[Footnote 44.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] The writer of this
letter was the father of Robert, first Lord Willoughby de Broke,
who afterwards laid claim to the barony of Latimer, as being
descended from Elizabeth, sister and sole heir of John Nevill,
fifth Lord Latimer, who died in 1430. He was, however,
unsuccessful, as the title had been revived in 1432 by a writ of
summons to George Nevill, a son of Ralph, first Earl of
Westmoreland. This George died in 1469, and was succeeded by his
grandson, Richard Neville, then an infant of two years old, who
had summons to Parliament as Lord Latimer in 1492. The Lord
Latimer here spoken of seems to be George Nevill, and it is
probable that the letter was written between 1432 and 1440, as
John, Lord Beaumont, was created Viscount in the latter year,
while he is not so addressed here.]
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