William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester
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| Marquess of Winchester Baron St. John |
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Arms of Paulet, Marquess of Winchester: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or
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| Spouse(s) | Lucy Cecil |
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William Paulet
Thomas Paulet John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester Henry Paulet Charles Paulet Edward |
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| Noble family | Paulet |
| Father | William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester |
| Mother | Anne Howard |
| Born | Before 1560 |
| Died | 4 February 1629 (aged 68–69) |
| Buried | St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560[1] – 4 February 1629) was an English nobleman, the son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and Anne or Agnes Howard.[2] He was styled Lord St. John from 1576 to 1598. He was summoned to Parliament on 16 January 1581 in his father's barony as Lord St. John.[1] On 24 November 1598, he succeeded his father as 4th Marquess of Winchester. Paulet experienced great financial difficulties arising from his magnificent style of living and his lavish entertainment of Elizabeth I at Basing House.[1][3]
Marriage and issue
He married on 28 February 1587 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lady Lucy Cecil, daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and his first wife, Dorothy Neville.[1] Lucy and William had six children:[4]
- William Paulet, Lord St John (1587/8–1621), married Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu
- Thomas Paulet, died before 1621
- John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (c.1598–5 March 1675) married three times:
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- Jane Savage, daughter of Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage
- Honora de Burgh, daughter of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde
- Isabel Howard, daughter of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and Mary Stafford
- Henry Paulet, of Amport, married Lucy Philpot, daughter of Sir George Philpot of Thruxton
- Charles Paulet, died c.1654, had issue
- Edward Paulet
His wife, Lucy, died 1 October 1614 and was buried a month later in the Cecil vault in Westminster Abbey.[1]
Death
William Paulet died at Hackwood, near Basingstoke, on 4 February 1629, and was buried at Basing, Hampshire.[1]
Footnotes
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| Preceded by | Marquess of Winchester 1598–1628 |
Succeeded by John Paulet |
| Baron St John of Basing (descended by acceleration) 1598–1624 |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cokayne 1898, p. 174.
- ↑ Cokayne 1898, p. 174 footnote (a).
- ↑ Lodge 1859, p. 580.
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