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

Note 260.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VI (continued 6)

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[From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is printed from a corrected draft in a hand which may be that of Margaret Paston, writing in her husband’s name. The beginning may perhaps refer to the impending marriage of Richard Southwell with Amy, daughter of Sir Edmund Wichingham, which took place, according to Blomefield (x. 274), about the beginning of Edward IV.’s reign. From the mention made of Osbert Mundford, however, the letter cannot be later than 1460. The ravishment of Jane Boys, as here related, corresponds so closely with that of Dame Joan Beaumont, of which notice will be found in the Rolls of Parl., v. 269, that we might almost surmise the same person is spoken of; but this can hardly be.

260.2 Probably the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk.

261.1 According to Blomefield (viii. 299) Joan (or Jane), one of the four daughters of Edmund de Wichingham, married, first, Robert Longstrather, and afterwards Robert Boys of Honing, in Norfolk.

262.1 This passage is crossed out in the MS.

262.2 Sentence left incomplete.

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