Family and Education
b. by 1517, 1st s. of Sir James Worsley of Appuldurcombe by Anne, da. and h. of Sir John Leigh of More, Dorset. m. Ursula, da. of Henry St. Barbe of Som., 2s. suc. fa. 4 Sept. 1538.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/83/179. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 23.
Offices Held
Capt. I.o.W. 1540 – 53, 1560 – d., Carisbrooke castle 1544 – 53, 1560 – d.; chamberlain or particular receiver, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands by 1545; comptroller of customs, Southampton 1560; j.p. Hants 1547–54 or later, q. by 1558/59–d.; commr. benevolence 1544/45, chantries, Berks., Hants and I.o.W. 1546, relief, Hants and I.o.W. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1551–d.
Main residence: Appuldurcombe in Godshill, I.o.W.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
WORSLEY, Richard (by 1517-65)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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