Note 42.3 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV

[From Fenn, iv. 138.] The date of this letter is shown by an entry on the Patent Roll, 2 Edw. IV., p. 1, m. 7, in dorso. On the 27th June 1462 a commission was given to Gilbert Debenham, Jun., Esquire, Walter Alderiche, master of the George of Yarmouth, and John Childe, to arrest for the King’s service a ship called The Barge of Yarmouth, alias The George, with victuals, masters, and mariners for the same.

43.1 John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester. He was beheaded in October 1470.—F.

43.2 See Preliminary Note to No. 518, p. 41, Note 1.

44.1 Dark red or purple and yellowish colour.—F.

44.2 Mary, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gelders, and mother to James III., King of Scotland.