"should do well, because ye are a Fellow of Gray's Inn, where I was a Fellow."

"As for Pafton, he is an Efquire of Worship, and of great "Livelyhood, and I wot he will not spend all his Goods at once, "but he spareth yearly an hundred marks (667. 13s. 4d.) or an "hundred pounds; he may do his Enemy a fhrewd turn and never fare the worse in his household, nor (have) the less men" about him."

counsel you'

"Ye may not do fo, but if it be for one season, I counsel not to continue long as ye do. I would counsel you to feek "reft with Pafton."

And I thanked Billing on your behalf. God have you in his keeping.

1452, or 145 3,

By your poor Brother,

WILLIAM PASTON,

31 or 32 H. VI.

Much other thing I can tell you, and I had leisure; recommend me to my Sifter Margaret, and my Cousin Elizabeth Clere, I pray you.

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LETTER XUJJ.

To my Maifter Pafton.

ORSHYPFULL S and my gode Maister after dewe recomendacōn wyth alle my trewe f'vyce p'cedyng lyke you wete that as to nouveltees, &c. the Prince fhall be create at Wyndefour uppon Pentecoft Sonday. the Chaun'cellr the Duc of 3 Bokyngh'm and manye othyre Lordys off aftate p'fent wyth the Quene.

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As to my Lord + Yorke he abydyth aboute Yorke tilles Corpus Crift fefte be paffyd and wyth grete worship ys there reffeyved. And certeyn Juftices 6 Pryfot, Byngh'm, Portyngton and &c. be thedre for execucōn of Juftice uppon fuch as bafe offendended yn'caus' creminall.

It ys feyd the Duc of 7 Excet' ys here cov'dtlye God fende hym gode councell hereaft'.

And the Pryvee fele ys examynyd how and yn whate maner and be whate Autorite p'vye Selys were paffed forthe in that

The Creation of Edward, Son of Henry VI. to the Principality of Wales, is fixed by fome of our Hiftorians to the year 1454, and by others to that of 1457. This Letter confirms it to have been in the former year, for in that year Pentecoft or Whitsunday, fell on the 9th of June, and we are here told that that Ceremony fhall take place on Pentecoft Sunday, that is the next day.

Prince Edward was born in October 1453, and murdered after the battle of Tewkesbury, in 1471.

N. B. In 1457, Whitfunday fell on the 5th of June.

Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, had the Great Seal delivered to him on the fecond of April this year, he was beheaded at Pontefract, in 1460, fuon after the battle of Wakefield.

behalf

ORSHIPFUL Sir, and my good Master, after due

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recommendation with all my true fervice preceding, like you weet, that as to novelties, &c. the 'Prince shall be created at: Windfor upon Pentecoft Sunday, the Chancellor, the Duke of Buckingham, and many other Lords of estate, prefent with the Queen,!

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As to my Lord (of) 4 York he abideth about York till 5 Corpus Chrifti Feaft be paffed, and with great worship is there received.

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And certain Juftices Pryfot, Bingham, Portington, and &c. be thither for execution of Justice upon fuch as have offended in causes criminal.

It is faid, the Duke of Exeter is here covertly, God fend him good counsel hereafter.

And the Privy Seal is examined how, and in what manner, and by what Authority, privy Seals were paffed forth in that

3 Humphry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was flain at the battle of Northampton, in July 1460.

Richard, Duke of York, had been lately appointed Protector of the Realm, and was now in Yorkshire, making himfelf popular, by attending to thofe folemnities which pleafed the generality of the people, &c.

5 The Festival of the Bleffed Sacrament, or Corpus Chriai, is always on the Thursday after the Octave of Whitfunday, and in this year happened on the 20th of June. John Prifot was Chief Jutice of the Common Pleas.

Richard Bingham, a Justice of the King's Bench, and John Portington, of the Common Pleas.

7 Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter.

behalf,

behalf whych ys full innocent and ryght clere yn that mater, as it ys welle knowen.

The Frenfhmen hafe be afore the Ifles of Gerfey and G'neffey and a grete navey of hem and v be taken and slayn of hem by men of the feyd trew Ifles, &c.

St. Edmond Mulfo ys com from the Duc of Burge and he feyth by hys f'vūnts rapport that he wolle not discharge the Godes of the Mrchunts of thys land but fo be that Juftice be don uppon the Lord Bonevyle or els that he be sent to hym to do justice hỹ self as he hath def’ved, or fatisfaccōn be made to the value.

Yo' mater is enfeled as of the thyng ye wote of.

I can no more for hafte and lak of leyfer but our Lord kepe you.

Wryt haftly viij day of June.

I sende a L're to Maift Berney to lete you fee for the gouv'ñce yn Yorkshyr.

111 by 5.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, he died in 1467.

10 Bote H. ner.

• William Lord Bonvile was beheaded, by order of Queen Margaret, after the fecond battle of St. Alban's, in February 1460-1, though Henry VI. had granted him his life.

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behalf, which is full innocent and right clear in that matter, as it is well known.

The Frenchmen have been afore the Iles of Jersey and Guernsey and a great Navy of them, and 500 be taken and flain of them by men of the faid true lles, &c.

Sir Edmund Mulfo is come from the Duke of Burgundy; and he faith by his Servants' report, that he will not discharge the Goods of the Merchants of this land, but fo be [unless] that Juftice be done upon the Lord 9 Bonville, or else that he be fent to him to do juftice himself, as he hath deserved, or fatisfaction be made to the value.

Your matter is enfealed as of the thing ye wot of.

I can no more for hafte and lack of leifure, but our Lord keep you. Written haftily the 8th day of June.

I fend a Letter to Mafter Berney to let you fee for the Governance in Yorkshire.

Saturday, 8th of June,

454, 32 H. VI.

10 Bote HR. ner.

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10 William Botener, otherwife Worcester, was an attendant, &c. on Sir John Faftolf; and for a farther account of him, fee Letter xxv. Note 1.

He here figns his name in a very particular manner, inferting H R. between Bote and HerPerhaps it is meant to fhow his loyalty to King Henry. Pl. 11. N° 23.

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