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

Note 109.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Edward IV.

Reading edition

[From Fenn, ii. 72.] Apart from the reference to John Paston’s pardon, the date of this letter is fixed by what is said of the bastard Falconbridge.

109.2 Bartholomew Fair, in Smithfield.

109.3 Worsted, in Norfolk, a town formerly famous for the spinning of the fine thread with which the yarn called Worsted is made.—F.

109.4 Of Walsingham.

109.5 Thomas Nevill, a natural son of William, Lord Fauconberg. He was beheaded in 1471, and, as mentioned in Letter 782 following, his head was placed on London Bridge.

110.1 Here follow, says Fenn, some directions about payments of money.

111.1 Sir Thomas Fulford was son of Sir Baldwin Fulford, beheaded at Bristol in 1461; he likewise ended his life on the scaffold.

111.2 Holyrood Day, 14th of September.

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