JOBSON, Sir Francis (by 1509-73), of Monkwick, nr. Colchester, Essex.

b. by 1509, prob. s. of William Jobson, alderman and bailiff of Colchester, and gd.-s. of Thomas Jobson. m. by 1544, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Arthur Plantagenet, Visct. Lisle, at least 4s. 1da. Kntd. c.1549–50.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 64; PCC 25 Peter; Morant, Colchester (1768), 137 n.

Receiver, ct. of augmentations Beds., Essex and Herts. Apr. 1536–47; j.p. Essex 1547, from 1559, Mdx. from 1569; surveyor of woods south of Trent for ct. of augmentations from 1550; master of jewel house bef. June 1553, rem. temp. Mary; lt. of Tower Aug. 1564–70; original member, governing body of mineral and battery works 1568.CPR, 1547–8, p. 83; 1548–9, p. 86; 1549–51, p. 355; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 133–4; LP Hen. VIII, xiii(1), p. 573; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 243; Add. 1566–79, p. 380 (giving North of Trent in error); Stowe 571, f. 6 seq.; I. Temple, Petyt Mss 538, vol. 39, ff. 134 seq.; APC , viii. 16 and index; CPR, 1566–9, p. 274.