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Paston Letters, collection of personal and business correspondence, mostly among members of the Paston family of Norfolk, England. The letters cover the years from 1422 to 1529, together with deeds and other documents. The family was at that time actively acquiring land and properties in the area, some of it by questionable means, including the estates of Sir John Fastolf Fastolf, Sir John , 1378?–1459, English soldier. He won distinction for his long service in the latter part of the Hundred Years War. He was knighted some time prior to 1418 for service at Agincourt (1415) and in other engagements, acted as governor of Anjou
..... Click the link for more information. . The collection forms an indispensable source for the history, manners, morals, habits, customs, and moneys of the people of England at the close of the Middle Ages. A portion of the letters was published by James Fenn in 1787 and 1789, but the original manuscripts disappeared and doubt of their authenticity grew. However, they were rediscovered after 1865, with additional material. A definitive edition was edited by James Gairdner (1904), and a volume of selections edited with an introduction by Norman Davis was published in 1958.

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Possibly, that conservatism can be justified by the high social status of the Paston family.

Evidence for morphological restructuring in the second person pronoun ... by Rutkowska, Hanna / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies

Blood & Roses: The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century.

Blood & Roses: The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century by Contemporary Review

This was the home of Sir John Fastolf, the original of Shakespeare's Falstaff, and later of the Paston family, whose intimate letters can bring the 15th century alive in a most remarkable way.

: Californian Dreaming by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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