I ded as myche as I kowd to have lettyd th’endyttment, but it wold not
be, as I shall enform you; and Townysend knowyth the same.
[Footnote 72-2: [From Fenn, iv. 428.] As this letter refers to an
incident in the siege of Caister as having taken place ‘in August
last,’ there can be no doubt about the date.]
[Footnote 73-1: Probably Roger Townsend, afterwards Justice of the
Common Pleas.]
[Footnote 74-1: On pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas
Becket, I suppose.--F.]
[Footnote 74-2: Richard Southwell, Esq. of Wood-Rising. He
acquired this estate by marrying Amy, daughter and co-heir of Sir
Edmund Wichingham, Knight.--F.]
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