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b. 24 Sept. 1592, 1st s. of Sir George Wandesford of Kirklington and 1st w. Catherine, da. and coh. of Ralph Hansby of Beverley, Yorks.; bro. of John*.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 344-5. educ. Well g.s., Yorks.; Clare, Camb. 1607-11; G. Inn 1612. Wentworth Pprs. ed. J.P. Cooper (Cam. Soc. ser. 4 xii), 319; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 22 Sept. 1614 (with £2,000), Alice (bur. 13 Dec. 1659), da. of Sir Hewet Osborne, 1st bt., of Kiveton, Derbys., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1612. d. 3 Dec. 1640. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 344-5. sig. Chr[istopher] Wandesforde.
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Commr. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1623 – d., alum inquiry, London 1625; C181/3, f. 96; R.B. Turton, Alum Farm, 141. j.p. N. and W. Ridings 1625 – 26, N. Riding 1628 – d., W. Riding 1629 – d., liberty of Ripon, Yorks. 1629–d. (custos rot. 1630–d.); Som. RO, Phelips DD/PH/219/66; C231/4, ff. 190, 260; 231/5, p. 12; C181/3, f. 265. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1625 – 26, 1628 – d.; member, High Commission, York prov. 1628; commr. recusant composition, Northern counties 1629–d.; C181/3, f. 181; SP16/123/46; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 48; ix. pt. 2, p. 162. member, Council in the North 1629–d.; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. steward, manor of Ripon 1629; dep. bailiff, Richmond liberty, Yorks. 1630; H.B. M’Call, Fam. of Wandesford, 75. col. militia ft., Yorks. by 1633–d. Add. 28082, f. 81; HMC Cowper, ii. 204.

Commr. fees 1630. CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 236.

Master of the Rolls [I] 1633–40; Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 61. PC [I] 1633–d.; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 84. commr. defective titles [I] 1634, fees [I] 1635; CSP Ire. 1633–47, pp. 56–7, 191. ld. justice (jt.) [I] 1636, 1639–40; Ibid. 139, 222. ld. dep. [I] 1640–d. Ibid. 244.

MP [I] 1634–5. H. Kearney, Strafford in Ire. 229.

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WANDESFORD, Christopher (1592-1640), of Kirklington, Yorks.; later of Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny
Main residences: Kirklington, Yorks.; Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny, [I].
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K.E.B.
S.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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WANDESFORD, Christopher (1592-1640)

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