The Pastons of Paston, Norfolk, are famous for the collection of letters and papers which bear their name. In particular 'the Paston Letters' have been well known since the time of Horace Walpole, although until now they have never been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both immensely attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material from which to write history. This volume describes, in lively and original style, the beginnings of the family's gentility and sets out some of the major themes of their history between 1400 and 1500. Many of the themes are common to all gentry families of the later Middle Ages, a period critical in the formation of the English polity. It might also be said that the Pastons epitomize a class which since the later Middle Ages has dominated the English state, English society and English culture.
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The Pastons of Paston, Norfolk, are famous for the collection of letters and papers which bear their name. This volume describes, in lively and original style, the beginnings of the family's gentility and sets out some of the major themes of their history between 1400 and 1500.
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Sheltering from a summer storm in the porch of Gresham church on an August afternoon in 1985 - about a quarter of a mile up the hill from the moated platform of the Paston house, an oasis of shrubbery among the corn, and couple of miles from deserted East Beckham - I shared the quiet and isolation with a Latin inscription, all that remained of a fifteenth-century memorial, which lay just over the threshold of the church itself: pray for the soul of James Catt 'generosus'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
seid maner, wyth yow, myn owyn, wyth hym, maner place, wyth hem, bond tenants, pray yow, perpetual chantry, inquisition post mortem, plea roll, novel disseisin, deed box, moveable goods, estate accounts, dowager duchess Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Beckham, William Paston, Sir Henry, John Berney, John Mariot, William Winter, John Winter, William Worcester, Edmund Winter, Sir Robert, Lord Moleyns, Thomas Howes, Anthony Smith, Sir Roger, Richard Calle, Simon Gunnor, William Yelverton, Duke of Norfolk, William Calthorp, William Garneys, Joan Mariot, John Clement, John Heydon, Margaret Paston, Sir Richard New!
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Sheltering from a summer storm in the porch of Gresham church on an August afternoon in 1985 - about a quarter of a mile up the hill from the moated platform of the Paston house, an oasis of shrubbery among the corn, and couple of miles from deserted East Beckham - I shared the quiet and isolation with a Latin inscription, all that remained of a fifteenth-century memorial, which lay just over the threshold of the church itself: pray for the soul of James Catt 'generosus'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
seid maner, wyth yow, myn owyn, wyth hym, maner place, wyth hem, bond tenants, pray yow, perpetual chantry, inquisition post mortem, plea roll, novel disseisin, deed box, moveable goods, estate accounts, dowager duchess Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Beckham, William Paston, Sir Henry, John Berney, John Mariot, William Winter, John Winter, William Worcester, Edmund Winter, Sir Robert, Lord Moleyns, Thomas Howes, Anthony Smith, Sir Roger, Richard Calle, Simon Gunnor, William Yelverton, Duke of Norfolk, William Calthorp, William Garneys, Joan Mariot, John Clement, John Heydon, Margaret Paston, Sir Richard New!
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