[169.2] [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This is another of the series of letters relating to Paston’s dispute with the Duke of Suffolk about Drayton and Hellesdon in 1465.
[169.3] August 1.
[170.1] At this point the letter is continued in a different ink upon a new sheet of paper, which was formerly stitched to the first sheet. A line which was formerly covered by the sewing shows that Margaret Paston intended at first to have written: ‘to the justice, and he . . . . . (five words illegible, the paper being cut) thei toke the seid Thomas with ought warant, afftre trobillyng of the lete.’
[172.1] So in MS.
[172.2] A word illegible.
[172.3] So in MS.
[172.4] Supersedeas is a writ to stay certain proceedings; supplicavit a writ for taking surety of the peace when violence is threatened by any one.
as for your wolle, I may selle a stoone for xld.,
“d.” printed in roman (non-italic) type
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JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[173.1]
To my cosyn, Margaret Paston, at Heylisdonn.