Show first english letter sir jol join n pelham is stated to have been the first to receive a private let ter written in the english language it was sent by his wife in 1309 latin n was as the language in wh ch letters and comman of every k nd were written to the time of the accession of fd id vard I 1 french cont aued to predominate as the language of corre spon pon dence I 1 the re agn of ed vard III an act of par parl ament then i ro vided that the angl sh lan language I 1 n future be the lin language urge of legisma tion and the french language wh nib ch cli I 1 1 d I been apol en s nee he coha lest iest d to bp be ased |