The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 101.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 2)

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[From Fenn, iii. 314.] ‘The direction of this curious letter,’ says Fenn, ‘is obliterated, but it is plainly from Margaret Paston to her husband; and the paper is likewise so completely filled with writing, that she has not even either subscribed or dated it, but by the mentioning of Sir John Fastolf it must have been written before 1459.’ It appears to us most probably to belong to the year 1449, when Paston was making preparations to re-enter Gresham, which he actually did in October of that year.

101.2 Windacs are what we now call grappling irons, with which the bow-string is drawn home. —F.

101.3 Properly quarreaux. They were square pyramids of iron shot out of crossbows.—Grose’s Milit. Antiq. i. 149.

101.4 John Partrich, one of Lord Molyns’s retainers.

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