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Elizabeth Paston

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Elizabeth Paston was a member of the English gentry who is regularly referred to in the extensive collection of Paston Letters. She was the only daughter of a Norfolk lawyer, William Paston and Agnes Barry. In her late teens and twenties she resisted marriage to several men proposed by her mother and brothers, before marrying Sir Robert Poynings in 1458, with whom she had a son Edward Poynings.

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Occupation: writer
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Born: 1429
Died: February 1, 1488

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Robert Poyningsspouse George Brownespouse Edward Poyningschild Sir Matthew Brownechild William Pastonfather Agnes Pastonmother

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