William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester KB JP (c. 1532 – 24 November 1598)[1] was an English nobleman, the son of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Elizabeth Willoughby.[2] His maternal grandfather was Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke.
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| Lord High Steward for the funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots | |
| In office 31 August 1587 – 1 September 1587 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Chancellor | Sir Christopher Hatton |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Shrewsbury for the trial of the Duke of Norfolk |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Derby for the trial of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey |
| Lord Lieutenant of Dorset | |
| In office 1580–? | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Chancellor | Sir Thomas Bromley |
| Preceded by | The Lord Mountjoy |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Bedford |
| In office 1 March 1586 – 24 November 1598 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Chancellor | See
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| Preceded by | The Earl of Bedford |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Howard of Bindon |
| Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire | |
| In office before 1585 – 24 November 1598 Serving with The Earl of Sussex (3 July 1585 – 14 December 1593) The Lord Mountjoy (from 4 August 1595) The Lord Hunsdon (from 8 September 1603) | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Chancellor | See
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| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Mountjoy The Lord Hunsdon |
| High Sheriff of Hampshire | |
| In office 1560–1561 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Chancellor | Sir Nicholas Bacon |
| Preceded by | Thomas Pace |
| Succeeded by | William Uvedale |
| Member of Parliament for Dorset | |
| In office 1571–1571 Serving with John Horsey | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Chancellor | Sir Nicholas Bacon |
| Preceded by | Thomas Howard |
| Succeeded by | John Stroke |
| Constituency | Dorset |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Paulet c. 1532 |
| Died | 24 November 1598 (aged 65–66) |
| Resting place | St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire 51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.271389°N 1.046667°W |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | Anne Howard |
| Domestic partner | Jane Lambert (mistress) |
| Children | With Anne Howard: William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester Lady Anne Dennis Lady Katherine Wroughton Lady Elizabeth Hoby With Jane Lambert: Sir William Paulet Sir John Paulet Sir Hercules Paulet Hector Paulet Susannah Warnfford |
| Parent(s) | John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (father) Elizabeth Willougby (mother) |
| 3rd Marquess of Winchester | |
| Tenure | 1576–1598 |
| Predecessor | John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester |
| Successor | William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester |
| Other titles | 3rd Earl of Wiltshire 3rd Baron St John |
He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Mary I on 30 November 1553.[3]
Career
editThe offices he held during his career included:[4][5]
- Justice of the Peace, Hampshire from c.1559
- Sheriff of Hampshire 1560–61
- Justice of the Peace, Dorset from 1564
- Commissioner for the Musters, Dorset 1569
- High Steward, Dorchester by 1570
- Joint Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1569 and 1585/6-98
- Member of Parliament for Dorset 1571
- Joint Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1585
- Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1585–86
- Lord High Steward for the funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1 August 1587
- Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1596
- Commissioner for Ecclesiastical Causes, Diocese of Winchester 1597
Paulet was summoned to Parliament on 5 May 1572 in his father's Barony of St John.[2] He succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Winchester on 4 November 1576. During October 1586, he was one of the judges at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, later acting as Lord High Steward at her funeral on 1 August 1587.
He is known as the author of The Lord Marquess Idleness, a remarkable and most ingenious acrostic of six Latin verses.[6] It was published in 1586 and 1587.[7]
Marriage and issue
editBetween 20 June 1544 and 10 February 1547/1548[8] he married Anne or Agnes[9] Howard, daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham and his first wife, Katherine Broughton and had issue:[10][11][12]
- William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, died 4 February 1629, married Lucy Cecil, daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
- Anne Paulet, born 1552, married Sir Thomas Denys (modern spelling: Dennis), of Holcombe Burnell, Devon; grandparents of the prodigy Denys Rolle
- Katherine Paulet, married Sir Giles Wroughton
- Elizabeth Paulet, married Sir Edward Hoby[12]
The marriage was not a happy one, and the couple were only reconciled, on one occasion, by Elizabeth I's intervention.[9]
Paulet also had children with his recognised mistress Jane Lambert, who later married the much younger Sir Gerrard Fleetwood:[13][14]
- Sir William Paulet, died 1628, lawyer, London, later of Edington, Wiltshire. High Sheriff of Wiltshire 1613, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Seymour
- Sir John Paulet, lawyer, Winchester, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Stump
- Sir Hercules Paulet, born 1574, married Bridgett, daughter of Sir Henry Gifford
- Hector Paulet, born 1578, married Joan Butler
- Susan or Susanna Paulet, married firstly Thomas Kirkby and secondly Launcelott Warnfford
Death
editHe died on 24 November 1598 and was buried at Basing, Hampshire.[10] His widow, Anne Paulet, died on 18 November 1601.[10] The date of Jane Lambert's death is not recorded.
References
edit- ^ Mosley 2003, p. 1124.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1898, p. 173.
- ^ Shaw 1906, p. 152.
- ^ Cokayne 1898, pp. 173–174.
- ^ Hasler 1981.
- ^ Cokayne 1898, p. 174, note (b).
- ^ Thomas 1948, pp. 592–599.
- ^ Family Search: "William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester".
- ^ a b Cokayne 1898, p. 174 footnote (a).
- ^ a b c Cokayne 1898, p. 174.
- ^ Richardson 2011, p. 312.
- ^ a b Cracroft's Peerage: "Winchester, Marquess of"
- ^ Emerson 2008–13.
- ^ Rylands 1913, p. 224.
Bibliography
edit- Cokayne, G. E. (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. VIII. Exeter: William Pollard.
- Emerson, Kathy Lynn. "Jane Lambert". A Who’s Who of Tudor Women. Kateemersonhistoricals.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- Hasler, P. W. (1981). "Paulet, Sir William (c.1532–98), of Hooke Court, Dorset". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603. Histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- McDermott, James (2008). "Howard, William, first Baron Howard of Effingham (c.1510–1573)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13946. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 1 (107th ed.). Wilmington: Burke's Peerage & Gentry LLC. ISBN 0971196621.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). CreateSpace. p. 312. ISBN 978-1461045205.
- Rylands, W. Harry, ed. (1913). "Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire made by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceulx a 1530 : enlarged with the vissitation of the same county made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx anno 1575 both which are continued with the vissitation made by John Phillipott, Somersett (for William Camden, Clarenceux) in a 1622 most part then don & finished in a 1634. As collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1544". The Publications of the Harleian Society. LXIV. London: Harleian Society: 224.
- Shaw, W. A. (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. I. London: Sherrat and Hughes. p. 153.
- Thomas, Sidney (October 1948). ""The Lord Marquess' Idleness": The First English Book of Essays". Studies in Philology. 45 (4). University of North Carolina Press: 592–599. JSTOR 4172865.
- "Winchester, Marquess of (E, 1551)". Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- "William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester". Family Search: Community Trees. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- "William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester". Family Search: Community Trees. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
External links
edit- William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester Family tree
- PAULET, Sir William (c.1532–98), of Hooke Court, Dorset A biography
- William Paulet, 3rd M. of Winchester His family and details of his life