Family and Education
b. by 1482, 1st s. of John Acworth of Luton by 3rd w. Elizabeth, da. of John Broughton of Toddington. m. (1) by 1503, ?Eleanor, da. of John Niter, at least 2s. 2da.; (2) by 1519, Margaret, da. and h. of Christopher Wilberfoss of Egglestone, co. Dur., wid. of Richard Radcliffe ?of co. Dur., 1da. suc. fa. 17 Mar. 1514.Date of birth estimated from marriage. E150/25/3; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 120, 309 where he is described as of Lawford, Essex, possibly an error arising out of his daughter’s marriage to a Lawford man; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 14; Beds. Mag. iv. 203-4; x. 101-4; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 4), i. 57-59, 98-102; C1/463/4, 33.
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J.p. Beds. 1515–?d.; commr. subsidy 1523, 1524; servant of Cardinal Wolsey in 1523.LP Hen. VIII, ii-v; E179/281.

Main residence: Toddington, Beds.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ACWORTH, George (by 1482-1530)

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