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

Note 306.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV (continued 7)

Reading edition

[From Fenn, iv. 302.] The original of this letter, Fenn informs us, was written upon a whole sheet of paper, of which a quarter was cut away before the letter was finished, so that the bottom part of it was only half the width of the upper. Roger Ree was made Sheriff of Norfolk in 1468, which fixes the date.

307.1 This may mean flour for household use; or it may signify his flower, his device or cognisance.—F.

307.2 This must mean some MS. copy, for at this time there was only one printed edition of the Bible, which would have sold even then for a much greater sum than is here mentioned. I mean ‘Biblia Latina Mogunt. per J. Fust et P. Schoiffer, 1462.’—F.

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