[Footnote 65.3: [From Fenn, iv. 150.] This letter refers to a
coming election of knights of the shire, which seems to be for the
Parliament which met on the 29th April 1463. No other general
election of Edward IV.’s time will suit the date, and it is quite
certain that it was written during Edward’s reign.]
[Footnote 65.4: 9th January.]
[Footnote 66.1: Elizabeth, widow of Robert Clere of Ormesby.]
[Footnote 67.1: This must be Henry, son of John Heydon, Esq.,
Recorder of Norwich.--F.]
[Footnote 67.2: Walter Lyhert, Bishop from 1445 to 1472.--F.]
[Footnote 67.3: John Molet or Mowth, Prior from 1453 to 1471.--F.]
[Footnote 67.4: Henry Spilman, afterwards Recorder of Norwich; he
was the founder of the Spilmans of Narborough, by marrying Ela,
daughter and heir of William de Narborough.--F.]
[Footnote 67.5: _Bald batts_ seem to mean here ball bats, or bats
to play at ball with.--F.]
[Footnote 67.6: _Clot shon_, clouted shoes--shoes shod with thin
plates of iron.--F.]
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