[Footnote 109-1: [From Fenn, ii. 72.] Apart from the reference to
John Paston’s pardon, the date of this letter is fixed by what is
said of the bastard Falconbridge.]
[Footnote 109-2: Bartholomew Fair, in Smithfield.]
[Footnote 109-3: Worsted, in Norfolk, a town formerly famous for
the spinning of the fine thread with which the yarn called Worsted
is made.--F.]
[Footnote 109-4: Of Walsingham.]
[Footnote 109-5: Thomas Nevill, a natural son of William, Lord
Fauconberg. He was beheaded in 1471, and, as mentioned in Letter
782 following, his head was placed on London Bridge.]
[Footnote 110-1: Here follow, says Fenn, some directions about
payments of money.]
[Footnote 111-1: Sir Thomas Fulford was son of Sir Baldwin
Fulford, beheaded at Bristol in 1461; he likewise ended his life
on the scaffold.]
[Footnote 111-2: Holyrood Day, 14th of September.]
[[I pray yow recomande me to my modre
_text has “recomande mo”: corrected from Fenn_]]
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