John Wolstenholme (merchant)
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John Wolstenholme | |
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 Funeral effigy carved by Nicholas Stone | |
| Born | 1562 |
| Died | 25 November 1639 |
| Buried | Great Stanmore church |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Fanshawe (m.) |
| Issue | Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet |
Sir John Wolstenholme (1562 – 25 November 1639) was an English financier and merchant-adventurer.
Life
John Wolstenholme, of an old
Commissioner of the Navy, but in December 1619 he was confined to his house by the King's command "for muttering against a patent and newly erected office in the customs house". As he was one of the Farmers of the Customs, the innovation presumably threatened to affect his interests. On 15 July 1624, he was appointed a commissioner for winding up the affairs of the Virginia Company; for several years afterwards he was a member of the King's Council for Virginia; in 1631 he was a Commissioner for the Plantation of Virginia. In 1635–1637, he was on a commission to inquire into the administration of the Chest at Chatham.[1]
Wolstenholme died on 25 November 1639, and was buried in Great Stanmore church, where there is a handsome monument to his memory by Nicholas Stone. He married Catherine Fanshawe, and had issue two sons and two daughters. Of the daughters, the elder, Joan, married Sir Robert Knollys; the other, Catherine, married William Fanshawe, a nephew of Sir Thomas Smythe, and half-brother of Sir Henry Fanshawe; see also Thomas Fanshawe.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Laughton, J. K.; Bowen, H. V. (2004). "Wolstenholme, Sir John". In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. n.p.
- Laughton, John Knox (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 344.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P., eds. (2010). "Wolstenholme (Worsnam), Sir John". In The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. n.p.
External links
- Ockerbloom, John Mark (ed.). "Wolstenholme, John, Sir, 1562-1639", The Online Books Page. Accessed 27 February 2022.
- "St. John the Evangelist Brick Church Ruin", Stanmore Tourist Board. Accessed 27 February 2022.
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