Bernard Whetstone
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Sir Bernard Whetstone (c. 1547 – 1624) of Woodford, Essex and Hangleton, Sussex was an English landowner, who sat in the House of Commons in the parliament of 1604–1611.[1]
He was the son of Robert Whetstone (d. 1557), Haberdasher, a London haberdasher and Margaret, daughter of Philip Bernard of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and co-heiress to her brother Francis Bernard.[1][2] He was the older brother of George Whetstone. His father acquired the manor of Woodford in 1553.[3] He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1563[4] and was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1580.[1]
He accompanied Leicester's army to The Netherlands and was awarded an augmentation to his coat of arms for his valour at the battle of Zutphen.[5]
He increased his estate through his marriages. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Calibut of Castle Acre, Norfolk.[6] His second wife Anne was the widow of Giles Paulet, a younger son of the Marquis of Winchester.[6] It was after this second marriage that he was made a JP in Essex.[1] Finally in 1597 he married Mary, daughter of Richard Whalley of Kirton, Nottinghamshire and widow of Richard Bellingham of Hangleton.[1][6] The couple conveyed their interest in Hangleton to Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, but remained as tenants of the manor house[7] and he became a JP in Sussex. He was knighted in 1603.[1]
In 1604 he was chosen to sit for the nearby parliamentary seat of New Shoreham, where Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham was patron, his stepson being the earl's secretary.[8] He was moderately active as an MP; he sat on a number of committees and two of his speeches were recorded in the first session.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "WHETSTONE (WHITESTONS), Sir Barnard (c.1547-1624), of Woodford, Essex and Hangleton, Suss". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ↑ The visitations of Essex part 2. Vol. 14. Harleian Society. 1879.
- ↑ Lysons, Daniel (1796). The Environs of London. Vol. 1. p. 274.
- ↑ Alumni cantabrigienses to 1751. Vol. 4. 1927. p. 392.
- ↑ Grantees of Arms. Harleian Society. 1915. p. 274.
- 1 2 3 The visitations of Essex part 1. Vol. 13. Harleian Society. 1878. p. 520.
- ↑ "VCH Sussex 7: Hangleton". British History Online. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ↑ "Constituencies 1604-1629: New Shoreham". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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