Sir Amias Paulet (d. 1538)

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'''Sir Amias Paulet''' (d. 1538) was an English [[soldier]], [[official]], and [[High sheriff|sheriff]] of [[High Sheriff of Somerset|Somerset and Dorset]].

==Origins==
Probably born sometime in the late 1450s/1460s, Amias Paulet was the son of Sir William Paulet (d. 1488) of Hinton St. George, Somerset, and Elizabeth Paulet. Paulet was brought up a [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] and took part in [[Buckingham's rebellion]] of 1483 for which he was attainted.<ref>Collins, Arthur, The Peerage of England, Vol. 3, 3rd edn., 1735, London, p. 222.</ref> Restored two years later, in 1485, Paulet was subsequently made high sheriff for Somerset and Dorset under [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]].

==Career==
Amias Paulet was a skilled soldier, fighting in 1487 at the [[Battle of Stoke Field|Battle of Stoke]] and was one of the 52 men subsequently knighted. Paulet was tasked with collecting the fines of various individuals implicated in the failed rebellion of [[Perkin Warbeck]] in [[Second Cornish uprising of 1497|1497]]. In 1501, he was one of the west-country gentlemen who met with [[Catherine of Aragon]], the future wife of Henry VII's son and heir, [[Arthur, Prince of Wales|Arthur]].

Under [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], Paulet travelled to [[France]] to command 25 men in the expedition to the north of France in 1513, during the first [[Anglo-French War (1512–14)|Anglo-French war]] of Henry VIII's reign.

==Altercations with Thomas Wolsey==
It is alleged that when [[Thomas Wolsey]], not yet a man of much reputation, came to take possession of the benefice of [[Lymington]] in [[Hampshire]], Paulet clapped him in the [[stocks]].

In 1521, Paulet became treasurer for [[Middle Temple]] and Wolsey, now [[Lord Chancellor]] and the King's closest adviser, took revenge on him for the previous indignity which Paulet had put upon him. Wolsey ordered Paulet not to leave [[London]] unless given permission (by Wolsey) and so Paulet stayed in the Middle Temple for five or six years. In order to gain Wolsey's favour and forgiveness, Paulet placed Wolsey's arms on the Middle Temple gateway.

==Marriages & progeny==
Dying in 1538, Amias Paulet married twice. He only produced children from the second marriage:

*Firstly, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Paulet, himself the grandfather of [[William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester]], who held prominent positions under Henry VIII, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]], [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
*Secondly, he married Laura, daughter of William Kellaway and by her had three sons and a daughter:
**Sir [[Hugh Paulet]] (bef. 1510 – 6 December 1573), an English military commander and [[Lieutenant Governor of Jersey|Governor of Jersey]].
**John
**Henry
**Elizabeth, who married first to John Sidenham, secondly to William Carswell, and thirdly to Henry Coppleston.<ref>Collins, Arthur, The Peerage of England, Vol. 3, 3rd edn., 1735, London, p. 223.</ref>

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