Members Biographies

Biographies in the Commons 1558-1603 volume
WAAD, Thomas (d.1594), of Gray’s Inn and St. Michael Basinghall, London.
WAAD, William (1546-1623), of Belsize House, Hampstead, Mdx. and Battles Hall, Essex.
WAKEFIELD, Edward (d.1602), of Hull, Yorks.
WALCOT, Charles (c.1542-96), of Walcot, Salop and Builth, Brec.
WALDEGRAVE, Edward (c.1556-1622), of Lawford, Essex.
WALDEGRAVE, George (c.1569-1637), of Hitcham, Suff.
WALDEGRAVE, William (c.1540-1613), of Smallbridge, Suff. and Wormingford, Essex.
WALDEGRAVE, Sir William (c.1573-1613), of Smallbridge, Suff. and Wormingford, Essex.
WALKEDEN, Thomas, of London.
WALKER, Christopher (d.1590), of Bodmin, Cornw.
WALL, Humphrey (d.1625), of Leominster and Over Lawton, Herefs.
WALLER, Sir Walter (1544-99), of Groomsbridge, Speldhurst, Kent.
WALLEY, John (d.1615), of Bath, Som.
WALLIS, Robert, of Cambridge.
WALLOP, Sir Henry (c.1531-99), of Farleigh Wallop, Hants.
WALLOP, Henry (1568-1642), of Farleigh Wallop, Hants.
WALLOP, William (c.1553-1617), of Southampton and Wield, Hants.
WALMESLEY, John (d.1588), of Gray’s Inn, London.
WALMESLEY, Thomas (c.1537-1612), of Dunkenhalgh, Lancs.
WALSGROVE, alias FLEET, John (d.1618), of Worcester and Hallow Park, Worcs.
WALSGROVE, alias FLEET, Thomas (d.c.1613), of Worcester.
WALSH, William (c.1561-1622), of Abberley, Worcs.
WALSHE, John (d.1572), of Cathanger, Som. and Bethnal Green, Mdx.
WALSHE, Nicholas (c.1534-68), of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Glos.
WALSINGHAM, Francis (c.1532-90), of Scadbury and Foots Cray, Kent; Barn Elms, Surr. and Seething Lane, London.
WALSINGHAM, Thomas (c.1526-84), of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent.
WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas (1561-1630), of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent.
WALTER, James (c.1563-1625), of Broad Street, Ludlow and Richard’s Castle, Salop.
WALTER, Robert (d.c.1594), of Mortlake, Surr.
WALTON, George (1540-1606), of Great Staughton, Hunts.
WARBURTON, Peter (c.1540-1621), of Lincoln’s Inn, London; Grey Friars, Watergate Street, Chester; later of Grafton, Cheshire.
WARBURTON, Richard (d.1610), of London.
WARCOP, Thomas (d.c.1589), of Smardale, Westmld.
WARCOPPE, Ralph (1545-1605), of English, Oxon.
WARD, Richard (c.1514-78), of Hurst, Berks.
WARD, William, ? of Morpeth, Northumb.
WARDOUR, Chidiock (1542-1611), of Plaitford, Hants and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
WARNECOMBE, James (c.1522-81), of Ivington, Herefs.
WARNECOMBE, John, of Leominster, Herefs.
WARNER, Sir Edward (1511-65), of Plumstead and Polsteadhall, Norf.
WARNER, Henry (?1551-1617), of Mildenhall, Suff.
WARNER, Robert (1510-75), of Maiden Lane, London; Cranleigh, Surr.; later of Besthorpe and Norwich, Norf.
WARREN, Edward (1563-1609), of Poynton, Cheshire and Woodplumpton, Lancs.
WARREN, Richard (c.1545-98), of Claybury, Essex.
WARREN, Thomas (d.1591), of Dover and Ripple, Kent.
WATERHOUSE, David (1564-aft. 1638), of Ognel Hall, Birstal, Yorks. and the Inner Temple, London.
WATERHOUSE, Robert (1544-98), of Shibden Hall, Halifax, Yorks.
WATERS, Thomas (by 1495-1563/4), of King’s Lynn, Norf.
WATERTON, Thomas (by 1526-75), of Walton and Sandal, Yorks.
WATKIN, William, of Wells, Som.
WATSON, Edward (c.1549-1617), of Rockingham, Northants.
WATSON, Rowland (d.1595), of White Webbs, Enfield, Mdx.
WATSON, William (by 1513-68), of York.
WATTS, Richard (c.1529-79), of ’Satis’, Boley Hill, Rochester, Kent.
WAY, Thomas (d.1596), of St. George’s, Southwark, Surr.
WEARE, alias BROWNE, William (d.1585), of Calne; later of Salisbury, Wilts.
WEBBE, Anthony (d.?1578), of St. Andrew’s, Canterbury and Fordwich, Kent.
WEBBE, John (c.1532-71), of Salisbury and Odstock, Wilts.
WEBBE, Thomas (d. by 1566), of Hereford.
WEBBE, William (d.1585), of Salisbury, Wilts.; later of Motcombe, Dorset.
WEDNESTER, Charles (d.1597), of Bromyard, Herefs., Lambeth, Surr. and Farringdon, London.
WEEKES, Anthony (d.1573), of Crane Street, Salisbury, Wilts.
WEEKES, Christopher (d.1596), of Salisbury, Wilts.
WELCOME, John (bef.1523-80), of the High Street, Lincoln.
WELDON, Thomas (c.1500-67), of Cookham, Berks.
WELSHE, Arthur.
WENMAN, Sir Richard (1573-1640), of Thame Park, Oxon. and Twyford, Bucks.
WENMAN, Thomas (c.1548-77), of Twyford, Bucks.
WENNESLEY, Richard (d.1594), of Wennesley (now Wensley), Derbys. and London.
WENTWORTH, John (1564-1613), of Gosfield Hall, Essex.
WENTWORTH, Paul (1534-94), of Burnham, Bucks.
WENTWORTH, Peter (1524-97), of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon.
WENTWORTH, Walter (c.1569-1627), of ?Devon and Castle Bytham, Lincs.
WEST, Robert (c.1574-94), of the Inner Temple, London.
WEST, Thomas I (d.1622), of Testwood in Eling, Hants.
WEST, Thomas II (c.1550-1602), of Offington, Suss. and Wherwell, Hants.
WEST, Thomas III (1577-1618), of Wherwell, Hants.
WESTON, Sir Henry (1534/5-92), of Sutton Place, Surr.
WESTON, James (c.1525-89), of Lichfield, Staffs.
WESTON, Richard I (1564-1613), of Sutton Place, Surr.
WESTON, Richard II (1577-1635), of Roxwell Park, Essex and Nayland, Suff.
WESTON, Robert (by 1522-73), of Lichfield, Staffs.; later of Dublin, Ireland.
WESTON, William (c.1546-94), of Stalbridge Weston, Dorset.
WHALLEY, Richard (c.1558-c.1632), of Kirton and Screveton, Notts.
WHARTON, George (1583-1609), of Wharton Hall, Westmld.
WHARTON, Michael (d.1590), of Beverley Park, Yorks.
WHELER, Humphrey, of Droitwich, Worcs.
WHELER, Richard (d.1614), of Lincoln’s Inn and Thames Ditton, Surr.
WHITAKER, Henry (c.1549-89), of Westbury, Wilts.; later of Plymouth, Devon.
WHITE, Goddard (1535-89), of Winchelsea, Suss.
WHITE, John (d.1597), of the Inner Temple, London.
WHITE, Sir John (d.1573), of London and Aldershot, Hants.
WHITE, Sir Thomas (1507-66), of South Warnborough, Hants.
WHITE, William (1549-94), of Christchurch and Moyles Court, Hants.
WHITNEY, Robert (c.1536-90), of Thetford, Norf.
WHITNEY, Sir Robert (c.1525-67), of Whitney, Herefs. and Iccombe, Glos.
WHITTON, Edward (d. by 1593), of Limpsfield, Surr.
WHITTON, George (d.1606), of Woodstock, Oxon.
WHORWOOD (HORWOOD), Thomas (1544-1616), of Compton Hallows, Staffs.
WIDDRINGTON, Robert (d.1598), of Plessey, Northumb.; later of Monkwearmouth, co. Dur.