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WINWOOD, Sir Ralph (c.1563-1617), of Whitehall, Westminster and St. Bartholomew the Less, London; later of Ditton Park, Bucks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1563, s. of Richard Winwood (d. bef. 1581) of Aynho, Northants. and Joan, da. of one Blackenhall, wid. of Thomas Richardson. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 131. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1577, aged 14; BA Magdalen, Oxf. 1582, MA 1587, BCL 1591; Padua 1594; G. Inn 1617. Al. Cant.; Al. Ox.; G.L. Andrich, Univ. Patavinae, 134; GI Admiss. i. 147. m. 5 July 1603, Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Ball† of Totnes, Devon, 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. (2 d.vp.). Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 195, 305, 489; ii. 1645; Vis. Bucks. 131; HMC Buccleuch, i. 115. Kntd. 28 June 1607. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. d. 28 Oct. 1617. sig. Raphe Winwod / Winwood.
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Fellow, Magdalen, Oxf. 1582 – 1601; praelector in logic, Oxf. Univ. 1586, jnr. proctor 1592, bursar 1592 – 93, 1597 – 98, snr. dean of arts 1594. Magdalen Coll. Regs. comp. J.R. Bloxam, iv. 211.

Sec. to Sir Henry Neville I*, amb. to France, 1599 – 1600; agent, France 1600 – 03, Utd. Provinces 1603 – 07, commr. (jt.) 1607 – 09, amb. 1609 – 14, special amb. to duchy of Cleves 1610, to Evangelical Union at Wesel 1612. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 101–2, 140, 194–5.

Clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1603 – 08, (ordinary) 1608–9; Add. 11402, ff. 89v, 148; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 434. master of Requests 1609–14; Add. 11402, f. 148; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 535; E214/1166. principal sec. of state 1614 – d.; PC 1614–d.; C66/2017/13. commr. to examine (Sir) Henry Spiller* 1615, APC, 1629–30, p. 265. sale of Cautionary Towns 1616, release of prisoners 1617, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 210–11. examination of Lady Hatton 1617. Chamberlain Letters, ii. 100.

Freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1607; cttee. Virg. Co. 1611–?d.; member, Somers Is. Co. by 1617. C.M. Clode, Memorials of Merchant Taylors’ Co. 159; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 33; Rich Pprs. ed. V.A. Ives, 19, 35.

Member (ex officio), States-General of the Utd. Provinces 1609–14. CSP Ven. 1610–13, p. 545.

Kpr. (jt.) Ditton Park, Bucks. 1615–d.; C66/2033/16; C231/4, p. 12; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 447. commr. new buildings, London 1615; APC, 1615–16, p. 122. j.p. Mdx. 1615. C231/4, f. 12.

Main residences: Whitehall, Westminster; St. Bartholomew the Less, London; Ditton Park, Bucks.
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WINWOOD, Sir Ralph (c.1563-1617)

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WINTERTON, Francis (d.c.1631), of Claybrook, Leics. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

Family and Education
s. of Francis Winterton of Lutterworth, Leics. unm. d. c. 1631. Oxford DNB sub Winterton, Ralph; R. Winterton, ‘Epistle dedicatory’, unpag. in G. Gerhard, Golden Chaine of Divine Aphorismes (1632), trans. R. Winterton.
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Servant to Susan Feilding, countess of Denbigh by 1627-at least 1628; Darcie, unpag.; Procs. 1628, vi. 145. groom of the privy chamber to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1630. E101/438/7.

Freeman, Dunwich, Suff. 1628.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6:1144/11, f. 7.

Vol. Silesia 1631. Winterton, unpag.

Main residences: Claybrook, Leics; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.
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WINGFIELD, William (d.1639), of Chartley, Staffs. and Essex House, The Strand, Westminster

Family and Education
3rd s. of Charles Wingfield (d.1575) of Temple Bruer, Lincs. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Rich of Weld, Essex. educ. ?Trin. Camb. 1577.Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 317-18; PROB 11/57, ff. 193-5; Al. Cant. Probably; unm. bur. 8 July 1639. sig. W[illiam] Wingfelde.
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Steward to Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex by 1614–d., F. Peck, Desiderata Curiosa (1735), ii. bk. xii. 8; WCA, St. Clement Danes par. reg. dep. and trustee 1620–1. Longleat, Devereux Pprs. (IHR microfilm) Box 7, nos. 103–5.

Main residences: Chartley, Staffs.; Essex House, The Strand, Westminster.
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WINGFIELD, Sir Robert (c.1558-1609), of Upton, Northants.

Family and Education
b. c. 1558, 1st s. of Robert Wingfield† of Upton; bro. of John*. educ. G. Inn 1576. m. Prudence, da. of (Sir) John Croke† of Chilton, Bucks., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1580, aged 22;C142/190/52; M.E. Wingfield, Muns. of the Ancient Saxon Fam. of Wingfield, 10-11; GI Admiss. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. d. 24 Aug. 1609. HMC Hatfield, xxi. 121.
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Kpr. Rockingham forest, Northants. by 1587–d.; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 397; 1603–10, p. 473. commr. sewers, Lincs. (South Holland) 1588, Recs. of the Commrs. of Sewers in the Pts. of Holland ed. A.M. Kirkus (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lxxi), 85. Northants. by 1600, APC, 1599–1600, p. 677. Gt. Fens 1601 – d., Lincs. and Notts. 1607, Lincs. 1608; CSP Dom. 1601–3, p. 71; C181/1, f. 75; 181/2, ff. 48, 75, 83v. freeman, Stamford, Lincs. 1592, comburgess 1597–d.; Wingfield 57; Stamford Town Hall, hall bk. 1, f. 235. j.p. Northants. by 1591–d., Hatfield House, ms 278; SP14/33, f. 45. Peterborough, Northants. 1603-at least 1606; C181/1, f. 45; 181/2, f. 3. bailiff, Torpel manor, Northants. ?1591–d.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 538. commr. musters, Northants. by 1596–1607; APC, 1595–6, p. 157; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 63, 95. steward of Waddington manor, Lincs. 1598–?d.; R. Somerville, Hist. of Duchy of Lancaster, i. 578, n. 1. dep. steward, Spalding liberty, Lincs. by 1604–d.; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 385; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 146, 538. surveyor of Crown lands, Northants. 1603–d.; E315/310, f. 16; Lansd. 168, f. 182v; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 121. commr. preservation of ditches, Lincs., Northants., Cambs., Hunts., and Rutland 1605, to make the river Welland navigable, Lincs. 1605, survey manors, Ely, Northants., Norf., Suff., Hunts., Lincs. 1605, inquire into the lands of the Gunpowder plotters, Northants. 1606, oyer and terminer, Midland rising 1607; C181/1, ff. 118, 119, 122, 130v; 181/2, ff. 5, 34v. dep. lt. Northants. 1607–d.; Montagu Musters Bk. ed. J. Wake and H.I. Langdon (Northants. Rec. Soc. vii), 221; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 125. commr. subsidy, Northants. 1608, SP14/31/1. collector of aid 1609. CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 504.

Main residence: Upton, Northants.
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WINCH, Humphrey (1554/5-1625), of Everton, Beds. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Family and Education
b. 1554 /5, 2nd s. of John Winch (d. 1582) of Northill, Beds. and ?Elizabeth.Beds. RO, ABP/W1582/64. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1570; L. Inn 1573, called 1581; King’s Inn, Dublin (hon.) 1607. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. i. 424; C. Kenny, King’s Inns and the Kingdom of Ire. 275. m. by 1589, Cicely (d. by 1629), da. of Richard Onslow† of the I. Temple, solicitor-gen. 1566-9, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 199; PROB 11/155, f. 300. Kntd. 8 Nov. 1606. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 238. d. 4 Feb. 1625. C142/673/28. sig. Humffrey Wynche.
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Dep. recorder, Bedford, Beds. 1593–1606; Beds. RO, Bor.B/F11/4a, pp. 70–233. bencher, L. Inn 1595, autumn reader 1598, censor 1600, kpr. black bk. 1602 – 03, treas. 1605–6; LI Black Bks. ii. 42, 52, 66, 74, 95. sjt.-at-law 1606; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 105–6, 178. chief bar. Exch. [I] 1606 – 08; c.j.k.b. [I] 1608–11; CPR Ire. Jas. I, 95, 132. j.c.p. 1611–d.; C66/1907/1. judge of assize, Munster circ. [I] 1607 – 11, Ulster [I] 1609, Home circ. 1611 – 12, Midlands circ. 1613 – 18, Northern circ. 1618 – 20, Oxf. circ. 1620–d. CSP Ire. 1606–8, pp. 425–6; 1608–10, pp. 295, 515; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. Eng. Assizes, 269–70.

J.p. Bedford 1593 – 1606, 1616 – d., Beds. 1597 – 1606, by 1614 – d., Hunts. 1614–d.; Beds. RO, Bor.B/F2/4; C231/1, f. 43v; 231/4, f. 28; C181/1, f. 43. commr. charitable uses, Beds. 1598 – 99, subsidy, 1601; C93/1/32; E115/112/78. member, Council in the Marches 1623–d. CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 46.

PC [I] by 1607–11; CSP Ire. 1606–8, p. 141; 1611–14, p. 102. commr. Irish causes 1611 – d., inquiry [I] 1613. Ibid. 1611–14, pp. 22, 436–8; 1615–25, p. 236.

Main residences: Everton, Beds.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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WILSON, Thomas (c.1565-1629), of Westminster and the Castle Gatehouse, Hertford, Herts.

Family and Education
b. c. 1565, yr. s. of Humphrey Wilson (d. c.1583), of Sheepwash, Canwick, Lincs. and w. Alice.Lincs. AO, Consistory Ct. wills, 1583/2/262. educ. ?Stamford g.s. Lincs.; St. John’s, Camb. 1581, BA 1584, MA (Trin. Hall) 1587; Reg. Stamford Sch. 1532-1960, p. 117; Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Italy, Germany) 1596; Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1599. Oxford DNB; I. Temple database of admiss.; Lismore Pprs. (ser. 2) ed. A.B. Grosart, ii. 114. m. 19 July 1593, Jane, Lady Cornwallis, Private Corresp. p. xlix. Margaret, da. of Henry Meautys of West Ham, Essex, 1da. Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 93. Kntd. 20 July 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. bur. 17 July 1629. St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 245.
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Sec. to Robert Cecil†, 1st earl of Salisbury by 1601–10; CSP Ire. 1600–1, p. 202; A.G.R. Smith, ‘Secretariats of the Cecils’, EHR, lxxxiii. 482, 497, 503. consul, Valladolid, Spain 1604–5; SP94/10, ff. 73, 87, 104; 94/11, ff. 4–5. clerk of imposts in Exch. 1609–12; C66/1829. dep. kpr. State Paper Office 1606 – 10, kpr. (jt.) 1610–d.; F.S. Thomas, Hist. State Pprs. Office, 7; C66/2024. commr. petitions 1618. CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 534, 557.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 336.

Commr. annoyances, Mdx. 1613, 1625; C181/2, f. 200; 181/3, f. 157. j.p. Herts. 1615 – 21, 1625 – d., Mdx. 1616 – 21, 1625 – d., Westminster 1618–d.; C231/4, ff. 8, 22; C181/2, f. 331v, 181/3, f. 15v; C193/13/1; C66/2527; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 9, 11, 21. commr. sewers, Herts. 1617, Westminster 1627, C181/2, f. 297v; 181/3, f. 213v. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1619–d., C181/2, f. 351v; 181/3, ff. 23, 243. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1619 – d., London 1620 – d., Herts. 1622, C181/2, ff. 351v, 352v; 181/3, f. 21, 22, 46, 69v, 243, 244. game preservation, Mdx. 1622, CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 352. new buildings, London and Westminster 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96. survey Tower liberties 1626; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 471. collector, Forced Loan, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster 1626–7. Harl. 6846, f. 341v.

Main residences: Westminster; the Castle Gatehouse, Hertford, Herts.
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WILSFORD, Sir Thomas (c.1585-1646), of Ilding, Kingston, Kent

Family and Education
b. c. 1585,C142/319/190. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Wilsford (Wilford†) of Ilding and Maria, da. and h. of Edward Poynings. m. by 1608 Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edwin Sandys* of Northbourne, Kent, 5s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. Nov. 1607; suc. fa. 1610; admon. 10 Aug. 1646. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 104-5; Arch. Cant. xx. 6, 38; Regs. of S. Giles in Kingston, Kent ed. C. Hales Wilkie, 24-5, 27-8, 127; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 143. sig. Tho. Wilsford.
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Member, Virg. Co. by 1620. Virg. Co. Recs. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 336.

Capt. RN 1620–1. Harl. 1581, f. 72v.

J.p. Kent by 1625–37; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 1, 292; C231/5, f. 232. freeman, Canterbury, Kent 1625, Roll of Freemen of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 310. Dover 1635; Add. 29625, f. 68v. commr. sewers, Kent 1625-at least 1639, C181/3, f. 157v; 181/5, p. 292. E. Kent by 1630-at least 1642, Cent. Kent. Stud. S/EK/SO3, pp. 134, 498. Forced Loan, Kent 1626–7, Harl. 6846, f. 37; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. knighthood fines 1630–2, E178/7154, f. 88c; 5368, unfol. charitable uses, Kent and Cinque Ports 1633, C192/1, unfol. piracy, Cinque Ports 1639, C181/5, p. 262. subsidy, Kent 1642, SR, v. 152. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residence: Ilding, Kingston, Kent.
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WILMOT, Sir Charles (c.1571-bet.1643/4), of Scotland Yard, Westminster

Family and Education
b. c. 1571, 1st s. of Edward Wilmot of Culham, Oxon. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Stafford of Bradfield, Berks., wid. of John Bury of Culham.The Ancestor, xi. 16, 19-20. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1587 aged 16. Al. Ox. m. (1) Sarah (bur. 8 Dec. 1615), da. of Sir Henry Anderson of London, alderman and grocer, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da.; Ancestor, xi. 20-1; GL, ms 4399, p. 60; A.B. Beaven, London Aldermen, i. 5. (2) by 28 Apr. 1630, Mary (d. 3 June 1654), da. of Sir Henry Colley of Castle Carbery, Co. Kildare [I], and wid. of Garret Moore (d.1627), 1st Visct. Moore of Drogheda [I], s.p. CP. Kntd. 5 Aug. 1599; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. suc. fa. c.1602; CSP Carew, 1601-3, p. 259. cr. Visct. Wilmot of Athlone [I] 4 Jan. 1621. CSP Ire. 1615-25, p. 312. d. bet. 29 June 1643 and Apr. 1644. Ancestor, xi. 20. sig. C[harles] Wilmot.
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Capt., Eng. army in France c. 1592 – 95, ft., [I] 1595–8, CSP Ire. 1592–6, p. 302; 1603–6, p. 386; HMC Hatfield, vi. 543. sgt.-maj. 1598, col. ft. from c.1599, CSP Ire. 1598–9, p. 415; 1603–6, p. 386; HMC Hatfield, ix. 145. constable, Castlemaine Castle, Co. Kerry by 1601–5, CSP Ire. 1601–3, p. 17; 1603–6, p. 335. gov. Cork, co. Cork 1601, Ibid. 1600–1, p. 415. acting gen., Munster 1602–3; Ibid. 1601–3, p. 572; G. Carew, Pacata Hibernia ed. S. O’Grady, ii. 279. second-in-command, Ile de Ré relief expedition 1627; CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 371, 404. gen., [I] 1629–32. CSP Ire. 1625–32, pp. 474, 670.

1603; member, Council of Munster 1600; CSP Carew 1589–1600, pp. 320, 404; CSP Ire. 1603–6, p. 7. PC [I] 1607-at least 1628, CSP Ire. 1606–8, p. 330; Addenda 1625–60, p. 127. [Eng.] 1628-at least 1640; APC, 1628–9, p. 42; PC2/53, p. 5. gov., Co. Kerry 1605-at least 1615; CSP Ire. 1603–6, p. 275; 1615–25, p. 11. v.-pres., Munster by 1609, Ibid. 1608–10, p. 329. pres., Connaught 1616–30 (sole), 1630–d. (jt.); R. Lascelles, Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae, i. pt. 2, p. 189. member, Council of War 1621, 1628, 1637–8; APC, 1619–21, p. 333; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563; 1637, p. 224; 1637–8, p. 266. commr. Irish inquiries 1622; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. iii, p. 231. member, High Commission 1629, 1633; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 360. commr. transportation of felons 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 547. Regency 1639–40. Ibid. 1638–9, p. 607; 1640–1, p. 3.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 210.

Commr. French prize goods in Ire. 1627, APC, 1627, p. 459. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1627, Ibid. 1627–8, p. 79. oyer and terminer, London 1629; C181/4, f. 15. j.p. Oxon. 1634-at least 1640, C231/5, p. 148; C66/2859. commr. forest perambulations 1641, C181/5, f. 209v. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH 133.

Main residence: Scotland Yard, Westminster.
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ASTON, Sir Roger (d.1612), of Edinburgh and Cranfold, Mdx.

Family and Education
Illegit. s. of Thomas Aston of Aston, Cheshire. educ. Oxf. MA 1605. Al. Ox. m. (1) bef. 1596, Marjory Stuart (d. 11 Apr. 1606), lady-in-waiting to Anne of Denmark, da. of Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree [S], several s. d.v.p. 4da.; (2) Cordelia, da. of Sir John Stanhope* of Elvaston, Derbys. 1s. Scots Peerage ed. J.B. Paul, 516; SRO, E34/47, f. 3; D. Lysons, Mdx. Par. bet. 22-3; Vis. Derbys. 1569 and 1611, p. 80. Kntd. 18 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. d. 23 May 1612. sig. Roger Aston.
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Master huntsman [S] by 1580–1603; SRO, E34/35, f. 8v. gent. of the chamber [S] 1587–1603; K.M. Brown, ‘The Scottish Aristocracy, Anglicization and the Ct. 1603–38’, HJ, xxxvi. 553, n. 31. gent. of the bedchamber 1603–d.; Ibid.; Add. 34765, f. 34. master falconer 1603 – d., ?master huntsman 1603–d.; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 269. master, gt. wardrobe (jt.) 1605 – 06, (sole) 1606–d. C66/1676; 66/1697; E179/70/122; Lysons, bet. 22–3; Letters of Jas. VI and I ed. G.P.V. Akrigg, 238.

Kpr. Cooling Park, Kent 1603, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 57. game, Greenwich, Kent 1603, CSP Dom. Addenda, 1603–25, p. 531. St. James’s Park, Westminster 1604, Mansion House, St. James, Westminster 1609; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 153, 506. j.p. Kent 1606–d., Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments Jas. I, ed. J.S. Cockburn, 28, 104. Mdx. by 1608. SP14/33, f. 41.

Patentee, greenwax fines, duchy of Lancaster 1604 – d., glassmaking [I] 1606–11. CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 158, 174, 175, 333; E.S. Godfrey, English Glassmaking, 55, 66.

Main residences: Edinburgh; Cranfold, Mdx.
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ASTON, Sir Roger (-d.1612)

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