POULETT See also:PAULET
Or POWLETT, an See also:English See also:family of an See also:ancient See also:Somersetshire stock, taking a surname from the See also:parish of Pawlett near See also:Bridgwater
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They advanced themselves by a See also:series of marriages with heirs, acquiring manors and lands in Somersetshire, See also:Wiltshire, See also:Devonshire and See also:Hampshire
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A match with a Denebaud See also:early in the 15th See also:century brought the See also:manor of See also:Hinton St See also:George, still the seat of the See also:elder See also:line. the earls Poulett
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An ancestor of this See also:branch, See also:Sir Amias Poulett or See also:Paulet (d
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1537), knighted in 1487 after the See also:battle of Stoke, was treasurer of the See also:Middle See also:Temple in 1521, when See also:Wolsey, in revenge for an indignity suffered at the See also:knight's hands when the future See also:chancellor was a See also:young See also:parson at Limington, forbade his leaving See also:London without leave
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To propitiate the See also:cardinal, Sir Amias, rebuilding the Middle Temple See also:gate, decorated it with the cardinal's arms and badge
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Sir See also:Hugh Poulett, his eldest son, a soldier who had distinguished himself in 1544 at See also:Boulogne in the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's presence, had, in 1551, a patent of the captaincy of See also:Jersey with the governance of Montorgueil See also:Castle
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His See also:wisdom and experience in the See also:wars made See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth employ him at See also:Havre in 1562 as adviser to the See also:earl of See also:Warwick
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He died in 1572, having married, as his second wife, the wealthy widow of Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Pope, founder of Trinity See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
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Sir Amias Poulett (1536-1588), Sir Hugh's son and See also:heir by a first See also:marriage, is famous as the puritan knight into whose See also:charge at See also:Tutbury and Chartley was given the queen of Scots
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After his prisoner's See also:sentence at See also:Fotheringhay, he beset Elizabeth's ministers with messages advising her See also:execution, but he firmly withstood " with See also:great grief and bitterness," the See also:suggestion that she should be put to See also:death secretly, saying that See also:God and the See also:law forbade
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Sir See also:Anthony Poulett (1562-1600),
his eldest surviving son, succeeded him as See also:governor of Jersey and was See also:father of See also:John Poulett (1586-1649) to whom See also:Charles I. in 1627 gave a patent of See also:peerage as See also:Lord Poulett of Hinton St George
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In spite of the puritan opinions of his family he declared for the king, raising for the royal See also:army a See also:brigade which he led in See also:Dorsetshire and Devonshire
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He was taken prisoner for the second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time at the fall of See also:Exeter in 1646 and suffered a heavy See also:fine
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His eldest son John, the second Lord Poulett (1615-1665) was taken with his father at Exeter
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John, the See also:fourth Lord Poulett (1663-1743), having been a See also:commissioner for the See also:union, was created in 1706 See also:Viscount Hinton of Hinton St George and Earl Poulett
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In 1710-1711 he was first lord of the See also:treasury and nominal See also:head of an See also:administration controlled by Harley
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A garter was given him in 1712
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A moderate Tory, his places were taken from him at the See also:accession of the See also:house of See also:Brunswick
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The fifth earl (d
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1864) re-settled the family estates in 1853 in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to See also:bar the See also:inheritance of one See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Turnour Thomas Poulett who, although See also:born in wedlock of the wife of the earl's See also:cousin William See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Poulett, was repudiated by her See also:husband, afterwards the See also:sixth earl
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In 1903 the sixth earl's son by a third marriage established his claim to the peerage, and in 1909 See also:judgment was given against the claim of William Turnour Thomas Poulett, then styling himself Earl Poulett
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A younger line of the Paulets, sprung from William Paulet of See also:Melcombe, See also:serjeant-at-law (d
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1435), reached higner honours than an earldom
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William Paulet, by his marriage with Eleanor Delamare (d
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1413), daughter of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip Delamare and heir of her See also:brother, acquired for his descendants Fisherton Delamare in Wiltshire and Nunney Castle in See also:Somerset
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Their son Sir John Paulet married See also:Constance, daughter and coheir of Hugh See also:Poynings, son and heir of Sir Thomas Poynings, Lord St John of Basing
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Through this marriage came the lordship and manor of Basing, and the manor of Amport or See also:Ham See also:Port which is still with the descendants of Hugh de Port, its See also:Norman lord at the time of the Domesday Survey
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Sir John Paulet of Basing, by his cousin Alice Paulet of the Hinton line (his wife in or before 1467), was father of Sir William Paulet, who, during a very See also:long and supple career as a statesman in four reigns—" I am sprung," he said, " from the See also:willow and not from the See also:oak "—raised his house to a marquessate
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Henry VIII. rewarded his See also:diplomatic and judicial services and his See also:campaign against the Pilgrims of See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace with the site and lands of See also:Netley See also:Abbey, the revival of the St John See also:barony, a garter and many high offices
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The king's death found him lord See also:president of the See also:council and one of the executors of the famous will of the See also:sovereign
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The fall of the See also:protector Somerset gave him the lord treasurership and a patent of the earldom of Wiltshire
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He shared the See also:advancement of See also:Northumberland and was created in 1551 See also:marquess of See also:Winchester, but, although he delivered the See also:crown jewels to the See also:Lady Jane in 1553, he was with the lords at Baynard Castle who proclaimed Queen See also:Mary
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In spite of his great See also:age he was in the See also:saddle at the See also:proclamation of Mary's successor and .was See also:speaker in two Elizabethan parliaments
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Only his death in 1572 drove from See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office this tenacious treasurer, whose age may have been nigh upon a See also:hundred years
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His princely house at Basing was held for King Charles by John, the fifth marquess, whose See also:diamond had scratched " Aimez Loyaute " upon every See also:pane of its windows
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Looking on a See also:main road, Basing, with its little See also:garrison of desperate cavaliers, held out for two years against See also:siege and See also:assault, and its shattered walls were in flames about its gallant See also:master when See also:Cromwell himself stormed an entry
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The old See also:cavalier marquess died in 1675, his great losses unrecompensed, and his son Charles, a morose extravagant, had the dukedom of See also:Bolton in 1689 for his See also:desertion of the See also:Stuart cause
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This new See also:title was taken from the Bolton estates of the Scropes, Lord Winchester having married a natural daughter of See also:Emmanuel, earl of See also:Sunderland, the last Lord See also:Scrope of Bolton
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Charles, second See also:duke of Bolton (1661-1722), was made lord-See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland in 1717
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A third Charles, the 3rd duke, is remembered as an opponent of Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole and as the husband of Lavinia
See also:Fenton, the Polly Peachum of See also:Gay's See also:opera
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The sixth and last duke of Bolton, an See also:admiral of undistinguished services, died in 1794 without legitimate issue
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His dukedom became See also:extinct, and Bolton Castle again passed by See also:bequest to an illegitimate daughter of the fifth duke, upon whom it had been entailed with the greater See also:part of the ducal estates
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