{"product_id":"the-paston-letters-a-selection-illustrating-english-social-life-in-the-fifteenth-century-paperback-9781107453685","title":"The Paston Letters; A Selection Illustrating English Social Life in the Fifteenth Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107453685","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Paston Letters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Selection Illustrating English Social Life in the Fifteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1909, this book contains selections from the Paston letters, written by the Paston family between 1440 and 1485.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM. D. Jones (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107453685, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e90 pages\u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 12.7 x 0.5 cm, 0.09 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1909 as part of the English Literature for Schools collection, this book contains selections from the Paston letters, a group of letters written by the Paston family between 1440 and 1485. The letters reveal important details about daily life in fifteenth-century England, and a family tree and critical notes are both supplied by the editor. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English history or the history of education.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Pedigree of the Paston family\u003cbr\u003e 1. To my worshipful husband, William Paston, be this letter taken (about 1440)\u003cbr\u003e 2. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, dwelling in the Inner Temple at London, in haste (1443)\u003cbr\u003e 3. To my well-beloved son, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (about 1444)\u003cbr\u003e 4. To Edmind Paston of Clifford's Inn in London, be this letter taken (1444)\u003cbr\u003e 5. To my trusty and well-beloved friend, Sir Thomas Howys, parson of Castlecomb (1450)\u003cbr\u003e 6. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1451)\u003cbr\u003e 7. To my right worshipful master, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1452)\u003cbr\u003e 8. To my right worshipful master, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1452)\u003cbr\u003e 9. To my well-beloved son, John Paston (1453)\u003cbr\u003e 10. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1454)\u003cbr\u003e 11. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1455 or 1460)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Errands to London of Agnes Paston, the 28th day of January, 1457, the year of King Henry VI, the 36th (1457)\u003cbr\u003e 13. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston (before 1459)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Unto my right worshipful cousin, Margaret Paston, this letter be delivered in haste (1458)\u003cbr\u003e 15. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (before 1459)\u003cbr\u003e 16. To my right worshipful and right entirely well-beloved cousin, the Viscount Beaumont (before 1460)\u003cbr\u003e 17. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1460)\u003cbr\u003e 18. To my worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (about 1461)\u003cbr\u003e 19. To my right worshipful husband, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (between 1461 and 1465)\u003cbr\u003e 20. To my cousin, Margaret Paston (between 1461 and 1465)\u003cbr\u003e 21. To my well-beloved son, Sir John Paston, be this delivered in haste (between 1463 and 1466)\u003cbr\u003e 22. To my mistress Margaret Paston, be this delivered in haste, at London (1465)\u003cbr\u003e 23. To my mistress Margaret Paston, be this delivered (before 1466)\u003cbr\u003e 24. To master John Paston, or to my mistress his mother, be this letter delivered in haste (1466)\u003cbr\u003e 25. To mistress Margaret Paston, be this delivered (probably between 1466 and 1469)\u003cbr\u003e 26. To his worshipful brother, John Paston, be this delivered in haste (1467–8)\u003cbr\u003e 27. To my right reverend and worshipful mother, Margaret Paston, dwelling at Caistor, be this delivered in haste (1468)\u003cbr\u003e 28. To John Paston, the younger, be this delivered in haste (between 1466 and 1470)\u003cbr\u003e 29. To my right well-beloved brother John Paston Esq. being at Caistor, or to John Daubeney there, be this letter delivered (1468)\u003cbr\u003e 30. To my mother and my brother John Paston (1469 or 1474)\u003cbr\u003e 31. To Sir John Paston, knight (1469)\u003cbr\u003e 32. To John Paston, Esquire, be this delivered (1469–70\u003cbr\u003e 33. To Sir John Paston, knight (1469–70)\u003cbr\u003e 34. To my right worshipful mother, Margaret Paston, as Mawteby (between 1470 and 1474)\u003cbr\u003e 35. To his well-beloved John Paston, Esquire, at Norwich, or to Mrs Margaret, his mother (1471)\u003cbr\u003e 36. To my right worshipful brother Sir John Paston, knight (1472, or perhaps 1470)\u003cbr\u003e 37. To John Paston, Esquire, at Norwich, be this delivered (1473)\u003cbr\u003e 38. To John Paston, Esquire, be this delivered (1473)\u003cbr\u003e 39. To Edmund Paston, Esquire, at Calais, be this delivered (1473)\u003cbr\u003e 40. To John Paston, Esquire (1474)\u003cbr\u003e 41. [This letter has no direction, but it is written either to John Paston, Esquire, or Margaret Paston] (1475)\u003cbr\u003e 42. To John Paston Esquire, at Norwich, be this delivered (1475)\u003cbr\u003e 43. Unto my right well-beloved Valentine, John Paston, Esquire, be this bill delivered (1476–7)\u003cbr\u003e 44. To my right well-beloved cousin John Paston, Esquire, be this letter delivered (1476–7)\u003cbr\u003e 45. Unto my right worshipful master, John Paston, Esquire, be this bill delivered (1476–7)\u003cbr\u003e 46. To Master Sir John Paston, be this letter delivered in Calais (1476)\u003cbr\u003e 47. Unto the right worshipful Sir John Paston, Knight (1477)\u003cbr\u003e 48. 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