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Katherine Paston
Katherine, Lady Paston, detail of her effigy by Nicholas Stone, St Margaret's Church, Paston, Norfolk
Born
Katherine Knyvett

1578
Died10 March 1629(1629-03-10) (aged 50–51)
NationalityKingdom of England
Occupation(s)Gentlewoman, estate manager
Known forCorrespondence
SpouseSir Edmund Paston (d.1632)
ParentThomas Knyvett, 4th Baron Berners & Muriel Parry

Katherine Paston, Lady Paston (1578 – 10 March 1629) was an English gentlewoman, estate manager and letter writer.

Origins

Arms of Knyvett: Argent, a bend sable a bordure engrailed of the last, as sculpted (impaled by Paston) atop her monument

She was born as Katherine Knyvett, baptised in Ashwellthorp on 22 June 1578, a daughter of Thomas Knyvett, 4th Baron Berners by his wife Muriel Parry.[1] Her sister Muriel Knyvett married Sir Edmond Bell, as his second wife.[2]

Marriage and issue

On 28 April 1603 she married Edmund Paston and in 1610 on the death of his grandfather they moved into his ancestral seat of Paston Hall in Paston, Norfolk. They had two sons.

chancery courts.[1]

Letters

Many of her letters survive, forming part of the famous Paston Letters. She wrote many letters including to her husband's brother in law Sir John Heveningham. Informative letters were also written to her son William Paston, whom "she hopes is learning about both human and divine knowledge at university". Her letters remind her son of his responsibilities and of the importance of the church.[1] Her son was 14 when he started at Cambridge University, also attended by his first cousins Edmund and Robert Bell, sons of Muriel Bell, Katherine's sister.[2] In 1941 the Norfolk Record Society published her correspondence.[4]

Death

She died in 1629 and was survived by her husband.[1] Her elaborate monument with semi-recumbent effigy, made by Nicholas Stone, survives in St Margaret's Church, Paston.

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/46917. Retrieved 2020-08-09. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b Weir, Gillian (2010). "Orthography in the correspondence of Lady Katherine Paston, 1603-1627" (PDF). Glasgow University. p. 27. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21516. Retrieved 2020-08-09. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  4. ^ Paston, Lady Katherine Knyvet (1941). The Correspondance of Lady Katherine Paston, 1603-1627.
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