ISHAM, Giles (by 1517-59), of the Middle Temple, London and Pytchley, Northants.

Family and Education

b. by 1517, 1st s. of Euseby Isham of Ringstead and Pytchley, Northants. by Anne, da. of Giles Pulton of Desborough, Northants. educ. M. Temple. m. by 1552, Mary Watts of Knotting, Beds., 3da. suc. fa. 1546.Date of birth estimated from younger brother Gregory’s, 1517, VCH Northants. gen. vol. 141-6; The Gen. iii. 274-5; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 281; M. E. Finch, Five Northants. Fams. (Northants. Rec. Soc. xix), 4-6; CPR, 1558-60, p. 207.

Offices Held

Commr. relief, Northants. 1550, gaol delivery 1554; escheator, Northants. and Rutland 1552 – 53; surveyor or steward to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford by 1556. CPR, 1553, p. 356; 1554–5, p. 106; Exeter act bk. 2, f. 147. According to one of his kinsmen he was also a j.p., The Gen. iii. 275.

Parlimentarian

ISHAM, Giles (by 1517-59), of the Middle Temple, London and Pytchley, Northants.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Pytchley, Northants.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ISHAM, Giles (by 1517-59)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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