Family and Education
bap. 26 Jan. 1613, o. surv. s. of Sir John Weld of St. Clements Lane, London and Willey by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Romney, Haberdasher, of Ironmonger Lane, London. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1630; M. Temple 1630. m. by 1633, Elizabeth (d.1671), da. of Sir George Whitmore of Balmes, Hackney, Mdx., ld. mayor of London 1631-2, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. Kntd. 22 Sept. 1642; suc. fa. 1666.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 336; Corp. London RO, St. Andrew Undershaft par. reg.; G. E. Cokayne, Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs, 18-20; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), i. 186, 208-10.
Offices Held
J.p. Salop July 1660 – d.; bailiff, Wenlock 1660 – 61; commr. for assessment, Salop 1661 – 80, corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, recusants 1675.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Chelmarsh; Willey, Salop.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WELD, Sir John (1613-81)
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Oxford 1644
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