Family and Education
b. 1560 /1, 2nd surv. s. of George Ravenscroft† (d.1591/2) of Bretton, Hawarden, Flints. by Dorothy, da. of John Davies of Hawarden.Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, 315-16. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1578, aged 17, BA 1580; L. Inn 1580, called 1589. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. unm. d. 25 Oct. – 1 Nov. 1628. PROB 11/154, f. 269v; T.D. Hardy, Officers of Chancery, 127. sig. W[illia]m Rauenscroft.
Offices Held
Clerk of the petty bag, Chancery 1598–d.
Assoc. bencher, L. Inn 1604 – 21, bencher 1621 – d., treas. 1621 – 22, librarian 1624–d.
Commr. survey, G. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1603, annoyances, Mdx. 1613.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Lincoln's Inn, London.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
RAVENSCROFT, William (1560/1-1628)
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