Note 30.2 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV

[From Paston MSS., B.M.] The MS. is a rough draft signed by John Paston the eldest, and corrected in his hand. It seems to have been written on the cover of a letter addressed to himself; for on the back is this direction in another hand:— ‘To my most reverent and worchepfull maister, John Paston the eldest, Esquier, be this deliveryd in hast.’

We have inserted this letter in the year 1462 as this was the first year after Fastolf’s death, when John Paston appears to have been residing in London in the beginning of February. The only other possible years are 1463, 1465, and 1466.

31.1 This name is substituted for ‘Herry Inglose,’ struck out.