Sir Henry Wright

Annotations

• N David Quidnunc on Sat 29 Mar 2003, 03:37pm

  FAMILY:

  MARRIAGE & IN-LAWS: Wright (born about 1637) married Anne Crew, sister of Jemima Crew Mountagu, in 1658, making him a brother-in-law (as *we* would say) of Edward Mountagu, Pepys’s patron.

  FATHER: Dr. Laurence Wright, was one of Cromwell’s physicians.

  DAUGHTER: Anne inherited Dagenhams (the family estate) when her mother died in 1708. If the Wrights had any sons, they didn’t survive — or one would have inherited the estate on Henry’s (earlier) death.

  COUSIN?: Another female Wright, a cousin of Sir Henry, appears twice: once in early 1663 and again in late 1664. She may be the Anne Wright mentioned in Sir Henry’s will.

  — Latham & Matthews edition of the diary, Vols. 10 (Companion), 11 (Index)

• N David Quidnunc on Sat 29 Mar 2003, 03:47pm

  CAREER:

  1656-57 — a commissioner of trade

  1658 — created a baronet

  1660 — created a baronet again (after the regime change), apparently just to make sure it stuck

  1660, 1661 — twice elected to Parliament for Harwich, an “admiralty borough.” His poor health prevented him from being an active member.

  — L&M Vol. 10 (Companion)

• N David Quidnunc on Sat 29 Mar 2003, 03:53pm

  Minor PLOT SPOILER till 1664

  As Pepys apparently mentions in the diary in late 1665, Wright died in 1664. Calling this a plot spoiler may be too scrupulous. Wright is mentioned only 16 times in the diary, half of the time as host of Edward Mountagu in Wright’s London house.

  — L&M Vols. 10 (Companion), 11 (Index)

• N Phil on Tue 17 Jun 2003, 11:36am

  His wife, Anne: http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/931.php

References in the diary

1660

Mar: 14, 20, 23, 27
May: 12
Jun: 18, 22
Nov: 9
Dec: 26

1661

Aug: 12

1662

Jan: 18

1663

Dec: 10