WITHYPOLL, Sir William (c.1596-1645), of Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff. and Gray’s Inn, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Edmund Withypoll of Christchurch Priory, Ipswich, Suff. and Oatlands, Weybridge, Surr. and Frances, da. of Sir William Cornwallis† of Brome Hall, Suff.G.C. Moore Smith, Fam. of Withypoll (Walthamstow Antiq. Soc. xxxiv), 67-9, 83. educ. G. Inn, admitted 1605; travelled abroad 1616. GI Admiss.; SO3/6, unfol. 5 Apr. 1616. m. 25 Apr. 1621, Kensington (Harl. Soc. Reg. xvi), 68. Jane (d. c.June 1642), da. and coh. of Sir Michael Stanhope* of Sudbourne, wid. of Henry, Lord Fitzwalter, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Kntd. 8 Nov. 1617; suc. fa. 1619. d. 11 Aug. 1645. Moore Smith, 83, 88-9; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Suff. 1620–6, C181/3, ff. 13v, 201v. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624 – 26, Ipswich, Suff. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23; Harl. 305, f. 206v; Letters from Redgrave Hall ed. D. MacCulloch (Suff. Rec. Soc. l), 113. gaol delivery, Orford, Suff. 1622–5; C181/3, ff. 74. 193v. dep. lt. Suff. 1623 – at least26; capt. militia ft. by 1627 – at least32, col. 1628; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 441, 451–2; Add. 39245, ff. 103, 133v, 141v. commr. piracy 1627. C181/3, f. 232v.

Gent. of the privy chamber to Prince Charles by 1623–5, REQ 2/411/145; LC2/6, f. 69. Chas. I, 1625–30. SP16/2/118; LC5/132, f. 169.

Parlimentarian

WITHYPOLL, Sir William (c.1596-1645), of Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff. and Gray’s Inn, London

Main residences: Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; Gray's Inn, London.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WITHYPOLL, Sir William (c.1596-1645)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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