MASON, William (c.1572-c.1627), of Gray’s Inn, London and Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.

b. c. 1572,Age calculated from date of admiss. to St. John’s, Camb. 1st s. of Thomas Mason, yeoman, of Monkton in Thanet, Kent and Thomasine, da. of John Dowfell (Duffield) of Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. educ. ?St. John’s, Camb. 1588; Staple Inn; G. Inn 1595, called 1600. m. by 1599, Anne, da. of Robert Cannon, yeoman, of Swaffham, Norf., 10s. suc. fa. 1576. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 191; Cent. Kent. Stud. DCb/PRC32/33, f. 15; PROB 11/39, f. 331v; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct. 45, Pecke. d. by 2 Nov. 1628. Add. 19141, f. 249v.