behest

käsky, kehotus A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request. (defdate)
1977, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, w:The Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 278:

Paul did not dare pronounce, let matters rest, / His master having given him no behest.

to do his master's high behest

And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.

the House of Representatives will try to water down even this feeble effort at the behest of the unions whose members enjoy some of the most lavish policies.

The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is to meet with the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, at the behest of the Premier League in a bid to resolve their long-running feud.

The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.