TOWERSON, William II (1569-1637), of Portsmouth, Hants.

Family and Education

bap. 18 Apr. 1569,St. Bees Par. Reg. ed. H.B. Stout, i. 17. s. of William Towerson (d.1579) Ibid. ii. 25. of St. Bees, Cumb. and Anne, da. of Christopher Moore. Ibid. iii. 6. m. (1) by 1605 (with £200) J.F. Curwen, Fam. of Curwen, 133. Margaret (d. 5 May 1625), Add. 33283, f. 458. da. of Sir Henry Curwen† of Workington, Cumb., 2da.; Curwen, 125. (2) Mary, wid. of one Harris, s.p.; Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 54. 2s. illegit. PROB 11/175, f. 185v. d. Nov. 1637. CSP Dom. 1637, p. 511.

Offices Held

Freeman, Portsmouth 1605, mayor 1607 – 08, 1617 – 18, 1625 – 26, 1629 – 30, alderman c.1607–d.; Portsmouth Recs., 313–14, 328, 347, 595. commr. assurances, London 1608, 1619–20, C181/2, ff. 70, 336, 357. prizes Portsmouth, 1608, Portsmouth, Southampton, Hants and I.o.W. 1627; HCA 14/39, no. 142; APC 1627, pp. 76, 87. dep. v.-adm. (jt.) Hants 1626–d.; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 486; 1637, p. 511; HCA 30/865. commr. sewers, I.o.W. 1631. C181/4, f. 89.

Commr. policy of merchants 1607. C181/2, f. 51v.

Parlimentarian

TOWERSON, William II (1569-1637), of Portsmouth, Hants.

Main residence: Portsmouth, Hants.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TOWERSON, William II (1569-1637)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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