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WRIGHT, Henry (c.1637-64), of Dagnams, Havering, Essex.
Family and Education
b. c. 1637, o. surv. s. of Lawrence Wright, MD, of Dagnams by Mary, da. and coh. of John Duke, MD, of Friar Street, Colchester, educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1653; Balliol, Oxf. 1653, BA 1656; L. Inn 1655. m. 23 Mar. 1658, Anne (d. 27 Sept. 1708), da. of John Crew of Stene, Northants., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1657; cr. Bt. 11 June 1660.Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 210.
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Commr. for trade 1656–7.
Commr. for militia, Essex 1659, Mar. 1660, assessment, Essex Jan. 1660 – d., Northants. Jan. 1660; j.p. Essex Mar. 1660 – d., Mdx. 1662 – d.; commr. for sewers, Havering and Dagenham levels Sept. 1660, Essex Oct. 1660.
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Main residence: Dagnams, Havering, Essex.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WRIGHT, Henry (c.1637-64)
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Oxford 1644
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WREY, Sir Chichester, 3rd Bt. (c.1628-68), of Trebeigh, St. Ive, Cornw.
Family and Education
b. c. 1628, 1st s. of Sir William Wrey, 2nd Bt., of Trebeigh by Elizabeth, da. of Edward, 1st Visct. Chichester of Carrickfergus [I]. m. c.1652, Lady Anne Bourchier, da. and coh. of Edward, 4th Earl of Bath, wid. of James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex, 4s. 1da. Kntd. 3 Aug. 1643; suc. fa. Aug. 1645.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 564.
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Capt. (royalist) by 1643, col. of ft. by 1646; maj. of horse, regt. of Lord Hawley (Francis Hawley) July – Nov. 1660, lt.-col. of ft. Admiralty Regt. 1664, col. 1665 – d.; gov. of Sheerness 1667–d.
Gent. of the privy chamber by June 1660 – d.; farmer, wine licences [I] Aug. 1660–d.
J.p. Cornw. July 1660 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660 – d., Devon 1663 – d., loyal and indigent officers, Cornw. 1662, dep. lt. by 1662 – d.; recorder, Liskeard 1661–d.
Main residence: Trebeigh, St. Ive, Cornw.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WREY, Sir Chichester (c.1628-68)
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WRIGHT, John (1615-83), of Ipswich, Suff.
Family and Education
?bap. 9 Apr. 1615, 1st s. of John Wright of Russell’s Rents, Shoreditch, Mdx. by Mary Allin. m. (1) 29 Dec. 1642, Judith (d. 23 Apr. 1677), da. and h. of William Hill, master mariner, of Ratcliff, Stepney, Mdx., 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 8da.; (2) lic. 14 July 1680, Jane. da. of Anthony Lawrence, Leatherseller, of Hackney, Mdx., wid. of Henry Wood of Caistor, Norf. and of Robert Hudson, master mariner, of Bethnal Green, Mdx., s.p.Guildhall Lib. mss. 7493; East Anglian, n.s. ix. 53; PCC 97 Hare; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 722, 1514; Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 110; Diary of Wm. Lawrence ed. Aylmer, 60-61.
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Commr. for militia, Tower Hamlets Mar. 1660, capt. of militia horse Apr. 1660; freeman, Ipswich 1662, portman 1663 – d., bailiff 1664 – 65, 1670 – 71, July – Sept. 1674, 1676 – 77, Sept. 1683 – d.; commr. for assessment, Ipswich 1663 – 64, Suff. and Ipswich 1673 – 80, recusants, Suff. 1675.
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Main residence: Ipswich, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
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WRIGHT, John (1615-83)
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Oxford 1644
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WRIGHT, Robert (c.1634-89), of Wiggenhall St. German, Norf.
Family and Education
b. c.1634, 1st s. of Jermyn Wright of Wangford, Suff. by Anne, da. and coh. of Richard Butchcroft of Bexwell, Norf. educ. Thetford and Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; Peterhouse, Camb. 1 Apr. 1651, aged 17, BA 1658, MA 1661; L. Inn 1654, called 1661. m. (1) bef. 1660, Dorothy (d.1662), da. and h. of Thomas Moore of Wiggenhall St. German, s.p.; (2) Susan, da. of Matthew Wren, bp. of Ely, 1s. 4da.; (3) bef. 1678, Anne, da of Sir William Scroggs of South Weald, Essex, l.c.j.K.b. 678-81, 1s. Kntd. 15 May 1680; suc. fa. 1681.Blomefield, Norf. i. 544-5; ix. 195; Copinger, Suff. Manors, iv. 207.
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Commr. for assessment, Thetford Sept. 1660–1, Suff. 1663 – 79, Norf. 1677 – 79, Cambridge Univ. 1679 – 80; j.p. Isle of Ely 1666 – 89, Norf. 1671 – 89, Cambs. 1679 – 89, Cambridge 1679, Suff. 1680 – d.; freeman, King’s Lynn 1668; bencher, L. Inn 1675; counsel, Cambridge Univ. 1678 – 81; dep. recorder, Cambridge 1679, recorder 1685 – Oct. 1688; c.j. Brecon circuit 1681–4.
Counsel for the navy by 1669 – 81; serjeant-at-law 1679, King’s serjeant 1680 – 84; baron of the Exchequer 27 Oct. 1684–5; j.K.b. 1685 – 87, l.c.j. 1687 – 89; commr. for ecclesiastical causes 1686-Oct. 1688.
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Main residence: Wiggenhall St. German, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
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WRIGHT, Robert (c.1634-89)
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Oxford 1644
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WRIGHT, William (1619-93), of Broad Street, Oxford.
Family and Education
bap. 29 June 1619, s. of Martin Wright, goldsmith, of Oxford by Katherine, da. of Roger Medhop (Mydhop) of Medhop Hall, Gisburn, Yorks. m. (1) 1646, Christian (bur. 26 June 1656), da. of John Smith, maltster, of Kennington, Berks., 2da.; (2) 25 Jan. 1658, Mary (d.1696) da. of John Banks of Islip, Oxon., wid. of Edward Dewe of Islip, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1664.Wood’s City of Oxford (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii), 167, 202, 228; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 258; Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxi), 29; (xxvi), 370; (xxvii), 111; Tauntons of Oxford, 34; PCC 199 Coker, 105 Bond.
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Common councilman and bailiff, Oxford 1649, asst. 1653, mayor 1656 – 57, 1667 – 68, alderman 1659 – 84, Jan. – June 1688, Aug. 1688–?d.; j.p. Oxford Feb. – Aug. 1655, 1659 – Aug. 1660, 1665 – 84, Oxon. 1673-by 1680, Mar. 1688–?d.; commr. for assessment, Oxford 1657, Oxford and Oxon. 1661 – 80, Oxon. 1689 – 90, militia, Mar. 1660.
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Main residence: Broad Street, Oxford.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WRIGHT, William (1619-93)
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Oxford 1644
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