Sir Walter Wrottesley, 1st Baronet

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Sir Walter Wrottesley

Also Known As: "Walter Wrotesley of Wrotesley"
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Death: November 06, 1659 (52-53)
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Son of Sir Hugh Wrottesley, of Wrottesley and Margaret Devereux, Lady Wrottesley
Husband of Mary Grey
Father of Elizabeth Wolryche; Sir Walter Wrottesley, 2nd Baronet; Mary Littleton and Jane Adams
Brother of William Wrottesley; Susanna Corbett; Mary Williams; Penelope Mill; Elizabeth Hopton and 3 others

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About Sir Walter Wrottesley, 1st Baronet

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Biographical Summary

Walter Wrotesley, or De Wrotesley [or Wrottesley], of Wrotesley [Wrottesley], co. Stafford, Esq., p. and h. of Sir Hugh Wrottesley, of Wrottesley aforesaid, by Mary, sister of Walter, 5th Viscount Hereford, da. of the Hon. Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Bart. [1611], was bap. 6 May 1606, at Castle Bromwich (registered at Aston, near Birmingham), was eight years old in 1614 ; suc. his father in 1633, and was cr. a Baronet, as above, 30 Aug. 1642. He was a zealous Royalist, his house being converted into a garrison for the King's soldiers, and he himself fined £1,332. He m. in or before 1632, Mary or Margaret, da. of the Hon. Ambrose Grey, of Enville, co. Stafford, by his 1st wife, Margaret, da. of Richard Prince. He d. 6 Nov. 1659. The will of Dame Mary Wrottesley pr. 1665.

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1902; Vol. II; page 195