WOLSTENHOLME (WORSNAM), Sir John (c.1562-1639), of All Hallows, Barking, London; later of St. Olave, Hart St., London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1562, Aged 77 in 1639: D. Lysons, Environs of London (1795), iii. 396. 2nd s. of John Wolstenholme of Great Stanmore, Mdx. and the da. of one Larkin. Burke Extinct and Dorm. Baronetcies, 578. educ. G. Inn 1611. GI Admiss. m. by 1596, Catherine (bur. 24 Jan. 1611), da. of John Fanshawe of Dronfield, Derbys., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Burke, 578; J.E. Cussans, Hist. Herts. i. 139; St. Olave, Hart St. London (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 143. suc. fa. 1603; Lysons, iii. 399. Kntd. 12 Mar. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. d. 25 Nov. 1639. C142/604/113. sig. Jo[hn] Wolstenholme.

Offices Held

Customs officer, London by 1594?, by 1604 – 19 CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 546. collector of Tunnage and Poundage outwards (sole?), (jt.) 1619–d., HMC Laing, i. 102; C66/2205/4. New impositions outwards (sole) 1608 – 19, (jt.) 1619–d., CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 449; SO3/6, unfol., July 1619. pretermitted customs 1620-at least 1621; HMC 7th Rep. 253; CD 1621, vii. 425. farmer, French wine duties (jt.) 1607 – 32, currant duties (jt.) 1613 – 32, gt. farm of customs (jt.) 1621–38, F.C. Dietz, Eng. Public Finance, 333–5, 346–8. sweet wine duties (jt.) 1623–32, APC, 1627–8, pp. 24–5. tobacco duties (jt.) 1632–7. Dietz, 355–6.

Member, E.I. Co. 1600, cttee. 1619-at least 1627, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 116; 1617–21, p. 283; 1625–9, p. 363. Virg. Co. 1609–19, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 407; R. Brenner, Merchants and Rev. 99. member, Hudson venturers 1610, Somers Is. Co. 1612, Rabb, 407. cttee. N.W. Passage Co. 1612, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 241. member, Baffin venturers 1615–16, Rabb, 407; K.R. Andrews, Trade, Plunder and Settlement, 352. Muscovy Co. by 1624, APC, 1623–5, p. 359. Fishery Assoc. 1632–d. SP16/221/1; CUL, Dd. xi. 71, f. 35v.

Commr. reform of king’s Household 1618, M. Prestwich, Cranfield, 206. navy 1618–28, Ibid. 212, 217; M. Oppenheim, Admin. of Roy. Navy, 195; SP16/93/63. transportation of ordnance 1619, CD 1621, vii. 416. trade 1621 – 22, 1625, APC, 1621–3, p. 80; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. overseas travel licences from 1622, APC, 1621–3, p. 362. sale of decayed munitions 1623, HMC 7th Rep. 252. pirates evading punishment 1623, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 46. better plantation of Virg. 1624 – 25, 1631–3, Ibid. vii. pt. 4, p. 144; viii. pt. 3, p. 192; APC, 1625–6, p. 23; CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 171. navy provisions from 1625, C181/3, f. 156v. Spanish prize ships from 1625, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 113. sale of Spanish prizes 1626, C231/4, p. 405. French prize goods 1627-at least 1630 (treas. 1627–8), APC, 1627, pp. 86, 288; 1628–9, p. 167; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 366. French bills of exchange 1629, APC, 1629–30, p. 194. Algiers pirates 1632, C115/106/8398. tobacco inquiry 1634, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 40–1. Chatham Chest inquiry 1635–7, CSP Dom. 1635, p. 543; 1636–7, p. 568. navy victuallers’ accts. 1636. Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 45.

J.p. Mdx. 1619 – d., Westminster by 1620–d., C321/4, f. 95v; C181/3, f. 16; C66/2761. commr. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1620–5, C181/2, ff. 351v, 352v; 181/3, ff. 182v, 183v. Forced Loan, London 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 142. piracy, London 1630, 1633, 1635, London and Mdx. Mar. 1639–d. C181/4, ff. 37, 45, 138v; 181/5, ff. 26v, 130v.

Parlimentarian

WOLSTENHOLME (WORSNAM), Sir John (c.1562-1639), of All Hallows, Barking, London; later of St. Olave, Hart St., London.

Main residences: All Hallows, Barking, London; St. Olave, Hart St, London.

Worsnam

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Commons 1604-1629

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WOLSTENHOLME (WORSNAM), Sir John (c.1562-1639)

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Oxford 1644

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