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This edition, published by arrangement with Messrs. Archibald Constable and Company, Limited , is strictly limited to 650 copies for Great Britain and America, of which only 600 sets are for sale, and are numbered 1 to 600.

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THE PASTON LETTERS
A.D. 1422-1509

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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable , Printers to His Majesty

THE PASTON LETTERS
Edward IV

WILLIAM EBESHAM TO SIR JOHN PASTON

To my moost worshupfull maister, Sir John Paston, Knyght.

1469(?)

My moost woorshupfull and moost speciall maister, with all my servyce moost lowly I recomande unto your gode maistirship, besechyng you most tendirly to see me sumwhat rewardid for my labour in the Grete Booke

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And in especiall I beseche you to sende me for almes oon of your olde gownes, which will countirvale much of the premysses I wote wele; and I shall be yours while I lyve, and at your comandement; I have grete myst of it, God knows, whom I beseche preserve you from all adversite. I am sumwhat acqueyntid with it. Your verry man, W. Ebsham.

Folowyng apperith, parcelly, dyvers and soondry maner of writyngs, which I William Ebesham have wreetyn for my gode and woorshupfull maistir, Sir John Paston, and what money I have resceyvid, and what is unpaide.

First, I did write to his maistership a litill booke of Pheesyk, for which I had paide by Sir Thomas Leevys in Westminster	xxd.
Item, I had for the wrytyng of half the prevy seale of Pampyng	viijd.
Item, for the wrytynge of the seid hole prevy seale of Sir Thomas	ijs.
Item, I wrote viij. of the Witnessis in parchement, but aftir xiiijd. a peece, for which I was paide of Sir Thomas	xs.
Item, while my seide maister was over the see in Midsomerterme Calle sett me a warke to wryte two tymes the prevy seale in papir, and then after cleerely in parchement	iiijs. viijd.
And also wrote the same tyme oon mo of the lengist witnessis, and other dyvers and necessary wrytyngs, for which he promisid me xs. whereof I had of Calle but iiijs. viijd. car. vs. iiijd.	vs. iiijd.
I resceyvid of Sir Thomas at Westminster, penultimo die Oct., anno viij.	iijs. iiijd.
Item, I did write to quairs of papir of witnessis, every quair conteynyng xiiij. leves after ijd. a leff	iiijs. viijd.
Item, as to the Grete BookeFirst, for wrytyng of the Coronacion, and other tretys of Knyghthode, in that quaire which conteyneth a xiij. levis and more, ijd. a lef	ijs. iid.
Item, for the tretys of Werre in iiij. books, which conteyneth lx. levis aftir ijd. a leaff	xs.
Item, for Othea pistill, which conteyneth xliij. leves	viis. ijd.
Item, for the Chalengs, and the Acts of Armes which is xxviijtilefs	iiijs. viijd.
Item, for De Regimine Principum, which conteyneth xlvti leves, aftir a peny a leef, which is right wele worth	iijs. ixd.
Item, for Rubrissheyng of all the booke	iiis. iiijd.
Summa rest	xxijs. iiijd.
Summa non solut	xljs. jd.,
unde pro magno
Summa Totalis	iijli. iijs. vd.

William Ebesham.

In further illustration of the payments made in that age for writing, etc., Sir John Fenn gives the following extracts from an original quarto MS. then in his possession, containing

The various expences of Sir John Howard, Knight, of Stoke by Neyland, in Suffolk (afterwards Duke of Norfolk), page 136.

Item, the vijth yere of Kynge Edward the iiijth, and the xxviij. day of July (1467). My master rekened with Thomas Lympnour of Bury, and my master peid hym
For viij. hole vynets ... prise the vynett, xiid.,	viijs.
Item, for xxj. demi vynets ... prise the demi vynett, iiij

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