[Footnote 262-1: [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 188.] Strangely enough there
is no mention elsewhere of the serious illness of young John
Paston mentioned in this letter, by which we might fix the year
when it was written. But perhaps we may surmise that it was 1476,
after he had been at Calais, where he was expected in the spring.
The fact that he was ill at Attleborough agrees with this
supposition, for that was the seat of the Fitzwalter family, and
‘Master Fitzwalter’ is mentioned in No. 888 as at Calais showing
much interest in the Paston family. It may be observed also that
in 1476, Friday ‘next’ the Decollation of St. John Baptist (29th
August) would be the very next day.]
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