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PETRE OF WRITTLE.

Barony.I. 1603. 1. Sir John Petre(a)[1] of Writtle, West-Horndon (or Thorndon) and Ingatestone, co. Essex, only s. and h.(b)[2] of Sir William Petre(c)[3] of the same, one of the Secretaries of State to Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, and one of the Commissioners for the dissolution of the Monasteries, by his second wife Anne, da, of Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London in 1514. He was b. 20 Dec. 1549 at Ingatestone; suc. his Father 13 Jan. 1574; was Sheriff of en, Essex (1574-75) 17 Eliz.; Knighted 1586; M.P. for Essex 1585-86, and was er. 21 July 1603,(d)[4] Baron Petre of Writtle, co. Essex ; Lord Lient of Essex. He m. 17 April 1570, at Ingatestone, Mary, 1st da. of Sir Edward Waldeorave, of Borley. co. Essex, by Frances, da, of Sir Edward Nevill. She d. 11 and was bur. 20 Aug. 1604 at Ingatestone. He d. of fever 11 Oct. 1613. at West Thorndon, and was bur. 20 at Ingatestone. M.I. Will dated 1 Sep. 1612, pr. 18 Nov. 1613.

II. 1613.2. William (Petre), Baron Petre of Writtle, s. and h., b. 24 June 1575, at West Horndon; mat. at Oxford (Ex. Coll.) 15 July 1588, aged 15: B.A. 4 Feb. 1590/1; Student of the Middle Temple. 1593; M.P. for Essex, 1597-08; was knighted 7 May 1603; suc. to the peerage 11 Oct. 1613. He m., at Essex House, 8 Nov. 1596, Catharine, 2d da. of Edward (Somerset), 4th Earl of Worcester, by Elizabeth, da. of Francis (Hastings), Earl of Huntingdon, She d. 30 Oct, 1624, aged 49, and was bur. at Ingatestone; funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms. M.I. He d. 5 May 1637, at West Horndon, and was bur. 12 at Ingatestone. Funeral certif. in Pub. Record office and Coll, of Arms. Will dat. 10 Jan. 1632, pr. 23 June 1637.

III. 1637.3. Robert (Petre), Baron Petre of Writtle, 1st surv. s. and h., b. 22 Jan. 1599 at Ingatestone; mat, at Oxford (Ex.Coll.) 5 Feb. 1612/3, aged 13; Fellow Commoner of Wadham Coll. 1613(e)[5]; suc, to the peerage 5 May 1637. He m. in 1620, Mary, da, of Anthony Mary (Browne), 21 Viscount Montagu, by Jane, da. of Thomas (Sackville), Earl of Dorset. He d. 28 Oct. 1638, at West Thorndon, and was bur. at Ingatestone. M.I. Funeral cert. in Public Record office and Coll, of Arms. Inq. post mortem 14 Dec. (1638) 14 Car. at Stratford, Essex. Will dat. 7 Aug. and 20 Oct., pr. 25 Oct. and 4 Dec. 1638, and again 1 July 1700. His widow d. 13 Jan. 1684/5 and was bur. 17 at Ingatestone in her 82d year. M.I. at Ingatestone.

IV. 1638.4. William (Petre), Baron Petre of Writtle, s.and h., aged 11 years on 30 Dec. 1637, suc. to the peerage 23 Oct.1638. He was one of the "Cavaliers" imprisoned in 1655,(f)[6] and was subsequently

  1. ↑ (a) The family of Petre is one of the five (vi., Arundell, Fermor, Hunloke, Petre, and Phelips), contained in the "Roman Catholic families of England, based on the Lawson MSS.," a magnificent work, edited (at the expense of Leonard Hartley) by J. J. Howard, &c.; somewhat on the principle of Drummond's "Noble British Families" (see vol. i, p. 77, note "a," sub "Alvanley") but worked up with infinitely greater care and accuracy.
  2. ↑ (b) Dorothy Petre, his sister of the half blood, m. Nicholas Wadham, who, with her, was Founder of Wadham College, Oxford.
  3. ↑ (c) He, who was s. of John Petre, citizen of Exeter, said to be (Foster's "Alumni Oxon.") a rich tanner of Tor Bryan, co, Devon, was ed. at Exeter Coll., Oxford, to which he left land of the value of £100 a year. He was Fellow of All Souls Coll. ; B.C.L. 1528; D.C.L. 1532/3. Camden speaks of him as of approved wisdom and exquisite learning. The grants he received of monastic lands were considerable. He is said to have been seven times on various embassies to foreign countries.
  4. ↑ (d) See vol. iii, p. 113, note "c," sub "Devonshire " for the peerages cr. on that day.
  5. ↑ (e) Great nephew of the Foundressa, Dorothy Wadham, born Petre. "Ye two Petere's tankardes," given by him and his brother William (also a Follow Commoner) to the College, were sacrificed to the Royal cause, 26 Jan. 1642/3. See R. B. Gardiner's "Wadham College."
  6. ↑ (f) See vol. v, p. 171, note "d," sub "Lucas" for the names of the Peers so imprisoned.
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