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A History of the County of Warwick
… successors as recorder 16 also sat in Parliament: Roger Wigston, a Leicestershire gentleman who had previously … and 1542, and Edward Saunders, serjeant-at-law, in 1542. Wigston was a prominent merchant of the staple and also, as a … account that he may have secured election at Coventry. Wigston's colleague in 1529 was John Bond, draper, mayor in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… - Arthur Robarts Adams, the Revd. C. C. Adams, Francis Wigston, and the executors of J. A. Sartoris - and the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 19th centuries. 94 Land in Keresley was bought by William Wigston in 1529 to augment the endowment of Greyfriars (or …
A History of the County of Warwick
… three nieces of John Langley - Isabel Skidmore, Christine Wigston, and Alice Huntley - who obtained possession of the … settled in 1549-50 on William, son of Christine and Roger Wigston. 8 William Wigston sold it in 1554 to his sister Katherine and her …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Melton Mowbray and Queniborough manors, and estates at Wigston Magna and Eye Kettleby. He seems mostly to have lived …
A History of the County of Leicester
… such a chequered career, but among prominent burgesses the Wigston family may be mentioned, for the filling of the … and at the same time the mayor and his council chose John Wigston. 245 These elections were apparently popular at …
A History of the County of Leicester
… that cause. The Free Grammar School was founded by Thomas Wigston, canon of the Newarke College, who died in 1537, and … his executorship of his brother William's will. 53 William Wigston, a pious and wealthy merchant, died little more than … discretion of his executors. It seems clear that Thomas Wigston urged Agnes, William's widow, and their fellow …
A History of the County of Leicester
… date Sec., B. Whitehall Avenue 1952 Primary date I. J. Wigston Lane, Montrose 1954 Primary date J. Willow St., …
A History of the County of Leicester
… railway, which ran through this district, but since South Wigston, and not Leicester, was the important junction the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… namely, John Leamington, John Reynold, Thomas and Roger Wigston, were of Leicester. 90 The first of these probably … family: others were connected with it by marriage. Roger Wigston was chosen Lieutenant of the Staple at Calais in 1483, 94 and William Wigston the younger, mayor there at a later date. 95 Roger …