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    Wanton, John

    Male Abt 1540 - 1592  (~ 52 years)


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    • Name Wanton, John 
      Born Abt 1540  Of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 23 Aug 1592  St Olave Hart Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I05686  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 20 Jun 2015 

      Family Ramsay, Mary,   b. Abt 1548, Of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 Oct 1618, St Olave Hart Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
      Married 08 Jan 1564  St Mary Le Bow, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F01633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Son of Thomas Wanton and Joan Laxton. Citizen and grocer of London.
        John also a merchant in London. Also a searcher at the Customs House.

        Will of John Wanton, Grocer of London
        Date 11 August 1592 PROB 11/80


        Scope and content
        Ferdinand Alvares v. Thomas Cockyne. Corn belonging to Bernard Lewes, seized by John Wanton, searcher of the port of London. A bond entered into by the defendant and John Smithe to the plaintiff and Benjamin Anis. London. Covering dates 32/33 Eliz. Mich. Availability Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years Held by
        The National Archives, Kew no title] DDSH 1/203 1579/80

        Contents:
        John Wanton, citizen and grocer, of London, to John Crosse, of Lyverpoole, gent. General release of all claims, actions, &c., to 25th of November last.
        Sealed in presence of Tho. Lucas, servant to Robert Preston, and John Russell.
        Dated 2nd of February, 21 Elizabeth [1579/80].
        Liverpool.

        Annals of the coinage of Britain and its dependencies: from the ..., Volume 4 By Rogers Ruding
        ...It is therefore ordered, that Edmond Calthorp, Thomas Maston, of the City of London, haberdashers, and John Wanton, of the said City, grocer, men well acquainted with the manner of exchanges and rechanges, to and from the City of London, and to and from foreign parts, may make and give sufficient warrant to all persons for exchange and rechange, agreeable to the Statutes; and therefore, from henceforth, ail Bills of exchange and rechange indorsed or subscribed with the name and hand writing of them, or any of them, shall be sufficient warrant both for the deliverer and the taker.