New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-29


Chaucer. While John Pastor was away in Lon
don. thousand men sent by the unjust claim
ant attacked the house broke open the doors.
forcibly carried out Margaret, Johns wife. and
left the place rifed and in ruin. In later days.
when John became executor TO his wealthy rel
ative, Sir John FastOlf-whO has been absurily
identified with ShakespeaTe's FalStan-hiS
troubles grew greater. Fastolf bequeathed to
him much property. including his magnificent
castle, Caster, the latter To serve the founda-
tion OF a college During the greater part of his
life thereafter John Pastor was engaged IN
desperate attempts to hold to Caster and
fulfil Fastolrs Will one after another claim
ants arose even dukes among them. and suits
at law and appeals to King and Council kept
him busy The extraordinary lawlesSness OF
men in high places was certainly conducive 70
variety and excitement in the life OF the ruTaI
! shire. Under the gentle and generally Inbeciie
Henry VI England was ruled first by one Ia
vorite then by another. not all OF them states
men: and the rivalry for power kept the couh-
try in a cruel turmoil of party spirit and l.
| legal outrage.
| One of the earliest documents in the first vol
ume is that i'm which the Earl of Warrick sets
! forth the conditions under which ne consents 10
| take charge of the education of the boy King
Henry VII. There is humor for us il not for
him, in the grave proviso that. as the growing
/ King naturally shows himself more and more
| to grucche with chastisins and lothe 1T the
lords of the Council shall "suppOrte the said ErIe
I thereinne and if the King at eny TYNE VOL con-
ceyve for that cause indignation ayens the S;tid
Erie" the birds shall DO all their trvWe dill-
gence and power to hear the earl OUT ulaihe'eSS-
| And SO, grucche or 10 grucche, Henry probably
/ had to take his birching- Far from humorous
/ is the glimpse of the King that sad day
! NTar 4rft
son horn after eight years of marriage. ana be
! sought him TO bless the little Edward HIS
/ madness sat heavily upon him, and ale ih'lr
| Iabour was in veyne' writes John Stod-iey-
| They departed thens without any ans"tre or
| countenance Saying only that ones h. looked
/ on the prince and caste Goune his eyeHe ayen
| without any more The child was more than Il
wear old before his father made one of his tenn
porarv recoveries and the Queen brought the
! prince 10 him again. And then, one OF J"ih
! PASSIONS cousins writes TO him. he askid what
the princes name was and the Queen told him
Edward: and than ne Mid up his hands and
| tbankid God thereof. And he seid h never
I knew til that TYNE. nor wist not what was sald
| 10 him. nor visit not where he had be Wills ne
sth be seke til now. And he askid who was
,udfaders and the queen told him and ne was
vel apaid"
If the "newes letters Of the PASSIONS are in
tcrrStiug much more are those when reveal
the social customs and domestic life of the time
Family discipline was severe. especially where
girls were concerned John PASSIONS twenty
vear-,Id sister Elizabeth knew we'll the weight
/ of her mothers hand. she hath since the
Easter the most part been beaten once IN the
/ week or twice and sometimes twice in one day,
and her head broken in two or three places
FIizabeth's niece NarCery Pastor. so far
emancinattd herself as 10 secretly puSht hyr
troth To Richard CaIIe. the bailin, or manager or
her brothers estates. The family anger was
/ terrible 10 face and when Narsery went to
submit the matter to the Bishop Of Norwich she
/ found. on her return. her mothers door shut
against her. Financial losses Just then made
! the reisnirg Pastor feel that he could not dis
penst. with the services Of his faithful Gale.
| The marriage took place but Gale was aP-
parentIy never recognized one of the family
1t was not period of sentimental romano;
property is Nh. Gardner reminds US, was avow-
edIy regarded by every as the principal
point IN rnarrying and the wardship and mar
riage of heirs under age were a regular matter
of traffic and sale. wherein the wishes ~ the
youth or maiden concerned were absolutely dis
| regarded.
| Visiting foreigners recorded their surprise at
| the nercenary marriages Of the English, and at
the strange lack of family affection. One Nene-
| tan ambassador in the time of Henry VII even
/ brDa