HURST, William (by 1484-1568), of Exeter, Devon.

Churchwarden, St. Petrox’s, Exeter 1512 – 13; bailiff, Exeter 1512 – 13, member of the Twenty-Four 6 Mar. 1517 – d., receiver 1522 – 23, mayor 1524 – 25, 1535 – 36, 1545 – 46, 1551 – 52, 1561 – 62, sheriff 1540 – 41, constable of the staple, Exeter 1518 – 19, mayor 1525 – 26, ?lieutenant in 1541; j.p. Devon and Exeter 1537; commr. relief, Exeter 1550, church goods 1551; warden, merchant adventurers, Exeter 1559 – 60, consul 1560 – 61, ?gov. 1561–2.R. Dymock, St. Petrox’s Par. Exeter, 41–42; R. Izacke, Exeter (1681), 107, 112, 113, 118, 122, 125, 129; LP Hen. VIII, iv, xii; Exeter act bk. 1, 2 passim; CPR, 1553, p. 361; 1558–60, pp. 52–53; 1558–60, pp. 375, 427–8; W. Cotton, An Eliz. Guild of Exeter, 25, 40.