WIGSTON, William (by 1509-77), of Wolston, Warws.

Family and Education

b. by 1509, 1st s. of Roger Wigston. educ. prob. I. Temple. m. by 1536, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambs., 4s. 7da. suc. fa. 27 Nov. 1542. Kntd. 19 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from age at fa’.s i.p.m., C142/69/82. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 37-38; C142/183/95.

Offices Held

Commr. subsidy, Leicester 1540, relief, Warws. 1550, loan 1557, musters 1569, Coventry 1573, 1577; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Tutbury honor 1542 – 76; escheator, Warws. and Leics. 1544 – 45; j.p. Warws. 1547 – d., Leics. 1547 – 53; sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1551 – 52, 1557 – 58; recorder, Warwick 1554–72.C60/352, m. 18; CPR, 1553, p. 360; 1554–5, pp. 18–21; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 95, 339; Coventry Recs. ed. Jeaffreson, 36, 37; Stowe 571, f. 143; Black Bk. of Warwick, ed. Kemp, 14, 86; Somerville, Duchy, i. 544; VCH Warws. iii. 493.

Parlimentarian

WIGSTON, William (by 1509-77), of Wolston, Warws.

Main residence: Wolston, Warws.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WIGSTON, William (by 1509-77)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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