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b. 28 Nov. 1570,St. Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxix), 11. 4th s. of Richard Whitelocke (d.1570), merchant, of Thames Street, London and Joan, da. of John Colt of Little Munden, Herts., wid. of Robert Brockhurst, draper, of London. PROB 11/46, f. 262; Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 5, 7. educ. Merchant Taylors sch. 1575; St. John’s, Oxf. 1588, BCL 1594; New Inn 1590; M. Temple 1593, called 1600. Reg. Merchant Taylors Sch.; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 333, 407. m. 9 Sept. 1602 (with £500), Elizabeth (d. 28 May 1631), da. of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode, Bucks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.). Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 128-9. Kntd. 4 Oct. 1620. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. d. 21 June 1632. C142/481/36; B. Whitelocke, Memorials of the Eng. Affairs (1853), i. 50.
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Fell. of St. John’s, Oxf. 1589 – 98, steward 1601–20; W.H. Stevenson and H.E. Salter, Early Hist. St. John’s (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. i), 193. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1604 – d., Principality and Marches of Wales 1619 – 31, London and Mdx. 1624, 1628, Midlands circ. 1626, the Verge 1627; Liber Famelicus, 19, 49–50, 54, 70, 87, 103; C181/2, f. 331v; 181/3, ff. 26, 31, 131v, 132, 154, 179, 205v, 217, 242v, 244, 260; APC, 1630–1, p. 216. j.p. Woodstock, 1607 – d.; Bucks. 1617 – d., Oxon. 1618 – d., Westminster 1618 – d., Mdx. 1620 – d., Cheltenham, Glos. 1625, Ripon and Cawood liberties, Yorks. 1627 – 28, Beverley liberty, Yorks. 1628; Liber Famelicus, 60, 62; C181/2, f. 22, 331v, 181/3, ff. 186, 188, 221v, 222v, 244v, 245, 246; C231/4, ff. 54, 66, 102v. steward, Eton sch. 1609, Westminster chapter, 1610–17 (jt.), 1617–d. (sole); Liber Famelicus, 18, 19, 53; C181/2, f. 331. member, Council in Marches of Wales 1620–4. Liber Famelicus, 86, 96–7.

Member, Soc. of Antiquaries 1601–7. K. Sharpe, Cotton, 29.

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WHITELOCKE, James (1570-1632), of Fleet Street, London and Fawley Court, Bucks.
Main residences: Fleet Street, London; Fawley Court, Bucks.
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Commons 1604-1629
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WHITELOCKE, James (1570-1632)

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