Patience Ward ( 1629 - 1696 )

Birth: Tanshelf, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, England (07 December 1629) Death: 10 July 1696 Burial: The south corner of the chancel of St Mary Abchurch, London Education: Apprenticed to Launcelot Tolson, Merchant-Taylor and Merchant-Adventurer, of St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London (1646-1654); Gray's Inn (admitted 1670) Career: Set up in business for himself; Sheriff of London (1670); Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Within (1670-1683); Lord Mayor of London (1680-1681); deputy Lieutenant of London (1670?-1681, 1689-death); Commissioner for Assessment for London (1673-1680), for West Riding of Yorkshire (1679-1680), and for London and West Riding (1689-1690); MP for Pontefract (1679, 1681); MP for London (1689); a staunch Protestant, he incurred the disfavour of the court; tried for perjury (1683); on conviction, he fled to Holland but returned to favour under William III; Colonel of the Blue Regiment of Militia (1689-1690, 1691-death); Commissioner for Preventing the Export of Wool (1689-1692); Commissioner of Customs (1689-death) Honours: Kt 1675 Memberships: Merchant Taylors' Company; Honourable Artillery Company Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/04/1681 Council: 1691.