AMYCE, Roger (c.1515-74), of Wakes Colne, Essex.

Family and Education

b. c.1515, s. of John Amyce of Som. m. (1) by 1548, Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Lawson of York, wid. of William Rigby (d. by Feb. 1533), 2s. inc. Israel 2da.; (2) Margaret, wid. of Richard Forsett, ?s.p.Reg. 2/176/30; LP Hen. VIII , vi. 174, 343; VCH Essex , v. 197; Al. Cant. i(1), p. 27; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 19, 172.

Offices Held

Servant of Thomas Cromwell 1538; receiver, Glastonbury and Reading abbey lands 1540 – 47; commr. chantries Berks. and Hants. enclosure commr. Oxon., Berks., and other counties 1547 and 1548; alderman, New Windsor c. 1552; surveyor, Berks. 1547 – 67; j.p. Essex from 1561; gov. Christ’s hospital, Abingdon 1553, master from 1566.LP Hen. VIII, xiii(2), p. 497; xv. 116; E315/218, f. 59; CPR, 1547–8, p. 419; 1548–9, p. 136; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, p. 142; 1566–9, p. 77; R. R. Tighe and J. E. Davis, Windsor Annals, i. 591; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 295; Windsor Recs. (Ashmole mss), 6 Edw. VI, f. 36d; A. E. Preston, Christ’s Hosp. Abingdon, 27–8, 44.

Parlimentarian

AMYCE, Roger (c.1515-74), of Wakes Colne, Essex.

Main residence: Wakes Colne, Essex.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

AMYCE, Roger (c.1515-74)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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