Nielsen Hayden genealogy
William Paston

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Name William Paston [1] Birth Abt 1528 [2] Gender Male Death 20 Oct 1610 [3, 4] Burial St. Nicholas, North Walsham, Norfolk, England [3]
Person ID I21120 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 7 Sep 2020
Father Erasmus Paston, b. Bef 1508 d. Bef 6 Nov 1540 (Age < 32 years) Mother Mary Wyndham, b. Abt 1508 d. 1 Jan 1597 (Age ~ 89 years) Marriage Aft 22 Oct 1521 [1] Family ID F13040 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances Clere, b. 1531 d. 1610 (Age 79 years) Marriage 5 May 1551 St. Margaret's, Paston, Norfolk, England [2, 5]
Children > 1. Anne Paston, b. Bef 16 Jul 1553 d. 1637 (Age > 83 years) Family ID F13039 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2018
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Notes - Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1565-66.
“He played little part in national affairs but took a prominent role in the government and political life of his native county and was known as a careful administrator and a ‘just and painstaking magistrate’ [...] A supporter of Edmund Freake, bishop of Norwich (1575–84), Paston was involved in the bitter conflict between the bishop and the puritans for control of the chancellorship of the diocese in 1578. He was described by Bishop Scrambler as an ‘observer of law’ which has been taken to mean that his religious views were either conformist Church of England or impartial (Smith, 214). In 1597 he moved to the new house which his uncle, Sir Clement Paston, had built at Oxnead. Known for his liberality, hospitality and benefactions, Paston is chiefly remembered for the founding and endowment of North Walsham grammar school (the Paston School), in 1606.” [Oxford DNB, citation details below.]
As he lived through her entire reign, presumably he was aware that queen Elizabeth was his third cousin, both of them being great-great grandchildren of London mayor Geoffrey Boleyn and his wife Anne Hoo.
- Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1565-66.
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Sources - [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.
- [S2165] Brad Verity, Father of Gertrude Paston (d. 1605), Wife of Sir William Reade of Osterley Park. 9 Nov 2015.
- [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.
- [S2165] Brad Verity, Father of Gertrude Paston (d. 1605), Wife of Sir William Reade of Osterley Park. 9 Nov 2015., year only.
- [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing., date only.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.