WAAD, William (1546-1623), of Belsize House, Hampstead, Mdx. and Battles Hall, Essex.

Family and Education

b. 1546, 1st s. of Armagil Waad by his 1st w.; bro. of Thomas. educ. G. Inn 1571. m. (1) 1586, Anne (d.1589), da. and h. of Owen Waller of London, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) c.1599, Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Browne, j.c.p., 1s. at least 8da. suc. fa. 1568. Kntd. 20 May 1603.DNB; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 33; PCC 20 Alenger, 116 Swann.

Offices Held

Servant of Burghley by 1576; diplomatic agent in France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands between 1576 and 1587; sec. to Walsingham 1581; clerk of PC 1582 – 1613; j.p. Mdx. from 1591; commr. musters c. 1595; commissary gen. of England; muster master for troops for Low Countries 1600; inspector of Irish forces; eccles. commr. diocese of Canterbury by 1603; lt. of the Tower 1605 – 13; member, council of Virginia Co. 1609.DNB; HMC Hatfield, ii. 254–5, 322; xv. 233; EHR, xxxviii. 56; APC, xxiii. 258; xxv. 156; xxx. 667; Morant, Essex, ii. 620.

Parlimentarian

WAAD, Sir William (c.1546-1623), of Belsize House, Hampstead, Mdx.; Battles Hall, Manuden, Essex and Charing Cross, Westminster.

Main residences: Belsize House, Hampstead, Mdx.; Battles Hall, Essex.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

WAAD, William (1546-1623)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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