Paston was noted as an " incomparable " woman who had " inestimable value clearly manifested by the eulogies which are lavished on her character ".

He had already been created Baron Paston and Viscount Yarmouth in the Peerage of England in 1673.

He was the son of William Paston, who had been created a Baronet, of Oxmead in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England in 1641.

In accordance with the custom of the time, he had conveyed many of his estates in Norfolk and Suffolk to trustees such as Sir William Yelverton, John Paston and his brother William, retaining the revenues for himself, and probably intending his trustees after his death to devote the property to the foundation of a college.

However, it was found that, a few days before Fastolf's death, he had executed a fresh will in which Fastolf had named ten executors, of whom two only, John Paston and another, were to act ; and, moreover, that Fastolf had bequeathed all his lands in Norfolk and Suffolk to Paston, subject only to the duty of founding the college at Caister, and paying 4, 000 marks to the other executors.

Some compensation, doubtless, was found in the fact that in 1460, and again in 1461, Paston had been returned to parliament as a knight of the shire for Norfolk, and, enjoying the favour of Edward IV, had regained his castle at Caister.

John Paston left at least five sons, the two eldest of whom were, curiously enough, both named John, and the eldest of whom had been knighted during his father's lifetime.

He was educated at Sheringham Primary and then at the Paston School in North Walsham, Norfolk, an all-boys grammar school where he had an undistinguished record and by his own account he barely gained admission to study Modern History at the University of Dundee.

Despite the fact that Sir John Paston, who was in charge of defending Caister, had been in his service for several years, he showed notable ruthlessness, and Daubenay, a long-standing Paston servant, was killed.

Hoste was educated for a time at King's Lynn and later at the Paston School in North Walsham, where Horatio Nelson himself had been to school some years previously.

In 1904 a new and complete edition of the Paston Letters was edited by Gairdner, and these six volumes, containing 1, 088 letters and papers, possess a very valuable introduction.

He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent history.

He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent history.

After Bridget Paston died in 1598, Coke married Elizabeth Hatton, a desirable marriage due to her wealth ; when he found out that Bacon was also pursuing her hand, Coke acted with all speed to complete the ceremony.

After the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Northampton in July 1460, Cecily moved to London with her children and lived with John Paston.

* To Lord Byron: Feminine Profiles-based upon unpublished letters 1807-1824 ( 1939 ) with George Paston

In 1478 Sir John Paston wrote that " yonge William Brandon is in warde and arestyd ffor thatt he scholde have fforce ravysshyd and swyvyd an olde jentylwoman ..." By that time he was already married to Elizabeth Bruyn, a widow with two sons, and according to Paston there were rumours he would be hanged for his offence.

* The route on the east side starts at the Eye roundabout with the A1139 at Newark, then follows the dual-carriageway Paston Parkway, which meets the A47.

The Paston Letters are a collection of letters and papers from England, consisting of the correspondence of members of the gentry Paston family, and others connected with them, between the years 1422 and 1509, and also including some state papers and other important documents.

He bought a good deal of land in Norfolk, including property in Paston and Gresham Castle, and improved his position by his marriage with Agnes ( d. 1479 ), daughter and heiress of Sir Edmund Berry of Harlingbury, Hertfordshire.

Sir John Paston ( 1442 – 1479 ) was frequently at the court of King Edward IV, but afterwards he favoured the Lancastrian party, and, with his brother John, fought for Henry VI at the battle of Barnet.

But in 1474 an arrangement was made with William Waynflete, bishop of Winchester, the representative of the excluded executors, by which some of the estates were surrendered to the bishop for charitable purposes, while Paston was secured in the possession of others.

The younger John Paston ( d. 1504 ), after quarrelling with his uncle William over the manors of Oxnead and Marlingford, was knighted at the battle of Stoke in 1487.

Sir William's second son John Paston ( 1510 – 1575 ) was the father-in-law of Sir Edward Coke ; Sir William's third son, Clement ( c. 1515-1597 ), served his country with distinction on the sea, and was wounded at the battle of Pinkie.

Today the line runs between terminal stations at Aquarium ( a short distance from the Palace Pier ) and Black Rock ( at Black Rock, not far from Brighton Marina ), with an intermediate station and depot at Paston Place ( now known as Halfway ).

The UK terminal of the Interconnector gas pipeline, which terminates in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, is located to the west of the parish, straddling the boundary with the adjoining parish of Paston.

Today, Cooper is remembered in the area with a number of local street names ( Astley Road and Paston Road in Hemel Hempstead ), and The Astley Cooper School, formerly Grovehill school, being renamed after him in 1984.

He wrote The Last Man In, a drama, produced 14 March 1910, at the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, by the Scottish Repertory Company ; and, with George Paston ( i. e., Emily Morse Symonds ), a farce, The Naked Truth, which was first played at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in April, 1910, and in which Charles Hawtrey played Bernard Darrell.

de Ros richly endowed the hospital with the villa, lordship, impropriation, and advowson of Bolton, and a waste of ; a corn-mill and a tenement at Mindrum ; lands at Paston, and at Kilham.

Despite the failure of the Cantiones of 1575 some of his other collections sold well, while Elizabethan scribes such as the Oxford academic Robert Dow, the Windsor lay clerk John Baldwin and a school of scribes working for the Norfolk country gentleman Sir Edward Paston copied his music extensively.

In the parish church of St. Nicholas can be found the ornate tomb of Sir William Paston ; the remains of medieval painted screens ; a telescopic Gothic font canopy ; a unique Royal Arms Board ; an ancient iron bound chest ; and many other ancient artifacts.

The English naval hero, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson and his brother William were educated at Paston Grammar School in North Walsham, founded by Sir William Paston ( of Paston Letters fame ) in 1606.

The residences are named after Horatio Nelson, John Constable, Benjamin Britten, Jeremiah Colman, Horatio Nelson's ship HMS Victory, Robert Kett, Sir Thomas Browne and the Paston family who wrote the Paston Letters.

He married Harriet Webster, the daughter of Kentville's Dr. Isaac Webster in 1824, then went to London to study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital under Sir Astley Paston Cooper, then surgery at Guy's Hospital under John Abernethy.

The old Norfolk family of Townshend, to which he belonged, is descended from Sir Roger Townshend ( d. 1493 ) of Raynham, who acted as legal advisor to the Paston family, and was made a justice of the common pleas in 1484.

* Sir William Paston, 1st Baronet ( c. 1610 – 1663 )

* Sir Robert Paston, 2nd Baronet ( 1631 – 1683 ) ( created Viscount Yarmouth in 1673 and Earl of Yarmouth in 1679 )

His father's sister Ellenor, who married Sir John Fenn, editor of the Paston Letters, wrote educational works for children under the pseudonyms " Mrs Lovechild " and " Mrs Teachwell ".

He married Margery, daughter of Sir Thomas Brews, and left a son, William Paston ( c. 1479-1554 ), who was also knighted, and who was a prominent figure at the court of Henry VIII.

Christopher Paston was Sir William's son and heir, and Christopher's grandson, William ( d. 1663 ), was created a baronet in 1642 ; being succeeded in the title by his son Robert ( 1631 – 1683 ), who was a member of parliament from 1661 to 1673, and was created earl of Yarmouth in 1679.

The main line from London to Birmingham which then led to the main industry cities of the time Liverpool and Manchester, opened in 1837, passed through Hemel Hempstead, but, due to vigorous lobbying by local landowners ( including the eminent and well-connected surgeon Sir Astley Paston Cooper ), it was routed on the other side of the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal some distance from the town.

Her stepmother was Mary Browne, daughter of Sir George Browne, also a widow, of Thomas Paston, of Thorpe, Surrey.