Family and Education
b. c. 1548, s. of John Austen by Joan, da. of William Snelling of East Horsley. m. (1) Anne, da. and coh. of Thomas Mellersh of Nore, 1s. 2da.; (2) Jane, da. of Robert Harrison of London, wid. of Thomas James, haberdasher, of London, 5s. 1da.; (3) Jane, da. of Thomas Ware, fishmonger, of London, 1s. 2da.PCC 51 Dale; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 63-4; Surr. Wills (Surr. Rec. Soc. xv), 265; DNB (Abbot, Maurice); Al. Cant. i. 57.
Offices Held
Book-keeper to (Sir) William More I in the 1570s; clerk, Guildford merchant guild 1575; clerk of peace, Surr. 1576 – 85, 1604 – d.; dep. (to More) chamberlain of receipt in the Exchequer 1591; treasurer of musters, W. Surr.; mayor, Guildford 1579, 1590, 1600.
Main residences: Guildford; Shalford, Surr.
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Commons 1558-1603
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AUSTEN, George (c.1548-1621)
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Oxford 1644
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