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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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Baronet Paulet of West Hill Lodge in Hampshire

Baronet Paulet of West Hill Lodge in Hampshire is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.

                    The London Gazette 19359. 22nd February 1836. The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the following Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.
                
                    The Reverend John Barker Mill [aged 32], of Mottisfont, in the county of Southampton.
                
                    Robert William Newman [aged 59], of Stokeley, and of Mamhead, in the county of Devon, Esq.
                
                    Henry Charles Paulet [aged 22], of West Hill-lodge, in the county of Southampton, Esq.
                
                    Sir Frederick Adair Roe [aged 46], of Brundish, in the county of Suffolk, Knt, Chief Magistrate of the Police Office, Bow-street, in the county of Middlesex.
                
                    Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley [aged 65], of Hill-house, in the county of Berks, KCB.
                
                    Joseph Sawle Graves Sawle, of Penrice, in the county of Cornwall, and of Barley, in the county of Devon, Esq.

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In 1886 Henry Charles Paulet 1st Baronet [aged 72] died. Baronet Paulet of West Hill Lodge in Hampshire extinct.