[Footnote 296-1: [From Fenn, ii. 250.] The events referred to in
this letter prove that it was written in the year 1477.]
[Footnote 296-2: Between £5 and £6 English, and equal in value to
upwards of £20 at this present time, apparently a great price for
a hobby.--F.]
[Footnote 297-1: Margaret, sister to Edward IV., widow of Charles
the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.]
[Footnote 297-2: Maximilian, son of the Emperor Frederick, married
Mary, daughter and heir of Charles the Bold, Duke of
Burgundy.--F.]
[Footnote 298-1: Edmund Bedyngfeld married Margaret, daughter of
Sir John Scot, Comptroller of Calais, and was created a Knight of
the Bath at the Coronation of Richard III. He was highly in favour
with Henry VII., who paid him a royal visit at Oxburgh, in
Norfolk, which fine seat he built. He died in 1496.--F.]
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