James Arblaster to John Paston, [Squire][226.2]
John à Berney of Wychyngham wishes to disinherit him of his liberty of faldage in Colyette. Desires the help of one of Paston’s men. As for my Lady of Oxford, ‘I have get you a trusty man against Tuesday or Wednesday next.’
[There is no distinct evidence of the date of this letter, except that it is probably not later than 1466, when John Paston died, though it may have been addressed to his younger son John. Compare Nos. 232, 233, and 234, in vol. ii.]
[226.1] [From Paston MSS., B.M.]
[226.2] This designation is added on the address, but is struck out.
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JOHN PASTON’S FUNERAL[226.3]
Expences paid by Gloys at Norwich the day the Cors was ther and befor.
1466
Fyrste. The iiii. orders of fryers, viiil. Item, almesse, iis. viid. Item, to xxiii. susters of Normandys,[226.4] with the gardian eche of them, iiiid., and the gardian, viiid.—viiis. Item, in offering on Pentecost Tuesday[226.5] for my master, id.; for the herse, xls. For xxiiii. yerdes of brod wythtys for gowns, xxviis. viiid.; for dyeng of the same, iiiis. For settyng on the tents, vid. For xxii. yerdes and iii. quarters of brod wythts, xxxiiiis. iiid. For grownedyng, iiis. iiiid. For dyeng, iiiis. To xxxviii. prests at the dyryge at Norwyche, when the cors lay ther, xiis. viiid. To xxxix. schyldern with surplyces within the schurche and without, iiis. iiiid. To xxvi. clerks with iiii. kepers of the torches, eche of them iid., iiis. iiiid. To the clerks of St. Peters and St. Stevens for the ryngers ageyn the cors, iis. To the iiii. orders of fryers that rede ageyn the cors——. To the Prioress of Carow, vis. viiid. To a maide that came with her, xxd. To the ancors [anchoress ?] xld. In almesse, xvs. To a woman that came from London with the cors to Norwyche, vis. viii[d].