Family and Education
b. by 1516, 2nd s. of Robert Cosworth of Cosworth by Mary, da. of John Wolver(s)ton or Wolvedon of Golden in Probus. m. lic. 13 Jan. 1545, Dorothy, da. of Sir William Locke of London, wid. of Otwell Hill of London, 7s. inc. Edward and Thomas 1da. suc. nephew John Cosworth Jan. 1568.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Cornw. ed. Vivian, 104; Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 50; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. i), 16; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix, cx), 19; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 71; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 3; E. H. W. Dunkin, Mon. Brasses Cornw. 40-41; PCC 27 Spert.
Offices Held
Jt. (with Sir Edward Waldegrave) receiver-gen. duchy of Cornw. Nov. 1553 – Feb. 1554, sole Feb.1554-Mar. 1572; portreeve, Mitchell, Cornw. 1553–4.
Main residences: London; Cosworth, nr. St. Columb, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
COSWORTH, John (by 1516-75)
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Oxford 1644
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