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Family and Education
bap. 1 Sept. 1630, 1st s. of Sir Robert Wolseley, 1st bt. of Wolseley, clerk of the patents 1625-46, and Mary (bur. 24 Jan. 1672), da. of Sir George Wroughton of Wilcot, Wilts.; bro. of Robert Wolseley*.Colwich par. reg.; MI, Lady Mary Wolseley, Colwich; Vis. Staffs. ed. H. S. Grazebrook (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 323-4; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv and cvi), 220. educ. privately.LJ ix. 492a. m. 12 May 1648 (with £3,000), Anne (d. 3 Oct. 1704), da. of William Fiennes, 1st Visct. Saye and Sele, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 10da. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 21 Sept. 1646.MI, Sir Robert Wolseley and Lady Anne Wolseley, Colwich; C11/761/7; CB. bur. 8 Oct. 1714 8 Oct. 1714.Colwich par. reg.
Offices Held

Central: cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653.CJ vii. 284b, 344a; TSP i. 642; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Commr. treaty with Utd. Provinces, 29 Oct. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 223. Member, cttee. for Virg. 10 Jan. 1654.CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 412. Commr. for the law, 20 June 1654;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 215. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. treaty with Denmark, 2 Sept. 1654.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 429. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. cttee. for improving the revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. treaty with Portugal, 13 Oct. 1657.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 646; CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 127.

Local: j.p. Oxon. 26 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 268. Staffs. 30 Sept. 1653 – 27 July 1670, Mar. 1688–?d.;C231/6, p. 269; C231/7, p. 375. Notts. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. assessment, Oxon. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Staffs. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78; A. and O. charitable uses, 25 June 1656.C93/24/1. Custos rot. c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6, f. 80; C193/13/5, f. 96. Dep. lt. 4 Feb. 1688–?d.CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 141; 1703–4, p. 278.

: of Wolseley, Staffs., Colwich.
Likenesses

Likenesses: engraving, J.B. Hunt, 1859.Booker, Birch, opp. 50.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WOLSELEY, Sir Charles (1630-1714), of Wolseley, Colwich, Staffs.

Will
27 Oct. 1706, pr. 14 Oct. 1714.Staffs. RO, P/C/11, Sir Charles Wolseley.
Estates
in early 1630s, fa. assessed at £25 for distraint of knighthood.H.S. Grazebrook, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 1, ii. pt. 2), 20. In 1643, his fa.’s estate consisted of manors of Bishton, Colwich, Little Haywood and Wolseley; manor houses of Colwich and Wolseley; lands and tenements in Bishton, Colton, Great Haywood, Little Haywood, Rugeley and Wolseley, Staffs.; manor, manor house and prebend of Haughton, Notts.PROB11/197, ff. 265v-266. Wolseley’s estate, which inc. lands in Bishton, Colwich, Little Haywood, Moreton and Wolseley, Staffs., was valued at £1,000 p.a. in early 1660s.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 33. In 1666, his house at Wolseley assessed at 16 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1921), 59. At his d. estate inc. manors of Bishton and Colwich, and prebend of Haughton.Staffs. RO, P/C/11, Lichfield Consistory Ct. wills (Prebend of Colwich), Sir Charles Wolseley.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
lodgings in the palace of Whitehall (1653-?).CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 33, 44, 71.
Religion
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