Family and Education
b. c. 1627, 1st s. of Edward Wenyeve of Brettenham by Anne, da. of Thomas Plumsted of Plumstead, Norf. educ. Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1644; L. Inn 1646, called 1653. m. (1) Frances (d. 23 Mar. 1658), da. and coh. of Edward Dudley of Clopton, Northants., 1s.; (2) 1660, Christian, da. of Sir Dudley North I, 4th Lord North, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1658; Kntd. 8 May 1663.Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 212; Copinger, Suff. Manors, iii. 141; Suff. Inst. Arch. Procs. ix. 133-9; Bury St. Edmunds G.S. (Suff. Green Bks. xiii), 413.
Offices Held
J.p. Suff. 1662 – July 1688, 1689 – 96, 1700 – d., Sudbury 1664; commr. for assessment, Suff. Aug. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, complaints, Bedford level 1663 – 64; dep. lt. Suff. 1685 – ?June 1688, 1689 – ?96, 1702–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brettenham, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WENYEVE, Sir George (c.1627-1706)
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Oxford 1644
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