[Footnote 270.1: [From Fenn, iv. 2.] The reference to the Earl
of Wiltshire’s head having been set on London Bridge shows this
letter to have been written not very long after the battle of
Towton. The exact date is probably about the beginning of May,
as it appears, by the Privy Seal dates in the Record Office,
that Edward IV. was at Middleham on the 6th of that month on his
way southwards, having gone on to Durham and Newcastle after the
victory.]
[Footnote 270.2: William Paston, the Judge, who died in 1444.]
[Footnote 270.3: Agnes Paston, the widow of the Judge.]
[Footnote 271.1: James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond.]
[Footnote 271.2: Henry VI. and his Queen after the battle
escaped to Berwick, and from thence retired to Edinburgh.--F.]
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