William Paget, Sir William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert from 1549, English courtier, diplomat, statesman, and 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert
Dates: circa 1505-1563
Biography
William Paget was a Tudor administrator, diplomat and royal secretary who received extensive former monastic lands after the Dissolution, including the Burton Abbey estates of Abbots Bromley and Bromley Hurst. He was created Baron Paget of Beaudesert in 1549.
Notes / Sources
The manor connection is directly stated in the Staffordshire heritage and archival sources.
Research sources:
- High Speed Two Ltd, SES2 and AP2 ES Appendix CH-001-000, paragraph 3.7.4; Staffordshire History Centre, Records of the Paget family, Barons Paget of Beaudesert, Earls of Uxbridge and Marquesses of Anglesey; Staffordshire Record Office, D(W)1734/2/3/112b, Valor or rental of all the property of Lord Paget, circa 1550. — https://www.staffordshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB169_K002
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