Sir Thomas Paston (by 1517 – 4 September 1550), of London, was an English politician. He was a son of Bridget Heydon, a daughter of Sir

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of Baconsthorpe, and Sir William Paston (c.1479 – 1554), a son of Sir John Paston and his first wife, Margery Brewes. In 1539, Sir Thomas benefitted from the dissolution of the monasteries by gaining access to the wealth of

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. He demolished some of the priory to use the stones to build a house in

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. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in 1545. By 1544, he married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Leigh of Stockwell, Surrey. They raised two sons and one daughter.

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1550 deaths Politicians from London 16th-century English knights English MPs 1545–1547 Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk

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