[Footnote 267.1: [From Fenn, iv. 172.] The precise date of this
letter is by no means certain. Fenn dates it merely between 1463
and 1469; but if it be ‘my Lady of Oxford,’ and not ‘my Lord,’ who
is spoken of near the end (_see_ page 268, footnote 2), it may be
many years later. The Earl of Oxford was committed to the Tower in
the latter part of the year 1468. In 1470 he took part in the
brief restoration of Henry VI., and on the return of Edward IV. he
was obliged to quit the country. If the Earl, therefore, is
alluded to as living in England, the date cannot well be later
than 1468. Probably it is about the year 1467. In that year the
29th January fell on a Thursday, which would allow a reasonable
time for the writer to suggest to Sir John Paston the expediency
of his being in London on Monday or Tuesday following.]
[Footnote 267.2: The words ‘and maimed’ are inserted from the
right-hand copy in Fenn. They are not in the left-hand copy,
having been overlooked, apparently, by the transcriber.]
[Footnote 268.1: Who my Lady Anne P. was I cannot tell. The
expression ‘as white as whale’s bone’ is rather a strange one.]
[Footnote 268.2: The modern version in Fenn reads ‘my Lady of
Oxford,’ but ‘my Lord of Oxford’ is right.]
[Footnote 268.3: Fenn says this subscription is explained by ‘T.
Daverse’ being written under the direction, as he believes, in the
hand of the receiver.]
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