PURVEY, John (by 1525-83), of Wormley, Herts.

Family and Education

b. by 1525. m. (1) lic. ?July 1547, Anne, da. and coh. of William Woodleaf of London, 1s.; (2) by 1564, Magdalen, da. of Peter Cheke of Cambridge, Cambs., wid. of Lawrence Earsby or Eresby (d.?1564), of Louth, Lincs., s.p.Date of birth estimated from first reference. VCH Herts. iii. 488; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 10; CPR, 1553, p. 370; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 177; C142/201/71; PCC 19 Butts.

Offices Held

Auditor, duchy of Lancaster, south parts 1546 – d.; commr. relief, Herts. 1550; other commissions 1554 – d.; j.p. Herts. 1554, q. by 1558/59–d., Lincs. (Lindsey) 1569 – d.; feodary, Herts. by 1562; warden of Louth 1568, 1573, 1582.CPR, 1553, p. 354; 1553–4, p. 20; 1560–3, pp. 400, 438; 1563–6, pp. 43, 123; SP11/5, f. 36; Somerville, Duchy, i. 443; Louth Old Corp. Recs. ed. Goulding, 19.

Parlimentarian

PURVEY, John (by 1525-83), of Wormley, Herts.

Main residence: Wormley, Herts.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PURVEY, John (by 1525-83)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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