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. His home was Blendon Hall near Bexley in Kent. He was made a

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on 29 November 1660. In May 1650 he married Anne Caulfield, widow of Sir Paul Harris and Sir Ralph Gore. Some sources say Anne was the daughter of William Caulfield, others that her father was William's uncle

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of Charlemont in Ireland. Wroth contributed to a family history in manuscript. He wrote that his great-grandfather Sir Thomas Wroth was

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to Edward VI. He had his portrait painted by Robert Walker in 1651, and

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painted a miniature of his bride Anne just before their wedding. In 1651

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painted her portrait "in great" for ten shillings.''HMC 6th Report: Hood'' (London, 1877), p. 347.

Family

* Thomas Wroth (1651-1671) * Sir John Wroth, 2nd Baronet (1653–1677) * Henry Wroth * Sophia Wroth

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wroth, John 17th-century English people 1627 births 1664 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Bexley