[Footnote 170-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The writer of this
letter was William Warham, who was first Bishop of London, and
afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the signature,
he was Bishop-elect of London at the time it was written, but we
are persuaded that it is a slip of the pen. He was elected Bishop
of London in 1502, and was consecrated on the 5th October; but it
is clear from the preceding No. that Sir John Paston was alive as
late as the beginning of February 1503. In the year 1503, however,
Warham was translated to Canterbury. The bull for his translation
was issued on the 29th November 1503, but doubtless he was elected
some time before; and it is quite intelligible how, being actually
Bishop of London, he should have written ‘Elect of London’ in
place of ‘Elect of Canterbury.’ Moreover, the allusion to the
business of the administration agrees entirely with this
supposition.]
[Footnote 170-2: Agnes, widow of John Hervey, Esq. of Thurley,
Beds, etc. _See_ p. 166, Note 1.]
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