Family and Education
?bap. 9 Apr. 1615, 1st s. of John Wright of Russell’s Rents, Shoreditch, Mdx. by Mary Allin. m. (1) 29 Dec. 1642, Judith (d. 23 Apr. 1677), da. and h. of William Hill, master mariner, of Ratcliff, Stepney, Mdx., 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 8da.; (2) lic. 14 July 1680, Jane. da. of Anthony Lawrence, Leatherseller, of Hackney, Mdx., wid. of Henry Wood of Caistor, Norf. and of Robert Hudson, master mariner, of Bethnal Green, Mdx., s.p.Guildhall Lib. mss. 7493; East Anglian, n.s. ix. 53; PCC 97 Hare; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 722, 1514; Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 110; Diary of Wm. Lawrence ed. Aylmer, 60-61.
Offices Held
Commr. for militia, Tower Hamlets Mar. 1660, capt. of militia horse Apr. 1660; freeman, Ipswich 1662, portman 1663 – d., bailiff 1664 – 65, 1670 – 71, July – Sept. 1674, 1676 – 77, Sept. 1683 – d.; commr. for assessment, Ipswich 1663 – 64, Suff. and Ipswich 1673 – 80, recusants, Suff. 1675.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ipswich, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WRIGHT, John (1615-83)
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Oxford 1644
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