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Add MS 39848
- Record Id:
- 040-002059700
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002059699
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001215.0x000338
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- Add MS 39848
- Title:
- Letters and papers of Sir John Fastolf
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Volume one of two volumes, the other being Additional MS 39849.
Contents:
15th-century letters and papers, the majority of which are relating to, Sir John Fastolf.
Some of the letters are written in the hand of William Worcester (Wyrcestre), alias Botoner (ff. 5-12, 16, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 40, 44, 45, 46) or in the hand of John Bokkyng (ff. 11, 18, 20, 24) or in the hand of William Barker (ff. 13, 14, 15, 39) or in the hand of Pampyng (f. 55).
(Numbers in brackets refer to numbering in Davis, Paston Letters (Early English Text Society (2004), from which the dates are also drawn)
f. 1: Lease by Geoffrey Walle, Surveyor, of Sir John Fastolf's messuage 'Reppesplace' in Ormesby, Norfolk, to John Rakesond, 1435;
f. 2: Letter from Margaret Paston to John Paston I, 19 May, 1448 (Davis, 129);
ff. 3, 4: Letters from Sir John Fastolf to Thomas Howes, parson of Castlecoombe, William Cole and Watkyn Shipdam, 7 March, 1450 (Davis, 978), 16 April, 1450 (Davis, 979);
ff. 5, 6, 17, 18, 19: Letters from Sir John Fastolf to Thomas Howes, 27 May, 1450 (Davis, 982), 8 August, 1450 (Davis, 983), 13 April, 1451 (Davis, 1006), 21 April, 1451 (Davis, 1007), 20 July, 1454 (Davis, 1016);
f. 7: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to Howes, Thomas Grene and Shipdam, 7 September, 1450 (Davis, 986);
ff. 8, 9: Letters from Sir John Fastolf to Thomas Howes, 15 September, 1450 (Davis, 988), 11 November, 1450 (Davis, 990);
f. 10: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to Howes, William Jenney and John Bokkyng, 2 December, 1450 (Davis, 993)
ff. 11r-v: Memoranda of Sir John Fastolf's affairs, mostly in the hand of John Bokkyng, signed by Fastolf, September, 1450 (Davis, 985);
f. 12: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to Howes and Bokkyng, 5 December, 1450 (Davis, 995);
ff. 13, 14, 16: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to John Berney and Thomas Howes, 27 December, 1450 (Davis, 997), 7 January, 1451 (Davis, 1003), 12 January, 1451 (Davis, 1004);
f. 15: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to Howes and Bokkyng, 12 January, 1451 (Davis, 1004);
f. 20: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to John a Berney, Howes and Shipdam, September, 1450 (Davis, 987);
f. 21: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to John Paston I and others, 14 September, 1450 (Davis, 457);
ff. 22, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 49: Letters from Sir John Fastolf to John Paston I, 19 September, 1450 (Davis, 586), 3 May, 1455 (Davis, 520), 28 May, 1455 (Davis, 523), 11 June, 1455 (Davis, 525), 11 December, 1455 (Davis, 536), 13 June, c.1455-1459 (Davis, 588), 12 February, 1456 (Davis, 542), 18 June, ?1456 (Davis 553), 24 June ?1456 (Davis, 554, 555), 10 November, 1456 (Davis, 568), 15 November, 1456 (Davis, 569), 13 April, 1459 (Davis, 577), 3 July, 1459 (Davis 579);
f. 23: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to Richard Waller, 30 October, 1454 (Davis, 1017);
f. 24: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to Henry Fylongley and John Paston I, 24 January, 1455 (Davis, 513);
f. 25, 44: Letters from Sir John Fastolf to John Paston I, and William Yelverton, 20 March, c.1455-1459 (Davis, 587) 29 October, 1457 (Davis, 1034);
f. 27: Letter from Thomas Cannon to John Paston I, 16 May, 1455 (Davis, 521);
f. 28: Account of the 1st Battle of St Albans, 25-29 May, 1455 (Davis, 1023);
ff. 31: Notes and writ in the hand of William Worcester;
f. 32: Copy of a letter from Sir John Fastolf to Nicholas Molyneux, 30 October, 1455 (Davis, 1027);
f. 36: Letter from Sir John Fastolf to John Paston I for Fastolf's sister, Lady Whytyngham, 25 January, 1456 (Davis, 538);
f. 37: Letter from John Bokkyng to Sir John Fastolf, 9 February, 1456 (Davis, 1029);
f. 45: Letter from William Worcester to Sir John Fastolf, March, 1458 (Davis, 884);
f. 46: Letter from John Paston I to Sir John Fastolf and Thomas Howys, 24 May, 1458 (Davis, 53);
f. 47: Letter from William Worcester to John Paston I, ?1458 (Davis, 576);
ff. 50-53: Draft inventory and indenture of Sir John Fastolf's possessions, 6 June, 1462 (Davis, 64);
f. 54: Inventory of the contents of Caister Castle, ?1470 (Davis, 259);
f. 55: Declaration by Sir Roger Chamberlain about Fastolf's will, 6 April, 1463 (Davis, 892);
f. 56: Sale to Sir John Paston II, of an ambling horse: 1467;
f. 57: Memorandum of the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1 May, 1471 (Davis, 916);
f. 58: Letter from John Paston II to the Bishop of Winchester, 1470 (Davis, 249);
f. 59: Letter from John Paston III to John Paston II, 8 March, 1473 (Davis, 360);
f. 60: Menu for a banquet;
f. 61: A valuation of Sir John Fastolf's manors in Flegg;
f. 62: Form of a grant by an abbot, in Latin;
f. 63v: An engraved portrait of Sir John Fastolf, republished in 1796 from the Oxford Almanack of 1731;
ff. 64-70: 'The life of Sir John Fastolf' a reprint of the revised edition by Richard Gough of William Oldys, 'Life of Fastolf' (Biographia Britannica, 1753, p. 1899).
ff. 71-76: Plans of Caistor Manor, entitled, 'The Ichnography or Groundwork of Sr John Fastolf's Mansion-House at Castor about three Miles and an half from Yarnmouth, Norfolk, with Proper Explanations &C. in three plans. To which is annexed two plans (No. fourth and fifth) of Burgh Castel. By Henry Swinden, 1760'.
f. 77-355: Collections relating to the Fastolf family, some in the handwriting of Peter le Neve and the Rev. Francis Blomefield, including:
f. 351: A letter from Peter le Neve to Francis Blomefield, 1776;
f. 352r: Letter from Francis Blomefield to William Oldys, 1749;
f. 352v: Queries relating to Fastolf in the hand of William Oldys, before 1761;
f. 353: Letter from Thomas Trye to Francis Blomefield, 1749;
ff. 356-361: Excerpts relating to Fastolf made by James Nasmyth from the itinerary of William Wyrcestre, MS. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 210, with an accompanying letter (f. 361).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-002059699
040-002059700 - Is part of:
- Add MS 39848-39849 : Paston letters: Sir John Fastolf's will and papers relating to his family
Add MS 39848 : Letters and papers of Sir John Fastolf - Hierarchy:
- 032-002059699[0001]/040-002059700
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A paper and parchment codex, 371 folios
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 15th and 18th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper and parchment.
Dimensions: Volume: 520 x 315mm (the dimensions of individual documents vary).
Foliation: ff. ii + 371 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves and 7 smaller paper leaves containing a typed list of contents attached to paper stubs at the beginning and 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end).
Script: 15th century contents: Gothic cursive.
Binding: BM/BL in-house.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
William Paston (b. 1653/4, d. 1732) 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, by descent through the Paston family.
The Reverend Francis Blomefield (d. 1752), historian of Norfolk, his notes and transcriptions added.
William Oldys (b. 1696, d. 1761), herald and antiquary of London, in his collection of historical papers: a printed note in on f. 70v.
John Ives (b. 1751, d. 1776), herald and antiquary of Suffolk (1751–1776), antiquary and herald of Great Yarmouth, a note on f. 71r and in his sale, 5 March, 1777, lot 503.
Richard Gough (b. 1735, d. 1809), historian and antiquary, in his sale, 5 April 1810, lot 4241.
John Scott, bookseller, sold by him to Joseph Haslewood: a note on f. ii recto.
Joseph Haslewood (b.1769, d. 1833), bibliographer and antiquary, in his sale, 16 December, 1833, lot 1317.
Thomas Thorpe, bookseller, in his catalogue of 1836, no 954.
Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquary and bibliophile, bought by him from Thomas Thorpe, his manuscript number, 9735 inscribed on ff. i verso and ii recto and in his sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 June, 1919, lot 671; bought by the British Museum.
- Publications:
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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), vols I and II (1787).
The Paston Letters, 1422-1509 A.D. , ed. by James Gairdner, 4 vols (Westminster, 1900-1901); 6 vols (London and Exeter, 1904), no. 385.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum, 1933), p. 217.
H.S. Bennett, The Pastons and their England: Studies in an Age of Transition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937).
H.D. Barnes and W. Douglas Simpson, 'Caistor Castle', Antiquaries Journal, 32 (1952), p. 35.
Geoffrey Wheeler, Battle Of Tewkesbury, 1471: A Roll Of Arms (Gloucester Group Press, 1971) [f. 57].
Colin Richmond, The Paston family in the fifteenth century, 3 vols (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996-2001).
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).
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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