Family and Education
b. c. 1567,Assuming an age of 18 at entry to G. Inn. 1st s. of William Jenison†, alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Barbara, da. of Ralph Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 72. educ. G. Inn 1585. GI Admiss. m. (1) 11 June 1588, Anne (bur. 24 Apr. 1599), da. and coh. of William Claxton of Winyard, co. Dur. 2da.; (2) by 1601, Mary (bur. 12 Aug. 1623), da. of Sir John Widdrington of Widdrington, Northumb., wid. of Henry Grey of Newminster Abbey, Northumb., 1s. Vis. Northumb. 72; Surtees, Hist. co. Palatine Dur. iii. 263. suc. fa. 1587. Newcastle Merchant Adventurers ed. F.W. Dendy (Surtees Soc. ci), 217. d. aft. 1624. sig. W[illia]m Jenyson.
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Freeman, merchant adventurers’ co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1589, gov. 1599, 1610; Newcastle Freemen ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle-upon-Tyne recs. cttee. iii), 4; Northumb. RO, ZAN/M13/B34. sheriff, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1593 – 94, alderman by 1597–?d., mayor 1599–1600, 1610 – 11, 1621–2; Northumb. RO, ZAN/M13/B34; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 501. member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1600, gov. 1600, 1605 – 06, 1622; Recs. Co. Hostmen ed. F.W. Dendy (Surtees Soc. cv), 11–13, 263. commr. survey, Sunderland manor, co. Dur. 1621, subsidy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1621 – 22, 1624. C181/3, f. 38; C212/22/21–3.

Main residences: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.; Winyard, co. Dur.
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JENISON, William (c.1567-aft. 1624)

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