PAULET, Sir Hugh (c.1510-73), of Hinton St. George, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1510, 1st s. of Sir Amias Paulet by his 2nd w. Laura, da. of William Kellaway of Rockbourne, Hants. educ. M. Temple. m. (1) 1530, Philippa, da. of Sir Lewis Pollard of King’s Nympton, Devon, 3s. inc. Amias 2da.; (2) 1560, Elizabeth Blount, da. of Walter Blount of Blount’s Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., wid. of (Sir) Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity Coll. Oxf. Kntd. 1536; suc. fa. 1538.DNB ; C142/61/14; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver; Balleine, Biog. Dict Jersey , 662ff; Harbin, Som. MPs , 127; Collins, Peerage , iv. 3; Som. Rec. Soc. xxi. 40; PCC 18 Dyngeley.

Offices Held

J.p. Devon, Dorset, Som. from 1532; sheriff, Dorset, Som. 1536 – 37, 1542 – 43, 1547 – 48, Devon 1541 – 42; commr. church lands 1535; member, council in the west 1539; v.-adm. Som. 1539; administrator, Glastonbury abbey 1539; treasurer, Boulogne 1544 – 46; gov. Jersey 1550 – d.; vice-president, council in the marches of Wales 1559; custos rot. Som. from c. 1562, commr. musters 1569.CPR, 1553–4, pp. 18, 23, 28; 1560–3, pp. 435, 436, 443; 1563–6, p. 327; C66/985; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 37, 340, 462; Som. Rec. Soc. xx. 15, 25; LP Hen. VIII, xii(2), p. 320; xiv(1), p. 360, (2), p. 130; Cotton Titus B I, 161.

Parlimentarian

PAULET, Hugh (by 1510-73), of Hinton St. George, Som.

Main residence: Hinton St. George, Som.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

PAULET, Sir Hugh (c.1510-73)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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