Family and Education
b. by 1524,Date of birth estimated from admission to freedom of Sandwich. 1st s. of Thomas Manwood, draper of Sandwich, by Catherine, da. of John Galloway of Cley, Norf.; bro. of Roger. m. (1) ?1545, Alice Jones of Sandwich, wid., 5s. 2da.; (2) ?1557, Agnes Arras of Faversham, wid., s.p.; (3) 1562, Katherine Brough or Brock, 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 1538.
Offices Held
Freeman, Sandwich 1545, common councilman 1546, auditor 1547–8 and many later years, searcher of woollen cloths 1552, keeper of chest 1552 – 55, jurat 1553, mayor 1555 – 56, 1559 – 60, brodhull rep. 1552, 1556, 1558, 1559, 1561, 1564, 1565, 1567, 1568, keeper of orphans 1557 – 67, bailiff to Gt. Yarmouth 1559, 1561, burgess of Shepway court 1559, foundation governor free grammar school 1563, sessor for levying men for defence 1564.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sandwich, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
MANWOOD, John (by 1524-71)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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