PITT, John (c.1546-1626), of Bridport, Dorset

Family and Education

b. c. 1546,William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 88. 4th s. of John Pitt (d.1587) of Causeway, nr. Weymouth, Dorset and Margaret, da. of Isaac Lawse of Sherborne, Dorset. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 480. m. Agnes (bur. 25 May 1613), da. of John Davidge of Bridport, s.p. Soc. Gen., Bridport par. reg.; Hutchins, ii. 480. d. 12 Mar. 1626. William Whiteway of Dorchester, 88.

Offices Held

Churchwarden, Bridport 1580–2, Dorset RO, B3/H1, ff. 305, 313. bailiff 1586 – 87, 1589 – 90, 1592 – 93, 1598 – 99, 1602 – 03, 1607 – 08, 1613 – 14, 1621–2, Hutchins, ii. 10. constable 1587 – 88, 1590 – 91, 1595 – 96, 1599 – 1600, 1603 – 04, cofferer 1608–10. Dorset RO, B3/H1, ff. 329, 330v, 345, 357, 365, 381, 385.

Parlimentarian

PITT, John (c.1546-1626), of Bridport, Dorset

Main residence: Bridport, Dorset.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PITT, John (c.1546-1626)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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