[136.3] [From Paston MSS., B.M.]
our seyd Sovereyn Lord Kyng Hery the vijth.
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[1047]
THE EARL OF OXFORD TO SIR JOHN PASTON[138.1]
To the right worshipfull and my right welbeloved Sir John Paston, Knyght.
1491(?)
JULY 31
Right worshipfull and right welbeloved, I comaunde me to you. And where as I late receyved your wrytyng, beryng date the xxvj. day of this present monthe, by the whiche I understand that one Richard Calle toke certeyne men of werre robbyng upon the coste there; and in somoche as I understand that they be under the obeissaunce of the Kyng of Denmarke, I wolle and desyre you that ye delyver theym unto the seid Richard Calle to take his avauntage of theym as prisoners, seyng my dutee reserved in every thyng, as my trust is in you. And Almyghty God kepe you.
Writen at my castell of Hedyngham, the last day of Jule. Oxynford.
[138.1] [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The date of this letter is uncertain, but, as Fenn suggests, it is not unlikely to have been written in the year 1491, when it may be supposed that Danish sailors endeavoured to requite the injuries inflicted by the English in Iceland, of which mention is made in the last letter.
[1048]
THE OLD AND NEW BAILIFFS OF YARMOUTH TO SIR JOHN PASTON[138.2]
To oure right reverent and worshipfull and special good maister, Maister Paston.