WHITE, Sir John (d.1573), of London and Aldershot, Hants.

Family and Education

5th s. of Robert White, merchant, of Farnham, Surr. by Katherine, da. of John Wells. m. (1) Sybil, da. of Robert White of South Warnborough, Hants by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Englefield, 4s. 3da.; (2) 1558, Catherine, da. of John Soday, apothecary to Queen Mary, and wid. of Ralph Greenway, alderman and grocer of London, 2s. 1da. Kntd. 1564.

Offices Held

Treasurer, St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1549; alderman and auditor, London 1554, sheriff 1556 – 57, ld. mayor 1563 – 64; master, Grocer’s Co. 1555 – 56, 1560 – 61; president, Bethlehem and Bridewell hospitals 1568 – d.; surveyor-gen. of London hospitals 1572–3.PCC 10 Ayloffe; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 12–13, 82; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 177; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix, cx), 7; Machyn Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 172, 405; T. S. Willan, Muscovy Merchants, 99–100; A. B. Beaven, Aldermen, i. 74, 131, 412; ii. 34.

Parlimentarian

WHITE, Sir John (d.1573), of London and Aldershot, Hants.

Main residences: London; Aldershot, Hants.

Author

A.M.M.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

WHITE, Sir John (-d.1573)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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