William Paulet (abt. 1405 - 1488)

Born about 1405 in Somerset, England [uncertain]

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Died 2 Oct 1488 at about age 83 in Hinton St George, Somerset, England

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Biography

William was born about 1405 and was apparently considered very old when he died in 1488. ^[1]

He is thought to have married Elizabeth Denebaud around 1429 when her father John died. ^[1] They had the following children:

• Elizabeth who married Sir William Cary
• Florence who married John Ashford, esq
• Christian who first married to Nicholas Chichester, esq.; secondly to Henry Hull ; thirdly to William Martin
• Alice who married John Paulet, of Basing, esq. ^[2]

In 1479 William brought the first Common Pleas suit in the Middle Temple where he claimed £10 each from 45 men. ^[3]

After his death in 1488 his widow survived until 1497.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} A P Baggs and R J E Bush, 'Parishes: Hinton St. George', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4, ed. R W Dunning (London, 1978), pp. 38-52, British History Online, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol4/pp38-52, accessed 11 June 2021
2. ↑ A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry, pages 474-475 [1]
3. ↑ John Baker Collected Papers on English Legal History Cambridge University Press, 31 Oct 2013 Google Books