Members Biographies

Biographies in the Commons 1558-1603 volume
ACLAND, John (c.1552-1620), of Broad Clyst, nr. Exeter, Devon.
ACTON, John (c.1578-1621), of Elmley Lovett, nr. Droitwich, Worcs.
ACWORTH, George (c.1539-c.92), of Cambridge, Winchester, London and Ireland.
ADAMS, Nicholas (c.1565-1628), of Peterchurch, Pemb.
ADYN, William (d. by 1605), of Dorchester and Bingham’s Manor, West Stafford, Dorset.
AGLIONBY, Edward I (1520-?91), of Temple Balsall, Warws. and London.
AGLIONBY, Edward II (d.1599), of Carlisle, Cumb.
AGLIONBY, Thomas (d.c.1584), of Hornsey, Mdx.
AGMONDESHAM, John I (c.1511-73), of Rowbarns, East Horsley, Surr.
AGMONDESHAM, John II (c.1543-98), of Rowbarns, East Horsley, Surr.
ALCOCK, Robert (d.1583), of Canterbury and Marden, Kent.
ALDERSEY, Thomas (d.1599), of Cripplegate, London and Bunbury, Cheshire.
ALDRED, John (c.1545-c.1611), of the Charter House, Hull, Yorks.
ALDRICH, John (by 1520-82), of Norwich, Norf.
ALDWORTH, Thomas I (d.1577), of Reading and Wantage, Berks.
ALDWORTH, Thomas II (d.1599), of Bristol, Glos.
ALFORD, Edward (c.1565-c.1631), of Offington, Suss. and London.
ALFORD, Francis (c.1530-92), of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London.
ALFORD, John (d.1600), of Holt Castle, Denb., Fawley, Bucks. and Beverley, Yorks.
ALFORD, Lancelot (d.c.1616), of Meaux, Yorks.
ALFORD, Roger (by 1530-80), of Hitcham, Bucks.
ALLEN, William (c.1510-c.1574), of Calne, Wilts.
ALLEYN, Sir Christopher (d.1586), of Ightham Mote, Kent, West Drayton, Mdx. and London.
ALMER, William, of Pant Iocyn, Denb.
ALTHAM, James (d.1617), of London and Oxhey, Herts.
AMEREDITH, Edward (c.1532-1606), of London; later of Slapton, Devon.
AMYCE, Israel (c.1548-1607), of Tilbury, Essex and Cheshunt, Herts.
AMYCE, Roger (c.1515-74), of Wakes Colne, Essex.
ANDERSON, Bertram (d.1571), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Haswell Grange, co. Dur.
ANDERSON, Edward (b.1573), of Eyworth, Beds. and London.
ANDERSON, Henry (1545-1605), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Haswell Grange, co. Dur.
ANDREWS, Thomas I (d.1585), of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
ANDREWS, Thomas II (b.bef.1540), of Dover, Kent.
ANSLEY (ANSLOWE), Brian (d.1604), of Kidbrooke and Lee, Kent.
ANTON, George (b.c.1550), of Lincoln.
APLEY, Robert (by 1519-96), of Barnstaple, Devon.
APPLEYARD, Philip (b.c.1528), of Shropham, nr. Thetford, Norf.
APSLEY, Henry (1561-1605), of Ore, Suss.
APSLEY, John (d.1587), of Thakeham, Suss.
ARGALL, Richard (c.1533-88), of East Sutton, Kent and London.
ARMYN, William (1561-1622), of Osgodby, Lincs.
ARNOLD, John (d.1606), of Llanthony, Mon.
ARNOLD, Sir Nicholas (c.1509-80), of Highnam, Glos. and Llanthony, Mon.
ARUNDELL, John (1576-1654), of Trerice, in Newlyn, Cornw.
ARUNDELL, Matthew (c.1534-98), of Shaftesbury, Dorset; Southampton House, London and Wardour, Wilts.
ASHBURNHAM, Adam (1557-97), of Broomham, nr. Hastings, Suss.
ASHBY, William (d.1593), of Clerkenwell, Mdx.
ASHFIELD, Edmund (d.1578), of the Lodge, Ewelme Park, Oxon. and Shenley, Bucks.
ASHLEY, Anthony (1551-1628), of Holborn, London; later of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
ASHLEY, Sir Henry (1519-88), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
ASHLEY, Henry (1548-aft.1605), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
ASHLEY, Robert (1565-1641), of Damerham, Wilts.
ASHTON, Richard (?1553-1610), of Mawdesley, Lancs.
ASKE, John (b.1564), of Aughton, Yorks.
ASKEWITH, Robert (1530-97), of York.
ASSHETON (ASHTON), Richard (d.1579), of Whalley and Downham, Lancs.
ASTELL, John, of Gray’s Inn, London.
ASTLEY, John (c.1507-96), of Allington and Maidstone, Kent.
ATHERTON, John (c.1557-1617), of Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancs.
ATHERTON, Sir John (c.1513-73), of Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancs.
ATKINS, Thomas (b.c.1538), of Gloucester.
ATKINSON, Robert (d.1607), of London and Stowell, Glos.
ATYE, Arthur (d.1604), of London and Kilburn, Mdx.
AUBREY, William (1529-95), of Cantreff, Brec., Doctors’ Commons, London and Sydenham, Kent.
AUDLEY, Henry (d.1606), of Knighton, Dorset and Fawley, Hants.
AUDLEY, John I (d.1588), of Berechurch, Essex.
AUDLEY, John II (d.c.1594), of Chancery Lane, London and Wood Green, nr. Cheshunt, Herts.
AUNGIER, Francis (1558-1632), of Gray’s Inn, London and East Clandon, Surr.; later of Longford and Dublin, Ireland.
AUSTEN, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.
AUSTEN, John (d.1572), of Guildford, Surr.
AVERY, Thomas (d.1576), of Berden and Colne, Essex.
AYLWORTH, Ashton (d. by 1602), of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London.
AYLWORTH, Edward (c.1553-c.1625), of the Middle Temple, London.
AYLWORTH, John (c.1515-75), of Wells, Som. and Bangor Place, Holborn, London.
AYSHE, John, of Wells, Som.
AYSHE, Thomas (d.1587), of Batcombe and Bath, Som.
BABER, Edward (1532-78), of Aldwick, Som.
BACON, Anthony (1558-1601), of Gorhambury, Herts. and Essex House, London.
BACON, Edmund (?c.1570-1649), of Redgrave, Suff.
BACON, Edward (1548-1618), of Bray, Berks. and Shrubland Hall, Suff.
BACON, Francis (1561-1626), of Gray’s Inn and Gorhambury, Herts.
BACON, John (d.1576), of Norwich and Great Yarmouth, Norf.
BACON, Nathaniel (1547-1622), of Stiffkey, Norf.
BACON, Nicholas (c.1540-1624), of Redgrave and Culford, Suff.
BADDELL, William (d.c.1572), of Hythe, Kent.
BADGER, William (c.1523-1629), of Winchester, Hants.
BAGG, James (d.1624), of Plymouth, Devon.
BAGNALL, Sir Henry (1556-98), of Newry, co. Down, Norley Castle and Stoke, Staffs.
BAGNALL, Sir Nicholas (c.1510-c.1590), of London; Penrhyn, Caern. and Newry and Carlingford, Ireland.
BAGNALL, Sir Ralph (by 1508-80), of Dieulacresse, Staffs.
BAGNALL, William (d.c.1608), of Worcester.
BAGOT, Walter (1557-1622), of Blithfield, Staffs.
BAINBRIDGE, Robert (d.c.1623), of Derby and Calke, Derbys.
BAINBRIDGE, William (d.1583), of Derby.
BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645), of Highgate, Mdx.; later of Middle Aston, Oxon.
BAKER, Thomas (d.1625), of Whittingham Hall, Suff. and Leyton, Essex.
BALAM, Robert (d.1572), of Walsoken, Norf.
BALGEY, Thomas (d.1607), of St. Leonard’s, nr. Stamford, Lincs.
BALL, Nicholas (d.1586), of Totnes; later of Dartington, Devon.
BALL, William (d.c.1574), of Nottingham and Lincoln’s Inn, London.