GLASIER, William (c.1525-88), of Chester and Lea by Backford, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. c.1525, 1st s. of William Glasier of the Isle of Man, later of Chester (mayor 1551-2), by Jane, da. of Richard Fletcher of Morley. educ. I. Temple bef. 1554, called 1582. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of (?Hugh) Aglionby, 2s. inc. Hugh 2da.; (2) Alice, s.p.St. Ch. 5/M7/13; G. Ormerod, Cheshire, ii(2), p. 386; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii) gives his fa.’s name as James; CPR, 1553-4, p. 450; I.T. Recs. i. 319-20; Lancs. and Cheshire Wills, iii (Chetham Soc. lix), 128 seq.; Rylands Eng. ms 311.

Offices Held

Servant of Sir Robert Dudley by June 1553; v.-chamberlain, Chester, to Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby 10 May 1559 – 2 July 1565, to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1565 – 88; member, council in the marches of Wales 1560; j.p. Cheshire from c. 1561, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Worcs. and Welsh counties from c. 1573, eccles. commr. (?Cheshire and) Lancs. Nov. 1568; ?steward to dean and chapter of Chester, chapter clerk and auditor c.1573.DKR, 39, p. 133; CPR, 1563–6, p. 320; Ormerod, i(1), p. 60; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 348–9; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 321; Chester RO, P/1/57–60.

Parlimentarian

GLASIER, William (c.1525-88), of Chester and Lea by Backford, Cheshire.

Main residences: Chester; Lea by Backford, Cheshire.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

GLASIER, William (c.1525-88)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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