Family and Education
b. 24 June 1575, 1st s. of Sir John Petre, 1st Baron Petre, by Mary, da. of Sir Edward Waldegrave of Borley. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1588, BA 1591; M. Temple 1593. m. 8 Nov. 1596, Katherine (d.1624), 2nd da. of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, 7 surv. s., 3 surv. da. Kntd. 1603; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron 1613.
Offices Held
J.p. Essex 1623 – 25.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ingatestone, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
PETRE, William (1575-1637)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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