Elizabeth Paulet

Template:Short description Template:Template other Elizabeth Paulet (c. Template:Trim – 4 November 1576)Template:Sfn was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester of Basing, Hampshire and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

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:Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

• Sir William Courtenay, (June 1553 – 24 June 1630), married firstly, around 18 January 1573,Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn
• Jane Courtenay, married, around 20 January 1573,Template:Sfn as his first wife, Sir Nicholas Parker of Willingdon.Template:Sfn

Sir William Courtenay died 29 September 1557 after the battle of St. Quentin in Picardy.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

Second marriage

She married secondly, after 1557, Sir Henry Ughtred (c. Template:Trim–1599),Template:Sfn the son of Sir Anthony Ughtred, Governor of Jersey and Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Savernake, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Death

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

Bibliography

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External links

• Elizabeth Paulet Family tree

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