BURSLEM, William (1662-1716), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

Family and Education

bap. 14 Oct. 1662, 2nd but o. surv. s. of James Burslem, of Newcastle-under-Lyme by Rebecca, da. of Humphrey Warnor of Abbots Bromley, Staffs. m. 28 July 1681, Dorothy (d. 1699), da. of Daniel Watson† of Nether Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs. 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1675. P. W. L. Adams, Hist. Adams Fam. 77–78; IGI, Staffs.; Newcastle-under-Lyme Par. Reg. pt.2, pp. 129, 145, 197, 249, 252.

Offices Held

Burgess, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1681, capital burgess 1685–1708, 1712–d., mayor 1690–1, 1696–7; receiver-gen. Staffs. 1700–6. R. W. Bridgett, ‘Hist. Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1661–1760’ (Keele Univ. M.A. thesis, 1982), 177; N. Staffs. J. Field Stud. xiv. 78; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 207; Cal. Treas. Bks. xv. 98; xx. 606; J. Ward, Bor. of Stoke-upon-Trent, 336.

Parlimentarian

BURSLEM, William (1662-1716), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

Main residence: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

Author

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BURSLEM, William (1662-1716)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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