William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
The Lord Paget | |
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St Paul's School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge and University of Paris | |
| Occupation | several diplomatic missions |
| Spouse | Anne Preston |
| Children | Henry Paget, 2nd Baron Paget Thomas Paget, 3rd Baron Paget Charles Paget Edward Paget Etheldreda Paget Eleanor Paget Grisold Paget Joan Paget Dorothy Paget Anne Paget |
| Parent(s) | John Paget Anne Paget [citation needed] |
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert Mary I.
Early life
He was the son of John Pachett or Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the
William Lily was its headmaster, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to the University of Paris.[2][3] At St Paul's, he befriended the future antiquary John Leland and later acted as one of his benefactors.[4]
Political career
He served as
in 1545.Probably through the influence of
King Edward VI.[2]
Paget at first vigorously supported the protector
Beaudesert in Staffordshire, which remained the chief seat of the Paget family.[2]
Paget shared Somerset's disgrace, being committed to the
Queen Elizabeth I in 1558, Paget retired from public life.[2]
Descendants
By his wife Anne Preston, Paget had four sons and five daughters.
Sons:
Daughters:
- Etheldreda, who married Sir Christopher Allen
- Eleanor, who married firstly, Jerome Palmer, esquire, and secondly, Sir Rowland Clarke
- Grisold, who married firstly, Sir Thomas Rivett, and secondly, Sir William Waldegrave
- Joan (or Jane), who married Sir Thomas Kitson
- Dorothy, who married Sir Thomas Willoughby (died 1559)
- Anne (died 1590), who married Sir Henry Lee.[7]
Paget's two eldest sons,
attainted
in 1587.
References
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- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21121. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Paget, William (PGT506W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Carley, "Leland, John (c.1503–1552)"
- ^ History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ 16. Cal. Pat. 1547–8, 45., via VCH, aka A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 4, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood With Southall, Hillingdon With Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow With Pinner, published by Victoria County History, London, 1971.
- ^ Banks 1808, p. 414; Chambers 1936, p. 248.
Bibliography:
- Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1895). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Banks, T.C. (1808). The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England. Vol. II. London: T. Bensley. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- Chambers, E.K. (1936). Sir Henry Lee; An Elizabethan Portrait. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Holmes, Peter (2008). "Paget, Charles (c.1546–1612)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21103. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Jack, Sybil M. (2004). "Paget, William, first Baron Paget (1505/6–1563)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21121. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- "PAGET, William (by 1506-63) of Beaudesert Park and Burton-on-Trent, Staffs", History of Parliament, London
- Carley, James P. "Leland, John (c.1503–1552)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16416. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Paget of Beaudesert, William Paget, 1st Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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