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b. 14 July 1585, WARD 9/160, ff. 112v-13. 1st s. of William Button of Alton Priors and Jane, da. of John Lamb of Coulston, Wilts. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 33. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1601. Al. Ox. m. by 1611 Som. RO, DD/WHb/1473. (with £1,500), PROB 11/84, f. 49. Ruth, da. of Walter Dunch† of G. Inn and Avebury, Wilts. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. PROB 11/249, f. 109; The Gen. xiii. 185. suc. fa. 1599; PROB 11/95, f. 194v; Som. RO, DD/WHb/3128. Kntd. 5 July 1605; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 138. cr. bt. 18 Mar. 1621. CB. d. 28 Jan. 1655. J. Aubrey and J. Jackson, Wilts. Collections, 120. sig. W[illiam] Button.
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Col. militia ft., Wilts. 1605–8; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 92–3, 191. sheriff 1611–12; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. j.p. Wilts. 1618 – d., Som. 1622–d.; Wilts. RO, A1/150/5; C231/4, f. 57. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1622, 1624, 1628 – 29, 1641–2, C212/22/21, 23; Western Circ. Assize Order Bks. ed. J. Cockburn, 225; Add. 34566, f. 132; E115/65/6; 115/94/90; E179/199/398; 179/199/400. oyer and terminer, Hants and Wilts. 1622, C181/3, f. 62. Hants, Dorset and Wilts. 1629-at least 1632, C181/4, ff. 11, 43, 50, 97, 111, 116v. Hants 1638, C181/5, f. 247. Wilts. (roy.) c.1646; CCAM, 672. dep. lt. Wilts. by 1625–?d., APC, 1625–6, p. 55. commr. Forced Loan 1627, Ibid. 1627, p. 91. assessment 1641, SR, v. 156. supply (roy.) 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, ii. 218.

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BUTTON, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1585-1655), of Alton Priors, Wilts.; later of Shaw House, Overton, Tockenham Court, Lyneham and North Wraxall, Wilts.
Main residences: Alton Priors, Wilts.E179/199/422.; Shaw House, Overton; Tockenham Court, Lyneham; North Wraxall, Wilts.
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H.J.L.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BUTTON, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1585-1655)

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