Family and Education
b. c. 1575, 1st s. of Thomas Essex of Beckett by Joan, da. of Thomas Harrison of Brentford, Mdx., and London. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1587. m. Jane, da. of Walter Harcourt of Ellenhall, Staffs., and Stanton Harcourt, Oxon., at least 3s. suc. fa. c.1587; cr. Bt. 1611.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 125; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 120; GEC Baronetage, i. 99; C142/212/23.
Offices Held
J.p. Berks. from c. 1601.
Main residence: Beckett, Shrivenham, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
ESSEX, William (c.1575-c.1645)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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