[Footnote 46.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.]]
[Footnote 46.2: [From Fenn, i. 4.] This letter was written in
1440, the year of the release of the Duke of Orleans.]
[Footnote 46.3: Charles, Duke of Orleans, who was taken prisoner
at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, and had never since been
released.]
[Footnote 46.4: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the King,
and before this time Protector.]
[Footnote 47.1: Harfleur.]
[Footnote 47.2: Afterwards Earl Rivers, father of Elizabeth,
Queen of Edward IV.]
[Footnote 47.3: Third son of John, the famous Earl of
Shrewsbury.]
[Footnote 47.4: _i.e._, in an assize of novel disseisin--an
ancient law process.]
[Footnote 47.5: Ralph, Lord Cromwell.]
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