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

Note 278.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 6)

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[From Fenn, iii. 162.] This letter is certainly not earlier than 1451 or later than 1453; for it was written some time after Lady Boys became a widow, which was in December 1450 (see p. 198), and before Sir John Fastolf’s removal from London into Norfolk, which, as will be seen hereafter, was in the autumn of 1454. Probably the true date is 1452, for in the summer following, owing to Gurney’s utter inability to pay his rent, we find Agnes Paston urging her son seriously to look out for another tenant for Orwellbury.

278.2 The modernised version in Fenn reads ‘at home.’

279.1 See p. 248, Note 2.

279.2 Holm Hale.—See p. 248.

279.3 Geoffrey Boleyn.—See p. 277, Note 3.

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