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

Note 120.5 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 3)

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[From Fenn, iii. 62.] These are the articles of impeachment exhibited against the Duke of Suffolk, as printed by Fenn from a contemporaneous copy among the Paston MSS., endorsed ‘Coumpleyntys ayens the Dewke of Suffolk.’ Another copy will be found in the Rolls of Parliament, v. 177. The day of the Duke’s impeachment was the 7th February 1450.

121.1 A.D. 1447.

121.2 John, Count of Dunois, one of the most renowned warriors of the times. He was a grandson of Charles V. of France, a natural son of Louis, Duke of Orleans, and half-brother of Charles, Duke of Orleans, who was prisoner in England.

121.3 Blank in Fenn.

121.4 Cousinot.

121.5 Charles VII.

122.1 A.D. 1439.

122.2 Charles, Duke of Orleans.—See p. 46, Note 3.

123.1 John Talbot, first Earl of Shrewsbury, the great hero of the French wars, slain at Castillon in 1453.

123.2 William Nevill, Lord Fauconberg.

123.3 René, Duke of Anjou, father of Queen Margaret.

123.4 Charles of Anjou, Count of Maine.

124.1 A.D. 1447.

125.1 These words are omitted in Fenn, and are supplied from the Rolls of Parliament.

126.1 Alfonso V., King of Arragon.

126.2 Francis I., Duke of Brittany.

126.3 Giles of Brittany, the duke’s brother, who was murdered in April 1450, after having been kept four years in prison by the duke.

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