[Footnote 38.1: [From Fenn, iii. 240.] The parliamentary
election to which this letter refers is evidently the same as in
Nos. 288 and 291. The election of Howard and Chamberlain
actually took place on the 23rd June, the day before this letter
was written, as I find by the original returns in the Record
Office.]
[Footnote 38.2: John Howard, the Duke of Norfolk’s cousin. He
was afterwards created Duke of Norfolk himself by Richard III.,
in whose cause he fell fighting at the battle of Bosworth.]
[Footnote 38.3: Richard Brown was Mayor of Norwich in 1454, and
member for that city in 1460.--F.]
[Footnote 38.4: This means _in his debt_, and therefore under
his influence.--F.]
[Footnote 38.5: Walter Jeffrey was Under-Sheriff of Norwich in
1451, 1452, and 1459.--F.]
[Footnote 38.6: Henry Wilton was returned with John Jenney in
1477.--F.]
[Footnote 39.1: This estate came to Jenney by his marriage with
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wetherby, a rich alderman of
Norwich, who, after having twice served as Mayor, quarrelled
with the city about the election of his successor in that office
in 1433, and instigated various prosecutions against them. He
died in 1445.]
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