Anthony Paulet Explained

Sir Anthony Paulet (1562–1600) of Hinton St George, Somerset, was Governor of Jersey from 1588 until his death in 1600.

Origins

He was born at Hinton St George, Somerset the eldest son of Sir Amias Paulet (1532–1588) by his wife Margaret Hervey.

Youth

Anthony accompanied his father to Paris where Amyas was Ambassador. In 1579 Amyas took into his household as a tutor, Jean Hotman (1552–1636), (later Marquis de Villers-St-Paul) son of the famous author and professor of law Francis Hotman, to instruct his two sons Anthony and George. When Amias was recalled in November 1579, Hotman accompanied the family back to England and lived with his two pupils at Oxford.

Career

He graduated as a Master of Arts at Oxford and eventually succeeded his father as Governor of Jersey.^[1]

Marriage and children

In 1583 Anthony married Catherine Norris, daughter of Margery and Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys,^[2] by whom he had three children:

• John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett (born c. 1585), only surviving son, elevated to the peerage in 1627.
• Susan Poulett (d.1673), wife of Sir Peter Prideaux, 2nd Baronet (1596–1682) of Netherton, Farway in Devon.^[3]
• Margery Poulett, wife of John Sydenham of Combe, Dulverton, Somerset, by whom she had 4 daughters.^[4]

Landholdings

He held the manor of East Lydford.^[5]

Death and burial

Anthony died on 22 July 1600 and was buried in St George's Church, Hinton St George.^[6]

References

• Posthumus Meyjes, G.H.M., Jean Hotman's English Connection. 1990. 62 pp. 

Notes and References

1. Web site: jersey . World Statesmen . 21 November 2010.
2. Web site: Jacobean List . The Miscellany . 21 November 2010.
3. [John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]
4. Burke, John, A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, 1838, p. 517, pedigree of Sydenham of Combe.https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&dq=combe+dulverton+sydenham&pg=PA517
5. Web site: Parishes: East Lydford . A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 120-129 . British History Online . 21 November 2010.
6. Web site: Sir Amyas Paulet (1536?-1588) . Luminarium . 21 November 2010.