Family and Education
b. c. 1521, 1st s. of Ralph Carr, mayor of Newcastle, by Isabel, da. and h. of Edward Baxter of Newcastle. m. Joan, da. of John Trollop of Thornley, co. Dur., 6s. 3da. suc. fa. 1536.Carr’s father’s i.p.m., C142/59/110, suggests 1521 as the date of William’s birth, but he did not receive livery of his lands until 1544, LP Hen. VIII, xix(1), p. 620; Surtees Soc. ii. 382-5; Arch. Ael. (ser. 4), xxiii. 133; Northumb. Peds. ed. Foster, 27.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Newcastle 1557 – 58; assistant gov. Newcastle merchants co. 1565; mayor, Newcastle 1565–6.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.; Houghton, co. Dur.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CARR, William II (c.1521-72)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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