Sir Edward Ward, 1st Baronet, of Bixley
Sir Edward Ward, 1st Baronet of Bixley (c. 1618 - 1684) was twice
Sheriff of Norfolk
in 1655–56 and 1656–57.
Biography
Edward Ward was born about 1618, the son and heir of Thomas Ward of Bixley, Norfolk (bur. there 17 September 1632), by Anne, daughter of William Pert of Essex. He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 1 November 1635.
He was
Restoration). King Charles II
created him a baronet of Bixley, Norfolk, on 19 December 1660.
He died and was buried at Bixley on 2 September 1684.[1]
Family
Edward Ward married firstly Mary, daughter of Richard Catelyn of Kirby Cane. She died before her father and was, apparently, buried at Postwick, Norfolk. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Harborne, of
Mundham, Norfolk, who was son of William Harborne, ambassador (1582) to Turkey.[1]
They had children:
- Edward, who became the 2nd baronet and married Jane, daughter of William Rant, M.D. of London, and died about 1684, when he was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Cokayne 1903, p. 139.
- ^ Burke & Burke 1841, p. 553.
References
- Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard (1841), A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2 ed.), Scott, Webster, and Geary, p. 552
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage 1649–1664, vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 139
