Family and Education
b. bef. 1489, 1st s. of John Chester of Bristol by Anne. m. (1) by 1524, Anne, da. of either Maurice Large of Wallis Court in Stoke Gifford, Glos. or of John Ware of Bristol, 4s. inc. Dominick and Thomas 1da.; (2) aft. 1551, Maud, wid. of William Pykes. suc. fa. 1489.A minor at father’s death; B. E. Chester Waters, Gen. Mems. Chester of Bristol Barton Regis, London, and Almondsbury, 5, 9-10; NRA 4500, p. 1; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 39; Bristol AO, deeds HS C11.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Bristol 1522 – 23, churchwarden St. James’s by 1524 – d., mayor 1537 – 38, 1552 – 53, auditor chamberlains accts. 1541, 1548, 1551 – 52, 1557, alderman by 1546 – d., constable staple 1553 – 55; commr. admiralty causes 1547, goods of churches and fraternities 1553.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Bristol, Glos.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
CHESTER, William (bef. 1489-1558)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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