[Footnote 165-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] I see nothing certain
about the date of this letter, except that it must have been
addressed to the later Sir John Paston (for in his brother’s time
the Earl of Oxford was an exile, and his Countess Margaret in
needy circumstances), so that the date must lie between 1488 and
1503. For what reason the Countess calls Sir John her son I cannot
explain.]
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