On the Thurseday at nyght before Our Ladys Day the Assumpcion,[253.3]
betwixt xj. and xij. of the clokk, in the yer of Our Lord God MCCCC. and
xliiij., the Sondays lettre on the D., died my husbond, God assoyle his
sowle. And on the Fryday after I sent for John Paston, John Dam, &c. And
on the Wedynysday after cam John Paston, &c. And on the Fryday John
Paston, John Dam and I yede into the chambre, and they desyred of me to
see the wyll. I lete them see it. And John Dam redde it; and when he had
redde it, John Paston walkyd up and down in the chambere. John Dam and I
knelyd at the beddys fete.
[Footnote 253.2: [From Fenn, iii. 15.] The following memorandum
relative to the death of her husband was written by Agnes Paston,
probably about the time she made her will.]
[Footnote 253.3: The Assumption of Our Lady was the 15th August.]
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