Paston recomaund hym to your good lordeship, willyng with all his herte to doo yow servise to his symple power. And. as touching the maner of Walsham he seyth that at your comaundement he wille be redy to shewe yow and preve that the seid maner and all the vesture and crop therof this yeer by trewe title in lawe and conscience is his owen trewly, bowth and in gret party payed for, and that John Roys never hadde non estate in the seid maner, but oonly occupied it by suffraunce of the seid. Paston and other feffes in the seid maner, and that. be bargayn of the seid maner th'estate that the seid. Roys shuld have hadde in the seid maner and in stoor therof shul have be condicionel to be voidee and nought for defaute of payement, and that the seid. John Roys ne kept not his dayes of the payementz, &c. and that the seid William Paston, in the lyve of the seid John Roys, for defaute of payment entred in the seid maner with the seid the crop and the vesture of this yeer therof than therupon, and that the seid John Roys never at noo tyme payed to the seid John Baxtere sith the seid bargeyn, nother for the seid bargeyn ne for the dette he aught to hym, more thaune an C. and xl. marcz, wherof he borwed. ageyn of the seid John Baxtere xlli. ; and over that he oweth and beforn the seid bargeyn aught by his obligacion to the seid John Baxtere, of trew dette of mony borwed, other xlli., and hath hadde and taken. the profitz of the seid maner by iij. hool yer before his deth to the value of xxxli.. and more, and that he receyved in his said bargayn of the seid John Baxtere xl. marcz worth of stoor ; the which iiijxxli.of dette and xxxli. of the profitz of the seid maner,, and xl. marcz worth of stoor, maketh the somme of Cxxxvili. xiijs. iiijd. Wherof, thogh the lawe wille it not, were abated, if conscience required it, Cxl. marcz payed by the seid John Roys and xli. for the value of the seid crop, over the value of the verray ferme of the seid maner for this yeer, yet remanyneth dwe to the executoures of the seid John Baxter liijli. vjs. viijd., and all the title and interesse of the seid John Roys his heyres and assignes in the seid maner lawfully and, in. conscience extincted and adnulled. Wher upon the said Paston lowly besecheth your good lordeship that if it may be preyed this mater be trew that ye wille not be displesed thogh he desire to have his fre disposicion of the seid maner.
On the back of this letter are the following memoranda :-
Haec billa ...... testatur quod Johannes Baxtere vendidit Johanni Roys mesuagium suum vocatum Walccham place, cum toto stauro ibidem vivo et mortuo in Bryanes, cum omnibus aliis terris et tenementis suis, liberis et nativis, cum pertinentiis, ex parte occidentali ecclesi a North Walsham, et molendinum ventriticum et mesuagium nuper Rogeri atte Hiile, cum omnibus redditibus et servitiis pertinentibus dictis mesuagio et tenemento ubicumque fuerint in comitatu Norffolk, pro iijC. marcis et l. marcis ; unde dictus Johannes Roys solvit dicto Johanni Baxtere die Jovis proximo ante festum Apostolorum Simonis et Judge anno regni regis Henrici vi. xij., C. m., et habet diem solvendi residuum, videlicet ad festum Nativitatis Domini et festum sancti Michaelis proximo futurum xl. marcas annuatim, quousque dictae CCC. marcae et l. marcae plenarie persolvantur. Datum die Jovis praedicto. Haec praedicta de manu Thome Whitewelle.'
Then after two further imperfect entries relating to the same matter :
'Memorandum, quod licet esset concordatum quod W. Roys haberet barganium, &c., quod, ut credo, non ita erit, tune in festo Nativitatis Domini anno regni regis Henrici vi. xv. debentur executoribus de eodem barganio C. marcae praeter et ultra Cxl. marcas per Johannem Roys in vita sua solutas et xlli. de antiquo per dictum Johannem Roys Johanni Baxter debitas, videlicet per obligacionem suam xxxvii. inde et ex mutua sua obligacione vii. de Perey Noble (?), ut patet per papirum dicti Baxter, et ultra xlli. per dictum Johannem Baxter post dictum barganium dicti Johanni Roys per obligacionem . ... ejusdem Johannis Roys praestitas. Memorandum eciam quod dictus Johannes Roys nee uxor ejus unquam protulerunt aliquem denarium solvendum dictis . . . dicti Johannis Baxter nee Willelmo Paston post mortem dicti Baxter. Set circa Nativitatem Domini anno regni dicti regis xiiijo et in quadragesima tune proximo sequente uxor dicti Roys apud Paston dixit quod habuit xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum. Et sic dixit Johannes Roys tempore quo Domina Skales fuit apud Paston, vidilicet ix. die Januarii dicto anno xiiijo et sic omnibus temporibus quibus dictus J. Roys et uxor ejus ut praedicitur dixerunt quod habuerunt xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum semper fuerunt arretro xlli. absque dictis xlli. novi debiti et xlli. antiqui debiti.'
Paston recomaund hym to your good lordeship, willyng with all his herte to doo yow servise to his symple power. And. as touching the maner of Walsham he seyth that at your comaundement he wille be redy to shewe yow and preve that the seid maner and all the vesture and crop therof this yeer by trewe title in lawe and conscience is his owen trewly, bowth and in gret party payed for, and that John Roys never hadde non estate in the seid maner, but oonly occupied it by suffraunce of the seid. Paston and other feffes in the seid maner, and that. be bargayn of the seid maner th'estate that the seid. Roys shuld have hadde in the seid maner and in stoor therof shul have be condicionel to be voidee and nought for defaute of payement, and that the seid. John Roys ne kept not his dayes of the payementz, &c. and that the seid William Paston, in the lyve of the seid John Roys, for defaute of payment entred in the seid maner with the seid the crop and the vesture of this yeer therof than therupon, and that the seid John Roys never at noo tyme payed to the seid John Baxtere sith the seid bargeyn, nother for the seid bargeyn ne for the dette he aught to hym, more thaune an C. and xl. marcz, wherof he borwed. ageyn of the seid John Baxtere xlli. ; and over that he oweth and beforn the seid bargeyn aught by his obligacion to the seid John Baxtere, of trew dette of mony borwed, other xlli., and hath hadde and taken. the profitz of the seid maner by iij. hool yer before his deth to the value of xxxli.. and more, and that he receyved in his said bargayn of the seid John Baxtere xl. marcz worth of stoor ; the which iiijxxli.of dette and xxxli. of the profitz of the seid maner,, and xl. marcz worth of stoor, maketh the somme of Cxxxvili. xiijs. iiijd. Wherof, thogh the lawe wille it not, were abated, if conscience required it, Cxl. marcz payed by the seid John Roys and xli. for the value of the seid crop, over the value of the verray ferme of the seid maner for this yeer, yet remanyneth dwe to the executoures of the seid John Baxter liijli. vjs. viijd., and all the title and interesse of the seid John Roys his heyres and assignes in the seid maner lawfully and, in. conscience extincted and adnulled. Wher upon the said Paston lowly besecheth your good lordeship that if it may be preyed this mater be trew that ye wille not be displesed thogh he desire to have his fre disposicion of the seid maner.
On the back of this letter are the following memoranda :-
Haec billa ...... testatur quod Johannes Baxtere vendidit Johanni Roys mesuagium suum vocatum Walccham place, cum toto stauro ibidem vivo et mortuo in Bryanes, cum omnibus aliis terris et tenementis suis, liberis et nativis, cum pertinentiis, ex parte occidentali ecclesi a North Walsham, et molendinum ventriticum et mesuagium nuper Rogeri atte Hiile, cum omnibus redditibus et servitiis pertinentibus dictis mesuagio et tenemento ubicumque fuerint in comitatu Norffolk, pro iijC. marcis et l. marcis ; unde dictus Johannes Roys solvit dicto Johanni Baxtere die Jovis proximo ante festum Apostolorum Simonis et Judge anno regni regis Henrici vi. xij., C. m., et habet diem solvendi residuum, videlicet ad festum Nativitatis Domini et festum sancti Michaelis proximo futurum xl. marcas annuatim, quousque dictae CCC. marcae et l. marcae plenarie persolvantur. Datum die Jovis praedicto. Haec praedicta de manu Thome Whitewelle.'
Then after two further imperfect entries relating to the same matter :
'Memorandum, quod licet esset concordatum quod W. Roys haberet barganium, &c., quod, ut credo, non ita erit, tune in festo Nativitatis Domini anno regni regis Henrici vi. xv. debentur executoribus de eodem barganio C. marcae praeter et ultra Cxl. marcas per Johannem Roys in vita sua solutas et xlli. de antiquo per dictum Johannem Roys Johanni Baxter debitas, videlicet per obligacionem suam xxxvii. inde et ex mutua sua obligacione vii. de Perey Noble (?), ut patet per papirum dicti Baxter, et ultra xlli. per dictum Johannem Baxter post dictum barganium dicti Johanni Roys per obligacionem . ... ejusdem Johannis Roys praestitas. Memorandum eciam quod dictus Johannes Roys nee uxor ejus unquam protulerunt aliquem denarium solvendum dictis . . . dicti Johannis Baxter nee Willelmo Paston post mortem dicti Baxter. Set circa Nativitatem Domini anno regni dicti regis xiiijo et in quadragesima tune proximo sequente uxor dicti Roys apud Paston dixit quod habuit xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum. Et sic dixit Johannes Roys tempore quo Domina Skales fuit apud Paston, vidilicet ix. die Januarii dicto anno xiiijo et sic omnibus temporibus quibus dictus J. Roys et uxor ejus ut praedicitur dixerunt quod habuerunt xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum semper fuerunt arretro xlli. absque dictis xlli. novi debiti et xlli. antiqui debiti.'
Paston recomaund hym to your good lordeship, willyng with all his herte to doo yow servise to his symple power. And. as touching the maner of Walsham he seyth that at your comaundement he wille be redy to shewe yow and preve that the seid maner and all the vesture and crop therof this yeer by trewe title in lawe and conscience is his owen trewly, bowth and in gret party payed for, and that John Roys never hadde non estate in the seid maner, but oonly occupied it by suffraunce of the seid. Paston and other feffes in the seid maner, and that. be bargayn of the seid maner th'estate that the seid. Roys shuld have hadde in the seid maner and in stoor therof shul have be condicionel to be voidee and nought for defaute of payement, and that the seid. John Roys ne kept not his dayes of the payementz, &c. and that the seid William Paston, in the lyve of the seid John Roys, for defaute of payment entred in the seid maner with the seid the crop and the vesture of this yeer therof than therupon, and that the seid John Roys never at noo tyme payed to the seid John Baxtere sith the seid bargeyn, nother for the seid bargeyn ne for the dette he aught to hym, more thaune an C. and xl. marcz, wherof he borwed. ageyn of the seid John Baxtere xlli. ; and over that he oweth and beforn the seid bargeyn aught by his obligacion to the seid John Baxtere, of trew dette of mony borwed, other xlli., and hath hadde and taken. the profitz of the seid maner by iij. hool yer before his deth to the value of xxxli.. and more, and that he receyved in his said bargayn of the seid John Baxtere xl. marcz worth of stoor ; the which iiijxxli.of dette and xxxli. of the profitz of the seid maner,, and xl. marcz worth of stoor, maketh the somme of Cxxxvili. xiijs. iiijd. Wherof, thogh the lawe wille it not, were abated, if conscience required it, Cxl. marcz payed by the seid John Roys and xli. for the value of the seid crop, over the value of the verray ferme of the seid maner for this yeer, yet remanyneth dwe to the executoures of the seid John Baxter liijli. vjs. viijd., and all the title and interesse of the seid John Roys his heyres and assignes in the seid maner lawfully and, in. conscience extincted and adnulled. Wher upon the said Paston lowly besecheth your good lordeship that if it may be preyed this mater be trew that ye wille not be displesed thogh he desire to have his fre disposicion of the seid maner.
On the back of this letter are the following memoranda :-
Haec billa ...... testatur quod Johannes Baxtere vendidit Johanni Roys mesuagium suum vocatum Walccham place, cum toto stauro ibidem vivo et mortuo in Bryanes, cum omnibus aliis terris et tenementis suis, liberis et nativis, cum pertinentiis, ex parte occidentali ecclesi a North Walsham, et molendinum ventriticum et mesuagium nuper Rogeri atte Hiile, cum omnibus redditibus et servitiis pertinentibus dictis mesuagio et tenemento ubicumque fuerint in comitatu Norffolk, pro iijC. marcis et l. marcis ; unde dictus Johannes Roys solvit dicto Johanni Baxtere die Jovis proximo ante festum Apostolorum Simonis et Judge anno regni regis Henrici vi. xij., C. m., et habet diem solvendi residuum, videlicet ad festum Nativitatis Domini et festum sancti Michaelis proximo futurum xl. marcas annuatim, quousque dictae CCC. marcae et l. marcae plenarie persolvantur. Datum die Jovis praedicto. Haec praedicta de manu Thome Whitewelle.'
Then after two further imperfect entries relating to the same matter :
'Memorandum, quod licet esset concordatum quod W. Roys haberet barganium, &c., quod, ut credo, non ita erit, tune in festo Nativitatis Domini anno regni regis Henrici vi. xv. debentur executoribus de eodem barganio C. marcae praeter et ultra Cxl. marcas per Johannem Roys in vita sua solutas et xlli. de antiquo per dictum Johannem Roys Johanni Baxter debitas, videlicet per obligacionem suam xxxvii. inde et ex mutua sua obligacione vii. de Perey Noble (?), ut patet per papirum dicti Baxter, et ultra xlli. per dictum Johannem Baxter post dictum barganium dicti Johanni Roys per obligacionem . ... ejusdem Johannis Roys praestitas. Memorandum eciam quod dictus Johannes Roys nee uxor ejus unquam protulerunt aliquem denarium solvendum dictis . . . dicti Johannis Baxter nee Willelmo Paston post mortem dicti Baxter. Set circa Nativitatem Domini anno regni dicti regis xiiijo et in quadragesima tune proximo sequente uxor dicti Roys apud Paston dixit quod habuit xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum. Et sic dixit Johannes Roys tempore quo Domina Skales fuit apud Paston, vidilicet ix. die Januarii dicto anno xiiijo et sic omnibus temporibus quibus dictus J. Roys et uxor ejus ut praedicitur dixerunt quod habuerunt xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum semper fuerunt arretro xlli. absque dictis xlli. novi debiti et xlli. antiqui debiti.'
Paston recommend him to your good lordship, willyng with all his heart to do you service to his simple power. And. as touching the manner of Walsham he said that at your commandment he will be ready to show you and prove that the said manner and all the vesture and crop thereof this year by true title in law and conscience is his own truely, both and in great party paid for, and that John Roys never had no estate in the said manner, but only occupied it by sufferance of the said. Paston and other feffes in the said manner, and that. be bargain of the said manner th'estate that the said. Roys should have had in the said manner and in stoor thereof shul have be conditional to be voidee and not for default of payment, and that the said. John Roys no kept not his days of the paymentz, etc.. and that the said William Paston, in the life of the said John Roys, for default of payment entered in the said manner with the said the crop and the vesture of this year thereof than thereupon, and that the said John Roys never at no time paid to the said John Baxtere sith the said bargain, nother for the said bargain no for the debt he aught to him, more thaune an C. and xl. marcz, wherof he borrowed. again of the said John Baxtere £40.00. ; and over that he owes and before the said bargain aught by his obligacion to the said John Baxtere, of true debt of money borrowed, other xlli., and has had and taken. the profitz of the said manner by three. hool yer before his death to the value of £30.00.. and more, and that he received in his said bargain of the said John Baxtere xl. marcz worth of stoor ; the which iiijxxli.of debt and £30.00. of the profitz of the said manner,, and xl. marcz worth of stoor, makes the somme of Cxxxvili. xiijs. iiijd. Wherof, though the law will it not, were abated, if conscience required it, Cxl. marcz paid by the said John Roys and xli. for the value of the said crop, over the value of the very ferme of the said manner for this year, yet remains due to the executoures of the said John Baxter liijli. vjs. viijd., and all the title and interest of the said John Roys his heirs and assigns in the said manner lawfully and, in. conscience extincted and annulled. Where upon the said Paston lowly beseech your good lordship that if it may be prayed this matter be true that you will not be displeased though he desire to have his fre disposition of the said manner.
On the back of this letter are the following memoranda :-
Haec billa ...... testatur quod Johannes Baxtere vendidit Johanni Roys mesuagium suum vocatum Walccham place, come toto stauro ibidem vivo et mortuo in Bryanes, come omnibus aliis terris et tenementis suis, liberis et nativis, come pertinentiis, ex parte occidentali ecclesi a North Walsham, et molendinum ventriticum et mesuagium nuper Rogeri at Hiile, come omnibus redditibus et servitiis pertinentibus dictis mesuagio et tenemento ubicumque fuerint in comitatu Norfolk, pro iijC. marcis et l. marcis ; unde dictus Johannes Roys solvit dicto Johanni Baxtere die Jovis proximo aunt festum Apostolorum Simonis et Judge anno regni regis Henrici vi. xij., C. m., et habet diem solvendi residuum, videlicet ad festum Nativitatis Domini et festum sancti Michaelis proximo futurum xl. marcas annuatim, quousque dictae CCC. marcae et l. marcae plenarie persolvantur. Datum die Jovis praedicto. Haec praedicta de manu Thome Whitewelle.'
Then after two further imperfect entries relating to the same matter :
'Memorandum, quod licet esset concordatum quod W. Roys haberet barganium, etc.., quod, ut credo, no ita erit, tune in festo Nativitatis Domini anno regni regis Henrici vi. 15. debentur executoribus de eodem barganio C. marcae praeter et ultra Cxl. marcas per Johannem Roys in vita sua solutas et xlli. de antiquo per dictum Johannem Roys Johanni Baxter debitas, videlicet per obligacionem suam xxxvii. inde et ex mutua sua obligacione vii. de Perey Noble (?), ut patet per papirum dicti Baxter, et ultra xlli. per dictum Johannem Baxter post dictum barganium dicti Johanni Roys per obligacionem . ... ejusdem Johannis Roys praestitas. Memorandum eciam quod dictus Johannes Roys nee uxor ejus unquam protulerunt aliquem denarium solvendum dictis . . . dicti Johannis Baxter nee Willelmo Paston post mortem dicti Baxter. Set circa Nativitatem Domini anno regni dicti regis xiiijo et in quadragesima tune proximo sequente uxor dicti Roys apud Paston dixit quod habuit xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum. Et sic dixit Johannes Roys tempore quo Domina Skales fuit apud Paston, vidilicet ix. die Januarii dicto anno xiiijo et sic omnibus temporibus quibus dictus J. Roys et uxor ejus ut praedicitur dixerunt quod habuerunt xx. marcas paratas ad solvendum semper fuerunt arretro xlli. absque dictis xlli. novi debiti et xlli. antiqui debiti.'
Paston is committed to your Lordship, willing with all his heart to do you whatever service is in his power. Concerning Walsham manor, he says that at your command he will be ready to show you and prove that the said manor, everything in it and the crops this year by true title in law and in conscience are truly his own, very largely paid for. John Roys never had any ownership in the said manor, and only occupied it by permission of the said Paston, as was true of other pieces of land in the said manor.
By agreement in the said manor, Roys' occupation of it should have been conditional on payment, and if he did not pay, the agreement was void. The said John Roys did not pay on the agreed days, and therefore William Paston, during the life of the said John Roys, entered into the manor because of default of payment, and took the crop and what had been produced this year, and the said John Roys never at ay time paid to the said John Baxter the agreed bargain or the debt he owed to him – more than 140 marks, and he borrowed again of the said John Baxter 40 pounds. Beyond that he also owed to the said John Baxter in terms of true debt of money borrowed a further 40 pounds, and had taken the profits from the said manor for three whole years before his death to the value of 30 pounds. Furthermore, he received in the bargain already mentioned with John Baxter 40 marks worth of stores: so 26 pounds of debt and 30 pounds of the profits of the said manor, and 40 marks worth of stores come to the sum of 136 pounds 13 shillings and ten pence.
So if the law permitted this to be abated, which it does not, if conscience required it, 140 marks paid by the said John Roys and ten pounds for the value of the said crops, above the value of the crop and the manor's farm itself, there would still remain owing to the executors of the said John Baxter 53 pounds, 6 shillings and eight pence, with all the title and interests of the said John Roys, his heirs and assignees in the said manor lawfully and in conscience extinguished and annulled. Whereupon the said Paston lowly beseeches your good Lordship that if it be considered that this matter is true, that you will not be displeased, though he desires to have free disposition of the said matter