[Footnote 295.3: Edward, only son of Henry VI., born 13th October 1453.]
[Footnote 296.1: John Kemp, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury.]
[Footnote 296.2: James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond.]
[Footnote 296.4: Thomas Percy, third son of Henry, Earl of Northumberland.]
[Footnote 296.5: Thomas Thorpe, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, who was also Speaker of the House of Commons, but was at this time imprisoned in the Fleet in consequence of an action brought against him by the Duke of York.--(See _Rolls of Parl._ v. 239.)]
[Footnote 296.6: Thomas Tresham, who as ‘Sir Thomas Tresham, Knight,’ was attainted under Edward IV. for fighting on the Lancastrian side at Towton, but his attainder was afterwards reversed in Parliament 7 and 8 Edw. IV., on the ground that he was a household servant of Henry VI. and had been brought up in his service from a child.--_Rolls of Parl._ v. 616-617.]
[Footnote 296.7: William Joseph, who, with Thorpe, was frequently accused by the Yorkists of misleading the King.--_Rolls of Parl._ v. 280, 282, 332, 342.]
[Footnote 296.8: Thomas Daniel, Esq. --_See_ p. 255, Note 2.]
[Footnote 297.2: Afterwards Edward IV., the Duke of York’s eldest son.]
[Footnote 297.3: Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, father of Warwick the King-maker.]
[Footnote 297.5: Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick, afterwards known as ‘the King-maker.’]
[Footnote 297.6: Edmund Tudor, the King’s half-brother. He was the father of King Henry VII.]
[Footnote 298.1: Jasper Tudor, brother of the Earl of Richmond, and half-brother to the King.]
[Footnote 298.2: Probably the Duke of Norfolk.]
[Footnote 299.1: Cardinal Kemp was at this time Chancellor. --_See_ p. 296, Note 1.]
_To my right wurshipfull hosbond, John Paston, be this delyveryd in hast._
Right worshipfull hosbond, I recommawnd me to yow, praying yow to wete that I spak yistirday with my suster,[300.2] and she told me that she was sory that she myght not speke with yow or ye yede; and she desyrith if itt pleased yow, that ye shuld yeve the jantylman, that ye know of, seche langage as he myght fele by yow that ye wull be wele willyng to the mater that ye know of; for she told me that he hath seyd befor this tym that he conseyvid that ye have sett but lytil therby, wherefor she prayth yow that ye woll be here gode brother, and that ye myght have a full answer at this tym whedder it shall be ya or nay. For her moder hath seyd to her syth that ye redyn hens, that she hath no fantesy therinne, but that it shall com to a jape; and seyth to her that ther is gode crafte in dawbyng; and hath seche langage to her that she thynkyt right strange, and so that she is right wery therof, wherefor she desyrith the rather to have a full conclusyon therinne. She seyth her full trost is in yow, and as ye do therinne, she woll agre her therto.