Sir Lawrence Withers, Kt.

WITHERS, Lawrence (d.1574), of London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency Dates LONDON 1563 Family and Education m., at least 2s., prob. 2da. Offices Held Alderman, London 1550-6; president of St. Bartholomew's hospital 1556-7; merchant adventurer by 1564. Biography Withers was a member of the Salters Company, and was elected to the 1563 Parliament as one of the common council's nominees. In the House he was a member of the succession committee in October 1566. He was one of a syndicate of London merchants who at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign lent the Queen £30,000 at 10% interest. In 1560, in partnership with Sir William Chester and others, he was granted reversions and rents of lands in a number of counties. This was presumably another credit transaction with the Crown, since the grantees surrendered their patent early in 1562. Withers owned the manor of Isle Brewers, Somerset, which he settled on his younger son, George. In default of George's heirs the property was to descend to Alice, wife of William Lowes, and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Davy, salter-presumably George's sisters. Withers died on 25 Feb. 1574. The heir was his elder son Fabian, aged over 30 when his father died. Wards 7/15/32, 52; A. B. Beaven, Aldermen, i. 182, 246; ii. 33; N. Moore, Bartholomew's Hospital, ii. 801; D'Ewes, 127; CPR, 1558-60, pp. 353-4, 431 seq.; 1560-3, p. 112; 1563-6, p. 178. Ref Volumes: 1558-1603From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Withers Origin Meaning "Son of Withar (Víðarr)", for proper earlier form Region of origin England Other names Variant form(s) Wither, Wyther, Withars, Wider, Wythe Withers - earlier Wither, Wyther - is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is today a not uncommon family name throughout the Anglosphere

History The name appears on various early documents in England, such as a charter of Æthelred II in 1005 where a witness signs as "Ego Wiþer minister" (I Wither, the assistant). In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is the name of a tenant prior to that date. It seems to be a personal name, rather than a place name or occupational name, of unknown meaning: suggestions have included "wood", "withstand", "warrior" or "willow". While the name occurs in connection with landholdings in various counties of England before the 1150s, the first continuous record of a family seems to be in Lancashire and Cheshire where Sir Robert Wither, knight, of Pendleton and of Halton, was seneschal to Roger de Lacy , who died in 1211. He is recorded as marrying Joan, daughter of Sir Adam Bostock, knight, of Davenham. By the 15th century, families claiming descent from Sir Robert Wither were living in Cheshire, Lancashire, Wiltshire, Essex, London , Somerset and Hampshire. The Withers in Hampshire, deriving from a member who migrated from Lancashire in the 14th century, were particularly prominent. From 1484, they were lords of the manor of Manydown near Wootton St Lawrence, remaining linked to that estate for more than 400 years.

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Lawrence Withers Born 1498 in London, London, England Son of Robert Withers and Ermine Whitacre [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Elizabeth Standish - married 1523 in London, Middlesex, England Father of Alice Withers , Anne Withers and George Withers Died 1574 in Guildhall, London, England

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