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The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 209.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 5)

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[From Paston MSS., B.M.] From what is said of the expectation of a descent of Warwick upon the coast, it appears that this letter was written in the spring of 1460.

209.2 William Yelverton.

209.3 Tier; a bitter drink or liquor.—Halliwell.

209.4 Omission in MS.

210.1 John, son of Sir Robert Conyers, knight, married Eleanor, daughter of William Yelverton, Justice of the King’s Bench.—Blomefield, i. 483.

210.2 Judge Yelverton’s clerk, the writer of No. 142. See vol. ii. p. 174, Note 3.

210.3 See vol. ii. p. 110, Note 1.

211.1 This seems to refer to the will of Sir John Fastolf, though he is not named.

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