that I have to the Lordship of Gresham (it) shall within short time be known, and by the law fo determined, that ye shall all be glad that hath ought me your good will therein. And Almighty God keep you, and by his grace I fhall be with you foon after the Parliament is ended. Written at London, on Our Lady even last past. ROBERT HUNGERFORD, 21ft of March. Before 1460, 39 H. VI. Lord MOLYNS. There is nothing which ascertains the date of this Letter, farther than that Thomas, Lord Hungerford, fucceeded his brother Robert, and was beheaded in the reign of Edward IV. for being in arms in favour of Henry VI. it is probable therefore that this was written before 1460. To my right worshipful, and right entirely well beloved Coufin, The Viscount Beaumont. R IGHT worshipful, and right entirely well beloved Coufin, I commend me to you with all my heart, defiring to hear, and verily to know of your worshipful eftate, profit, health, and good profperity; the which I befeech our Lord Jefu ever to maintain and preferve in all worship, to his pleafance and to your heart's ease. 1 It is all of the fame hand writing, and that most probably of the Duchefs's Secretary," the form of the Letters not being like thofe of a female hand. The matter recorded, fhews the princely establishment of the Households of the Nobility in that age; and that they imitated, the royal appointments, by having the Officers on their own establishments under their Letters Patent. Plcafe it you Coulin to witte, yat your welbelovid f'vaunt Roger Hunt and a f'vaunt of my moost dred Lord my husbond on William, Yoman of his Ewry, have comend to gedre, and been fully thorgh and agreed yat y faid William fhall have his office if it may please your good Lordship. Wherfore Coufin I p'y you as my speciall trufte is in you, yat y will at thinftaunce of my proier and writing, graunte by your L'res patents to y faid William the forfaid office with fuche wages and fees as Roger your faid f'vaunt hath it of you, truftyng verile yat ye fhall fynde the faid William a faithfull I'vaunt to you, and can and may do you right good f'vice in yat office. And Coufin in thacompleshment of my defire in yis mater ye may do me a right good pleaser as God knowith, whom I beseche for his m'ci to have you ev' in his bleffed gouv'naunce and fend you good lyfe and long with muche good worship. Writen at Framlynh'm the viijth day of Marche. 3 Elianore, the Duchels of Norfolk. 114 by 7. Paper Mark, Pl. 1x. N° 15. 'An Officer who had the Charge of the Table Linen, &c. 2 It feems by this representation of the matter, as if Roger Hunt, the officer of the Viscount Beaumont, had fold his Office under his Lordship to William, Yeoman of the Ewry to the Duke, if, through the Duchefs's recommendation, Lord Beaumont fhould think proper to accept him. LET .I Please it you, Coufin, to weet, that your well beloved Servant Roger Hunt, and a fervant of my moft dread Lord my Husband, one William, Yeoman of his Ewry, have communed together, and been fully through and agreed, that the faid William fhall have his office, if it may please your good Lordship. 2 Wherefore Coufin, I pray you, as my fpecial truft is in you, that ye will, at the inftance of my prayer and writing, grant by your Letters Patents, to the faid William, the forefaid office, with such wages and fees as Roger your faid fervant hath it of you; trufting verily that ye fhall find the faid William a faithful fervant to you, and can and may do you right good service in that office. And, Coufin, in the accomplishment of my defire in this matter, ye may do me a right good pleasure, as God knoweth, whom I beseech for his mercy to have you ever in his bleffed governance, and send you good life and long, with much worship. Written at Framlingham, the 8th day of March. 3 ELIANOR, the Duchefs of NORFOLK. Framlingham, Sth of March. Before 1460, 39 H. VI. 3 Ellenor, Duchefs of Norfolk, wife of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, was the Daughter of William Bourchier, Earl of Ewe, in Normandy, and Sister of Henry Bourchier, Earl of Effex. The Duke died in 1461, and was buried at Thetford, where his Duchefs was likewife buried. Pl. 11. N° 16. LET To the right worshipfull Sr. and Maift John Pafton Efcuier at Norwiche be this delyv'd in haft. R IGHT worschipfull Sr. and Maifter I recomaund me un to I you Please you to wete the monday aft' oure Lady day there come hider to my Maift ys plafe my Maister Bowfer S. Harry Ratford John Clay and the Harbyger of my Lord of Marche defyryng that my Lady of York myght lye her untylle the comyng of my Lord of York and hir tw Sonnys my Lorde 3 George and my Lorde 4 Richard, and my Lady 5 Margarete hir Dawztyr, whiche y graunt hem in youre name to ly here untylle Mychelmas. And she had not ley here ij dayes but sche had tythyng of the londyng of my Lord at Cheftre, the tewefday next aft' my Lord fent for hir that sche fhuld come to hym to Harford, and theder fche is gone. And fythe y left here bothe the Sunys and the Dowztyr, and the Lord of Marche comyth eu'y day to se them. After the Battle of Northampton, fought in July 1460, the Queen and Prince fled into Wales, and the Duke of Somerset into France. The King returned with the Yorkifts to London, who informing the Duke of York, then in Ireland, of their fuccefs, he embarked for England. I The nativity of our Lady is on the 8th of September, the Monday after was this year on the 15th. 2 Cicely, Daughter of Ralph Nevile, firft Earl of Weftmoreland, the lived to fee two of her Sons Kings of England, &c. and died in 1495, 10 H. VII. Item LETTER LI. To the right worshipful Sir and Mafter, John Pafton, Efquire, at Norwich, be this Letter delivered in hafte. R IGHT worshipful Sir and Master, I recommend me unto 2 you; please you to weet, the Monday after Our Lady day there come hither, to my Master's place, my Master Bowser, Sir Harry Ratford, John Clay, and the Harbinger of my Lord of March, defiring that my Lady of York, might lie here until the coming of my Lord of York, and her two Sons, my Lord 3 George, and my Lord 4 Richard, and my Lady 5 Margaret, her Daughter, which I granted them in your name to lie here until Michaelmas. And she had not lain here two days but she had tidings of the landing of my Lord at Chefter. The Tuesday next after, my Lord fent for her that she should come to him to Harford [Hereford], and thither she is gone; and in the mean time are left here both the Sons, and the Daughter, and the Lord of March cometh every day to see them. 3 George, afterwards Duke of Clarence, he married Isabel, eldest Daughter of Richard Nevile, the great Earl of Warwick, and was put to death in 1478, aged about 27 years; he was at this time therefore about nine years old. Richard, afterwards Duke of Gloucester, and King of England, by the name of Richard III. 5 Margaret, afterwards Duchefs of Burgundy. army. He returned in confequence of the Victory gained at Northampton, over the King's Item, |