John, Duke of Norfolk, to John Paston

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Title
John, Duke of Norfolk, to John Paston
Reference
Add. 43490, f. 48
Date
10 October 1483
Library / Archive
  • The British Library
Transcript location(s) in printed volume(s)
Gairdner, Vol VI, item 994; Fenn, Vol II, Richard III item 1
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume II' (1st transcript)

LETTER I.

 

To my right welbeloved frynde John Paston be this delivred in hast.

 

RIGHT welbeloved frynde, I comaunde me to you, It is
     soo that the Kentysshmen be up in the Weld, and sey that
they wol com’ and Robbe the Cite which I shall lett yf I may.

     Therefore I pray you that with alle diligence ye make you
redy and com hidder, and bring wt you six talle felaws in
harnesse, and ye shall not lyse yor labor, that knoweth God
whoo have you in his keping.

     Written at London, the xth day of October.

 

                                                                     Your Friend,

                                                                                 J. Norfolk.

              Paper Mark,
             The Letter. G.
               Pl. XIII. No 2.
              8 ½ by 4 ½.

          London,
            Friday, 10th of October,
            1483, 1 R. III.

 

      This Letter refers to the Commotions excited in different parts of the Kingdom by the
Duke of Buckingham, who from discontent conspired against Richard. He failed in his
enterprize however, and being deserted by his forces, fled, was treacherously betrayed,
taken, and beheaded.

     1 The Welds or Kent, are the plain and open parts of the County.

     2 John, Lord Howard (descended from Margaret, Daughter and Coheir of Thomas
Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk), was created Duke of Norfolk, in 1483, 1 R. III. and
was slain at the battle of Bosworth, in 1485. Pl. VII. No 4.

 
Transcript from John Fenn, 'Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III…. Volume II' (2nd transcript)

LETTER I.

 

To my right well beloved Friend John Paston, be this delivered in haste.

 

RIGHT well beloved Friend, I commend me to you. It
     is so that the Kentishmen be up in the 1 Weld, and say
that they will come and rob the City, which I shall let (prevent)
if I may.

     Therefore I pray you, that, with all diligence, ye make you
ready and come hither, and bring with you six tall Fellows
in harness; and ye shall not lyse (lose) your labour, that knoweth
God, who have you in his keeping.

     Written at London, the 10th day of October.

 

                                                                  Your Friend,

                                                                           J. NORFOLK.

        

Paper Mark,
             The Letter. G.
               Pl. XIII. No 2.
              8 ½ by 4 ½.

          London,
            Friday, 10th of October,
            1483, 1 R. III.

 

      This Letter refers to the Commotions excited in different parts of the Kingdom by the
Duke of Buckingham, who from discontent conspired against Richard. He failed in his
enterprize however, and being deserted by his forces, fled, was treacherously betrayed,
taken, and beheaded.

     1 The Welds or Kent, are the plain and open parts of the County.

     2 John, Lord Howard (descended from Margaret, Daughter and Coheir of Thomas
Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk), was created Duke of Norfolk, in 1483, 1 R. III. and
was slain at the battle of Bosworth, in 1485. Pl. VII. No 4.

 
Transcript from James Gairdner, 'The Paston Letters, A.D., 1422-1509, New Complete Library Edition, Volume VI'

994

 

JOHN, DUKE OF NORFOLK, TO JOHN PASTON1

 

To my right welbeloved frynde, John Paston,
be this delivred in hast.

 

      RIGHT welbeloved frynde, I comaunde me to you. It
          is soo that the Kentysshmen be up in the weld, and
          sey that they wol come and robbe the cite, which I
shall lett yf I may.

     Therefore I pray you that with alle diligence ye make you
redy and com hidder, and bring with you six talle felaws in
harnesse, and ye shall not lyse yowr labour, that knoweth God,
Whoo have you in His keping.

     Written at London, the xth day of October.

                                Yowr frend,                              J. NORFFOLK.

 

     1 [From Fenn, ii. 314.] Sir John Howard was created Duke of Norfolk on the
28th June 1483, and was killed in the battle of Bosworth on the 22nd August 1485.
This letter seems to have been written in October 1483, when it first became known
that a series of insurrections were about to take place in different counties, of which
the Duke of Buckingham was the principal leader. It was on the 12th October, just
two days after this letter was written, that King Richard himself at Lincoln heard of
Buckingham’s intended treason.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1483
OCT. 10