ZOUCHE, Sir John (d.1585), of Ansty, Wilts.

Family and Education

s. of John, 8th Lord Zouche of Harringworth, Northants. prob. by 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Sir William Capell of London. m. by c.1545, Catherine, da. of Sir George St. Leger of Annery, Devon, wid. of George Courtenay of Powderham, Devon, 3 or 4s. inc. Francis. Kntd. 10 Nov. 1549, KB Jan. 1559.Harl. 1565, f. 2; CP, xii(2), p. 948; Hoare, Wilts. Alderbury, 207; Vis. Wilts. 1623, ed. Marshall, 50; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 223 seq.; DNB (Zouche, Richard); PCC 30 Brudenell; C142/209/44; EHR, xxv. 553.

Offices Held

Warden of Gillingham forest and bailiff of town and manor of Gillingham, Dorset 1539; esquire of the body extraordinary 1535/6; keeper of Mere park, Wilts.; steward and bailiff of duchy of Cornwall manor of Mere 1539; j.p. Wilts. from c. 1559; sheriff 1559–60.CPR, 1557–8, p. 312; 1558–60, pp. 86, 103; LP Hen. VIII, ii(1), p. 872; xiv(1), p. 74; xvi. p. 727; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxix. 241.

Parlimentarian

ZOUCHE, John I (c.1515-85), of Ansty, Wilts.

Main residence: Ansty, Wilts.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Addresses

Religion