Family and Education
b. 1528, 1st s. of William Colles of Leigh by Margaret (1497), da. of one Hitch of Glos. educ. I. Temple 1553. m. (1) Jane or Joan, da. of Robert Somervile of Edstone, Warws. by Mary, sis. of Sir Edward Greville, 1s. 1da.; (2) Anne, da. of Sir Robert Townsend, justice of Chester, wid. of Humphrey Archer of Umberslade Hall, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 1558.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xi), 6, 24; Vis. Warws. xii. 29, 33.
Offices Held
Escheator, Worcs. 1564, j.p. by 1585, sheriff 1574 – 75, 1590 – 91; member, council in the marches of Wales 1602; dep. lt. Worcs.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Leigh, Worcs.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
COLLES, Edmund (1528-1606)
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Oxford 1644
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