Volume V Part 34 (1/2)

Item, me thynkyth that ye do evyll that ye go not th.o.r.ewgh with my Lady of Suffolk for Heylysdon and Drayton; for ther shold growe mony to you, whyche wold qwyte yow ayenst R. T. and all other, and set yow befor for ever.

I prey yow for your ease, and all others to you ward, plye thes maters.

As for alle other thynges, I shall send yow an answer, when I com to Norwyche, whyche shall be on Thorsday, with G.o.des grace. I have teryd her at Framlyngham thys sevennyght, for [my] Lady took not hyr chambyr tyll yersterday. Adewe.

Wretyn on Seynt Kateryns Evyn.

J. P.

[166-1]I sye the pye, and herd it spek; and, be G.o.d, it is not worthe a crowe; it is fer wers then ye wend; be G.o.d, it wer shame to kep it in a cage.

[Footnote 165-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] At the foot of this letter is written, in a different but contemporary hand, 'A^o E.

iiij^ti xij^{o}.' The date is besides abundantly evident from other circ.u.mstances.]

[Footnote 166-1: This _P.S._ is written on the back of the letter.]

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ABSTRACT[166-2]

[Sidenote: 1472 / NOV. 26]

'Soutwerk c.u.m membris,' No. 17a.--'Literae patentes concessae a Rege ad pet.i.tionem Domini Fundatoris pro ponte fiendo in vico vocato le Bermoseystret. Dat. 26 Novembris anno regni Regis Ed. IV. 12^{o}.'

[Footnote 166-2: [From MS. Index in Magd. Coll., Oxford.]]

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JOHN OSBERN TO SIR JOHN PASTON[167-1]

_To the right worshepfull my master, Sir John Paston, Knyght._

A^o xij. E. R. quarti.

[Sidenote: 1472]

Please it your masterschep to knowe that Johon Shawe and I have goten a carpenter fro Walsyngham to Sporle to valewe your wod the[167-2] the wheche carpenter hese costis there Sondaye at nyght next before the a.s.sencion off owre Lord Jesu Cryst, Mondaye, Tewesdaye, Wednesdaye, a.s.sencion Daye, Frydaye and Saterdaye, and for hese labor iij_s._ iiij_d._ And upon the syte of your seid wode he hath valewid the launde wythin the d.y.k.es xij. fote inward fro the cop of the d.y.k.e and wythowte at liiij_li._ vij_s._ x_d._ And wythin the wode xij. fote wythin alle the d.y.k.es vj^xx._li._ vij_s._ viij_d._ the valewe of the d.y.k.es abowte the woode fro xij. fote fro wythin owtewardis arn prysid at x_li._ grete chepis the valew of the trees in the maner and in the closes azens the seid manor toward Swaffham xx. marc gret chepe; there off be ware and be not to hasty, &c., the cloos at the tow ... toward Pykenham not valewid nor not spoken of, &c. The summa totall ix^xx._li._ & xviij_li._ ij_s._ viij_d._

And if ze shuld selle all this wode togedyr for redy sylver never lesse in the summa paste v. marc, if ze woll sell the wode ... . . the lawnde wythin the d.y.k.es and the standardis thoo I shall wryte aftyr in this bille for to stande in any wyse less ... ... all the hole sum at the most paste x_li._ for who so ever shall by it he maye so leve and gete goode, &c.

The summa of your standardis for certeyn reconyd the Mondaye and the Tewsdaye whill I was at Sporle wyth in ... . . and xij. fote wythin the d.y.k.es in forme above rehersid xj^xx. And iche standarde a zard [_yard_] above the grownde ... . . abowte an . . lesser till we come xij. inche and viij. inche besyde all odyr smale that arn of lesse mesure ... ... growe the wheche arn many and resonabely sufficient, &c., the nowmber off the standardis wythin your ... . . cowntid and summe be estimacion of the mesures and formes above rehersid CCCC^ma x.x.xvj^ti.

As for your undyrwode I can not fynde the meane to valewid to your avayle, be cause it were necessary to knowe the purpose off your fellyng, where off beware, &c.

As for the fensyng of your d.y.k.es, and ze shuld felle your bordorys off your wode the Suthsyde, viz., toward Pykenham fro the Wonges to Walsyngham Weye is lx.x.x. rodde at leste, the price of the rodde iiij_d._, dyggyng, plashyng, and heggyng.

Summa, xxvj_s._ viij_d._

The Est syde toward Neyghton and Sparham vij^xx. rodde at the leste, Summa, xl_s._