[98.3] These words are erased.
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LORD MOLYNS TO THE TENANTS OF GRESHAM[99.1]
To my trusty and wel belovyd, the Vycary and Tenaunts of my Lordschepe of Gressham.
1449
MARCH 24
Trusty and welbeloved frendys, I grete yowe well, and putte yowe all owte of doute for all that ye have doon for me; and the money that ye pay to my welbeloved servaunt, John Partrich, I will be your warant as for your discharge, and save yowe harmeles ayenst all thoo that wold greve yowe, to my power. And, as hertly as I can, I thanke yow of the gud wyl ye have had, and have, toward me. And as to the tytyll of rigth that I have to the Lordship of Gressam schal with in short tyme be knoweyn, and be the lawe so determynyd, that ye schall all be glad that hathe ought me youre gud wyll therin.
And All Myghty God kepe yow; and, be His grace, I schall be with yowe son aftyr the Parlement es endyd.
Wrytten atte London, on Oure Lady evyn last past. R. H., Lord Molyns.
[99.1] [From Fenn, i. 192.] Lord Molyns took possession of Gresham, as already shown—see [page 94, note 1],—on the 17th of February 1448; but the reference to Parliament as sitting at the date of this letter proves it to belong either to 1449 or 1450. The latter date, however, is not very probable.
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MARGARET PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[99.2]
To my rytz wurschipful Mayster, Jon Paston, be this delyverid in hast, dwelling in the Inner Tempill.