John Paston’s introduction to Margaret Mauteby, 34.
His marriage to her, 35.
1440
_Release of the Duke of Orleans_, 36.
1443
John Paston ill in London, 47.
1444
Feb.
William Paston and Chief-Justice Fortescue both too ill to go on
circuit, 51.
14 Aug.
Death of William Paston, 56.
1445
Disputes of Agnes Paston with the Vicar of Paston, 62.
22 April.
_Marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of Anjou_, 62.
1447
_Parliament of Bury.--Arrest and death of Gloucester._
_Death of Cardinal Beaufort._
1448
17 Feb.
John Paston dispossessed of Gresham by Lord Molynes, 102.
A relief claimed by Lady Morley, 75.
_Daniel said to be out of favour_, 75.
22 May.
Affray at Coventry between the retainers of Sir Robert Harcourt
and Sir Humphrey Stafford, 78.
1449
Mar.
Death of Edmund Paston--his nuncupative will dated 21 March, 85.
May.
_Robert Wenyngton captures a fleet of 100 ships_, 90.
Friar Hauteyn’s claim to Oxnead, 63, 87.
6 Oct.
John Paston again occupies Gresham, 88, 102.
The King in the Marches of Wales, 96.
_Capture of Rouen by the French._
Stephen Scrope a suitor of Elizabeth Paston, 93, 94.
1450
28 Jan.
John Paston’s wife driven out of Gresham, 102, 103.
7 Feb.
_Impeachment of the Duke of Suffolk_, 101.
John Paston presents a petition to the King in Parliament against
Lord Molynes, 102.
Mar.
Foreigners light on the coast of Norfolk, and take people
prisoners, 105, 106.
15 April.
Battle of Fourmigni--Sir Thomas Kiriel taken prisoner, 120.
30 April.
The Duke of Suffolk’s letter to his son, 117.
April or May.
Daniel enters the manor of Brayston, 108, 119.
2 May.
_The Duke of Suffolk murdered at sea_, 120, 121.
May.
New appointments to offices of state, 123.
_Jack Cade’s rebellion_, 126.
12 Aug.
_Loss of Cherbourg, the last place held by the English in
Normandy_, 131.
Aug.
Disturbances in Norfolk, 132, 133.
Thomas Denyes and the Earl of Oxford, 123, 124, 132.
J. Paston’s dispute with Lord Molynes, 131, 135, 136, 139, 145.
Sept.
_The Duke of York comes over from Ireland, and causes a change of
administration_, 142, 143.
Molynes and his men indicted of felony, 147.
Oct.
Election of two knights of the shire for Norfolk, 148, 149.
Nov.
_Meeting of Parliament--Oldhall chosen Speaker_, 151.
Tuddenham and Heydon unpopular in Norfolk, 154, 170.
Dec.
_Oyer and terminer_ in Suffolk, at Beccles, 160, 161.
_Oyer and terminer_ going into Norfolk, 162.
1451
Jan.
An _oyer and terminer_ for Kent, 169.
_Oyer and terminer_ to be held at Norwich at Easter, 174, 175.
John Paston re-enters Gresham, 178.
25 Feb.
Bettes arrested at a court held by Gonnor at Routon, 178.
1 Mar.
Heydon’s horse brought through Aylesham into Norwich, 179, 180.
1 Mar.
Tuddenham and Heydon expected to regain their ascendency, 184.
Petition to Parliament against Sir Thomas Tuddenham, 185.
April.
Tuddenham and Heydon to be indicted at Norwich, 186.
May.
Lord Molynes and his men indicted at Walsingham, 189, 190;
acquitted by favour of the King, 189, 193.
1 July.
Death of Sir Harry Inglos, 201.
Aug.
_Surrender of Bayonne:--entire loss of Gascony and Guienne by
the English._
Dec.
Daniel hoping to re-enter Brayston, 206:
which he did soon after, 119.
1452
7 April.
Good Friday. _A general pardon granted by the King._
April.
The Duke of Norfolk coming to Norfolk to redress disorders,
210, 211, 212.
The King also coming into Norfolk, 210, 211.
Outrages of Charles Nowell and others, 212, 213, 215, 217, 241.
Roger Church, being taken prisoner by his own consent, accuses
many gentlemen of sedition, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 241.
_An army sent under Shrewsbury to recover Guienne._
18 Dec.
The Duke of York pawns jewels to Sir J. Fastolf, 184.
1453
Building operations [at Caister?], 224, 225.
April.
Visit of Margaret of Anjou to Norwich, 226.
July.
Deaths of Philip Berney and Sir John Heveningham, 227, 228.
July.
_The Earl of Shrewsbury defeated and slain at Castillon. Final
loss of Guienne._
Aug.
_The King falls ill at Clarendon._
Dec.?
_The Duke of Norfolk’s petition against Somerset_, 230.
1454
Jan.
_The King’s imbecility_, 235.
_York and other Lords coming up to London_, 235.
12 Jan.
Walter Ingham waylaid and beaten by procurement of Thomas Denyes,
238.
Thomas Denyes and his wife put in prison, 239, 240, 244, 245.
22 Mar.
_Death of Cardinal Kemp_, 239.
3 April.
_The Duke of York made Protector._
1454?
Marriage proposed between John Clopton and Elizabeth Paston,
242, 243.
1454
May or June.
_Defeat of the French in an attack on Jersey and Guernsey_, 247.
6 June.
Wardship of Thomas Fastolf of Cowhaw, granted to John Paston and
Thomas Howys, 248.
--Paid for by Sir J. Fastolf, 271.
--Disputed by Sir Philip Wentworth, 248, 263, 266, 267, 277, 278,
289, 292, 307.
9 June.
_Edward the King’s son created Prince of Wales_, 247.
5 July.
_The Duke of York and other Lords coming up from the North--Lords
appointed to keep the sea_, 249.
11 July.
Marriage proposed for Elizabeth Paston by Lord Grey of Hastings,
250, 252.
July.
_The Duke of York is commissioned to convey the Duke of Exeter to
the North, and commit him to Pomfret Castle_, 254.
Aug.?
Sir John Fastolf goes to reside at Caister, 254, 260.
Sept.
Pestilence in London, 260.
Nov.
Fastolf proposes to sue an attaint, 267, 268.
25 Dec.
_The King recovers from his illness_, 270.
1455
5 Feb.
_Somerset released from the Tower._
7 Feb.
Sir J. Fastolf resents words spoken at a dinner at Norwich, 272.
4 Mar.
_The questions between Somerset and York referred to arbitrators._
17 Mar.
Presentation to Stokesby church, 273, 274.
29 Mar.
Sir Thomas Howes vexed by Andrews and others, 276, 297.
22 May.
_The first battle of St. Albans_, 283-5, 287.
June.
Election of Howard and Chamberlain for Norfolk, 288, 291, 294,
295.
[June or July].
_Attempt of the Scots on Berwick._
7 July.
Poynings acquitted of treason, etc., 297.
19 July.
Dispute between Warwick and Lord Cromwell before the King, 299.
25 July.
Slander against John Paston, Yelverton, and Alyngton, 300, 301.
26 July.
Letter of the Bishop of Lincoln, 302.
28 Oct.
_Affray at Radford’s place in Devonshire between the men of the Earl
of Devonshire and of Lord Bonvile_, 303.
_The King sick again at Hertford_, 303.
13 Nov.
Fastolf and the Duke of Bedford’s goods, 305, 319, 320, 323.
19 Nov.
_The Duke of York appointed Protector a second time._
25 Nov.
Daniel comes to Rising Castle, 306.
Letter of Judge Bingham about Stephen Scrope, 308.
Fastolf’s claims against the Crown, 309, 310.
1456
6 Jan.
Fastolf about to make his will, 314.
20 Jan.
Fastolf and Lady Whitingham, 317-9.
5 Feb.
Fastolf and Lord Willoughby’s executors, 321.
9 Feb.
_York and Warwick come to the Parliament with 300 armed men_,
322.
25 Feb.
_York again discharged of the Protectorship._
1 Mar.
Fastolf’s ‘compert’ sped in the Exchequer, 324.
27 Mar.
Letter of Archbishop Bourchier, 326.
30 Mar.
Letter of Dame Alice Ogard, 327.
8 May.
Progress of the attaint, 330.
_Attack on foreign merchants in London_, 330, 331.
15 May.
The King at Sheen, the Queen at Tutbury, etc., 331, 334.
1 June.
Farmers of Cowhaw, etc., 333.
7 June.
_Siege expected at Calais_, 334.
[29 June].
Letter of Friar Brackley, 338.
17 July.
Fastolf’s proposed college, 340, 350, 351.
31 July.
Fastolf and the Prior of Hickling, 341.
10 Aug.
Learned men not easy to get this harvest, 342.
7 Sept.
Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 344.
8 Oct.
_The Court at Coventry._
16 Oct.
_Bishop Waynflete made Chancellor in Place of Archbishop Bourchier_,
etc., 348.
16 Oct.
_Affray at Coventry._
15 Nov.
Visit of my Lady of York to Caister, 335, 350.
Nov.
Suit of Paston and Howes against Andrews, 352.
1457
1 May.
Expenses of Fastolf’s household, 356.
_The Court at Hereford_:--Welshmen indicted, 356.
28 Aug.
_The French burn Sandwich._
1458
24 Jan. [? year].
Earl of Salisbury excuses himself by illness from coming up to
London, 361.
28 Jan.
Clement Paston and his tutor Grenefeld, 362.
1 Feb.
Arrival of the different Lords in London, 364.
Feb.
The King at Berkhampstead, 365.
15 Mar.
_The Council sits at the Black Friars in the forenoon and at the
White Friars in the afternoon_, 366.
The coast of Norfolk insulted by the French, 366.
25 Mar.
_Reconciliation of the Lords at London._
29 May.
_Sea fight off Calais on Trinity Sunday between Warwick and the
Spaniards_, 369.
27 Aug.
William Worcester learning French in London, 370.
Expenses of John Paston in 36 and 37 Hen. VI., 373.
1459
3 Jan.
Elizabeth Poynings to her mother, Agnes Paston, 374.
Feb.?
_Fray between the King’s servants and Warwick’s; after which Warwick
goes over to Calais._
5 Mar.
John Paston, the eldest son, to John Paston, his father, regretting
having given him displeasure, 375.
29 April.
Hastings and others ordered to be with the King at Leicester on the
10th May. Is Paston’s son to go? 377.
25 May.
Osbert Mundeford to John Paston (in French), 378.
23 Sept.
_Battle of Bloreheath_--Lord Audley defeated by Salisbury.
12 Oct.
_Dispersion of the Yorkists at Ludlow._
3 Nov.
Will of Sir J. Fastolf, 385, 386, 387.
5 Nov.
Death of Sir J. Fastolf.
Inventory of Fastolf’s goods, 388. His wardrobe, 389.
12 Nov.
William Paston to John Paston about Fastolf’s goods, 391.
Bishop Waynflete’s advice, 393.
7 Dec.
The Yorkists attainted in the Parliament at Coventry, 396.
Sir Philip Wentworth’s petition touching the wardship of Thomas
Fastolf of Cowhaw, 397.
1460
Jan.
_Rivers and his son surprised at Sandwich, and carried over to
Calais_, 399, 400.
_The King coming to London, and raising the people on his way_,
400.
8 May.
The Abbot of Langley excuses himself from coming up to London about
Fastolf’s will, 407.
10 July.
_Battle of Northampton--the King taken prisoner._
23 July.
The Yorkist Lords to the authorities in Norfolk, 410.
Oct.
John Paston returned to Parliament, 415, 416.
12 Oct.
_The Duke of York coming up to London_, 419.
_He challenges the Crown in Parliament_, 423.
Oct.
Inquisition taken on Fastolf’s lands at Acle, 421, 422, 423.
29 Oct.
Inquisition to be taken on the same for Suffolk at Bungay, 427.
31 Dec.
_Battle of Wakefeld--the Duke of York slain_, 430.
J. Perse in prison, 423, 424, 425, 462.
1461
3 Feb.
_Battle of Mortimer’s Cross._
17 Feb.
_Second battle of St. Albans._
1 Mar.
Plot to carry off John Paston into the North, 432.
A Whitsunday sermon of Friar Brackley, 436.