James Gresham hath wretyn to John of Dam, and recomaundith hym, &c.
Wretyn yn gret hast at London, the v. day of May, &c. By yowr wyfe.[148.1] W. L.
[146.1] [From Fenn, i. 38.] The date of this letter is perfectly determined by the events to which it relates.
[146.2] 4th May.
[146.3] 30th April.
[146.4] 2nd May.
[147.1] An allusion to Friar Hauteyn’s suit or Oxnead.
[147.2] Sent to France to carry succours to the Duke of Somerset, but defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Fourmigni, 15th April 1450.
[147.3] Matthew Gough, a celebrated captain in the French war.
[148.1] This singular subscription Fenn believes to have been owing to a momentary forgetfulness on the part of the writer, William Lomner, who had been in the habit of acting as Margaret Paston’s secretary in writing to her husband.