[Footnote 260-1: [From Paston MSS., B.M.] This letter relates to
Sir John Paston’s claim to Caister after the Duke of Norfolk’s
death, which claim he succeeded in establishing in June 1476, as
appears by the letter following. The date 26th May at the end of
the letter is an error. The ‘Monday next Holy Thursday’ was the
27th.]
[Footnote 260-2: _i.e._ if they do not get worse.]
[Footnote 260-3: Paper decayed.]
[[Salutation
... or to hyr sone John Paston, Knyght.
_printed as shown: misreading of Fenn’s header?_
To Mestresse Margret Paston,
in Norwyche or to hyr Sone
John Paston K^t]]
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