John Dethick

John Dethick (died 1671) was Lord Mayor of London in 1656 during the Protectorate.

Biography

John Dethick was the son of John Dethick of West Newington, Norfolk and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Methwold. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, Lord Mayor of London in 1656,^[1] and knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 15 September 1656 ^[2] He died in 1671 at his country estate at Totenham in Middlexex and was buried in the Church of St Andrew Undershaft London.^[1]

Family

Dethick married first, Ann, daughter of Francis Smallpiece of Norwich and widow of Thomas Anguish. He married secondly Martha daughter of Edmund Travers of London. He married thirdly Anne, daughter of Thomas Jolliff of Leek in Staffordshire. ^[1] He and no surviving children from his first or third marriage, but with his second wife Martha he had three children:^[1]

• Benjamin, who married Mary daughter of John Harrison a London merchant.^[1]
• Elizabeth who married Sir John Banks.^[1]
• Susan who married Edward Ludge a London merchant.^[1]

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 , Blomefield & Parkin 1807, pp. 505–506.
2. ↑ Shaw 1906, p. 223.

References

• Blomefield, Francis; Parkin, Charles (1807), An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Gallow and Brothercross. Blofield. Clackclose (2 ed.), W. Miller, pp. 505–506
• Shaw, William Arthur (1906), The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland 2, London: Sherratt and Hughes