Elizabeth Paulet

English noblewoman
Sir William Courtenay
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(m. 1545; died 1557)​

Sir Henry UghtredIssueSir William Courtenay
Jane CourtenayFatherJohn Paulet, 2nd Marquess of WinchesterMotherElizabeth Willoughby

Elizabeth Paulet (c. 1533 – 4 November 1576)[1] was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester of Basing, Hampshire and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby.[1][2]

Marriages and issue

Elizabeth Paulet married twice.

First marriage

She married firstly, around 28 November 1545, Sir William Courtenay, de jure Earl of Devon (c. 1529 – 26 September 1557), the son of George Courtenay, of Powderham, Devon and Catherine St. Leger and had a son and a daughter:[1][2][3]

  • Sir William Courtenay, (June 1553 – 24 June 1630), married firstly, around 18 January 1573,[4] Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham in Somerset and widow of Sir Francis Drake; thirdly, Jane, daughter of Robert Hill of Yarde, Somerset.[5]
  • Jane Courtenay, married, around 20 January 1573,[6] as his first wife, Sir Nicholas Parker of Willingdon.[3]

Sir William Courtenay died 29 September 1557 after the battle of St. Quentin in Picardy.[2] His son and heir, William, was four years old. He bequeathed to his wife the life interest of a third of his property in Devon and to his daughter an annuity of £20 until she was 21, when she was to receive £1,000.[2]

Second marriage

She married secondly, after 1557, Sir Henry Ughtred (c. 1533–1599),[7] the son of Sir Anthony Ughtred, Governor of Jersey and Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Savernake, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth.[8][9]

Death

Elizabeth died 4 November 1576 and was buried at St. Mary's Church, Basing, Hampshire.[7] Henry Ughtred remarried after his wife's death, however the identity of his second wife is unknown. He died in Limerick in June 1599.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cokayne IV 1916, pp. 332–333.
  2. ^ a b c d Hawkyard 1982.
  3. ^ a b Vivian 1895, p. 247.
  4. ^ Foster 1887, p. 339.
  5. ^ Hasler 1981.
  6. ^ Foster 1887, p. 1018.
  7. ^ a b Cokayne IV 1916, p. 333.
  8. ^ Fuidge 1981.
  9. ^ Thornton 2012, p. 71.
  10. ^ MacCarthy-Morrogh 2016, p. 395.

Bibliography

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  • Colby, Frederic Thomas, ed. (1872). "The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620". The Publications of the Harleian Society. VI. London: Harleian Society.
  • Cokayne, G.E. (1916). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. IV (revised ed.). London: St Catherine Press.
  • Foster, Joseph, ed. (1887). London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869. From Excerpts by the Late Colonel Chester, D.C.L. London: Bernard Quaritch.
  • Fuidge, N. M. (1981). "Ughtred, Henry (by 1534-aft. Oct. 1598), of Southampton and Ireland". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  • Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Courtenay, Sir William I (1553-1630), of Powderham, Devon". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  • Hawkyard, A.D.K. (1982). "Courtenay, Sir William II (1529/30-57), of Powderham, Devon and London". In Bindoff, S.T. (ed.). Members. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  • MacCarthy-Morrogh, Michael (2016) [July 1983]. The Munster Plantation, 1583-1641 (PDF) (PhD). Ann Arbor. 10097527. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  • Nunan, Joe (2012). "The Planting of Munster, 1580-1640" (PDF). Public Outreach Series. Jpnunan.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  • R.C.G. (1981). "Parker, Sir Nicholas (1547-1620), of Ratton and Willingdon, Suss.". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). p. 311.
  • Thornton, Tim (2012). The Channel Islands, 1370–1640: Between England and Normandy. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-711-4.
  • Vivian, J.L. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, to 1620, with additions by J. L. Vivian. Exeter: H.S. Eland.

External links

  • Elizabeth Paulet Family tree


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