Paston letters : original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III by various persons of rank or consequence ; containing many curious anecdotes, relative to that period of our history ; with notes historical and explanatory ; and authenticated by engravings of autographs and seals . Deus pre-paravit diligentibus, (1 Cor. ii. 9); et ideoFratres, variis linguis loquens (precor), utgaudium vestrum sit plenum, vel, habeatisyaudium sempiternum. 114 PASTON LETTERS. LETTER CXLVIII.—(XCIX. vol. ill. p. 899.) We see here that the Abbot of Langley desires to be excused
Paston letters : original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III by various persons of rank or consequence ; containing many curious anecdotes, relative to that period of our history ; with notes historical and explanatory ; and authenticated by engravings of autographs and seals . Deus pre-paravit diligentibus, (1 Cor. ii. 9); et ideoFratres, variis linguis loquens (precor), utgaudium vestrum sit plenum, vel, habeatisyaudium sempiternum. 114 PASTON LETTERS. LETTER CXLVIII.—(XCIX. vol. ill. p. 899.) We see here that the Abbot of Langley desires to be excused attending inLondon as one of the executors of Sir .1 ohn Fastolf; we learn, moreover,that Sir John himself desired particularly that the whole execution ofhis will should rest with J. Paston and ThomasHowes. Master .TohnStokes was a doctor of laws, a civilian, and an officer of the BishopsCourt. NicholasoccursAbbotof Lan£:leyinl428andinl463; hemnsttherefore have been at this time an old man. This abbey was foundedby Sir , orde 1198, 10 K. L Itwas an abbey of considerable possessions, and became the burial-plaeeof a great number of persons of rank and fortune. Tlie seal of theabbev fastens the letter; it is an oval one on red wax, but thoughimperlect, I have delineated [The Virgin sitting in a tabernacle.] To the right worshipful Sir, blaster John Stokes. Right worshipful Sir, I recommend me toyou, and forasmuch as it is informed methat it was ajjpointed that all the executorsof the worshipful knight Sir John Fastolf,whose soul God assoil! should be at Londonas on Monday next coming, of which execu-tors I am named for one, as I understand ;wherefore inasmuch as ye be ordinary andone of the same executors, I pray you tendermy labour without my coming, by your dis-cretion, might be more profit to the dead,for I conceive it should be but charge to thedead and little available, considering thatJohn Paston, Esq., and Thomas Howes, parsonof B
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