Chapter XI: Appendix: Wills (2)

Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum coram domino apud Lamehith xxvj^to die mensis Junii, anno Domini supradicto, ac approbatum &c. Et commissa fuit administratio &c., Matheo Browne, filio ejusdem et executori &c. de bene &c. Ac de pleno inventario &c., citra festum Sancti Petri quod dicitur _ad Vincula_, reservata potestate committendi &c., Edwardo Ponynges militi, executori &c.

[Footnote 201-1: [Register Milles, 12.]]

[Footnote 203-1: A metal facing for a girdle.]

[[v. newe carpettys of ij. ellys in lengeth and yarde and halfe brode,
_text has “brode.”_

souche stuffe as canne not be kept from mowghtes, which I will
_text has “mowghtes.”_]]

7

WILLIAM PASTON[205-1]

[Sidenote: 1496 / SEPT. 7]

In Dei nomine, Amen. The vij^th day of the moneth of Septembre in the yere of Our Lord God m^{l.}CCCClxxxxvj., I, William Paston of London, gentilman, being of hooll mynde and in good memory, laud and praysing be unto Almighti God, make and ordeigne this my present testament and last wille in maner and fourme folowing, that is to sey:--Furst, I geve and bequeith my soule unto my saide Lorde God, to our blessed Lady Sainte Marye Virgyne, and to all the holy companye of Heven. And I will that my body be buried in the church of Blak Frerez, in London, at the north ende of the high altar there by my Lady Anne, late my wife. Also, I will that there be yeven unto the saide church of Blak Frires, where my saide body shall lye, to be praide for, and for the place of my saide burying to have a large stone upon the saide Lady Anne and me, a convenient rewarde by th’advise and discrecion of myne executours underwriten. Also, I will that all my dettes be wele and truely contente and paide. Also, I wille that xx_li._ in money be geven and disposed for my soule and all Christen soules in dedes of pitee and charitee the day of my saide burying, that is to sey:--emonges pouer people and prisoners within the citee of London and withoute. Also I will that I have a preste of honest conversacion to synge bothe for me, and for suche as I am chargid to do syng for at Cambrige, as my servant, Thomas Andrewe, can shew by the space of viij. yeres. Also, I will that for every wronge by me done in my life tyme a dewe recompence be made there fore by th’enformacion of my saide servante, Thomas Andrew, in that behalf. Also, I will that all my landes and tenementes with th’appurtenances be devyded bytwene my ij. doughters, Agnes and Elizabeth, by the discresion of my executours underwritten, and after th’enformacion of my saide servaunte, Thomas Andrew, to whome I have shewid my entent and mynde in the same manye tymes, and often to have to theym and to the heires of theire ij. bodies lawfully begoten. Also, I wille that all the revennuyes of my fee symple landes, over and a bove the reparacions and charges of the same that shalbe due at Mychelmas next after my deceasce be takyn of my tenauntes and fermours there by favoure, and that the same revenues go to the contentacion and payment of my saide dettes assone as it can be convenyently gadred and levied, &c. Also, I will that none of my tenantes nor fermers, suche as be of grete age and fallith in poverte, be in any wise vexid or t[r]oublid after my deceasce by my executours underwritten for no maner of olde dettes due unto me before the day of my deces. Also, I will that nether my heires, executours, nor non other person for theim, nor in theire names, in any wise vex, sue, or trouble the saide Thomas Andrew, my servaunte, after my deceasce of or for any maner of rekenynges or other maters bitwene hym and me in all my life tyme, but utterly thereof I discharge hym and will, and will that he be therof acquyte and discharged in that behalve as I have shewid and declared in my life unto my doughter Elizabeth, Mastres Hide, Master Ursewik, Archedecon of Richemonde, Master Doctor Myddelton, Master Thomas Madies, chapeleyn to my Lorde Cardinall,[206-1] Master John Shaa, Alderman of London, Master Reede, Master Christofer Mildelton, proctours of the courte of Canterbury, and many other honorable folkis, and to my servauntes in my life tyme, consideryng that he hathe ben my trewe and feithfull servant these xix. yeres or more, in which seasone he hath had dyvers grete paynfull besynes and labours in my causis, by whose gode policie and meanes I have purchased moche of my saide fe symple landes, which also canne geve best enformacion how all suche landes as I have purchased stonden, and what consciens is there in, and howe every thyng shalbe ordred. Also, I will that the churche of Saynte Petre, in Wodenorton have a hole vestyment of the price of v. marc. Also, I will that Elizabeth Crane be wele maried at my costis, or ellis by the menes of my doughters, unto suche a personne as may dispende by yere xx. marc, or ellis to a gode marchaunt or other craftisman. Item, I will that Christofer Talbot be treuly contentid and paied of his yerely annuyte of v. merke by yere duryng his life. Item, I will that Thomas Dokkyng have surely his annuyte of xl_s._ by yere duryng his life. Item, I wille that the bargayne of Adam Sowter be recompensid after th’enformacion had of my saide servaunte, Thomas Andrew. Also, I will that every of my servauntes be rewarded for theire good and diligent laboure and attendance had a bowte me after the discresion of my executours underwritten. Also, I will that all suche of my godes moveable in Warwikes Inne, and in my place callid Castre Clere, in Norffolk, and in my place in Norwiche, be solde by the discresion of my executours, tawarde and for the contentacion and payment of my saide dettes and performance of this my present will. Also, I will that the vicar of Fyncham be recompensid of his bargayne betwene hym and me after th’enformacion of the saide Thomas Andrewe. Item, I will that all my servauntes, suche as be behynde of their wages and dueties, be trewly content and paied. Also, I will that all other my godes not bequethid, this my will fulfilled, my dettes paied, and all my wronges recompensed by th’enformacion of the saide Thomas Andrew, be departid bytwixte my ij. doughter beforesaide after the discresion of my saide executours. And also, for as moche as I have not sufficient redy money, and that my dettis cannot be redely levied, therfore I will that money be made of all suche plate as I have for the haste of contentacion of my dettes that I owe of my buriallis. And of this my present testament and laste will I make and ordeyne and constitute my executours the moste reverend fadre in God my Lorde Cardinall, the right high and myghty Prynces, my lady the Kynges modre, my Lord Dawbeney, and Sir Edwarde Poynynges, Knyght, my nevew, whome I hartely beseche in executyng and performyng this my laste will to do and dispose concernyng the same in every thyng as they shall thynke best to the pleasure of Almyghty God, and for the helthe of my sowle and all Cristen sowles.

Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum coram domino apud Lamehith, xxviij^o die mensis Novembris, Anno Domini Millesimo CCCC^o nonagesimo sexto, juramento Thomæ Andrew et Laurencii Canwike, testium, quibus Thomæ et Lawrencio commissa fuit administracio per viam intestati, pro eo et ex eo quod executores in suo testamento nominati ex certis causis legitimis refutarunt, de bene et fideliter administrand’ eadem juxta et secundum vires ipsius defuncti testamentum sive ultimam voluntatem, ac primo de solvend’ æs alienum in quo idem defunctus hujusmodi mortis suæ tempore extitit obligatus, deinde legata in hujusmodi suo testamento contenta, quatenus bona et debita &c., ad sancta &c.

[Footnote 205-1: [Register Horne, 12.]]

[Footnote 206-1: Cardinal Morton.]

[[I discharge hym and will, and will that
_text unchanged: printed “and will, and / will” at line break_]]

8

MARGARET PASTON[208-1]

[Sidenote: 1504 / NOV. 24]

I, Margaret Paston, widow, ‘late wife of Edmond Paston, Squier. . . . . 24^o Nov. MCCCCCIV. . . . . . my sinful bodie to be buried in the chyrche of Our Lady in Iteryngham.’

‘Item, to the Hey Awter of the chirche of Sharington, vj_s._ viij_d._

‘Item, to the reparacion of the said churche, xx_s._

‘Item, to the reparacion of the chirch of Manington, x_s._

‘Item, to the reparacion of the chirch of Itteringham, iij_s._ iv_d._

‘Item, to the Hey Awter of Itteringham, iij_s._ iv_d._

‘Item, to the Gilde of Oure blessid Ladi there, iij_s._ iv_d._

‘Item, to the Heigh Awter of Saxthorpe, ij_s._

‘Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Little Baningham, iij_s._ iiij_d._

‘Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Woolterton, ij_s._

‘Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Wood Dalling, iij_s._ iiij_d._

‘Item, to the reparacion of heigh way in Woolterton, v_s._

‘Item, I will that my son William Lumnor have c. sheep, xxiij. nete, x. quarters wheat, xx. quarters barley, x. quarters oats, and as many horse, cartes, plowghes, and harowghes, with alle her apparell, as shall extende to the valu of vi_li._ xiij_s._ iiij_d._, beside alle the foresaide shepe, &c.’ . . . . in recompense of all goods . . . . that Thomas Brigge, late my husbande, by his testament and last will bequeathed or gave to the said William Lumnor . . . . He to have all the hangings in the grey chamber over the parlour within the manor place of Manington, and the great bed with the covering and hangings, ‘which is of tapestrie worke;’ . . . . also all the hangings of the halle and parlour, ‘with the falte table in the parlure, and all the tables and stooles in the haule, and all the rede hangings of the rede chaumber over the pantry and botry, and a bede of red saye’ . . . . . viz., its belongings, pillows, coverlets, &c., &c.

‘Item, to the said William Lumner, my son, ij. grete rosting aundernes, iij. spetes, ij. brass pots with all the brewing vessels.’

Item, to my daughter, Margaret Browne, ‘my fruntelet of purpill velvet, my girdill whereof the herneys is silver and gilt, and the corse is of damaske gold, and also my fruntelet of crymsyn velvet.’

Item, to my daughter Elizabeth Whymbergh my dymysent silver and gilt, and my corse of crymsyn velvet pirled with gold, and also a fruntlet of crymsyn velvet.

Item, to Margaret Lomnor, my daughter-in-lawe, my prymer clad with grene velvet.

Item, to my daughter, Anne Lomnor, my russet gown pervild with menks, and my best coral bedes conteyning once fifty, and my best bonnett.

Item, to Elizabeth Gayne, xiij_s._ iiij_d._, to the bying of a gowne for her.

Item, to my son, John Lomnor, a brass pott, a basin, with an ewer of pewter with a roose of lateyn in the bottom of the said basin, and four platters, and four dishes, and iiij. sawcers of pewter.

Item, to my son, Henry Lomnor, xl_s._

Item, to my nephew, Thomas Lomnor . . . . a feather bed, &c., &c.

Item, to my nephew, James Lomnor . . . . . a feather bed, &c.

‘And all the residue of alle my goodes and catallis, sylver plate, and all my detts to me owing, above not bequeathed nor assigned, I give and bequeath to my son, William Lomnor, whom I ordeine and make my executor,’ first to pay debts, and distribute the remainder ‘to the most plesure to God and helthe to my sowle.’

Proved at Norwich, 19 May 1505, by William Lumnor.

[Footnote 208-1: [Reg. Norvic. ‘Rix’ f. 107.]]

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9

DAME AGNES PASTON[209-1]

[Sidenote: 1510 / MAY 31]

‘Dame Agnes Paston, widow, late the wife of Sir John Paston, Knight, deceased,’ makes her will 31 May, A.D. 1510, 2 Hen. VIII. To be buried, if she die in London, in the church of the Black Friars, by her husband John Harvy; or, if she die in Kent, in the parish church in Sondryche. Goods in three chests to be divided among her three sons, George, Thomas, and Edward. Bequeaths to her son George Hervy a pair of large sheets of her own spinning, and all her bedding at Sondryche to her son Thomas Isley. Other bequests to John Palmer of Otteford, to the parson of Brasted, to her daughter Isabel Isley, her cousin Alys Petham, to Margaret Palmer, to Mrs. Bygote ‘with my Lady Marqueys.’[209-2] To her son-in-law William Hatteclyff a basin and ewer, parcel gilt, for 20 marks, if he will give so much for it; otherwise it is to go to her sons George Harvy and Edw. Isley. To her son George a silver salt with a cover, at Leuesham. To her chaplain Sir Robert ‘the complete bedde within my little draught chambre att Sonderiche,’ and 10 marks a year for 5 years, to pray for her soul and the souls of John Hervy, Sir John Paston, and John Isley, her husbands. To her son Thomas Isley’s children, and her own and her daughter Isabel Hatteclyff’s children, 5 marks each. To her son George Hervy, ‘a standing cupp with a kever, silver and gilt with sekylles,’ and a gold cross. To her daughter Isley a ring with a rebewe. To her son Thomas Isley her gelding. Other bequests to her cousins Margaret Palmer and Thos. Waserer’s wife; also to young Potter, the man of law, to Agnes Waserer, and to Eliz. mother to Thomas Waserer’s wife, to Joan Julles, William Tidman, to her servant Kyllingworth, to Vincent her housekeeper, to Sir Robert, parish priest of Sonderyche, to Sir William of Nokold. Mr. Robert Scalys parson of Braysted to be overseer of her will; her sons George Harvy and Thos. Isley to be her executors.

Proved at Lambeth, 19 June 1510.

[Footnote 209-1: [Register Benet, 29.]]

[Footnote 209-2: Cecily, widow of Thomas, first Marquis of
Dorset.]

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OCCURRENCES

[This Table is intended partly to serve the purpose of a Table of
Contents to the more important Letters, partly to enable the reader
to see at a glance the bearing of particular transactions on the
general history of the times. The Nos. quoted are those of the
Letters.]

[Transcriber’s Note:
In the printed book, some items on this list were run-in, with two
entries in a single paragraph. These have been silently regularized.]

HENRY V

1413

_Accession of Henry V._

1415

_Henry V.’s first campaign in France--Battle of Agincourt._

1417-8

_Henry V.’s second campaign in France_, 1.

1419

13 Jan.
_Capture of Rouen_, 1.

1420

24 Mar.
Marriage Settlement of William Paston, 4.
21 May.
_Treaty of Troyes._

1422

31 Aug.
_Henry V. dies at Vincennes._

HENRY VI

1422

1 Sept.
_Accession._ The King only nine months old.

1424

Outrages committed by Walter Aslak in Norfolk, 6.

1425

_Disputes between Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Beaufort,
Bishop of Winchester._

1425-6

Disputes between William Paston and John Wortes, 10, 11, 12.

1427

_Beaufort made a Cardinal._

1428-9

_Siege of Orleans--Raised by Joan of Arc._

1429

6 Nov.
_Coronation of Henry VI. at Westminster._
7 Dec.
William Paston made a brother of the Monastery of Bury, 19.

1431

30 May.
_Joan of Arc burned at Rouen._
17 Dec.
_Coronation of Henry VI. at Paris._

1432

29 Nov.
_Demands of the Earl of Warwick touching the charge of the King’s
education_, 24.

1434?

William Dalling’s petition against William Paston, 25.

1434-5

Sir John Fastolf, captain of Le Mans, 27.

1435

Aug.
_Peace Conferences at Arras--broken off by England._
14 Sept.
_Death of the Duke of Bedford at Rouen. The Duke of York made
Regent._
21 Sept.
_The Duke of Burgundy deserts England, and makes a separate
peace with France._

1436

_Recovery of Paris by the French._
_The Duke of York lands in Normandy, and recovers several places
from the French._
_Calais besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, but relieved by the Duke
of Gloucester._

1437

19 Feb.
_James I. of Scotland murdered._
16 July.
_The Duke of York recalled from France, and the Earl of Warwick
sent in his place._

1439

_Death of Warwick at Rouen. York made Regent again._
_Peace Conferences at Calais--ineffectual._

About 1440

John Paston’s introduction to Margaret Mauteby, 34.
His marriage to her, 35.

1440

_Release of the Duke of Orleans_, 36.

1443

John Paston ill in London, 47.

1444

Feb.
William Paston and Chief-Justice Fortescue both too ill to go on
circuit, 51.
14 Aug.
Death of William Paston, 56.

1445

Disputes of Agnes Paston with the Vicar of Paston, 62.
22 April.
_Marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of Anjou_, 62.

1447

_Parliament of Bury.--Arrest and death of Gloucester._
_Death of Cardinal Beaufort._

1448

17 Feb.
John Paston dispossessed of Gresham by Lord Molynes, 102.
A relief claimed by Lady Morley, 75.
_Daniel said to be out of favour_, 75.
22 May.
Affray at Coventry between the retainers of Sir Robert Harcourt
and Sir Humphrey Stafford, 78.

1449

Mar.
Death of Edmund Paston--his nuncupative will dated 21 March, 85.
May.
_Robert Wenyngton captures a fleet of 100 ships_, 90.
Friar Hauteyn’s claim to Oxnead, 63, 87.
6 Oct.
John Paston again occupies Gresham, 88, 102.
The King in the Marches of Wales, 96.
_Capture of Rouen by the French._
Stephen Scrope a suitor of Elizabeth Paston, 93, 94.

1450

28 Jan.
John Paston’s wife driven out of Gresham, 102, 103.
7 Feb.
_Impeachment of the Duke of Suffolk_, 101.
John Paston presents a petition to the King in Parliament against
Lord Molynes, 102.
Mar.
Foreigners light on the coast of Norfolk, and take people
prisoners, 105, 106.
15 April.
Battle of Fourmigni--Sir Thomas Kiriel taken prisoner, 120.
30 April.
The Duke of Suffolk’s letter to his son, 117.
April or May.
Daniel enters the manor of Brayston, 108, 119.
2 May.
_The Duke of Suffolk murdered at sea_, 120, 121.
May.
New appointments to offices of state, 123.
_Jack Cade’s rebellion_, 126.
12 Aug.
_Loss of Cherbourg, the last place held by the English in
Normandy_, 131.
Aug.
Disturbances in Norfolk, 132, 133.
Thomas Denyes and the Earl of Oxford, 123, 124, 132.
J. Paston’s dispute with Lord Molynes, 131, 135, 136, 139, 145.
Sept.
_The Duke of York comes over from Ireland, and causes a change of
administration_, 142, 143.
Molynes and his men indicted of felony, 147.
Oct.
Election of two knights of the shire for Norfolk, 148, 149.
Nov.
_Meeting of Parliament--Oldhall chosen Speaker_, 151.
Tuddenham and Heydon unpopular in Norfolk, 154, 170.
Dec.
_Oyer and terminer_ in Suffolk, at Beccles, 160, 161.
_Oyer and terminer_ going into Norfolk, 162.

1451

Jan.
An _oyer and terminer_ for Kent, 169.
_Oyer and terminer_ to be held at Norwich at Easter, 174, 175.
John Paston re-enters Gresham, 178.
25 Feb.
Bettes arrested at a court held by Gonnor at Routon, 178.
1 Mar.
Heydon’s horse brought through Aylesham into Norwich, 179, 180.
1 Mar.
Tuddenham and Heydon expected to regain their ascendency, 184.
Petition to Parliament against Sir Thomas Tuddenham, 185.
April.
Tuddenham and Heydon to be indicted at Norwich, 186.
May.
Lord Molynes and his men indicted at Walsingham, 189, 190;
acquitted by favour of the King, 189, 193.
1 July.
Death of Sir Harry Inglos, 201.
Aug.
_Surrender of Bayonne:--entire loss of Gascony and Guienne by
the English._
Dec.
Daniel hoping to re-enter Brayston, 206:
which he did soon after, 119.

1452

7 April.
Good Friday. _A general pardon granted by the King._
April.
The Duke of Norfolk coming to Norfolk to redress disorders,
210, 211, 212.
The King also coming into Norfolk, 210, 211.
Outrages of Charles Nowell and others, 212, 213, 215, 217, 241.
Roger Church, being taken prisoner by his own consent, accuses
many gentlemen of sedition, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 241.
_An army sent under Shrewsbury to recover Guienne._
18 Dec.
The Duke of York pawns jewels to Sir J. Fastolf, 184.

1453

Building operations [at Caister?], 224, 225.
April.
Visit of Margaret of Anjou to Norwich, 226.
July.
Deaths of Philip Berney and Sir John Heveningham, 227, 228.
July.
_The Earl of Shrewsbury defeated and slain at Castillon. Final
loss of Guienne._
Aug.
_The King falls ill at Clarendon._
Dec.?
_The Duke of Norfolk’s petition against Somerset_, 230.

1454

Jan.
_The King’s imbecility_, 235.
_York and other Lords coming up to London_, 235.
12 Jan.
Walter Ingham waylaid and beaten by procurement of Thomas Denyes,
238.
Thomas Denyes and his wife put in prison, 239, 240, 244, 245.
22 Mar.
_Death of Cardinal Kemp_, 239.
3 April.
_The Duke of York made Protector._

1454?

Marriage proposed between John Clopton and Elizabeth Paston,
242, 243.

1454

May or June.
_Defeat of the French in an attack on Jersey and Guernsey_, 247.
6 June.
Wardship of Thomas Fastolf of Cowhaw, granted to John Paston and
Thomas Howys, 248.
--Paid for by Sir J. Fastolf, 271.
--Disputed by Sir Philip Wentworth, 248, 263, 266, 267, 277, 278,
289, 292, 307.
9 June.
_Edward the King’s son created Prince of Wales_, 247.
5 July.
_The Duke of York and other Lords coming up from the North--Lords
appointed to keep the sea_, 249.
11 July.
Marriage proposed for Elizabeth Paston by Lord Grey of Hastings,
250, 252.
July.
_The Duke of York is commissioned to convey the Duke of Exeter to
the North, and commit him to Pomfret Castle_, 254.
Aug.?
Sir John Fastolf goes to reside at Caister, 254, 260.
Sept.
Pestilence in London, 260.
Nov.
Fastolf proposes to sue an attaint, 267, 268.
25 Dec.
_The King recovers from his illness_, 270.

1455

5 Feb.
_Somerset released from the Tower._
7 Feb.
Sir J. Fastolf resents words spoken at a dinner at Norwich, 272.
4 Mar.
_The questions between Somerset and York referred to arbitrators._
17 Mar.
Presentation to Stokesby church, 273, 274.
29 Mar.
Sir Thomas Howes vexed by Andrews and others, 276, 297.
22 May.
_The first battle of St. Albans_, 283-5, 287.
June.
Election of Howard and Chamberlain for Norfolk, 288, 291, 294,
295.
[June or July].
_Attempt of the Scots on Berwick._
7 July.
Poynings acquitted of treason, etc., 297.
19 July.
Dispute between Warwick and Lord Cromwell before the King, 299.
25 July.
Slander against John Paston, Yelverton, and Alyngton, 300, 301.
26 July.
Letter of the Bishop of Lincoln, 302.
28 Oct.
_Affray at Radford’s place in Devonshire between the men of the Earl
of Devonshire and of Lord Bonvile_, 303.
_The King sick again at Hertford_, 303.
13 Nov.
Fastolf and the Duke of Bedford’s goods, 305, 319, 320, 323.
19 Nov.
_The Duke of York appointed Protector a second time._
25 Nov.
Daniel comes to Rising Castle, 306.
Letter of Judge Bingham about Stephen Scrope, 308.
Fastolf’s claims against the Crown, 309, 310.

1456

6 Jan.
Fastolf about to make his will, 314.
20 Jan.
Fastolf and Lady Whitingham, 317-9.
5 Feb.
Fastolf and Lord Willoughby’s executors, 321.
9 Feb.
_York and Warwick come to the Parliament with 300 armed men_,
322.
25 Feb.
_York again discharged of the Protectorship._
1 Mar.
Fastolf’s ‘compert’ sped in the Exchequer, 324.
27 Mar.
Letter of Archbishop Bourchier, 326.
30 Mar.
Letter of Dame Alice Ogard, 327.
8 May.
Progress of the attaint, 330.
_Attack on foreign merchants in London_, 330, 331.
15 May.
The King at Sheen, the Queen at Tutbury, etc., 331, 334.
1 June.
Farmers of Cowhaw, etc., 333.
7 June.
_Siege expected at Calais_, 334.
[29 June].
Letter of Friar Brackley, 338.
17 July.
Fastolf’s proposed college, 340, 350, 351.
31 July.
Fastolf and the Prior of Hickling, 341.
10 Aug.
Learned men not easy to get this harvest, 342.
7 Sept.
Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 344.
8 Oct.
_The Court at Coventry._
16 Oct.
_Bishop Waynflete made Chancellor in Place of Archbishop Bourchier_,
etc., 348.
16 Oct.
_Affray at Coventry._
15 Nov.
Visit of my Lady of York to Caister, 335, 350.
Nov.
Suit of Paston and Howes against Andrews, 352.

1457

1 May.
Expenses of Fastolf’s household, 356.
_The Court at Hereford_:--Welshmen indicted, 356.
28 Aug.
_The French burn Sandwich._

1458

24 Jan. [? year].
Earl of Salisbury excuses himself by illness from coming up to
London, 361.
28 Jan.
Clement Paston and his tutor Grenefeld, 362.
1 Feb.
Arrival of the different Lords in London, 364.
Feb.
The King at Berkhampstead, 365.
15 Mar.
_The Council sits at the Black Friars in the forenoon and at the
White Friars in the afternoon_, 366.
The coast of Norfolk insulted by the French, 366.
25 Mar.
_Reconciliation of the Lords at London._
29 May.
_Sea fight off Calais on Trinity Sunday between Warwick and the
Spaniards_, 369.
27 Aug.
William Worcester learning French in London, 370.
Expenses of John Paston in 36 and 37 Hen. VI., 373.

1459

3 Jan.
Elizabeth Poynings to her mother, Agnes Paston, 374.
Feb.?
_Fray between the King’s servants and Warwick’s; after which Warwick
goes over to Calais._
5 Mar.
John Paston, the eldest son, to John Paston, his father, regretting
having given him displeasure, 375.
29 April.
Hastings and others ordered to be with the King at Leicester on the
10th May. Is Paston’s son to go? 377.
25 May.
Osbert Mundeford to John Paston (in French), 378.
23 Sept.
_Battle of Bloreheath_--Lord Audley defeated by Salisbury.
12 Oct.
_Dispersion of the Yorkists at Ludlow._
3 Nov.
Will of Sir J. Fastolf, 385, 386, 387.
5 Nov.
Death of Sir J. Fastolf.
Inventory of Fastolf’s goods, 388. His wardrobe, 389.
12 Nov.
William Paston to John Paston about Fastolf’s goods, 391.
Bishop Waynflete’s advice, 393.
7 Dec.
The Yorkists attainted in the Parliament at Coventry, 396.
Sir Philip Wentworth’s petition touching the wardship of Thomas
Fastolf of Cowhaw, 397.

1460

Jan.
_Rivers and his son surprised at Sandwich, and carried over to
Calais_, 399, 400.
_The King coming to London, and raising the people on his way_,
400.
8 May.
The Abbot of Langley excuses himself from coming up to London about
Fastolf’s will, 407.
10 July.
_Battle of Northampton--the King taken prisoner._
23 July.
The Yorkist Lords to the authorities in Norfolk, 410.
Oct.
John Paston returned to Parliament, 415, 416.
12 Oct.
_The Duke of York coming up to London_, 419.
_He challenges the Crown in Parliament_, 423.
Oct.
Inquisition taken on Fastolf’s lands at Acle, 421, 422, 423.
29 Oct.
Inquisition to be taken on the same for Suffolk at Bungay, 427.
31 Dec.
_Battle of Wakefeld--the Duke of York slain_, 430.
J. Perse in prison, 423, 424, 425, 462.

1461

3 Feb.
_Battle of Mortimer’s Cross._
17 Feb.
_Second battle of St. Albans._
1 Mar.
Plot to carry off John Paston into the North, 432.
A Whitsunday sermon of Friar Brackley, 436.

EDWARD IV

1461

4 Mar.
_Edward IV. proclaimed King._
People take wages, and go up to London in spite of orders to the
contrary, 449.
Attempt against John Damme, _ib._
29 Mar.
_Battle of Towton_, 450.
April.
_Henry VI. besieged in Yorkshire_, 451.
May.
_Berwick full of Scots_, 455.
_Earl of Wiltshire’s head set on London Bridge_, _ib._
10 May.
The feoffees of Fastolf’s lands mean to sell some to the Duke of
Suffolk, 453.
May.
Thomas Denyes complains of Howard, 455.
_Carlisle besieged by the Scots--the siege raised by Montague_,
457.
31 May.
The Earl of Oxford anticipates disturbance from Howard, 456.
5 June.
The Duke of Norfolk in possession of Caister, 458.
June.
John Paston at Court, 458, 459.
26 June.
Elizabeth Poynings dispossessed of her lands, 461.
28 June.
_Coronation of Edward IV._
June.
The Parson of Snoring drags Thomas Denys out of his house, 462.
July.
The King should be informed of the demeaning of the shire, 463.
3 July.
A message for Thomas Denys’ wife, 464.
6 July.
Murder of Thomas Denys, 465, 469, 472, 474.
9 July.
Denys’ wife in great trouble, 466.
Sir Miles Stapleton accuses John Berney of complicity in Denys’
murder, 467, 468.
John Berney and the under-Sheriff, 468, 469, 470, 471.
27 July.
John Paston restores to the King the jewels pledged to Fastolf by
his father, the Duke of York, 473.
1 Aug.
Election for Norfolk, 475.
Aug.
John Paston’s eldest son in the King’s household, 476, 477, 478.
Altercation between John Paston and Howard in the shire-house at
Norwich, 477, 478.
28 Aug.
William Worcester out of favour with Paston and Howes, 479.
30 Aug.
Lord Hungerford and Robert Whityngham to Margaret of Anjou from
Dieppe, 480.
Aug.
_Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou in Scotland_, 480.
4 Sept.
Yelverton and Jenney take a distress at Cotton, 481, 482.
Sept.
The Duke of Gloucester to have Caister, 482.
4 Oct.
_The castles in Wales given up to Edward IV._, 483.
9 Oct.
Richard Calle prevents Jenney holding a court at Cotton, 485.
Disorders committed by the occupants of Cotton Hall, 486, 487.
11 Oct.
The King is offended at John Paston for not obeying Privy Seals,
484.
2 Nov.
John Paston delivered from the Fleet, and Howard committed to
prison, 488.
Dec.
Message of the King to the people of Norfolk through Yelverton, 497,
500.

1462

Jan.
Clarence and Suffolk to be sent down to Norfolk with a commission to
judge rioters, 504.
Feb.
Presentation to Drayton Church, 509.
Feb.
_Projected invasion of England in three places in the interest of
Henry VI._, 509.
Feb.
_Executions of Sir Thomas Tuddenham and of Lord Aubrey de Vere._
Mar.
Sir John Howard like to lose his head, 510.
13 Mar.
John Paston, the elder, at great expense travelling with the King,
511.
Mar.
Confession of French prisoners taken at Sherringham--_the Duke of
Somerset going into Scotland_, etc., 512.
24 Mar.
The King going to keep Easter at Bury, 513.
April.
The Earl of Worcester to be Treasurer, 515.
The _Mary Talbot_ and the _Barge of Yarmouth_, 518, 521-3.
_Campaign of the Earl of Warwick in Scotland_, 521.
17 July.
Death of Christopher Hanson, 526-8.
July.
_Warwick and other Lords going to Scotland in embassy_, 527,
528.
Sept.
Proclamation for men to serve the King, 529.
_The Duke of Somerset seeks to be reconciled to the King_, 529.
John Paston’s bill in Chancery against Yelverton and Jenney,
530.
_Naval engagement--fifty French and Spanish ships taken_, 531.
Oct.
_The castle of Bamborough taken by Margaret of Anjou_, 532.
11 Dec.
_Alnwick, Dunstanborough, and Bamborough besieged by King Edward’s
forces_, 533.

1463

19 Jan.
Return of John Paston, the eldest son, home to Norwich, 536.
[Feb].
A writ received at Norwich against John Paston jun. (the eldest
son), 538.
19 Mar.
Ralph Lampet’s testimony about Fastolf’s will, 541.
6 April.
Sir Roger Chamberlain’s testimony about Fastolf’s will, 543.
6 May.
John Paston should have my Lord of Suffolk’s ‘good lordship’ to live
in peace, 544.
July.
Examinations touching a murder, 545.
31 Aug.
The Duke of Norfolk desires John Paston the father’s presence at
Framlingham, 548.
Complaint that John Paston keeps his son, Sir John, too much at
home, 550.
A marriage suggested for John Paston’s daughter (Margery), 551.
Sir John Paston leaves home clandestinely, 552.
10 Dec.
Plate lent by John Paston to St. Mary’s College, Cambridge, 554.

1464

26 Jan.
Lawsuits of Ogan and Debenham with John Paston, 555.
28 Jan.
Henry Berry appeals to John Paston for aid to the Monastery of St.
Augustine’s, Canterbury, 556.
27 Feb.
Berney, Yelverton, and Rough summoned to appear before the King,
558.
29 Feb.
Assizes at Thetford, 558, 559.
Rebels in Cambridgeshire pardoned, 559.
_The Duke of Somerset rebels once more_, 560.
11 April.
Plate and other articles delivered by the Prior of Norwich to
Richard Calle, 561.
25 April.
_Battle of Hedgley Moor._
1 May.
_Edward IV. marries Elizabeth Woodville privately._
8 May.
_Battle of Hexham._--_Somerset beheaded_, 15th;
_and Lords Hungerford and Roos_, 27th.
Ap.--Nov.
Depositions touching Fastolf’s will, 565.
12 May.
Seisin of Horninghall in Caister to be delivered to the Pastons,
566.
8 June.
Commission to inquire why men did not come more quickly to serve the
King when summoned, 567.
28 June.
Suit by Jenney against Paston, 568.
Petition of John Paston to Edward IV. for license to found a college
at Caister, 569.
10 Sept.
Agreement of the King with John Paston for the foundation of the
college, 571.
20 Nov.
Outlawry of John Paston, 572.
3 Dec.
Mocking letter addressed to John Paston, 574.

1465

7 Feb.
Judgment against Daubeney, Ric. Calle, etc., 576.
31 Mar.
Message by William Worcester to Sir Thomas Howes, 577.
8 April.
The Duke of Suffolk lays claim to Drayton and Hellesdon, 578,
580.
3 May.
His bailiffs trouble the tenants there, 579, 581, 585, 590.
13 May.
Margaret Paston wishes John Jenney put out of the commission of the
peace, 582.
20 May.
Paston’s servants take distresses at Drayton, 583.
26 May.
_Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen._
27 May.
Right of presentation to Drayton church, 584.
15 June.
Master Popy’s examination, 587.
18 June.
John Rysing imprisoned at Ipswich, 588, 590.
18-21 June.
Examination of witnesses touching Fastolf’s will, 589.
6 July?
The Duke of Suffolk raising men, 592.
10 July.
His men attempt to enter Hellesdon, 593, 594, 595, 598.
The Parson of Brandeston taken, 597.
July?
_Henry VI. taken prisoner in Lancashire, and committed to the
Tower._
7 Aug.
Outrages committed by Suffolk’s men on Paston’s servants going to
hold a court at Drayton, 599.
7 Aug.
Matters concerning John Russe, 600, 601.
Will of Nich. Pickering, 602, 603.
18 Aug.
Sessions held after the assizes by Yelverton, 604.
Margaret Paston going up to her husband in London, 604.
Aug.
John Paston examined touching Fastolf’s will, 606.
14 Sept.
Margaret Paston in London, 607.
Commission touching right of presentation to Drayton church,
608.
21 Sept.
John Paston desires his wife to send him worsted for doublets,
609.
22 Sept.
Margaret Paston enters Cotton on her way back from London, 610,
613.
27 Sept.
John Salet supposed to have found evidence in the register of wills
in favour of Suffolk’s title to Hellesdon and Drayton, 611.
15, 16 Oct.
Attack on the lodge at Hellesdon by the Duke of Suffolk, 616,
617.
18 Oct.
The Duke of Norfolk comes of age, 614.
Message from the King to Sir William Yelverton, 618.
10 Nov.
Wymondham of Felbrigg invites Margaret Paston to his house, 619.

1466

12 May.
Friar John Mowth inquires touching bonds delivered by Friar Brackley
to William Paston, 628.
22 May.
Death of John Paston. His funeral, 637.
May, June.
Examinations touching Fastolf’s will, 639.
17 July.
The Paston family proved to be ‘of worshipful blood since the
Conquest,’ 641, 643.
16 Sept.
Will of Agnes Paston, 644, 645, 646.
29 Oct.
Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston touching his father’s will,
649.
Sir John Paston wishes Arblaster to refuse administration of his
father’s will, 655.
J. Strange proposes a marriage for Margery Paston, 657.

1467

7 Feb.
Yelverton labouring to get new witnesses up to London, 661.
Mar.
John Paston, the younger, desires to marry Lady Boleyn’s daughter,
662, 666.
3 April.
Witnesses coming up to London,--Abbot of Langley and Witchingham.
Henry Inglos will not come without a subpœna, 663.
April.
Sir John Paston hurts his hand at a tournament at Eltham, 665.
April.
Evidence of Friar Mowth touching Master Brackley and Sir John
Fastolf’s will, 666.
1 May.
Wager of Sir John Paston touching the marriage of the Princess
Margaret and ‘the Lord Charles,’ son and heir of the Duke of
Burgundy, 667.
2 July.
Evidence found during Fastolf’s life by William Worcester touching
the lands which belonged to the De la Poles, 670.
11 July.
Fastolf of Cowhaw intends to assault Caister, 671.
28 Aug.
Fastolf’s trustees make grant to Sir John Paston of manors in
Caister, etc., 675.
2 Oct.
Sir John Paston grants the manor of Hemnales in Cotton to the Duke
of Norfolk, 677.
Petition of John Herling of Basingham to Margaret Paston, 678.

1468

11 Jan.
Release made by Fastolf’s trustees to Sir John Paston of manors in
Caister, etc., 680.
Proposal to found Fastolf’s college at Cambridge, if it cannot be
at Caister or at St. Benet’s, 681.
William Worcester congratulates Margaret Paston that Caister is to
be at her commandment, 681.
12 April.
Hugh Fenn intercedes for a poor tenant in Catts lands, from whom a
distress was taken by Thomas Pecock, Sir John Paston’s servant.
Titleshale had no right to sell Catts to Fastolf, 682.
18 April.
Sir John Paston is ordered to be ready by the 1st June to accompany
the Princess Margaret into Flanders, 683.
3 July.
_Marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and the Princess
Margaret_, 684.
16 July.
General pardon to William Paston, 685.
18 July.
The Earl of Oxford desires Sir John Paston to get him ‘three horse
harness,’ 686.
22 July.
Sir John Paston to Anne Haute, 687.
10 Oct.
Howes agrees with the Duke of Norfolk about Caister, 688.
Declaration by Howes against the authenticity of Fastolf’s will,
689.
28 Oct.
The Duchess of Suffolk intends to enter Cotton, 690.
9 Nov.
Sir John Paston hiring men to keep Caister, 691.
15 Dec.
Elizabeth Ponyngs complains of Sir Robert Fenys, who occupies her
lands, 692, 693.
Sir George Browne to John Paston, 694.

1469

William Ebesham sends Sir J. Paston an account for scrivener’s work,
695.
7 Jan.
The Duchess of Suffolk intends holding a court at Cotton, 696.
18 Jan.
The King charges Sir J. Paston and the Duke of Norfolk to cease
making assemblies, 698.
17 Mar.
Sir J. Paston gives the chapel at Caister to John Yotton, the
Queen’s chaplain, 703.
3 April.
Margaret Paston is anxious to know about her son Sir John’s
betrothal, 704.
7 April.
The King expected in Norfolk, 705.
10 April.
Lord Scales, in consideration of Sir J. Paston’s engagement to his
kinswoman, Anne Hawte, urges the Duke of Norfolk to forbear
trespassing on Sir John’s lands, 706, 707.
5 May.
Citation of the Bishop of Winchester and others as executors of Sir
J. Fastolf, 708.
7 May.
Archbishop Nevill sends Sir J. Paston £20, 709.
May.
Ric. Calle engaged to Margery Paston, 710, 713.
May.
The Duke of Norfolk intends holding courts at Caister, 710.
22 May.
Ric. Calle cannot get a penny of rent for Paston in Suffolk or
Flegg, 712.
22 May.
The King going to Walsingham, 714, 715.
[19 June].
_The King visits Norwich_, 716.
June.
The lodge at Hellesdon is pointed out to the King, 716.
June.
_Robin of Redesdale’s insurrection._
9 July.
The Queen expected at Norwich on the 18th July, 718.
9 July.
_The King sends a credence to Clarence, Warwick, and the Archbishop
of York_, 719.
Aug.
_The King is taken prisoner near Coventry, and sent to Middleham._
Aug.
Caister besieged by the Duke of Norfolk, 720.
Examination of Margery Paston and Calle by the Bishop of Norwich,
721.

1469

Sept.
Sir John Paston attempts to negotiate with the Duke of Norfolk
through the medium of the King’s Council, 722, 723, 726-9.
12 Sept.
Margaret Paston warns Sir John of the distress of the garrison at
Caister, 724.
15 Sept.
Sir John Paston disbelieves his mother’s warning, 725.
20 Sept.
_Rivers and his son, Sir J. Woodville, put to death by the
insurgents._
26 Sept.
Caister surrendered, 730-4.
5 Oct.
John Paston desires instructions about the discharged garrison of
Caister, 735.
Oct.
_The King, having recovered his liberty, returns to London_,
736.
[Oct.]
Richard Calle and Margery Paston at Blackborough Nunnery, 737.
6 Nov.
Sale of Beckham by Sir John Paston to Roger Townsende, 738.
Dec.
Two widows sue an appeal against John Paston, 740, 751.

1470

Mar.
_Insurrection of Sir Robert Welles_--the King goes into Lincolnshire
to put it down, 742, 743.
Mar.
_Battle of Losecoatfield_ (_Stamford_), 760.
May.
Letters of W. Worcester about Titchwell, 744, 745.
22 June.
John Paston and others charged with felony in killing men at the
siege of Caister, 746, 747.
22 June.
The Duchess of Norfolk promises to intercede for John Paston with
her husband, 746.
14 July.
Agreement of Bishop Waynflete and Sir J. Paston for the termination
of disputes about Fastolf’s will, 750.
15 July.
Margaret Paston complains of her sons, 752.
July, Aug.
Sir J. Paston pledges plate, 748, 749, 754.
5 Aug.
_Rebellion in the North.--Clarence and Warwick expected to land in
England_, 753.
10 Aug.
Endowment of Magdalen College, Oxford, with Fastolf’s lands,
755.
7 Sept.
Edward anticipates an invasion of Kent, 758.

HENRY VI. RESTORED

1470

12 Oct.
_Queen Elizabeth Woodville in Sanctuary_, 759.
12 Oct.
The Earl of Oxford befriends John Paston, 759.
Dec.
The Duke of Norfolk evacuates Caister and releases it to Bishop
Waynflete, 763-5.
28 Dec.
Calthorpe, wishing to reduce his household, advises Margaret Paston
to provide a marriage for her daughter Anne, 766.

1471

14 Feb.
Lord Beauchamp releases his interest in Caister, etc. to John
Paston, 768.
14 Mar.
_Edward IV. lands at Ravenspur._--His landing anticipated by the
Earl of Oxford, 769.
19 Mar.
Oxford orders the lieges of Norfolk to meet him at Lynn to resist
King Edward, 770.
[Mar.]
_Clarence goes over to Edward IV._, 771.
Register of writs against Sir J. Paston and others, 772.

EDWARD IV. RESTORED

1471

14 April.
_Battle of Barnet._--John Paston wounded, 774, 776.
18 April.
_News of Queen Margaret’s landing_, 774.
Escape of the Earl of Oxford, 775.
4 May.
_Battle of Tewkesbury_, 777.
12 May.
_Attempt of the Bastard Falconbridge on London._
21 May.
_Death of Henry VI._
23 June.
Caister again taken by a servant of the Duke of Norfolk (W. Worc.
Itin. 368), 778.
5 July.
Lord Scales (Rivers) offers to befriend John Paston, 778.
17 July.
The King signs a bill of pardon to John Paston, 780.
15 Sept.
_The Bastard Falconbridge beheaded_, 781, 782.
Sir J. Paston desires his brother to watch Caister, 781.
Great mortality in England, 781.
28 Sept.
Sir J. Paston wishes to have the measure of his father’s tomb, and
some measurements at Gresham, 782.
Sept.
The King and Queen on pilgrimage to Canterbury, 782.
One of the two widows married, 783.
28 Oct.
A general pardon proposed, 784.
Inventory of Sir J. Paston’s deeds, 785.
5 Nov.
Death of J. Berney of Witchingham, 787.
29 Nov.
Margaret Paston is annoyed at Sir John’s extravagance, 791.
Valuation of Sporle Wood, 793, 819.

1472

8 Jan.
Sir John Paston receives his pardon, 795.
Queen Margaret is removed to Wallingford, 795.
23 Jan.
John Paston urges his brother to obtain probate of his father’s
will, 796.
John Paston interrupts a court which Gurney attempts to hold at
Saxthorpe, 796.
5 Feb.
The one widow comes up to London to sue the appeal, 797.
17 Feb.
Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 798.
_The King intercedes with Clarence for Gloucester_, 798.
Purchasers offer for Sporle Wood, 798.
30 April.
The Earl of Northumberland gone home into the North, 800.
Sickness prevalent, 800.
_Archbishop Nevill committed to the Tower, and then sent to sea_,
800.
_The Countess of Oxford still in St. Martin’s_, 800.
_A daughter born to the Queen at Windsor_, 800.
14 May.
Arrangement with Gurney about Saxthorpe, 801.
25 May.
Sir John Paston’s lands will not pay his debts under present
management--his mother will disinherit him if he sell any land,
802.
5 June.
Margaret Paston likely to be troubled about Sir J. Fastolf’s goods,
803, 805.
Henry Heydon has bought Saxthorpe and Titchwell, 803, 804.
Sir T. Lynde’s goods, 804, 805.
The Earl of Arran in London, 804, 805.
8 July.
Altercations with Sir James Gloys, 805, 810.
20 Sept.
Sir John Paston proposed for the borough of Maldon, 808, 809.
21 Sept.
Conferences with the Duchess of Norfolk about Caister, 809.
29 Sept.
John Paston desires a goshawk, 810, 812, 817.
4 Nov.
Sir J. Paston jests with the Duchess of Norfolk on her condition,
812.
Rivers coming home from Brittany, 812.
The Duchess of Norfolk wishes to have Margaret Paston with her at
her confinement, 878. [This letter has been accidently misplaced
in the year 1475.]
8 Nov.
Approaching confinement of the Duchess, 813.
John Paston going to Framlingham, 813-5, 817.
19 Nov.
Dr. Alen’s wife, 814, 816.
22 Nov.
John Paston going to Calais, 815.
24 Nov.
John Paston delivers a ring to a lady for his brother, 817.
27 Nov.
Sale of Sporle Wood, 829.
Nov. or Dec.
Margaret Paston desires a license to have the sacrament in her
chapel, 821.
Sir John Paston should come home to be at the christening of the
Duchess of Norfolk’s child, 821.
7 Dec.
Agreement of Bishop Waynflete and William Worcester, 822.
18 Dec.
Bishop Waynflete intercedes with the Duchess of Norfolk about
Caister, 823.
Christening of the Duke of Norfolk’s child, 823.
John Paston is ‘not the man he was,’ 823.
John Paston’s petition to the Duke, 824.

[[4 Nov.
This letter has been accidently misplaced
_spelling unchanged_]]

1473

18 Jan.
Margaret Paston wishes her son Walter not to be too hasty in taking
orders, 825.
Illness of John Berney of Reedham, 825.
3 Feb.
Sir J. Paston writes from Calais of a visit he had paid to the Duke
of Burgundy’s court at Ghent, 826.
8 Mar.
J. Paston urges his mother to borrow £100 for Sir John, 828, 831,
842.
8 Mar.
‘Frenchmen whirling on the coasts,’ 828, 829.
26 Mar.
John Blennerhasset chosen collector in Norfolk, 829, 830.
‘Rather the Devil, we say, than more taxes,’ 829.
2 April.
_The Queen and Prince coming out of Wales to Leicester_, 830.
_Murder of the Count of Armagnac_, 830.
_Lewis XI. on the Somme_, 830.
12 April.
_The King to be after Easter at Leicester_, 831.
John Paston’s tomb, 831, 843.
Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 831.
Sir John Paston’s instructions touching Sporle, 831, 842.
16 April.
Truce between Burgundy, France, and England, 832.
_The Earl of Oxford at Dieppe, meaning to sail to Scotland_,
832.
Sir John Paston troubled about his servants, 832, 834.
18 May.
The Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Sudley dead, 833.
John Paston going to Compostella, 833, 836.
_Landing of the Earl of Oxford in Essex_, 833.
5 July.
Edmund Paston at Calais, 836.
28 Aug.
Armour for Sir John Paston, 838.
16 Sept.
Hastings to Sir J. Middleton and Sir J. Paston, 839.
30 Sept.
_The Earl of Oxford takes St. Michael’s Mount by surprise, but is
afterwards besieged there._
6 Nov.
_The dispute between Clarence and Gloucester_, 841, 842.
_The King has sent for the Great Seal_, 841.
22 Nov.
Death of Sir James Gloys, 842.
A dispensation may be had at Rome as to Anne Haulte, 842.
Anne Paston and Yelverton, 842.
Citations touching John Paston’s will, 842, 843.
25 Nov.
_The Earl of Oxford still besieged at St. Michael’s Mount_, 843.
Will Margaret Paston dwell at Caister, if it be recovered? 843.
Tenants of Sporle troubled, 844.

1474

Feb.
_Lewis XI. at Amiens_, 846.
20 Feb.
_The Earl of Oxford surrenders, and is compelled to sue for his
life_, 846.
Sir J. Paston expects to have Caister again, 846.
26 April.
Hastings to John Paston at Guisnes, 847.
25 July.
John Paston, Elizabeth Eberton, and another lady, 850, 858.
24 Oct.
Will. Paston pledges plate to Eliz. Clere, 851.
3 Nov.
The Vicar of Paston to Margaret Paston, complaining of Henry Warns
who intimidates the tenants at Paston, 852, 853.
[These two letters should have been placed in the year 1479.]
[Nov.]
Sir John Paston recovered from illness, 856.
Money matters between Sir J. Paston, and Townsend, and his uncle
William, 856, 857, 861, 863, 864.
Edmund Paston well amended, 856.
Sir James Gloys’ books, 856, 857, 863, 865.
20 Nov.
Sir J. Paston redeems Sporle, 857.
Agnes Paston recovered from illness, 857.
Margaret, daughter of William Paston, dead, 857.
John Paston and Lady Walgrave, 858, 860.
John Paston and Stockton’s daughter, 858.
A French embassy in London, 858.
[About 8 Dec.]
Edward IV. visits Norwich, 863.
11 Dec.
Lady Walgrave rejects John Paston’s ring--her muskball, 860.

1475

17 Jan.
Sir J. Paston going to Flanders, 861.
_Siege of Neuss by Charles the Bold_, 861.
29 Jan.
William Paston endeavouring to get possession of Oxnead, 862.
Sporle Wood cannot be sold in whole to advantage, 863, 865.
Sir J. Paston ill in his eye and leg, 863, 865.
5 Feb.
Efforts for the recovery of Caister, 864.
Sir J. Paston detained at Calais, 864.
5 Mar.
Margaret Paston will apply to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the
license to have sacrament in her chapel, 866.
29 Mar.
The Duchess of Norfolk going to Walsingham, 868.
23 May.
Margaret Paston writes of money difficulties--‘the King goeth so
near us in this country,’ 871.
Pecock has paid two taxes for Sir J. Paston, 871.
Sir J. Paston’s brothers going over sea, 871.
13 June.
Edmund Paston going over to Calais, 873.
10 Aug.
The Duchess of York at St. Bennet’s, 874.
29 Aug.
_Peace of Pecquigny_, 875.
11 Sept.
_The King’s army returned to Calais_, 875.
The King had spoken to the Duke of Norfolk about Caister, 875,
877.
Sir John Paston the worse for Calais air, 875.
10 Oct.
How to get Caister again, 876.
The King going to Walsingham, 876.
23 Oct.
John Paston sick, 877.
Petition of Sir J. Paston to the King for recovery of Caister,
879.

1476

17 Jan.
Death of the Duke of Norfolk, 881.
21 Jan.
Sir John Paston gone up to London to petition the King about
Caister, 882.
23 Jan.
Sir John Paston’s ‘sending to Caister’ is ill taken, 883, 884,
885.
2 Mar.
John Paston recommends Richard Stratton to Lord Hastings, 886.
John Paston to [Margery Brews]--a love-letter, 887.
12 Mar.
Sir John Paston crosses with Hastings to Calais, 888.
21 Mar.
Lord Rivers at Rome, 889.
_Conquest of Lorraine by Charles the Bold_, 889.
6 May.
John Paston welcomes his brother Sir John again to England, 890.
John Paston thinks of Mr. Fitzwalter’s sister, 890.
27 May.
The King has promised that Sir J. Paston shall have Caister,
891.

1477

5 Jan.
_Defeat and death of Charles the Bold at Nanci_, 900.
Letters about John Paston and Margery Brews, 894-9.
14 Feb.
Great council begun yesterday, 900.
8 Mar.
Dame Eliz. Brews desires to meet Margaret Paston at Norwich, and not
at Langley, 901.
8 Mar.
Terms offered by Sir Thomas Brews, 902, 904, 905.
9 Mar.
The ‘matter of Mrs. Barly,’ 903.
Letters of John Pympe to Sir J. Paston, 906-8.
Sir J. Paston refuses to help his brother’s marriage, 909, 916.
The match between John Paston and Margery Brews, 910, 911, 913,
915.
14 April.
Lewis XI. has gained many of the Duke of Burgundy’s towns, 912.
23 June.
Debt of Sir J. Paston to Henry Colet, 914.
7 Aug.
Manor of Sporle mortgaged to Townsend, 916, 917.
11 Aug.
Margaret Paston will not pay Sir John Paston’s debt to Cocket,
917.
Sir J. Paston to pay his brother William’s board and school-hire,
917.
17 Aug.
_Lewis XI. besieges St. Omer’s, and burns Cassel_, 918.
22 Aug.
Manors of Agnes and William Paston, 919.
31 Oct.
Sir John Paston’s will, 920.
19 Nov.
Wreck at Winterton--Sir J. Paston’s claims as lord of the manor,
921, 922.
18 Dec.
Margery Paston with child, 923.

1478

21 Jan.
Dr. Yotton and the chapel at Caister, 925.
_Marriage of Richard, Duke of York, and Anne Mowbray_, 925.
John Paston going to take his wife Margery to see her father,
925.
3 Feb.
Dr. Pykenham now Judge of the Arches, 926.
A match for Edmund Paston, 926.
A present of dates from Margery Paston to her mother-in-law
Margaret, 926.
18 Feb.
_Execution of the Duke of Clarence._
21 Mar.
Constance Reynforth to Sir John Paston, 928.
5 May.
Woods at Hellesdon and Drayton, 929.
The Duke of Suffolk’s claim there, 929, 930.
13 May.
Tomb of John Paston the father not begun, 930.
The King buying cloth of gold, 930.
19 May.
Walter Paston at Oxford, 931.
20 May.
The Duke of Suffolk at Hellesdon, 932.
William Worcester and Sir William Bocking, 932.
Margaret Paston very ill, 932.
27 May.
Margaret Paston sends cloth of gold for her husband’s tomb, 933.
Sir J. Paston’s claim in Hellesdon and Drayton, 933.
Sir J. Paston going to marry a kinswoman of the Queen, 933.
31 July.
Oxnead Parsonage, 934-7, 943.
25 Aug.
Birth of John Paston’s son Christopher, 936.
The Duke of Buckingham going on pilgrimage to Walsingham, 936.
William Brandon a ravisher, 936.
_The Earl of Oxford at Hammes_, 936.
7 Nov.
William Paston, junior, at Eton, 939, 942.

1479