Sir John PAULET of Basing Castle, Old Basing, Hampshire
- Born: 1460
- Marriage (1): Alice PAULET
- Died: 5 Jan 1525 aged 65
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paulet,_1st_Marquess_of_Winchester
Paulet was the eldest son of Sir John Paulet (1460 '96 5 January 1525) of Basing Castle at Old Basing, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire and Nunney Castle in Somerset. His mother was his father's cousin, Alice, the daughter of Sir William and Elizabeth (formerly Denebaud) Paulet.
Sir John Paulet who had held a command against the Cornish rebels in 1497, was the head of a younger branch of an ancient Somerset family seated in the fourteenth century at Pawlett or Paulet and Road, close to Bridgwater, being the son of John Paulet and Elizabeth Roos. William's great-grandfather John Paulet acquired the Hampshire estates by his marriage with Constance Poynings, granddaughter and coheiress of Thomas Poynings, 5th Baron St John of Basing; his barony became abeyant upon his death in 1428/1429.
John married Alice PAULET, daughter of Sir William PAULET and Elizabeth DENEBAUD.
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