John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester
John Paulet | |
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| Marquess of Winchester Earl of Wiltshire Baron St. John | |
 The Marquess of Winchester by Wenceslaus Hollar | |
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| Born | 1598 |
| Died | 5 March 1675 (aged 76–77) |
| Buried | Englefield, Berkshire |
| Noble family | Paulet |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Savage Honora de Burgh Isabel Howard |
| Issue | Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton |
| Father | William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester |
| Mother | Lucy Cecil |
John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester (c. 1598 – 5 March 1675), styled Lord John Paulet until 1621 and Lord St John from 1621 to 1628, was the third but eldest surviving son of William Paulet and his successor as 5th Marquess of Winchester.[1]
Life
He kept terms at
On the outbreak of the
The Marquess was made prisoner with such of his garrison as survived the fight; ten pieces of ordnance and much ammunition were also taken by the victors, as Oliver Cromwell himself, who directed the assault, wrote to the Speaker.[3]
He was committed to the
Marriages and issue
He married as his first wife:
- Jane Savage, daughter of Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage of Rocksavage, on 18 December 1622, and by her had a son:[4]
- Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, born c. 1630[5][6]
- Jane died in childbirth in 1631, prompting an epitaph by John Milton[7]
He married as his second wife:
- Honora de Burgh, born c. 1605, daughter of Frances Walsingham, in around 1645[4]and by her, had a daughter:
- Anne, died c. September 1694, married John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
He married as his third wife:
- Isabel Howard, daughter of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and Mary Stafford, sister of the 5th Baron Stafford, in 1669.[4]
Death
He retired to Englefield House in Berkshire, which was a wedding gift from his second marriage to Lady Honora de Burgh in the early 1630s. He died on 5 March 1674 and was buried at Englefield, Berkshire.[1] Paulet was succeeded, by his eldest son, Charles Paulet, as 6th Marquess of Winchester, later created 1st Duke of Bolton. Charles converted to the Church of England, a great blow to the Roman Catholic community of Hampshire, who had for many years looked to the Paulet family to shield them from the worst rigours of the Penal Laws.[2][3]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Cokayne 1898, p. 174.
- ^ a b c d Goodwin 1895, pp. 90–92.
- ^ a b Lodge 1859, p. 580.
- ^ a b c Cokayne 1898, p. 175.
- ^ Cokayne 1912, p. 210.
- ^ Helms & Watson 1983.
- ^ "Milton: an epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester". Dartmouth.edu. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage" by Edmund Lodge (1859)- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1895). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 90–92.
Sources
- Cokayne, G. E. (1898). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. VIII. Exeter: William Pollard.
- Cokayne, G. E. (1912). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. II. London: St Catherine Press. p. 210.
- Helms, M. W.; Watson, Paula (1983). Henning, B. D. (ed.). "POWLETT, (PAULET), Charles I, Lord St. John of Basing (c.1630–99), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and Hackwood, Hants". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690. Histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 580.
- "Milton: an epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester". Dartmouth.edu. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
External links
- John Paulet, Marquess of Winchester A family tree
- Royal Berkshire History: John Paulet
- Portraits of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- John Paulet
- History of Basing House
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