Biography of Richard Weston 1527-1572
Before 1527 Richard Weston was born.
In Nov 1544 Richard Weston (age 17) was elected MP Lancaster.
Around 1550 William Dormer (age 37) and [his future sister-in-law] Dorothy Catesby (age 23) were married.
Before 1552 Richard Weston (age 25) and Wilburga Catesby (age 23) were married.
Around 1552 [his daughter] Amphillis Weston Lady Tichborne was born to Richard Weston (age 25) and [his wife] Wilburga Catesby (age 24).
In Mar 1553 Richard Weston (age 26) was elected MP Lostwithiel.
In Oct 1553 Richard Weston (age 26) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1555 Richard Weston (age 28) was elected MP Maldon.
In 1556 [his son] Jerome Weston was born to Richard Weston (age 29).
In 1558 [his wife] Wilburga Catesby (age 30) died.
On 11 May 1560 Thomas Wendy (age 60) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Haslingfield [Map].
In his will he left his Thomas Percy (age 32), nephew of his former employer, in his will a silver ewer and basin "in remembrance of such benefits which I have received at the hands of my very good lord and late master the late earl of Northumberland his uncle".
He left Anne Preston Baroness Geneville Beaudasert and Parr Kendal his lands at Coton and Whitwell, Cambridgeshire 'as a poor token of the good will which I have ever borne to her ladyship and in remembrance that in that place she had her first acquaintance with my lord her husband (age 54)'.
He also remembered Judge Anthony Browne (age 51), Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 28), Humphrey Radclyffe (age 51) and Richard Weston (age 33).
On 06 Jul 1572 Richard Weston (age 45) died.