WILKINSON, Christopher (c.1637-94), of Lincoln’s Inn and Waddow Hall, Waddington, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1637, 3rd s. of Thomas Wilkinson of Kirkbrigg, Yorks. by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Clement of Newton Morrell. educ. St. Catherine’s, Camb. 1655; L. Inn 1661. m. (1) 19 Dec. 1663, Ellen, da. of Thomas Cheyne of Luton, Beds., 1s.; (2) lic. 27 Apr. 1669, Barbara, da. of one Barker, wid. of William Harpham of the Inner Temple, s.p.; (3) 8 Jan. 1674, Ellen, da. of James Dawson of Downham, Lancs., wid. of Richard Waddington of Whalley, Lancs., s.p.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks., i. 84-85; W. S. Weeks, Clitheroe in the 17th Century, 241, 325.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks (W. Riding) 1674 – Sept. 1688, Nov. 1688 – d., Lancs. 1675 – 86, 1689 – d.; out-bailiff, Clitheroe 1675 6, 1693 – d.; commr. for assessment, Lancs. 1677 – 80, Lancs. and W. Riding 1689 – 90; freeman, Preston, 1682.Lancs. RO, QSC 79–113; Weeks, 241–4; HMC Var. ii. 402; Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 197.

Parlimentarian

WILKINSON, Christopher (c.1637-94), of Lincoln’s Inn and Waddow Hall, Waddington, Yorks.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; Waddow Hall, Waddington, Yorks.

Author

I.C.

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

WILKINSON, Christopher (c.1637-94)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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