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     John PASKE was the son of John PASKE.¹ John PASKE lived at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.¹
John married Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹

     
Mary married John PASKE, son of John PASKE.¹

Research Note: Mary was the daughter of John Goldsborow of the County of Cambridge (and sister of Godfry, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Bishop of Gloucester, who died 1604).¹

     John PASKE was the son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹
John married Margaret OVERTON.¹

     
Margaret married John PASKE, son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹

     William PASKE was the son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹ William was in Holy Orders, D.D. A grant of Arms was made to him in 1630 and after him to his brother Thomas.^1,2

     Samuel PASKE was the son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹
Samuel married Martha BURNHAM.²

     
Martha married Samuel PASKE, son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.²

     Frances PASKE was the daughter of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹
Frances married Robert BOWLES.²

     
Robert married Frances PASKE, daughter of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.²

     Alice PASKE was the daughter of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹
Alice married Richard HEARNE.¹
Alice died in 1629.¹ Alice was buried in St. Vedas, Foster Lane, London.¹

     
Richard married Alice PASKE, daughter of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹ Richard was an Alderman of London.¹

At the Heralds' Visitations of Norfolk 1664 and London 1633/34, pedigrees were registered showing Nicholas Herne of Tibenham in Norfolk, who had a son Richard. Richard, Nicholas's son, was an Alderman of London, and died about 1625. He married Alice Paske, and had sons Nicholas, John and Richard. John, the second son, had a son John who lived at Arminghall in Norfolk; he married Mary Pitts, and had children John (born about 1648), George, Francis, Thomas, Robert, Lionel, and three daughters. Nicholas Herne (eldest son of Richard and Alice) was married first to Elizabeth Hooker; they had children Richard, born about 1615, Nicholas, John, Robert and three daughters. He was married second to Sarah Ironside, and at the time of the London Visitation of 1633/34, they had children Nathaniel, Samuel and James.²

     Margaret PASKE was the daughter of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.²
Margaret married Thomas MONKE.¹

     
Thomas married Margaret PASKE, daughter of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.²

     Thomas PASKE Snr was the son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹ Thomas Paske D.D. was Master of Clare Hall, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, rector of Great Hadham Hertforshire and other benefices.^1,2,3
Thomas married Anne MOUNTAIN.⁴ The Dictionary of National Biography states:
"Thomas Paske was scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge and fellow between Xmas 1603 and 1612; B.A. 1608; B.D. 1613. He succeeded Wm Paske as vicar of Hendon 1611, chaplin to James, Marquis of Hamilton, 1621; elected Master of Clare Hall and incorporated D.D. 1621: Archdeacon of London 1625 and Vicar of Gt and Little Hadham, Herts and also of St. Mary’s, Bermondsey. Prebendary of Ulles-kelf in York Minster, 1628; and a prebendal stall in Canterbury, 1636.

He took up residence in Canterbury and the Fellow of Clare Hall petitioned the King for leave to elect a new Master but the election was delayed some years. He became sub-dean of Canterbury; he drew attention to the ravages of Cromwell’s soldiers in the cathedral and it was he who was called on to deliver the keys to the Parliamentary Army.

Under the Protectorate he was deprived of all his benefices and bore his losses cheerfully for 18 years. At the Restoration he was re-instated to Mastership of Clare Hall, Hadham and two prebends, but he surrendered the Mastership to his son-in-law Dr. Theophilus Dillingham who had been already elected to the post in 1654 (Dr Dillingham 1613-1678 was buried in St. Edwards Cambridge).

Thomas Paske had great ability as a teacher, his wife, Anne had property at Hadham where she lived with four children after her husband’s ejection. His name is variously spelt Passke, Paske and Pasque."⁵
Thomas died in 1662 in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.⁶ He was interred in the Chancel on 20 September 1662 in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. There is no monument to him, or any of his family, in the church.⁶ His estate was probated in 1662; A copy of his will (PROB 11/309 1662) has been purchased but not yet transcribed. Walters Hist of Suffolk, pt II, pg 141, says he was Vice Chancellor of Camb 1632 and that he refused the offer of a bishopbric.

Clutterbuck’s Hist of Herts says “he was learned, prudent, pious and cheerful and that once, at Cambridge, 2 Bishops, 4 Privy Councillors, 2 Judges and 3 Physicians, all old pupils, visited him in one day.”

The Pedigree Roll states that his son Thomas Paske, the younger, was also Master of Clare Hall. No confirmation of this was found, although in 1667 he, with two others, presented to the College a silver ewer and bason, weighing 156 oz, he giving 88 oz, this plate the College still has.⁷

Research Note: Much Hadham is also known as Great Hadham. More information is available on http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/much-hadham.htm, and
http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/HRT/MuchHadham/.

For continuity, references to Hadham, Great Hadham have been changed to Much Hadham.

Research Note: There seems to be some contradiction over who is Thomas' father. The Dictionary of National Biography says "He was son of William Paske, vicar of Hendon, Middlesex." However earlier on the page, it states that Thomas was the son of John PASKE. I have therefore assumed that John was his father.⁸

     
Anne married Thomas PASKE Snr, son of John PASKE and Mary GOLDSBOROW.¹

     Thomas PASKE was the son of Thomas PASKE Snr and Anne MOUNTAIN.¹

Soanes Freeman Gardner in 1921 stated:

"In the Dictionary of National Biography there is a Thomas Paske, of Hadham, admitted Clare Coll 1692, Fellow of Clare LL.D. and M.P. for University of Cambridge from 1713 till his death 1720.

The Pedigree Roll states that Thomas Paske, the younger, was also Master of Clare Hall. No confirmation of this was found, although in 1667 he, with two others, presented to the College a silver ewer and bason, weighing 156 oz, he giving 88 oz, this plate the College still has.

In Finchingfield Ch, Essex, a monument states that Thos Paske was rector there in 1702. This is thought to be Thomas, as his son George was rector of Finchingfield. The monument states that his daughter married a curate but was widowed in one year and her son became a well-known etcher, his name was Brown.

Aunt Helen Paske has some of his etchings (1921). I understood there was such a monument from F. Hammond Clark whose cousin Percy Moyes was rector of Finchingfield, but when I went to the church in 1922 I could find no monument in the church or gravestone outside. I think the statement about Brown must be in the Parish Register."^2,3


Thomas married Ellen (?).⁴
Thomas died on 17 January 1726.¹ Thomas was buried in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.⁴

     George PASKE was the son of Thomas PASKE Snr and Anne MOUNTAIN.¹

     Elizabeth PASKE was the daughter of Thomas PASKE Snr and Anne MOUNTAIN.¹
Elizabeth married Theophilus DILLINGHAM on 30 March 1661 in St. Edward, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.^2,3

     
Theophilus DILLINGHAM was born in 1613.¹ In an unknown date , he had the Mastership of Clare Hall, Hadham, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1655.^1,2
Theophilus married Elizabeth PASKE, daughter of Thomas PASKE Snr and Anne MOUNTAIN, on 30 March 1661 in St. Edward, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.^3,4 Theophilus was buried in 1678 in St Edwards, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.¹

     William was vicar of Hendon, Middlesex. He left Hendon 1611 for Ashdon, Essex, he was prebend of Oxgate in St. Paul’s Cathedral.²
William died on 15 February 1640.²

Research Note: There seems to be some contradiction over who is Thomas' father. The Dictionary of National Biography says "He was son of William Paske, vicar of Hendon, Middlesex." However earlier on the page, it states that Thomas was the son of John PASKE. I have therefore assumed that John was his father.³

     A William Paske or Pasche, a musician, flourished about 1500, a book of his Masses in library of Caius Coll, Cambridge. Wm Paske, died 1525, and left instructions for his burial in St. Margaret’s, Friday St, London.²

     In 1561 William Paske was an incumbent of All Saints, Kingdon, Somerset.¹

Research Note: Kingdon is probably Kingsdon, a parish in the hundred of Somerton, county Somerset, 2 miles S.E. of Somerton, 2 N. of Ilchester, and 6 W. of the Sparkford railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on the Roman road Fosse Way. The soil is clay. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £330. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £432, in the patronage of the University College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to All Sainte, is an ancient structure with a tower containing five bells and a clock. Near the door is a basin for consecrated water, and in the transept the recumbent figure of a Knight Templar in armour. The Independents have a place of worship. There is a school for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is also held. Charles A. Moody, Esq., is lord of the manor." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003.²

     
Ellen married Thomas PASKE, son of Thomas PASKE Snr and Anne MOUNTAIN.¹
Ellen died on 20 January 1726 in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.¹

     
Ellen PASKE was born in 1670.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas PASKE and Ellen (?).¹ Ellen died unmarried in 1691.¹

     
Anne PASKE was born in 1671.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas PASKE and Ellen (?).¹ Anne died unmarried in 1707.¹