitae, ita ut non perturbetur per servos hospicii, ballivos, firmarios seu attornatos placitorum.
Item quod abbas de Sente Bede[191.1] potuit resistere fundationi, intentione ut tunc (?) remaneat sibi et suis.
_Endorsed:_-- 'Causa festinae barganiae inter Fastolf et Paston.'
[Footnote 189.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This paper is a very rough draft, full of errors in grammar and spelling. Additions have been made to the text here and there in the handwriting of John Paston. It was evidently written after Sir John Fastolf's death, possibly several years later.]
[Footnote 190.1: _Sic_--the sentence left unfinished.]
[Footnote 190.2: The figures 'iiij.' are blurred.]
[Footnote 191.1: Apparently St. Benet's is intended.]
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WILLIAM PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[191.2]
_To my Maistr Jon Paston in Norffolk._
[Sidenote: 1459 / NOV. 12]
Rythe will belovyd broder, I recomand me to zow, sertefyeng zow that on Fryday last was in the mornyng, Wurceter and I wer come to London be viij. of the clok, and we spak with my Lord Chanceler,[191.3] and I fund hym well disposyd in all thyng, and ze schall fynd hym ryth profytabyll to zow, &c. And he desyred me to wrythe zow a letter in hys name, and put trust in zow in gaderyng of the good togeder, and pray zow to do so and have all his good owthe of every place of his, and his awne place, qwer so ever they wer, and ley it secretly wer as ze thowth best at zowr a.s.synement, and tyll that he speke with zow hym selff, and he seyd ye schuld have all lawfull favor. I purpose to ryde to him this day ffor wryttis of _diem clawsit extremum_,[191.4] and I sopose ze schall have a letter sent from hym selff to zow.
As for the good of Powlis, it is safe j now [_enough_]; and this day we have grant to have the good owthe of Barmundsey with owthe avyse of any man, sawyng Worseter, Plomer, and I my selff, and no body schall know of it but we thre.
My Lord[191.5] Treasorer[191.6] spekyth fayr, but zet many avyse me to put no trust in hym. Ther is laboryd many menys to intytill the Kyng in his good. Sothewell[191.7] is Eschetor, and he is rythe good and well disposyd. My Lord of Exsater[192.1] cleymyth tytill in myn master plase, with the aportynancys in Sothewerk, and veryly had purposyd to have entrid; and his consayll wer with us, and spak with Wurseter and me. And now afterward they have sent us word that they wold meve my Lord to sue be menys of the lawe, &c. I have spoke with my Lord of Canterbury and Master Jon Stokys, and I fynd hem rythe will disposyd bothe, &c.