FERMOR, William (by 1480-1552), of Somerton, Oxon. and London.

Family and Education

b. by 1480, yr. s. of Thomas Fermor alias Ricards, and bro. of Richard. educ. ?I. Temple. m. (1) Catherine (d. 26 May 1510), da. of Sir William Paulet ?of Hinton St. George, Som.; (2) Joan, ?wid. of William Marrow of Redfern, Warws.; (3); (4) by 1539, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Norris of Yattendon, Berks., d.s.p.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 19 gives a defective pedigree; SP12/106/15; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xi. 327; Req.2/11/31; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 69; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 185.

Offices Held

Clerk in Exchequer temp. Hen. VII; clerk of the crown and King’s attorney KB Oct. 1508 – Oct. 1542; j.p. Oxon. 1511 – d., Oxford 1512 – d.; commr. subsidy, Oxon. 1512, 1514, 1523, 1524, tenths of spiritualities Oxford and Oxon. 1535, musters, Oxon. 1539, benevolence 1544/45, relief, Oxford and Oxon. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Oxford 1553; other commissions, Berks. and Oxon. 1513 – d.; sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 1533 – 34, 1543 – 44; steward, manor of Islip, Oxon. Mar. 1540–?d.; custos rot. Oxon. 1547.CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 622, 624; 1547–8, pp. 75–76, 88; 1550–3, pp. 142, 395; 1553, pp. 357, 362; LP Hen. VIII, i, iii, iv, vi, viii, x, xiii-xvi, xviii, xx, xxi; C193/12/1, 66/801; Statutes, iii. 88, 112.

Parlimentarian

FERMOR, William (by 1480-1552), of Somerton, Oxon. and London.

Main residences: Somerton, Oxon; London.

Author

D.F.C.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

FERMOR, William (by 1480-1552)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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