[288.1] [From Paston MSS., B.M.] There is neither signature nor address to this letter, but it is undoubtedly from Margaret Paston to her husband. The handwriting is the same as that of her other letters. The date seems to be after the death of Sir John Heveningham in 1453, and is not likely to have been a later year, as the Duchess of Suffolk’s influence must have been diminished when the Duke of York came into power, though it may possibly have been powerful again in 1456.
[288.2] John Wyndham, Esq. of Felbrigg.
[288.3] Alice, widow of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk.
[288.4] John, son of Sir John Heveningham.—See [p. 285, Note 3].
[289.1] Mutilated.
[289.2] Erased in MS. Apparently some further correction should have been made.
[289.3] Omitted in MS. ‘Do your devoir,’ i.e. endeavour, seems to have been the phrase intended.
See p. 285, Note 3
text has “p. 227” (Letter no. for page no.)
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THE DUKE OF NORFOLK’S PETITION[290.1]
1453