PORTER, Arthur (d.1559), of Newent and Alvington, Glos.

Family and Education

1st or o.s. of Roger Porter by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of John Arthur. educ. L. Inn 1523. m. (1) Alice, da. of John Arnold, sis. of Sir Nicholas Arnold, at least 12ch. inc. Sir Thomas; (2) Isabel, da. of Sir William Denys, wid. of Sir John Berkeley, s.p. suc. fa. 1523.Harl. 1041, f. 65; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 127; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xiii. 148-9; PCC 7 Bodfelde.

Offices Held

?Escheator, Glos. and marches of Wales 1526 – 27; esquire at arrival of Anne of Cleves 1539; j.p. Glos. from 1537, j.p.q. 1554, sheriff 1548 – 49, chantry commr. 1548.LP Hen. VIII, xii(2), p. 407; xv, p. 6; xvi, p. 53; CPR, 1553–4, p. 19; E. Williams, The Chantries of William Canynges in St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, 31.

Parlimentarian

PORTER, Arthur (by 1505-59), of Newent and Alvington, Glos.

Main residences: Newent; Alvington, Glos.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

PORTER, Arthur (-d.1559)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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