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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.

English letters --- Letter writing --- Paston letters. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Paston family --- Correspondence. --- England --- Great Britain --- Norfolk (England) --- Social life and customs --- Social life and customs. --- 1066-1485 --- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 --- Henry VII, 1485-1509 --- Correspondence --- England - Social life and customs - Medieval period, 1066-1485. --- Great Britain - History - Lancaster and York, 1399-1485. --- Great Britain - History - Henry VII, 1485-1509. --- Norfolk (England) - Social life and customs. --- Paston family - Correspondence. --- Arts and Humanities --- Paston letters, A.D. 1422-1509 --- Paston letters and papers of the fifteenth century --- Norfolk --- County of Norfolk (England)

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John Hopton's adult life spanned the years between 1430 and 1478, reputedly one of the most turbulent periods in English history. He, however, neither seems to have been troubled by the 'Wars of the Roses', nor to have displayed those attitudes normally attributed to the upper classes of the time: unflagging self-esteem, brutal ambition, grasping competitiveness. If his vices were not extravagant, his virtues too were unexceptional, those perhaps of a type of country gentleman we usually associate with a later age. Colin Richmond's book is an attempt to place a particular English gentleman in the framework of the world he knew. It opens with the story of this landless Yorkshireman's acquisition of rich properties in Suffolk, and a discussion of those estates themselves, how they were managed and their yield; it continues with a description of John, his remarkable second wife Thomasin, their family, and their life at Blythburgh.

Arts and Humanities --- History --- Gentry --- Hopton, John. --- Suffolk (England) --- History. --- Gentry, Landed --- Landed gentry --- Squires --- Upper class --- County of Suffolk (England) --- Suffolk

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Gentry --- Gentry. --- Social conditions. --- History --- Richmond, Colin. --- To 1500. --- Great Britain --- Great Britain --- Great Britain. --- History --- Social conditions.

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Mss histoire politique --- Mss Grande-Bretagne --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- Great Britain --- London (England)