Note 313.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV

This letter is reprinted from the Norfolk Archæology, vol. iv. p. 26, where it is edited from a transcript contained in a MS. genealogy of the Paston family drawn up by Sandford, author of the Genealogical History of England. The references to Howard’s animosity against Paston, and to an approaching Parliament, prove clearly that this letter is of the year 1461.

314.1 John de la Pole, son and heir of William, Duke of Suffolk, who was attainted in 1450, was not restored to the Dukedom till the 23rd of March 1463; but being in favour at court, and having married Edward IV.’s sister, he seems even at this time to have been popularly called ‘my Lord of Suffolk.’