William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560 – 4 February 1629) was an

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nobleman, the son of

William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester ( – 24 November 1598) was an English nobleman, the son of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Elizabeth Willoughby. His maternal grandfather was Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron ...

and Anne or Agnes Howard. He was styled Lord St. John from 1576 to 1598. He was summoned to

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on 16 January 1581 in his father's barony as Lord St. John of Basing. On 24 November 1598, he succeeded his father as 4th

Marquess of Winchester Marquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England that was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. It is the oldest of six surviving English marquessates; therefore its holder is considered th ...

. Paulet experienced great financial difficulties arising from his magnificent style of living and his lavish entertainment of

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Marriage and issue

On 28 February 1587 at

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, he married Lady Lucy Cecil, daughter of Sir

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and his first wife, Dorothy Neville. Lucy and William had six children: *William Paulet, Lord St John (1587/8–1621), married

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, daughter of

Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu Anthony-Maria Browne (1574 – 23 October 1629) was an English peer during the Tudor and Stuart period. He was born in 1574, the son of Anthony Browne (22 July 1552 – 29 June 1592), eldest son of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, a ...

* Thomas Paulet, died before 1621 *

John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester ( – 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. Life H ...

(c.1598–5 March 1675) married three times: **Jane Savage, daughter of Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage **Honora de Burgh, daughter of

Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde Richard Burke (or de Burgh), 4th Earl of Clanricarde Privy Counsellor, PC (Ire) ( ; 1572 – 12 November 1635), styled Lord Dunkellin ( ) until 1601, was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the son of Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde ...

**Isabel Howard, daughter of

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS (30 November 1614 – 29 December 1680) was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. A Fellow of the Royal Society from 1665, he was a Royali ...

and Mary Stafford * Lord Henry Paulet, of Amport, married Lucy Philpot, daughter of Sir George Philpot of Thruxton * Charles Paulet, died c.1654, had issue * Edward Paulet His wife, Lucy, was treated for cancer in 1614 by the court physician

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. Joseph Browne
''Theo. Turquet Mayernii Opera medica'' (London, 1703), pp. 188–95
/ref> She died 1 October 1614 and was buried a month later in the Cecil vault in

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Death

William Paulet died at Hackwood, near

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, on 4 February 1629, and was buried at Basing,

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People from Old Basing 4 Burials at St. Mary's Church, Old Basing