WILLIAMS, Sir John (by 1503-59), of Rycote and Thame, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. by 1503, 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Williams of Burghfield, Berks. by Isabel, da. and coh. of Richard More of Burghfield. m. (1) by July 1524, Elizabeth (d. 25 Oct. 1556), da. and coh. of Thomas Bledlow of Bledlow, Bucks., wid. of Andrew Edmonds (d. 23 June 1523) of Cressing Temple, Essex, 3s. inc. Henry 2da.; (2) settlement 19 Apr. 1557, Margaret, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suff., 1da. Kntd. 15 Nov. 1538 /28 June 1539; cr. Lord Williams of Thame 1554.Date of birth estimated from marriage. DNB; CP; N.J. O’Conor, Godes peace and the Queen Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 39-40; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 55; PCC 28 Bennett; F. G. Lee, Thame Church, 414-18; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, iii(1), 507.

Offices Held

?Chancery official by 1526; clerk of the King’s jewels 8 May 1530, jt. (with Thomas Cromwell) master c. Jan. 1535, sole 1540 – 44, receiver, lands formerly of 3rd Duke of Buckingham Mar. 1531, Thame abbey by 1535; j.p. Bucks. 1535, Oxon. 1535–7. 1542–7 or later, Berks. 1544, Northants. 1554; sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 1538 – 39; 1544 – 45, Sept. – Nov. 1553; visitor of monasteries 1538, commr. subsidy, Oxon. 1540, benevolence 1544/45, chantries, Northants., Oxon., Rutland 1546, 1548, of Admiralty in Nov. 1547, relief, Berks., Oxon., Northants. 1550, musters, Salop, Staffs., Warws. 1559; steward, manors of Grafton and Hartwell, Northants. Feb. 1540, Easton Neston, Northants. 1542; master of cygnets in Thames Mar. 1542; treasurer, ct. augmentations Mar. 1544 – Jan. 1554; high steward, Oxford ?by 1553; chamberlain to King Philip Apr. 1554–8; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of Nov. 1554, 1555 and 1559; pres. council in the marches of Wales Feb. 1559–d.Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 5, 75, 78; Lee, 410; LP Hen. VIII, iii-v, viii, x, xv, xvii-xxi; Elton, Tudor Rev. in Govt. 100; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 59; LJ, i. 465, 492, 542; C. A. J. Skeel, Council in the Marches of Wales, 84–85; CPR, 1548–9, p. 137; 1553, pp. 351, 356–7; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 139; Val. Eccles. ii. 213–14; Oxf. Recs. 220, 225–6, 258–60, 266–7; NCA 14/2.

Parlimentarian

WILLIAMS, Sir John (by 1503-59), of Rycote and Thame, Oxon.

Main residences: Rycote; Thame, Oxon.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WILLIAMS, Sir John (by 1503-59)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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