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WORSLEY, Sir Robert (c.1512-85), of Booths, Lancs.

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b. c. 1512, 1st s. of Robert Worsley of Booths by Alice, da. and coh. of Hamlet Massy of Rixton. m. (1) Alice, (sep. by Sept. 1547), da. of Thurstan Tyldesley of Wardley, 1s. Robert; ?(2) Margaret Beetham, 3s. suc. gd.-fa. 1533. Kntd. at Leith 1544.
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J.p. Lancs. from c. 1540, sheriff 1548 – 49, 1559 – 60; commr. musters 1553; dep. lt.; commr. eccles causes, diocese of Chester 1562.

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WORSLEY, Sir Robert (by 1512-85), of Booths, Lancs.
Main residence: Booths, Lancs.
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WORSLEY, Sir Robert (c.1512-85)

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WORSLEY, Robert (d.1604/5), of Booths, Lancs.

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1st s. of Sir Robert Worsley of Booths by his 1st w. Alice, da. of Thurstan Tyldesley (the Earl of Derby’s receiver) of Wardley. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1562. m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn, 3s. 8da. suc. fa. 1585.
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Keeper of New Fleet prison at Salford c. 1579; commr. eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1580.W. Dugdale, Vis. Lancs. iii (Chetham Soc. lxxxiii), 339–40; (xcviii), 83; VCH Lancs. iv. 383; CSP Dom. Add. 1580–1625, p. 25.

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WORSLEY, Robert (d.1604/5), of Booths, Lancs.
Main residence: Booths, Lancs.
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WORSLEY, Robert (-d.1604/5)

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WOTTON, Edward (1548-1628), of Boughton Malherbe, Kent and London.

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b. 1548, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Wotton of Boughton Malherbe by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Rudston, ld. mayor of London; half-bro of Sir Henry Wotton. educ. abroad. m. (1) 1 Sept. 1575, Hester (d. 8 May 1592), illegit. da. and h. of Sir William Pickering, of London and Yorkshire, at least 3s. 2da.; (2) Sept. 1603, Margaret (d.1659), da. of Philip, 3rd Baron Wharton and gd.-da. of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland. suc. fa. 1587. Kntd. 1592; cr. Baron Wotton 1603.
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Ambassador to Portugal and Spain 1579, Scotland 1585, France 1586, 1610; gent. of privy chamber by 1589; comptroller of the Household 22 Dec. 1602 – Nov. 1616; PC Dec. 1602 – Apr. 1625; commr. of the Treasury 16 June 1612–14; treasurer of the Household Nov. 1616 – Jan. 1618; j.p.q. Kent from c. 1593, sheriff 1594 – 95, ld. lt. 20 Apr. 1604 – May 1620; commr. trial of Ralegh 1603, against Jesuits 1603 – 22, recusant lands 1606, for the surrender of Flushing and Brill 1616, eccles. causes 1620.DNB; CP; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 79; G. Inn Adm. Reg. 72; N. and Q. (ser. 7), x. 310; L. P. Smith, Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, i. 284; Add. 33924, f. 16; Hatfield ms 278; Rymer, Foedera, xvi. 489, 597, 691, 783; xvii. 93, 201, 367; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 182.

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WOTTON, Edward (1548-1628), of Boughton Malherbe, Kent and London.
Main residences: Boughton Malherbe, Kent; London.
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M.R.P.
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WOTTON, Edward (1548-1628)

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WRAY, Christopher (c.1522-92), of Glentworth, Lincs.

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b. c. 1522, 3rd s. of Thomas Wray of Coverham Abbey, Yorks. by Joan, da. of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, Yorks. educ. Buckingham (Magdalene), Camb.; L. Inn 1545, called 1550. m. Anne, da. of Nicholas Girlington of Normanby, Yorks., wid. of Robert Brocklesby (d. 3 Apr. 1557), of Glentworth, 1s. William 4da. Kntd. 6 Nov. 1574.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 176; (lv), 1322; Req. 2/42/62; C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 1-64.
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Steward of Wetherby, Yorks. from Jan. 1559–63; j.p. Lincs (Lindsey) from 1559, (Kesteven) from 1562, (Holland) from 1569; commr. eccles. causes, diocese of Lincoln 1575, to visit Oxf. Univ. 1577; custos rot. Hunts. from 1579; eccles. commr. 1589.CPR, 1560–3, pp. 439, 574; 1563–6, pp. 24, 40, 42; 1572–5, pp. 551–2; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 543.

Of counsel to Lincoln c. 1559, to Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland by 1562; Lent reader, L. Inn 1563, 1567, treasurer 1565 – 66; serjeant-at-law Easter 1567, Queen’s serjeant 18 June 1567; justice of assize, Yorks. 31 May 1570; 2nd justice of Lancaster 13 June 1570; j. Queen’s bench 14 May 1572 and j.p. many northern counties, Mdx. and Norf.; l.c.j. 8 Nov. 1574.J. W. F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 70; Grimsby AO, letter of Francis Ayscough 1562; CPR, 1566–9, p. 70; 1569–72, p. 65; 1572–5, p. 289; Somerville, Duchy, i. 473.

Speaker of House of Commons 1571.

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WRAY, Christopher (1521/22-92), Lincoln’s Inn, London and Glentworth, Lincs.
Main residence: Glentworth, Lincs.
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S.T.B.
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WRAY, George (d.1594).

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yr. s. of John Wray (d.1577) of North Russel, Devon, and Trebigh, Cornw. by Blanche, da. of Henry Killigrew of Wolston, Cornw.
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With Leicester in the Netherlands 1580s.

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WRAY, George (d.1594).
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I.C.
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WRAY, George (-d.1594)

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WRAY, William (c.1555-1617), of Glentworth, Lincs.

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b. c. 1555, o.s. of Christopher Wray by Anne, da. of Nicholas Girlington of Normanby, Yorks. educ. L. Inn 1576. m. (1) 1580, Lucy (d.1599), e. da. of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton, Northants., 10s. 5da.; (2) Frances, da. of Sir William Drury, wid. of Sir Nicholas Clifford, 3s. 1da.; 3 other da. suc. fa. 1592. Kntd. 1596; cr. Bt. 1611.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1322-3; GEC, Baronetage, i. 95; C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 65-70.
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J.p.q. Lincs. (Lindsey) from c. 1583; mayor, Grimsby 1588; warden, Louth 1591; sheriff, Lincs. 1594 – 95; commr. musters 1600, for aid to knight Prince Charles 1603, subsidy 1609.HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 290; R. W. Goulding, Louth Old Corp. Recs. 19, 58; APC, xxx. 190; NRA Lumley, no. 946b.

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WRAY, Sir William (1560-1617), of Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.
Main residence: Glentworth, Lincs.
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D.O.
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WRAY, William (c.1555-1617)

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