Anne (Burton) Wrottesley (abt. 1670 - 1732)

Born about 1670 in England

Died 1 Jul 1732 at about age 62 in Brewood, Staffordshire, England

Biography

Anne Burton was born about 1670, daughter of Justice Burton of Longnor in Shropshire. ^[1]

Anne, daughter of Thomas Burton & Elizabeth Burton, was baptised on 31 July 1673 in Shropshire, England.^[2]

She married widower, Sir Walter Wrottesley Bt., and was mother of his children, Walter, Margaret and Anne.^[1]

By his second wife Sir Walter left a son Walter, and two daughters, Margaret, born in June 1696, who appears to have died unmarried, and Anne, who married Thomas Hutchinson of Woodhall, co. Hereford, and of Owthorpe, co. Notts. She was baptised at Brewood on the 22nd September 1702. It appears that in 1694 the manor of Somerford, with the capital mansion and lands in Somerford, Horsebrook, Stretton and Brewood, late the estate of John Somerford, Esq., Robert Miles, and Roger Ward, were settled by Fine and Recovery on Dame Anne, the wife of Sir Walter.

Dame Anne Wrottesley, by will dated 27th July 1729, devised to her daughter Anne, the wife of Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., of Owthorpe, co. Notts, her brotherton Hall, co. Salop, and Peter Meyrick of the Bank of England, Esq., in trust to sell the same, and it was sold in 1734 for "5,400 to Robert Barbor, Esq., of the Inner Temple.

Dame Anne Wrottesley was buried at Brewood on the 10th of July 1732, having survived her husband for more than twenty years. The courtly Vicar of Brewood describes her in his Register as "The Honorable Lady Anne Wrot- tesley of Somerford, widow."

Anne died on 1 July 1732 and was buried in St Mary and St Chad Churchyard, Brewood, South Staffordshire Borough, Staffordshire, England.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia: Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Baronet
2. ↑ Baptism: "Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1812"
   Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records
   Ancestry uk Record 61516 #445036 (accessed 13 December 2023)
   Anne Burton baptism on 31 Jul 1673, daughter of Thomas Burton & Elizabeth Burton, in Shropshire, England.
3. ↑ Burial: "UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current"
   Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #173323971
   Ancestry uk Record 60526 #4428197 (accessed 13 December 2023)
   Anne Wrottesley burial (died on 1 Jul 1732) in St Mary and St Chad Churchyard, Brewood, South Staffordshire Borough, Staffordshire, England.