LAWRENCE, Oliver (by 1507-59), of Poole and Creech, Dorset, London and Soberton, Hants.

Family and Education

b. by 1507, ?7th s. of Nicholas Lawrence of Corfe Mullen, Dorset. m. (1) by 1527, 2s. 1da.; (2) 6 Feb. 1549, Anne, da. of Thomas Writh alias Wriothesley of London, wid. of Thomas Knight of Soberton, 1da. Kntd. 28 Sept. 1547.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Hutchins, Dorset, i. 599; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 63; Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 201; C142/122/24; PCC 4 Populwell; VCH Hants, iii. 225; Mar. Lic. London, ed. Foster, 822.

Offices Held

Customer, Poole 1528 – Apr. 1542, dep. steward 1542; gent. pens. 1540 – d.; commr. relief, Dorset 1550; j.p. Dorset, Hants 1554.E122/121/7, 9, 207/3–6; LP Hen. VIII, xix; LC2/4/2; CPR, 1553, p. 352; 1553–4, pp. 18–19; SC2/170/134; information from W. J. Tighe.

Parlimentarian

LAWRENCE, Oliver (by 1507-59), of Poole and Creech, Dorset, London and Soberton, Hants.

Main residence: Poole and Creech, Dorset, London and Soberton, Hants.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LAWRENCE, Oliver (by 1507-59)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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