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 WINOHESTJSR. 178 He prooliumed in Loiulon the nooeesion of Elisabeth ; nc'eil nf 8 fuiker nf the House of Lords, 1559 and 1566. He was also L.-U<mt of Hants, 1552-70 ; of Midz. 1569-70 and joint L-Lient of liondon. 1669. He m. ito 1509, Elisabeth, da. of Sir William Cafkll, sometime (1503 end 1609), L. Mayor of London, by Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Arundbll, of Lanhern, oo. Com wall She d. 25 Deo. 1558 and was (ten at Rasingr, 5 or 7 Feb. 1568/9. He d. at his hoose at Basing (which he had rebuilt with great magnifioenoe) 10 March 1571/2, at a great age possibly in his 97th year(*) and was bur. at Basing. Admon. June 1572, Feb. 1576/7 and Feb. 1592/8. IL 1572. S, John (Paulbt, or Powlbtt), Marquww of Win- oiiKBTKR, /be, 8. and h. ; b, before 1617 ; knighted by Hen. YIII. at Boulogne, 80 Sept. 1546, was apparently styled Lord St. Johii 1550-72, tho' possibly f<ytof Karl op Wii;i8HIrb(^) 1651-72 ; was (with his father), one of the signatories, 16 June 1568, to the settlement of the Crown on Lady Jane Grey(«) ; was sum. to Pari, v.p., 8 Oct. 1554, in his father's Barony as LORD SAINT J0HN,(<1) and by that title was one of the Peers on the trial of the Dnke of Norfolk, 16 Jan. 1671/2. He was Ti. -Lieut of Donet, 1567, and Gov. of Uie isle of Wight, 1668. Reiuctolhe Marqu€f$aU of Winchater^ &&, 10 March 1671/2. He m. firstly, before 1586, Etiaaboth, da. nf Robert (W^llouohbt), TiORD Willouohbt db Brokb, by his second wife, Dorothy, da. of Thomas (Qrrt), Marqubbs op Dorbrt. He m. seoondly,(*) in or shortly hnforn May 1.571,(0 Winifred, widow of Sir Itichard SaoktILLB (mother by him of the Ist Earl op Dorsbt), da. of Sir John Brtdqbs, sometime (1520) L. Mayor of London, by Agnes, da. of Thomas Atlofpb, of Britains, oo. Essex. He d. at Chelfloa, 4 Nov. 1676, and was bur. at Basing. Will dat. 6 to 8 June 1576, pr. 8 Dec. 1677. His widow, by whom he had no issue, d, at Chelsea, and was (ur. in Westm. Abbey 1686. Will dat 18 May 1588, pr. 20 June 1586. III. 1676. S. William (Paulbt, or Powlbtt), Marqubbsof Win- CRB8TBR, Ac, s. and h. by first wife ; ft. before 1586 ; K.B. at the coronation oC Mary, 80 Nov. 1668 ; Sheriff for Hants 1560 ; said to have been M.P. for Dorset, 1571 ; ttyled apparently TjORD St. John, but possibly Earl op Wilt8H1BB,(s) l.'t72-76, and was, v.p., sum. to pari. 5 May 1572 in his father's Barony as LORD SAINT JOHN(d); wue. to the MarquetsaU of Winchtiter, &o., 4 Nov. 1576; joint L.-Lieut. of Hants, 1686 ; L.-Lient. of Dorset, 1585/6 ; one of the Judges at the (^) "A man whose supple twlitics raised him to a high degree of rank and power and preserved his long life in a state of uniform prosperity." [OollinM, vol 2, p. 871.] Sir Robert Nauntfm says of him and of the Earl of Pembroke that " they two were ever of the King*s religion and over sealous professors, and, being younger branches, yet of noble houses, they A|>ent whnt wns left them nnd came on trust to the Court, whore, U|v>n the bnre strx^k of their wits thny began to traffic for themselves and prospered so well tlitit ihcy got, spout and left moru tliiui any subjects from tlie Norninn ConqiiOHt to their own times." The Marqueus was in fnct a lav edition (on a grander scale) of the well known fiMr of Bray and accounted for " how he did to stand in those perilous times," [Dnydale] by the answer " orttu iutn e taliet turn ex quereti.** His character is given by Kronde in his '* Queen Blie«heth** vol. i, p. 48. See ns to his nge p. 171, note " f." A portrait of him " after a peinter unknown " is engraved in "JDoyle'*; another, from a painting in King's College, Cambridge, is in Walpole's edition of " Naunton,** This last one has the Treasurer's white staff, as also have two portraits of him in the Tudor exhibition, one being (erroneously ?) ascribed to Holbein, who d. 1543, some 7 years before he was Trensurer. (^) His name ns " Lord St. John " appears as lute ns 16 June 1563. See vol. iii, p. 70, note ** f," eub " Derby." See also p. 172, note "c." (•) See p. 172, note " e." (<*) See p. 172, note " b." (") Elizabeth, widow of Qregory (Cromwell), Lord Cromwell (who d. 1651), and formerly of Sir Anthony Oughtred, being da. of Sir John Seymour, is sometimes given ss his second wife. This is possibly the case, but his surviving wife (whether 2d or 3d wife) wns undoubtedly Winifred bridges. (0 George Delves writes, 14 May 1.571, to the Eurl of Rutland that the Marquess of Winchester is married, and " that same day he was very fine and ' crank ' and good afoot without a staff. Now he has returned to bis old custom, and ere long I fear he will be dead at her side." (ff) See p. 172, note *<c."