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b. c. 1550, 7th s. of John Wiseman (d.1559) of Felsted and Braddocks, Wimbish, Essex and Joan, da. of one Lucas of London. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1564; L. Inn 1567, called 1577. m. by 1579, Mary, da. of John Cooke of Rochford, Essex, steward of the courts to the 2nd and 3rd Lord Rich, 2s. 6da. (?1 d.v.p.). d. 19 Jan. 1610. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 526-8 describes him as the 6th son and mentions only 6 children, but see CPR, 1558-60, p. 365 and PROB 11/115, ff. 102-3v. For his education see Al. Cant. and LI Black Bks. i. 402. He was presumably married by 1579, as his eldest s. was aged 31 at his death in 1610: C142/323/54. For his fa.-in-law, see C2/Eliz./C21/43. sig. Wyll[ia]m Wyseman.
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Alderman and j.p. Maldon 1578–81; W.J. Petchey, A Prospect of Maldon, 265. Petchey also describes Wiseman as escheator for Essex and Herts. in 1558, but Wiseman was then aged about eight. j.p. Essex by 1592–d., Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 376, 538; Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 41, 60. commr. charitable uses 1600-at least 1607, C93/1/19; 93/3/3, 12. subsidy 1601 – 02, 1606, 1608, Maldon 1608, Eg. 2651, ff. 10v, 14v; 2644, f. 171; SP14/31/1. sewers, Dunmow to Maldon, Dengie and Thurstable hundreds and Wallasea Is., Essex 1607, C181/2, ff. 32–3. aid Essex 1609. E179/283.

Steward of the courts to 3rd Lord Rich (Robert Rich†), Essex by 1588–d. Essex RO, D/DS 128/67; Hunts. RO, dd M32/10/11; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR/ 37/2/Box 119/16–21. We are grateful for these refs. to Christopher Thompson. See also REQ 2/415/133; PROB 11/115, f. 103v.

Member, Soc. Antiqs. c.1591. J. Evans, Hist. Soc. of Antiqs. 12, n. 4.

Fee’d counsel, Maldon 1593, recorder c.1596–1607. Essex RO, DB 3/3/270; Petchey, 257.

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WISEMAN, William (c.1550-1610), of Mayland Hall and Maldon, Essex and Lincoln’s Inn, London
Main residences: Mayland HallJ. Norden, Speculi Britanniae Pars: An Historical Description of Essex ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. ix), 37.; Maldon, Essex; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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WISEMAN, William (c.1550-1610)

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