YOUNG, John I (by 1519-89), of Bristol, Glos.; London and Melbury Sampford, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. by 1519, 1st surv. s. of Hugh Young of Bristol and Castle Combe, Wilts. by his w. Alice. m. c.1563,Joan, da. of John Wadlam of Merrifield, Som., wid. of Sir Giles Strangways of Melbury Sampford, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1534. Kntd. 1574.

Offices Held

Sewer of the chamber by 1546; collector of customs and subsidies, Bristol Mar. 1559; sheriff, Dorset 1569 – 70; j.p. Dorset, Som. from c. 1573, ?Wilts. from c. 1583; keeper, Castle Cary park, Som. and Meibury park, Dorset aft. 1563.Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xv. 227–45; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 86; CPR, 1558–60, pp. 49, 215; LP Hen. VIII, xxi. (1). p. 569; (2), p. 346; St. Ch. 5/Y1/9, 38.

Parlimentarian

YOUNG, John (by 1519-89), of Bristol, Glos., London and Melbury Sampford, Dorset.

Main residences: Bristol, Glos. and London and Melbury Sampford, Dorset.

Author

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion