SPENCER, William (c.1655-90), of Ashton Hall, nr. Lancaster, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1655, 1st s. of Hon. William Spencer of Ashton Hall by Elizabeth, da. of Dutton, 3rd Baron Gerard of Gerard’s Bromley, wid. of Philip Wenman. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1672; L. Inn 1673. m. Mary, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. aft. 1683.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 279; Exch. Deps. (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xi), 40-41; Hist. Garstang (Chetham Soc. civ), 44; CSP Dom. July-Sept. 1683, p. 187.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1676; commr. for assessment, Lancs. 1677 – 80, 1690, sheriff 1686 – 89, dep. lt. 1687–?d.; j.p. Apr. 1688–9; bailiff, Garstang 1688–9.Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix). 150; HMC Kenyon, 187–8; Lancs. RO, QSC99–102; Hist. Garstang, 61.

Parlimentarian

SPENCER, William (c.1655-90), of Ashton Hall, nr. Lancaster, Lancs.

Main residence: Ashton Hall, nr. Lancaster, Lancs.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

SPENCER, William (c.1655-90)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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