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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 [his father] John Paston (age 35) and [his mother] Margery Brewes.
Around 1495 [his daughter] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland was born to William Paston (age 16) and Bridget Heydon (age 10). She married before 1523 Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland, son of George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley and Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley, and had issue.
In 1495 [his mother] Margery Brewes died.
On 28th August 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). He married in or before 1528 Mary Wyndham of Felbrigg and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1509 [his daughter] Elizabeth Paston was born to William Paston (age 30) and Bridget Heydon (age 24). She married in or before 1544 Francis Leke and had issue.
Around 1515 [his son] Thomas Paston was born to William Paston (age 36) and Bridget Heydon (age 30). He married before 1551 his sixth cousin Agnes Leigh and had issue.
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). She married John Chaworth and had issue.
In June 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 of the 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). He married before 18th February 1598 Alice Pakington.
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.
In or before 1528 [his son] Erasmus Paston (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Wyndham of Felbrigg were married.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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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 33) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paston (age 34) were married.
In 1544 [his daughter] Elizabeth Paston (age 35) died.
On 4th September 1550 [his son] Thomas Paston (age 35) died.
Before 1551 [his son] Thomas Paston and [his former daughter-in-law] Agnes Leigh were married. They were sixth cousins.
In 1551 [his daughter] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 56) died.
On 22nd September 1554 William Paston (age 75) died in Paston, Norfolk.
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