The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 235.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV. (continued 3)

Reading edition

[From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter must have been written in the year 1475, when, as will be seen by No. 871, some of Sir John Paston’s brothers, among whom doubtless were both John and Edmund, to whom this letter is addressed, were going over to Calais. The Bishop of Lincoln (Rotherham) was Chancellor in 1475. It is true the Great Seal was taken from him on the 27th April, and given to Alcock, Bishop of Rochester, until the 28th September, when it was restored to Rotherham. But it is certain this letter could not have been written in a later year, as the Duke of Norfolk died in January 1476.

235.2 Thomas Rotherham.

235.3 See p. 219, Note 2.

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