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- 032-002030882
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Paston Letters and Papers
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Contents: The third of a set of four volumes of letters and papers of the Paston family from the period, c. 1425 to c.1520 (Additional manuscripts 27443-27446). This volume contains documents from c.1447 to c. 1500.
(Numbers in brackets refer to numbering in the edition by Davis, Paston Letters, from which the dates are also drawn (Early English Text Society, 2004)
f. 1: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston I, 7 August, 1465 (Davis,, no. 189);
f. 2: Letter from John Paston I to Margaret Paston, 7 August, 1465 (Davis, no 76);
f. 3: Letter from John Paston I to Margaret Paston, James Gresham and Richard Calle, 7 August, 1465 (Davis, no. 75);
f. 4: Letter from John Eastgate to a servant of John Paston, ?1465 (Davis, no. 1042);
f. 5: Will of Nicholas Pickering, 1465;
f. 6: Letter from John Daubeney to Margaret Paston, ?September, 1465 (Davis, no. 722);
f. 7: Part of a draft will of Agnes Paston, ?1466 (Davis, no. 32);
f. 8: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston I, 27 September, 1465 (Davis, no. 192);
f. 9: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston I, 27 September, 1465 (Davis, no. 193);
f. 10: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston I, 17 October, 1465 (Davis, no. 194);
f. 11: Draft message from Edward IV to Sir William Yelverton, prepared by John Paston I, 1465 (Davis, no. 78);
f. 12: Letter from Clement Paston to John Paston I, 18 March, 1466 (Davis, no. 120);
f. 13: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston I, 16 November, 1461 (Davis, no. 164);
f. 14: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston I, 10 November, ?1461 (Davis, no. 318);
ff. 15: Letter from Richard Southwell, of Woodrising to John Paston I, before 1467 (Davis, no. 700);
ff. 16, 17: Letters from Thomas Gnatyshale to Margaret Paston, ?1447 and ?1450 (Davis nos. 707, 708);
f. 18: Letter from James Arblaster to John Paston I, before 1467 (Davis, no. 702);
f. 20: Draft will of Agnes Paston, 16 September, 1466 (Davis, no. 31).
f. 21: Letter from James Gloys to John Paston II, 10 November, ?1466 (Davis, no. 744);
f. 22: Letter from Thomas Grene to William Yelverton, 22 December, after 1465 (Davis, no. 910);
f. 23 Edward Mawdby: Letter to M. Paston: 15th cent.
f. 24: Letter from Elizabeth Clere, wife of Robert Clere, of Ormesby to Margaret Paston, ?1466 (Davis no. 724);
f. 25: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, late 1473 (Davis, no.280);
f. 26: Letter from Richard Calle to John Paston II, 29 January, 1467 (Davis, no. 746);
f. 27 : Letter from James Gresham to Simon Damme for John Paston II, 2 July, ?1467 (Davis, no. 747);
f. 29: Letter from John Herlyng of Basyngham to Margaret Paston, after April, 1467 (Davis, no. 726);
f. 30: Letter from an unidentified person to John Paston II, 28 October, 1468 (Davis, no. 752);
f. 31: Copy of writ to Sir Robert Fynys by King Edward IV, 1467-1468 (Davis, no. 122A);
f. 32: Letter from John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford to John Paston II, 7 January, ?1469 (Davis, no. 754);
f. 33: Letter from William Cotyng, Rector of Swainsthorp to John Cook for Richard Calle, 9 January, 1469 (Davis, no. 903);
ff. 34, 35: Letters from Richard Calle to John Paston II, 22 May and 3 July, 1469 (Davis, nos. 759, 761);
f. 36: Letter from Walter Writtle to Thomas Wingfield, September, 1469 (Davis, no. 908);
f. 37: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, October-December, 1469 (Davis, no. 336);
f. 38: Indenture between Sir John Paston and Edmund Schawe, pledging plate, 3 July, 1470 (Davis, no. 250);
f. 39: Letter from John Pampyng to John Paston II, 15 July, 1470 (Davis, no. 765);
f. 40: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston II, 15 July, 1470 (Davis, no. 207);
ff. 41,42: Painters' bills;
f. 43: Letter from James Gresham to John Paston II, early April, 1471 (Davis, no. 766);
ff. 44: Indenture between Thomas Vyall of Norwich and William Paston II, pledging plate, 15 August, 1470 (Davis, no. 94);
f. 45: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, 30 April, 1471 (Davis, no 346);
f. 47: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, 28 October, 1471 (Davis, no. 349);
f. 46: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, 22 July, 1471 (Davis, no 348);
f. 48: Inventory of papers including deeds, perhaps by John Paston III, after 1470 (Davis, no. 265);
f. 49: Letter from William Pekoc to John Paston II, 4 November, before 1480 (Davis, no. 772)
f. 50: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston II, 5 November, 1471 (Davis, no. 209);
f. 51: Bill of expenses for Richard Calle's lawsuit against William Huggan, November, 1471 (Davis, no. 917);
f. 52: Letter from Edmund Paston to John Paston III, 18 November, 1471 (Davis, no. 394)l
f. 53: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston II, 20 November, 1471 (Davis, no. 211);
f. 54: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston III, 29 November, 1471 (Davis, no. 212);
f. 55: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 1471 (Davis, no. 350);
f. 56: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 14 May, 1470 (Davis, no. 340);
f. 57: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 25 May, 1470 (Davis, no. 341);
f. 58: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston II, 5 June, 1472 (Davis, no. 216);
f. 59: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 8 July, 1472 (Davis, no. 353);
f. 60: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II,, 16 October, 1472 (Davis, no. 355);
f. 61: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston III, 19 November, 1472 (Davis, no. 218);
f. 63: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston III, 23 November, 1472 (Davis, no. 219);
f. 64: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 24 November, 1472 (Davis, no. 356);
f. 65: Letter from John Osbern to John Paston II, 10 May, 1472 (Davis, no. 767);
f. 66: Letter from Richard Calle to Margaret Paston, 27 November, 1472 (Davis, no. 728);
f. 67: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, late November, 1472 (Davis, no. 357);
f. 68: Letter from John Paston III to John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, late 1472 (Davis, no. 359);
f. 69: Letter from Margaret Paston to ?James Gloys, 18 January, ?1473 (Davis, no. 220);
f. 70: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 26 March, 1473 (Davis, no. 361);
f. 71: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, 12 April, 1473 (Davis, no. 274);
f. 72: Letter in French from Martin Rondelle to John Paston II, 28 August, 1473 (Davis, no. 769)
f. 73: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, 22 November, 1473 (Davis, no 282);
f. 74: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, 25 November, 1473 (Davis, no 283);
f. 75: Letter from the tenants of Sporle, Norfolk to John Paston II, ?1473 (Davis, no. 771);
f. 76: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 25 July, 1474 (Davis, no. 363);
f. 77: Indenture between William Paston II and Elizabeth Clere, wife of Robert Clere, of Ormesby, pledging plate, 15 August, 1470 (Davis, no 95);
f. 78: Letter from the Vicar of Paston to John Paston II or Margaret Paston, 3 November, 1479 (Davis, no. 783);
f. 80: Letter from William Paston II to John Paston II, ?1474-1475 (Davis, no. 96);
f. 81: Part of a draft deed concerning business between William Paston II and John Paston II, ?1474-1475 (Davis, no. 97);
f. 82: Letter from John Paston II to Margaret Paston, ?November, 1474 (Davis, no. 285);
f. 83: Letter from John Paston II to Margaret Paston, 20 November, 1474 (Davis, no. 286);
f. 84: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston III, 28 January, 1475 (Davis no. 222);
f. 85: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston II, 28 January, 1475 (Davis, no. 221);
f. 86: Letter from John Paston II to either John Paston III, William Paston or Edmund Paston, 5 February, 1475 (Davis, no 290);
f. 87: Letter from John Paston II to Margaret Paston, 22 February, 1475 (Davis, no. 291);
f. 88: Letter from Richard Southwell to John Paston I, 26 March, not after 1466 (Davis, no. 701);
f. 89: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston II, 23 May, 1475 (Davis, no. 224);
f. 90: Letter from John Paston II to Edmund Paston II, 13 June, 1475 (Davis, no. 292);
f. 91: Letter from John Paston II to Margaret Paston, 11 September, 1475 (Davis, no. 293);
f. 92: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 10 October, 1475 (Davis, no. 365);
f. 93: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, ?late March, 1476 (Davis, no. 371)
f. 94: Letter from Robert Whynbergh to John Paston III, ?1500 (Davis, no. 840);
f. 95: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, 21 January, 1476 (Davis, no. 367);
f. 96: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, 23 January, 1476 (Davis, no. 368);
f. 97: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 3 February, 1476 (Davis, no. 369);
f. 98: Letter from John Paston III to William, Lord Hastings, Lieutenant of Calais, 2 March, 1476 (Davis, no. 370);
f. 99: Letter from John Paston III to an unknown lady, perhaps Margery Brews, ?1476 (Davis, no. 373);
f. 100: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III or Margaret Paston, 12 March, 1476 (Davis, no. 297);
f. 101: Letter from John Paston III to an unknown lady, ?1476 (Davis, no. 373)
f. 102: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III or Margaret Paston, 27 May, 1476 (Davis, no 299);
f. 103: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, 30 June, 1476 (Davis, no. 300);
ff. 104, 105: Letters from Elizabeth Brews, wife of Sir Thomas Brews to John Paston II, 1476-1477 (Davis, no 789, 790)
f. 106: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, 9 March, 1477 (Davis, no. 303);
f. 107: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 9 March, 1477 (Davis, no. 375);
f. 110: Letter from John Paston II to John Paston III, ?April, 1477 (Davis, no. 306);
f. 108: Draft memorandum of marriage terms between John Paston III and Margery, 1477 (Davis, no. 376)
f. 109: Letter from John Pympe to John Paston II, 1477 (Davis, no. 776);
f. 111: Memorandum of John Paston III on marriage negotiations with Thomas Brews, father of Margery, 1477 (Davis, no. 377);
f. 112: Letter from Margaret Paston to Dame Elizabeth Brews, 11 June, 1477 (Davis, no. 226);
f. 113: Letter from John Paston III to Margaret Paston, ?28 June, 1477 (Davis, no. 378).
The versos of some of the letters have the address and a wax seal visible.
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- Start Date:
- 1445
- End Date:
- 1500
- Date Range:
- 1445-1500
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Materials: Paper, with a few documents on parchment.
Dimensions: 455 x 355mm; the dimensions of the letters vary.
Foliation: ff. 113 (+3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: Post-1600. Green leather with gold tooling and marbled end-papers.
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Origin: England.
Provenance: William Paston (b. 1653/4, d. 1732) 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, by descent through the Paston family.
Peter le Neve (d. 1729), collector and antiquary, purchased by him from William Paston (see Gairdner, Paston Letters (1900), I, p. 4).
Thomas Martin (d. 1771), antiquary of Palgrave, acquired by him as executor of Peter le Neve (see Gairdner, Paston Letters (1900) I, p. 4).
John Worth, chemist of Diss, sold by him in 1774 to John Fenn (see Gairdner, Paston Letters (1900) I, p. 6).
John Fenn (b. 1739, d. 1794), antiquary, the 5th of five volumes of Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III...., prepared by him but published in 1823 by his nephew, Sarjeant Frere, after his death (now Additional MSS 27443-27446). Volume I and II of Fenn's original series were published in 1787, are now bound as four volumes, Additional MSS 43488-43491and volume III and IV were published in May 1789, now Additional MSS 34888 and 34889.
?John Frere (b. 1740, d. 1807), landowner and antiquary of Roydon Hall, brother-in-law of John Fenn and inheritor of his library, though his son, William Frere, was unable to find Fenn's manuscripts in the library in 1823 (see Davis, Paston Letters (2004), I, pp. xxviii-xxx).
Philip Frere (b. 1821), F.R.S., by descent and found by him at Dungate in Cambridgeshire in 1865; sold by him to the British Museum on 13 October, 1866.
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Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III..., ed. by John Fenn, 5 vols (London, Robinsons, 1787-1823), V (1823).
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1882), II, p. 321.
The Paston Letters, 1422-1509 A.D, ed. by James Gairdner, 4 vols (Westminster, 1900-1901); 6 vols (London and Exeter, 1904).
H.S. Bennett: The Pastons and their England: Studies in an Age of Transition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937).
Norman Davis, 'A Scribal Problem in the Paston Letters', English and Germanic Studies, 4 (1952), 31-64.
David Stoker, ''Innumerable letters of good consequence in history': the discovery and first publication of the Paston letters', The Library, 6th series, 17 (1995), 107–55.
Colin Richmond, The Paston family in the fifteenth century, 3 vols (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996-2001).
The Paston women: Selected letters, trans. by Diane Watt (Cambridge; D.S. Brewer, 2004).
Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, ed. by Norman Davis, 3 vols, Early English Text Society, Supplementary Series, 20-22 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [an edition of the texts in this and other manuscripts, with notes and additional bibliography].
Alexander Bergs, Social networks and historical sociolinguistics: Studies in morphosyntactic variation in the Paston letters, 1421-1503 (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005).
Joel T. Rosenthal, Margaret Paston: ?1422-1484 (Dereham, Norfolk: Larks Press, 2009).
Jukka Tyrkkö, 'The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters' in Meaning in the history of English: Words and Texts in Context, ed. by Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho (Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 2013), pp. 211-28.
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