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See also:PAULET, POULETT 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. 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. 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. An ancestor of this See also:branch, See also:Sir Amias Poulett or Paulet (d. 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. To propitiate the See also:cardinal, Sir Amias, rebuilding the Middle Temple See also:gate, decorated it with the cardinal's arms and badge. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. His eldest son John, the second Lord Poulett (1615-1665) was taken with his father at Exeter. 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. 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. A garter was given him in 1712. A moderate Tory, his places were taken from him at the See also:accession of the See also:house of See also:Brunswick. The fifth earl (d. 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. 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.
A younger line of the Paulets, sprung from William Paulet of See also:Melcombe, See also:serjeant-at-law (d. 1435), reached higner honours than an earldom. William Paulet, by his marriage with Eleanor Delamare (d. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. The fall of the See also:protector Somerset gave him the lord treasurership and a patent of the earldom of Wiltshire. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. Charles, second See also:duke of Bolton (1661-1722), was made lord-See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland in 1717. 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. The sixth and last duke of Bolton, an See also:admiral of undistinguished services, died in 1794 without legitimate issue. 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. (0.
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