Biography of William Paston 1479-1554

Paternal Family Tree: Paston

William Paston and Bridget Heydon were married.

Before 1478 [his father] John Paston (age 33) and [his mother] Margery Brewes were married.

Around 1479 William Paston was born to John Paston (age 35) and Margery Brewes.

Around 1495 [his daughter] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland was born to William Paston (age 16) and Bridget Heydon (age 10).

In 1506 [his son] Erasmus Paston was born to William Paston (age 27) and Bridget Heydon (age 21).

In 1509 [his daughter] Elizabeth Paston was born to William Paston (age 30) and Bridget Heydon (age 24).

Around 1515 [his son] Thomas Paston was born to William Paston (age 36) and Bridget Heydon (age 30).

In 1517 William Paston (age 38) was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk.

In 1517 William Paston (age 38) was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.

Before 1520 William Paston (age 40) was knighted.

Around 1520 [his daughter] Mary Paston was born to William Paston (age 41) and Bridget Heydon (age 35).

Field of the Cloth of Gold

                    In Jun 1520 Henry VIII (age 28) hosted Field of the Cloth of Gold at Balinghem [Map].
                
                    Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 42) carried the Sword of State.
                
                    Bishop John Stokesley (age 45) attended as Henry VIII's chaplain.
                
                    Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 36), Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 42), Anthony Poyntz (age 40), William Coffin (age 25), William "Great" Courtenay (age 43), Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 37), William Paston (age 41), William Denys (age 50), Richard Cecil (age 25), William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton (age 37), Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 22), John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt (age 40), Henry Guildford (age 31), Marmaduke Constable (age 40), William Compton (age 38), William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 42), Thomas Cheney (age 35), Henry Willoughby (age 69), John Rodney (age 59), John Marney 2nd Baron Marney (age 36), William Sidney (age 38), John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford (age 20), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 49), Edmund Walsingham (age 40), William Skeffington (age 55) and Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 63) attended.
                
                    William Carey (age 20) jousted.
                
                    William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys Vyne (age 50) organised.
                
                    Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford (age 15) attended.
                
                    Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 50), Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer (age 48), Anthony Wingfield (age 33), William Scott (age 61), Thomas Wriothesley (age 32), Bishop Thomas Ruthall (age 48), Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 20) and Edward Chamberlayne (age 36) were present.

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Around 1521 [his son] Admiral Clement Paston was born to William Paston (age 42) and Bridget Heydon (age 36).

Before 1523 [his son-in-law] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 30) and [his daughter] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 27) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.