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William PAGET
At TRINITY HALL; afterwards studied at Paris [ France ].
S. of William, serjeant-at-mace. B. in London , c 1506 .
School, St Paul's [ London ].
Clerk to the Privy Council, 1540-4 .
Privy Councillor and Clerk of Parliament, 1543 .
Employed on many foreign and domestic missions.
K.G., 1547 .
M.P. for Staffordshire , 1547-9 .
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1547-52 .
Created Lord Paget of Beaudesert, 1549 .
Secretary of State to Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Committed to prison by the Star Chamber for peculation, 1551 ; degraded from the Order of the Garter, 1552 ; restored by Queen Mary, 1553 .
High Steward of the University, 1554-63 .
Lord Privy Seal, 1556 .
Resigned office, 1558 .
Died 09 Jun., 1563; buried at West Drayton, Middlesex . M.I. in Lichfield Cathedral [ Staffordshire ].
Father of Thomas (1559).
( Cooper, I. 221; A. B. Beaven; G.E.C.; D.N.B., where he is said to have been born at Wednesbury.)
William PAGET
Approx. lifespan: 1506–1563
At Trinity Hall ; afterwards studied at Paris, [France],
s. of William PAGET serjeant-at-mace.
b. in London , c1506
School St Paul's, [London],
Clerk to the Privy Council 1540-44
Privy Councillor and Clerk of Parliament 1543
Employed on many foreign and domestic missions.
K.G. 1547
M.P. for Staffordshire , 1547-49
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1547-52
Created Lord – PAGET of Beaudesert 1549
Secretary of State to Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Committed to prison by the Star Chamber for peculation 1551 ; degraded from the Order of the Garter 1552 ; restored by Queen Mary 1553
High Steward of the University 1554-63
Lord Privy Seal 1556
Resigned office 1558
Died 1563:06:09 ; buried at West Drayton, Middlesex ,
M.I. in Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, [Staffordshire],
father of Thomas PAGET (1559)
( Cooper I. 221; A. B. Beaven; G.E.C.; D.N.B. where he is said to have been born at Wednesbury, [Staffordshire], )
[add:]According to the ODNB, and the History of Parliament which goes into the matter,[:add]
[add:]the father's name was John PACHETT or John PAGET :[:add]
[add:]http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/paget-william-1506-63[:add]
[add:]He was an MP several times[:add]
[add:](Charles Matthews, 2016)[:add]

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