Katherine Paston

From http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenK.htm

KATHERINE KNYVETT (1578-March 10, 1629)

Katherine Knyvett was the daughter of Sir Thomas Knyvett (d. February 9, 1617) and Muriel Parry (d.1616). She married Edmund Paston of Paston Hall (1585-1623) on April 28, 1603. They had two sons, William (1610-1663) and Thomas (b.1614). Katherine was obliged to play an active role in family legal affairs because her husband was sickly and his father, Christopher Paston, was mentally ill. This also led to the preservation of forty-eight letters written by Katherine and thirty-seven addressed to her or to members of the Paston family.

• Biography: Oxford DNB entry under “Paston [n%C3%A9e Knyvett], Katherine;”
• Ruth Hughey, editor, The Corresponsence of Lady Katherine Paston, 1603-1627.
• Portrait: effigy by N. Stone, St. Margaret’s Church, Paston.

From http://www.tutorgigpedia.com/ed/Paston%2C_Norfolk#The_Paston_Family_

The Paston Monuments are at the eastern end of the building. The tomb of Katherine Knevet (the wife of Sir Edmund Paston) who died in 1628 stands on the north side of the chancel. This was created by Nicholas Stone, the master-mason to King Charles I, who was frequently employed by the Paston family,[14] and contains a verse epitaph written by the famous 'metaphysical' poet John Donne who was Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London.[15] The tomb is made of alabaster and pink-veined marble and shows a semi-reclining Lady Katherine, sculpted in white marble, surrounded by numerous allegorical figures. Stone also composed the neighbouring tomb of Sir Edmund who died in 1632. This has a plain urn on a bare base in an aedicule of black Doric columns. Pevsner comments that the 'contrast between the severity of the one and the ebullience of the other is startling'.[16]

links

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p39649.htm#i396486
• http://www.halhed.com/t4r/getperson.php?personID=I4245&tree=tree1

Citations

1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1289. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
3. http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ohlgren/RobinHood/Paston.htm