Modyr, I beseche yow that Brome may be spoken to, to gadyr up my syllvyr
at Gwton in all hast possybyll, for I have no mony. Also that it lyek
yow that John Mylsent may be spoken to, to kep well my grey horse, and
he be alyve, and that he spare no met on hym, and that he have konnyng
lechys to look to hym. As for my comyng hom, I knowe no serteynte, for I
terry tyll my Lady of Norff. com to go thorow with the maters, and she
shall not be here tyll Sonday.
[Footnote 84-1: [From Fenn, ii. 50.] The contents of this letter
clearly refer to the state of matters on the restoration of Henry
VI.]
[Footnote 84-2: Elizabeth, daughter of John Talbot, first Earl of
Shrewsbury, was the wife of John Mowbray, fifth Duke of Norfolk.]
[Footnote 84-3: John de Vere, a staunch Lancastrian.]
[Footnote 85-1: John Tiptoft, Lord Treasurer and Chief-Constable
of England. He was beheaded on a charge of cruelty, 18th October
1470.]
[Footnote 85-2: Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV.]
[Footnote 85-3: Jaquetta of Luxemburg, Duchess-Dowager of Bedford,
widow of Sir Richard Woodville, the mother of Edward’s queen.]
[Footnote 85-4: William Gray.]
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