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Family and Education
b. by 1506, 1st s. of John Pachett alias Paget of London. educ. St. Paul’s; Trinity Hall, Camb., adm. by 1520, ?BCL 1526; Paris 1526-7. m. by 1536, Anne, da. of Henry Preston of ‘Preston’ (?Preston Patrick or Preston Richard, Westmld.), 4s. inc. Henry 1da. suc. fa. aft. 1530. Kntd. 1970, KG nom. 17 Feb. inst. 23 May 1547, degrad. 22 Apr. 1552, rest. 27 Sept. 1553; cr. Lord Paget of Beaudesert 3 Dec. 1549.Date of birth estimated from admission to Cambridge. This biography rests on S. R. Gammon, Statesman and Schemer: William, 1st Lord Paget; CP; DNB.
Offices Held

Clerk, the signet by Nov. 1531, Privy Council 10 Aug. 1540 – Apr. 1541, the Parliaments 15 July 1541- Dec. 1549/July 1550; keeper, Maxstoke castle, Warws. 1531; j.p. Mdx. 1537 – d., Bucks. 1547 – d., Derbys. 1547, Staffs. 1547-d.; sec. to Queens Jane Seymour by 1537, Anne of Cleves 1540, Catherine Howard 1540; ambassador to France Sept. 1541 – Apr. 1543; PC 23 Apr. 1543-d.; principal sec. 23 Apr. 1543 – June 1547; jt. (with John Mason) master, the posts 29 Sept. 1545; custos rot. Derbys. by 1545, Staffs. by 1545-d.; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1 July 1547 – July 1552; high steward, Camb. univ. 1547 – 53, Aug. 1554 – d.; comptroller, the Household 29 June 1547 – 3 Dec. 1549; . commr. to visit Eton, Camb. univ. 1548, Winchester, Windsor, Oxf. univ. 1549, relief, Mdx., Staffs. 1550; steward for Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548; jt. ld. lt. Mdx., Staffs. 1551; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of Oct. 1553, ? Apr. 1554, Nov. 1554, 1555, 1558; ld. privy seal 29 Jan. 1556 – Nov. 1558; numerous minor offices. EHR, lxxvii. 82; LP Hen. VIII, xv, xx; Somerville, Duchy, i. 394, 545, 612; C66/985 ex inf. J. C. Sainty; E163/12/17, nos. 38, 51, 54; LJ, i. 447, 464, 492, 513.

Parlimentarian
PAGET, William (by 1506-63), of Beaudesert Park and Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs., West Drayton, Mdx., and London.
Main residence: Beaudesert Park and Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs., West Drayton, Mdx., and London.
Author
A.D.K.H.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

PAGET, William (by 1506-63)

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