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JOHN JENNEY TO JOHN PASTON[39.2]
To my wurshipfull maister, John Paston, Squier.
1455
JUNE 25
Mi wurshipfull maister, I recomaunde me to you; and I thanke you that it plesith you to take seche labour for me as ye doo. My servaunt tolde me ye desired to knowe what my Lord of Norffolk seid to me whan I spake of you; and he seid in asmeche as Howard[39.3] myght not be, he wolde write a lettre to the Under-Shreve that the shire shulde have fre eleccion, soo that Sir Thomas Todenham wer not, nor none that was toward the Duc of Suffolk; he seid he knewe ye wer never to hym ward. Ye may[39.4] sende to the Under-Shreve, and see my Lord lettre. Howard was as wode as a wilde bullok; God sende hym seche wurshipp as he deservith. It is a evill precedent for the shire that a straunge man shulde be chosyn, and no wurshipp to my Lord off Yorke, nor to my Lord of Norffolk to write for hym; for yf the jentilmen of the shire will suffre sech inconvenyens, in good feithe, the shire shall not be called of seche wurshipp as it hathe be.
Wreten atte Intewode, this Wednesday next after Sceint John, in hast. Your servaunt, John Jenney.
[39.2] [From Fenn, iii. 380.] This letter clearly refers to the same matters as the preceding, and was written the day after.
[39.3] See [p. 38, Note 2].
[39.4] The modern version in Fenn reads, ‘The Mayor sent to the Under-Sheriff, and saw my Lord’s letter.’
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ALICE CRANE TO MARGARET PASTON[40.1]
To my cosyn, Margeret Paston, be this letter delyvred.