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WROTH, John (c.1646-1708), of Loughton Hall, Essex.
Family and Education
b. c. 1646, o.s. of John Wroth of Loughton Hall by Anne, da. of Thomas Huxley, Mercer, of Foster Lane, London, wid. of Joshua Gallard, Leatherseller, of London. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1663-5. m. (1) lic. 13 Apr. 1666, aged 20, Elizabeth, da. of William, 2nd Baron Maynard of Estaines, 1s.; (2) lic. 20 May 1673, Dorothy (bur. 5 June 1693), da. of Ralph Pigott of Holborn, Mdx., wid. of John Moyle of the Inner Temple and West Twyford, Mdx., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da.; (3) 26 Nov. 1706, Jane (bur. 10 Jan. 1735) da. of Thomas White, Dyer, of London, wid. of William Coke of Lincoln’s Inn and Trusley, Derbys., s.p.; at least 2 illegit. ch. suc. fa. 1622.Ped. Reg. i. 118; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. viii. 181, 348, 350-1; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1516; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iv. 234; J. T. Coke, Coke of Trusley, 30.
Offices Held
Cornet, Prince Rupert’s Horse 1667; capt. Lord Gerard’s Horse 1678–9.
Commr. for assessment, Essex 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90; j.p. Essex 1673 – Apr. 1688, Herts. 1683 – Feb. 1688, Essex and Herts. Oct. 1688 – d.; commr. for recusants, Essex 1675, dep. lt. by 1683 – Feb. 1688, 1703–?d.; capt. of militia. horse by 1697–?d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Loughton Hall, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WROTH, John (c.1646-1708)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WROTH, Sir Thomas (1584-1672), of Petherton Park, nr. Bridgwater, Som.
Family and Education
bap. 5 May 1584, 1st s. of Thomas Wroth, counsellor at law, of the Inner Temple and Blunden Hall, Boxley, Kent by Joanna, da. and coh, of Thomas Bulmer of London; bro. of Sir Peter Wroth. educ. Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 1600; I. Temple 1606. m. Margaret (d. 14 Oct. 1635), da. of Richard Rich of Leighs, Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 1610; kntd, 11 Nov. 1613.DNB; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver. 93.
Offices Held
Member, New England Co. 1620, Bermuda Co. 1620, Virginia Co. 1621, Eastland Co.; j.p. Som. 1624 – 25, 1636 – 40, 1652 – July 1660; recorder, Bridgwater by 1636 – 62; sheriff, Som. 1639 – 40, dep. lt. 1639 – 42, commr. for maintenance of forces 1643, assessment 1643 – 48, 1650, 1652, 1657, Jan. 1660, levying of money 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Som. 1648, 1650, 1659, Mar. 1660; elder, Taunton classis 1648; commr. for scandalous ministers, Som. 1654, government, Bermudas 1653, sewers, Som. Aug. 1660.
Commr. for exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648, high court of justice 1649, removing obstructions 1649–51.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Petherton Park, nr. Bridgwater, Som.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WROTH, Sir Thomas (1584-1672)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WYAT, Edwin (c.1629-1714), of Maidstone, Kent.
Family and Education
b. c. 1629, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Francis Wyat (d.1644) of Boxley Abbey, nr. Maidstone by Margaret, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Worcs. educ. Eton 1643-7; King’s Camb. 1647; I. Temple 1648, called 1658. m. lic. 15 Feb. 1665, Frances (bur. 26 Oct. 1727), da. and coh. of Thomas Crispe of Quex, Birchington, Kent, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. bro. 1655.Berry, Kent Genealogies, 295; Reg. Roff. 789; J. Cave-Browne, Hist. Boxley Parish, 173, 184-5.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Kent 1667 – 80; standing counsel, Maidstone 1675, recorder and freeman 1682 – Jan. 1688, Mar. – Oct. 1688; bencher, I. Temple 1675, reader 1681; j.p. Kent 1682 – 89; dep. recorder, Canterbury 1684 – Oct. 1688; second justice, S. Wales circuit 1687 – 88, c.j. Feb. 1688–9.
Serjeant-at-law 1683 – 89.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Maidstone, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WYAT, Edwin (c.1629-1714)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WYCHE, Sir Cyril (c.1632-1707), of Gray’s Inn, Westminster and Flanchford, Surr.
Family and Education
b. c. 1632, 2nd s. of Sir Peter Wyche (d.1643) of London by Jane, da. of Sir William Meredith of Stansley, Denb. educ. Westminster 1649; Christ Church, Oxf. 1650, BA 1653, MA 1655; G. Inn 1657, called 1670. m. (1) lic. 2 Aug. 1663, ‘aged 23’, Elizabeth (d.1678), da. of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suff., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) lic. 29 July 1684, Susanna (d.1690), da. of Sir Francis Norreys of Weston on the Green, Oxon., wid. of (Sir) Herbert Perrott of Wellington. Herefs., s.p.; (3) 2 May 1692 (with £6,300), Mary (d. 11 Dec. 1723), da. of George Evelyn I of Wotton, Surr., s.p. Kntd. 16 May 1660.Hoare, Wilts. Frustfield. 35*; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1318; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iv. 232.
Offices Held
Six clerk in Chancery 1662 – 75; sec. to ld. lt. [I] 1676 – 85, 1692 – 93; PC [I] 1676 – ?85, 1692 – d.; member, R. Fishery Co. 1677; gent. of the privy chamber 1690 – 1702; one of the lds. justices [I] 1693 – 95; commr. for forfeited estates [I] 1700.
Commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1664 – 74, Westminster 1664 – 80, Surr. 1667 – 74, Norf. and Westminster 1690 – d.; j.p. Surr. 1666 – ?86, Westminster 1689 – d., Norf. by 1701 – d.; commr. for recusants, Cornw. Mar.-May 1675.
FRS 1663, pres. 1683–4.
MP [I] 1692 – 93.
Main residences: Gray's Inn, Westminster; Flanchford, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WYCHE, Sir Cyril (c.1632-1707)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion