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Family and Education
b. 1505 /6, s. of John Petre of Tor Newton in Torbryan, Devon by Alice, da. of John Collinge of Woodland, Devon; bro. of John I and Robert. educ. Oxf. adm. by 1519; fellow, All Souls 1523; BCL and BCnL 1526; DCL 1533; adv. Doctors’ Commons 8 Mar. 1533. m. (1) ?Feb. 1534, Gertrude (d. 28 May 1541), da. of Sir John Tyrrell of Warley, Essex, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by Mar. 1542, Anne (d. 10 Mar. 1582), da. of William Browne of Flambards Hall, Essex and London, wid. of John Tyrrell (d.1540) of Heron in East Thorndon, Essex, 4s. inc. Sir John 2da. Kntd. Jan. 1544.Date of birth estimated from age given on portrait, R. C. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 246-7. This biography draws largely on F. G. Emmison, Tudor Sec., individual references to which are not given. DNB; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, pp. 445-6.
Offices Held

Proctor, ct. chancellor, univ. Oxf. by 1527 – 28; principal, Peckwater Inn, Oxf. Jan. 1530 – Feb. 1534; clerk in Chancery by 1533, master 1536 – 41; official principal and commissary to Cromwell as vicegerent 13 Jan. 1536–40; canon of Lincoln and prebendary of Langford Ecclesia Nov. 1536 – Apr. 1537; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1539, 1542; King’s Councillor 5 Oct. 1540; principal sec. 21 Jan. 1544 – Mar. 1557; j.p. Essex by 1544 – d.; PC by 1545 – d.; custos rot. Essex 1547 – d.; keeper, seal ad causas ecclesiasticas 18 Aug. 1548; treasurer, ct. first fruits and tenths 22 Oct. 1549 – 25 Jan. 1553; commr. relief, Essex 1550, chantries 1553; gov. Chelmsford g.s. 1551; chancellor, order of the Garter 27 Sept. 1553.Emden, 445; LP Hen. VIII, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 83; 1553–4, p. 160; LJ, i. 103, 165.

Parlimentarian
PETRE, William (1505/6-72), of Ingatestone, Essex and Aldersgate Street, London.
Main residences: Ingatestone, Essex; Aldersgate Street, London.
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D.F.C.
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Commons 1509-1558
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PETRE, William (1505/6-72)

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