659:. The correspondence reveals the Pastons in a variety of relations to their neighbours – both friendly and hostile. It abounds with illustrations of public events, as well as of the manners and morals of the time, and some valuable examples of colloquial English, such as Agnes Paston's quarrel with her neighbour, Warren Harman, c.1451, where she told him "if his father had do as he did he would a be ashamed to say to me as he said". Particularly remarkable is the habitual acquaintance of educated persons, both men and women, with the law, which was evidently indispensable to persons of substance. Of most interest, however, are the occasional love letters, notably those from Richard Calle to Margery Paston, and Margery Brews' famous
456:, Norfolk. England was experiencing instability at this time; the nobles surrounding the king did not allow him sufficient power to govern, and much of England was effectively lawless. A lawyer like his father, John Paston spent much of his time in London, leaving his wife to look after his business in Norfolk, a task which Margaret, a sensible and competent woman, managed with considerable skill. Many of the letters were written by Margaret to her husband in London. The letters written during the lifetimes of John Paston and his eldest son, also named
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The style of the plaque dated it to between 1490 and 1510, and it is of a type used to memorialise a young girl. The discovery was a surprise, finding an unknown member of the "most researched family" of medieval
England. The discovery was made as part of the three-year Paston Footprints project, described as "an introduction and way in to the amazing hub of links, information, people and places which over six centuries have formed the web based on the Paston Letters".
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substantial inheritance to his younger brother John. Although he didn't marry he did have an illegitimate daughter, Constance, who is mentioned in his mother's will. About this time the
Letters become scanty and less interesting, but the family continued to flourish. The younger John Paston (d. 1504), after quarrelling with his uncle William over the manors of
578:, the representative of the excluded executors, by which some of the estates were surrendered to the bishop for charitable purposes, while Paston was secured in the possession of others. Two years later the death of the Duke of Norfolk made the restoration of Caister Castle possible, but in 1478 a quarrel broke out with
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In 1787 John Fenn published a selection of the letters in two volumes, bringing general interest to the collection. Fenn published two further volumes of letters in 1789. Before he died in 1794 he prepared a fifth volume for publication, which was posthumously published in 1823 by his nephew
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In 2019 a small brass memorial plaque, 25 by 8 cm (9 by 3 inches), was found hidden away between two large tombs in Oxnead church near
Aylsham in Norfolk, with an inscription in Latin that translates as "Here lies Anna, daughter of John Paston Knight, on whose soul God have mercy, Amen".
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Sir John Paston, who was a cultured man, was anxious to recover
Caister, but he left the task to his mother and to the younger John. Owing to his carelessness and extravagance, the family lands were also diminished by sales, but nevertheless when he died unmarried in November 1479 he left a
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England during this period. The weakness of the government left every branch of the administration disorganized. The succession to the crown itself was contested. Nobility fought a civil war. The prevailing discontent led to the rising of
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William's eldest son, Erasmus (b. 1502-d. 1540), whose son William succeeded to his grandfather's estates in 1554, and to those of his uncle Clement in 1597. This William (1528–1610) was knighted in 1578. He was the founder of the
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countered that they were genuine in the same periodical. Within a year, Gairdner was proven right by the discovery of the originals of the fifth volume, together with other letters and papers, by Frere's son, Philip Frere, in his house at
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445:. Agnes emerges from the letters as a difficult and quick-tempered woman, whose quarrels with the Paston villagers leave some valuable examples of colloquial English in the 1450s. She frequently quarrelled with her children.
562:. Meanwhile, the struggle over Paston's estates continued, although in 1461 the king and council had declared that Paston's ancestors were not bondmen, and consequently that his title to his father's lands was valid.
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Stoker, David (1995). "Innumerable letters of good consequence in history: the discovery and first publication of the Paston Letters".
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Frere. In 1787 Fenn presented the originals of his first two volumes to King
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Richmond, Colin; Virgoe, Roger (2004). "Paston, William (I) (1378–1444)".
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is a collection of correspondence between members of the Paston family of
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The Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, Part I
1668:"'Tragic death' of medieval Paston family's daughter revealed"
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The Pastons: The Letters of a Family in the Wars of the Roses
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Richmond, Colin (2010). "Paston family (per. c.1420–1504)".
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A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England
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The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: The First Phase
1800:. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 340.
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Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.).
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Castor, Helen (2004). "Paston family (per. c.1420–1504)".
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The Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society
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each volume containing a survey of the reign of King
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463:In 1448, Paston's manor of Gresham was seized by
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1682:"This Is Paston: The Paston Footprints Project"
538:John and Margaret Paston's sons and descendants
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1774:. Hertford: Hertfordshire University Press.
1716:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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1917:. Woodbridge, Suffolk: D.S. Brewer.
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1617:A History of the County of Hertford
1502:. Faber & Faber. pp. 3–5.
348:Volume 6, London & Exeter, 1904
343:Volume 5, London & Exeter, 1904
338:Volume 4, London & Exeter, 1904
333:Volume 3, London & Exeter, 1904
328:Volume 2, London & Exeter, 1904
323:Volume 1, London & Exeter, 1904
2463:H.M. Customs and Excise Collection
1570:The Paston Women: Selected Letters
372:The Paston Women: Selected Letters
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1973:Holland, Arthur William (1911). "
568:John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
528:John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
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2443:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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526:. Caister Castle was seized by
465:Robert Hungerford, Lord Moleyns
261:Edward IV – Henry VII 1471–1509
2618:Turner Collection of Forgeries
2613:Treasury Excise Correspondence
2478:Harrison & Sons Collection
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1998:F. Blomefield and C. Parkin,
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646:The disorder revealed by the
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2518:Landmark Trust Lundy Archive
2383:Campbell-Johnston Collection
2217:Leyden Medical Dissertations
1911:Watt, Diane, trans. (2004).
1876:UK public library membership
1849:UK public library membership
1730:UK public library membership
1621:Retrieved 22 September 2013.
1052:Lady Anne Beaufort (d. 1496)
378:Biographies of Paston family
2788:Medieval letter collections
2783:British Library collections
2151:National Reports Collection
1765:Jones, Arthur, ed. (1993).
1743:. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
1737:Davis, Norman, ed. (1971).
566:was taken after a siege by
431:Justice of the Common Pleas
194:Pembroke College, Cambridge
68:, being written during the
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2232:Suppressed Safe collection
1643:Richmond & Virgoe 2004
1556:, volume 5(57), pp.513–525
173:, the tutor and friend of
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2067:Paston family tree online
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2038:Medieval Women's Writing
1883:Richmond, Colin (1990).
1670:. BBC News. 9 June 2019.
200:Edited by James Gairdner
175:William Pitt the Younger
48:The letters are a noted
2413:Crown Agents Collection
2308:Stefan Zweig Collection
1984:Encyclopædia Britannica
1476:Plumpton Correspondence
388:Frances and Joseph Gies
171:George Pretyman Tomline
2803:Collections of letters
2798:15th-century documents
2674:St Mary-le-Bow Debates
2648:Wilson-Todd Collection
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1615:'Parishes: Kelshall',
1496:Castor, Helen (2011).
594:, was knighted at the
443:Royston, Hertfordshire
354:Edited by Norman Davis
204:Fenn's edition of the
184:, but some are in the
2553:Photograph Collection
2433:Fitzgerald Collection
2368:Bojanowicz Collection
2293:Lansdowne manuscripts
2207:Harold Pinter Archive
2056:Paston letters on BBC
616:Paston Grammar School
484:Sir William Yelverton
301:Edward IV – Henry VII
2543:Muraleetharan Papers
2408:Crown Agents Archive
2363:Blackburn Collection
2063:, pedigree of Paston
2002:(London, 1805–1810).
1770:Gentleman's Magazine
1567:Watt, Diane (2004).
663:to John Paston III.
576:Bishop of Winchester
366:Edited by Diane Watt
78:Early Modern English
2714:Preservation Office
2593:Sherborn Collection
2513:Langmead Collection
2473:Harrison Collection
2438:Fletcher Collection
2428:Feldheim Collection
2393:Chinchen Collection
2324:Beudeker Collection
2278:Harleian Collection
2258:Arundel Manuscripts
2237:Thomason Collection
2131:Ettridge Collection
1686:This is the Pastons
303:, Westminster, 1900
292:Edward IV 1461–1471
263:, Westminster, 1896
254:, Westminster, 1896
252:Edward IV 1461–1471
245:, Westminster, 1896
125:Edited by John Fenn
2778:History of Norfolk
2608:Tapling Collection
2588:Shelley Collection
2578:Seymour Collection
2523:McInroy Collection
2503:Kaluski Collection
2498:Johnson Collection
2453:General Collection
2388:Chismon Collection
2378:Burnett Collection
2288:King's manuscripts
2273:Egerton Collection
2197:Garrick Collection
2182:Durrell Collection
2146:Jaffray Collection
2136:Evanion Collection
2061:www.tudorplace.com
2000:History of Norfolk
671:Paston family tree
283:Henry VI 1422–1461
243:Henry VI 1422–1461
141:Fortnightly Review
120:Published editions
94:Francis Blomefield
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2458:Ginger Collection
2418:Davies Collection
2358:Bailey Collection
2340:Burney Collection
2303:Syriac Collection
2298:Stowe manuscripts
2283:Royal manuscripts
2268:Cotton Collection
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2187:Eccles Collection
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415:a Norfolk village
409:The early Pastons
384:A Medieval Family
294:, Edinburgh, 1910
285:, Edinburgh, 1910
269:1900/1910 edition
102:Palgrave, Suffolk
70:Great Vowel Shift
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