Family and Education
b. c. 1530, 3rd s. of Thomas Wilford of Hartridge by his 2nd w. Rose, da. of William Whetenhall of Peckham; half-bro. of Sir James Wilford. m. Mary, da. of Edward Poynings, 3s. inc. Sir Thomas 1da. Kntd. 1588.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 104; Arch. Cant. xx. 6.
Offices Held
Capt. Camber castle 1566; freeman, Winchelsea 1569, jurat by 1571, mayor 1571 – 72; capt. of horse with Leicester in the Netherlands 1585; gov. Ostend 1586 – 89, member of council of war Dec. 1587, sergeant major of the field Feb. 1588, marshal of the expedition to France and col. of the Kent regiment 1589; dep. lt. Kent Oct. 1589; superintendent of harbour works at Dover 1591; j.p. Kent from c. 1592; marshal of Berwick 1593.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Heding, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
WILFORD, Thomas (c.1530-1610)
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Oxford 1644
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