Paston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Paston
Historical Forms
- Pastuna 1086 DB
- Pastun(e) c.1150 Crawf 1153–68 Holme 1154–89 CAcre 1216–72 HMC
- Pastona 1183 Holme
- Paston' 1185–7,1189–92 P 1196,t.R1 Cur
- Paston 1190,1191 P 1304to1548 Pat 1305 Abbrev 1309,1325 FF 1309,1325,1358 FA 1327 Banco 1535 VE
- Paxton' 1193,1194,1195–9 P
- Pastone 1254–75 Val 1257,1269,1286 Ass l.14 HMC 1417 AD
- Paston nuper Sacre 1662, 1663 Ct Past Sacre
- Paston Leeches Latymers et Huntingfeild 1623 to 1632 Ct Past Leech
- Paston Leeches Latimers et Huntingfeilds 1695 to 1715 ib
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN) assumes that the first el. is OE *pæsc (e ), the source of dial. pash 'puddle', which has been compared with MDu pasch 'pasture-land', followed by tūn . The total absence of genitival composition forms makes derivation from the OE pers.n. Passa (Redin 106), as in Passenham Nth (PN Nth 101, DEPN s.n.), less plausible. Paston Nth (PN Nth 240) is derived from an OE pers.n. *Pæcci on the strength of the spelling Paxtona (once). A similar spelling occurs here. Ekwall (DEPN) attaches no importance to these spellings, whereas Mills gives '*Pæcci 's tūn' as an alternative possibility. No certainty seems possible.
The church, dedicated to St Margaret, contains several monuments to the Pastons (Pevsner 298, White 483).
Paston Sacre, Paston nuper Sacre 1662, 1663Ct Past Sacre .Paston Leeches, Latimers And Huntingfields, Paston Leeches Latymers et Huntingfeild 1623 to 1632Ct Past Leech ; Paston Leeches Latimers et Huntingfeilds 1695 to 1715ib . These are manors which came to the Paston family. Paston Sacre no doubt goes back to the old Holme Abbot's manor. In 34 Hy8 (1542–3) Sir Thomas Paston , who was a member of the Privy Chamber, obtained this manor from Bishop Rugg in exchange (cf. Blomefield XI 58, Norris III 360). The manor of Paston Leeches was brought to the Pastons by the marriage of Cecily, the daughter and heir of William Leach , who was the last male member of his family, and Clement Paston about the year 1300 (Norris III 362); v. Leeches 1627 and Leechgate way 1623 under (b) in Bacton supra . According to Norris (ib ), writing in 1782, the other two should be identified with the manor of Thomas le Latymer , “which extended into Witton, Bacton and Keswick” (v. Latymerhalle 1360 under (b) in Bacton supra ) and the manor of Huntingfeld Hall , which was in Bacton (q. v .), but all “these three being now and long before united into one manor”.Blomefield shows that they “were valued in the whole” in 1603 (Blomefield XI58).