The Marquess of Winchester | |||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
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.