The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 4 (of 6)

Note 268.4 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV (continued 6)

Reading edition

[From Fenn, iv. 276.] This letter must have been written in February 1467. It was evidently after Sir John Paston had succeeded to his father’s estates, but before any arrangement had been come to between him and Yelverton. It will be found hereafter that on the 11th January 1468 Sir John Fastolf’s executors, including Yelverton, released their rights in Caister and other manors to Sir John Paston. On the back of this letter, Fenn says, is written in an ancient hand, ‘Testes idonei ad negandum veritatem, ut patet infra.’

269.1 Fenn has ‘Sir Thowys’ in his left-hand copy, which we cannot help thinking a misreading of ‘Sir T. Howys.’

269.2 Fenn says this letter ‘has neither subscription nor date’; nevertheless these initials stand at the foot of the text as he has printed it.

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