WISEMAN, Sir Richard (c.1632-1712), of Torrell’s Hall, Willingale, Essex.

b. c. 1632, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Richard Wiseman of Lincoln’s Inn and Torrell’s Hall by Lucy, da. of Sir Thomas Griffin of Braybrooke, Northants. educ. Bishop’s Stortford g.s. Herts.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. adm. 15 Oct. 1647, aged 15. m. (1) 2 Jan. 1655, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Towse, Grocer, of London, 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) lic. 15 Mar. 1669, Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Wiseman of Rivenhall, Essex, wid. of William Abell of East Claydon, Bucks., and of Charles Fitch of Woodham Walter, Essex s.p. suc. fa. 1654; Kntd. 21 June 1660.Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 103; Soc. of Genealogists, St. Gregory by St. Paul’s par. reg.; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 81; Verney Mems. ii. 167; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1493; Bramston Autobiog. (Cam. Soc. xxxii), 236.