Lawrence Washington
Abt 1602 - 1652 (50 years)-
Name Lawrence Washington Birth Abt 1602 Sulgrave Manor, England 
Gender Male Death 1652 England Person ID I1559 MyTree Last Modified 15 Aug 2009
Father Lawrence Washington, b. Abt 1568, England d. 13 Dec 1616, England (Age 48 years) Mother Matgaret Butler d. 1652, England Marriage 3 Aug 1588 Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire, England Family ID F5135 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Amphyllis Twigden, b. Little Creaton, Northamptonshire, England Marriage 1633 Northamptonshire, England Children + 1. John Washington, b. Abt 1633, England d. Jan 1677, Richmond Co., VA (Age 44 years)Family ID F5134 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2017
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Notes - Lawrence was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated
B.A. in 1623;
was a Fellow of the college from 1624-33, proceeded M.A. in 1626;
became a Proctor and lector in 1631 and obtained a B.D. degree in
1632;
He became rector of Purleigh, a wealthy living, in April 1633;
In 1643 Parliament ordered the living of Purleigh to be sequestered
and the Rev. Lawrence Washington ejected; The Civil War was in
progress. He was accused as a "alignant Royalist" and "oft drunk",
but the later charge was refuted. From that time he was allowed to
hold only the very small, poor living of Little Braxted, near Maldon
in Essex;
The Rev. Lawrence Washington died in poverty.
- Lawrence was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated