Europe, British Isles, East England, Norfolk, Paston, St Margaret's Church [Map]
St Margaret's Church, Paston is in Paston, Norfolk.
Memorials to the Mack family at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
On 18 May 1933 Hugh Paston Mack died.
On 23 Dec 1917 Lieutenant Commander Ralph Michael Mack (age 34) was killed in action when his destoyer Tornado was mined.
On 29 Apr 1943 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack (age 50) died in a plane crash.
Hugh Paston Mack: On 22 Mar 1828 he was born to John Mack of Paston Hall.
Lieutenant Commander Ralph Michael Mack: On 11 Oct 1883 he was born to Hugh Paston Mack.
Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack: On 06 Oct 1892 he was born to Major Philip Paston Mack. On 15 Sep 1905 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack joined the Royal Navy as a naval cadet at the Osborne and Britannia Royal Naval Colleges. On 09 Aug 1910 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack was posted to the battlecruiser Indomitable as a midshipman, transferring to the cruiser Amethyst on 15 Jul 1913 having been promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15 Jun 1913.
In 1167 Bartholomew de Glanville (age 22) died. His left "the Church of Paston [Map] and its appurtenances, with the lands and the woods there" to the monks at Bromholm Priory [Map].
Around 1180 the original St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map] was constructed.
Around 1350 the current St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map] was constructed.
In 1540 Erasmus Paston (age 34) died. Brasses to Erasmus and his wife Mary Wyndham of Felbrigg (missing) at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map]. The inscription reads .. Here Erasmus Paston and Mary his wife enclosed in clay, Which is the resting place of ffleach until the latter day; Of sonnes three and daughters nine the Lord then parent made, Ere cruel death worke his cruel spite of fykell liff did fade.
Erasmus Paston:
In 1506 he was born to William Paston and Bridget Heydon.
In or before 1528 Erasmus Paston and Mary Wyndham of Felbrigg were married.
Mary Wyndham of Felbrigg: she was born to Vice-Admiral Thomas Wyndham and Eleanor Scrope.
In 1601, 1843 and 1869 St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map] was restored.
On 03 Nov 1601 John Heveningham (age 24) and Bridget Paston (age 19) were married at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
On 10 Mar 1629 Katherine Knyvet (age 50) died. Monument in St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map] sculpted by Nicholas Stone (age 42). His diary ... made a tomb for my lady Paston ... veryy extraordinary entertained, and pay'd for it £340. The inscription is by John Donne (age 57): To the Reviving Memory of the virtuous and right worth Lady, Dame Katherine Paston, daughter unto the Right Worp'll Sir Thomas Knevitt, Knt., and wife to Sir Edmund Paston, Knight with whom she lived in wedlock 26 years and issue two sonnes yet surviving, vizt. William and Thomas, She departed this life the 10th day of March, 1628, and lyeth here intombed expecting a Joyful Resurrection.
On the pedestal ...
Can a man be silent and not Praise find.
For her that lived the praise of womankind.
Whose outward frame was sent this world to gess.
What shapes our soules shall weare in happiness.
Whose verture did all ill so overswaye.
That her whole life was a communion daye.
On another panel ...
Not that she needeth monument of stone.
For her wel-gotten fame to rest upon.
But this was reared to testifie.
Katherine Knyvet: On or before 22 Jun 1578 she was born to Thomas Knyvet 4th Baron Berners and Muriel Parry. On 22 Jun 1578 she was baptised at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. On 28 Apr 1603 Edmund Paston and she were married. In 1611 Edmund Paston and Katherine Knyvet moved into Paston Hall on the death of his grandfather Christopher Paston.
In 1632 Edmund Paston (age 47) died. Monument in St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
Edmund Paston: In 1585 he was born to Christopher Paston.
On 15 Sep 1916 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Paston Mack (age 53) was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. Memorial at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Paston Mack: On 22 Jan 1863 he was born to John Mack of Paston Hall.
