[Footnote 143-2: [From Fenn, ii. 92.] This letter, like the last,
is dated by the reference to Gurney and Heydon. The date is
confirmed by the allusion to the proposal to sell Sporle wood.]
[Footnote 143-3: Here follows an account of some money
transactions, etc.--F.]
[Footnote 144-1: Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, in 1466, married
Mary, daughter of James II. and sister of James III., Kings of
Scotland. He was appointed Regent, but becoming unpopular, was
banished, and died in exile before 1474.--F.]
[Footnote 144-2: These two words are crossed as here represented,
and over them is written, ‘crosse it.’]
[[Sidenote: 1472 / JUNE 5
_date supplied from body of letter_]]
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