ABERGAVENNY, Lady, method of instituting chantries
for, i. 93

Advowsous to be purchased cheaper than lands, ii. 5
Agricultural implements distrained upon, ii. 138
Alençon, Duke of, reward for the capture of, i. 70
Almonds to be purchased, i. 89; ii. 44
Amour, servant to be discharged for an, i. 123
Ammunition, caution to be sparing of at Caister,
ii. 37

Appeal against John Paston for the murder of two
men at the siege of Caister, ii. 42; notice of the
proceedings in. ii. 54

Archers, rate of pay of, ii. 80

Arms, colours of, said to regulate colours of liveries,
i. 69; regulations as to the bearing of, i. 117;
tax upon suggested, id.

Arran, character of the Earl of, ii. 68
Assize, writ of, notice of, i. 159

Assizes at East Grinstead postponed on account of
the illness of the judges, i. 5.

Attainder, bill of, passed by the Parliament at Co-
ventry, i. 111

Attleborough, action respecting the advowson of,
i., 79

Autographs-Duke of Buckingham, i. xvii i. 10;

Humphrey Duke of Gloucester Ralph Lord
Cromwell; John Kempe, Archbishop of York;
Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester; William
Grey, Bishop of Lincoln; John Stafford, Bishop
of Bath and Wells; John Langdon, Bishop of Ro-
chester; William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk;
Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford (afterwards
Duke of Buckingham); John Holland, Earl of
Huntingdon, i. xxiii.; Agnes Paston, i. 2;
Margaret Paston, i. 5: James Gresham, id.;
John Crane, i. 20; Johu Fastolf, K..ight, i. 21;
John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, i. 26; John Mow-
bray, Duke of Norfolk, i. 27; William Wyr-
cester, i. 31; J. Wyngefeld, i. 34; John He-
venyngh'm, Knight, id.; Alice Crane, i. 35;
William Paston, i. 43; John Clopton, i. 47;
Thomas Lord Scales, i. 48; Elizabeth Clere,
i. 50; Edmond Lord Grey of Ruthyn, i. 52;
John Jenney, i 64; John Chadworth, Bishop
of Lincoln, i. 66; Richard Earl of Salisbury,
i. 84; Elizabeth Poynings, i. 96; John Paston
the older, i. 97; Wm Botoner or Wyrcester,
i. 104; Henry VI., i. 106; Margaret Paston,
i. 118; T. from Temple of Syon, i. 122; Ed-
mond Paston, i. 123; Thomas Playters, i. 129;
VOL. II.

Thomas Denyes, i. 133; James Gloys, i. 139;
John Russe, i. 142; Clement l'aston, i. 144;
John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, i. 148; John
Lord Beauchamp, i. 156; G. Browne, i. 157;
John Paston, i. 158; Elizabeth Mundeford,
i. 160; Thomas Playters, i. 165; John Paston,
the "older son,'
," i. 167; Nicholas Abbot of
Langley, i. 171; John Paston the youngest,
i. 173; Henry Berry, i. 176; J. Wymondham,
i. 194; John Felbrigge, i. 195; John Wykes,
i. 196; Roger Taverham, i. 199; Hugh atte
Fenne, ii. 9; William Ebesham, ii. 15; G.
Eboracum (George Nevile, Archbishop of York),
ii. 46; "For trowyth," ii. 47; King Edward IV.,
ii. 50; 0......D. (supposed Earl of Oxford),
ii. 61; J. Arblaster, ii. 69; Lord Hastyngs, ii.
82; Dame Elizabeth Brews, ii. 104; Margery
Brews, id.; J. Pympe, ii. 109; M. P. Margery
Paston, ii. 120; William Paston, jun. ii. 123;
Constance Reynyforth, id.; Walter Paston, ii.
125; William Pykenham, ii. 130; Elizabeth
Duchess of Suffolk, ii 141; Richard III., ii.
153; Margery Paston, ii. 155

BADGE of Richard III., engraving of, i. 177
Bachelor of Arts, feast given on becoming, ii. 131
Baggeworth, stewardship of, disposal of the, i. 76
Banns of marriage, notice of the publishing of in
church, ii. 68

Barley taken apparently for rent, ii. 5; price of,
ii. 91, ii. 119

Barnet, battle of, account of, ii. 60; noblemen
killed at the, id.

Bartholomew fair, London, notice of, ii. 63
Basins and ewers wanting, i. 159

Bayard, William Paston's horse, notice of, ii. 14
Beauchamp, Richard, Earl of Warwick, notice
of, i. xx

Bedchamber and furniture, description of, i. 95
Bedfellow, notice of the term and the custom, ii.
128

Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, notice of, i.
xxi.; debt due from, to Sir J. Fastolf, i. 70
Benefit of clergy, instance of its unjust effect, i. 174
Berney, Philip, sudden death of, i. 45

-, John, death of, i. 140; caution as to his
perty, id.

Berwick, full of Scots, i. 130
Bever, the term noticed, i. 57
Bible, price of a, ii. 13

M

pro-

Bill (military weapon), cost of polishing, ii. 82
Black cloth, price of, i. 89

Boleyn, Sir Jeffrey, notice of, i. 55

notice of the family of, ii. 20

Bondman, adjudication respecting a, i. 168
Bonnets for men, notice of, ii. 18

Bonvile, Lord, and the Earl of Devonshire, variance
between, i. 68

Book of the Meeting of the Duke and of the Em-
peror, ii., 86

Bookbinding, charges for, ii. 16

Books, borrowed, notice respecting, ii. 87; price of
a parson's library of, ii. 91; catalogue of John
Paston's, ii. 142

Boulogne, superstition respecting, ii. 113
Bourdeaux, a staple of wine, i. 148:

Bowet, Sir Nichoi, appeal sued by, against Robert
Offord, i. 75

Brackley, John, notice of, i. 99

Brandon, William, notice of the outrages of, ii. 128
Breving, explanation of the term, ii. 155
Bromholm, application for timber for the repair of
the Priory of, i. 115; a “livery" bought in, ii.
38; tomb of the Pastons in the church of, ii. 64
church, tomb of Sir W. Paston at, notice
respecting, ii. 124, 127; cost of desks in the
choir of, ii. 127

Bruges, festivities at, on the marriage of the Duke of
Burgundy, ii. 9

Brussels, truce made at, between the Duke of Bur-
gundy and the French king, ii. 78

Burgesses, curious notice of places neglecting their
right to send, to parliament, ii. 71
Burgundy, embassy from, i. 90, 151

Duke of, marriage of the, with Margaret,
sister of Edward IV., ii. 9; splendour of the
court of, ii. 10; notice of the Duke and Duchess
of, ii. 75; death of the Duke of, ii. 103
Bury, assizes at, i. 176

CADE's rebellion, account of, i. 21; some proceedings
connected with, i. 31

Caister, claim of the Duke of Norfolk to, asserted,

i. 132; priests of, to be looked to, i. 139; ap-
pointment of Edward IV, for the foundation of
a college at, i. 182; importance of, in time of
war, ii. 5; expected attack upon, ii. 11; pre-
parations for the defence of, ii. 12; courts to
be held by the Duke of Norfolk for, ii. 24;
terms proposed as to, by the Duke of Norfolk,
not acceptable to Sir J. Paston, ii. 32; but any
terms to be accepted rather than endanger his
brother's life, ii. 33: distress of the besieged in,
ii. 34; men killed at, ii. id., 42; John Paston
encouraged to defend, ii. 37; letter of the
Duke of Norfolk on the surrender of, ii. 40;
letters of John Paston on the same occasion, ii. id.,
41; state of, ii. 43; indictment of John Paston
for shooting two men at, ii. 48; negotiations
respecting, ii. 70; farther negotiations for the
possession of, ii. 73; taken possession of by
Sir J. Paston on the death of the Duke of
Norfolk, ii. 95; cost of the decree for the resti-
tution of, ii. 100

College, desire of Fastolf for the foundation
of, i. 92; large sum required for a liceuce for,

Calais, reported siege of, i. 24; expected siege of,
i. 81; sea-fight off, between the Earl of Warwick
and the Spaniards, i. 90; a staple of wool, i.
148; unquiet state of, i. 163; approach of the
French king to the attack of, ii. 84

Calle, Richard, objections to the marriage of Mar-
gery Paston with, ii. 24; denied intercourse
with his wife, ii. 25; endeavours to dissolve
the marriage contract of, ii. 29; his wife turned
away from her mother's house, id.; divorce not
to be attempted, ii. 30

Cambridge, Judge Yelverton's charge at the assizes
at, i. 151; settlement of Walter Paston at the
university of, ii. 101

Candlesticks wanting, i. 169

Canterbury, notice of a pilgrimage to, ii. 65
Carlisle, siege of, i. 131; Queen of Scots received
at, i. 166

Carriers, notice of, i. xv
Carrying, cost of, ii. 86

Cassell, notice of the burning of, ii. 117
Chancery, attachment out of, ii. 6

Chaplainship of Caister given to the queen's chap-
lain, ii. 14; value of, id.

Chapman, curious accusation against, of bribery and
slander, i. 164

Chardeqweyns as a medicine for bad air, i. 40
Charles VII. of France, death of, i. 146

Cherburg taken by the French, i. 24
Cheshire, commons risen in, i. 178
Cheve-day, notice of, i. 148′

Chevisance, notice of, i. 180

Childermas-day, notice of a superstition respecting,

i. 132

Christmas, notice of the keeping of, ii. 66; festivities
at, i. 121; manner of keeping, ii. 154
Church preferment, qualifications required for, ii.

129

Clarence, Duke of, reward for the apprehension of,
i. 24; joins his brother Edward IV. after his
landing at Ravenspur, ii. 59; notice of the
ground of dissension between the Duke of, and
his brother the Duke of Gloucester, ii. 67
Clerk of the kitchen, curious qualifications for, ii.
97

Clocks repaired by priests, notice of, ii. 45
Cloth, scarcity of, in Suffolk and Norfolk, i. 69

of gold for covering a body or hearse, price
of, ii. 95, 100

Clothes, notice of the sort wanted at Eton College,
ii. 129

Cold, method of treatment for, ii. 94

Collars of gold, act regulating the wearing of, i. 177
Collector of taxes, request to be relieved from the

office of, ii. 76

College, opinions as to the place of founding Sir J.
Fastolf's, ii, 5

Combat, desire of John Berney for the king's licence
for a single, i. 135

Commission of the peace, proposed changes in, i.
178; to inquire why the Norfolk gentry did not
attend the king, i. 181

Common swearing, notice of, i. 133
Controller, or searcher of Yarmouth, present pro-
mised for the obtaining the place of, i. 160
Conversation, curious specimen of, between Sir John
Paston and the Duchess of Norfolk, ii. 72
Convocation of the clergy, one to be summoned, ii. 66
Corn not to be exported, ii. 91

Coronation of Edward IV., day of changed, i. 131
Coroner, J. Berney falsely accused of the murder of
a, i. 135

Coroumber, siege of, i. 126

Correspondence, caution observed in, i. 141
Cotton Hall, account of proceedings at, i. 120
Courts and leets, notice of, ii. 138

Cousin, use of the term by John Paston in address-
ing his wife, i. 140

Coventry, riot at, and Richard Stafford killed, i. 6;
affray at, between the Duke of Somerset's men
and the watchmen, i. 15; list of persons attainted
by the parliament at, i. 104
Creveker (Sir Philip), the Count of Crevecoeur of
Scott's novel of Quentin Durward, notice of, ii.
118

Cromer, riot at, against the Lord Scales, lord-admiral
of the county, i. 99

Cromwell, Lord, dispute of, with the Earl of War-
wick as to the causers of the battle of St. Alban's,
i. 64

Crossbows and other arms required for the defence
of a house, i. 88

DALLING, W., petition of against Sir W. Paston, i.
xxiv

Dates and cinnamon to be purchased, i. 117; dates
to be purchased, ii. 44; peculiar use of, ii. 121
Daubeney, death of, in the siege of Caister, ii. 34, 37
Daughters of gentlemen not brought up at their own
homes, ii. 8, 17

Deacon's vestment, use to be made of, ii. 80

Debts, an insolvent's effects to be proportionally
divided for the payment of, ii. 67, 68
Defamation, curious specimen of, i. 135
Denyes, Thomas, commission to try the murderers
of, i. 128

Dereham, dispute between the vicar of, and Master
Constantine Dalby, settled, i. 18

Devices for the neck, notice of, i. 40

Devonshire, Earl of, and Lord Bonvile, variance
between, i. 68

-, landing of the Courtneys in, ii. 51
Dinner, curious example of the mayor of Norwich
sending his own dinner to the person he was visit-
ing, i. 185

party of John Paston, ii. 23

Disseisin, notice of the law as to, ii. 34
Distraints, account of several, ii. 138
Distress, illegal, notice of, ii. 8

Distresses, tumultuous manner in which they were
made, i. 140

Doublets, worsted required for, i. 155
Douglas, James, Earl of, notice of, i. 166
Drayton, presentation to the living of disputed, i. 109;
presentation to the living of requested, i. 150;
distraint at, i. 186

Durham, Edward IV. arrives at, i. 172
Dwarf, notice of a Turkish, ii. 46

EAST LEXHAM, the manor of, how recovered from a
purchaser, i. 159

Easterlings, notice of a naval engagement with the,
ii. 81

Ebersham, or Ebesham, W., the transcriber, notice
of, ii. 7; bill of, for transcribing and writing, ii. 15
Edinburgh Review, opinion of, as to the publication
of historical documents, i. xiii
Education, severities practised in, i. 49; of young
women, uotice of, ii. 8

Edward IV., portrait of, i. 126; entry of into Lon-
don, ii. 7; reported dissensions in the family of,
id.; progress of through Norfolk, ii. 22; decla-
ration of, as to not interfering with law proceed-
ings, ii. 23; letters of credence from, ii. 50

Prince, son of Henry VI., varying accounts
of the murder of, ii. 59

FASTOLF, Sir John, letter of thanks for "rightful
favours" in a lawsuit, i. 9; oath of, i. 20; J.
Payn urged to accuse him of treason, i. 21, 31;
announcement of his intention to reside at
Caister, i. 43; spirited behaviour of, i. 57; de-
claration of costs of, due to him from the king,
i. 71-74; character of, i. 75; accounts, ill state
of, i. 79, 80; auditors proposed, i. 80; losses
by merchandizing, i. 81; law-business of, i. 96;
death and biographical notice of, i. 100; dis-
position of the goods of, i. 102; advice of the
Bishop of Winchester concerning his goods, i.
103; burial of, id.; Book of the Valiant Acts
of, in France, i. 152; commission appointed to
inquire into the disputes respecting the estates
of, i. 161; testimony of Friar Mowght as to his
will, ii. 21

"

Thomas, notice of, i. 54; marriage of, with
one of J. Paston's daughters, proposed, i. 55;
application of his mother respecting the ward-
ship of, i. 193; expected attack of upon Caister,
ii. 11

Feedmen, notice of, i. 148; summoned to await on
the king, i. 175

Felbrigg, Lady, differences between, and John Pas-
ton, i. 29

Felbrigge, Sir John, brutal behaviour of, to a lady
in making a distress on some disputed premises,
i. 194; offers J. Paston one hundred marks for
his assistance, i. 195

Female education, notice respecting, i. 34
Fenn, Sir John, dates of his publication of Paston

Letters, i. xiii.; his opinions on the state of
society contested, i. xviii

Fieri facias, process under a writ of. i. 167
Fines, notice of the levying of, ii. 49
Fleet, assembling of a, to assist Henry VI., i.. 147

Prison, letter from a prisoner in, complaining
of oppression, i. 42; imprisonment of John
Paston in, i. 192; delivered from, id.
Flemings, destruction of at Waxham, i. 3
Flowerdew, rector of Drayton, process recommended
for depriving him of the rectory, i. 187
Forgeries, notices of some, i. 25

Fortune-teller, or prophet, notice of a, ii. 76
France, anticipated invasion from, ii. 52; king of,
pilgrimage of, to Spain, i. 148; notice of the
wars in, ii. 117

French, appearance of the, on the coast of Norfolk,
i. 86; and poetry, instruction taken in, i. 94;
embassy, notice respecting, ii. 88; King, em-
bassy to, i. 146; King, and King of France,
careful distinction in the use of the titles, ii. 10;
MS. books, inquiry respecting, ii. 7

Frere, William, editor of last volume of Paston
Letters, i. xiii

Frieze to be purchased, i. 89

Funeral charges, exceptions to, ii. 68

GEANE, a medicated treacle, notice of, i. 200; mer-
chant's marks on, id.

Geneva, or gin, notice of, i. 199
Gloucester, Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of, notice
of, i. xxi

Duke of, ground of dissension between
him and his brother Clarence, ii. 67; and
Clarence, contentions between the Dukes of,
ii. 77

Gloys, priest and confessor, quarrel of, with John
Paston, ii. 69

Goshawk, earnest desire for one, ii. 72

Gown, cost of, temp. Hen. VII., i. 2

Gowns, men's, notice of, i. 83; notice of the ma-
terials for, ii. 119

Granson, account of the battle of, ii. 99
Grave-cloth, notice of, ii. 98
Green, Dr., prophecy of, i. 68

ginger of almonds, i. 5

wax, notice of, ii. 44

Greenwich, the residence of the court, 1454, i. 56
Gresham, disputes with the Lord Molyns as to the
manor of, i. 23; ground-plan of the mansion at,
ii. 64

Grey, Lord, proposal of marriage from, i. 52
Grocer who sells hawks, notice of, ii. 71
Guisnes, notice of the defence of, ii. 114
Gurney, Thomas, "a clerk convict" of murder,
escapes by claiming benefit of clergy, and his
man is hanged, i. 173

HALE, forcible entry upon the manor of, i. 122
Hammes, siege of the castle of, i. 146

Harcourt, Sir Robert, and two others, indicted for
killing Richard Stafford at Coventry, i. 6
Harfleur, capture of, i. 2

Harness, articles of, action against W. Dylmyn for
non-delivery of, i. 179

Hate notice of, ii. 19; price of, ii. 95

Haubergeon, notice of, i. 51

Hauteyn, John, petition of, for counsel to be ap-
pointed him against Agnes Paston for the re-
covery of the manor of Oxnead, i. 7

Hawk, worthlessness of the one sent to J. Paston,
ii. 74

Hawks, different sorts of, noticed, ii. 71
Hemnale's Hall, forcible entry upon, account of,
i. 153

Henry VI., portrait of, i. xiv.; articles for the govern-
ment and education of, i. xx-xxii.; borrowing
money for his Christmas expenses, i. 32; offers to,
of foreign alliances to assist in the French wars,
id.; account of the recovery of, i. 56; movements
of, after the battle of St. Alban's, i. 62; reported
sickness of, i. 68; movements of, i. 82; and
Queen Margaret, flight of, into Scotland, i. 127
VII., notice of the landing of, ii. 156
Herrings, price of, i. 57
Heveningham, Sir John, captain of the Duke of
Norfolk's forces against Caister, ii. 30; pro-
posals of, for an accommodation of differences,

id.

Hey lesdon, forcible entry of the Duke of Suffolk
upon, i. 188; determined resistance of Mar-
garet Paston against, id.; Duke of Suffolk sup-
posed not to know of the violence of his agents,
i. 190; destruction of the place and church at,
by the Duke of Suffolk's men, i. 191
Hickling, Fastolf's dispute with the prior of, i. 31
Highways, reported insecurity of travelling on, i. 69
Hoblers, notice of, ii. 154

Hogan, a pretended prophet, notice of, ii. 76, 77, 80
Horse, one wanted for Edmund Paston, i. 163; di-
rections for the purchase of a, ii. 55; price of a,
ii. 67: desirable qualities of a, ii. 109; price of
a, ii. 117

harness, price to be paid for, ii. 45
Horses bought at St. Faith's fair, near Norwich, i.

Household stuff, notice of, i. 45

Households of the nobility, notice of the officers in,
i. 108

Houses, wooden, application for leave to remove
one, i. 33; in Norwich, rent of one, i. 45
Howard, quarrel with J. Paston, i. 143

ILLUMINATIONS in MSS., charges for, ii. 16
Indictment of John Paston and others for shooting
two men at Caister, ii. 48; of Pampyng and
Broom for the same, ii. 49

Inglos, death of Sir Harry, i. 30
Intercourse, limited means of, ii. 62

Interest, notice as to the rate of, ii. 83

Invasion threatened in favour of Henry VI. with
120,000 men, i. 150

JACK, or jacket, notice of, i. 51
Jerusalem, a Chronicle of, i. 152

Judges appointed for life by George III., i. 28

Juries, conversation respecting the influencing of, i.
87