ORIGINAL LETTERS. LE TIER J. To my ryth worchepfull bufond John Pafton be ys delyu'yd in haft. LESYTH yow to wete y' John Wellys and hys brodyr told me thys nyth y the Kyng lay at Cambryge as yeftyrs nyth to Sandwyche ward for ther is gret dyvyfyen be the twyx Lordys and the Schypmen ther that caufyth hym to goo thedyr to fe a remedye therfor. I thank God that John Pafton yed non erftforthe for I trust to God all fchall be do er he comyth and it is told me that Syr John Howard is lek to lefe hys hed. If it plefe yow to fend to the feyd Wellys he fchall fend yow inor tydyngys than I may wryt at thys tyme. God have yow in hys kepyng. Wretyn in haft at Thetord at xj of the clok in ye nyth the fame day I dep'tyd fro yow. I thank Pampyng of hys good wyll and them yt wer caufe of changyng of my hors for they ded me a bettyr torne The tidings contained in this Letter, Margaret Pafton (Pl. 11. N° 25.) thought of fufficient confequence, as her Son appears to have been on his way to join these forces, to fend in a Letter to her husband, though fhe had left him only that day. EDWARD IV. LETTER I. To my right worshipful husband, John Pafton, be this delivered in hafte P me LEASETH you to weet, that John Welles and his brother told me this night, that the King lay at Cambridge as yefter night to Sandwich ward, for there is great divifion betwixt the Lords and the Shipmen there, that causeth him to go thither, to see a remedy therefore. I thank God that John Pafton went not fooner forth, for I truft to God all fhall he done ere he cometh; and it is told me that Sir John Howard is like to lose his head. If it please you to fend to the faid Welles, he shall fend you more tidings than I may write at this time. God have you in his keeping. Written in haste at Thetford, at 11 of the clock in the night the fame day I departed fro you. I thank Pampyng of his good will, and them that were (the) cause of changing of my horfe; for they did me a better turn This Letter was written before 1466, for in that year her Husband, J. Pafton, died. VOL. II. . Pp than than I wend they had do and I schall aquyt them anothyr day and I maye. 10 by 4. By po' P. P TRU LETTER JJ. To my Right trufty ffrend John Pafton Squier. I RUSTY and Welbeloved frend I grete you wele And for as much as hit is don me to understande that there is a greet straungeneffe betwix my Right trusty frend John Radcliff and you withoute any matier or cause of substaunce as I am lerned Wherfore in as much as I love you wele bothe I am not content hit fhulde fo be. Praying you hertly to forbere the faid ftraungeneffe on yo p'tie to fuche tyme as I fpeke with you next my felf leting you wite I have wreten to him to do the fame And that yo faile not herof as I may do any thing for you herafter And or lorde have in his keping. Wretin at London the day of x ffeurier. you 9 by 5. * Cromwell. This Letter fhews the friendly difpofition of the Lord Cromwell, and feems to hint his fufpicions, that fome difagreeable circumftance might attend this ftrangeness, if both parties did not obey his injunctions. John Radcliff was afterwards Lord Fitzwalter. Le T than I wend they had done, and I fhall acquit them another day and I may. Thetford, Before 1466, By your MARGARET PASTON. LETTER II. To my Right trufty Friend, John Pafton, Efquire. RUSTY and well beloved Friend, I greet you well, and TR as for as much as it is done me to understand that there is a great strangenefs betwixt my Right trufty friend John Radcliff and you, without any matter or cause of substance, as I am learned. Wherefore in as much as I love you well both, I am not content it should fo be. Praying you heartily to forbear the said strangeness on your part, to fuch time as I fpeak to you next myself, letting you weet, I have written to him to do the fame. And that ye fail not hereof, as I may do any thing for you hereafter. And our Lord have you in his keeping. Written at London the 10th day of February. London, CROMWELL. 10th of February, E. IV. 2 Humphrey Bourchier, Lord Cromwell, was third Son of Henry, Earl of Effex; and marrying Joanna, coheirefs of Maud, Sifter of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, had fummons to parliament as Baron Cromwell, in 1461, 1 E. IV. Pl. IV. N° 8. This Letter therefore was written in this reign. to I pray yow y' it may plefe yow leue yowr logeyng for iij or for days tyll I may be porved of anodyr and I fchal do as mufche to yowr plefyr, for Godys fake fay me not nay and I pray yow rekomaund me to my lord Chambyrleyn. Pour Frend Elizabeth. The whole of this Letter is written by Elizabeth, third Daughter of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and Cecily, Daughter of Ralph Neville, Earl of Weftmorland. She was Sifter to Edward IV. and Richard III. by the latter of whom her Son, John Earl of Lincoln (after the Death of his own Son), was declared Heir to the Crown. She married John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, and lies buried with him in Wingfield Church in Suffolk. Pl. Iv. N° 2. Under the Direction is written (I believe) in the hand of Sir John Pafton: ... "Littra Duciffe Suff." If fo, this Letter was written in the reign of Edward IV. for Sir John died in 1479,. 19 E. IV. LCC. |