John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester

John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (c. 1510 – 4 November 1576) was an English peer. He was the eldest son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Capel.^[1][2]

Career

John Paulet was knighted by Henry VIII at Boulogne on 30 September 1544.^[3][4] After the death of Edward VI he was (with his father) one of the signatories to the settlement of the Crown on Lady Jane Grey of 16 June 1553, although he later changed his allegiance to Queen Mary. He was styled Lord St. John from 1550 to 1572. He was summoned to Parliament on 3 October 1554 in one of his father's baronies as Lord St John. He was one of the Peers at the trial of the Duke of Norfolk on 16 January 1572. He succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester on 10 March 1572.^[2]

The offices he held during his career included:^[2][5]

• Sheriff of Hampshire 1533-34
• Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 1543-44
• Steward of Canford castle 1549/50
• Constable of Corfe Castle 1549/50
• Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1557
• Governor of the Isle of Wight 1558
• Keeper of St Andrew's Castle, Hamble 1572-76

Marriages and issue

Paulet was married three times:^[2][6]

• He married as his first wife, before 1536, Elizabeth Willoughby, first daughter and co-heiress of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke and Lady Dorothy Grey, and by her had six children:^[7][8]

• William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester (born about 1532 – 24 November 1598)
• Mary Paulet (died 10 October 1592), married Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell of Oakham
• George Paulet
• Thomas Paulet
• Richard Paulet
• Elizabeth Paulet, married firstly Sir William Courtenay of Powderham and secondly Sir Henry Ughtred

• He married secondly, around 1 April 1554, Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth, and widow of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell.
• He married thirdly, before May 1571, Winifred Brydges (1507–1586), daughter of Sir John Brydges (or Brugge), Lord Mayor of London 1520–21, and Agnes Ayloffe.^[2]

Death

John Paulet died at Chelsea on 4 June 1576 and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire. His widow, Winifred, died at Chelsea in 1586 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Cokayne, G. E. (1913). Gibbs, Vicary, ed. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom III. London: St. Catherine Press. 
• Cokayne, G. E. (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant VIII. Exeter: William Pollard. 
• "John Paulet, Family Search: Community Trees. British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry Families with Extended Lineage". Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2 May 2014. 
• "Sir John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, Family Search: Community Trees. Europe: Royal and Noble Houses of Europe". Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2 May 2014. 
• "Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2014. 
• Metcalfe, Walter C. (1885). Book of Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Bachelor. London: Mitchell and Hughes. 
• Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G., ed. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families III (2nd ed.). CreateSpace. ISBN 1461045207. 
• "Sir John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, Family Search: Community Trees. Europe: Royal and Noble Houses of Europe". Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2 May 2014. 
•  Tait, James (1895). "Paulet, William (1485?-1572)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 92–94. 
• "Winchester, Marquess of (E, 1551). Cracroft's Peerage". Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2014. 

External links

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• John Paulet, Marquess of Winchester Family tree
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• Winchester, Marquess of (E, 1551) Cracroft's Peerage