VAVASOUR, Sir William (1514-66), of Hazlewood, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 20 Nov. 1514, 1st s. of John Vavasour of Hazlewood by Anne, da. of Henry, 6th Lord Scrope of Bolton. m. by 1537, Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Calverley ?of Calverley, at least 6s. 5da. suc. fa. 11 Aug. 1524. Kntd. 11 May 1544.Date of birth given at declaration of age, C142/57/79. Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 330; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, ii. 226-7; Gooder, Parlty. Rep. Yorks. ii. 12-13; LP Hen. VIII, xix.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1542 – d., (E. Riding) 1561 – d.; commr. benevolence, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1544/45, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, castles and enclosure of borders 1555; other commissions 1555 – 65; sheriff, Yorks. 1548 – 49, 1563 – 64; member, council in the north Sept. 1553 – d.; capt. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. Mar. (patent 21 May) 1555 – Aug. 1556; ?master of ordnance in the north 1557.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xvii, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 92; 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 328, 353, 414; 1553–4, p. 26; 1554–5, p. 111, 299; 1555–7, p. 54; 1560–3, pp. 187–8, 436; 1563–6, pp. 21, 123–4; 1569–72, p. 216; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 493; APC, v. 109, 317; vi. 123. According to LP Hen. VIII, xx Vavasour was pricked sheriff in Nov. 1545 but PRO Lists, ix. 163 gives Sir Christopher Danby*.

Parlimentarian

VAVASOUR, Sir William (1514-66), of Hazlewood, Yorks.

Main residence: Hazlewood, Yorks.

Author

L.M.K.

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

VAVASOUR, Sir William (1514-66)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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