William Paston

1378 - 1444  (66 years)

• Name	William Paston  [1]
  Birth	1378	Paston, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Aug 1444	London, England   [3, 4]
  Alternate death	14 Aug 1444  [2]
  Burial	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)
  Marriage	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)
  Family ID	F13045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2018

  
  

• 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.