[50.1] [MS. in Pembroke College, Cambridge.] The date of this letter is quite uncertain; but as Fastolf is believed to have returned from abroad about 1440, we presume it was not earlier than that year.]
[50.2] No doubt John Mauteby, son-in-law of John Berney and father of Margaret Paston. See Blomefield’s Norfolk, xi. 228.
my ryght wel belovyd cosyns, Herry Inglese and
text unchanged: normal spelling is “Inglose”
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ABSTRACT[50.3]
1441
MAY 7
Letters Patent, dated 7th May 19 Henry VI., by which Richard, Duke of York, Earl of March, etc., lieutenant and governor of France, grants to his beloved councillor, Sir John Fastolf, an annuity of £20.
[50.3] [Add. Charter 14,598, B.M. (D. Turner’s Coll.)]
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ABSTRACT[51.1]
1441
OCT. 14
Sir Thomas Keryell, lieutenant of Calais, notifies that his servant, John à Bekkes, mariner, master of his ship Bonaventure, has sold it to Sir John Fastolf, and that he agrees to the sale. Calais, 14th October 1441. Signed ‘R. Wenlok.’ (Fine seal, mutilated.)