William Baldwin Jane Aylesbury SIR JOHN BALDWIN of Buckinghamshire,
died Oct 24, 1545. Inquest of his estate was held at Aylesbury, Dec 22, 1545. "He was a member of the inner temple and appointed reader in 1516, 1524
and 1531. He twice filled the office of treasurert, 1524 and 1530. He was of
Bucks in 1510 (on commision of the peace)..... In 1520 he was a man of sufficient
mark to be nominated on the sheriff roll, but he was not sellected by the king.
In In 1529 he was on the commision to hear causes in chancery committed to then
Cardinal Wolsey, then lord chanceller. In 1530, on Cardinal's fall,he was selected
to hold inquisition as to the extent of his property in Bucks. He set in the
House of Commons once, being burgess for Bendon in Wiltshire in 1529. In 1530
he was appointed attorney general for Wales and the Marches, and also of the
county Palntine of Chester and Flint. His patent as sarjeant-in-law is dated
Nov 16, 1531. According to Dugdale he and Thomas Willoughby were the first serjeants-in-law
to receive the honor of knighthood. this was in 1534. In 1535, he was appointed
chief justice of common pleas and almost the first cases in which he acted in
a judiciary capacity were the trials of Bishop Fisher and Sir Thomas More for
treason. He also acted in the same capacity at the trials of Anne Boleyn the
same year. He seemed to have lived principally at Aylesbury. He aquired a house
and site of the Grey Friars and the manors of Ellesberough and Durich" (Dist
Am. Biog.) Colonel Chester says he was given the Manor of Dunridge in Bucks by Henery VIII
shortly after 1541, and that he died in1545. When he died he left no surviving
sons. The D.N.B. article says he had a son William, who married Mary Tyringham,
but died during his father's lifetime. The estate passed to his heirs, Thomas
Packington, son and heir of his daughter Agnes, wife of Robert Packington, and
to John Burlacy, son and hair of his daughter Petronilla. The manor then passed
to Thomas Packington's son and heir, John, who in March 1577/78 alienated to
Henry and Richard Baldwin, who in 1579 paid the taxes on the manor. These are
considered by Col. Chester to be father and son. In 1553 two brothers, Richard
and John occupied Dundridge. This was but eight years after the death of Sir
John. These brothers are probably the sons of Richard - the brother of Sir John.
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