I herd seye that a man was thys daye examyned, and he confessed that he knewe greet tresor was sende to the Erle off Oxenfford, wheroff a mle li. [£1000] sholde be conveyd by a Monke off Westminster, and some seye by a Monke off Chartrehows.
Item, that the same man schulde acuse C. gentylmen in Norffolk and Suffolk that have agreyd to assyst the seyd Erle at hys comynge thyder, whyche as itt is seyd, sholde be within viij. dayes afftr Seynt Donston, iff wynde and weddyr serffe hym—fflyeng tales. No mor at thys tyme, but God have yow in kepyng.
Wretyn at London on Seynt Donstones daye, xviij. daye of Maye, Anno E. iiijti xiijo. John Paston, K.
[186.1] [From Fenn, ii. 136.]
[186.2] Then follow some orders concerning servants, debts, securities, etc.—F.
[186.3] John Stafford was created Earl of Wiltshire in 1470. He was uncle to Henry, Duke of Buckingham.
[186.4] . . . . . Butler, Lord Sudley.—F.
[186.5] Apparently John Paston had talked of making a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James of Compostella in Spain.
xviij. daye of Maye, Anno E. iiijti
text reads “Maye, Anno, E.”