Sir John WITTEWRONG Bart., of Rothamstead. [3224]

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The Wittewronges were a Flemish Protestant family who in 1564 left Ghent in the Spanish Netherlands for London. Jacques Wittewronge came to London with his wife and two children. Most of the Wittewronge family followed Jacques, who made a career and public notary, and died in 1593.

John Wittewronge was a grandson of Jacques, and son of Jacob Wittewrong(le) (1558-1622) by his second wife Anna, daughter of Garrard Vanaker of Antwerp, a merchant. Jacob was a wealthy brewer. On Jacob's death Anna then married Thomas Myddelton, as his fourth wife, and survived him. Through his step-father John gained a Welsh connection, and he was later Sheriff of Montgomeryshire though the manor of Talerddig.

He was knighted in 1640, and he then fought on the side of Parliament in the English Civil War as a colonel. He was Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1658. In religion he was an Independent, at one time a member of the congregation of William Bridge, and later supported ministers of nonconforming views.

He bought land at Wheathampstead in 1649. He was created baronet in 1662, and in 1667 bought Stantonbury from Sir John Temple, where he built a mansion of which only a few traces are left. He also owned Rothamsted Manor; the family had leased it from 1611, and purchased it in 1623, after which Sir John made many alterations.
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John spouse unknown Mary MIDDLETON [22091] [MRIN: 1092], daughter of Sir John MIDDLETON [22092] and Unknown, on 3 Dec 1638.