[Footnote 219.1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter was
written in the spring of 1451, when John Paston had re-entered
Gresham.]
[Footnote 219.2: Lord Molyns.]
[Footnote 220.1: Fastingong, or Shrove Tuesday, fell upon the
9th March in 1451.]
[Footnote 220.2: 25th February.]
[Footnote 220.3: St. Matthias, whose day was the 24th February.]
[Footnote 220.4: The Duchy of Lancaster.]
[Footnote 222.1: Margaret Paston.]
[Footnote 223.1: Probably a bull of indulgence issued at the
close of the year of jubilee 1450, for the benefit of those who
had not been able to visit Rome that year.]
[Footnote 223.2: St. Matthias. His day was the 24th February.]
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