1450
DEC. 4
Ryght trusty and welbelevyd servaunt, I grete you well. And forasmoch as I undrestand that on Monday next the oyer and terminer shall be holden at Beklys, and ye avysen to sende yow a certificat for cause of the forged quytaunce by Sir John Sypton, whych wrytyng I scende you by the berer here of, prayng you that ye solicit to my councell that the said Sir John Sypton be endited thereuppon, and that ye foryete not Ulveston, Andreus, and the othyrs that forged a fals office[194.2] to cast my maner of Bradwell yn to the Kyngs hand.
Item, I sende you a copie of Sibieton ple and quytaunce forged to grounde your bille by it.
No more for haste, but God kepe you. Wryt at London, iiij. day of December, anno xxixº regni Regis H. VI.
Item, Sir John Bukk, Parson of Stratford, physshed my stankys at Dedham, and holp brake my damme, destroyed my new mille, and was ayenst me allwey at Dedham, to the damage of 20l., which may be endyted allso.
Item, he and John Cole hath by force this yeer, and othyr yeers, take out off my waters at Dedham, to the nombre of xxiiij. swannys and signetts, and I pray you thys be not foryeted. J. Fastolf.
[194.1] [From Fenn, iii. 102.]
[194.2] See [p. 188, Note 2].
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ABSTRACT[195.1]
Sir John Fastolf to Sir Thomas, Parson of Castlecombe, and John Bokking, in haste, at Princes Inn, in Norwich.