Biography of William Paston 1479-1554
Paternal Family Tree: Paston
William Paston and Bridget Heydon were married.
Before 1478 [his father] John Paston (age 34) 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 1495 [his mother] Margery Brewes died.
On 28 Aug 1504 [his father] John Paston (age 60) died.
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 41) was knighted.
Around 1520 [his daughter] Mary Paston was born to William Paston (age 41) and Bridget Heydon (age 35).
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 (age 20) and Edward Chamberlayne (age 36) were present.
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 31) 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. 
In or before 1528 [his son] Erasmus Paston (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Wyndham of Felbrigg were married.
In 1540 [his son] Erasmus Paston (age 34) died. Brasses to Erasmus and his wife [his daughter-in-law] 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 or before 1544 [his son-in-law] Francis Leke (age 34) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paston (age 34) were married.
In 1544 [his daughter] Elizabeth Paston (age 35) died.
On 04 Sep 1550 [his son] Thomas Paston (age 35) died.
Before 1551 [his son] Thomas Paston and [his former daughter-in-law] Agnes Leigh were married.
On 22 Sep 1554 William Paston (age 75) died in Paston, Norfolk.
John Chaworth and [his daughter] Mary Paston were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Clement Paston
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Somerton
GrandFather: John Paston
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Barry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Barry
Father: John Paston
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mautby
GrandMother: Margaret Mautby
GrandFather: Thomas Brewes
Mother: Margery Brewes
GrandMother: Elizabeth Debenham