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b. c. 1554,J. Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 299; STAC 8/292/10. The monument erected to Whitson in 1741 suggests a birth-date of c.1558: I.M. Roper, ‘Effigies of Bristol’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxvii. 87. s. of William Whitson of Clearwell, Newland, Glos. ?; educ. Newland g.s.; appr. Bristol 1570. m. (1) 12 Apr. 1585, Bridget (d.1608), da. of Robert Saxey, merchant, of Bristol, wid. of Nicholas Cutt, merchant, of Bristol, 3da. d.v.p.; (2) 21 Sept. 1609 (with £500), Magdalen (bur. 19 Sept. 1615), da. of Thomas Barber, Salter, of London, wid. of William Hynde, Salter, of London, s.p.; (3) 18 May 1617 (?with £2,000), Rachel (bur. 18 Sept. 1654), da. of Richard Danvers of Tockenham, Wilts., wid. of John Aubrey of Burlton Court, Burghill, Herefs., s.p.P. McGrath, John Whitson and the Merchant Community of Bristol, (Hist. Assoc. Bristol 1970), pp. 7, 9-10, 13-14, 19; W. Leighton, ‘Manor of Burnett’, Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. lix. 264; C2/Chas.I/M32/24; C21/B17/2. d. 27 Feb. 1629.C142/537/68. sig. John Whitsone.
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Freeman, Bristol 1585,McGrath, John Whitson, 9. collector subsidy 1586,Ordinances of Bristol ed. M. Stanford (Bristol Rec. Soc. xli), 88. sheriff 1589–90,List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 167. common councilman by 1598, surveyor, St. Bartholomew’s free school (jt.) 1598,Ordinances of Bristol, 103, 105. alderman 1600–d.,A.B. Beaven, Bristol Lists, 313. constable of staple 1602 – 03, 1604 – 05, 1611 – 12, 1616 – 17, 1623 – 24, 1625–6,Bristol RO, common council procs. 1598–1608, pp. 52, 86; 1608–27, ff. 20v, 62v, 115, 131. mayor 1603 – 04, 1615–16,Beaven, 313. j.p. by 1604,CJ, i. 185b; W. Adams, Chronicle of Bristol, 204. commr. piracy 1604,C181/1, f. 92. subsidy 1608, 1621, 1624, 1629,SP14/31/1; C212/22/20, 23; E115/94/102. aid 1609,SP14/43/107. lic. passengers overseas 1611,C193/6/220–1. French prize goods 1627,APC, 1627, p. 87. charitable uses 1628,Cal. Bristol Charters comp. J. Latimer, 152. auditor (jt.) 1628,City Chamberlains’ Accts. ed. D.M. Livock (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxiv), 148–9, 160–2. capt. of militia ft. at d. Adams, 223.

Feoffee, Bristol Merchant Venturers 1600,P. McGrath, Merchant Venturers of Bristol, 19n. warden 1605 – 06, master 1606 – 07, 1611–12;Recs. relating to Soc. of Merchant Venturers of Bristol ed. P. McGrath (Bristol Rec. Soc. xvii), 6, 54; J. Latimer, Hist. of Soc. of Merchant Venturers of Bristol, 66, 326. asst. Spanish Co. May-December 1605;Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. lx), xliii. 101. member, Virg. Co. 1622.Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 20.

Under-dep. farmer of wine duties (jt.), western ports 1611–22.E112/119/416.

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WHITSON, John (c.1554-1629), of St. Nicholas Street, Bristol, Glos.
Main residence: St. Nicholas Street, Bristol, Glos.
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WHITSON, John (c.1554-1629)

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