[137.2] [Douce MSS. 393, f. 100.] It appears by a paper, which will be found further on ([No. 119]), that Daniel entered the manor of Braydeston or Brayston during the Parliament which was held at Leicester in the spring of 1450. This letter must have been written at that time.
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LORD SCALES TO JOHN PASTON[138.1]
To my right trusty and welbeloved frende, John Paston, Squier.
Year uncertain
Right trusty and welbeloved frend, I grete you hertly wel, and wul ye wite that Wotton is ever creyng and callyng upon me to write un to you for hise londe; wherfore at the reverence of Good, consideryng the symplenesse of hem all, I pray you that ye put hem at a certen, and lete hem all that they aught to have of right, for thaire creyng cause men to thinke ye do hem grete wrong, which I wote wel ye wold be sory to do.
Oure Lord have you in hise governance. Writen at Midelton, the xvj. day of October. Youre frende, Scales.
[138.1] [From Fenn, iii. 364.] This and the six letters following, all but one of which are, like the last, written by Lord Scales to John Paston, are placed here merely for convenience, the years in which they were written being quite uncertain, though probably not very far apart. The one letter among them of which Lord Scales is not the writer, is inserted in abstract on account of its bearing on that which immediately precedes it.
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LORD SCALES TO JOHN PASTON[138.2]
To my right trusty and enterly welbeloved frend, John Paston, Squier.
Year uncertain