“William Acton (politician, died 1567)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

William Acton (politician, died 1567)

释义

Career
Personal
Family
References

William Acton (1513 – 1567) of Aldenham in Shropshire was an English politician who served in Parliament.

Career

Acton sat in two of Queen Mary's five Parliaments for Bridgnorth in Shropshire in April 1554 and 1555.^[1] Both times he was a Member of Parliament together with his distant kinsman, Jerome Horde. Acton joined Reginald Corbet and others from Shropshire in opposing a government bill in 1555.

Acton came from a family of lawyers. His eldest son may have studied law, but it's not known if Acton obtained a legal education. Acton had a close connection to Reginald Corbet and Roger Smith, Corbet helped Acton's son admission to the Middle Temple in 1552. Smith, related to Acton by marriage, promoted him from Bridgnorth in the two Edwardian Parliaments.^[1]

Personal

Acton was the only surviving son of Thomas Acton and Elizabeth Dryland (born 1513. Acton married Cecily Cresset, daughter of Richard Cresset of Upton Cressett in Shropshire, by 1534. Acton died on 7 May 1567 and was succeeded by his son Robert.

Family

Acton had the following descendants:^[2]

Robert Acton (1534-1597);
Richard Acton of London, mercer, married 1571 Margaret Daniel and had issue a son, later Sir William Acton (died 1651), 1st and last baronet.
Frances Acton (died 1577), married 1563 John Billingsley ({{circa}}1535-74), eldest son of William Billingsley and had issue;
Reverend Thomas Acton (died 1615), vicar of Helmares;
Roland Acton (died 1583), died without issue at Newgate;
Reverend John Acton (1554-1624), rector of Wheathill (Shropshire), married 1594 Anne (known as Agnes) Head (died 1621) and had issue a daughter;
Francis Acton (died 1623), m. Bridget Powys;
Mary Acton, married (forename unknown) Etton of Thornton;
Elizabeth Acton (died after 1611), married {{circa}} 1584 Adam Doddington alias Detton (died 1611), son of Robert Detton and had issue;
Jane Acton, married before 1575 Thomas Oseley;
Dorothy Acton, married John Jones;
Anne Acton, married John Stringer.

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/acton-william-1513-67|title=ACTON, William (by 1513-67), of Aldenham, Salop. - History of Parliament Online|website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}
2. ^Acton, William (c.1510-67), of Aldenham Retrieved on 14 Mar 2018

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。