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

Note 276.2 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 6)

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[From Fenn, iii. 168.] This letter was written during the life of Philip Berney, most probably in 1452, while he lay sick of the wounds, of which he afterwards died. See No. 227 further on.

276.3 A preserve made of quinces.—See Index to Furnivall’s Manners and Meals in Olden Times* In the ordinances of the household of George, Duke of Clarence, ‘charequynses’ occur under the head of spices, their price being five shillings ‘the boke,’ or £2, 10s. for 10 lbs.—See The Society of Antiquaries’ Collection of Ordinances for the Royal Household, p. 103. The word also occurs pp. 455, 471 of same volume.

277.1 Philip Berney.

277.2 Margery, widow of Sir Edward Hastings of Elsing, Norfolk, who styled himself Lord Hastings and Stutvill.—See Blomefield, viii. 112, and ix. 513, 514.

277.3 An ancestor of Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth. He was Mayor of London in 1457.

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