John Paston

1444 - 1504  (60 years)

• Name	John Paston  [1]
  Birth	1444  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Aug 1504  [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Carmelite Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England   [3]
  Person ID	I21128	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Paston,   b. 10 Oct 1421   d. 21 May 1466, London, England (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Margaret Mautby,   b. 1422   d. 4 Nov 1484 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Between Apr 1440 and Nov 1440  [1]
  Family ID	F13044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margery Brewse,   b. Abt 1457   d. Abt 1495 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1477  [3, 5, 7]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Paston   d. 1539 + 2. William Paston,   b. Abt 1479   d. 20 Sep 1554, Paston, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F13043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Second of his name. Wikipedia: “Sir John Paston was the second son of John Paston and Margaret Mautby. He succeeded his elder brother, Sir John Paston, in 1479. He fought at Barnet and Stoke with John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, served as his deputy when Oxford was appointed Lord High Admiral of England, and was a member of the Earl’s council. A number of his letters survive among the Paston Letters, a rich source of historical information for the lives of the English gentry of the period.” Knight of the shire for Norwich, 1485. In the same year he was sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. According to Norman Davis (citation details below), he was probably born in Geldeston, Norfolk, where the manor was held by Ralph Garneys, who married his mother’s mother after John Mautby’s death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S2164] The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling ed. Norman Davis. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. [S2166] Brad Verity, Edward I Descents for Erasmus Paston. 11 Nov 2015. [S7425] Michael Andrews-Reading and Rosie Bevan, "A Proposed Reworking of the Debenham Pedigree." Foundations 16:1, 2023. [S2164] The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling ed. Norman Davis. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983., year only. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing., year only. [S7425] Michael Andrews-Reading and Rosie Bevan, "A Proposed Reworking of the Debenham Pedigree." Foundations 16:1, 2023., year only.