[27.2] Blank in MS.
1479
NOV. 25
Receyved at Cressingham, the Thirsday nex aftyr Seynt Edmund[27.4] at the corte ther vli. xs. by the handes of me, John Paston, Sqwyer.
| Wherof payed to my modyr for costys don up on the berying of
Walter Paston, and whyll he lay sek, and for the hyer of a man comyng
with the seyd Water fro Oxenford xxd. | xxixs. xjd. |
| Item, payed to William Gybson for j. horse sadyll and brydyll
lent to Water Paston by the seyd William, | xvjs. |
| Item, gevyn the seyd man comyng fro Oxenford with the seyd Water
by the handys of J. Paston, | xxd. |
|
Item, payed for dyvers thynges whyll Water Paston lay sek, | iiijd. |
| Item, for the costes of John Paston rydyng to kepe the coort at
Cressingham, anno supradicto, whych was iiij. dayes in doing, for
the styward mygh not be ther at the day prefyxid, | iijs. iiijd. |
[27.3] [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This paper is in the handwriting of John Paston the younger. The reference to the burial of Walter Paston proves it to be of the year 1479.
[27.4] St. Edmund’s Day is the 20th November. The Thursday after it in 1479 was the 25th.
the seyd Water fro Oxenford
spelling “Water” unchanged
Item, payed to William Gybson ... xvjs.
“s.” in plain (non-italic) type
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JOHN PASTON TO MARGARET PASTON[28.1]