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WRIGHTINGTON, Edward (1580-1658), of Wrightington, Lancs. and Gray’s Inn, London; later of York, Yorks.

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b. 31 Mar. 1580,E. Baines, Hist. co. Pal. and Duchy of Lancaster, iv. 236. ?o.s. of John Wrightington of Wrightington. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1594; G. Inn 1599; ?called. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. unm. Kntd. ?Aug. 1640. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 207. See below for the circumstances of his knighthood. d. 5 Oct. 1658. Baines, iv. 236. sig. Edw[ard] Wrightington.
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Official reporter, Chancery 1617–?23; C66/2131/3. ancient, G. Inn 1617, bencher 1637–d.; PBG Inn, i. 228, 329. chirographer, c.p., Jan.-Dec. 1623; C2/Jas.I/D5/58. justice, Council in the North, 1637–41. R. Reid, Council in the North, 498.

J.p. Lancs. by 1620–42; Lancs. RO, QSC 4–38; CJ, ii. 821. commr. subsidy, Lancs. 1621 – 22, 1624, sewers 1633, C212/22/20–1, 23; C181/4, f. 130v. recusants, N. parts 1635–41, T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 162. ?array, Lancs. by 1644. Lancs. Royalist Comp. Pprs. ed. J.H. Stanning (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxiv), 45.

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WRIGHTINGTON, Edward (1580-1658), of Wrightington, Lancs. and Gray’s Inn, London; later of York, Yorks.
Main residences: Wrightington, Lancs.; Gray's Inn, London; York, Yorks.
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WRIGHT, Sir George (1572-1623), of Richmond, Surr. and Henshurst, Cobham, Kent

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b. 21 Nov. 1572,C142/251/93. 1st s. of Thomas Wright of Henshurst and w. Hester. PROB 11/80, ff. 81-2v. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1588, BA 1592; G. Inn 1591. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. 10 Aug. 1597, Richmond Par. Reg. (Surr. Par. Regs. i), 140. Dorothy (d. 10 July 1631), Ibid. 188. da. and h. of John Farnham†, Gent. Pens. of the Nether Hall, Quorndon, Leics., 3s. 3da. O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. Surr. i. 424; Richmond Par. Reg. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12. suc. fa. 31 May 1592. C142/251/93. Kntd. 4 July 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii.134. d. 24 Nov. 1623. C142/405/158.
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Clerk of the Stable 1604–d. LC2/4/5, p. 57; Lansd. 273, f. 36.

Bailiff, manors of Tymbwood, Raynehurst, Blackmanstone, Windhill, Kent 1604. E315/310, f. 26.

Member, Irish Co. 1609. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 408.

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WRIGHT, Sir George (1572-1623), of Richmond, Surr. and Henshurst, Cobham, Kent
Main residences: Richmond, Surr.; Henshurst, Cobham, Kent.
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WRIGHT, Richard (d.1617), of Allhallows Barking, London and Walthamstow, Essex; formerly of Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London.

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2nd s. of Peter Wright, cordwainer, of Shrewsbury, Salop; bro. of (Sir) Robert†. m. (1) Susan, da. of one Masterson of Cheshire, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. ; (2) lic. 4 Nov. 1587, Katherine, wid. of Francis Adams, Haberdasher, of London, 1s. ; (3) 12 Jan. 1615, Beatrice, da. of Stowe Jarvis of London, wid. of John Stockley, Merchant Taylor, of Buckersbury, London, s.p. suc. bro. Sir Robert in Richmond property 1610. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xiii), 150; PROB 11/115, f. 206; 11/123, f. 52v; 11/130, f. 133v; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 4), xii. 196; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 1515; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s London Citizens 35399; GL, St. Margaret, Fish Street Hill par. reg.; Stepney Mar. Reg. i. 94.
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Solicitor for concealed lands, City and Companies of London 1582–3; C.M. Clode, Early Hist. of Merchant Taylors, i. 269. freeman, London 1587; CLRO, Reps. 21, f. 415. City solicitor 1594–9; CLRO, transcript list of City solicitors. common councilman, London 1589–99, F.F. Foster, Pols. of Stability, 172. scavenger 1592-at least 1608, CLRO, Reps. 25, ff. 348r-v, 388v; 28, f. 174. common packer 1595–d. CLRO, Jors. 24, f. 56.

Sec. Muscovy Co. by 1586-at least 1601; Lansd. 48, f. 80; HMC Hatfield, xi. 393. clerk, Merchant Taylors’ Co. London 1587 – 95, freeman 1587, liveryman c. 1595, 3rd warden 1600 – 01, asst. 1601 – d., 1st warden 1606 – 07, master 1611 – 12, auditor (jt.) 1613; GL, ms 34010/2, f. 196v; 34010/3, ff. 157v, 278, 294v, 419v, 437v; 34010/4, pp. 230, 533; 34010/5, pp. 89, 414. solicitor for Christ’s Hosp. London 1595; GL, ms 12806/3, f. 21v. sec. E.I. Co. 1600–7. CSP Col. 1513–1616, pp. 107, 115, 134, 155.

Clerk to prize commrs. 1592, 1602–3; HMC Hatfield, iv. 240; HMC Sackville, i. 49. farmer, currants duties 1604–9, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 161; E214/591; F.C. Dietz, English Public Finance, 1558–1641, p. 347. tobacco duties 1608 – 15, collector 1615–d.; Dietz, 350–1; E351/911. paymaster, Low Countries garrisons 1605 – 16, forces sent to Jülich and Cleves 1610; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 217; E351/258–63, 275–80. commr. starch manufacturers 1607. HMC Sackville, i.155.

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WRIGHT, Richard (d.1617), of Allhallows Barking, London and Walthamstow, Essex; formerly of Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London.
Main residences: Allhallows Barking, London; Walthamstow, Essex; Merchant Taylors' Hall, London.
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WREY, William (c.1601-1645), of Trebigh, St. Ive, Cornw.

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b. c. 1601, o.s. of Sir William Wrey, 1st bt., of Trebigh and his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Courtenay† of Powderham, Devon. m. lic. 6 Oct. 1624 (with £2,000), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Chichester, 1st Visct. Chichester of Carrickfergus [I], 3s. 3da. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 564; C142/552/121. Wrey was aged 20 in 1620, according to a Herald’s visitation, but this seems unlikely as his parents’ marriage settlement was dated 1 Dec. 1600. Kntd. by Mar. 1634; C66/2615/23. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1636. C142/552/121. d. Aug. 1645. Vivian, 564.
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Commr. array, Cornw. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. 1642, C231/5, p. 529. col. militia ?ft. c.1642. CCC, 1928.

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WREY, William (c.1601-1645), of Trebigh, St. Ive, Cornw.
Main residence: Trebigh, St. Ive, Cornw.
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WRAY, Sir William (1560-1617), of Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.

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b. 7 Feb. 1560,C142/233/114. o.s. of Sir Christopher Wray† of Glentworth, Lincs., Speaker of the House of Commons 1571 and c.j.c.p. 1574-92, and Anne, da. of Nicholas Girlington of Normanby, Lincs., wid. of Robert Brocklesby of Glentworth. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1322-3. educ. L. Inn 1576. LI Admiss. m. (1) 6 Apr. 1580, Lincs. Peds. 1323. Lucy (d. 1 Mar. 1600), G. Holles, Lincs. Church Notes (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), 63-64. da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants., 8s. (6 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) c.1600, Frances, da. of Sir William Drury† of Hawstead, Suff., coh. to her bro. Sir Robert Drury* and wid. of Sir Nicholas Clifford† of Bobbing, Kent, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 65-70. suc. fa. 1592; C142/233/114. Kntd. c. 1596; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 94. cr. bt. 25 Nov. 1611. CB, i. 95. d. 13 Aug. 1617. C142/386/87.
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J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) by 1583 – d., (Kesteven) 1597–d.; Lansd. 737, f. 145; C231/1, f. 26v; C66/1988. mayor, Grimsby 1588–9; HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 290. warden, Louth, Lincs. 1591–2; R.W. Goulding, Louth Old Corp. Recs. 19, 58. commr. gaol delivery, Grimsby 1592, 1598; HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 262. sheriff, Lincs. 1594–5; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 80. commr. musters, Lincs. 1599, APC, 1599–1600, p. 190. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by 1602–d., C181/1, ff. 18v, 131v; 181/2, ff. 6v, 284v. sewers, Gt. Fens 1604 – 05, River Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1607, Lincoln, Lincs. 1608, Newark, Notts. 1610, preservation of ditches, Gt. Fens 1605,C181/1, ff. 75, 112v, 117v; 181/2, ff. 47v, 74v, 119. charitable uses, Lincs. 1607, Lincs. N and Q, x. 113. inquiry, boundaries of Holland and Kevesten, 1607,C181/2, f. 46. Admlty. causes, 1608,HCA 14/39, no. 217. subsidy 1608; SP14/31/1. collector (jt.), aid Lincs. (Lindsey) 1609 – 11, 1613. SP14/43/107; E403/2730, 2733, f. 40v; Lincs. AO, MM13/2.

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WRAY, Sir William (1560-1617), of Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.
Main residence: Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.
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WRAY, Sir John (1586-1655), of Wharton, Lincs.

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bap. 27 Nov. 1586, 1st s. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.*, and his 1st w. Lucy, da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants.; bro. of Edward*; half-bro. of Christopher*. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1600; L. Inn 1603; travelled abroad 1604-7. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; SO3/2, unfol. m. 7 Sept. 1607, (with £2,000), Lincs. AO, LCS 14/5. Griselda (bur. 26 Jan. 1653), da. and h. of Sir Hugh Bethell of Ellerton, Yorks., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.). C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 148-9, 169-70. Kntd. Sept. 1612; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 13 Aug. 1617. C142/386/87; CB, i. 95-6. bur. 31 Dec. 1655 31 Dec. 1655. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323.
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Commr. sewers, Lincoln, Lincs. 1608, 1627, Newark, Notts. 1610, River Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1619 – 25, Holland, Lincs. 1626, Gt. Fens 1629–54,C181/2, ff. 76v, 119v, 353; C181/3, ff. 268v, 198v, 228v; 181/4, ff. 16v. 39v, 93v; 181/5, ff. 9v, 223; 181/6, p. 37. swans, Lincs., Northants., Rutland, Notts. 1619, Lincs. and elsewhere c. 1629, Lincs. 1635;Ibid. f. 341v; 181/3, f. 268; 181/5, f. 14. j.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) by 1622 – 27, 1628 – 36, 1641–d.; C193/13/1, 2, 3, 4; C231/4, ff. 227, 261; 231/5, pp. 223, 436. commr. subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1621, 1624, SP14/123/77; C212/22/20–23; HMC Rutland, i. 463. oyer and terminer, Midlands circ. 1624 – 36, 41–d., C181/3, ff. 108, 258v; 181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; C181/5, ff. 34, 192, 220; 181/6, pp. 15, 118. recusants, Lincs. 1624; HMC Rutland, i. 471. sheriff, Lincs. 1625–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 80. commr. Forced Loan (Lindsey) 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. exacted fees, Lincoln 1634,C181/4, f. 158v. assessment, Lincs. 1643 – 49, sequestration 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, New Model Ordinance 1645, militia 1648. A. and O. i. 92, 114, 149, 232, 294, 539, 622, 641, 968, 1085, 1239; ii. 37, 302.

Commr. treaty with Scotland 1643, 1646, 1647.LJ vi. 55b; ix. 500a; CJ, iv. 606a.

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WRAY, Sir John (1586-1655), of Wharton, Lincs.
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WRAY, Christopher (1602-1646), of Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.

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bap. 14 May 1602,Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323. 11th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.* (d.1617), and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Sir William Drury† of Hawstead, Suff.; half-bro. of Edward* and Sir John*.C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 220. educ. travelled abroad 1616-19.APC, 1615-16, p. 585. m. 3 Aug. 1623,Dalton, i. 221. Albinia (d. Jan. 1660),Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323. da. and coh. of Sir Edward Cecil*, 1st Visct. Wimbledon, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 258; C. Dalton, Life and Times of Sir Edward Cecil, ii. 45. Kntd. 12 Nov. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 183. d. 6 Feb. 1646.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 254.
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Vol. Dutch army 1622.Dalton, Sir Edward Cecil, ii. 5.

J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 1624 – d., (Kesteven) 1625–d.;C231/4, ff. 163, 187; C66/2858. dep. lt. Lincs. 1624–45;C231/4, f. 163; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/3. commr. sewers, Lincs. (Holland) 1626, Lincoln, Lincs. 1627, Gt. Fens 1629–d.,C181/3, ff. 199, 228v; 181/4, ff. 30, 93v; 181/5, ff. 10, 223, 269. Forced Loan (Kesteven) 1626–7,Lincs. AO, 2 Anc 8/14; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, Lincs. and elsewhere, c.1629,C181/3, f. 268. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. 1633,GL, ms 25475/1, f. 14v. sequestration (Lindsey) 1643, levying money, Lincs. 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, assessment, Lincs. 1644 – d., New Model Ordinance 1645,A. and O. i. 114, 232, 294, 539, 622, 641. oyer and terminer 1645.C181/5, f. 251v.

Capt. of horse (parl.) 1642–3.HMC Portland, i. 68; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 234–48.

Commr. Admlty. 1645, excise 1645, to treat with Scottish army 1645.A. and O. i. 669, 691; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 264.

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WRAY, Christopher (1602-1646), of Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.
Main residence: Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.
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WRAY, Edward (1589-1658), of Rycote, Oxon.; formerly of Whitehall

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bap. 9 Nov. 1589, 3rd s. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.*, of Glentworth, Lincs. and his 1st w. Lucy, da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants.; bro. of Sir John*; half-bro. of Sir Christopher*.C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, 177-99. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1602; L. Inn 1605. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. 27 Mar. 1622, CP, ix. 648. Elizabeth (bur. 28 Nov. 1645), Coll. Top. et. Gen. vii. 366. suo jure Baroness Norreys, da. and h. of Francis, 1st earl of Berkshire, 1da. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 295; d. 20 Mar. 1658. Gent. Mag. lxvii. 654.
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Esq. of the body by 1616; LC5/50/171; Lansd. 273, f. 28v. groom of the bedchamber 1618–22. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 161, 429; AO15/3, p. 7.

Commr. subsidy, Oxon. 1641–2, SR, v. 87, 154. militia 1651; Oxf. Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xcv), 402. j.p. 1650 – d., Berks. 1650–d. C213/6, p. 19; C193/13/5.

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WRAY, Edward (1589-1658), of Rycote, Oxon.; formerly of Whitehall
Main residences: Rycote, Oxon; Whitehall.
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WOTTON, Sir Henry (1568-1639), of King Street, Westminster and Eton College, Bucks.

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b. 30 Mar. 1568, 8th but 4th surv. s. of Thomas Wotton† (d.1587) of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, being o. surv. s. with 2nd w. Eleanor, da. of Sir William Finch of the Mote, nr. Maidstone, Kent, wid. of Robert Morton of Molesworth, Hunts.; half-bro. of George Morton† and Edward Wotton†, 1st Bar. Wotton of Marley. educ. Winchester Coll. Hants; New Coll., Oxf. 1584, Hart Hall c.1585, Queen’s 1586-9; travelled abroad (Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia, France) 1589-94, 1600-4; Heidelberg Univ. 1589-90; Altdorf Univ., Nuremberg 1590; Ingoldstadt Univ., Bavaria 1590; Padua Univ. 1591-2; M. Temple 1595; vol. Cadiz 1596, Azores 1597. unm. Kntd. 8 July 1604; ordained deacon 1627.Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, i. 1-4, 7-45, 209. d. 5 Dec. 1639. sig. Henry Wotton.
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Sec. to Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex 1595–1600; Ibid. 29–34. amb. Venice 1603 – 11, 1615 – 19, 1620 – 23, Savoy (extraordinary) 1611 – 12, Utd. Provinces (extraordinary) 1614 – 15, Germany and Vienna 1620–1; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 60, 143, 195, 228, 289–91. gent. of the Privy Chamber by 1629–?d. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 73.

Commr. new buildings, London 1615; provost, Eton Coll. Bucks. 1624–d. APC, 1615–16, p. 122.

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WOTTON, Sir Henry (1568-1639), of King Street, Westminster and Eton College, Bucks.
Main residences: King Street, Westminster; Eton College, Bucks.
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WORTLEY, Edward (aft. 1591-1661), of Wortley Hall, Tankersley, Yorks.; later of Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.

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b. aft. 1591, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Wortley (d.1603) of Wortley Hall and Elizabeth, da. of Edward Boughton† of Cawston, Warws.; bro. of Sir Francis*.C142/281/88; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 592. educ. I. Temple 1612; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1616. I. Temple database of admiss.; HMC Downshire, v. 431. m. 2 July 1627, Elizabeth (d.1665), da. of John Eldred, merchant, of London and Great Saxham, Suff., wid. of Sir Samuel Tryon, 1st bt., of Boys Hall, Halstead, Essex, s.p. GL, ms 10212; J. Gage, Hist. and Antiqs. of Suff. Thingoe Hundred, 106; PROB 11/316, f. 212. Kntd. 6 Aug. 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 177. d. by 21 Oct. 1661. PROB 6/37, f. 102v.
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Freeman, Leicester, Leics. 1620; Ex inf. Professor Catherine Patterson. commr. assessment, Notts. 1647 – 52, militia 1648, A. and O. i. 971, 1088, 1240; ii. 39, 304, 472, 670. j.p. by 1650-at least 1657. C193/13/3, f. 50; 193/13/5, f. 81v.

Gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary by c.1641. LC3/1.

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WORTLEY, Edward (aft. 1591-1661), of Wortley Hall, Tankersley, Yorks.; later of Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.
Main residences: Wortley Hall, Tankersley, Yorks.; Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.
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