Sir Ralph Warren (c. 1486 – 11 July 1553) was twice

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, for the first time in 1536 and the second in 1543.

Biography

Ralph Warren was the son of Sir Thomas Warren of Feering, Essex, and grandson of William Warren. Warren was a London mercer. He served as alderman, as

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in 1528, and as

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in 1536 and 1543. He was

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in the first year of his mayoralty by

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. He lived at Fulham House, a

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house at 87

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. In 1545 he gave a sword to the

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, which could be the Pearl Sword that is now one of the five ceremonial City of London swords. Warren died on 11 July 1553, and was buried in the chancel of the church of St. Osythe's, (also known as

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).Nichols, Notes "Ibid. ''Funeral of alderman sir Ralph Warren''".

Marriages and issue

Warren married firstly Christiana Warcup, widow of Roger North (d.1509), and daughter of Richard Warcup or Warcop of

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, Yorkshire. By her marriage to Roger North, Christiana (née Warcup) had a son and daughter, Sir Edward North, and Joan North, who married, and was the Marian exile, Joan Wilkinson. Warren married secondly, Joan Trelake, the daughter of John Trelake ''alias'' Davy, of

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, by whom he had two children, Richard Warren (d.1598) and Joan Warren (d.1584), who married her father's ward, Sir

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, Huntingdonshire, grandfather of the Protector

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. Joan married secondly, on 25 November 1558, Sir Thomas White, alderman of London, founder of

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. The said Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell, had issue by the lady Joan, his wife, Oliver Cromwell, esq. his son and heir, with other sons. Visit. of Hunt, in 1613; and of Kent in 1609. Stow's and Strype's survey of London; Grafton's chronicle; pedigree in the possession of the miss Cromwells;" ''lives of Oliver lord prot. &c''.

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Biography

Marriages and issue

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