Chidiock Paulet

Chidiock Paulet (by 1521 – 17 August 1574) was an English politician and Captain of Portsmouth. He was born the third son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and educated at the Inner Temple. His unusual name originates from the village of Chideock, Dorset, which was held by Arundells to whom his family were related by marriage.

He was Esquire of the Stable by 1545, Receiver at the Court of Augmentations for Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire by 1550–1554, and at the Exchequer from 1554 to his death. He was Captain of Portsmouth from May 1554 – 1559 and treasurer of the Bishop of Winchester from 1566 until his death. Following the death of Henry VIII, he did not sit again until he was returned for Gatton in October 1553 following the accession of Mary I. His religious sympathies are also suggested by his failure to sit in Edward VI's parliaments Her will mentions her collection of medical books and her distilled waters, as well as a number of pieces of jewelry. She had received gifts of jewels from other courtiers, including three rings on a bracelet from Mary Finch.