Wretyn att Norwych in hast, the Monday after Twelthe Day. By yowr, J. Strange.
[261.1] [From Fenn, iv. 286.] This letter being addressed to Sir John Paston touching a proposal of marriage for his sister, must have been after the death of his father in 1466, and, of course, before the actual marriage of Margery Paston to Richard Call, which seems to have taken place towards the close of 1469.
a maryage for my Masterys Nargery, zowr suster
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SIR JOHN AND LADY HOWARD[262.1]
1467
JAN. 22
This wrytenge made at London the vjte yer of Kynge Edward the iiij. and the xxij. day of Jenever wytnesseth what stoffe my master Sir John Howard hath delyverd to my Lady his wyfe in this monyth of Jenever.
Ferst ij. rynges of goolde set with good dyamawntes, the wyche the quene yaff my master.
Item, a rynge of goolde with a fyne rubye.
Item, a nowche of goolde set with a fyne safyre, a grete balyse and v. perles.
Item, my master yaff here a fyne pece of holand clothe as good as Reynes conteynenge in length xl. yerdes, the yerde was wele worth iiijs.