[142.2] John de la Pole, who succeeded him as Duke of Suffolk.
[142.3] This heading looks as if copied by Fenn from an endorsement, which is probably not quite contemporaneous.
[143.1] These words in brackets were chafed and illegible in the original MS.
[143.2] According to William Worcester, the Duke embarked on Thursday, the 30th April.
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THE EARL OF OXFORD TO JOHN PASTON[144.1]
To owre Ryght trusty and right welbeloved Frend, Johan Paston, Esquier.
The Erle of Oxenford.
1450(?)
APRIL 30
Right tristy and welbeloved frend, we grete you right hertily well. And for asmuche as we be enformed that on [one] Thomas Kecham, a servaunt of owre right welbeloved brothir, Sir Richard de Veer, knyght, hath to done with Sir Henry Inglose knyght in a certeyn matier in wich youre good maisterschep may cause his singuler ease and a vaile as anenst the said knyght, as Thomas Kecham hath enformed us; We pray you hertily that, at the reverence of us and this oure writyng, ye woll take the labour upon you to speke unto the said Sir Henry, conceyving a mene and the weye of an ende to be had be twix thaym of right, causyng the said knyght to sease of hese malice and wrongful suette as a nenst the said Thomas. And ferthermore we pray you to see that the said knyght take no benefeys ne prevayle not as a nenst the Gaoyler of the Castell of Norwich for the suerte of the said Thomas Kecham, as we verily trust ye will; in wich feithfully doyng we shall kun you hertily thanke. And right trusty and welbeloved, the Trynitie have yow in Hese kepyng. Wreton at oure Manour of Wevenhoo, the last day of Aprill.
Below the text of this letter is written in another hand, ‘Smalwode Sparhawk.’