WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London and Shaftesbury, Dorset

Family and Education

b. c. 1580, 1st s. of Henry Whitaker† of Westbury, Wilts. and Judith, da. of William Hawkins, merchant, of Plymouth, Devon.Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 97. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1600, aged 19; M. Temple 1602, called 1611. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 30 Mar. 1619, with £1,000, Honora (d.1677), da. of Edward Hooper of Boveridge, Cranborne, Dorset, 3s. 1da. Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 75; Soc. Gen., Cranborne par. reg.; PROB 11/198, f. 163v. suc. fa. 1589. Wilts. N and Q, iv. 107. d. 3 Oct. 1646. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 50.

Offices Held

Autumn reader, M. Temple 1627, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 178. bencher 1627 – d., treas. 1635–7; A.R. Ingpen, M. Temple Bench Bk. 185; MTR, 839, 857. recorder, Shaftesbury 1627–d. Hutchins, iii. 17.

Commr. inquiry, Gillingham forest, Dorset 1627, CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 205. j.p. Dorset 1629–d., C231/4, f. 264; Dorset RO, QSM/1/1, p. 301. treas. E. Dorset 1630–1, Dorset Q. Sess. Order Bk. 1625–38 (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 126. commr. sewers, Dorset 1638, C181/5, f. 113v. assessment 1641 – 42, 1644, SR, v. 83, 150; A. and O. i. 544. piracy 1642, C181/5, f. 226v. execution of ordinances 1644, levying money 1644. A. and O. i. 460, 544.

Parlimentarian

WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London and Shaftesbury, Dorset

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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