PASTON LETTERS

PASTON LETTERS
   a series of letters and papers, over a thousand in number, belonging to a Norfolk family of the name, and published by Sir John Fenn over a century ago, dating from the reign of Henry V. to the close of the reign of Henry VII.; of importance in connection with the political and social history of the period.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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