[Footnote 111.1: [From Fenn, i. 164.] This letter, as printed by
Fenn, bears no date in itself, but in the editorial note at the
foot it is dated: ‘Caister, 18th of November.’ Probably this
date is expressed in the original, but has been accidentally
omitted in the printing. If so, the year in which it was written
must be either 1456 or 1457, and most probably the former. In
1455 the Archbishop of Canterbury and my Lord Chancellor were
one and the same person, which they evidently are not here; and
in 1458 it appears by the Castlecombe MSS. that Sir John Fastolf
was in London on the 26th November, so that he is not likely to
have been expecting a visit from the Duke of Norfolk at Caister
eight days before. On the other hand, if this was written in the
year 1456, it must be remembered that Archbishop Bourchier had
been just recently discharged of the office of Lord Chancellor,
which was given to Bishop Waynfleet on the 11th October, and it
is highly probable that the Archbishop had been already spoken
to on the subject in his capacity of Chancellor.]
[Footnote 111.2: Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop.]
[Footnote 111.3: William Waynfleet, Bishop.]
[Footnote 112.1: William Waynfleet, the Bishop of Winchester
before mentioned.]
[Footnote 112.2: On pilgrimage to the famous shrine of Our Lady
at Walsingham.]
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