WENIEVE (WINNIFFE), Edward (1600-58), of Brettenham, Suff.

Family and Education

bap. 8 Jan. 1600, 2nd but 1st. surv. s. of George Wenieve of Brettenham and 2nd w. Mary, da. of John Barker of Bildeston.Brettenham par. reg.; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 183, 212; Le Neve’s Peds. of the Knights ed. G.W. Marshall (Harl. Soc. viii), 168; C.J. Betham, ‘Brettenham and the Wenyeve fam.’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. ix (1897), 134. educ. L. Inn 1626.LI Admiss. m. aft. July 1619, Anne (d. May 1637), da. of Thomas Plumsted of Edmonton, Mdx., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Brettenham par. reg.; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612, 212; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl Soc. xxxii), 224; PROB11/135/382. suc. fa. 1619.Le Neve’s Peds. 168. d. 8 Sept. 1658.Betham, ‘Brettenham’, 136.

Offices Held

Central: feodary for Suff., ct. of wards, 1625–41.Le Neve’s Peds. 167.

Local: constable, Brettenham by Mar. 1640.Suff. Ship-Money Returns, 16. Commr. array (roy.), Suff. 15 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. J.p. by Jan. 1646–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 82; C193/13/3, f. 61; C193/13/5, f. 99. Sheriff, 19 July-Nov. 1653.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 132. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

WENIEVE (WINNIFFE), Edward (1600-58), of Brettenham, Suff.

: of Brettenham, Suff.

WINNIFFE

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WENIEVE (WINNIFFE), Edward (1600-58), of Brettenham, Suff.

Will

not found.

Estates

leased impropriated rectory of Edwardstone, Suff. from bishop of Ely, 1639;LPL, Comm. XIIa/7, f. 81. together with Henry North* and Richard Pepys*, he bought manor of Harlston, Suff. 1646;Suff. RO (Bury), Acc. 326/43-4. bought Boynton Hall, Capel St Mary, Suff. for £2,500, 1649;CCC 2133. inherited lands at Epsom, Surr. 1653.PROB11/230/446.

Oxford 1644

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