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WADHAM, John (by 1520-84), of Catherston Leweston, Dorset.

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b. by 1520, s. of John Wadham of Catherston Leweston by 1st w. Mary, da. of John Farringdon of Devon. educ. I. Temple, adm. May 1533. m. by 1545, Margaret, da. of Nicholas Willoughby of Turners Puddle, Dorset, 4s. 3da. suc. fa. 10 May 1558.Date of birth estimated from age fa.’s i.p.m., C142/116/20. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 216; C142/203/73.

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Capt. Sandsfoot castle, Dorset 9 Aug. 1550; recorder, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1558–d.LR6/12/2; Hutchins, ii. 267.

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WADHAM, John (by 1520-84), of Catherston Leweston, Dorset.

Main residence: Catherston Leweston, Dorset.

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H.M.

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Commons 1509-1558

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WADHAM, John (by 1520-84)

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WAAD, Armagil (by 1518-68), of London and Hampstead, Mdx.

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b. by 1518. educ. (?Magdalen), Oxf. BA 23 Jan. 1532. m. (1) Alice, da. of Richard Patten alias Wainfleet of London, wid. of Thomas Searle (d.1540/41) of London, 17ch. inc. Thomas and Sir William; (2) Anne, da of Thomas Marbury of London, wid. of Edward Bradley (d. Aug./Oct. 1558) of London, 3ch.Date of birth estimated from education. Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 598. DNB; PCC 6 Lyon, 20 Alenger, 34 Pynnyng, 59 Noodes; C1/1085/4.

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Servant of Henry, Lord Mautravers, by 1540; clerk of the council, Calais 26 Nov. 1540 – 24 Sept. 1546; collector and receiver of customs and tolls, Newnham bridge, Calais 17 Apr. 1545; clerk of the Privy Council June 1547 – ?July 1553; j.p. Mdx. 1561 – d.; commr. benevolence for St. Paul’s cathedral 1564, sewers, Kent and Suss. 1564.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xx, xxi; P. T. J. Morgan, ‘The gov. of Calais 1485–1558’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1966), 304; Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 19; APC, ii-iv; CPR, 1563–6, pp. 24, 38, 126.

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WAAD, Armagil (by 1518-68), of London and Hampstead, Mdx.

Main residences: London; Hampstead, Mdx.

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M.K.D.

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Commons 1509-1558

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WAAD, Armagil (by 1518-68)

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VOWELL, Thomas (by 1499-1544), of Fowelscombe, Devon.

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b. by 1499, 1st s. of Richard Vowell of Fowelscombe by 1st W. Blanche. m. (1) 1518, Mary, da. of Richard Hals of Keynedon, Sherford, 2s. 4da.; (2) Maud Bevill, 3s.; (3) settlement 1537, Jane, da. of Nicholas Dillon of Bratton Fleming, wid. of John Somaster (d.1535) of Painsford. suc. fa. 6 Oct. 1525.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/43/57, 73/36. Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 104; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 284, 695; C1/623/44-47, 796/7-10.

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VOWELL, Thomas (by 1499-1544), of Fowelscombe, Devon.

Main residence: Fowelscombe, Devon.

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R.V.

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Commons 1509-1558

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VOWELL, Thomas (by 1499-1544)

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VINCENT, George (by 1493-1566), of Peckleton, Leics.

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b. by 1493, 1st s. of Richard Vincent of Messingham, Lincs. by Anne, da. and h. of William Grimsby of Lincoln, Lincs. educ. I. Temple, adm. 1519. m. (1) by 1517, Jane, da. of William Story of Sleaford, Lincs. 7s. 2da.; (2) by 1542, Anne, da. of Richard Radcliffe, wid. of Roger Lache of Daventry, Northants., (3) Amy, da. of Peter Colles of Preston Capes, Northants., 2s. 1da. suc. fa. bef. 1515.Date of birth estimated from i.p.m. of Philippa Heroy, Peckleton Manor ed. Farnham, 42, but said to be aged 80 at death, Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 80-82.

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J.p. Leics. 1538 – d.; commr. subsidy 1542, benevolence 1544/45. relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; escheator, Warws. and Leics. 1543 – 44, 1549 – 50; bailiff, Leics. lands formerly of Sheen abbey 1538 – 53; dep. forester, Leics. 1562.E315/265; LP Hen. VIII, xiii-xv, xx; CPR, 1553, pp. 356, 414; 1558–60, p. 279; 1560–3, p. 439; 1563–6, p. 241; Somerville, Duchy, i. 568.

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VINCENT, George (by 1493-1566), of Peckleton, Leics.

Main residence: Peckleton, Leics.

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S.M.T.

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Commons 1509-1558

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VINCENT, George (by 1493-1566)

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VILLERS, Sir John (1485/86-1544), of Brooksby, Leics.

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Family and Education

b. 1485 /86, o.s. of Sir John Villers of Brooksby by Agnes, da. of John Digby of Coleshill, Warws. m. by 1520, Elizabeth, da. of John Winger of London, 1da. 1s. illegit. suc. fa. 29 Sept. 1506. Kntd. 1515 /19.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 329-30 and from livery of inheritance. Harl. 7178, f. 17; PCC 21 Pynnyng.

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Commr. subsidy, Leics. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, musters, 1539; other commissions 1530 – d.; j.p. Leics. 1514 – d.; sheriff, Leics. and Warws. 1531 – 32, 1537 – 38; knight of the body by 1532–33 or later.Statutes, iii. 84, 115, 168; LP Hen. VIII, i-v, viii, xiv, xvi; Nichols, Leics. iii(1) 192; HMC Bath, iv. 2.