 Abt 1480 - 10.03.1571/72
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| Name |
Paulett, William |
| Born |
Abt 1480 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
10.03.1571/72 |
Basing, Hampshire, England |
| Person ID |
I10091 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Jun 2015 |
| Family |
Capell, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1490, England , bur. 25 Dec 1558, Basing, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 68 years) |
| Married |
Bef 1515 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. Paulett, Thomas [Natural] |
| | 2. Paulett, John [Natural] |
| | 3. Paulett, Alice [Natural] |
| | 4. Paulett, Margaret [Natural] |
| | 5. Paulett, Margery [Natural] |
| | 6. Paulett, Chideock, b. Abt 1520, England , bur. 17 Aug 1574, Wade, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 54 years) |
| | 7. Paulett, Eleanor, b. Abt 1523, England , d. Abt 1558, England (Age ~ 35 years) |
| | 8. Paulett, Giles, b. Abt 1525, England , d. Aft 1564 (Age ~ 40 years) |
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| Family ID |
F03224 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The Life and Career of William Paulet (c.1475-1572), Lord Treasurer and First Marquis of Winchester, by David Loades (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008; pp. 202.
Downloaded from <http://ehr.oxfordjournals.org. April 4, 2012 BOOK REVIEWs 979 EHR, cxxv. 515 (Aug. 2010)
... Although he lived to a great age (in harness), we do not know his date of birth... Professor Loades makes a good case for c.1475, thus making him 97 or so in 1572. Even the most conservative estimate would make him 86. A lawyer from an upper gentry family, he did not attain significant government office until 1526, when he became joint Master of the King’s Wards. ..He was especially prominent on unsuccessful missions to persuade Queen Catherine and Princess Mary to accept their diminished status following the Boleyn marriage... Paulet famously survived the various changes of political and religious regimes, occupying offices in the royal household and becoming Lord Treasurer in 1550 (surrendering the Wards in 1554)... He accumulated, naturally, a considerable estate and built a magnificent house (according to ODNB the ‘largest in Britain’) on his inherited property at Basing. He rose through the peerage to the unusual and exalted rank of marquis in 1551, so promoted only a year after becoming an earl, presumably as reward for his key role in securing John Dudley’s rule .... He married, about 1506, a daughter of the very rich London merchant Sir William Capell, and became a member of the Drapers’ Company. ... He was not sent on embassies abroad; an indication, perhaps, of a lack of the requisite social or intellectual graces needed to represent the prince? .... As Lord Treasurer, he could be credited with responsibility for important policies; .... At his death Paulet personally owed some £34,000 to the Queen. ...
See Also:
Tudor Survivor: The Life and Times of Courtier William Paulet by Margaret Scard 2011
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