Sir William de Paris was a Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire and soldier of the Wars of Scottish Independence.

[3] On 8 January 1310 William was accused of being in a gang that hunted deer illegally on Sir Thomas Ludlow's land at Scrivelsby and assaulted his servants.

[3] Ludlow retaliated by gathering up a band of men and robbing and maiming William at Morton by Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

[4] de Paris was summoned to defend the north against the Scots on 30 June 1314 shortly after the Battle of Bannockburn.

[a] During William De Paris' life he was described as being of Morton by Horncastle but his family also held land at Great Humby and Old Somerby.