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Paulet, William (1474 - 1571/2)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1474 ([ODNB]; 'ca. 1483' [CP])
Death Date: 1572-03-10

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Capell, Elizabeth ( - 1558)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1509
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced at least 4 sons and at least 4 daughters

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

  • 1st Baron St John
    Assumed: 1538/9-03-09
    Vacated: 1571/2-03-10
  • 13th Earl of Wiltshire
    Assumed: 1549/50-01-19
    Vacated: 1571/2-03-10
  • 1st Marquess of Winchester
    Assumed: 1551-10-11
    Vacated: 1571/2-03-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
High Steward, Somerset -03 -10 held this office at time of death
Sheriff, Hampshire 1511 -11 -8
Commissioner of Musters, Hampshire 1512
Commissioner of Musters, Southampton 1512
JP, Hampshire 1513/14 1515
Commissioner of Musters, Hampshire 1514
Commissioner of Musters, Southampton 1514
JP, Hampshire 1517/18
Sheriff, Hampshire 1518 -11 -8
Sheriff, Hampshire 1522 -11 -12
JP, Hampshire 1522/3
JP, Wiltshire 1525/6
JP, Hampshire 1528/9
JP, Somerset 1528/9
MP, Hampshire 1529
Steward, Winchester Diocese 1529 1571/2 -03 -10
JP, Hampshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Somerset 1530/1 1532
JP, Wiltshire 1531 1532
Comptroller of the Household, England 1532 -5 1537 -10
Keeper, Hampshire 1535/6 -2 -7
Commissioner of Musters, Bedfordshire 1536
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
Treasurer of the Household, England 1537 -10 -18 1538/9 -03
JP, Hampshire 1537/8
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1541
Commissioner of Musters, Wiltshire 1539
JP, Hampshire 1540
Governor, Hampshire 1542
JP, Hampshire 1542
Privy Councillor, England 1542 -11 -19 1571/2 -03 -10
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3
JP, Somerset 1542/3 1544
Chamberlain of England, England 1543 -5 -16 1545 -10
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1545 -12 -17 1549/50 -02
Commissioner of Musters, various counties, England 1545
President of the Privy Council, England 1545 -11 1549/50 -02
Steward of the Household, England 1545 -11 -24 1549/50 -02
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1546/7 -3 -6 1558 -12 -21
Capt & Keeper, Hampshire 1547 -7 -17 1571/2 -03 -10 For life.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Hampshire 1547
JP, Hampshire 1547
JP, Staffordshire 1547
JP, Suffolk 1547
JP, Wiltshire 1547
JP, Sussex 1547
JP, Surrey 1547
JP, Warwickshire 1547
JP, Yorkshire 1547
JP, Somerset 1547
JP, Westmorland 1547
JP, Worcestershire 1547
JP, Shropshire 1547
JP, Rutland 1547
JP, Oxfordshire 1547
JP, Monmouthshire 1547
JP, Dorset 1547
JP, Cheshire 1547
Keeper, Hampshire 1548 -7 -27 1571/2 -03 -10 For life. Held solely, then jointly from 29 Jan. 1560/1
Master of the Household, England 1549/50 -1 -19
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1549/50 -2 -3 1571/2 -03 -10
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1552 -5 -16
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1553 -5 -24
Lord Lieut, London 1558 -5 -20 Lieutenancy included counties adjacent to London
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1559 -5 -26
Capt, Isle of Wight 1560
JP, Southampton 1561/2
JP, Durham 1561/2
JP, Wiltshire 1561/2
JP, Dorset 1561/2
JP, Yorkshire 1561/2
JP, Worcestershire 1561/2
JP, Staffordshire 1561/2
JP, Suffolk 1561/2
JP, Surrey 1561/2
JP, Shropshire 1561/2
JP, Sussex 1561/2
JP, Warwickshire 1561/2
JP, Westmorland 1561/2
JP, Rutland 1561/2
JP, Oxfordshire 1561/2
JP, Somerset 1561/2
JP, Nottinghamshire 1562
JP, Northamptonshire 1562
JP, Norfolk 1562
JP, Middlesex 1562
JP, Lincolnshire 1562
JP, Leicestershire 1562
JP, Hertfordshire 1562
JP, Herefordshire 1562
JP, Gloucestershire 1562
JP, Kent 1562
JP, Huntingdonshire 1562
JP, Carmarthenshire 1562
JP, Cheshire 1562
JP, Monmouthshire 1562
JP, Essex 1562
JP, Devon 1562
JP, Derbyshire 1562
JP, Cumberland 1562
JP, Cornwall 1562
JP, Cambridgeshire 1562
JP, Buckinghamshire 1562
JP, Berkshire 1562
JP, Bedfordshire 1562
JP, Northumberland 1562
JP, various counties, Wales 1562
JP, Somerset 1564
JP, Wiltshire 1564
JP, Cambridgeshire 1564
JP, Oxfordshire 1564
JP, Rutland 1564
JP, Shropshire 1564
JP, Staffordshire 1564
JP, Suffolk 1564
JP, Surrey 1564
JP, Sussex 1564
JP, Warwickshire 1564
JP, Westmorland 1564
JP, Worcestershire 1564
JP, Yorkshire 1564
JP, Dorset 1564
JP, Carmarthenshire 1564
JP, Cambridgeshire 1564
JP, Dorset 1569 May have held office in this year
Lord Lieut, Hampshire 1569 -11 -20
Lord Lieut, Middlesex 1569 -11 -20
Lord Lieut, London 1569 -11 -20 Held jointly

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Basing, Hampshire
  • Netley, Hampshire
  • Austin Friars, London (city-county)
  • Chelsea, Middlesex

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Middlesex
  • Somerset
  • Surrey
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Treasurer's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Treasurer's Players Paulet, William (1474 - 1572) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.