Amias Paulet

For Paulet's grandfather by the same name, see Amias Paulet (d. 1538).

Sir Amias Paulet, 1576–78, attributed to Nicholas Hilliard
Arms of Poulett: Sable, three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or
The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, drawn by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Privy Council, an eyewitness. Sir Amias Paulet, Mary's gaoler, is identified as 3, top, seated left below dais; the official witnesses, the Earls of Shrewsbury and Kent, are identified as numbers 1 and 2.

Sir Amias Paulet (1532 – 26 September 1588) of Hinton St. George, Somerset, was an English diplomat, Governor of Jersey, and the gaoler for a period of Mary, Queen of Scots.