biography text
The family of Pulteney had been established at Misterton since the early fourteenth century. Pulteney was provided with a seat at Wigan as soon as he came of age, through the influence of his future father-in-law, the acting chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. He died in 1617 leaving considerable property to his young son John, upon whose early death without issue, involving a division of the estates among his sisters, the family came to an end.1Nichols, Leics. iv(1), p. 319; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 196; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, i. 153; C142/259/37, 363/189.