Item, thys daye I understonde that ther be comen letteris from my moder and yow, and Dawbeney, wherin I schall sende yow answer when I have seyn them.
No mor at this tyme, for within this iij. dayes I shall lette yow have kneleche of other maters.
Wretyn the xviij. day of Marche.
Whether he nedyth indoccion, or institucion, or non, I wot not; if it nede, brother, ye may seale any suche thynge as well as I. Master Stevyn kan tell all suche thynges. John Paston, K.
[13.1] [From Fenn, iv. 308.] Sir Thomas Howes appears to have died in the latter part of the year 1468. Before the end of that year his living of Pulham was vacant, and his death is alluded to in a letter of Margaret Paston’s, written on the 30th September 1469, as having occurred ‘within this twelvemonth.’ It would appear by the following extract, quoted by Fenn, from the Institution Books of the Bishop of Norwich, that Sir John’s presentation referred to in this letter was not allowed, or was not made out in time, and that the Bishop presented by a lapse:—
‘Cantaria in Cayster-hall.
‘Lib. xi. p. 170, 21 March 1468. Mr. Joh’es Yetton, S.T.P. ad col. Ep’i. per laps’.’
[Sidenote] MARCH 17
printed as shown, but text of letter says “xviij” (18)
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MARGARET PASTON TO SIR JOHN PASTON[14.1]
To Sir John Paston.