Hugh Paulet

Sir Hugh Paulet (bef. 1510 – 6 December 1573) (or Poulet, his spelling) of Hinton St George in Somerset, was an English military commander and Governor of Jersey. Origins Born after 1500, he was the eldest son of Sir Amias Paulet of Hinton St George, by his second wife, Lora Keilway/Laura Kellaway. He was the grandson of Sir William Paulet of Hinton St George, by his wife Elizabeth Denebaud, daughter and heiress of John Denebaud of Hinton St George. A younger brother, John Paulet (born c. 1509), became, in 1554, the last Roman Catholic Dean of Jersey. Career In 1532, Hugh was in the commission of the peace for Somerset, and he was heir and sole executor to his father in 1538, receiving a grant of the manor of Sampford-Peverel, Devon. He was supervisor of the rents of the surrendered Glastonbury Abbey in 1539, had a grant of Upcroft and Combe near Crewkerne, Somerset, in 1541, and was Sheriff of Somerset and Sheriff of Dorset in 1536, 1542, and 1547, and was Knight of the Shire for Somerset in 1539. On 18 October 1537, he was knighted by King Henry VIII, and was invited to the baptism of his son Prince Edward (the future King Edward VI) two days later. In 1544, he was treasurer of the English army at the siege of Boulogne, and distinguished himself at the capture of the Brey on 1 September 1544 in the presence of the king. On the accession of King Edward VI, he was one of those charged by Henry VIII's executors, on 11 February 1547, with the good order of the West Country shires. In 1549, he was knight-marshal of the army raised by John Russell, 1st Baron Russell (later 1st Earl of Bedford) to put down the Prayer Book Rebellion. He led the pursuit against the rebels, and defeated them at King's Weston, near Bristol.