Elizabeth Paston
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Elizabeth Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman from the prominent Paston family, known through the Paston Letters and as the mother of Tudor statesman Sir Edward Poynings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Paston canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19883196 — 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: Elizabeth Paston Context triple: [Edward Poynings, mother, Elizabeth Paston]
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A.
Margaret Paston
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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B.
Katherine Paston
Katherine Paston was an early 17th-century English gentlewoman best known for her surviving letters, which provide valuable insight into the social, religious, and familial life of the Norfolk gentry.
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C.
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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D.
Clement Paston
Clement Paston was a member of the prominent Paston family of Norfolk, England, known from the Paston Letters that document the lives and fortunes of the gentry in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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E.
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.
- 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: Elizabeth Paston Target entity description: Elizabeth Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman from the prominent Paston family, known through the Paston Letters and as the mother of Tudor statesman Sir Edward Poynings.
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A.
Margaret Paston
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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B.
Katherine Paston
Katherine Paston was an early 17th-century English gentlewoman best known for her surviving letters, which provide valuable insight into the social, religious, and familial life of the Norfolk gentry.
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C.
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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D.
Clement Paston
Clement Paston was a member of the prominent Paston family of Norfolk, England, known from the Paston Letters that document the lives and fortunes of the gentry in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.