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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: 15061563 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] |