Sir Amyas Paulett^{[1, 2]}

1536 - 1588  (52 years)

• Name	Amyas Paulett
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	1536	Hinton, St. George, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	KNZ7-3WS
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KNZ7-3WS
  Died	26 Sep 1588	Hinton St. George, Somersetshire, England
  Notes	Governor of Jersey, Ambassador to France, and jailer to Mary of Sco tland; he received twenty-three votes in the period 1580-85. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PAULET.htm#Amyas PAULET (Sir)1 Governor of Jersey, Ambassador to France, and jailer to «u»«b»Mary of Scotland <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b»; he received twenty-three votes in the period 1580-85. Paulet was «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b»'s last jailer. His first action was to take down «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b»'s cloth of state with her famous motto "«i»In my End is my Beginning«/i»", which she had had hanging over her chair in all her prisons since the days of «u»«b»Shrewsbury <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/GeorgeTalbot(6EShrewsbury).htm>«/u»«/b». «b»Paulet«/b» was a Puritan who found «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b» irritating and tiresome as well as offensive to his high principles. He repeatedly ignored her complaints regarding her health and eliminated her outings to Buxton Baths on the pretext that by her alms to the poor she might gain popular support. She was not even allowed to take the air nor to receive any correspondence except from the «b»French Ambassador«/b». Her servants were treated in the same manner, while «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b»'s religious customs and convictions were thoroughly despised. He refused to baptise the child of «b»Barbara Curle«/b», one of «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b»'s servants, and proclaimed himself scandalised when «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b» baptise the child herself according to Catholic rites. By the time the «u»Babington Plot <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Babington_plot.htm>«/u» was taking shape, «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b» had had to be moved to Chartley due to her ill health. It was also during that time that he broke into her apartments while she was lying ill in bed and unceremoniously seized her money under «u»«b»Elizabeth <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>«/u»«/b»'s instructions. «b»Paulet«/b» was entrusted with several letters from «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b» to «u»«b»Elizabeth <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>«/u»«/b» and others. He delayed dispatching these for fear that «u»«b»Elizabeth <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>«/u»«/b» might be touched by them and revoke the Death Warrant. It took almost a year for the other letters to be received by the addressees. «b»Paulet«/b» also attended «u»«b»Mary <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MaryStuart.htm>«/u»«/b»'s execution and was Knighted after it. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal40202
  Person ID	I2639	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Sir Hugh Paulett, Governor of Jersey,   b. 1500, Hinton, St. George, Somerset, England ,   d. Dec 1572  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Phillipa Pollard,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1528	Hinton St. George, Somersetshire, England
  Family ID	F798	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Harvey,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1548
  Children	1. Hugh Paulet,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sir Anthony Paulett, Knight, Governor of Jersey,   b. 1553, Gotehurst, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 22 Jul 1600  (Age 47 years)   3. Joan Paulet,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. George Paulet,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sarah Paulet,   b. 1557, Hinton St. George, Somerset, England ,   d. 13 Jun 1608  (Age 51 years)   6. Elizabeth Paulet,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006
  Family ID	F706	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Harvey,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1570
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006
  Family ID	F707	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Sources

  [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/. [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).