Family and Education
2nd s. of Sir John Dawtrey of More House, being 1st by his 2nd w. Joan or Jane, da. and h. of William Skarfeild or Skardeville, wid. of one Ashby. m. (1) Margaret (d. by 15 Feb. 1578), da. of William Roper of Eltham, Kent, by Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas More, 4s. 1da.; (2) 27 Nov. 1581, Mary, da. of Edward Stoughton of Singleton, 1s. suc. e. half-bro. Richard 1554.PCC 85 Sainberbe; Suss. Rec. Soc. iii. 97; xiv. 69; W. Berry, Co. Genealogies, Suss. (Comber’s copy at Chichester), 46; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 26; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 31-2.
Offices Held
J.p. Suss. by 1559, rem. by 1565, rest. by 1568, rem. by 1570, rest. by 1591; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1566–7.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: More House, Petworth, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
DAWTREY, William (-d.1591)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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