BORLASE (BURLACY), Sir William (1566-1629), of Bockmer and Little Marlow, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 26 Jan. 1566,Cent. Bucks. Stud. Little Marlow par. reg. transcript, 2. o.s. of John Borlase† of Little Marlow, and Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Lytton of Knebworth, Herts.Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 309-10. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1581, G. Inn 1584. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. bef. 1588, Mary (bur. 18 July 1625), da. of Nicholas Backhouse, alderman and Grocer of London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1593; T. Langley, Hist. Hundred of Desborough, facing 317. Kntd. 28 June 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 4 Sept. 1629. C142/451/107. sig. Willi[a]m Borlas.

Offices Held

J.p. Bucks. 1596–d., SP 13/Case F/ no. 11, f. 2; C66/2527. sheriff 1601; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. inquiry, lands of Lord Grey, Bucks. 1603, lands of Sir Edward Digby, Bucks. 1606, C181/1, ff. 72v, 130v subsidy, Bucks. 1604, 1608, 1622, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23; The Gen. n.s. ii. 230. depopulation 1607, C205/5/2. aid, Prince Henry 1609, SP14/43/107. sewers, Colne valley 1609, 1615, 1618, Bucks. and Berks. 1622–6, C181/2, ff. 90v, 229v, 317; 181/3, ff. 76v, 202v. charitable uses, Bucks. 1617; C93/7/3. sub-commr. exacted fees, Bucks. 1623; HEHL, Stowe Temple corres., box 5, STT 877. dep. lt. Bucks. at least 1625–d. Eg. 860, f. 45v; E401/2586, p. 363; Cent. Bucks. Stud. Verney Pprs. cat. 9/18.