MEUX (MEWYS), William (c.1579-1638), of Kingston, I. o. W.

b. c. 1579, 1st s. of Sir John Meux of Kingston and Cicely, da. of Sir William Button† of Alton Priors, Wilts.Berry, Hants Gen. 53-4; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv), 33. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1594, aged 15; G. Inn 1596. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. (1) settlement 14 July 1604, C142/461/123. Winifred, da. of Sir Francis Barrington* of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, 1s. 1da.; G.A. Lowndes, ‘Hist. of Barrington Fam.’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. ii. 27. (2) by 1616, Elizabeth, da. of William Gerard† of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx., wid. of Francis Rame of Hornchurch, Essex, 1da. Berry, 56; PROB 11/129, f. 262. Kntd. 26 June 1607; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. suc. fa. 1629. C142/461/123. d. 27 Aug. 1638. C142/786/58.