[110.1] Here follow, says Fenn, some directions about payments of money.
[111.1] Sir Thomas Fulford was son of Sir Baldwin Fulford, beheaded at Bristol in 1461; he likewise ended his life on the scaffold.
[111.2] Holyrood Day, 14th of September.
I pray yow recomande me to my modre
text has “recomande mo”: corrected from Fenn
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SIR JOHN PASTON TO JOHN PASTON[111.3]
To hys well belovyd John Paston, Esquier, at Norwyche, or to Mestresse Margret, his Modre.
1471
SEPT. 28
I comande me to yow, letyng yow weet that, &c.[111.4]
I wolde ffayne have the mesur wher my ffadre lythe at Bromholm; bothe the thyknesse and compase off the peler at hys hed, and ffrom that the space to the alter, and the thyknesse off that alter, and imagery off tymbre werk; and what hyght the arche is to the grounde off the ilde, and how hye the grounde off the qwyr is hyer than the grownde off the ilde.
Item, I praye yowe late the mesur by pekthred be taken or elt mesured by yerde, how moche is ffrom the northe gate, ther the brygge was, at Gressham to the sowthewall, and in lyke fforme ffrom the este syde to the west, also the hyght off the estewall, and the hyght of the sowthest towr ffrom the grownde, iff ye maye easely. Also what bredde every towr is within the wall, and whych towr is moor then other within.