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

Note 103.2 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 2)

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[From Fenn, i. 208.] On the 3rd April 1449 royal letters were issued in favour of Robert Wynnyngtone of Devonshire, who was bound by indenture to do the King service on the sea ‘for the cleansing of the same, and rebuking of the robbers and pirates thereof, which daily do all the noisance they can.’—Stevenson’s Letters and Papers illustrative of the Wars of the English in France, i. 489.

105.1 See p. 101, Note 3.

105.2 John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury.

105.3 Fenn says the reading of the original is indistinct, and he could not determine whether £2000 or £3000 was meant.

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