Add MS 33597

Contents: A collection of 29 letters and one land transaction document of the Paston family of Norfolk from the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century.

15th-century letters (numbers in brackets refer to Davis, Paston Letters (Early English Text Society, 2004)):

f. 1r-v: Letter from Edmund Wychyngham to John Paston with address and trace of wax seal on the verso, ?1450-1455 (Davis, 489);

f. 2r-v: Letter from Margaret Paston, to her husband John Paston, son of Judge Paston, with address and paper seal over red wax on the verso, 14th November, ?1453 (Davis, 149);

f. 3r-v: Letter from John Paston III to his elder brother John Paston II, with address and paper seal over red wax on the verso, 27 January 1467 (Davis, 325);

f. 4r-v: Letter from John Paston III to his elder brother John Paston II, with address and trace of wax seal on the verso, March ?1468 (Davis, 329);

f. 5r-v: Letter from William Paston to his sister-in-law, Margaret Paston, wife of John Paston I, with autograph address and trace of wax seal on the verso, 10 August ?1458 (Davis, 85);

f. 6r-7v: Letter from John Russe to Master Rothewell on the probate of Sir John Fastolf's will (f. 7r), with label in the hand of John Paston II (f. 6r), fold marks (f. 7v), ?1464 (Davis, 894);

f. 8r-v: Letter from William Paston II to John Paston II, set out as a series of memoranda, with a postscript in the hand of the clerk, Pampyng, and a paper seal over wax and string on the verso, 1467 (Davis 92);

f. 9r-v: Letter from Sir Henry Heydon to John Paston III, with fold marks and tape-slits on the verso, 4 March, ?1488-1492 (Davis, 830);

f. 10r-v: Letter from T. Balkey to John Paston III, with address and traces of green wax on the verso, 29 April, ?1487 (Davis 810).

16th-century letters, with the addresses and remains of the seals on the verso including:

f. 11r-v: Letter from John Baselye to Sir William Paston (d. 1610), 1551;

f. 12r-v: Letter from John Brampton to Clement Paston, 1564;

f. 13r-v: Letter from Sir Thomas Cornwaleys to Sir William Paston,1565;

ff. 14r-15v: Two letters from Clement Paston to Sir William Paston, 1565;

f. 16: Letter from Sir Owen Hopton, Lieutenant of the Tower, to Sir William Paston, 1565;

f. 17: Letter from Edward Leedes, Master in Chancery to Sir William Paston, 1566;

f. 18: Letter from Sir Christopher Wray, Judge, and Sir William Peryam, Chief Baron of the Exchequer to justices in Norfolk, including Sir William Paston, 1569;

ff. 19-20: Letter from Sir Christopher Heydon and Sir William Buttes, Commissioners of Musters for Norfolk to the Bishop of Norwich and others, including Sir William Paston, 1570;

f. 22: Letter from Sir George Chaworthe to Sir William Paston, his father-in-law, 1577;

ff. 24-25: Letter from Sir Henry Woodhowse to Clement Paston, 1579;

ff. 26-27: Letter from Anthony Calthorp to Clement Paston: 1580;

ff. 28, 30: Two letters from Sir William Heydon, Deputy-Lieutenant of Norfolk, and Sir Edward Clere to Sir William Paston, and others

f. 29: Letter from Sir William Heydon, Sir Edward Clere and Sir John Peyton to Sir William Paston, and others, with a note to Martin Bernye beneath, 1589-1590;

ff. 31-33: Two letters from Anne le Strange, wife of Sir Nicholas Le Strange, to her father, Sir William Paston, 1591;

ff. 34-35: Letter from Sir Henry Woodhowse to Sir William Paston, 1591;

ff. 36-37: Letter from Hubert Hacon to Sir William Paston, 1593;

ff. 38-39: Particular of lands [in Norfolk (?)] purchased by Richard Heigham and Edmund Poley from Thomas Dandie, 1594;

ff. 40-41: Letter from Thomas Knyvett to Sir William Paston, 1597.