WROTH, John (c.1626-64), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

Family and Education

b. c. 1626, 1st s. of Sir Peter Wroth* and Margaret, da. of Sir Anthony Dering† of Pluckley, Kent.Vis. Kent 1619-21 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 214; Vis. Kent 1663-8 (Harl. Soc. liv), 185. educ. I. Temple 27 May 1630; called 12 Feb. 1650.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 292. m. by 1651, Anne, widow of Sir Ralph Gore (d. 1642), 2nd bt. of Magherabeg, Co. Doneghal and Sir Paul Harris (d. 1644), 2nd bt. of Boreatton, Salop., da. of Toby Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Caulfeild of Charlemont, 2s. 1da.Vis. Kent 1619-21, 214; Vis. Kent 1663-8, 185; CB iii. 131; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, ii. 87. suc. fa. 1644; cr. bt. 29 Nov. 1660.CB iii. 131. d. 1664.Collinson, Som. iii. 69.

Offices Held

Local: ?commr. defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644; ?Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644;A. and O. assessment, Som. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Kent 26 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Som. 21 Nov. 1654–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 74, 394. Kent 14 Apr. 1656, 11 Sept. 1660-aft. June 1671;C181/6, p. 157; C181/7, pp. 46, 579. River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 221. militia, Kent 26 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Som. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Kent 1660.SR.

: of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WROTH, John (c.1626-64), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

Will

not found.

Estates

owned Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent.Hasted, Kent, ii. 170.

Oxford 1644

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