[Footnote 235-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter must have
been written in the year 1475, when, as will be seen by No. 871,
some of Sir John Paston’s brothers, among whom doubtless were both
John and Edmund, to whom this letter is addressed, were going over
to Calais. The Bishop of Lincoln (Rotherham) was Chancellor in
1475. It is true the Great Seal was taken from him on the 27th
April, and given to Alcock, Bishop of Rochester, until the 28th
September, when it was restored to Rotherham. But it is certain
this letter could not have been written in a later year, as the
Duke of Norfolk died in January 1476.]
[Footnote 235-2: Thomas Rotherham.]
[Footnote 235-3: _See_ p. 219, Note 2.]
[[JOHN PASTON TO ...
_text unchanged: apparent error for “SIR JOHN”_]]
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