John Weld (merchant)
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Sir John Weld was a wealthy landowner and London merchant, the son of a Lord Mayor of London and the father of the branch of the Weld family which became settled at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. He was a
Sir John Weld
Recusancy
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Recusancy was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation.
John Weld (merchant)
…William and Sir George Whitmore), and had four daughters and three surviving sons. Sir John's sons married into prominent Catholic families and became recusants. The children of Sir John Weld and Dame Frances (née Whitmore) are shown as follows by Burke: Thomas Weld, who died young…
William Shakespeare came from a family background of English Catholic recusants.