CORSELLIS, Nicholas (1661-1728), of Wivenhoe Hall, Essex and Layer Marney, Essex

b. 21 Sept. 1661, o. surv. s. of Nicholas Corsellis of Wivenhoe and St. Mary at Hill, London by Martha, da. of Maurice Thompson, East India merchant, of Haversham, Bucks., and sis. of Sir John Thompson, 1st Bt.* (subsequently 1st Ld. Haversham). educ. Eton 1678; Linc. Coll. Oxf. 1679; L. Inn 1682; called 1687. m. 12 May 1694 Elizabeth Taylor, da. of Richard Taylor of Turnham Green, Chiswick, and vintner of the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, sis. of Mary, wife of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, ld. mayor of London 1706, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1674. Misc. Gen. and Her. ser. 5, i. 22–23; Morant, Essex, ii. 188.