ZOUCHE, John I (c.1515-85), of Ansty, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1515, yr. s. of John, 8th Lord Zouche, of Harringworth, Northants., prob. by 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Sir William Capell of London. m. by 1545, Catherine, da. of Sir George St. Leger of Annery in Monkleigh, Devon, wid. of George Courtenay of Powderham, Devon, 3 or 4s. inc. Francis. Kntd. 10 Nov. 1549.Date of birth estimated from family history and career. PCC 13 Holder; E150/939/1; Hoare, Wilts. Alderbury, 207; DNB (Zouche, Richard); CP, xii (2), 948; C142/209/44; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI, p. cccvii.

Offices Held

Esquire of the body extraordinary by 1533; gent. pens. 1540, steward and bailiff, duchy of Cornwall manor of Mere, Wilts., keeper, Mere park 1539 – d.; warden, Gillingham forest and bailiff, town and manor of Gillingham, Dorset 1539 – d., bailiff for Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548; j.p. Wilts. 1558/59; sheriff 1559 – 60; commr. musters 1573; other commissions 1551–68.LP Hen. VIII, ii, xiv, xv, xix, xx; E163/12/17, nos. 37, 50, 54; CPR, 1550–3, p. 142; 1558–60, pp. 86, 103; 1563–6, pp. 39, 42, 260; 1569–72, p. 219; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 464.

Parlimentarian

ZOUCHE, John I (c.1515-85), of Ansty, Wilts.

Main residence: Ansty, Wilts.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Addresses

Religion