Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet

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Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet (died 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

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Biography

Wolstenholme was the son of Sir John Wolstenholme (died 1639) and his wife Catherine Fanshaw, daughter of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate Hall. He became a customs farmer with his father and was knighted by King Charles I. [1] In 1620, Wolstenholme bought a house called Clay Hall from Christopher Hatton's widow, Alice Fanshawe. [2]

He was a Virginia commissioner before the government and lobbied for a return to the original charter. [3] [4]

In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Queenborough in the Short Parliament. [5] He supported the king in the Civil War, selling property and incurring debts to provide finance for the Royalist cause. As a result, he was then fined by parliament. He and his father's partners in the customs farming business were required to pay £150,000 which led to the sale of his estates. His son Henry and brother-in-law Sir Thomas Dallison were both killed in the Civil War. After the Restoration, he became a farmer of customs again and was given a patent for collecting taxes on outbound goods in the Port of London. He was created a baronet, of London, by King Charles II in 1664. [1]

Death

Wolstenholme died in 1670 and was buried on 15 July at Stanmore in St John's Church, which had been built by his father. [6]

Wolstenholme married Ann Dallison of Laughton, Lincolnshire. His son, Thomas, succeeded to the baronetcy. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 William Betham, The Baronetage of England, or the History of the English Baronets ..., Volume 2
  2. Thomas Birch & Folkestone Williams, Court and Times of James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1848), p. 202.
  3. "America and West Indies: November 1631-1638", pp. 135-136, british-history.ac.uk. Accessed 8 December 2022.
  4. "America and West Indies: November 1631-1638", p. 171, british-history.ac.uk. Accessed 8 December 2022.
  5. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  229–239.
  6. Stanmore Magna, The Environs of London: volume 3: County of Middlesex (1795), pp. 391–403, British-history.ac.uk. Accessed 5 January 2011.
Parliament of England
Vacant Member of Parliament for Queenborough
1640
With: Sir Edward Hales, Bt
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of London)
1665–1670
Succeeded by