WESTERN, Samuel (1652-99), of Gray’s Inn; Dyce Key, Billingsgate, London, and Rivenhall, Essex

bap. 3 Aug. 1652, 1st s. of Thomas Western (d. 1707), Grocer, of Lower Thames Street, London, and Rivenhall, Essex by Martha, da. of Samuel Gott†, Ironmonger, of London. educ. St. Catharine’s, Camb. 1669; G. Inn 1670, called 1678. m. lic. 18 Aug. 1690, Anna Maria, da. of William Finch, Mercer, of Little St. Helen’s, London, 3s. (2 d.v.p.). London Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xcii), 148–9; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 747; Morant, Essex, ii. 147; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 69, 174.