William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Winchester
KB JP
Arms of Paulet, Marquess of Winchester: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or
Lord High Steward
for the funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots
In office
31 August 1587 – 1 September 1587
MonarchElizabeth I
ChancellorSir Christopher Hatton
Preceded byThe Earl of Shrewsbury
for the trial of the Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded byThe Earl of Derby
for the trial of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey
Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
In office
1580–?
MonarchElizabeth I
ChancellorSir Thomas Bromley
Preceded byThe Lord Mountjoy
Succeeded byThe Earl of Bedford
In office
1 March 1586 – 24 November 1598
MonarchElizabeth I
Chancellor
See
Preceded byThe Earl of Bedford
Succeeded byThe 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)
MonarchElizabeth I
Chancellor
See
    • Sir Thomas Bromley (until 1587)
    • Sir Christopher Hatton (1587–1591)
    • Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal: (1591–1592)
    • The Lord Burghley
    • The Lord Hunsdon
    • The Lord Cobham
    • The Lord Buckhurst
    • Sir Gilbert Gerard
    • Sir John Puckering (1592–1596)
      (as Lord Keeper)
    • The Viscount Ellesmere (from 1596)
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byThe Lord Mountjoy
The Lord Hunsdon
High Sheriff of Hampshire
In office
1560–1561
MonarchElizabeth I
ChancellorSir Nicholas Bacon
Preceded byThomas Pace
Succeeded byWilliam Uvedale
Member of Parliament for Dorset
In office
1571–1571
Serving with John Horsey
MonarchElizabeth I
ChancellorSir Nicholas Bacon
Preceded byThomas Howard
Succeeded byJohn Stroke
ConstituencyDorset
Personal details
Born
William Paulet

c. 1532
Died24 November 1598(1598-11-24) (aged 65–66)
Resting placeSt. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire
51°16′17″N 1°02′48″W / 51.271389°N 1.046667°W / 51.271389; -1.046667
NationalityEnglish
SpouseAnne Howard
Domestic partnerJane Lambert (mistress)
ChildrenWith 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)
The 3rd Marquess of Winchester
3rd Marquess of Winchester
Tenure1576–1598
PredecessorJohn Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester
SuccessorWilliam Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester
Other titles3rd Earl of Wiltshire
3rd Baron St John

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.

He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Mary I on 30 November 1553.[3]

Career

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The offices he held during his career included:[4][5]

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

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Between 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]

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

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He 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

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  1. ^ Mosley 2003, p. 1124.
  2. ^ a b Cokayne 1898, p. 173.
  3. ^ Shaw 1906, p. 152.
  4. ^ Cokayne 1898, pp. 173–174.
  5. ^ Hasler 1981.
  6. ^ Cokayne 1898, p. 174, note (b).
  7. ^ Thomas 1948, pp. 592–599.
  8. ^ Family Search: "William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester".
  9. ^ a b Cokayne 1898, p. 174 footnote (a).
  10. ^ a b c Cokayne 1898, p. 174.
  11. ^ Richardson 2011, p. 312.
  12. ^ a b Cracroft's Peerage: "Winchester, Marquess of"
  13. ^ Emerson 2008–13.
  14. ^ Rylands 1913, p. 224.

Bibliography

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Political offices
Preceded by
Unknown
 Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
jointly with The Earl of Sussex 1585–1593
The Lord Mountjoy 1595–1598
The Lord Hunsdon 1597–1598
1585–1598 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
1586–1598 		Vacant
Title next held by
The Viscount Howard of Bindon
Peerage of England
Preceded by Marquess of Winchester
1576–1598 		Succeeded by
Baron St John of Basing
(writ in acceleration)
1572–1598
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