ESSEX, Sir William (c.1470-1548), of Lainbourn, Berks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1470, s. of Thomas Essex of Walham Green, Mdx. by Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Babthorpe of Ellistown, Leics. m. settlement 2 Feb. 1487, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Rogers of Benham Valence, Berks., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. c.1500. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.Date of birth estimated from marriage settlement. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 24-25; The Gen. n.s. i. 6; Berks. Arch. Jnl. xxxix. 73; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 365, 460, 494, 521; ii. 318; iii. 916; CPR, 1494-1509, p. 650.

Offices Held

J.p. Berks. 1502 – d., Wilts. 1525 – d.; sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 1509 – 10, 1518 – 19, 1524 – 25, 1540 – 41; esquire of the body 1509; corotar. subsidy, Berks. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, 1544, 1546, tenths of spiritualities, Berks., Wilts. and Salisbury 1535, musters, Wilts. 1539; other commissions 1513 – 43; councillor ‘for matter in law’ 1526; steward, manor of Newbury, Berks. by 1534; custos rot. Berks. by 1547.CPR, 1494–1509, p. 630; 1547–8, p. 81; LP Hen. VIII, i-v, vii, viii, xii-xv, xviii, xx, xxi, add.; C66/801; 193/12/1; Statutes, iii. 83, 118, 173; APC, i. 133; R. R. Tighe and J. E. Davis, Windsor Annals, i. 528, 540.

Parlimentarian

ESSEX, Sir William (c.1470-1548), of Lainbourn, Berks.

Main residence: Lainbourn, Berks.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ESSEX, Sir William (c.1470-1548)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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