John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Winchester
Arms of Paulet, Marquess of Winchester: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or
Governor of the Isle of Wight
In office 1558–1565
Monarch	Elizabeth I
Chancellor	Sir Nicholas Bacon (as Lord Keeper)
Preceded by	The Lord Cromwell
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Horsey
High Sheriff of Hampshire
In office 1533–1534
Monarch	Henry VIII
Chancellor	Sir Thomas Audley
Preceded by	John Kaleway
Succeeded by	Anthony Winsore
High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset
In office 1543–1544
Monarch	Henry VIII
Chancellor	Sir Thomas Audley
Preceded by	Hugh Paulet
Succeeded by	John Horsey
Personal details
Born	John Paulet c. 1510
Died	Chelsea, London
Resting place	St Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Willoughby (before 1536) Elizabeth Seymour (1554-1568) Winifred Brydges
Children	William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester Mary Paulet George Paulet Thomas Paulet Richard Paulet Elizabeth Paulet
Parents	William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (father) Elizabeth Capel (mother)
The 2nd Marquess of Winchester Title 2nd Marquess of Winchester Tenure 1572-1576 Other titles 2nd Earl of Wiltshire 2nd Baron St John Predecessor William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester Successor William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester

John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (c. 1510 – 4 November 1576), styled The Honourable John Paulet between 1539 and 1550, Lord St John between 1550 and 1551 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1551 and 1555, was an English peer. He was the eldest son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Capel.

Career

John Paulet was knighted by Henry VIII at Boulogne on 30 September 1544. After the death of Edward VI he was (with his father) one of the signatories to the settlement of the Crown on Lady Jane Grey of 16 June 1553, although he later changed his allegiance to Queen Mary. He was styled Lord St John from 1550 to 1572. He was summoned to Parliament on 3 October 1554 in one of his father's baronies as Lord St John. He was one of the Peers at the trial of the Duke of Norfolk on 16 January 1572. He succeeded his father as Marquess of Winchester on 10 March 1572.

The offices he held during his career included:

• High Sheriff of Hampshire 1533-34
• High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 1543-44
• Steward of Canford castle 1549/50
• Constable of Corfe Castle 1549/50
• Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1557
• Governor of the Isle of Wight 1558
• Keeper of St Andrew's Castle, Hamble 1572-76

Marriages and issue

Paulet was married three times:

• He married as his first wife, before 1536, Elizabeth Willoughby, first daughter and co-heiress of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke and Lady Dorothy Grey, and by her had six children:

• William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester (born about 1532 – 24 November 1598)
• Mary Paulet (died 10 October 1592), married Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell of Oakham
• George Paulet
• Thomas Paulet
• Richard Paulet
• Elizabeth Paulet, married firstly Sir William Courtenay of Powderham and secondly Sir Henry Ughtred

• He married secondly, around 1 April 1554, Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth, and widow of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell.
• He married thirdly, before May 1571, Winifred Brydges (1507–1586), daughter of Sir John Brydges (or Brugge), Lord Mayor of London 1520–21, and Agnes Ayloffe.

Death

John Paulet died at Chelsea on 4 June 1576 and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire. His widow, Winifred, died at Chelsea in 1586 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Bibliography

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External links

• John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester at Find a Grave
• Winchester, Marquess of (E, 1551) Cracroft's Peerage

Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Governor of the Isle of Wight 1558–1576	Succeeded by Unknown
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Paulet	Marquess of Winchester 1572–1576	Succeeded by William Paulet
	Baron St John of Basing (writ in acceleration) (descended by acceleration) 1544–1572