Edward IV’s letter to John Paston
The Paston Family of East Anglia were significant landowners. The family had grown in power and significance following the Black
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The Wars of the Roses
1455 – 1487 Wars of the Roses
Paston Letters
Sir John Fastolf’s Will
Sir John Fastolfe was an influential member of the gentry. He held lands in East Anglia and positions in London.
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Tension in London, July 1455
Parliament had formally absolved the Yorkist Lords of any blame for the First Battle of St. Albans on 18 July
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Divine indignation – Plague in the Wars of the Roses
In English history the Plague is associated with the spread of the Black Death in the 1340’s or Great Plague
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Treason: Aiding the Duke of Somerset’s return to the Lancastrian fold
In this letter from John Paston the youngest to his father, Sir John Paston, the flight of the Duke of
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