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The surname Pawlett was first found in Somerset, at Pawlett (Paulet.) It was here that "in the reign of Henry I, Fulco de Alnou had a grant from the Crown of Grandon... He had two sons: 1. Walter de Poeleth, who in 1203 paid a fine in Somerset [and] 2. Robert de Polet, mentioned in Buckinghamshire 1198. " [1] A later descendant was William de Paulet who was Lord of Paulet, Stretchill and Walpole, Somerset in 1316. Another reference claims the first record of the name was Sir William de Paulet who died in 1242. [2] This may have been a descendant of the aforementioned William de Paulet but Shirley contends that this latter William was actually "of Leigh in Devonshire." [2] The parish of Peverell Sampford in Devon had a house with an infamous history. "This place is distinguished as having been the residence of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII. The house in which she lived, subsequently belonged to Sir Amias Poulett, who had the custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, at the time of her execution; it was a castellated building, erected in 1337, and taken down in 1775." [3]
William de Paulet who was Lord of Paulet, Stretchill and Walpole, Somerset in 1316
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PAWLETT, later PAWLETT GAUNTS, (fn. 1) was held by Saemer in 1066 and by Rademer of Walter of Douai in 1086. (fn. 2) Walter died c. 1107 and his heir, Robert, who rebelled in 1136, (fn. 3) seems to have lost the main part of his estate which passed to Robert, son of Robert FitzRoy, earl of Gloucester. Before 1147 Robert gave it to Robert FitzHarding (d. 1171). (fn. 4) Robert's younger son, also Robert (d. 1194), (fn. 5) was succeeded by his son Maurice (d. 1230), who held Pawlett of the Crown in 1212. (fn. 6) Maurice's heir was Robert de Gournay, son of his half-sister Eve. Robert died in 1269 and was followed by his son Anselm (d. 1286) and by Anselm's son John (d. 1291) in turn. John's heir was his daughter Elizabeth, wife of John ap Adam (d. 1311). (fn. 7) Their son Thomas was acknowledged as lord of Pawlett in 1335 (fn. 8) but no further trace of this lordship has been found.
Extract above taken from https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol6/pp268-273
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Peter Haggett CBE ScD FBA (b. 1933), eminent academic geographer, emeritus professor at University of Bristol, born in Pawlett.
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Monmouth Rebellion
Twenty-six men were fined for involvement in the Cornish rebellion in 1497. (fn. 42) Two men from Pawlett were implicated in the Monmouth rebellion, one of whom was transported to the West Indies. (fn. 43)
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