To the worshipful, and my right well beloved Coufin, John Pafton, at the Temple, or to William Barker, at Southwark, be this delivered.

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RSHIPFUL Coufin, I commend me to you, and whereas I late wrote unto you, in a Letter by Henry Hanffon, for the foundation of my College; I am fore fet thereupon; and that is the caufe I write now, to remember you again to move my Lords of Canterbury and Winchester for the License to be obtained, that I might have the amortizing. without any great Fine; in recompence of my long service: continued, and done unto the King, and to his noble Father, whom God affoil, and never yet guerdoned [recompenfed] or rewarded.

And now fince I have ordained to make the King Founder, and ever to be prayed for; and for his right noble Progenitors, his 3 Father and 4 Uncles, methinketh I should not be denied of my defire, but the rather to be remembered and fped.

Wherefore, as I wrote unto you, I pray you acquaint me and you, for the father speed hereof, with a Chaplain of my Lord of Canterbury, that in your abfence may remember me,, and in like wife with my Lord Chancellor; for seeing the

3 Henry V.

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• Thomas Duke of Clarence, flain in France in 1421.

John, Duke of Bedford, died at Rouen, in 1435.

Humphry, Duke of Gloucester, murdered at Bury, in 1446.

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ficon and also hise un to the edyfyeng of God is f'vice it myght in noo bettyr tyme be mevid, &c.

My Lord of 5 Norff is remevid from Framlyngh'm on foote

to goo to Walfyngh'm and deily I wayte yt he wolde come hidre.

111 by 5 1.

Paper Mark,

Bull's Head and Star.

Pl. VIII. N° 2.

Your Cofyn,

J. Fattolf.

John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, on a pilgrimage to Walfingham.

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LETTER XLJJ.

my ryght worshipfull Unkle and my Ryght good Mafter Syr John Faftalf Knyght.

YGHT worshipfull Unkull and my Ryght good Master, recomaund me

R1 recom, und me to yow wyth all my fervys.

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And S my Broy' Pafton and I have comened togeder as touchinge to yo' Colage y' ye wold have made, and S. hit gret a good y' ys axed of yow for youre lycens for they ax for ev'y C m'rc y' ye wold amortyse D m'rcz, and woll gefe hit noo better chepe.

And S'. y told my

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brother Pafton yt my Lady of Bargeveney

hath

This is the College, which Sir John Faftolf intended to have founded at Caifter, by Yarmouth, in Norfolk,

2 Elizabeth, Daughter and heir of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester,. (Son and heir

King's Difpofition, and also his, unto the edifying of God's fervice, it might in no better time be moved, &c.

My Lord of ' Norfolk is removed from Framlingham on foot to go to Walfingham, and daily I wait that he would come hither.

Your Coufin,

Caister,

18th of November,
Before 1459, 38 H. VI.

6 Autograph. Pl. 11. N° 15.

' JOHN FASTOLF.

LETTER XLII.

To my right worshipful Uncle, and my right good Mafter, Sir John Faftolf, Knight.

IGHT worshipful Uncle, and my right good Master, I ecommend me to you

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recommend me to you with all my fervice.

And, Sir, my Brother Pafton and I have communed together as touching to your College that ye would have made, and Sir, it is too great a good [Sum] that is afked of you for your License; for they ask for every 100 marks that ye would amortife [Jettle by the statute of Mortmain] 500 marks, and will give it no better cheap [grant no better bargain.]

And Sir, I told my Brother Pafton, that my Lady 2 Aberga

heir of William Beauchamp, Lord Bergavenny,) and wife of Sir Edward Nevile, a younger Son of Ralph, first Earl of Weftmorland, who by this marriage was fummoned as Lord Bergavenny, in 1450.

venny

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hath in dyv's Abbeyes in Leyc'fhyre vij or viij preftes Singinge for her p'petuell by my Brother Darcyes and my Unkle Brokefbyes meanes for they were her Execut'rs, and they acorded for money and gafe a cc or ccc m'rc, as yey myzt acord for a Preft.

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And for ус 4 Suerte y he fhuld fynge in y fame abbey for ev, They had man's of good valew bounden to fuch p'fones as plesed y fayd Barth'n Brokkefby and my Broy' Darcy, y y fayd f'vyfe fhulde be kept.

And for lytell moore yen ye Kynge axed hem for a Lycence yy went thorgh w' y fayd Abbots.

And y hold this wey as fure as that other, ye may comen w youre Councell therof.

And yf y' be any f'vyfe yt y can do for yow hit shall be redy at all tymes wye g'ce of God who have yow in his kepynge.

Wryten at Londō ye xvij day of Juyll.

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3. It is a generally received opinion that the Priefs were the most exorbitant in their demands on every occafion, but here it seems otherwife, for the King (or bis Minifters) required 500 Marks for a License for every 100 Marks that were intended to be fettled in Mortmain.

It appears, however, by this Letter that Contracts might be made with the Abbots, &c. on much more moderate terms, for the performance of Maffes, &c. and equally fecure, even without the King's License.

We are here informed that a demand had been made upon the Executors of Lady Bergavenny

venny hath in diverse Abbeys in Leicestershire, seven or eight Priests finging for her perpetually, by my Brother Darcy's and my Uncle Brokesby's means, for they were her Executors; and they accorded [agreed] for 3 money and gave a 200 or 300 marks, as they might accord [agree] for a Priest.

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And for the Surety that he should fing in the fame Abbey for ever, they had Manors of good value bounden to fuch Perfons as pleased the said Brethren, Brokesby, and my Brother Darcy, that the faid fervice fhould be kept.

And for little more than the King asked them for a License, they went through with the said Abbots.

And I hold this way as fure as that other; ye may commune with your Counsel thereof.

And if there be any service that I may do for you, it shall be ready at all times with the grace of God, who have you in his keeping.

Written at London, the 17th day of July.

Your Nephew and Servant,

5 HENRY FYLUNGLEY.

London, 17th of July.

Before 1459, 38 H. VI.

Bergavenny of nearly as much Money, for a Licenfe to found, as it actually took to found a Service for her.

• This is a curious fact, as it fhows us how fecurity was given by the Abbies, &c. to the Parties contracting for a Mafs or Service, that it fhould be continued for ever in the fame Abbey, &c.

5. He appears from other Letters to have been a Lawyer, and was connected with the Paftons, &c. by marriage. Pl. 111. N° 36.

This Letter was written during the latter part of the life of Sir John Faftolf, perhaps not long before his death, which happened in 1459. Pl. xiv, N° 12.

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