MEREDITH, William (d.c.1604), of Blackfriars, London and Stansty, Denb.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Richard Meredith of Stansty by Jane, da. of Morgan ap David ap Robert. m. (1) bef. 12 Feb. 1566, Martha, da. and coh. of Robert Long, mercer of London, 2s. 2da.; (2) Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham, Kent. Kntd. 1603.Lloyd, Powys Fadog, iii. 82; Palmer, Wrexham, 195; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 114; GEC Baronetage, i. 209; CPR, 1547-8, pp. 11, 280, 360; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, 388; 1563-6, pp. 524-5; Arch. Camb. lxxxvii. 243.

Offices Held

Bailiff and collector of lordship of Swinfield; collector and bailiff of manor of Newington, Kent 1598; dep. treasurer at war in the Netherlands 1587 – 97; acting treasurer at war Apr. 1597; paymaster of the forces there from May 1597; dep. treasurer at war 1599.E315/309/116; HMC Ancaster, 81, 119, 229; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 267, 269, 271–2, 277, 278, 281, 317, 321, 487–8; HMC 5th Rep. 287; HMC Hatfield, vii. 178, 196, 200, 248, 305, 426; viii. 19; ix. 93, 97–8; xvi. 415; CSP Dom. 1595–7, pp. 405–13; Add. 1580–1625, p. 205; APC, xxvii. 16, 130, 134, 135, 143, 333, 334–5; xxviii. 310; xxix. 12–13, 25, 130, 136–7, 139, 419–20, 595, 644–5, 712; xxx, xxxi, xxxii, passim.

Parlimentarian

MEREDITH, William (d.c.1604), of Blackfriars, London and Stansty, Denb.

Main residences: Blackfriars, London; Stansty, Denb.

Author

S.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MEREDITH, William (-d. c.1604)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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