Sir William Paulet, Lord St John of Basing, 1st Marquess of Winchester, statesman and court official, Baron St John of Basing, Earl of Wiltshire, Marquess of Winchester, Lord Treasurer of England, Knight of the Garter, Comptroller of the King's Household, Master of the King's Wards.
Dates: c.1475-1572
Biography
Sir William Paulet was a prominent Tudor statesman who served Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He acquired extensive Hampshire lands and is directly associated with the 1539 grant of Abbotstone and Itchen Stoke.
Notes / Sources
He built a substantial sixteenth-century house or capital messuage at Abbotstone.
Research sources:
- Raymond Elliott, 'The Importance of Abbotstone'; Isabel Sanderson, 'Abbotstone: A Deserted Medieval Village'; and William Page, ed., Victoria County History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, vol. 4 (1911). — https://www.alresford.org/displayed/displayed_16-2.php
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Paulet of Basing and Winchester
Father: Sir John Paulet of Basing and Nunney
Mother: Alice Paulet of Hinton St George
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Capell; Winifred Bruges, widow of Sir Richard Sackville
Children / next generation: John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester; Thomas Paulet of Cossington; Chidiock Paulet of Wade; Giles Paulet of Cokels; Alice Stawell; Margaret Berkeley; Margery Waller; Eleanor Pecksall
Armorial Registry
Winchester — William Paulet, 1st Marquess, ennoblement of the Basing line
Branch: Paulet of Basing; founder of the Winchester peerage line
Issued / recorded: 1539
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