PAULET, Sir William (c.1532-98), of Hooke Court, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. c. 1552, 1st s. of John, end Mq. of Winchester by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Robert, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke. educ. I. Temple 1546. m. by 1548, Agnes or Anne (d.1601), 1st da. of William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, 1s. 3da. At least 4s. illegit. KB 1553; summ. to Lords in his fa’s. barony as Lord St. John 5 May 1572; suc. fa. as 3rd Mq. of Winchester 4 Nov. 1576.

Offices Held

J.p. Hants from c. 1559, Dorset from 1564; sheriff, Hants 1560 – 61; commr. musters, Dorset 1569; high steward, Dorchester by 1570; jt. ld. lt. Dorset 1569, Hants 1585; commr. trial of Mary Queen of Scots 1586; ld. high steward 1589, 1597; ld. lt. Dorset 1586; commr. eccles. causes, diocese of Winchester 1597.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 651; St. Ch. 5/7/9; 2/5; E. K. Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 35; E. M. Tenison, Eliz. Eng. vii. 391; J. Coker, Surv. Dorset, 60, 61.

Parlimentarian

PAULET, Sir William (c.1532-98), of Hooke Court, Dorset.

Main residence: Hooke Court, Dorset.

Author

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

PAULET, Sir William (c.1532-98)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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