SOUTHCOTE, John II (1510/11-85), of London and Witham, Essex.

Family and Education

b. 1510 /11, s. of William Southcote by Alice, da. of one Tregonwell. educ. M. Temple. m. by 1555, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Robins of London, 13ch. inc. 1s. 3da.Aged 74 at death according to MI. This biography draws on P. R. P. Knell, ‘The Southcott fam. in Essex, 1575-1642’, Essex Recusant, xiv. 1-38, and A. Davidson, ‘Southcott daughters’, ibid. xiv. 88-101. DNB; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 491-2; Wards 7/21/74.

Offices Held

Autumn reader, M. Temple 1556, Lent 1559.

Under sheriff, London in 1553–59 or later; justice, sheriff’s ct. London in 1553; j.p. Mdx. 1554, q. Mdx. 1558/59–d. , Essex 1564–d. , Herts., Kent, Suss. 1564, Surr. 1564 – 79; serjeant-at-law 27 Oct. 1558; commr. to enforce Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity 1559, eccles. causes 1572; j.KB 10 Feb. 1563; justice assize, Essex 18 June 1571; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlt. of 1572.Foss, Judges, v. 541–2; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 14, f. 110v; jnl. 15, f. 215; CPR, 1553–4, p. 22; 1557–8, p. 457; 1558–60, pp. 65, 118; 1560–3, pp. 279–80, 440, 469; 1563–6, pp. 22–27; 1569–72, pp. 211, 440–2; LJ, i. 703.

Parlimentarian

SOUTHCOTE, John II (1510/11-85), of London and Witham, Essex.

Main residences: London; Witham, Essex.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Addresses

Religion