[Footnote 117-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter is
erroneously dated by Fenn 1487-8. Although Lord Woodville made an
unauthorised expedition into Brittany in the spring of 1488, which
is alluded to in No. 1026, no succours were sent by Henry for the
relief of the Duchy till after the crushing defeat of Duke Francis
at the battle of St. Aubin (July 28, 1488). The Duke died on the
9th September following, and his daughter Anne became Duchess of
Brittany. Commissions to raise archers for the relief of Brittany
were issued in December, and musters were commanded to be taken in
February 1489.]
[Footnote 118-1: Parliament was dissolved on the 27th February
1489.]
[Footnote 118-2: Sir Richard Edgecombe was Controller of the
King’s Household.]
[Footnote 118-3: Sir Thomas Brews, Margery Paston’s father, took
for his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Giles, and sister
of Sir Gilbert Debenham.]
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