Before 1444 (?)
Trusti and right welbelovid, we grete you weel, lating you witte that for the trust that as weel we, as the heires of Edmund Swathyng, have unto you, we have appointed you to be one of the makeres up indifferently of the evydences betwix us and the seide heires. Wherfor we pray you hertily, that ye wil yeve attendaunce at such day and place as ye and our right trusti and welbelovid frende William Yelverton, with oure welbelovid servaunt Jenney, shal mow attende to the making up of the seide evidencez; and we shal send summe of our servauntz to awayte upon you for your reward and costis, that ye shal be pleasid with by the grace of God, who have you ever in his keping.
Wreten undir our signet in oure Castel of Framlyngham,
the xviij. day of ——.
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John[69.1] Mowbray. | Norff. |
[68.4] [From Fenn, i. 10.] Fenn thinks this letter must have been written before 1444, when Yelverton was made a judge. This is, doubtless, most probable. There is, however, an Edmund Swathing, Esq., mentioned by Blomefield (Hist. of Norfolk, viii. 42) as alive in 1446, and if it be his executors who are referred to, the date would appear to be later.
[69.1] The name ‘John Mowbray’ is represented by a curious monogram, in which every letter both of the Christian and the surname can be traced.
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JOHN PASTON’S PETITION[69.2]
To the Kyng our Soverayn Lord.
After 1444