John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 1598-1675

On 28th February 1587 [his father] William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 28] and [his mother] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 39]. He the son of William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [aged 55] and Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester [aged 52]. They were half fourth cousins.

Around 1598 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester was born to William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 39] and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester.

On 24th November 1598 [his grandfather] William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [aged 66] died. His son [his father] William [aged 39] succeeded 4th Marquess Winchester, 4th Earl Wiltshire, 4th Baron St John. [his mother] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

In October 1614 [his mother] Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester died.

Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2.315. [30th January 1619] On Wensday divers were censured in the Star-chamber for building contrarie to the Kings proclamation; which was so far inforct that the Lord Cheife Justice [aged 56] saide that yt was in effect, and had the nature of an act of parliament: they were fined at a yeares true valew, and to pull downe theyre houses, or els to build them anew according to order: now that these have led the daunce, all the rest that have built since the first proclamation must follow, or compound, which wold prove too great a matter to graunt my Lord of Arundell (who is saide to have the penaltie) though he have need of yt. The same day there was some entrance into the Lady of Excesters busines and order taken to abbreviat and cut of superfluous and impertinent matter and so make yt more fit for the Kings hearing, in which course there was some contesting twixt Sir Ed: Cooke, and the two Cheife Justices, [Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Henry Hobart 1st Baronet [aged 59]] who are still observ'd to incline to the other side: the Lady of Excester went that day to the Star-chamber accompanied by the countesses of Arundell and Bedford, and a comitiva of I know not how many Ladies more to the number of almost thirty coaches, but whether she appeared in the court or no I cannot certainly learne. Secretarie Lake and his followers continue still confident, and some say the Lady Roos [aged 19] was there likewise with her litle troupe: the speach goes that she is to marrie with the Lord John Pawlet [aged 21] another grand-child of the [his grandfather] earle of Excesters [aged 76], and heire in apparance to the marquis of Winchester.

On 18th December 1622 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 24] and Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester were married. She the daughter of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 36] and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 41]. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 63] and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester. They were fourth cousins.

Before 1626 [his brother-in-law] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 22] and Catherine Parker [aged 28] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 39] and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 44].

On 4th November 1626 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Rivers with a special remainder to his grandson [his brother-in-law] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 23]. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 59] by marriage Countess Rivers.

On 4th February 1629 [his father] William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 70] died. His son John [aged 31] succeeded 5th Marquess Winchester, 5th Earl Wiltshire, 5th Baron St John. [his wife] Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

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Around 1630 [his son] Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton was born to John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 32] and [his wife] Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester. He married (1) 28th February 1652 Christian Freschville, daughter of John Freschville 1st Baron Frescheville and Sarah Harrington, and had issue (2) 12th February 1655 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester, daughter of Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland and Martha Jeanes, and had issue.

In 1631 [his wife] Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester died in childbirth. Her epitaph was written by John Milton [aged 22]...

An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester

This rich Marble doth enterr

The honour'd Wife of Winchester [aged 33],

A [his father-in-law] Viscount's [aged 45] daughter, an Earls [aged 66] heir,

Besides what her vertues fair

Added to her noble birth,

More then she could own from Earth.

Summers three times eight save one

She had told, alas too soon,

After so short time of breath,

To house with darknes, and with death.

Yet had the number of her days

Bin as compleat as was her praise,

Nature and fate had had no strife

In giving limit to her life.

Her high birth, and her graces sweet,

Quickly found a lover meet;

The Virgin quire for her request

The God that sits at marriage feast;

He at their invoking came

But with a scarce-wel-lighted flame;

And in his Garland as he stood,

Ye might discern a Cipress bud.

Once had the early Matrons run

To greet her of a lovely son,

And now with second hope she goes, [ 25 ]

And calls Lucina to her throws;

But whether by mischance or blame

Atropos for Lucina came;

And with remorsles cruelty,

Spoil'd at once both fruit and tree:

The haples Babe before his birth

Had burial, yet not laid in earth,

And the languisht Mothers Womb

Was not long a living Tomb.

So have I seen som tender slip

Sav'd with care from Winters nip,

The pride of her carnation train,

Pluck't up by som unheedy swain,

Who onely thought to crop the flowr

New shot up from vernall showr;

But the fair blossom hangs the head

Side-ways as on a dying bed,

And those Pearls of dew she wears,

Prove to be presaging tears

Which the sad morn had let fall

On her hast'ning funerall.

Gentle Lady may thy grave

Peace and quiet ever have;

After this thy travail sore

Sweet rest sease thee evermore,

That to give the world encrease,

Shortned hast thy own lives lease,

Here besides the sorrowing

That thy noble House doth bring,

Here be tears of perfect moan

Weept for thee in Helicon,

And som Flowers, and som Bays,

For thy Hears to strew the ways,

Sent thee from the banks of Came,

Devoted to thy vertuous name;

Whilst thou bright Saint high sit'st in glory,

Next her much like to thee in story,

That fair Syrian Shepherdess,

Who after yeers of barrennes

The highly favour'd Joseph bore

To him that serv'd for her before,

And at her next birth much like thee,

Through pangs fled to felicity,

Far within the boosom bright

Of blazing Majesty and Light,

There with thee, new welcom Saint,

Like fortunes may her soul acquaint,

With thee there clad in radiant sheen,

No Marchioness, but now a Queen.

On 4th October 1633 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 35] and Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 61] and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester.

On 13th April 1641 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 48] was attainted by 204 votes to 59 ostensibly for his authoritarian rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland. Despite his promise not to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 40] signed the death warrant on the 10th May 1641 in the light of increasing pressure from Parliament and the commons.

Wenceslaus Hollar [aged 33]. Engraving of the Trial of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford with the following marked:

A. King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.

C. Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [aged 31].

D. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 10].

E. Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 55], Lord High Steward.

F. Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester [aged 78], Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.

G. John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 43].

H. Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey [aged 58], Lord Chamberlain.

I. Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 56], Lord Chamberlain of the Household.

V. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford.

Z. Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 56].

Around 1650 to 1656 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 52] lived at 1 Great Piazza Covent Garden.

On 28th February 1652 Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton [aged 22] and Christian Freschville [aged 18] were married. He the son of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 54] and Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester.

On 12th February 1655 Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton [aged 25] and Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland and Martha Jeanes. He the son of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 57] and Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester. They were fourth cousin once removed.

After 11th August 1662 [his son-in-law] John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse [aged 48] and Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse were married. She the daughter of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 64] and Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester [aged 57].

On 30th April 1669 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 71] and Isabella Stafford-Howard Marchioness Winchester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford [aged 54] and Mary Stafford Countess Stafford [aged 49]. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester. They were third cousin twice removed.

On 5th March 1675 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 77] died. His son Charles [aged 45] succeeded 6th Marquess Winchester, 6th Earl Wiltshire, 6th Baron St John. Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

On 2nd September 1691 [his former wife] Isabella Stafford-Howard Marchioness Winchester died.

Cansisk's Monumental Inscriptions Volume 1 Old St Pancras Churchyard. Churchyard St Pancras Old Church [Map]. Here lyeth deposited in this vault the remains of the late Honble Lady [his granddaughter] Barbara Webb, Wife of Sr [his grandson-in-law] John Webb [aged 85], of Great Canford, in the county of Dorset, Baronet Who departed this life on the 28th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1740. This pious lady was the surviving daughter and sole Heiress of the late Right Honble [his former son-in-law] John, Lord Belasyse, by his third wife the Lady Ann Powlett, Daughter of the Right Noble John, Marquiss of Winchester, who to avoid the expense and vanity of a pompous funeral in her family vault made it her death bed request in compassion to the poor to be privately interred in this churchyard & that the repose of her soul may be remembered by all good Christians. This tomb was erected by her disconsolate husband. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

[his daughter] Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse was born to John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester and Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester. She married after 11th August 1662 John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse, son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg and Barbara Cholmley, and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 1598-1675

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Royal Descendants of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 1598-1675
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [2]

Ancestors of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 1598-1675

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulet 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paulet 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Capell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Arundell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandfather: William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Willoughby 8th Baron Latimer of Corby 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 9th Baron Latimer 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cheney 10 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Champernowne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Champernowne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Willoughby 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Grey Baroness Mountjoy, Willoughby and Latimer 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

father: William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Howard 1st Baron Howard 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Tilney

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk

Grandmother: Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Broughton

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Vere 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Broughton 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sapcote

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Bedfordshire

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne de Semarc

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford

John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cheke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Cheke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cheke

mother: Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 11 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fray

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hill 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England