WHITMORE, William (1573-1648), of Apley Park, Salop.

Family and Education

b. 4 Nov. 1573,WARD 9/158, ff. 126v-7. 1st s. of William Whitmore of London, Haberdasher and Anna, da. of William Bond, Haberdasher and alderman of London. educ. King’s, Camb. 1588; M. Temple 1595. m. (1) Margaret (d. 31 Jan. 1608), da. of Roland Moseley of Hough, Lancs. 1s. 1da.; (2) 19 Nov. 1610, Dorothy (d.1626), da. of John Weld, Haberdasher of London, 3s. 2da. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 499-500; GL, ms 4107/1, unfol.; Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss.; Notes on the Manor and Fam. of Whitmore comp. W.H. Whitmore, 8. suc. fa. 1593; Kntd. 24 June 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 177. d. bef. 24 Jan. 1648. sig. W[illia]m Whitmore.

Offices Held

Freeman, Bridgnorth, Salop 1605; J.F.A. Mason, Bor. of Bridgnorth, 18. collector, subsidy, Salop 1605; E401/2404. sheriff, Salop 1619–20; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 119. j.p., Salop 1621-at least 1636; C231/4, f. 125; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 14; SP16/405. commr. subsidy, Salop 1621, 1624, 1641–2, C212/22/20, 23; SR, v. 65, 155. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1629, C181/4, f. 32. knighthood fines, Salop 1630–4, E178/7154, f. 61; E198/4/32, f. 3v. charitable uses, Bridgnorth 1630, C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches by 1634-at least 1640, C181/4, f. 162v; 181/5, p. 369. Poll Tax 1641, Irish aid 1642, SR, v. 107, 141. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Contractor for Crown lands, 1609–16; A.F. Upton, Sir Arthur Ingram, 26; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 590, 595, 614, 637, 643; 1611–18, pp. 5, 41, 44, 159, 192, 209; E214/403; C54/2244/18, 40. customs farmer by 1610. CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 637.

Parlimentarian

WHITMORE, William (1573-1648), of Apley Park, Salop.

Main residence: Apley Park, Salop.

Author

A.D.T.

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WHITMORE, William (1573-1648)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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