BUTTS, Sir William (1513-83), of Thornage, Norf.

Family and Education

b. 1513, 1st s. of Sir William Butts, court physician to Henry VIII, by Margaret, da. of John Bacon of Cambs. educ. ?Corpus, Camb.; ?L. Inn 1529. m. Jane, da. and coh. of Henry Bures of Acton, Suff. suc. fa. 1545. Kntd. 1547.C142/205/172; E150/645/23, 24; Vis. Norf. (Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc.), i. 343-4; Cooper, Ath. Cant. i. 481-2, 568; Masters, Hist. Corpus Christi 258; Patten, Exped. into Scotland (Black Letter ed.).

Offices Held

Gent. pens. by 1544 – 49; j.p. Norf. 1547, rem. under Mary, j.p.q. by 1562, sheriff 1562 – 63; commr. musters 1562; ?dep. lt. c. 1570; commr. piracy by 1577.LP Hen. VIII, xx(2), p. 550; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 342; APC, vii. 359–60; Lansd. 56, f. 168; 146, f. 18.

Parlimentarian

BUTTS, Sir William (1513-83), of Thornage, Norf.

Main residence: Thornage, Norf.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BUTTS, Sir William (1513-83)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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