Family and Education
b. c. 1611, 1st. s. of William Wilde, Vintner, of Bread Street, London. educ. Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 1630, called 1637. m. (1) 6 July 1630, Hannah (d. Sept. 1630), da. of Matthew Terry, vintner, of London, s.p.; (2) by 1652, Jane (d. 23 Aug. 1661), da. of Felix Wilson of Hanwell, Mdx., 1s.; (3) lic. 30 Oct. 1662, aged 51, Frances, da. of Thomas Barcroft of London, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa. 1650; Kntd. 16 May 1660; cr. Bt. 13 Sept. 1660.St. Margaret Moses (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlii, pt. 2), 52, 81; E. A. Webb, Recs. of St. Bartholomew Smithfield, ii. 278; J. Thorpe, Registrum Roffense, 846; Essex Review, xxxiv. 217.
Offices Held
Bencher, I. Temple 1652; recorder, London 1659 – 68; j.p. Kent and Mdx. Mar. 1660 – d.; commr. for militia, Kent Mar. 1660, sewers, N. Kent Sept. 1660, oyer and terminer, London, Mdx. and Home circuit July 1660, assessment, Kent 1661 – d., London 1663 – d., Mdx. 1673 – d.; dep. lt. London 1662–?68.
Serjeant-at-law Oct. 1660, King’s serjeant 1661 – 68; j.c.p. 16 Apr. 1668–73; j.K.b. 1673–9.
Main residences: Great Bartholomew Close, London; Lewisham, Kent.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WILDE, William (c.1611-79)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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