Family and Education
b. by 1516, 2nd s. of Robert Cosworth of Cosworth by Mary, da. of John Wolver(s)ton or Wolvedon of Golden in Probus, Cornw. m. lic. 13 Jan. 1545, Dorothy, da. of Sir William Lok, alderman and sheriff of London, wid. of Ottiwell Hill, mercer of London, 7s. inc. Edward and Thomas 1da.C142/150/187; PCC 8 Sheffeld; Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 50 and n; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. i), 16, where generations are confused; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses , 71; Marr Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 3; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix, cx), 19.
Offices Held
Jt. receiver, duchy of Cornw. Nov. 1553, sole Feb. 1554 – Mar. 1572; portreeve, Mitchell, Cornw. 1553–4.
Main residences: London; Cosworth, nr. St. Columb, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
COSWORTH, John (by 1516-75)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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