Sir William Paston, 1st Baronet

[1] His paternal grandparents were Christopher Paston and Anna Audeley.

His maternal grandparents were Thomas Knyvett, 4th Baron Berners and the former Muriel Parry.

[2] His aunt, Muriel Knyvett, was the second wife of Sir Edmond Bell.

Before her death in January 1635, they were the parents of:[1] After Lady Katherine's death he married Margaret Hewitt, a sister of Sir George Hewitt, at St Mary Aldermary,London, on 27th July 1640.

[1] Through his only son Robert, he was a grandfather of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, who married the widowed Charlotte Howard (née FitzRoy), the acknowledged, but illegitimate, daughter of King Charles II and Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle.

Portrait of Sir William Paston 1st Baronet