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WRIOTHESLEY, Thomas (1505-50), of Micheldever and Titchfield, Hants and Lincoln Place, London.

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b. 21 Dec. 1505, 1st s. of William Writh alias Wriothesley of London by Agnes, da. of James Drayton of London. educ. St. Paul’s, Trinity Hall, Camb. m. by 1533, Jane, da. of William Cheyne of Chesham Bois, Bucks., 3s. 5da. suc. fa. 1513. Kntd. 18 Apr. 1540; KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 17 May 1545; cr. Baron Wriothesley 1 Jan. 1544, Earl of Southampton 16 Feb. 1547.Date of birth given in Add. Ch. 16194. This biography rests on C. J. Adams ‘Tudor minister: Sir Thomas Wriothesley’ (Manchester Univ. M.A. thesis, 1970).
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Clerk, the signet by May 1530 – Apr. 1540, bailiff, manors of Snitterfield and Warwick, Warws. 29 Aug. 1535 – d.; engraver, Tower mint 29 May 1536 – 31 Mar. 1544, constable, Donnington castle, Berks. 21 July 1536, Southampton castle, Hants 7 Jan. 1541–d. , Christchurch castle 20 Feb. 1541–d., Portchester castle 28 Oct. 1542 – d.; j.p. Hants 1538–46 or later; jt. ambassador to the Queen of Hungary Sept. 1538 – Mar. 1539; principal sec. to the King Apr. 1540 – Apr. 1544; PC Apr. 1540 – Mar. 1547, rest. early 1548–?d.; steward, manors of Christchurch and Ringwood, Hants 20 Feb. 1541, forfeited lands of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury 28 Oct. 1542; jt. (with Thomas White II) clerk of the crown and King’s attorney KB 1542 – d.; commr. loan, London 1542, array, six southern counties 1545, contribution, London 1546; chamberlain, receipt of the Exchequer 28 Jan. 1543–?d.; high steward, borough of Andover, Hants 14 May 1543; treasurer of the wars Jan. – Apr. 1544; ld. keeper of the great seal 22 Apr. – 3 May 1544; ld. chancellor 3 May 1544–6 Mar. 1547.Brit. Numismatic Jnl. xlv. 71–72; NRA 8800, pt. i. no. 158; LP Hen. VIII, xiii.

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WRIOTHESLEY, Thomas (1505-50), of Micheldever and Titchfield, Hants and Lincoln Place, London.
Main residences: Micheldever; Titchfield, Hants.; Lincoln Place, London.
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WRIOTHESLEY, Thomas (1505-50)

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WRIGHT, William (by 1482-1543), of York.

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b. by 1482, s. of William Wright of York. m. Ursula Joye or Jone, of Riccall, ch.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Reg. Corpus Christi Guild, York (Surtees Soc. lvii), 159n.
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Member, Corpus Christi guild, York 1503, senior chamberlain 1509 – 10, sheriff 1511 – 12, member of the Twenty-Four 1512, master, merchant guild 1512 – 14, alderman 1514 – d., mayor 1518 – 19, 1535 – 36; master, York archiepiscopal mint 1523.Reg. Corpus Christi Guild, York. 159, 219; Reg. Freemen, York, i (Surtees Soc. xcvi), 32; York archs. B 9–17 passim; C. Caine, Archiepiscopal Coins of York, 59–61.

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WRIGHT, William (by 1482-1543), of York.
Main residence: York.
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D.M.P.
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Commons 1509-1558
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WRIGHT, William (by 1482-1543)

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WRIGHT, George (by 1516-57), of London.

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b. by 1516. m. by 1543, Dorothy, 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. CPR, 1557-8, p. 128; C142/111/4.
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Clerk in ct. augmentations by 1537, surveyor and receiver of purchased lands 1544 – 47, receiver for Beds., Berks., Bucks. and Oxon. 1547 – 54; commr. chantries, Beds. and Bucks. 1546, relief, Bucks. 1550; j.p. Bucks. 1554.HMC 8th Rep. pt. 2 (1881), 23–24; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 53–54, 281, 493; E315/218/61, 126; Stowe 571, ff. 6–7v, 10v; LP Hen. VIII, xx; CPR, 1553, p. 351; 1553–4, p. 17.

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WRIGHT, George (by 1516-57), of London.
Main residence: London.
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Commons 1509-1558
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WRIGHT, George (by 1516-57)

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WRAY, Christopher (1521/22-92), Lincoln’s Inn, London and Glentworth, Lincs.

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b. 1521 /22, 3rd s. of Thomas Wray of Yorks. by Joan, da. of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, Yorks. educ. Buckingham (Magdalene), Camb.; L. Inn, adm. 6 Feb. 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.Aged 70 at death. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 176; (lv), 1322; Req.2/42/62; C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 58, 60; DNB.
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Lent reader, L. Inn 1563, 1567, treasurer 1565–6.Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales, 252–3.

J.p.q. Lincs. (Lindsey) 1558/59, (Kesteven) 1562 – d., (Holland) 1569 – d., Hunts. 1577 – d.; steward, manor of Wetherby, Yorks. Jan. 1559–63, of counsel to Lincoln c. 1559, to Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland by 1562; 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.K.B. 14 May 1572; l.c.j. 8 Nov. 1574; commr. eccles. causes, diocese of Lincoln 1575, to visit Oxf. univ. 1577, custos rot. Hunts. 1579; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1584, 1586, 1589, eccles. commr. 1589.CPR, 1560–3 to 1572–5 passim; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 543; J. W. F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 70; Great Grimsby AO, letter of Francis Ayscough 1562; Somerville, Duchy, i. 473; LJ, ii. 61, 113, 145.

Speaker of House of Commons 1571.

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WRAY, Christopher (1521/22-92), Lincoln’s Inn, London and Glentworth, Lincs.
Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; Glentworth, Lincs.
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WRAY, Christopher (1521/22-92)

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