[166.2] [Add. Charter 17,239, B.M.] This is a bill addressed to Cardinal Kemp as Lord Chancellor, to which reference will be found to be made in the succeeding letter. Kemp was appointed Lord Chancellor on the 31st January 1450. The acts here complained of were therefore those connected with Paston’s second expulsion from Gresham.
[166.3] John Heydon, Esq. of Baconsthorpe, a lawyer, who was recorder of Norwich from 1431 to 1433, and sheriff in 1431–2.
[167.1] See [p. 161, Note 2].
[167.2] See [p. 161, Note 3].
[167.3] Unlawful support given to a disputant by one not concerned in the cause.
[167.4] Bargains made with litigants for a share in what may be gained by the suit.
[167.5] Attempts to corrupt juries.
[167.6] Treason or felony committed by oversight or wilful neglect of a duty.
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JOHN PASTON TO JAMES GRESHAM[168.1]
The copie of the letter of J. P.