Note 281.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV

[From Paston MSS., B.M.] Elizabeth Paston, who, as we have seen (No. 374), had been married to Robert Poynings by the beginning of the year 1459, became his widow in 1461, her husband having been killed in the second battle of St. Albans on the 17th February. It would appear by this letter that she was immediately after dispossessed of her husband’s lands by Eleanor, Countess of Northumberland, who was Baroness Poynings in her own right.

281.2 Elizabeth Paston, now widow of Robert Poynings.

281.3 Eleanor, widow of Henry Percy, third Earl, who was slain at Towton in 1461.

281.4 Fenys.