HAYWARD, Sir Rowland (c.1520-93), of Elsinge Spital, London, King’s Place, Hackney, Mdx. and Cound, Salop.

Family and Education

b. c. 1520, 1st s. of George Hayward of Bridgnorth, Salop by Margaret, da. of John Whitbrooke. educ. Bridgnorth free sch. m. (1) Joan, da. and coh. of William Tyllesworth, goldsmith, of London, at least 8ch.; (2) Catherine, aged 16, da. of (Sir) Thomas Smythe I of Westenhanger Castle, Kent, 2s. 4da. Kntd 1570.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix, cx), 105; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 235

Offices Held

Master, Clothworkers’ Co. 1559 – 60; merchant adventurer 1564; common councilman, London bef. 1560; auditor 1556 – 58, alderman 1560 – 93, sheriff 1563 – 64; ld. mayor 1570 – 71, 1591; j.p. Mont., Salop from c. 1573, Mdx. from c.1583.

Gov. mineral and battery works 1560, Muscovy Co. 1567, 1568, 1569, 1574, 1577, 1580, 1584, 1587.

President of Bridewell 1561; auditor gen. of hospitals 1566; president, St. Bartholomew’s 1572 – d.; chairman of commission to reform Newgate 1574; surveyor gen. of hospitals 1580, comptroller gen. 1581.A. B. Beaven, Aldermen, i. 253; ii. 36; T. S. Willan, Early Hist. Russia Co. 285–6; CPR, 1558–60, pp. 353–4; 1560–3, p. 112; 1563–6, p. 178; 1566–9, p. 274; N. Moore, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, ii. 589.

Parlimentarian

HAYWARD, Sir Rowland (c.1520-93), of Elsinge Spital, London, King’s Place, Hackney, Mdx. and Cound, Salop.

Main residences: Elsinge Spital, London; King's Place, Hackney, Mdx.; Cound, Salop.

Notes

This biography is based on W. Jay, ‘Sir Rowland Hayward’, Trans. London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 509-27.

Author

W.J.J.

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

HAYWARD, Sir Rowland (c.1520-93)