WILFORD, Sir James (by 1517-50), of Hartridge, Kent.

Family and Education

b. by 1517, 1st s. of Thomas Wilford of Hartridge by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Walter Culpeper of Bedgebury; half-bro. of Thomas Wilford. m. by 1543, Joyce, da. of John Barrett of Belhus in Aveley, Essex, 1s. 2da. Kntd. 28 Sept. 1547.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 53; (lxxiv), 22; (lxxv), 46-47; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 322; DNB; The Gen. iv. 1-5; C142/100/50.

Offices Held

Provost-marshal of the army against Scotland 1547; capt. Lauder Apr. – June 1548, Haddington June 1548-early 1549; keeper, Little Park, Otford, Kent, and steward, manor of Gravesend, Kent 2 Feb. 1550–d.W. Patten, The Expedicion into Scotland (1548), unpaginated; APC,ii. 379; CPR, 1548–9 p. 226.

Parlimentarian

WILFORD, Sir James (by 1517-50), of Hartridge, Kent.

Main residence: Hartridge, Kent.

Author

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WILFORD, Sir James (by 1517-50)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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