Margaret Paston
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Margaret Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman best known for the Paston Letters, a rich collection of family correspondence that provides a detailed picture of late medieval English society and domestic life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Paston canonical | 3 |
| Margaret Paston Bedingfeld | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18512144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Paston Context triple: [Paston, hasNotableBearer, Margaret Paston]
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A.
Bridget Paston
Bridget Paston was an English gentlewoman of the prominent Paston family, best known historically as the wife of eminent jurist Sir Edward Coke.
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B.
John Paston
John Paston was a 15th-century English landowner and member of the prominent Paston family, best known through the Paston Letters that document his and his relatives’ lives and legal struggles.
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C.
Margaret Pope
Margaret Pope is a New Zealand public servant and political adviser best known for her long-term partnership with former Prime Minister David Lange.
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D.
Margaret Audley
Margaret Audley was a 16th-century English noblewoman, daughter of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, and the second wife of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
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E.
Elizabeth Popham
Elizabeth Popham was an English gentlewoman of the 18th century best known as the mother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a prominent British statesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Paston Target entity description: Margaret Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman best known for the Paston Letters, a rich collection of family correspondence that provides a detailed picture of late medieval English society and domestic life.
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A.
Bridget Paston
Bridget Paston was an English gentlewoman of the prominent Paston family, best known historically as the wife of eminent jurist Sir Edward Coke.
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B.
John Paston
John Paston was a 15th-century English landowner and member of the prominent Paston family, best known through the Paston Letters that document his and his relatives’ lives and legal struggles.
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C.
Margaret Pope
Margaret Pope is a New Zealand public servant and political adviser best known for her long-term partnership with former Prime Minister David Lange.
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D.
Margaret Audley
Margaret Audley was a 16th-century English noblewoman, daughter of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, and the second wife of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
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E.
Elizabeth Popham
Elizabeth Popham was an English gentlewoman of the 18th century best known as the mother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a prominent British statesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Margaret Paston