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 PETRE OF WRITTLE.

1. Sir (a) of Writtle, West-Horndon (or Thorndon) and Ingatestone, co. Essex, only s. and h.(b) of Sir (c) of the same, one of the Secretaries of State to Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, and one of the Commissioners for the dissolution of the Monasteries, by his second wife Anne, da, of Sir, Lord Mayor of London in 1514. He was b. 20 Dec. 1549 at Ingatestone; suc. his Father 13 Jan. 1574; was Sheriff of en, Essex (1574-75) 17 Eliz.; Knighted 1586; M.P. for Essex 1585-86, and was er. 21 July 1603,(d), co. Essex ; Lord Lient of Essex. He m. 17 April 1570, at Ingatestone, Mary, 1st da. of Sir Edward Waldeorave, of Borley. co. Essex, by Frances, da, of Sir Edward She d. 11 and was bur. 20 Aug. 1604 at Ingatestone. He d. of fever 11 Oct. 1613. at West Thorndon, and was bur. 20 at Ingatestone. M.I. Will dated 1 Sep. 1612, pr. 18 Nov. 1613.

2., , s. and h., b. 24 June 1575, at West Horndon; mat. at Oxford (Ex. Coll.) 15 July 1588, aged 15: B.A. 4 Feb. 1590/1; Student of the Middle Temple. 1593; M.P. for Essex, 1597-08; was knighted 7 May 1603; ''suc. to the peerage'' 11 Oct. 1613. He m., at Essex House, 8 Nov. 1596, Catharine, 2d da. of Edward, 4th , by Elizabeth, da. of Francis, , She d. 30 Oct, 1624, aged 49, and was bur. at Ingatestone; funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms. M.I. He d. 5 May 1637, at West Horndon, and was bur. 12 at Ingatestone. Funeral certif. in Pub. Record office and Coll, of Arms. Will dat. 10 Jan. 1632, pr. 23 June 1637.

3., , 1st surv. s. and h., b. 22 Jan. 1599 at Ingatestone; mat, at Oxford (Ex.Coll.) 5 Feb. 1612/3, aged 13; Fellow Commoner of Wadham Coll. 1613(e) ; suc, to the peerage 5 May 1637. He m. in 1620, Mary, da, of Anthony Mary (Browne), 21, by Jane, da. of Thomas, He d. 28 Oct. 1638, at West Thorndon, and was bur. at Ingatestone. M.I. Funeral cert. in Public Record office and Coll, of Arms. Inq. post mortem 14 Dec. (1638) 14 Car. at Stratford, Essex. Will dat. 7 Aug. and 20 Oct., pr. 25 Oct. and 4 Dec. 1638, and again 1 July 1700. His widow d. 13 Jan. 1684/5 and was bur. 17 at Ingatestone in her 82d year. M.I. at Ingatestone.

4., , s.and h., aged 11 years on 30 Dec. 1637, suc. to the peerage 23 Oct.1638. He was one of the "Cavaliers" imprisoned in 1655,(f) and was subsequently