WROTH, Sir Peter (1586-1644), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

Family and Education

bap. 31 May 1586, 2nd s. of Thomas Wroth (d. 1610), counsellor at law, of the I. Temple and Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent and Joanna, da. and coh. of Thomas Bulmer of London;St Stephen Coleman Street, London par. reg.; Vis. Kent 1619-21 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 214; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv, xvii), ii. 374; Vis. Kent 1663-8 (Harl. Soc. liv), 185; Collinson, Som. iii. 69. bro. of Sir Thomas Wroth*. educ. I. Temple 8 Feb. 1607.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 28. m. 28 Feb. 1625, Margaret, da. of Sir Anthony Dering† of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent, 9s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da.J. Philipott, ‘The vis. of the co. of Kent’, Arch. Cant. x. 332; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635, ii. 374; Vis. Kent 1663-8, 185; Bexley par. reg.; Berry. Pedigrees of Kent, 398; Collinson, Som. iii. 69. Kntd. 27 Apr. 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. d. 18 Apr. 1644.C142/745/57.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Kent 12 Sept. 1639–d.;C181/5, ff. 302, 335. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR. Dep. lt. Aug. 1642–d.CJ ii. 724a; ‘Papers relating to proceedings in Kent, 1642–46’, 18. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643, 16 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644.A. and O.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b.

Parlimentarian

WROTH, Sir Peter (1586-1644), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

: Bexley, Kent.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WROTH, Sir Peter (1586-1644), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

Will

undated, pr. 20 June 1645.PROB11/193/331.

Estates

owned land at Bexley and Romney Marsh, Kent; owned house in Coleman Street, London.PROB11/193/331.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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