[Footnote 98.1: [From Fenn, i. 166.] This letter must have been
written about the time Sir John Fastolf first began to make
inquiry on what terms he could obtain a licence for establishing
a college at Caister,--a project which he had much at heart
during the latter years of his life. A letter from Sir John
himself upon this subject will be found a little further on,
dated the 18th November (No. 351), and we think it probable that
this is of the same year, 1456.]
[Footnote 98.2: Edward Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, was twice
married. His first wife, to whom he owed his title, was
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester. His
second was Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Howard. The Lady
here mentioned is probably the former, for though Dugdale says
he obtained a dispensation for his second marriage in 1448, that
date is inconsistent with the age of his son and other facts
mentioned.]
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