Note 91.1 — THE PASTON LETTERS Henry VII.
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[From Fenn, ii. 336.] There is a difficulty in dating this letter only from the address being to Sir John Paston. It has every appearance of having been written in the year 1486, when Francis, Viscount Lovel, lay concealed shortly before his outbreak with Humphrey and Thomas Stafford. But in that case the prefix ‘Sir’ before John Paston’s name must not be taken as indicating that he was then a knight; for he was not knighted till the battle of Stoke in June 1487.
The writer of this letter was the widow of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh, who died on the 12th June 1472. She was the daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and sister of Warwick the Kingmaker.
91.2 I find no evidence of any real relationship between Paston and Lady Fitzhugh.
92.1 Francis, Viscount Lovel, married Anne, daughter of Alice, Lady Fitzhugh.