Thomas Denyes to John Paston

141

THOMAS DENYES TO JOHN PASTON¹

To my maister Paston in hast.

RIGHT worshipfull and my right good maister, I re-
     comaund me to you. And like you wete that it is
     now . . . . I haf for Danyels sake put my self
withynne the maner of Rydon ; and her is with me a kynnes-
man [of] my mastres your wifes, John Bendyssh. And as yes-
tirday cam John Wodehous with a xij. hors to Geyt[on]; on
the othre side cometh Fitz William with xx. hors; and on the
third parte, oon Hoberd of Midelton hath redy a xx. felaws;
and on the fourth parte, stant the toune of Lynne redy with
Herry Wodehous; and thei all be gon thedir this nyght.
This day folwyng cometh to thaym Herry Tudenham, William
Narburgh, Thomas Trusbut, Thomas Kervile, and Shuldham
servauntez, Salesbury and William Owayn. It is so that of
my lorde² gete I no socour, and lever I had to dy than gif up
the place sith I am ther yn. And I wene if thei gete the place
upon me ther helpith my lif no pardon. Wherfore I lowly
beseche yow, maister Paston, advertise in your wisdom that
this was the first porpose of Tudenham and Heydon whils thei
regned, to gete this place; and to that intent thei brought
hider the lord Roos, which now is full simpely thought on with
my maister that I serve. And ye wete wele that I have most
encountred the entent of Tudenham and Heydon of ony pouer
man on lyve; And if I be lost or put to an ungoodly rebuke
heryn my service is the lesse of valu to you that be gentils of
the shire. Wherfore I requyre your maistership to come hider
in your persone with suych as ye seme not to that intent to
take party in the mater, but to that intent to help to set peas
in the shire, and to stire my lord for his honour. For yister-
day my lord sent to Lynne and made a cry to be made that he
wold be named in the writ of the statute of Northampton, and
that cry hath caused the common pople of the toun of Lynne
to stere the more. Neverthelesse all the substaunce of the
toun is in peas and peasid by the wisdam of the Meir theer, but
not for than sum of thaym come with Harry Wodehous, so
that I deme he hath a vj^xx. persones in all on all sides. I
beseche you to send me hider sum socour beside forth, with
John Osbern and John Lister with thaym, and come ye aftir a
parte by your good wisdome soukyng (sic) their demenynges,
and send me your advyse. Wretyn the nyght of the Sunday a
forn seynt Feithesday.—Your servaunt, THOMAS DENYES.

     This day I deme thei come beforn us. If ye help not now,
Tudenham and Heydon shal achieve in their desese the conquest
that thei coude never achieve in their prosperite.

     ¹ [Add. MS. 34,888, f. 45.] This is evidently the same year as No. 142, in which
William Wayte writes to Paston that Denyes ought to withdraw his garrison from
Roydon. The MS. is slightly mutilated at the top in the right-hand corner.

     ² The Earl of Oxford.

1450
OCT. 4

1450
OCT. 4

XVIII

A.D. 1450, 4 Oct.

THOMAS DENYES TO JOHN PASTON

[Add. MS. 34,888, f. 45]

     This is evidently the same year as No. 113 of the general series, in which
William Wayte writes to Paston that Denyes ought to withdraw his
garrison from Roydon. The MS. is slightly mutilated at the top in the right-
hand corner.

To my maister Paston in hast.

      RIGHT worshipfull and my right good maister,
              I recomaund me to you. And like you wete
              that it is now . . . . I haf for Danyels
             sake put my self withynne the maner of
Rydon; and her is with me a kynnesman [of] my
mastres your wifes, John Bendyssh. And as yestir-
day cam John Wodehous with a xij. hors to Geyt[on];
on the othre side cometh Fitz William with xx.
hors; and on the thrid parte, oon Hoberd of
Midelton hath redy a xx. felaws; and on the fourth
parte, stant the toune of Lynne redy with Herry
Wodehous; and thei all be gon thedir this nyght.
This day folwyng cometh to thaym Herry Tudenham,
William Narburgh, Thomas Trusbut, Thomas Kervile,
and Shuldham servauntez, Salesbury and William
Owayn. It is so that of my lorde¹ gete I no socour,
and lever I had to dy than gif up the place sith I am
ther yn. And I wene if thei gete the place upon me
ther helpith my lif no pardon. Wherfore I lowly
beseche yow, maister Paston, advertise in your
wisdom that this was the first porpose of Tudenham
and Heydon whils thei regned, to gete this place;
and to that intent thei brought hider the lord Roos,
which now is ful simpely thought on with my maister
that I serve. And ye wete wele that I have most
encountred the entent of Tudenham and Heydon of
ony pouer man on lyve; And if I be lost or put to
an ungoodly rebuke heryn my service is the lesse of
valu to you that be gentils of the shire. Wherfore
I requyre your maistership to come hider in your
persone with suych as ye seme not to that intent to
take party in the mater, but to that intent to help to
set peas in the shire, and to stire my lord for his
honour. For yisterday my lord sent to Lynne and
made a cry to be made that he wold be named in
the writ of the statute of Northampton, and that cry
hath caused the common pople of the toun of
Lynne to stere the more. Neverthelesse all the
substaunce of the toun is in peas and peasid by the
wisdam of the Meir theer, but not for than sum of
thaym come with Harry Wodehous, so that I deme
he hath a vj^xx. persones in all on all sides. I beseche
you to send me hider sum socour beside forth, with
John Osbern and John Lister with thaym, and come
ye aftir a parte by your good wisdome soukyng (sic)
their demenynges, and send me your advyse. Wretyn
the nyght of the Sunday a forn seynt Feithesday.—
Your servaunt,     THOMAS DENYES.

     This day I deme thei come beforn us. If ye help
not now, Tudenham and Heydon shal achieve in
their desese the conquest that thei coude never
achieve in their prosperite.

¹ The Earl of Oxford.