WRIGHT, John (?1692-1766), of Oxford and Dry Sandford, nr. Abingdon.

Family and Education

b. ?1692, 2nd s. of William Wright (d.1721), recorder of Oxford and a Welsh judge,Williams, Welsh Judges, 145. by Dorothy, da. and coh. of John Finch of Fynes, in White Waltham, Berks.Hearne, Colls. (Oxford Hist. Soc.), vii. 222; VCH Berks. iii. 173. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 6 Apr. 1709, aged 16; I. Temple 1711, called 1718, bencher 1746. m. by Mar. 1721,Hearne, vii. 223; viii. 70; VCH Oxon. v. 127; Salter, Oxford City Properties (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) 193. Mary, da. of Francis Heywood of Holywell, Oxford and Forest Hill, Oxon., 2s. 2da.

Offices Held

Dep. recorder, Oxford 1719;Receiving his father’s salary (Hobson, Oxf. Council Acts , 1701–52, p. 115). steward, manor of Shippon in St. Helen’s, Abingdon, to the Prince of Wales by 1741 (£1. 6s.8d. p.a.), of St. John’s, Oxf.-d. Costin, St. John’s Coll. Oxf. 1598–1860 (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) 214.

Parlimentarian

WRIGHT, John (?1692-1766), of Oxford and Dry Sandford, nr. Abingdon.

Main residences: OxfordVCH Berks. iv. 419.; Dry Sandford, nr. Abingdon.

Author

R.S.L.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Addresses

Religion