[Footnote 45.2: [From Fenn, iv. 32.] This letter is attributed
by Fenn to the year 1461, but that date is certainly inaccurate,
as it was answered by John Paston at Norwich the very day it was
written, whereas in July 1461 Paston was in London. Moreover, it
certainly could not have been _after_ 1461, as Sir Thomas
Tuddenham was beheaded in February of the following year. It
must therefore belong to the reign of Henry VI.; and considering
the time of the year, 1455 is the only date at which it is at
all likely that any one would have ventured to attempt the
impeachment of Tuddenham and Heydon in Parliament, or could have
been plausibly accused of such a design against persons of so
much influence.]
[Footnote 45.3: There were three churches in the parish of
Warham.]
[Footnote 45.4: Thomas Hunt.]
[Footnote 45.5: Walter Lyhert, Bishop of Norwich.]
[Footnote 46.1: He was a priest, and a dependant of the
Pastons.]
[[To the right wurchepfull Sir, and my goode mayster
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