MAWDLEY, John II (by 1501-72), of the Middle Temple, London and Wells, Som.

Family and Education

b. by 1501, 1st surv. s. of John Mawdley I of Wells by Joan (?Attwater). educ. M. Temple, adm. 19 May 1517. m. (1) by 1540, Joyce (?Ayshe), 1da.; (2) by 1544, Eleanor, da. of Thomas Popwell, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 9 Aug. 1540.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/83/160. LP Hen. VIII, xvi.; C1/1034/32, 1146/16; Harl. 1559, f. 19; PCC 17 Alenger, 36 Peter.

Offices Held

Master of the revels, M. Temple 1519, Lent reader 1533, Autumn reader 1542, bencher 1533 – d., treasurer 1551–2.

Auditor, Wells 1531 – 59, member of the Twenty-Four 4 Aug. 1534 – d.; j.p. Som. 1543 – 47,1558/59; commr. relief 1550; escheator, Som. and Dorset 1552 – 53; ?steward of sheriffs’ ct. Bristol, Glos. c.1554.Wells act bk. 2, p. 351 et passim; LP Hen. VIII, xviii-xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 89; 1553, p. 359; 1554–5, p. 107; APC, iv. 67.

Parlimentarian

MAWDLEY, John II (by 1501-72), of the Middle Temple, London and Wells, Som.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Wells, Som.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

MAWDLEY, John II (by 1501-72)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Image