My cosyn Crane recommawndeth her to yow, and praytth yow to remembr her
mater, &c., for she may not slepe on nyghtys for hym.
[Footnote 300.1: [From Fenn, iii. 170.] The request made at the
end of this letter that John Paston would procure his wife an
ornament for her neck, is noted by Fenn as one that she had made
in April 1452, and of which this was probably a repetition nine
months afterwards. There seems no better evidence of date to go
by, so we follow the same mode of inference; but as we have
placed the letter containing the first petition for the necklace
in 1453 instead of 1452, we must attribute this letter to the
year 1454.]
[Footnote 300.2: Elizabeth Paston.]
[Footnote 300.3: John Bracklee or Brackley was a brother of the
Convent of Grey Friars, or Friars Minors, in Norwich. He took a
Doctor of Divinity’s degree, and was a famous preacher.--F.]
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