Family and Education
b. 1523, 1st s. of Thomas Wilson of Strubby, Lincs. by Anne, da. and h. of Roger Cumberworth of Cumberworth, Lincs. educ. Eton 1537-41; King’s Camb. 13 Aug. 1542, fellow 14 Aug. 1545-7, BA 1546 or 1547, MA 1549; Ferrara Univ. DCL 1559. m. (1) c.1560, Agnes (d. June 1574), da. of John Wynter, of Lydney, Glos., wid. of William Brooke, 1s. 2da. all by 1565; (2) by 1576, Jane (d.1577), da. of Richard Empson, of London, wid. of John Pinchon of Writtle, Essex.King’s Coll. Camb. protocullum bk. 1, p. 104; Harl. 1550, ff. 85-6; Guildhall mss 4546; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi) 278; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 470; Lincs. Historian, ii(4), pp. 14-24; DNB.
Offices Held
Master of St. Katharine’s hosp. London 1561 – d.; adv., ct. of arches 1561; master of requests 1561; j.p.q. Mdx. from c. 1564, Essex from c. 1577; ambassador to Portugal 1567, to the Netherlands 1574 – 75, 1576 – 77; principal sec. and PC 12 Nov. 1577; dean of Durham 1579.
Main residences: Washingborough, Lincs.; Edmonton, Mdx.
Notes
This biography is based upon a paper by Albert J. Schmidt, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.
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Commons 1558-1603
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