Robert Wroth

1540 - 1606  (66 years)

• Name	Robert Wroth
  Birth	1540	Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1606
  Person ID	I106	Parlett-Stancliff
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wroth,   b. Abt 1518, Durants, Enfield, Middlesex, England d. 9 Oct 1573, Durants, Enfield, Middlesex, England (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Rich,   b. Abt 1520, England d. Abt 8 Jan 1598, Enfield, Middlesex, England (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1538
  Family ID	F353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  {{Notables Sticker|England, Notables}} == Biography == Robert, born in Middlesex about 1540, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Wroth (1516-1573) by his wife Mary, daughter of Richard, Lord Rich. He was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, on 21 April 1553, but, owing to the religious changes consequent on the accession of Mary I, he left the university without a degree soon after his admission. Accompanying his father in his exile, he returned to England soon after the accession of Elizabeth I. He afterwards entered public life, and the rest of his career was devoted to politics and the administration of a large estate. He was elected for the first time to parliament for St Albans on 11 January 1563; he was returned for Trevena on 2 April 1571; he took his seat as member for the important constituency of Middlesex on 8 May 1572, and was re-elected to four later parliaments (23 November 1585, 4 February 1589, 7 October 1601, and 9 March 1604). Sir Robert married Susan, daughter and heiress of John Stonard of Loughton, through whom he acquired the estate of Loughton. He seems to have had at least four surviving sons:<ref>Wikipedia</ref> Sir Robert (1576?–1614) who married Lady Mary Wroth. John, who was admitted a student of the Inner Temple, 1596, was afterwards described as a captain, and succeeded to Durrants (also spelt Durants), the family's estate at Enfield in Middlesex,[3] Thomas. Henry, who is styled "of Woodbury in Herefordshire".[4] Sir Henry Wroth (died 1671), second son of Henry, Sir Robert's youngest son, acquired some fame as a royalist during the civil wars. == Sources == <references />* L. L. Ford, ‘Wroth, Sir Robert (c.1539–1606)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30083, accessed 7 Sept 2017]. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes. * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wroth_%28Middlesex_MP%29 Wikipedia] Author: DK Clews Author: J. Salsbery Author: C. Mackinnon