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The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6)
The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6)

Chapter V

Chapter 5 of The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6) is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Norff. and Suff.
Deeds, No. 5.
‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.
Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.
Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.
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The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6)

Chapter V

Chapter 5 of The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6) is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Norff. and Suff.
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Deeds, No. 5.
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‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.
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Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.
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Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

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alias noun US /ˈeɪliəs/

a name that has been assumed temporarily

From this reading “Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.”

Deeds noun US /diːdz/

performance of moral or religious acts

From this reading “Deeds, No. 5.”

Essex noun US /ˈesɪks/

a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary

From this reading “Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.”

Husband noun US /ˈhʌzbənd/

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading “‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.”

mil noun US /mɪl/

a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound

From this reading “Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.”

Rad noun US /ræd/

a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material

From this reading “Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.”

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5

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From this reading Deeds, No. 5.

aliasnounUS /ˈeɪliəs/

a name that has been assumed temporarily

From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Norff. and Suff.

Broweston

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Calcote

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Davidi

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From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

denounUS /diː/

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

DeedsnounUS /diːdz/

performance of moral or religious acts

From this reading Deeds, No. 5.

dono

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From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

episcopus

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From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

EssexnounUS /ˈesɪks/

a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary

From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

et

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From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

etc

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

exnounUS /eks/

a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband

From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

Fastolf

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

fuerunt

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Gorleston

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Gyfford

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Habland

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

habuit

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From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

Haineford

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Hickling

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

HusbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Johannis

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From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

juris

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Leystoft

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

maneriis

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

milnounUS /mɪl/

a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound

From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

militis

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From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Deeds, No. 5.

Norff

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From this reading Norff. and Suff.

Paston

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From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

quondamadjective

belonging to some prior time

From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

quæ

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

RadnounUS /ræd/

a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material

From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

Relaxatio

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From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

Saxthorp

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Spitlings

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Suff

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From this reading Norff. and Suff.

Tichwell

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

totius

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From this reading Gyfford totius juris in maneriis de Saxthorp, Tichwell, Haineford, Essex in Hickling, etc., Calcote, Leystoft, Habland, Broweston, Gorleston alias Spitlings, quæ quondam fuerunt Johannis Fastolf mil., et quæ Will.

Waynflet

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From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading ‘Relaxatio Johannis Paston militis, Davidi Husband et Will.

Winton

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From this reading Waynflet episcopus Winton’ habuit ex dono Rad.

Chapter 5 of The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6) by James [Editor] Gairdner holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 5 holds 397 sentences of The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 5 (of 6), unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.

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