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WELD (WILD), Humphrey (1612-85), of Lulworth Castle, Dorset and Weld House, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 22 Jan. 1612, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, Mdx. by Frances, da. of Sir William Whitmore of Apley Park, Salop. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1629; I. Temple 1631; travelled abroad 1633-6. m. 1639, Clare (d.1691), da. of Thomas, and Baron Arundell of Wardour, 1da. suc. fa. 1622.C142/302/132.
Offices Held
Cup-bearer to Queen Henrietta Maria 1639 – ?44; gent. of the privy chamber 1668–?85.
J.p. Dorset July 1660–79, Mdx. Aug. 1660–79, Cambs. 1677 – 79; gov. of Portland Sept. 1660–79; keeper of Sandsfoot Castle Sept. 1660–5; dep. lt. Dorset 1665 – 79; commr. for oyer and terminer, London 1661; freeman, Weymouth 1661; commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1661 – 79, Hants and Dorset 1663 – 64, Dorset 1667 – 79, Cambs. 1673 – 79, loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. 1662, foreshore, Dorset 1662; treasurer, corporation of the poor, Mdx. 1664; commr. for recusants, Hants Mar.-July 1675.
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Main residences: Lulworth Castle, Dorset; Weld House, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.
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This biography is based on J. Berkeley, Lulworth and the Welds, 55-81.
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WELD (WILD), Humphrey (1612-85)
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WELD, Sir John (1613-81), of Chelmarsh and Willey, Salop.
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.
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Main residences: Chelmarsh; Willey, Salop.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WELD, Sir John (1613-81)
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WENDY, Thomas (1614-73), of Haslingfield, Cambs.
Family and Education
b. 8 Feb. 1614, 1st s. of Francis Wendy of Wolston, Warws. by Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Wentworth of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1631; G. Inn 1633; travelled abroad 1636-8. m. Letitia (d. 17 Apr. 1696), da. of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts., 2s. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1615, uncle in Haslingfield estate 1623; KB 23 Apr. 1661.C142/348/100; Wards 7/68/173; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii) 17; PC2/45/467; N. and Q. cxcvi. 288-90.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Cambs. 1638 – 39, commr. for assessment 1640 – 41, 1048, Aug. 1660 – d., disarming recusants 1641, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, j.p. Mar. 1660 – d.; commr. for oyer and terminer, Norf. circuit July 1660 – d.; dep. lt. Cambs. c. Aug. 1660 – d., commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, complaints, Bedford level 1663, pontage, Cambridge 1663.
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Main residence: Haslingfield, Cambs.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WENDY, Thomas (1614-73)
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WENMAN, Richard (1657-90), of The Tithe House, Brackley, Northants.
Family and Education
b. 6 Nov. 1657, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Bt., by 1st w. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1673. m. 17 Apr. 1682 (with £15,000), Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 2nd Bt., of Wickham, Oxon., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 2 Sept. 1680, gt.-uncle Philip, 3rd Visct. Wenman of Tuam [I], in Thame Park estate 1686; cr. Visct. Wenman of Tuam [I] 29 Apr. 1686.Soc. of Genealogists, H. R. E. Rudkin, ‘Fam. of Wenman’, 12.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Oxon. 1679 – 80, 1689, Northants. 1689, Bucks. 1689 – 90, j.p. Oxon. 1679 – Mar. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., Northants. 1689 – d.; dep. lt. Oxon. 1681 – Feb. 1688, 1689–d.
Main residence: The Tithe House, Brackley, Northants.
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WENMAN, Richard (1657-90)
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WENMAN, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (c.1630-80), of Caswell House, Curbridge, Oxon.
Family and Education
b. c. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Francis Wenman (d.1640) of Caswell House by Anne, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Worcs. m. (1) 4 July 1651, Mary (d. 13 Nov. 1657), da. and coh. of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Visct. Wenman of Tuam [I], 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Edward Fettiplace of Swinbrook, Oxon. 3s. 2da. suc. bro. 1664; Kntd. by Aug. 1660, cr. Bt. 29 Nov. 1662.Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 132.
Offices Held
Commr. for militia, Oxon. Mar. 1660; j.p. Oxon. Mar. 1660 – d., Oxford Aug. 1660; freeman and bailiff, Oxford June 1660; commr. for assessment, Oxon. Aug. 1660 – d., Oxford 1665 – d., Berks. 1673 – 74, Bucks. 1673 – d., corporations, Oxon. 1662 – 63, dep. lt. 1668 – d., commr. for recusants 1675.
Main residence: Caswell House, Curbridge, Oxon.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WENMAN, Sir Francis (c.1630-80)
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