[94.1] i.e. accused him. See vol. ii. p. 110, Note 1.
[94.2] Query, as to this word, it being not perfect in the original.—F.
[94.3] Quindena Paschæ, the fifteenth day after Easter.
[94.4] Sir Peter Ardern, Knight, was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and also a Justice of the Common Pleas, in 1448; but in 1462 a new Chief Baron was appointed, and Ardern retained only the judgeship in the Common Pleas. He died in 1467.
[95.1] John Wymondham, Esq., the purchaser of Felbrigg; he died there in 1475, and was buried in the Augustine Friars at Norwich.—F.
[95.2] The word ‘weet’ is omitted in Fenn’s original text, but occurs in the modern copy.
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JOHN PASTON THE YOUNGEST TO JOHN PASTON, HIS FATHER[95.3]
To my rygte reverent and worchepfull fadyr, John Paston, dwellyng in Castyr, be thys delyveryd.
1464
MARCH 1
Ryth reverent and worchepfull fadyr, I recomand me on to yow, besechyng yow lowly of your blyssyng, desyryng to here of yowyr wellfar and prosperyte, the whyche I pray God preserve on to Hys plesans, and to yowyr hertys desyir; besechyng yow to have me excusyd that ye had no wrytyng fro me syth that I departyd frome yow; for so God me helpe, I send yow a lettyr to London anon aftyr Kandylmas, by a man of my Lordys; and he forgat to delyver yt to yow, and so he browt to me the lettyr ayen; and sythe that tyme I kowd get no messenger tyll now.