As for tidyngs here in this contre, we have non, but that the contry is bareyn of money; and that my Lady of Yorke[236.3] and all her howsold is here at Sent Benetts,[236.4] and purposed to abide there stille, til the Kynge come from be yonde the see, and lenger if she like the eyre ther, as it is seide.
I thynke ryght longe tille I here some tidyngs for [quære, from?] you and from your brethren. I prey God sende you and al your company goode spede in your journeys, to His plesure, and to your worshippes and profights.
Wreten at Mauteby, on Sen Lawrens Even, the xv. yere of the regne of Kyng E. the iiijth. Be yor Moder.
[236.1] [From Fenn, ii. 180.]
[236.2] The chief part of this letter relates to Sir John Paston’s private affairs, his rents and lands, and informs him that William Jenney had entered into Holme Halle, in Filby, ‘in the ryght and titell of his douterlawe, weche was Boys doughter,’ etc.—F.
[236.3] Cecily, Duchess of York, daughter of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, was the widow of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and mother of King Edward IV., etc. She died in 1495, and was buried near her husband in the college of Fotheringay.—F.
[236.4] The Abbey of St. Bennet at Holm.
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SIR JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[237.1]
To Mestresse Margret Paston, at Norwyche.
1475
SEPT. 11