Biography of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester 1510-1576

In 1503 [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 20) and [his mother] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester were married.

Around 1510 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester was born to William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 27) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.

Before 20th October 1528 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 18) and Elizabeth Willoughby were married. He the son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 45) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1531 Anthony Ughtred (age 53) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 40 years.

In 1532 [his son] William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester was born to John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby.

Before 1536 Richard Sackville (age 28) and [his future wife] Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester were married.

On 3rd August 1537 Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 17) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 19) were married at Mortlake, Richmond. He the son of Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex (age 52) and Elizabeth Wyckes.

Between 20th June 1544 and 10th February 1548 [his son] William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester (age 12) and [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 9) were married. He the son of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

On 28th November 1545 [his son-in-law] William Courtenay 2nd Earl Devon (age 16) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon were married. She the daughter of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Around March 1554 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 44) and Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 36) were married. He the son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 71) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester. They were fifth cousins.

On 19th March 1556 [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 38) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Basing.

On 25th December 1558 [his mother] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester died.

Before 1560 [his son-in-law] Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 21) and [his daughter] Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham were married. She by marriage Baroness Cromwell Oakham. She the daughter of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 49) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were sixth cousins.

Before May 1571 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 61) and Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester were married. He the son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 88) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.

On 10th March 1572 [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 89) died. On His son John (age 62) succeeded 2nd Marquess Winchester, 2nd Earl Wiltshire, 2nd Baron St John. [his wife] Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

Before 4th November 1576 [his son-in-law] Henry Ughtred (age 43) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon were married. She the daughter of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 66) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were sixth cousins.

On 4th November 1576 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 66) died. His son [his son] William (age 44) succeeded 3rd Marquess Winchester, 3rd Earl Wiltshire, 3rd Baron St John. [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 41) by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

In 1586 [his former wife] Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester died.

Survey London Volume 4 Chelsea Part II. More's estate was granted to [his father] Sir William Paulet [See Patent Roll, I Edward VI., pt. 3.] (first Marquess of Winchester): it was inherited by his son the second Marquess, and in 1575 passed to Gregory Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the South, and his wife Anne - the foundress of those charming almshouses, Emmanuel Hospital, Westminster, now destroyed - who was a daughter of the Marchioness of Winchester by her former husband, Sir Robert Sackville. Baroness Dacre, who died in 1595, left the house to Lord Burleigh, who is said to have lived here, and he was followed by his youngest son, Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, who took possession in 1597. It is to Cecil's passion for building, which was not exhausted until he had parted with his fortune in completing Hatfield, that we owe the earliest representations on paper of the house at Chelsea. In his Chelsea Old Church Mr. Randall Davies published a reproduction of a beautiful plan of the Chelsea Estate, preserved among the Hatfield papers, and the present writer in some further research among Lord Salisbury's MSS. found five plans to a larger scale, all of which have reference to Cecil's schemes for rebuilding Sir Thomas More's house. For a detailed examination of these plans, the reader is referred to the Architectural Review of March and May, 1911, but by the courtesy of the proprietors of the Review, the reproductions are included here.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon was born to John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby.

[his daughter] Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham was born to John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby.