Note 102.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV.
Reading edition
[From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter was printed by Fenn in his fifth volume, of which the original MSS. are now recovered. It was evidently written in April 1471, when the writer was recovering from the wound he had received at the battle of Barnet (see No. 774). It is not addressed, but is endorsed in a later hand, ‘Litera Johannis Paston armigeri matri suæ.’
102.2 The battle of Barnet was fought on Easter Day, 14th April 1471.
102.3 A pasture so called, and means the groves, or lands full of wood.—F.
102.4 This may signify, in jocular language, if he be not dead.—F.