1471
14 April.
_Battle of Barnet._--John Paston wounded, 774, 776.
18 April.
_News of Queen Margaret’s landing_, 774.
Escape of the Earl of Oxford, 775.
4 May.
_Battle of Tewkesbury_, 777.
12 May.
_Attempt of the Bastard Falconbridge on London._
21 May.
_Death of Henry VI._
23 June.
Caister again taken by a servant of the Duke of Norfolk (W. Worc.
Itin. 368), 778.
5 July.
Lord Scales (Rivers) offers to befriend John Paston, 778.
17 July.
The King signs a bill of pardon to John Paston, 780.
15 Sept.
_The Bastard Falconbridge beheaded_, 781, 782.
Sir J. Paston desires his brother to watch Caister, 781.
Great mortality in England, 781.
28 Sept.
Sir J. Paston wishes to have the measure of his father’s tomb, and
some measurements at Gresham, 782.
Sept.
The King and Queen on pilgrimage to Canterbury, 782.
One of the two widows married, 783.
28 Oct.
A general pardon proposed, 784.
Inventory of Sir J. Paston’s deeds, 785.
5 Nov.
Death of J. Berney of Witchingham, 787.
29 Nov.
Margaret Paston is annoyed at Sir John’s extravagance, 791.
Valuation of Sporle Wood, 793, 819.
1472
8 Jan.
Sir John Paston receives his pardon, 795.
Queen Margaret is removed to Wallingford, 795.
23 Jan.
John Paston urges his brother to obtain probate of his father’s
will, 796.
John Paston interrupts a court which Gurney attempts to hold at
Saxthorpe, 796.
5 Feb.
The one widow comes up to London to sue the appeal, 797.
17 Feb.
Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 798.
_The King intercedes with Clarence for Gloucester_, 798.
Purchasers offer for Sporle Wood, 798.
30 April.
The Earl of Northumberland gone home into the North, 800.
Sickness prevalent, 800.
_Archbishop Nevill committed to the Tower, and then sent to sea_,
800.
_The Countess of Oxford still in St. Martin’s_, 800.
_A daughter born to the Queen at Windsor_, 800.
14 May.
Arrangement with Gurney about Saxthorpe, 801.
25 May.
Sir John Paston’s lands will not pay his debts under present
management--his mother will disinherit him if he sell any land,
802.
5 June.
Margaret Paston likely to be troubled about Sir J. Fastolf’s goods,
803, 805.
Henry Heydon has bought Saxthorpe and Titchwell, 803, 804.
Sir T. Lynde’s goods, 804, 805.
The Earl of Arran in London, 804, 805.
8 July.
Altercations with Sir James Gloys, 805, 810.
20 Sept.
Sir John Paston proposed for the borough of Maldon, 808, 809.
21 Sept.
Conferences with the Duchess of Norfolk about Caister, 809.
29 Sept.
John Paston desires a goshawk, 810, 812, 817.
4 Nov.
Sir J. Paston jests with the Duchess of Norfolk on her condition,
812.
Rivers coming home from Brittany, 812.
The Duchess of Norfolk wishes to have Margaret Paston with her at
her confinement, 878. [This letter has been accidently misplaced
in the year 1475.]
8 Nov.
Approaching confinement of the Duchess, 813.
John Paston going to Framlingham, 813-5, 817.
19 Nov.
Dr. Alen’s wife, 814, 816.
22 Nov.
John Paston going to Calais, 815.
24 Nov.
John Paston delivers a ring to a lady for his brother, 817.
27 Nov.
Sale of Sporle Wood, 829.
Nov. or Dec.
Margaret Paston desires a license to have the sacrament in her
chapel, 821.
Sir John Paston should come home to be at the christening of the
Duchess of Norfolk’s child, 821.
7 Dec.
Agreement of Bishop Waynflete and William Worcester, 822.
18 Dec.
Bishop Waynflete intercedes with the Duchess of Norfolk about
Caister, 823.
Christening of the Duke of Norfolk’s child, 823.
John Paston is ‘not the man he was,’ 823.
John Paston’s petition to the Duke, 824.
[[4 Nov.
This letter has been accidently misplaced
_spelling unchanged_]]
1473
18 Jan.
Margaret Paston wishes her son Walter not to be too hasty in taking
orders, 825.
Illness of John Berney of Reedham, 825.
3 Feb.
Sir J. Paston writes from Calais of a visit he had paid to the Duke
of Burgundy’s court at Ghent, 826.
8 Mar.
J. Paston urges his mother to borrow £100 for Sir John, 828, 831,
842.
8 Mar.
‘Frenchmen whirling on the coasts,’ 828, 829.
26 Mar.
John Blennerhasset chosen collector in Norfolk, 829, 830.
‘Rather the Devil, we say, than more taxes,’ 829.
2 April.
_The Queen and Prince coming out of Wales to Leicester_, 830.
_Murder of the Count of Armagnac_, 830.
_Lewis XI. on the Somme_, 830.
12 April.
_The King to be after Easter at Leicester_, 831.
John Paston’s tomb, 831, 843.
Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 831.
Sir John Paston’s instructions touching Sporle, 831, 842.
16 April.
Truce between Burgundy, France, and England, 832.
_The Earl of Oxford at Dieppe, meaning to sail to Scotland_,
832.
Sir John Paston troubled about his servants, 832, 834.
18 May.
The Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Sudley dead, 833.
John Paston going to Compostella, 833, 836.
_Landing of the Earl of Oxford in Essex_, 833.
5 July.
Edmund Paston at Calais, 836.
28 Aug.
Armour for Sir John Paston, 838.
16 Sept.
Hastings to Sir J. Middleton and Sir J. Paston, 839.
30 Sept.
_The Earl of Oxford takes St. Michael’s Mount by surprise, but is
afterwards besieged there._
6 Nov.
_The dispute between Clarence and Gloucester_, 841, 842.
_The King has sent for the Great Seal_, 841.
22 Nov.
Death of Sir James Gloys, 842.
A dispensation may be had at Rome as to Anne Haulte, 842.
Anne Paston and Yelverton, 842.
Citations touching John Paston’s will, 842, 843.
25 Nov.
_The Earl of Oxford still besieged at St. Michael’s Mount_, 843.
Will Margaret Paston dwell at Caister, if it be recovered? 843.
Tenants of Sporle troubled, 844.
1474
Feb.
_Lewis XI. at Amiens_, 846.
20 Feb.
_The Earl of Oxford surrenders, and is compelled to sue for his
life_, 846.
Sir J. Paston expects to have Caister again, 846.
26 April.
Hastings to John Paston at Guisnes, 847.
25 July.
John Paston, Elizabeth Eberton, and another lady, 850, 858.
24 Oct.
Will. Paston pledges plate to Eliz. Clere, 851.
3 Nov.
The Vicar of Paston to Margaret Paston, complaining of Henry Warns
who intimidates the tenants at Paston, 852, 853.
[These two letters should have been placed in the year 1479.]
[Nov.]
Sir John Paston recovered from illness, 856.
Money matters between Sir J. Paston, and Townsend, and his uncle
William, 856, 857, 861, 863, 864.
Edmund Paston well amended, 856.
Sir James Gloys’ books, 856, 857, 863, 865.
20 Nov.
Sir J. Paston redeems Sporle, 857.
Agnes Paston recovered from illness, 857.
Margaret, daughter of William Paston, dead, 857.
John Paston and Lady Walgrave, 858, 860.
John Paston and Stockton’s daughter, 858.
A French embassy in London, 858.
[About 8 Dec.]
Edward IV. visits Norwich, 863.
11 Dec.
Lady Walgrave rejects John Paston’s ring--her muskball, 860.
1475
17 Jan.
Sir J. Paston going to Flanders, 861.
_Siege of Neuss by Charles the Bold_, 861.
29 Jan.
William Paston endeavouring to get possession of Oxnead, 862.
Sporle Wood cannot be sold in whole to advantage, 863, 865.
Sir J. Paston ill in his eye and leg, 863, 865.
5 Feb.
Efforts for the recovery of Caister, 864.
Sir J. Paston detained at Calais, 864.
5 Mar.
Margaret Paston will apply to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the
license to have sacrament in her chapel, 866.
29 Mar.
The Duchess of Norfolk going to Walsingham, 868.
23 May.
Margaret Paston writes of money difficulties--‘the King goeth so
near us in this country,’ 871.
Pecock has paid two taxes for Sir J. Paston, 871.
Sir J. Paston’s brothers going over sea, 871.
13 June.
Edmund Paston going over to Calais, 873.
10 Aug.
The Duchess of York at St. Bennet’s, 874.
29 Aug.
_Peace of Pecquigny_, 875.
11 Sept.
_The King’s army returned to Calais_, 875.
The King had spoken to the Duke of Norfolk about Caister, 875,
877.
Sir John Paston the worse for Calais air, 875.
10 Oct.
How to get Caister again, 876.
The King going to Walsingham, 876.
23 Oct.
John Paston sick, 877.
Petition of Sir J. Paston to the King for recovery of Caister,
879.
1476
17 Jan.
Death of the Duke of Norfolk, 881.
21 Jan.
Sir John Paston gone up to London to petition the King about
Caister, 882.
23 Jan.
Sir John Paston’s ‘sending to Caister’ is ill taken, 883, 884,
885.
2 Mar.
John Paston recommends Richard Stratton to Lord Hastings, 886.
John Paston to [Margery Brews]--a love-letter, 887.
12 Mar.
Sir John Paston crosses with Hastings to Calais, 888.
21 Mar.
Lord Rivers at Rome, 889.
_Conquest of Lorraine by Charles the Bold_, 889.
6 May.
John Paston welcomes his brother Sir John again to England, 890.
John Paston thinks of Mr. Fitzwalter’s sister, 890.
27 May.
The King has promised that Sir J. Paston shall have Caister,
891.
1477
5 Jan.
_Defeat and death of Charles the Bold at Nanci_, 900.
Letters about John Paston and Margery Brews, 894-9.
14 Feb.
Great council begun yesterday, 900.
8 Mar.
Dame Eliz. Brews desires to meet Margaret Paston at Norwich, and not
at Langley, 901.
8 Mar.
Terms offered by Sir Thomas Brews, 902, 904, 905.
9 Mar.
The ‘matter of Mrs. Barly,’ 903.
Letters of John Pympe to Sir J. Paston, 906-8.
Sir J. Paston refuses to help his brother’s marriage, 909, 916.
The match between John Paston and Margery Brews, 910, 911, 913,
915.
14 April.
Lewis XI. has gained many of the Duke of Burgundy’s towns, 912.
23 June.
Debt of Sir J. Paston to Henry Colet, 914.
7 Aug.
Manor of Sporle mortgaged to Townsend, 916, 917.
11 Aug.
Margaret Paston will not pay Sir John Paston’s debt to Cocket,
917.
Sir J. Paston to pay his brother William’s board and school-hire,
917.
17 Aug.
_Lewis XI. besieges St. Omer’s, and burns Cassel_, 918.
22 Aug.
Manors of Agnes and William Paston, 919.
31 Oct.
Sir John Paston’s will, 920.
19 Nov.
Wreck at Winterton--Sir J. Paston’s claims as lord of the manor,
921, 922.
18 Dec.
Margery Paston with child, 923.
1478
21 Jan.
Dr. Yotton and the chapel at Caister, 925.
_Marriage of Richard, Duke of York, and Anne Mowbray_, 925.
John Paston going to take his wife Margery to see her father,
925.
3 Feb.
Dr. Pykenham now Judge of the Arches, 926.
A match for Edmund Paston, 926.
A present of dates from Margery Paston to her mother-in-law
Margaret, 926.
18 Feb.
_Execution of the Duke of Clarence._
21 Mar.
Constance Reynforth to Sir John Paston, 928.
5 May.
Woods at Hellesdon and Drayton, 929.
The Duke of Suffolk’s claim there, 929, 930.
13 May.
Tomb of John Paston the father not begun, 930.
The King buying cloth of gold, 930.
19 May.
Walter Paston at Oxford, 931.
20 May.
The Duke of Suffolk at Hellesdon, 932.
William Worcester and Sir William Bocking, 932.
Margaret Paston very ill, 932.
27 May.
Margaret Paston sends cloth of gold for her husband’s tomb, 933.
Sir J. Paston’s claim in Hellesdon and Drayton, 933.
Sir J. Paston going to marry a kinswoman of the Queen, 933.
31 July.
Oxnead Parsonage, 934-7, 943.
25 Aug.
Birth of John Paston’s son Christopher, 936.
The Duke of Buckingham going on pilgrimage to Walsingham, 936.
William Brandon a ravisher, 936.
_The Earl of Oxford at Hammes_, 936.
7 Nov.
William Paston, junior, at Eton, 939, 942.
1479
18 Jan.
Errands to Marlingford, 940.
2 Feb.
Dr. Pykenham informs Margaret Paston that her son Walter is not yet
qualified to hold a benefice, 941.
4 Mar.
Walter Paston ready to take his B.A. and proceed in law, 944.
22 May.
He would be inceptor before Midsummer, 945.
30 June.
He takes his degree, 946.
7 July.
Plate of William Paston, 947, 951.
18 Aug.
Will of Walter Paston, 950.
21 Aug.
Deaths of Agnes Paston and Walter, 952.
26 Aug.
William Paston claims the manor of Marlingford, 953.
Sir J. Paston inquires about his grandmother’s will, 954.
29 Oct.
Sir J. Paston’s dispute with Suffolk, etc., 956.
He is very ill, 956.
Bishop Morton offers to mediate between him and his uncle William,
956, 957.
6 Nov.
The tenants of Crowmer know not who shall be their lord, 957.
25 Nov.
Money received and spent at the manor court at Cressingham, 961.
Nov.
Death and burial of Sir John Paston, 962.
John Paston wishes his brother Edmund to enter Marlingford, etc. in
his name, 962.
Proceedings of Edmund Paston at Marlingford and Oxnead, 963.
Dec.
The great mortality abated, 965.
Bishop Morton promises to favour John Paston against his uncle,
965.
Injuries done to John Paston by his uncle William, 966.
1479-80
Touching a tombstone for Sir John Paston, 967.
Inventory of plate, 968.
1480
24 Feb.
William Paston to John King, farmer of Harwelbury, 970.
John, Prior of Bromholm, to John Paston, desiring him to procure of
the Queen timber for his ‘dortour,’ 972.
About 1481?
Edmund Paston will see a widow in Worsted for his brother William,
974.
Edmund Paston desires his mother’s forgiveness that he and his wife
have not waited on her, 975.
1482
4 Feb.
Margaret Paston’s will, 978.
John Paston to his mother about her will, 979.
1 Nov.
Tenants of Marlingford molested by William Paston’s officers, 982,
983.
Declaration of William Barker and Margaret, widow of William
Worcester, in behalf of William Paston, 985.
Inventory of John Paston’s books, 987.
Verses by a lady to an absent lord, 988.