WRIGHT, Robert (c.1634-89), of Wiggenhall St. German, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c.1634, 1st s. of Jermyn Wright of Wangford, Suff. by Anne, da. and coh. of Richard Butchcroft of Bexwell, Norf. educ. Thetford and Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; Peterhouse, Camb. 1 Apr. 1651, aged 17, BA 1658, MA 1661; L. Inn 1654, called 1661. m. (1) bef. 1660, Dorothy (d.1662), da. and h. of Thomas Moore of Wiggenhall St. German, s.p.; (2) Susan, da. of Matthew Wren, bp. of Ely, 1s. 4da.; (3) bef. 1678, Anne, da of Sir William Scroggs of South Weald, Essex, l.c.j.K.b. 678-81, 1s. Kntd. 15 May 1680; suc. fa. 1681.Blomefield, Norf. i. 544-5; ix. 195; Copinger, Suff. Manors, iv. 207.

Offices Held

Commr. for assessment, Thetford Sept. 1660–1, Suff. 1663 – 79, Norf. 1677 – 79, Cambridge Univ. 1679 – 80; j.p. Isle of Ely 1666 – 89, Norf. 1671 – 89, Cambs. 1679 – 89, Cambridge 1679, Suff. 1680 – d.; freeman, King’s Lynn 1668; bencher, L. Inn 1675; counsel, Cambridge Univ. 1678 – 81; dep. recorder, Cambridge 1679, recorder 1685 – Oct. 1688; c.j. Brecon circuit 1681–4.Lynn Freemen, 175; C. H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 578; W. R. Williams, Gt. Sessions in Wales, 140–1.

Counsel for the navy by 1669 – 81; serjeant-at-law 1679, King’s serjeant 1680 – 84; baron of the Exchequer 27 Oct. 1684–5; j.K.b. 1685 – 87, l.c.j. 1687 – 89; commr. for ecclesiastical causes 1686-Oct. 1688.CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 574; Cat. Pepysian Mss (Navy Recs. Soc. lvii), 325, 647.

Parlimentarian

WRIGHT, Robert (c.1634-89), of Wiggenhall St. German, Norf.

Main residence: Wiggenhall St. German, Norf.

Author

E.C.

G.J.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

WRIGHT, Robert (c.1634-89)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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