Constituency Dates
Kingston-upon-Hull 1589, 1593, 1597
Family and Education
m., 1s.
Offices Held

Chamberlain, Hull 1574, mayor 1585, sheriff 1581, alderman 1595; commr. gaol delivery 1599.

Address
Main residence: Hull, Yorks.
biography text

A Hull merchant, Willan was appointed to the following Commons committees: salted fish (5 Mar. 1593); cloth (15, 23 Mar. 1593, 18 Nov. 1597); weirs (28 Mar. 1593); maimed soldiers (2 Apr. 1593); spinners and weavers (3 Apr. 1593); maltsters (9, 18 Nov. 1597, 12 Jan. 1598); navigation (12 Nov. 1597) and the poor law (22 Nov. 1597). Otherwise there is little to say about him. His corporation sent him to negotiate with York in 1579, he was to search for concealed lands in Hull in 1584, and in 1596 he signed a letter inviting Cecil to become high steward of Hull. Willan was buried there to Feb. 1599.1Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 637; Hull Deeds, ed. Stanewell, 105, 114; HMC Hatfield, v. 439-40; T. Gent, Annales Regioduni Hullini, 43, 124, 125; D’Ewes, 487, 507, 512, 513, 514, 554, 556, 558, 559, 561, 578; York Merchant Adventurers, ed. M. Sellers, 216; York Wills (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xxiv), 203.

Author
P.W.H.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Notes
  • 1. Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 637; Hull Deeds, ed. Stanewell, 105, 114; HMC Hatfield, v. 439-40; T. Gent, Annales Regioduni Hullini, 43, 124, 125; D’Ewes, 487, 507, 512, 513, 514, 554, 556, 558, 559, 561, 578; York Merchant Adventurers, ed. M. Sellers, 216; York Wills (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xxiv), 203.