Individual Details
Sir William "of Roydon Hall" Twysden Bt
(4 Apr 1566 - 8 Jan 1629)
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Clitheroe]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1593]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Helston]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1601]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Thetford]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1604]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1614]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Winchelsea]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1628]][[Category: Magdalene College, Cambridge]][[Category: East Peckham, Kent]][[Category: Roydon Hall]][[Category: Gray's Inn]]
== Biography ==
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'''Sir William Twysden, 1st. Bart. of Roydon Hall''', was the son of [[Twisden-9|Roger Twisden]] and his wife, [[Wyatt-376|Anne Wyatt]] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Complete Baronetage Page 74 Twisden or Twysden] was born 4 April 1566. [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/twysden-sir-william-1566-1629 History of Parliament online: William Twysden] Mad about sport as a youth, William later applied himself to learning. He was educated at Gray's Inn and Magdalene College, Cambridge obtaining a BA in 1583.
On 4 October 1591 he married Anne Finch, daughter of [[Finch-315|Sir Moyle Finch]] and his wife, [[Heneage-35|Elizabeth Heneage]], who bore him five sons and two daughters. He first entered Parliament as Member for Clitheroe in Lancashire in 1593 then in 1601 as Member for Helston in Cornwall.
William was knighted on 11 May 1603 and accompanied [[Howard-2363|Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton to Windsor in May 1605 for the latter's investment in the Order of the Garter.
Created Baronet Twysden of East Peckham 29 June 1611. His last Parliamentary seat was Winchelsea which he took in 1628 but fell ill that winter, wrote his will on 3rd January 1629, and died on the 8th, deeply in debt. He was buried at East Peckham.
== Sources ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/KentsHistoricalSites/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1313314375361302 Royden Hall East Peckham]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1593]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Helston]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1601]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Thetford]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1604]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1614]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, Winchelsea]]
[[Category: Members of Parliament, England 1628]][[Category: Magdalene College, Cambridge]][[Category: East Peckham, Kent]][[Category: Roydon Hall]][[Category: Gray's Inn]]
== Biography ==
}
'''Sir William Twysden, 1st. Bart. of Roydon Hall''', was the son of [[Twisden-9|Roger Twisden]] and his wife, [[Wyatt-376|Anne Wyatt]] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Complete Baronetage Page 74 Twisden or Twysden] was born 4 April 1566. [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/twysden-sir-william-1566-1629 History of Parliament online: William Twysden] Mad about sport as a youth, William later applied himself to learning. He was educated at Gray's Inn and Magdalene College, Cambridge obtaining a BA in 1583.
On 4 October 1591 he married Anne Finch, daughter of [[Finch-315|Sir Moyle Finch]] and his wife, [[Heneage-35|Elizabeth Heneage]], who bore him five sons and two daughters. He first entered Parliament as Member for Clitheroe in Lancashire in 1593 then in 1601 as Member for Helston in Cornwall.
William was knighted on 11 May 1603 and accompanied [[Howard-2363|Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton to Windsor in May 1605 for the latter's investment in the Order of the Garter.
Created Baronet Twysden of East Peckham 29 June 1611. His last Parliamentary seat was Winchelsea which he took in 1628 but fell ill that winter, wrote his will on 3rd January 1629, and died on the 8th, deeply in debt. He was buried at East Peckham.
== Sources ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/KentsHistoricalSites/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1313314375361302 Royden Hall East Peckham]
Events
| Birth | 4 Apr 1566 | Royden Hall, Peckham, Kent, England | |||
| Death | 8 Jan 1629 | ||||
| Reference No | 11674474 | ||||
| Reference No | 12409214 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Roger Twisden (1542 - 1603) |
| Mother | Anne Wyatt (1542 - 1592) |
| Sibling | Margaret Twisden (1564 - 1630) |
| Sibling | Jane Twisden (1565 - ) |