🪶 Medieval situationship decoded

April 28, 2026

The world’s oldest love letter is giving “my parents are being weird about money” vibes.

Written in February 1477, Margery Brews’ letter to John Paston III was decoded by MyHeritage’s Scribe AI, which untangled old spelling, abbreviations and the Anglo-Saxon thorn like CAPTCHA of the Middle Ages.

British Library

The reveal: Margery had a heavy heart because her father wouldn’t raise her dowry, but she promised not to ditch John. That’s the medieval equivalent of choosing the guy with student loans and a heart of gold over the guy with lake-house money.