WELSBORNE, John (by 1498-1548), of Fulwell, Oxon. and London.

Family and Education

b. by 1498, s. of Thomas Welsborne (?of Chipping Wycombe, Bucks.) by Margery, da. of Thomas Poure of Bletchingdon, Oxon. educ. ?Eton c.1494; ?King’s, Camb. 1498. m. lic. 1 Feb. 1546 Elizabeth, da. of one Lawrence of Fulwell, 2s. 1s. illegit. Kntd. 30 Sept. 1544.Date of birth estimated from first certain reference. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 209; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 224; Marr. Lics. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 6; LP Hen. VIII, xix.

Offices Held

Groom, the privy chamber June 1519, page in May 1520, gent. June 1530 – d.; esquire of the body July 1528; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, honor of Pontefract, surveyor and collector, Knaresborough May 1520 – July 1526; comptroller of customs, port of Bristol 1523; ambassador to King of France 1529 – 30; keeper of writs and rolls, ct. c.p. June 1532 – d.; ranger, Groveley forest, Wilts. Oct. 1527; steward, former lands of Abingdon abbey Dec. 1539; various stewardships, Berks., Northants. and Oxon. 1538 – d.; j.p. Northants. 1539 – d., Berks. and Oxon. 1541 – d.; commr. musters, Oxon. 1539, Berks. 1546, benevolence, Berks. 1544/45, chantries, Berks. and Hants 1546.LP Hen. VIII, iii-v, xiii-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 81, 87, 88; 1553–4, p. 62; Somerville, Duchy, i. 517, 526.

Parlimentarian

WELSBORNE, John (by 1498-1548), of Fulwell, Oxon. and London.

Main residences: Fulwell, Oxon; London.

Author

D.F.C.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WELSBORNE, John (by 1498-1548)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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