To Edmond Paston of Clyffordis Inne in London be this lettre take.

   To myn welbelouid sone I grete yow wel, and avyse yow to thynkke onis of the daie of yowre fadris counseyle to lerne the lawe; for he seyde manie tymis that ho so euer schuld dwelle at Paston schulde have nede to conne defende hymselfe.

   The vikarie of Paston and yowre fadre, in Lenttyn laste was, wher thorwe and acordidde, and doolis sette howe broode the weye schuld ben; and nowe he hathe pullid vppe the doolis and seithe he wolle makyn a dyche fro the cornere of his walle ry3ht overe the weye to the newe diche of the grete cloose. And there is a man in Truntche hy3ht Palmere to, þat hadde of yowre fadre certein londe in Truntche on vij yere ore viij yere agoone for corn, and trwli hathe paide all the yeris; and now he hathe suffrid the corne to ben with-sette for viij s. of rentte to Gymmyngham, wich yowre fadre paide nevere. Geffreie axid Palmere why the rentte was notte axid in myn husbonddis tyme, and Palmere seyde, for he was a grete man and a wyse man of the lawe, and that was the cawse men wolde not axe hym the rentte. I sende yow the namis of the men that kaste down the pittis that was Gynnis Close wretyn in a bille closid in this lettre. I sendde yow not this lettre to make yow wery of Paston, for I leve in hoope; and ye wolle lerne that they schulle be made werye of here werke, fore in good feyth I dare wel seyne it was yowre fadris laste wille to have do ry3ht wel to that plase, and that can I schewe of good prefe, thowe men wolde seye naye. God make yow ry3ht a good man, and sende Goddis blessyng and myn. Wrettyn in haste at Norwich the Thorsdaie aftir Candelmasse Daie. Wetith of yowre brothere John how manie gystis wolle serve the parlour and the chapelle at Paston, and what lenghthe they moste be and