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ASTLEY (ASHLEY), Sir John (c.1569-1640), of Old Palace, Maidstone, Kent

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b. c. 1569, 1st s. of John Astley† of Maidstone and Margaret Lenton alias Grey, illegit. da. of Lord Thomas Grey.R.H. Goodsall, ‘The Astleys of Maidstone’, Arch. Cant. lxxii. 1-7. educ. Court; G. Inn 1598. GI Admiss. m. 18 Sept. 1609, Catherine (d.1648), Goodsall, ‘The Astleys of Maidstone, pt. 2’, Arch. Cant. lxxiii. 125. da. of Anthony Brydges of Sudeley Castle, Glos. 3s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. The Gen. n.s. vi. 232. suc. fa. 1596; C142/248/44. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. d. 26 Jan. 1640. J.M. Russell, Hist. Maidstone, 347.
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Gent. pens. by 1598-at least 1612; GI Admiss. i. 93; E407/1/37; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 350. dep. master of the revels 1622, master 1623–d.; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 432. gent. of the privy chamber 1625. LC2/6, f. 37; SP16/2/118.

Commr. sewers, Gravesend to Penshurst, Kent 1622-at least 1628, C181/3, f. 42; C181/3, f. 252v (described as John Ashley in both cases). ?Forced Loan 1626. Harl. 6846, f. 37 (Sir John Aspley).

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ASTLEY (ASHLEY), Sir John (c.1569-1640), of Old Palace, Maidstone, Kent
Main residence: Old Palace, Maidstone, Kent.
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ASTELL, John (c.1561-1634), of Gray’s Inn, London; later of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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b. c. 1561,J. Brand, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 115. 7th s. of William Astell of Wichnor, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. of James Eynhurst of Blacknoll Hall, Staffs. F. Black, Parl. Hist. I.o.W. 11; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 45. educ. Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1576; ?Gray’s Inn. Al. Cant. m. by 1596, STAC 5/A36/4; PROB 11/92, f. 145. Mary (d.1658), da. of Robert Wells of Harbledown, Kent, 2s. 3da. St. Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 69, 70, 72, 74, 76. d. 17 Mar. 1634. Brand, 115.
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ASTELL, John (c.1561-1634), of Gray’s Inn, London; later of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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WILLOUGHBY, Sir Percival (c.1560-1643), of Wollaton Hall, Notts.; Middleton, Warws. and Carlisle House, Lambeth, Surr.

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b. c. 1560,Age calculated from date of admiss. to L. Inn. 1st s. of Thomas Willoughby† of Bore Place, Chiddingstone, Kent and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir Percival Hart, knight-harbinger, of Lullingstone, Kent. HP Commons, 1558-1603, iii. 628. educ. Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1579; travelled abroad (France, Switzerland) 1581-2. LI Admiss.; HMC Middleton, 553, 557-8. m. Dec. 1580, HMC Middleton, 555. his cos. Bridget (d. 16 July 1629), G. Fellows, ‘Wollaton Hall, Church, and the Fam. of Willoughby’, Trans. Thoroton Soc. vi. suppl. 38. da. and coh. of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1596; C. Brydges, duchess of Chandos, Continuation of the Hist. of the Willoughby Fam. ed. A.C. Wood, 40, 43. Kntd. 21 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102. d. 23 Aug. 1643. Fellows, 38. sig. Per[cival] Wyllughby.
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Steward, honour of Peverell, Derbys. and Notts. 1596–1617; Ibid. 49. commr. musters, Notts. by 1613, SP14/72/92. j.p. 1618; C231/4, f. 58. gamekeeper, Nottingham, Notts. by 1619. CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 92.

Cttee. Newfoundland Co. 1610, member, Virg. Co. 1610. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 404.

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WILLOUGHBY, Sir Percival (c.1560-1643), of Wollaton Hall, Notts.; Middleton, Warws. and Carlisle House, Lambeth, Surr.
Main residences: Wollaton Hall, Notts. and Middleton, Warws. and Carlisle House, Lambeth, Surr.
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WILLIAMSON, Sir Richard (1563-1615/16), of York and Pottergate, Gainsborough, Lincs.

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b. 23 May 1563, o.s. of John Williamson, yeoman and draper of Gainsborough, and Jane, da. of Christopher Dobson, merchant of Gainsborough. C142/178/25, 142/135/71; PROB 11/58, f. 237; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 1085-7; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 97-8. educ. ?Gainsborough sch. (Mr. Pollard); Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1582, PROB 11/58, f. 238; GI Admiss. ?called. m. Mary, da. of Thomas Anderson of Castlethorp, Lincs. 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. suc. fa. 1576; C142/186/46. Kntd. 30 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. by 4 Feb. 1616. APC, 1615-16, p. 388. sig. Rich[ard] Williamson.
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Ancient, G. Inn 1598, assoc. bencher 1614; PBG Inn, i. 137, 209. just. Council in the North 1603–?d.; R. Reid, Council in the North, 497. He was still a justice in June 1611, see STAC 8/303/24, f. 3. master in Chancery (extraordinary) 1609–?d.; C216/1/43. master of Requests 1614–d.; APC, 1613–14, p. 444; 1615–16, p. 388; C66/2037/8. steward learned, E. Retford, Notts. by 1614. Lincs. Peds. 1085–7; D. Marcombe, Retford 1520–1642, p. 75.

J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) by 1604 – d., liberty of Cawood and Otley, Yorks. by 1606 – d., Yorks. (E. and N. Ridings) by 1608 – d., co. Dur. 1608; C231/4, f. 13; C181/2, ff. 14, 222; SP14/33, ff. 19v, 23. member, High Commission, York prov. 1604/5; HMC Hatfield, xv. 394. commr. sewers, Lincs. and Gt. Fens 1604, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1605, 1611, oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1605 – d., inquiry, duchy of Cornw. lands 1607, subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1608, aid, W. Riding 1609, 1612, sewers, W. Riding 1611. C181/1, ff. 75v, 105, 209; 181/2, f. 34, 145, 231v; SP14/31/1, 14/43/107; E163/16/21; Yorks. ERRO, DDBE/27/2.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 363, 369.

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WILLIAMSON, Sir Richard (1563-1615/16), of York and Pottergate, Gainsborough, Lincs.
Main residences: York; Pottergate, Gainsborough, Lincs.
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WILLIAMS, Richard (c.1575-aft. 1636), of Llys Dulas, Llanwenllwyfo and Rhodogeidio, Ceidio, Anglesey

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b. c. 1575,Assuming he was not the student who matriculated at Oxford in 1586 (see below). 1st s. of William [ap John ap John] Griffith of Rhodogeidio and 2nd w. Elin, da. of Dafydd ap Rhys ap Dafydd ap Gwilim of Llwyidiarth, Llanerchymedd, Anglesey. J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 14, 103, 114; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, ii. 140. educ. G. Inn 1593. GI Admiss. m. (1) Marcelie (d. 10 Nov. 1607) da. and coh. of David Lloyd of Llys Dulas, wid. of John Prydderch of Plas Tregeyan, ?2s. (?d.v.p.), 1da.; Griffith, 129, 149; MI at Llanwenllwyfo church, recorded in Royal Comm. on Hist. Mons. Anglesey, cxl. and plate 87. (2) Elin, da. of John Wynn Owen of Caemilwr, Llanrwst, Denb., 1s.; Griffith, 288. (3) after 1612, Margaret, da. of Owen Holland† of Plas Berw, Llanidan, Anglesey, wid. of William Pugh Gwyn of Pengwern, Llanwnda, Caern. and Owen Meredydd of Mynachty Gwyn, vicar of Clynnog, Caern., several ch. (all d.v.p.). Ibid. 110, 206, 240. suc. fa. ?by 1602. When he first appeared in the subsidy roll: UCNW, Plas Coch 169. d. aft. 26 Sept. 1636. E178/5924, f. 1. sig. Richard Williams.
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J.p. Anglesey 1615 – c.28, Caern. 1622–6; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 7–10, 26–7. The man who was a j.p. in Denbighshire in 1616–18 was probably a namesake, see ibid. 65–6. sheriff, Anglesey 1616–17; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 236. commr. subsidy, Anglesey 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, benevolence 1622. E212/22/21–3; E179/219/20, 20A.

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WILLIAMS, Richard (c.1575-aft. 1636), of Llys Dulas, Llanwenllwyfo and Rhodogeidio, Ceidio, Anglesey
Main residences: Llys Dulas, Llanwenllwyfo; Rhodogeidio, Ceidio, Anglesey.
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ASHTON (ASSHETON), William II (1589-1659), of Mawdesley, Croston, Lancs.

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bap. 16 Nov. 1589,Croston Par. Reg. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. vi), 29. 2nd s. of Richard Ashton* (d.1611) of Mawdesley and w. Jane Cleyton. m. 1 June 1619, Elizabeth Chamberlyn ?s.p. St. James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. Reg. xiii), 46. bur. 16 Feb. 1659 16 Feb. 1659. Croston Par. Reg. 242.
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Freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1622; Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 85. commr. swans, Lancs., Cheshire and elsewhere 1627–9. C181/3, ff. 227v, 270v.

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ASHTON (ASSHETON), William II (1589-1659), of Mawdesley, Croston, Lancs.
Main residence: Mawdesley, Croston, Lancs.
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WILCOCKS, Robert (1575-1619), of New Romney, Kent

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bap. 6 Nov. 1575, 2nd s. of John Wilcocks (d.1597) of Lydd, Kent and w. Joan. m. 9 Nov. 1596, Mildred Strugghil of Lydd, 4s. 1da.Cent. Kent. Stud. PRC32/38, ff. 11v-12v; P237/1/1. d. by 22 Apr. 1619.
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Common councilman, New Romney by 1602, chamberlain 1603 – 04, jurat 1608 – d., mayor 1612 – 13, 1618–d.; Cal. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 374, 387, 397, 417; E. Kent Archives Cent. NR/ACo1, ff. 20v, 21, 25. commr. piracy, Kent, Suss. and Cinque Ports 1613. C181/2, f. 185 (appointed as mayor of New Romney).

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WILCOCKS, Robert (1575-1619), of New Romney, Kent
Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
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WILBRAHAM, Sir Roger (1553-1616), of St. John’s Gateway, Clerkenwell, London; later of Ludgraves, Monken Hadley, Mdx.

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b. 4 Nov. 1553, G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, ii. 137. 2nd s. of Richard Wilbraham (d.1612) of Nantwich, Cheshire, and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Maisterson of Nantwich. Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 260. educ. Shrewsbury sch., Salop 1570; Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium comp. E. Calvert, 33. St. John’s, Camb. 1573; Al. Cant. G. Inn 1576, called 1583. PBG Inn, i. 26, 55. m. by 1601, Mary, da. of Edward Baber†, sjt.-at-law, of Aldwick, Som., 3da. Cass, 162; C142/354/136. Kntd. 20 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 109. d. 31 July 1616. C142/354/136. sig. Roger Wilbraham.
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Solicitor gen. [I] 1585–1603, R. Lascelles, Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae, i. pt. 2, p. 75. acting att. gen. [I] 1591–3; APC, 1591, p. 13; CSP Ire. 1592–6, p. 77. commr. Munster plantation [I] 1586-at least 1595, CSP Ire. 1586–8, p. 148; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 1, p. 164. Ulster plantation from 1609, CSP Ire. 1608–10, p. 171. Irish causes 1611, Ibid. 1611–14, p. 22. inquiry into Irish Parl. 1613. APC, 1613–14, pp. 154–5.

Ancient, G. Inn 1586, bencher 1595, Lent reader 1598. PBG Inn, i. 71, 110, 135.

Master of Requests 1600–d.; APC, 1599–1600, p. 282; Lansd. 273, f. 13v. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1601–13; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 360; HMC Hatfield, xv. 224; xvi. 290. kpr. of recs., Tower of London 1602–3; C66/1570; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 15. chan., Queen Anne’s household 1603–d.; LR6/154/9; PROB 11/128, f. 343. surveyor of the Wards 1607–d. C66/1748.

Commr. oyer and terminer, Marshalsea 1601, London 1601 – at least15, Mdx. 1603 – d., Verge 1604-at least 1615, C231/1, f. 101; C181/1, ff. 11, 43v, 93v; 181/2, f. 235v, 239v, 251. piracy, Eng. 1601, Rymer, vii. pt. 2, p. 14. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1601–d., C181/1, f. 11v; 181/2, f. 253. sewers, London 1606 – at least15, Mdx. 1606, 1611, Ibid. ff. 19v, 140v, 153, 243. determine limits of Tower of London 1608, Ibid. f. 70. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, C181/2, ff. 142, 199. subsidy, Mdx. 1608. SP14/31/1.

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WILBRAHAM, Sir Roger (1553-1616), of St. John’s Gateway, Clerkenwell, London; later of Ludgraves, Monken Hadley, Mdx.
Main residences: St. John's Gateway, Clerkenwell, London; Ludgraves, Monken Hadley, Mdx.
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WIGHTWICK, John (1581-1645), of Coventry, Warws. and the Inner Temple, London

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bap. 3 May 1581, s. of William Wightwick, capital burgess of Tamworth, Staffs./Warws. and Mary. Tamworth Par. Reg. i. (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1917), pp. 79, 150; Lichfield RO, B/A/27. educ. Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1605, called 1614. Stowe 150, f. 216; CITR, ii. 80. m. by 1632, Bridget, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625-40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. sper. ser. xxxiv), 167; Soc. Gen., transcript of Tamworth par. reg. 1614-35, p. 78. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. W. Dugdale, Antiqs. of Warws. (1730), i. 169; PROB 11/247, f. 331; CCC, 1219, 1269. suc. fa. 1625. Soc. Gen., transcript of Tamworth par. reg, 1614-35, p. 78. d. bef. 1 Oct. 1645. HMC 6th Rep. 79. sig. John or Jo[hn] Wightwick.
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Commr. to take deposition from Sir John Ferrers* 1611; C2/Jas.I/E3/73, f. 2. j.p. Warws. 1640-at least 1642. A. Hughes, Pols. Soc. and Civil War in Warws. 131 n. 66, 142 n. 104.

High steward, Coventry 1626–42; Coventry Archives, BA/E/F/37/2, pp. 120, 173, 176. bencher, I. Temple 1629 – 40, steward, reader’s dinner 1630, reader 1631; CITR, ii. 128, 190. sjt.-at-law 1640. Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 187.

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WIGHTWICK, John (1581-1645), of Coventry, Warws. and the Inner Temple, London
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WHITTINGHAM, Edward (1576-1648), of Court Culmore, Montgomery, Mont. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

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bap. 12 Feb. 1576,NLW, CPD 691, f. 2. 1st legit. s. of William Whittingham of Montgomery and Margaret, da. of (?Thomas) Jones of Cruggion, Mont. PROB 11/90, f. 195; HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 117-18; C78/312/8. The MP’s mother has been tentatively connected with the ped. in Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 324. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. , Salop 1589; Clement’s Inn 1598. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium comp. E. Calvert, 113. m. by 1607, ?Joan, 1s. d.v.p., other ch. I. Temple Admiss. 249 (Wm. Whittingham); CITR, ii. 356; PROB 11/183, f. 175; Al. Ox. (Wm. Whittingham). suc. fa. 1596. PROB 11/90, f. 195. bur. 24 Jan. 1648 24 Jan. 1648. NLW, CPD691, f. 34. sig. Edw[ard] Whittingh[a]m.
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Servant to Sir Edward Herbert* c.1600–?d. HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 117–18; Life of Ld. Herbert of Cherbury ed. J.M. Shuttleworth, 16.

Burgess, Montgomery by 1604, bailiff, 1624 – 25, coroner 1625–6; C219/40/3. escheator, Mont. 1636–7. C142/557/34; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii) .

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WHITTINGHAM, Edward (1576-1648), of Court Culmore, Montgomery, Mont. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
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