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WENTWORTH, Thomas II (1599-1638), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and North Cray, Kent

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bap. 17 June 1599,Wood’s City of Oxf. ed. A. Clark (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii), 200. 1st s. of Thomas Wentworth I* of Henley, Oxon. and Dorothy, da. and coh. of Thomas Keble of Newbottle, Northants. A. Baker, Northants. i. 659. educ. L. Inn 1615, called 1622. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 236. m. (1) aft. 1621, Margaret (bur. 12 Aug. 1636), The Gen. n.s. i. 225. da. of John Wentworth of Darsham, Suff., wid. of William Freston of Mendham, Suff., s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of one Johnson, s.p. W.L. Rutton, Three Branches of Wentworth Fam. 300-2, 304. suc. fa. 1627. PROB 11/156, f. 373. bur. 18 Sept. 1638 18 Sept. 1638. The Gen. n.s. i. 225.
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Freeman, Oxford 1628. Oxf. Council Acts ed. M.G. Hobson and H.E. Salter (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xcv), 10.

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WENTWORTH, Thomas II (1599-1638), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and North Cray, Kent
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WENMAN, Sir Thomas (c.1596-1665), of Thame Park, Oxon. and Twyford, Bucks.

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b. c. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Richard Wenman*, 1st Visct. Wenman of Tuam [I] and his 1st w. Agnes, da. of Sir George Fermor of Easton Neston, Northants. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 179. educ. Balliol, Oxf. entered 1604, aged 8; I. Temple 1613. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. 1617, Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 56, 86. Margaret (d.1658), CP, xii. pt. 2, p. 491. da. and coh. of Edmund Hampden of Wendover, Bucks., 1s. d.v.p. 6da. Vis. Oxon. 179. Kntd. 10 Sept. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 266. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. 3 Apr. 1640. C142/594/49. d. 25 Jan. 1665. Browne Willis, Buckingham, 336.
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J.p. Oxon. 1630 – 48, Bucks. and Oxon. 1660–d.; C231/5, p. 38; SP16/405, f. 53v; C220/9/4; C193/12/3. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634, C181/4, f. 179. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1635 – 39, 1641 – 48, 1660–d., C181/5, ff. 33, 47v, 62, 74v, 94v, 106, 125v, 140v, 161, 190v, 200v, 218v. Bucks, 1640, Ibid. f. 176v. execution of ordinances, Bucks. and Oxon. 1644, assessment, Bucks. and Oxon. 1644, 1647 – 48, Oxon. 1660 – d., Bucks. 1661 – 63, appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Bucks. and Oxon. 1648, 1660. A. and O. i. 455, 456, 541, 542, 612, 927, 961, 972, 1078, 1090, 1234, 1241; ii. 1427, 1440; SR, v. 217, 455, 465.

Commr. treaty of Uxbridge 1645, A. and O. i. 609. exclusion from sacrament 1646, Ibid. i. 853. scandalous offences 1648, Ibid. i. 1209. treaty of Newport 1648. LJ, x. 486b; HMC Portland, i. 500.

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WENMAN, Sir Thomas (c.1596-1665), of Thame Park, Oxon. and Twyford, Bucks.
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WENMAN, Sir Richard (c.1573-1640), of Thame Park, Oxon. and Twyford, Bucks.

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b. c. 1573, 1st s. of Thomas Wenman† of Thame Park and Jane, da. of William, 1st Bar. De La Warr.Lipscombe, Bucks. iii. 131-2. educ. Eton 1585; Oxf. 1587, aged 14 . Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, 354; Al. Ox. m. (1) c.1595, Agnes (bur. 4 July 1617), Her. and Gen. ii. 521-3. da. of Sir George Fermor of Easton Neston, Northants., 4s. 5da.; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 179. (2) 1 Nov. 1618, E.A. Webb, Recs. St. Bartholomew’s, Smithfield, ii. opp. 263. Alice, da. and coh. of Henry Coddenham of London, auditor of imprests 1560-70, wid. of Robert Chamberlain of Shirburn, Oxon., s.p.; Vis. Oxon. 237. (3) Elizabeth (bur. 27 Apr. 1629), s.p.; (4) Mary (bur. 28 July 1638), Her. and Gen. ii. 522. da. and coh. of Thomas Keble of Newbottle, Northants., wid. of Thomas Barker of Astrop, Northants. and Michael Lister of Friars Head, Craven, Yorks., s.p. Baker, Northants. i. 659. suc. fa. 1577; C142/182/42. Kntd. ?22 June 1596; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 93. cr. Visct. Wenman of Tuam [I] 30 July 1628. C66/2494. d. 3 Apr. 1640. C142/594/49.
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J.p. Oxon. 1604–?6, 1618–?26; C66/1620; C193/13/1; C231/4, f. 56. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1604–34, C181/1, f. 85; 181/4, f. 179. subsidy, Oxon. 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/20, 21, 23. dep. lt. Oxon. 1624, CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 407. collector of Privy Seal loans 1626, Forced Loan 1627, APC, 1626, p. 168; E401/2586, p. 98; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. sheriff 1627–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 109. commr. knighthood fines 1631. E178/5588, ff. 4, 7, 10; E178/7154, ff. 156, 157.

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WENMAN, Sir Richard (c.1573-1640), of Thame Park, Oxon. and Twyford, Bucks.
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WENMAN, Sir Francis (1599-1640), of Caswell, Oxon.

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b. 9 Dec. 1599,C142/260/129. o. (posth.) s. of Francis Wenman of Caswell and Frances, da. of William Goodyeare of Polesworth, Warws. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 67. educ. Trin. Camb. 1615; M. Temple 1618. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1628, Anne, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys* of Ombersley, Worcs., 2s. 1da. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. soc. v), 308. suc. fa. at birth; C142/260/129. Kntd. 8 June 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. d. 26 June 1640. C142/593/37.
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J.p. Oxon. 1629-at least 1635; C231/5, p. 12; C193/13/2, f. 54. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634; C181/4, f. 179. verderer, Wychwood forest, Oxon. by 1636. V.J. Watney, Cornbury, 227.

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WENMAN, Sir Francis (1599-1640), of Caswell, Oxon.
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WEAVER, Richard (1575-1642), of Above Eign, Hereford, Herefs.

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bap. 1 May 1575, 3rd s. of Edmund Weaver (d.1609) of Yatton, Aymestry, Herefs. and Margery, da. of one Burhope of Byton, Herefs. m. by 1611, Catherine (d. 27 Aug. 1631), da. of Edmund Fox of Leighton Court, Much Cowarne, Herefs., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.) C.J. Robinson, Hist. of Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 17-18; PROB 11/114, f. 210, 11/189, f. 280v; Vis. Herefs. (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 69. d. 16 May 1642. Rawlinson, 101. sig. Ric[hard] Weaver.
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Master of Mercers’ Co. Hereford 1617, common cllr. Hereford by 1619, Herefs. RO, transcripts of Hereford city docs. 13/4, 22. commr. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641–2; C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 85, 152. mayor 1627–8, Duncumb, County of Hereford, i. 368. alderman by 1639–d. C115/101/7638.

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WEAVER, Richard (1575-1642), of Above Eign, Hereford, Herefs.
Main residence: Above Eign, Hereford, Herefs.
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WATSON, Thomas (d.1621), of Westminster and Halstead Court, Halstead, Kent; formerly of Monkwell Street, London.

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educ. G. Inn 1614. GI Admiss. m. by 1597, Elizabeth (d. 9 June 1623), da. of Edward Worsopp, Mercer, of London, 1da. Kntd. 25 June 1618. d. 30 Oct. 1621. St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 7; J. Thorpe, Registrum Roffense, 962; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix), 100.
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Servant to Henry Maynard† bef. 1599, Hatfield House, ms 72/28 (Stafford to Cecil, 5 Aug. 1599). to (Sir) George Carey† by 1599; CSP Ire. 1599–1600, p. 242. dep. treas. [I] by 1601-at least 1603; Ibid. 1601–3, p. 107; HMC Laing, i. 93. teller of the exch. and recvr. of first-fruits and tenths 1605–d.; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 234; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 211. recvr. revenues from defective titles by 1615. LR9/132.

Agent of exchange [I], London by 1601–4; CSP Dom. 1601–3, p.109; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 44. contractor, sale of rectories and parsonages 1607-at least 1612; HMC Sackville, i. 144; E214/611, 621. j.p. Kent by 1611–d., Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 98, 134. Mdx. by 1614–d., C66/1988; C193/13/1. Westminster 1618–d.; C181/2, f. 331; C181/3, f. 15v. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1611-at least 1619, C181/2, ff. 140v, 347. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1612, Kent 1615, Ibid. f. 179v. annoyances, Mdx. 1613; Ibid. f. 199v. ?ranger, Hyde Park, Mdx. 1615-at least 1617; CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 440, 460. commr. survey, L. Inn Fields, London 1618; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. feodary and steward of duchy of Lancaster lands, Kent 1616–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 219. commr. subsidy, Kent 1621. C212/22/20.

Member, Spanish Co. 1605, Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 62. Virg. Co. 1609, A. Brown, Genesis of US, 214. N.W. Passage Co. 1612. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239.

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WATSON, Thomas (d.1621), of Westminster and Halstead Court, Halstead, Kent; formerly of Monkwell Street, London.
Main residences: Westminster; Halstead Court, Halstead, Kent; Monkwell Street, London.
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WATSON, Sir Lewis (1584-1653), of Rockingham Castle, Northants.

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bap. 14 July 1584,C. Wise, Rockingham Castle and the Watsons, 44. 1st s. of Sir Edward Watson† of Rockingham Castle and Anne, da. of Kenelm Digby† of Stoke Dry, Rutland.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 228-9. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1599; M. Temple 1601.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) (settlement 18 Feb. 1609, with £3,500),Rockingham Castle mss A/1. Katherine (d. 15 Feb. 1611), da. of Peregrine, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby, 1s. d.v.p.;Wise, 50. (2) 3 Oct. 1620,Ibid. 54. Eleanor (d. 23 Oct. 1679),Ibid. 83. da. of Sir George Manners† of Haddon Hall, Derbys. and Uffington, Lincs., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da.Ibid. 55. Kntd. 19 Aug. 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 146. suc. fa. 1617;C142/376/93. cr. bt. 23 June 1621,CB, i. 165. Bar. Rockingham 29 Jan. 1645. d. 5 Jan. 1653.CP, xi. 56.
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Steward, Kettering manor, Northants. 1603–30;E315/310, f. 10; Rockingham Castle mss A/3. dep. lt. Northants. by 1613;HMC Buccleuch, iii. 151, 215. j.p. Northants. by 1614-at least 1640;C66/1988; 66/2858. commr. navigation of river Welland, Lincs. 1618–34,C181/2, f. 330; 181/3, f. 99; 181/4, f. 161. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1620–42;C181/3, ff. 5, 258v; 181/5, f. 220; 181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; 181/5, ff. 4v, 220. collector, Palatinate Benevolence, Northants. 1622;SP14/156/15. verderer, Rockingham forest, Northants. 1624–44;CCC, 1581; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 104. collector, Privy Seal loans, Northants. 1625 – 26, Forced Loan 1626–7;E401/2586, p. 107; APC, 1626, p. 168; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 305. commr. sewers, Northants. 1627 – 34, Lincs. 1639,C181/3, f. 218; 181/4, ff. 140, 180; 181/5, f. 149. martial law, Northants. 1628,CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567. knighthood fines 1630–2;E178/7155, ff. 39, 85, 107, 134; E198/4/32, f. 2v. sheriff 1632–3;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 94. commr. array 1642.HMC Montagu, 156; Northants. RO, FH133.

Master of the buckhounds 1634-bef. 1641.Wise, 56–7; E179/70/146.

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WATSON, Sir Lewis (1584-1653), of Rockingham Castle, Northants.
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WATKINSON, James (1581-1654/5), of Austin ward, Kingston-upon-Hull and Easington, Yorks.

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bap. 11 Nov. 1581, 1st s. of James Watkinson, surgeon and innkeeper, alderman of Hull 1608-18, and 1st w. Anne.Hull RO, D.745; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 280, 370, 373v; Bench Bk. 5, f. 28v; Freemens’ Reg. 1443-1645, f. 143; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 322, 371. m. (1) 20 Oct. 1605, Elizabeth (?bur. 19 May 1611), da. of Thomas Humfrey (d.1601), weighmaster of Hull by 1581-1601, wid. of John Osboldston (d.1604), weighmaster of Hull 1601-4, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p; Sculcoates (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxxiii), 20; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 69, 81, 92, 384, 393, 419, 423, 425, 428; Hull RO, BRF2/452-464, 470-1; Bench Bk. 4, ff. 276v, 353v; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 29, ff. 524v-5. (2) lic. 1611, Ann Brown of Wawne, nr. Hull, 3s. 6da; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xii. 154; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 136, 140, 143, 150. (3) by Dec. 1640, Frances, ?s.p. Borthwick, York Wills, Feb. 1640/1, Holderness deanery (Sir John Lister*). suc. fa. 1618. Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 448. admon. 3 Jan. 1655. PROB 6/31, f. 6. sig. James Watkinson.
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Freeman, Hull 1605, chamberlain 1616–17, Hull RO, Freemen’s Reg. 1443–1645, f. 143; Bench Bk. 5, f. 24. overseer (jt.), Charity Hall, Hull 1618–19, Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5 f. 28v. sheriff 1619 – 20, alderman 1620 – 44, mayor 1623 – 24, 1637–8; Ibid. ff. 34–5v, 59, 225, 309v-10. commr. subsidy, Hull 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, piracy 1637, Poll Tax 1641, C212/22/20–23; E179/204/447, 461; 179/205/469; C181/5, p. 80; SR, v. 62, 84, 107. recvr. (jt.) billeting monies 1641, SR, v. 115. commr. Irish aid 1642, assessment 1642, Ibid. v. 141, 151. feoffee, Alderman Lister’s almshouse, Hull 1641–?d. Borthwick, York Wills, Feb. 1640/1, Holderness Deanery (Sir John Lister), ff. 6–7.

Weighmaster, Hull Woolhouse, 1605–21; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 365, 370; Bench Bk. 5, ff. 5, 7, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27v, 30r-v; BRF2/473. member, Hull Merchants’ Co. 1606; Hull RO, Merchants’ Soc. Reg. 1647–1706 [DSN 1]. farmer (jt.), prisage and butlerage dues, Hull 1630 – 45, Boston, Lincs. 1631–5. E112/265/428; 112/269/22.

Dep. storekeeper of ordnance, Hull by 1639 – 42, (roy.) York 1642–4. Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 251v; Roy. Comp. Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xv), 109–12.

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WATKINSON, James (1581-1654/5), of Austin ward, Kingston-upon-Hull and Easington, Yorks.
Main residences: Austin ward, Kingston-upon-Hull; Easington, Yorks.
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WASHINGTON, Laurence (c.1546-1619), of Chancery Lane, London and Maidstone, Kent

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b. c. 1546, 2nd s. of Laurence Washington (d.1584), wool-stapler of Sulgrave, Northants. and 2nd w. Anne, da. of Robert Pargiter of Greatworth, Northants. wid. of John Thompson of Sulgrave.Arch. Cant. lxxx. 205; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. cii), 55. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1560, BA 1567; G. Inn 1572, called 1583. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 55. m. (1) lic. 31 Jan. 1578, Martha, da. of Clement Newce, Mercer, of London and Much Hadham, Herts., 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Mary (d.1605), da. of Sir Reginald Scott of Scots Hall, Smeeth, Kent, wid. of Richard Argall† of East Sutton, Kent, s.p. d. 21 Dec. 1619. London Mar. Lics. comp. J. Foster, 1420; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), x. 125; Wilts. N and Q, vii. 1-2; J. Cave-Browne, Sutton Valence and East Sutton, 43; R. Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 405.
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Rect. of Stotesbury, Northants. 1559–1615. G. Bridges, Hist. and Antiqs. of Northants. i. 691.

Ancient, G. Inn 1589; assoc. bencher 1599. PBG Inn, i. 83, 145.

J.p. Kent by 1593–d.; Cal. Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 343; Cal. Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 134. freeman, Maidstone 1601; Maidstone Recs. 34. commr. sewers, Kent 1603, C181/1, f. 57. subsidy 1603, 1608, E.S. Scroggs, Cat. of the Finch-Hatton Mss, 379; SP14/31/1. charitable uses 1615–16. C93/6/18; 93/7/7.

Registrar of Chancery 1593–d. HEHL, EL2838; Arch. Cant. lxxx. 208.

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WASHINGTON, Laurence (c.1546-1619), of Chancery Lane, London and Maidstone, Kent
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