Note 170.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VII. (continued 2)

[From Paston MSS., B.M.] The writer of this letter was William Warham, who was first Bishop of London, and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the signature, he was Bishop-elect of London at the time it was written, but we are persuaded that it is a slip of the pen. He was elected Bishop of London in 1502, and was consecrated on the 5th October; but it is clear from the preceding No. that Sir John Paston was alive as late as the beginning of February 1503. In the year 1503, however, Warham was translated to Canterbury. The bull for his translation was issued on the 29th November 1503, but doubtless he was elected some time before; and it is quite intelligible how, being actually Bishop of London, he should have written ‘Elect of London’ in place of ‘Elect of Canterbury.’ Moreover, the allusion to the business of the administration agrees entirely with this supposition.

170.2 Agnes, widow of John Hervey, Esq. of Thurley, Beds, etc. See p. 166, Note 1.