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

Note 135.2 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV.

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[From Fenn, ii. 90.] After the death of Prince Edward, the son of Henry VI., who is said to have been murdered just after the Battle of Tewkesbury in May 1471, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, married his widow Anne, who was the daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker. The reference to the proposed sale of Sporle wood goes further to fix the date. See Letter 793, and Nos. 819 and 820 following.

135.3 A poem of Lydgate’s.

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