Henry V.’s first campaign in France—Battle of Agincourt.

Henry V.’s second campaign in France, 1.

Marriage Settlement of William Paston, 4.

Accession. The King only nine months old.

Outrages committed by Walter Aslak in Norfolk, 6.

Disputes between Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester.

Disputes between William Paston and John Wortes, 10, 11, 12.

Siege of Orleans—Raised by Joan of Arc.

Coronation of Henry VI. at Westminster.

William Paston made a brother of the Monastery of Bury, 19.

Coronation of Henry VI. at Paris.

Demands of the Earl of Warwick touching the charge of the King’s education, 24.

William Dalling’s petition against William Paston, 25.

Sir John Fastolf, captain of Le Mans, 27.

Peace Conferences at Arras—broken off by England.

Death of the Duke of Bedford at Rouen. The Duke of York made Regent.

The Duke of Burgundy deserts England, and makes a separate peace with France.

The Duke of York lands in Normandy, and recovers several places from the French.

Calais besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, but relieved by the Duke of Gloucester.

The Duke of York recalled from France, and the Earl of Warwick sent in his place.

Death of Warwick at Rouen. York made Regent again.

Peace Conferences at Calais—ineffectual.

John Paston’s introduction to Margaret Mauteby, 34.

His marriage to her, 35.

Release of the Duke of Orleans, 36.

John Paston ill in London, 47.

William Paston and Chief-Justice Fortescue both too ill to go on circuit, 51.

Death of William Paston, 56.

Disputes of Agnes Paston with the Vicar of Paston, 62.

Marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of Anjou, 62.

Parliament of Bury.—Arrest and death of Gloucester.

John Paston dispossessed of Gresham by Lord Molynes, 102.

A relief claimed by Lady Morley, 75.

Daniel said to be out of favour, 75.

Affray at Coventry between the retainers of Sir Robert Harcourt and Sir Humphrey Stafford, 78.

Death of Edmund Paston—his nuncupative will dated 21 March, 85.

Robert Wenyngton captures a fleet of 100 ships, 90.

Friar Hauteyn’s claim to Oxnead, 63, 87.

John Paston again occupies Gresham, 88, 102.

The King in the Marches of Wales, 96.

Stephen Scrope a suitor of Elizabeth Paston, 93, 94.

John Paston’s wife driven out of Gresham, 102, 103.

Impeachment of the Duke of Suffolk, 101.

John Paston presents a petition to the King in Parliament against Lord Molynes, 102.

Foreigners light on the coast of Norfolk, and take people prisoners, 105, 106.

Battle of Fourmigni—Sir Thomas Kiriel taken prisoner, 120.

The Duke of Suffolk’s letter to his son, 117.

Daniel enters the manor of Brayston, 108, 119.

The Duke of Suffolk murdered at sea, 120, 121.

New appointments to offices of state, 123.

Loss of Cherbourg, the last place held by the English in Normandy, 131.

Disturbances in Norfolk, 132, 133.

Thomas Denyes and the Earl of Oxford, 123, 124, 132.

J. Paston’s dispute with Lord Molynes, 131, 135, 136, 139, 145.

The Duke of York comes over from Ireland, and causes a change of administration, 142, 143.

Molynes and his men indicted of felony, 147.

Election of two knights of the shire for Norfolk, 148, 149.

Meeting of Parliament—Oldhall chosen Speaker, 151.

Tuddenham and Heydon unpopular in Norfolk, 154, 170.

Oyer and terminer in Suffolk, at Beccles, 160, 161.

Oyer and terminer going into Norfolk, 162.

An oyer and terminer for Kent, 169.

Oyer and terminer to be held at Norwich at Easter, 174, 175.

John Paston re-enters Gresham, 178.

Bettes arrested at a court held by Gonnor at Routon, 178.

Heydon’s horse brought through Aylesham into Norwich, 179, 180.

Tuddenham and Heydon expected to regain their ascendency, 184.
Petition to Parliament against Sir Thomas Tuddenham, 185.

Tuddenham and Heydon to be indicted at Norwich, 186.

Lord Molynes and his men indicted at Walsingham, 189, 190;
acquitted by favour of the King, 189, 193.

Death of Sir Harry Inglos, 201.

Surrender of Bayonne:—entire loss of Gascony and Guienne by the English.

Daniel hoping to re-enter Brayston, 206: which he did soon after, 119.

Good Friday. A general pardon granted by the King.

The Duke of Norfolk coming to Norfolk to redress disorders, 210, 211, 212.

The King also coming into Norfolk, 210, 211.

Outrages of Charles Nowell and others, 212, 213, 215, 217, 241.

Roger Church, being taken prisoner by his own consent, accuses many gentlemen of sedition, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 241.

An army sent under Shrewsbury to recover Guienne.

The Duke of York pawns jewels to Sir J. Fastolf, 184.

Building operations [at Caister?], 224, 225.

Visit of Margaret of Anjou to Norwich, 226.

Deaths of Philip Berney and Sir John Heveningham, 227, 228.

The Earl of Shrewsbury defeated and slain at Castillon. Final loss of Guienne.

The Duke of Norfolk’s petition against Somerset, 230.

York and other Lords coming up to London, 235.

Walter Ingham waylaid and beaten by procurement of Thomas Denyes, 238.

Thomas Denyes and his wife put in prison, 239, 240, 244, 245.

The Duke of York made Protector.

Marriage proposed between John Clopton and Elizabeth Paston, 242, 243.

Defeat of the French in an attack on Jersey and Guernsey, 247.

Wardship of Thomas Fastolf of Cowhaw, granted to John Paston and Thomas Howys, 248.
—Paid for by Sir J. Fastolf, 271.
—Disputed by Sir Philip Wentworth, 248, 263, 266, 267, 277, 278, 289, 292, 307.

Edward the King’s son created Prince of Wales, 247.

The Duke of York and other Lords coming up from the North—Lords appointed to keep the sea, 249.

Marriage proposed for Elizabeth Paston by Lord Grey of Hastings, 250, 252.

The Duke of York is commissioned to convey the Duke of Exeter to the North, and commit him to Pomfret Castle, 254.

Aug.? Sir John Fastolf goes to reside at Caister, 254, 260.

Pestilence in London, 260.

Fastolf proposes to sue an attaint, 267, 268.

The King recovers from his illness, 270.

Somerset released from the Tower.

Sir J. Fastolf resents words spoken at a dinner at Norwich, 272.

The questions between Somerset and York referred to arbitrators.

Presentation to Stokesby church, 273, 274.

Sir Thomas Howes vexed by Andrews and others, 276, 297.

The first battle of St. Albans, 283-5, 287.

Election of Howard and Chamberlain for Norfolk, 288, 291, 294, 295.

Poynings acquitted of treason, etc., 297.

Dispute between Warwick and Lord Cromwell before the King, 299.

Slander against John Paston, Yelverton, and Alyngton, 300, 301.

Letter of the Bishop of Lincoln, 302.

Affray at Radford’s place in Devonshire between the men of the Earl of Devonshire and of Lord Bonvile, 303.

The King sick again at Hertford, 303.

Fastolf and the Duke of Bedford’s goods, 305, 319, 320, 323.

The Duke of York appointed Protector a second time.

Daniel comes to Rising Castle, 306.

Letter of Judge Bingham about Stephen Scrope, 308.

Fastolf’s claims against the Crown, 309, 310.

Fastolf about to make his will, 314.

Fastolf and Lady Whitingham, 317-9.

Fastolf and Lord Willoughby’s executors, 321.

York and Warwick come to the Parliament with 300 armed men, 322.

York again discharged of the Protectorship.

Fastolf’s ‘compert’ sped in the Exchequer, 324.

Letter of Archbishop Bourchier, 326.

Letter of Dame Alice Ogard, 327.

Progress of the attaint, 330.

Attack on foreign merchants in London, 330, 331.

The King at Sheen, the Queen at Tutbury, etc., 331, 334.

Farmers of Cowhaw, etc., 333.

Siege expected at Calais, 334.

Letter of Friar Brackley, 338.

Fastolf’s proposed college, 340, 350, 351.

Fastolf and the Prior of Hickling, 341.

Learned men not easy to get this harvest, 342.

Letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 344.

Bishop Waynflete made Chancellor in Place of Archbishop Bourchier, etc., 348.

Visit of my Lady of York to Caister, 335, 350.

Suit of Paston and Howes against Andrews, 352.

Expenses of Fastolf’s household, 356.

The Court at Hereford:—Welshmen indicted, 356.

The French burn Sandwich.

[? year]. Earl of Salisbury excuses himself by illness from coming up to London, 361.

Clement Paston and his tutor Grenefeld, 362.

Arrival of the different Lords in London, 364.

The King at Berkhampstead, 365.

The Council sits at the Black Friars in the forenoon and at the White Friars in the afternoon, 366.

The coast of Norfolk insulted by the French, 366.

Reconciliation of the Lords at London.

Sea fight off Calais on Trinity Sunday between Warwick and the Spaniards, 369.

William Worcester learning French in London, 370.

Expenses of John Paston in 36 and 37 Hen. VI., 373.

Elizabeth Poynings to her mother, Agnes Paston, 374.

Fray between the King’s servants and Warwick’s; after which Warwick goes over to Calais.

John Paston, the eldest son, to John Paston, his father, regretting having given him displeasure, 375.

Hastings and others ordered to be with the King at Leicester on the 10th May. Is Paston’s son to go? 377.

Osbert Mundeford to John Paston (in French), 378.

Battle of Bloreheath—Lord Audley defeated by Salisbury.

Dispersion of the Yorkists at Ludlow.

Will of Sir J. Fastolf, 385, 386, 387.

Inventory of Fastolf’s goods, 388. His wardrobe, 389.

William Paston to John Paston about Fastolf’s goods, 391.

Bishop Waynflete’s advice, 393.

The Yorkists attainted in the Parliament at Coventry, 396.

Sir Philip Wentworth’s petition touching the wardship of Thomas Fastolf of Cowhaw, 397.

Rivers and his son surprised at Sandwich, and carried over to Calais, 399, 400.

The King coming to London, and raising the people on his way, 400.

The Abbot of Langley excuses himself from coming up to London about Fastolf’s will, 407.

Battle of Northampton—the King taken prisoner.

The Yorkist Lords to the authorities in Norfolk, 410.

John Paston returned to Parliament, 415, 416.

The Duke of York coming up to London, 419.

He challenges the Crown in Parliament, 423.

Inquisition taken on Fastolf’s lands at Acle, 421, 422, 423.

Inquisition to be taken on the same for Suffolk at Bungay, 427.

Battle of Wakefeld—the Duke of York slain, 430.

J. Perse in prison, 423, 424, 425, 462.

Plot to carry off John Paston into the North, 432.

A Whitsunday sermon of Friar Brackley, 436.

People take wages, and go up to London in spite of orders to the contrary, 449.

Henry VI. besieged in Yorkshire, 451.

Earl of Wiltshire’s head set on London Bridge, ib.

The feoffees of Fastolf’s lands mean to sell some to the Duke of Suffolk, 453.

Thomas Denyes complains of Howard, 455.

Carlisle besieged by the Scots—the siege raised by Montague, 457.

The Earl of Oxford anticipates disturbance from Howard, 456.

The Duke of Norfolk in possession of Caister, 458.

John Paston at Court, 458, 459.

Elizabeth Poynings dispossessed of her lands, 461.

The Parson of Snoring drags Thomas Denys out of his house, 462.

The King should be informed of the demeaning of the shire, 463.

A message for Thomas Denys’ wife, 464.

Murder of Thomas Denys, 465, 469, 472, 474.

Denys’ wife in great trouble, 466.

Sir Miles Stapleton accuses John Berney of complicity in Denys’ murder, 467, 468.

John Berney and the under-Sheriff, 468, 469, 470, 471.

John Paston restores to the King the jewels pledged to Fastolf by his father, the Duke of York, 473.

Election for Norfolk, 475.

John Paston’s eldest son in the King’s household, 476, 477, 478.

Altercation between John Paston and Howard in the shire-house at Norwich, 477, 478.

William Worcester out of favour with Paston and Howes, 479.

Lord Hungerford and Robert Whityngham to Margaret of Anjou from Dieppe, 480.

Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou in Scotland, 480.

Yelverton and Jenney take a distress at Cotton, 481, 482.

The Duke of Gloucester to have Caister, 482.

The castles in Wales given up to Edward IV., 483.

Richard Calle prevents Jenney holding a court at Cotton, 485.

Disorders committed by the occupants of Cotton Hall, 486, 487.

The King is offended at John Paston for not obeying Privy Seals, 484.

John Paston delivered from the Fleet, and Howard committed to prison, 488.

Message of the King to the people of Norfolk through Yelverton, 497, 500.

Clarence and Suffolk to be sent down to Norfolk with a commission to judge rioters, 504.

Presentation to Drayton Church, 509.

Projected invasion of England in three places in the interest of Henry VI., 509.

Executions of Sir Thomas Tuddenham and of Lord Aubrey de Vere.

Sir John Howard like to lose his head, 510.

John Paston, the elder, at great expense travelling with the King, 511.

Confession of French prisoners taken at Sherringham—the Duke of Somerset going into Scotland, etc., 512.

The King going to keep Easter at Bury, 513.

The Earl of Worcester to be Treasurer, 515.

The Mary Talbot and the Barge of Yarmouth, 518, 521-3.

Campaign of the Earl of Warwick in Scotland, 521.

Death of Christopher Hanson, 526-8.

Warwick and other Lords going to Scotland in embassy, 527, 528.

Proclamation for men to serve the King, 529.

The Duke of Somerset seeks to be reconciled to the King, 529.

John Paston’s bill in Chancery against Yelverton and Jenney, 530.

Naval engagement—fifty French and Spanish ships taken, 531.

The castle of Bamborough taken by Margaret of Anjou, 532.

Alnwick, Dunstanborough, and Bamborough besieged by King Edward’s forces, 533.

Return of John Paston, the eldest son, home to Norwich, 536.

A writ received at Norwich against John Paston jun. (the eldest son), 538.

Ralph Lampet’s testimony about Fastolf’s will, 541.

Sir Roger Chamberlain’s testimony about Fastolf’s will, 543.

John Paston should have my Lord of Suffolk’s ‘good lordship’ to live in peace, 544.

Examinations touching a murder, 545.

The Duke of Norfolk desires John Paston the father’s presence at Framlingham, 548.

Complaint that John Paston keeps his son, Sir John, too much at home, 550.

A marriage suggested for John Paston’s daughter (Margery), 551.

Sir John Paston leaves home clandestinely, 552.

Plate lent by John Paston to St. Mary’s College, Cambridge, 554.

Lawsuits of Ogan and Debenham with John Paston, 555.

Henry Berry appeals to John Paston for aid to the Monastery of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, 556.

Berney, Yelverton, and Rough summoned to appear before the King, 558.

Assizes at Thetford, 558, 559.

Rebels in Cambridgeshire pardoned, 559.

The Duke of Somerset rebels once more, 560.

Plate and other articles delivered by the Prior of Norwich to Richard Calle, 561.

Edward IV. marries Elizabeth Woodville privately.

Battle of Hexham.—Somerset beheaded, 15th;
and Lords Hungerford and Roos, 27th.

Depositions touching Fastolf’s will, 565.

Seisin of Horninghall in Caister to be delivered to the Pastons, 566.

Commission to inquire why men did not come more quickly to serve the King when summoned, 567.

Suit by Jenney against Paston, 568.

Petition of John Paston to Edward IV. for license to found a college at Caister, 569.

Agreement of the King with John Paston for the foundation of the college, 571.

Outlawry of John Paston, 572.

Mocking letter addressed to John Paston, 574.

Judgment against Daubeney, Ric. Calle, etc., 576.

Message by William Worcester to Sir Thomas Howes, 577.

The Duke of Suffolk lays claim to Drayton and Hellesdon, 578, 580.

His bailiffs trouble the tenants there, 579, 581, 585, 590.

Margaret Paston wishes John Jenney put out of the commission of the peace, 582.

Paston’s servants take distresses at Drayton, 583.

Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen.

Right of presentation to Drayton church, 584.

Master Popy’s examination, 587.

John Rysing imprisoned at Ipswich, 588, 590.

Examination of witnesses touching Fastolf’s will, 589.

The Duke of Suffolk raising men, 592.

His men attempt to enter Hellesdon, 593, 594, 595, 598.

The Parson of Brandeston taken, 597.

Henry VI. taken prisoner in Lancashire, and committed to the Tower.

Outrages committed by Suffolk’s men on Paston’s servants going to hold a court at Drayton, 599.

Matters concerning John Russe, 600, 601.

Will of Nich. Pickering, 602, 603.

Sessions held after the assizes by Yelverton, 604.

Margaret Paston going up to her husband in London, 604.

John Paston examined touching Fastolf’s will, 606.

Margaret Paston in London, 607.

Commission touching right of presentation to Drayton church, 608.

John Paston desires his wife to send him worsted for doublets, 609.

Margaret Paston enters Cotton on her way back from London, 610, 613.

John Salet supposed to have found evidence in the register of wills in favour of Suffolk’s title to Hellesdon and Drayton, 611.

Attack on the lodge at Hellesdon by the Duke of Suffolk, 616, 617.

The Duke of Norfolk comes of age, 614.

Message from the King to Sir William Yelverton, 618.

Wymondham of Felbrigg invites Margaret Paston to his house, 619.

Friar John Mowth inquires touching bonds delivered by Friar Brackley to William Paston, 628.

Death of John Paston. His funeral, 637.

Examinations touching Fastolf’s will, 639.

The Paston family proved to be ‘of worshipful blood since the Conquest,’ 641, 643.

Will of Agnes Paston, 644, 645, 646.

Margaret Paston to Sir John Paston touching his father’s will, 649.

Sir John Paston wishes Arblaster to refuse administration of his father’s will, 655.

J. Strange proposes a marriage for Margery Paston, 657.

Yelverton labouring to get new witnesses up to London, 661.

John Paston, the younger, desires to marry Lady Boleyn’s daughter, 662, 666.

Witnesses coming up to London,—Abbot of Langley and Witchingham. Henry Inglos will not come without a subpoena, 663.

Sir John Paston hurts his hand at a tournament at Eltham, 665.

Evidence of Friar Mowth touching Master Brackley and Sir John Fastolf’s will, 666.

Wager of Sir John Paston touching the marriage of the Princess Margaret and ‘the Lord Charles,’ son and heir of the Duke of Burgundy, 667.

Evidence found during Fastolf’s life by William Worcester touching the lands which belonged to the De la Poles, 670.

Fastolf of Cowhaw intends to assault Caister, 671.

Fastolf’s trustees make grant to Sir John Paston of manors in Caister, etc., 675.

Sir John Paston grants the manor of Hemnales in Cotton to the Duke of Norfolk, 677.

Petition of John Herling of Basingham to Margaret Paston, 678.

Release made by Fastolf’s trustees to Sir John Paston of manors in Caister, etc., 680.

Proposal to found Fastolf’s college at Cambridge, if it cannot be at Caister or at St. Benet’s, 681.

William Worcester congratulates Margaret Paston that Caister is to be at her commandment, 681.

Hugh Fenn intercedes for a poor tenant in Catts lands, from whom a distress was taken by Thomas Pecock, Sir John Paston’s servant.

Titleshale had no right to sell Catts to Fastolf, 682.

Sir John Paston is ordered to be ready by the 1st June to accompany the Princess Margaret into Flanders, 683.

Marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and the Princess Margaret, 684.

General pardon to William Paston, 685.

The Earl of Oxford desires Sir John Paston to get him ‘three horse harness,’ 686.

Sir John Paston to Anne Haute, 687.

Howes agrees with the Duke of Norfolk about Caister, 688.

Declaration by Howes against the authenticity of Fastolf’s will, 689.

The Duchess of Suffolk intends to enter Cotton, 690.

Sir John Paston hiring men to keep Caister, 691.

Elizabeth Ponyngs complains of Sir Robert Fenys, who occupies her lands, 692, 693.

Sir George Browne to John Paston, 694.

William Ebesham sends Sir J. Paston an account for scrivener’s work, 695.

The Duchess of Suffolk intends holding a court at Cotton, 696.

The King charges Sir J. Paston and the Duke of Norfolk to cease making assemblies, 698.

Sir J. Paston gives the chapel at Caister to John Yotton, the Queen’s chaplain, 703.

Margaret Paston is anxious to know about her son Sir John’s betrothal, 704.

The King expected in Norfolk, 705.

Lord Scales, in consideration of Sir J. Paston’s engagement to his kinswoman, Anne Hawte, urges the Duke of Norfolk to forbear trespassing on Sir John’s lands, 706, 707.

Citation of the Bishop of Winchester and others as executors of Sir J. Fastolf, 708.

Archbishop Nevill sends Sir J. Paston £20, 709.

Ric. Calle engaged to Margery Paston, 710, 713.

The Duke of Norfolk intends holding courts at Caister, 710.

Ric. Calle cannot get a penny of rent for Paston in Suffolk or Flegg, 712.

The King going to Walsingham, 714, 715.

The lodge at Hellesdon is pointed out to the King, 716.

Robin of Redesdale’s insurrection.

The Queen expected at Norwich on the 18th July, 718.

The King sends a credence to Clarence, Warwick, and the Archbishop of York, 719.

The King is taken prisoner near Coventry, and sent to Middleham.

Caister besieged by the Duke of Norfolk, 720.

Examination of Margery Paston and Calle by the Bishop of Norwich, 721.

Sir John Paston attempts to negotiate with the Duke of Norfolk through the medium of the King’s Council, 722, 723, 726-9.

Margaret Paston warns Sir John of the distress of the garrison at Caister, 724.

Sir John Paston disbelieves his mother’s warning, 725.

Rivers and his son, Sir J. Woodville, put to death by the insurgents.

Caister surrendered, 730-4.

John Paston desires instructions about the discharged garrison of Caister, 735.

The King, having recovered his liberty, returns to London, 736.

Richard Calle and Margery Paston at Blackborough Nunnery, 737.

Sale of Beckham by Sir John Paston to Roger Townsende, 738.

Two widows sue an appeal against John Paston, 740, 751.

Insurrection of Sir Robert Welles—the King goes into Lincolnshire to put it down, 742, 743.

Battle of Losecoatfield (Stamford), 760.

Letters of W. Worcester about Titchwell, 744, 745.

John Paston and others charged with felony in killing men at the siege of Caister, 746, 747.

The Duchess of Norfolk promises to intercede for John Paston with her husband, 746.

Agreement of Bishop Waynflete and Sir J. Paston for the termination of disputes about Fastolf’s will, 750.

Margaret Paston complains of her sons, 752.

Sir J. Paston pledges plate, 748, 749, 754.

Rebellion in the North.—Clarence and Warwick expected to land in England, 753.

Endowment of Magdalen College, Oxford, with Fastolf’s lands, 755.

Edward anticipates an invasion of Kent, 758.

Queen Elizabeth Woodville in Sanctuary, 759.

The Earl of Oxford befriends John Paston, 759.

The Duke of Norfolk evacuates Caister and releases it to Bishop Waynflete, 763-5.

Calthorpe, wishing to reduce his household, advises Margaret Paston to provide a marriage for her daughter Anne, 766.

Lord Beauchamp releases his interest in Caister, etc. to John Paston, 768.

Edward IV. lands at Ravenspur.—His landing anticipated by the Earl of Oxford, 769.

Oxford orders the lieges of Norfolk to meet him at Lynn to resist King Edward, 770.

Clarence goes over to Edward IV., 771.

Register of writs against Sir J. Paston and others, 772.

Battle of Barnet.—John Paston wounded, 774, 776.

News of Queen Margaret’s landing, 774.

Escape of the Earl of Oxford, 775.

Attempt of the Bastard Falconbridge on London.

Caister again taken by a servant of the Duke of Norfolk (W. Worc. Itin. 368), 778.

Lord Scales (Rivers) offers to befriend John Paston, 778.

The King signs a bill of pardon to John Paston, 780.

The Bastard Falconbridge beheaded, 781, 782.

Sir J. Paston desires his brother to watch Caister, 781.

Great mortality in England, 781.

Sir J. Paston wishes to have the measure of his father’s tomb, and some measurements at Gresham, 782.

The King and Queen on pilgrimage to Canterbury, 782.

One of the two widows married, 783.

A general pardon proposed, 784.

Inventory of Sir J. Paston’s deeds, 785.

Death of J. Berney of Witchingham, 787.

Margaret Paston is annoyed at Sir John’s extravagance, 791.

Valuation of Sporle Wood, 793, 819.

Sir John Paston receives his pardon, 795.

Queen Margaret is removed to Wallingford, 795.

John Paston urges his brother to obtain probate of his father’s will, 796.

John Paston interrupts a court which Gurney attempts to hold at Saxthorpe, 796.

The one widow comes up to London to sue the appeal, 797.

Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 798.

The King intercedes with Clarence for Gloucester, 798.

Purchasers offer for Sporle Wood, 798.

The Earl of Northumberland gone home into the North, 800.

Sickness prevalent, 800.

Archbishop Nevill committed to the Tower, and then sent to sea, 800.

The Countess of Oxford still in St. Martin’s, 800.

A daughter born to the Queen at Windsor, 800.

Arrangement with Gurney about Saxthorpe, 801.

Sir John Paston’s lands will not pay his debts under present management—his mother will disinherit him if he sell any land, 802.

Margaret Paston likely to be troubled about Sir J. Fastolf’s goods, 803, 805.

Henry Heydon has bought Saxthorpe and Titchwell, 803, 804.

Sir T. Lynde’s goods, 804, 805.

The Earl of Arran in London, 804, 805.

Altercations with Sir James Gloys, 805, 810.

Sir John Paston proposed for the borough of Maldon, 808, 809.

Conferences with the Duchess of Norfolk about Caister, 809.

John Paston desires a goshawk, 810, 812, 817.

Sir J. Paston jests with the Duchess of Norfolk on her condition, 812.

Rivers coming home from Brittany, 812.

The Duchess of Norfolk wishes to have Margaret Paston with her at her confinement, 878. [This letter has been accidently misplaced in the year 1475.]

Approaching confinement of the Duchess, 813.

John Paston going to Framlingham, 813-5, 817.

Dr. Alen’s wife, 814, 816.

John Paston going to Calais, 815.

John Paston delivers a ring to a lady for his brother, 817.

Sale of Sporle Wood, 829.

Margaret Paston desires a license to have the sacrament in her chapel, 821.

Sir John Paston should come home to be at the christening of the Duchess of Norfolk’s child, 821.

Agreement of Bishop Waynflete and William Worcester, 822.

Bishop Waynflete intercedes with the Duchess of Norfolk about Caister, 823.

Christening of the Duke of Norfolk’s child, 823.

John Paston is ‘not the man he was,’ 823.

John Paston’s petition to the Duke, 824.

Margaret Paston wishes her son Walter not to be too hasty in taking orders, 825.

Illness of John Berney of Reedham, 825.

Sir J. Paston writes from Calais of a visit he had paid to the Duke of Burgundy’s court at Ghent, 826.

J. Paston urges his mother to borrow £100 for Sir John, 828, 831, 842.

‘Frenchmen whirling on the coasts,’ 828, 829.

John Blennerhasset chosen collector in Norfolk, 829, 830.

‘Rather the Devil, we say, than more taxes,’ 829.

The Queen and Prince coming out of Wales to Leicester, 830.

Murder of the Count of Armagnac, 830.

The King to be after Easter at Leicester, 831.

John Paston’s tomb, 831, 843.

Sir John Paston and Anne Haulte, 831.

Sir John Paston’s instructions touching Sporle, 831, 842.

Truce between Burgundy, France, and England, 832.

The Earl of Oxford at Dieppe, meaning to sail to Scotland, 832.

Sir John Paston troubled about his servants, 832, 834.

The Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Sudley dead, 833.

John Paston going to Compostella, 833, 836.

Landing of the Earl of Oxford in Essex, 833.

Edmund Paston at Calais, 836.

Armour for Sir John Paston, 838.

Hastings to Sir J. Middleton and Sir J. Paston, 839.

The Earl of Oxford takes St. Michael’s Mount by surprise, but is afterwards besieged there.

The dispute between Clarence and Gloucester, 841, 842.

The King has sent for the Great Seal, 841.

Death of Sir James Gloys, 842.

A dispensation may be had at Rome as to Anne Haulte, 842.

Anne Paston and Yelverton, 842.

Citations touching John Paston’s will, 842, 843.

The Earl of Oxford still besieged at St. Michael’s Mount, 843.

Will Margaret Paston dwell at Caister, if it be recovered? 843.

Tenants of Sporle troubled, 844.

The Earl of Oxford surrenders, and is compelled to sue for his life, 846.

Sir J. Paston expects to have Caister again, 846.

Hastings to John Paston at Guisnes, 847.

John Paston, Elizabeth Eberton, and another lady, 850, 858.

Will. Paston pledges plate to Eliz. Clere, 851.

The Vicar of Paston to Margaret Paston, complaining of Henry Warns who intimidates the tenants at Paston, 852, 853. [These two letters should have been placed in the year 1479.]

Sir John Paston recovered from illness, 856.

Money matters between Sir J. Paston, and Townsend, and his uncle William, 856, 857, 861, 863, 864.

Edmund Paston well amended, 856.

Sir James Gloys’ books, 856, 857, 863, 865.

Sir J. Paston redeems Sporle, 857.

Agnes Paston recovered from illness, 857.

Margaret, daughter of William Paston, dead, 857.

John Paston and Lady Walgrave, 858, 860.

John Paston and Stockton’s daughter, 858.

A French embassy in London, 858.

Edward IV. visits Norwich, 863.

Lady Walgrave rejects John Paston’s ring—her muskball, 860.

Sir J. Paston going to Flanders, 861.

Siege of Neuss by Charles the Bold, 861.

William Paston endeavouring to get possession of Oxnead, 862.

Sporle Wood cannot be sold in whole to advantage, 863, 865.

Sir J. Paston ill in his eye and leg, 863, 865.

Efforts for the recovery of Caister, 864.

Sir J. Paston detained at Calais, 864.

Margaret Paston will apply to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the license to have sacrament in her chapel, 866.

The Duchess of Norfolk going to Walsingham, 868.

Margaret Paston writes of money difficulties—‘the King goeth so near us in this country,’ 871.

Pecock has paid two taxes for Sir J. Paston, 871.

Sir J. Paston’s brothers going over sea, 871.

Edmund Paston going over to Calais, 873.

The Duchess of York at St. Bennet’s, 874.

The King’s army returned to Calais, 875.

The King had spoken to the Duke of Norfolk about Caister, 875, 877.

Sir John Paston the worse for Calais air, 875.

How to get Caister again, 876.

The King going to Walsingham, 876.

John Paston sick, 877.

Petition of Sir J. Paston to the King for recovery of Caister, 879.

Death of the Duke of Norfolk, 881.

Sir John Paston gone up to London to petition the King about Caister, 882.

Sir John Paston’s ‘sending to Caister’ is ill taken, 883, 884, 885.

John Paston recommends Richard Stratton to Lord Hastings, 886.

John Paston to [Margery Brews]—a love-letter, 887.

Sir John Paston crosses with Hastings to Calais, 888.

Lord Rivers at Rome, 889.

Conquest of Lorraine by Charles the Bold, 889.

John Paston welcomes his brother Sir John again to England, 890.

John Paston thinks of Mr. Fitzwalter’s sister, 890.

The King has promised that Sir J. Paston shall have Caister, 891.

Defeat and death of Charles the Bold at Nanci, 900.

Letters about John Paston and Margery Brews, 894-9.

Great council begun yesterday, 900.

Dame Eliz. Brews desires to meet Margaret Paston at Norwich, and not at Langley, 901.

Terms offered by Sir Thomas Brews, 902, 904, 905.

Letters of John Pympe to Sir J. Paston, 906-8.

Sir J. Paston refuses to help his brother’s marriage, 909, 916.

The match between John Paston and Margery Brews, 910, 911, 913, 915.

Lewis XI. has gained many of the Duke of Burgundy’s towns, 912.

Debt of Sir J. Paston to Henry Colet, 914.

Manor of Sporle mortgaged to Townsend, 916, 917.

Margaret Paston will not pay Sir John Paston’s debt to Cocket, 917.

Sir J. Paston to pay his brother William’s board and school-hire, 917.

Lewis XI. besieges St. Omer’s, and burns Cassel, 918.

Manors of Agnes and William Paston, 919.

Sir John Paston’s will, 920.

Wreck at Winterton—Sir J. Paston’s claims as lord of the manor, 921, 922.

Margery Paston with child, 923.

Dr. Yotton and the chapel at Caister, 925.

Marriage of Richard, Duke of York, and Anne Mowbray, 925.

John Paston going to take his wife Margery to see her father, 925.

Dr. Pykenham now Judge of the Arches, 926.

A match for Edmund Paston, 926.

A present of dates from Margery Paston to her mother-in-law Margaret, 926.

Execution of the Duke of Clarence.

Constance Reynforth to Sir John Paston, 928.

Woods at Hellesdon and Drayton, 929.

The Duke of Suffolk’s claim there, 929, 930.

Tomb of John Paston the father not begun, 930.

The King buying cloth of gold, 930.

Walter Paston at Oxford, 931.

The Duke of Suffolk at Hellesdon, 932.

William Worcester and Sir William Bocking, 932.

Margaret Paston very ill, 932.

Margaret Paston sends cloth of gold for her husband’s tomb, 933.

Sir J. Paston’s claim in Hellesdon and Drayton, 933.

Sir J. Paston going to marry a kinswoman of the Queen, 933.

Oxnead Parsonage, 934-7, 943.

Birth of John Paston’s son Christopher, 936.

The Duke of Buckingham going on pilgrimage to Walsingham, 936.

William Brandon a ravisher, 936.

The Earl of Oxford at Hammes, 936.

William Paston, junior, at Eton, 939, 942.

Errands to Marlingford, 940.

Dr. Pykenham informs Margaret Paston that her son Walter is not yet qualified to hold a benefice, 941.

Walter Paston ready to take his B.A. and proceed in law, 944.

He would be inceptor before Midsummer, 945.

He takes his degree, 946.

Plate of William Paston, 947, 951.

Will of Walter Paston, 950.

Deaths of Agnes Paston and Walter, 952.

William Paston claims the manor of Marlingford, 953.

Sir J. Paston inquires about his grandmother’s will, 954.

Sir J. Paston’s dispute with Suffolk, etc., 956.

He is very ill, 956.

Bishop Morton offers to mediate between him and his uncle William, 956, 957.

The tenants of Crowmer know not who shall be their lord, 957.

Money received and spent at the manor court at Cressingham, 961.

Death and burial of Sir John Paston, 962.

John Paston wishes his brother Edmund to enter Marlingford, etc. in his name, 962.

Proceedings of Edmund Paston at Marlingford and Oxnead, 963.

The great mortality abated, 965.

Bishop Morton promises to favour John Paston against his uncle, 965.

Injuries done to John Paston by his uncle William, 966.

Touching a tombstone for Sir John Paston, 967.

Inventory of plate, 968.

William Paston to John King, farmer of Harwelbury, 970.

John, Prior of Bromholm, to John Paston, desiring him to procure of the Queen timber for his ‘dortour,’ 972.

Edmund Paston will see a widow in Worsted for his brother William, 974.

Edmund Paston desires his mother’s forgiveness that he and his wife have not waited on her, 975.

Margaret Paston’s will, 978.

John Paston to his mother about her will, 979.

Tenants of Marlingford molested by William Paston’s officers, 982, 983.

Declaration of William Barker and Margaret, widow of William Worcester, in behalf of William Paston, 985.

Inventory of John Paston’s books, 987.

Verses by a lady to an absent lord, 988.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to Lord Nevill, desiring him to come up to London with a body of men, 992.

Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, to John Paston, requesting him to leave his lodging for a few days, 993.

The Duke of Norfolk to John Paston on an insurrection in the Weald of Kent, 994.

The Duke of Buckingham’s rebellion.

An order by the Duke of Suffolk to a farmer to pay money, 997.

Complaints of John Paston against his uncle William, 998.

Death of Margaret Paston, 999.

Manors of Stansted and Harwelbury, 1000.

Proclamation of Richard III. against Henry Tudor, 1001.

The Earl of Richmond lands at Milford Haven, 1002.

Dame Elizabeth Browne to John Paston about the circumstances of her father’s death, 1003.

The Countess of Surrey complains to J. Paston that her husband’s servants have been discharged by Lord Fitzwalter, 1004.

Proclamations ordered against rebels confederated with the Scots, 1006.

Alice, Lady Fitzhugh, to John Paston about her ‘daughter Lovel’s’ suit for her husband, 1008.

Viscount Lovel escaped into the Isle of Ely, 1009.