Item, I hyre oft tymys manye straunge rapports of the gouvernaunce of my place at Castre and othyr plasys, as yn my chatell approvyng,[152.3] yn my wynys, the kepyng of my wardrobe and clothys, the avaylle[152.4] of my conyes at Haylysdon, &c., and approwement[152.3] of my londys; praying you hertly as my full trust ys yn you to help reforme it, and that ye suffre no vityouse man at my place of Castre abyde, but well gouverned and diligent, as ye woll aunswer to it.
Allmyghty God kepe you. Wryt at London, xxvij. day of Maij anno xxviijº regni Regis Henrici VI. John Fastolf, Kt.
[152.1] [From Fenn, i. 52.]
[152.2] Here, says Fenn, follow some orders respecting his affairs at Caister.
[152.3] Approving lands or chattels meant turning them to profit, and in the former case commonly implied increasing the rents.
[152.4] Use or profit.
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J. PAYN TO JOHN PASTON[153.1]
To my ryght honurabyll maister, John Paston.
1450
(written in 1465)
Ryght honurabyll and my ryght enterly bylovyd maister, I recomaunde me un to yow, with al maner of due reverence, in the moste louly wyse as we ought to do, evermor desyryng to here of your worshipfull state, prosperite, and welfar; the which I beseke God of his aboundant grace encrece and mayntene to his moste plesaunce, and to your hartis dssyre.