Note 233.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 5)
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[From Fenn, i. 198.] This letter must have been written in the year 1460, when the Duke of York came over from Ireland, his party having been victorious at the battle of Northampton, and gained possession of the King’s person.
233.2 The Nativity of Our Lady is on the 8th September. The Monday following was in this year the 15th.
233.3 Probably Sir John Fastolf’s place in Southwark.
233.4 Cecily, Duchess of York.
233.5 Afterwards Duke of Clarence.
233.6 Afterwards Richard III.
233.7 Afterwards Duchess of Burgundy.
233.8 The modern version in Fenn reads: ‘And she hath left here.’
234.1 James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond.
234.2 Paston must have left London and gone to Norwich not long before the Parliament, which began on the 7th October; and, as we have already observed, he did not return in time for its commencement.
234.3 Redriff or Rotherhithe.
234.4 Elizabeth, wife of Robert Poynings.—See No. 406, p. 217.