[26.1] Sir James Gloys, a priest.
[27.1] See vol. ii. p. 110, Note 1.
me semyth it is a mll. [thousand]
final italic “d” misprinted as “a”
[714]
JAMES HAWTE TO SIR JOHN PASTON[28.1]
To my worchypfull brother, Sir John Paston, be thys byll delyvered in hast.
1469
MAY 22
Ryght worchipfull brother, I recomaund me onto you, lettyng you to wytte, that my Lorde Stafford[28.2] was made Erle of Deveneschere apon Sonday; and as for the Kyng, as I understond, he departyt [departeth] to Walsynggame apon Fryday com vij. nygth, and the Quene also, yf God send hyr good hele.
And as for the Kyng [he] was apoyntyd to goo to Calys, and now hyt ys pute of. And also as for the goyng to the see, my Lord of Warwyke schyppys gothe to the see, as I understond. None other tydynggys I can none wryte unto you, but Jesu have you in Hys kepyng.
Wretyn at Wyndysore on Monday after Whytsonday, in hast, &c. By your brother, James Hawte.
[28.1] [From Fenn, ii. 16.] The King’s visit to Norfolk and the creation of Lord Stafford as Earl of Devonshire both fix the date of this letter as 1469. The writer seems to be the brother of Anne Hawte, to whom Sir John Paston was engaged, and he accordingly calls him his brother.