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WILFORD, Nicholas (c.1495-1551), of London and Wandsworth, Surr.

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b. c. 1495, 5th s. of James Wilford of London by Elizabeth, da. of John Bettenham of Pluckley, Kent. m. 1529, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Gale, 4s. 5da.Date of birth estimated from family history. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 141-2; Surr. Arch. Colls. vii. 309; The Gen. iv. 1-5; PCC 20 Alenger.
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Auditor, London 1545–7.City of London RO, Guildhall, jnl. 15, ff. 176, 267.

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WILFORD, Nicholas (c.1495-1551), of London and Wandsworth, Surr.
Main residences: London; Wandsworth, Surr.
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WILFORD, Nicholas (c.1495-1551)

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WILFORD, Sir James (by 1517-50), of Hartridge, Kent.

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b. by 1517, 1st s. of Thomas Wilford of Hartridge by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Walter Culpeper of Bedgebury; half-bro. of Thomas Wilford. m. by 1543, Joyce, da. of John Barrett of Belhus in Aveley, Essex, 1s. 2da. Kntd. 28 Sept. 1547.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 53; (lxxiv), 22; (lxxv), 46-47; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 322; DNB; The Gen. iv. 1-5; C142/100/50.
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Provost-marshal of the army against Scotland 1547; capt. Lauder Apr. – June 1548, Haddington June 1548-early 1549; keeper, Little Park, Otford, Kent, and steward, manor of Gravesend, Kent 2 Feb. 1550–d.W. Patten, The Expedicion into Scotland (1548), unpaginated; APC,ii. 379; CPR, 1548–9 p. 226.

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WILFORD, Sir James (by 1517-50), of Hartridge, Kent.
Main residence: Hartridge, Kent.
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A.D.K.H.
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Commons 1509-1558
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WILFORD, Sir James (by 1517-50)

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WILD, Thomas (by 1508-59), of The Ford and Worcester, Worcs.

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b. by 1508, s. of Simon Wild of The Ford. m. (1) by 1529, Alice, da. of Robert Ledington of Worcester, 1s. 2da.; (2) Eleanor, da. and coh. of George Wall of Droitwich, 2s. inc. George 1da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 151.
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Chamberlain, Worcester 1545 – 46, bailiff 1547 – 48, bridgemaster 1554 – 55, member of the Twenty-Four 1555, auditor 1555–6.Worcester Guildhall, audit of accts. 1540–1600; Nash, Worcs. ii. app. cxii; A. F. Leach, Early Educ. in Worcester (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1913), 178; CPR, 1554–5, p. 81.

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WILD, Thomas (by 1508-59), of The Ford and Worcester, Worcs.
Main residences: The Ford; Worcester, Worcs.
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A.D.
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Commons 1509-1558
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WILD, Thomas (by 1508-59)

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WILBRAHAM (WILBRAM), Richard (by 1504-58), of Woodhey, Cheshire.

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b. by 1504, 2nd s. of William Wilbraham of Woodhey by Ellen, da. of Philip Egerton of Cheshire. m. Dorothy, da. of Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, at least 1s. suc. bro. 3 July 1558.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 377-9; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 249.
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Clerk of kitchen and of spicery, household of Princess Mary in 1525 as, clerk comptroller by 1533, gent. usher in 1536; member, household of Queen Catherine Parr 1547; keeper, Shotwick park, Cheshire 1548 – d., Kenninghall park, Norf. in 1552 – 53; master of jewel house 1553 – d.; butler, duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. 14 Nov. 1553 – d.; bailiff, manor of Walsall, Staffs. 30 Nov. 1553; commr. accts. 1555, 1557, sale of crown lands 1557; sheriff, Cheshire 1555–6.LP Hen. VIII, iv, vi, x; Privy Purse Expenses of Princess Mary 1536–44, ed. Madden, 12, 52, 73; CPR, 1553–4 p. 83; 1554–5, pp. 11, 343; 1555–7, pp. 314–15; 1557–8, p. 14; 1558–60, p. 64; APC, ii. 85; iv. 361, 425; v. 37; E179/69/47; Ormerod, iii. 378; Stowe 571, f. 52; Somerville, Duchy, i. 491.

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WILBRAHAM (WILBRAM), Richard (by 1504-58), of Woodhey, Cheshire.
Main residence: Woodhey, Cheshire.
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P.S.E.
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Commons 1509-1558
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WILBRAHAM (WILBRAM), Richard (by 1504-58)

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WIGSTON, William (by 1509-77), of Wolston, Warws.

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b. by 1509, 1st s. of Roger Wigston. educ. prob. I. Temple. m. by 1536, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambs., 4s. 7da. suc. fa. 27 Nov. 1542. Kntd. 19 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from age at fa’.s i.p.m., C142/69/82. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 37-38; C142/183/95.
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Commr. subsidy, Leicester 1540, relief, Warws. 1550, loan 1557, musters 1569, Coventry 1573, 1577; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Tutbury honor 1542 – 76; escheator, Warws. and Leics. 1544 – 45; j.p. Warws. 1547 – d., Leics. 1547 – 53; sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1551 – 52, 1557 – 58; recorder, Warwick 1554–72.C60/352, m. 18; CPR, 1553, p. 360; 1554–5, pp. 18–21; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 95, 339; Coventry Recs. ed. Jeaffreson, 36, 37; Stowe 571, f. 143; Black Bk. of Warwick, ed. Kemp, 14, 86; Somerville, Duchy, i. 544; VCH Warws. iii. 493.

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WIGSTON, William (by 1509-77), of Wolston, Warws.
Main residence: Wolston, Warws.
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S.M.T.
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Commons 1509-1558
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WIGSTON, William (by 1509-77)

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