Family and Education
b. by 1522, s. of Thomas Echard (d.1547/48) of Great Yarmouth by 1st w. Margaret. educ. ?L. Inn, adm. 22 Mar. 1544. m. by 1543, Catherine, at least 5s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. E. Anglian Peds. (Harl Soc. xci), 61-63; Vis. Suff. (Harl. Soc. lxi), 62; PCC 2 Populwell, 35 Bakon, 37 Carew, 4 Drury.
Offices Held
?Water bailiff, Great Yarmouth 1537 – 38, member of the Twenty-Four by 1549, collector half doles 1549 – 50, haven doles in 1551, churchwarden 1551 – 52, bailiff 1552 – 53, 1565 – 66, 1574 – 75, j.p. 1553 – 54, 1555 – 56, 1566 – 67, 1573 – 74, 1576 – 77, auditor 1559 – 60, 1561 – 62, coroner 1561 – 62, 1563 – 64, 1567 – 68, 1570 – 71, ?1578 – 79, keeper, lazar hospita 1563–76 or 1579.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Great Yarmouth, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ECHARD, John (by 1522-at least 76)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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