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Family and Education
bap. 17 Jan. 1590, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Playters 1st bt. of Sotterley and 1st w., Ann, da. of William Swan of Southfleet, Kent.T.P. Wadley, ‘Notes on the family of Playter’, The Gen. n.s. i. 45; C. P[artridge], ‘Playters of Sotterley’, E. Anglian Misc. (1931), 75; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 158; CB, i. 220. educ. travelled abroad (France and Italy).J. Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. K. Bennett (Oxford, 2015), 472. m. 16 July 1615, Frances (d. 9 Sept. 1659), da. and h. of Christopher Le Grys of Billingford, Norf. 1s. d.v.p.CB, i. 220; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. iv. 42. Kntd. 12 Sept. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. suc. fa. 18 May 1638.C142/588/87; Wadley, ‘Notes’, 47; Partridge, ‘Playters of Sotterley’, 78. d. 19 Apr. 1668.Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. Bennett, 473;Wadley, ‘Notes’, 48; Partridge, ‘Playters of Sotterley’, 81.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Norf. 1625 – bef.Jan. 1650; Suff. 26 Feb. 1641 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–?, 6 Sept. 1660–d.; Westminster Mar. 1660–d.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 12; C231/5, p. 431; C231/7, p. 36; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 50, 61; C220/9/4, f. 80v; C193/12/3, f. 130v. Capt. militia horse, Suff. by Sept. 1632.Add. 39245, f. 157v. Dep. lt. by Apr. 1639-aft. Aug. 1642.Add. 15084, ff. 1, 25v-26; Add. 39245, f. 193; LJ v. 342b. V.-adm. Oct. 1640-Jan. 1644.Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 44–5. Commr. oyer and terminer, Suff. 20 June 1640, 11 Apr. 1644–24 July 1645;C181/5, ff. 175v, 232, Norf. circ. 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 190, 218. subsidy, Suff. 1641, 1663; Westminster 1663;SR; Westminster Archives Centre, E1621, p. 40. further subsidy, Suff. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Oct. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1664; Norf. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), Suff. 24 June, 15 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643, Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644–24 July 1645; C181/5, f. 232v. Bury St Edmunds liberty 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 233. Southwold, Suff. 26 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257v. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 333. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 291, 360. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 37, 413. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx., Westminster, Norf. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Treas. corporation for the poor, Westminster by 1668.HMC 8th Rep. 126–7.

Civic: freeman, Dunwich, Suff. 17 Oct. 1640–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/3, f. 118.

Religious: elder, sixth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 426. Member, vestry, St Margaret’s, Westminster Feb. 1656–d.Westminster Archives Centre, E2413, f. 71.

Parlimentarian
PLAYTERS, Sir William, 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.
: 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. 1590 – 1668 and Mdx., Westminster.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1615.Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PLAYTERS, Sir William, 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.

Will
6 Apr. 1668, pr. 28 May 1668.PROB11/327/170; Westminster Archives Centre, 120/385; Wadley, ‘Notes’, 253-5.
Estates
£3,000-£5,000 p.a.;Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. Bennett, 472, 547. lands at Uggeshall, Frostenden, Stoven, Wrentham, Wangford, Mutford and South Cove, Suff. transferred to trustees, 1649;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA53/407/78. sold land at Willingham, 1653;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA53/359/280/14. granted manor of Sotterley to his half-brother, Lionel Playters, 1656;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA53/407/79. leased houses in Dean’s Yard, Westminster from Westminster Abbey aft. 1660.WAM 43518.
Oxford 1644
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