HILL, Sir Rowland (by 1498-1561), of London and Hodnet, Salop.

Family and Education

b. by 1498, s. and h. of Thomas Hill of Hodnet by Margaret, da. of Thomas Wilbraham of Woodhey, Cheshire. m. (d.1550), s.p. Kntd. 18 May 1542.Date of birth estimated from admission to Mercers’ Company. According to the memorial erected at Hodnet in 1795 he was ‘nearly 70 years’ at death. D. Hughson, London , ii. 25; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 245; City of London RO, rep. 12(1), f. 194; Wriothesley’s Chron. i (Cam. Soc. n.s. xi), 135; DNB.

Offices Held

Warden, Mercers’ Co. 1535 – 36, master 1542 – 43, 1549 – 50, 1554 – 55, 1560 – 61; sheriff, London 1541 – 42; alderman 1542 – d., mayor 1549 – 50, auditor 1550 – 52; j.p. Salop 1543 – 54, Mdx. 1547 – 54, Surr. q. 1557 – d.; commr. of Admiralty in Nov. 1547.Mercers’ Co. acts of ct., 1527–60, ff. 82, 154v, 232v, 268v; 1560–95, f. 1; City of London RO, jnl. 14, f. 273; 16, ff. 86v, 117v; rep. 10, f. 290v; 12(1), f. 161; Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 91, 147, 218; ii. 31; HCA 14/2.

Parlimentarian

HILL, Sir Rowland (by 1498-1561), of London and Hodnet, Salop.

Main residences: London; Hodnet, Salop.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

HILL, Sir Rowland (by 1498-1561)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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