William Paston

1378 - 1444  (66 years)

• Name	William Paston  [1]
  Born	1378	Paston, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Aug 1444	London, England   [3, 4]
  Alternate death	14 Aug 1444  [2]
  Buried	Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England   [5]
  Person ID	I21132	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Clement Paston,   b. of Paston, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1419
  Mother	Beatrice Somerton,   d. 1409
  Family ID	F13046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Berry,   b. Aft 1399,   d. Aug 1479  (Age < 78 years)
  Married	1420  [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. John Paston,   b. 10 Oct 1421,   d. 21 May 1466, London, England  (Age 44 years)   2. William Paston,   b. 1436,   d. 1496, London, England  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F13045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Justice of the Common Pleas from 15 Oct 1429 to his death. Steward of the Duke of Norfolk, 1415. Wikipedia: "William Paston, the only son of Clement Paston and Beatrice Somerton, had a distinguished career as a lawyer and Justice of the Common Pleas. He acquired considerable property, and is considered 'the real founder of the Paston family fortunes'."

  
  

• Sources

  [S4342] Norfolk Families by Walter Rye. Two volumes, 1911-13. [S2164] The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling ed. Norman Davis. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. [S2164] The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling ed. Norman Davis. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983., date only. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S160] Wikipedia.