Family and Education
bap. 26 Feb. 1592, o. surv. s. of Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston and Dorothy, da. and coh. of Christopher Place of Halnaby, Yorks. Yorks. ERRO, PE6/1, p. 6; C142/125/70; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 8; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 147-9. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1606; L. Inn 1609. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. (1) settlement 27 Sept. 1613 (with £2,000) Frances (d. 3 July 1634), da. of Sir Henry Griffith of Burton Agnes, Yorks., 9s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.); Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 147-8; C142/381/154; HUL, DDWB, box 24; M. Imrie, Manor Houses of Burton Agnes, 47, 52. (2) lic. 11 May 1636, Katherine (d. 23 Feb. 1667), da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax II* of Gilling and Walton, Yorks., wid. of Robert Stapleton* of Wighill, Yorks., 2s. (at least 1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.). London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 227; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 147-8; Yorks. ERRO, PE185/1 (12 Feb. 1644); PROB 11/200, ff. 97-8; CSP Ire. (Adventurers), 1642-59, p. 187. suc. fa. 1617; C142/367/59. Kntd. 9 May 1618; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. cr. bt. 15 May 1618. CB. d. 5 Mar. 1647. Scarborough Recs. 1640-60 ed. M.Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. Co. RO, xlix), 94. sig. Matt[hew] Boynton.
Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1622 – c.37, N. Riding 1622; C231/4, f. 139. commr. sewers E. Riding, 1621 – 34, N. Riding 1623, oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1624-c.37; C181/3, ff. 47v, 96, 110, 187; 181/4, f. 189v. dep. lt., E. Riding 1629–38; SCL, Strafford Pprs. 12/50, 18/157. collector, Privy Seal loans, E. Riding 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 289. col. militia ft., E. Riding by 1626–38; Scarborough Recs. 1600–40, 174–5; Add. 28082, f. 80v. commr. Forced Loan, E. Riding 1626–7; C193/12/2. sheriff, Yorks. 1628 – 29, Dec. 1643-Oct. 1645; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163–4. commr. swans, Midlands and North 1629, repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, E. Riding 1633, charitable uses 1633, martial law, Hull, Yorks. June 1643, assessment E. Riding 1643 – d., levying and sequestration money, N. Riding 1643, Northern Assoc. Yorks. 1645–6; C181/3, f. 268; HUL, DDHA/18/35; C192/1, unfol.; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 292; A. and O. i. 91, 112, 148, 230, 544, 644, 705–6. freeman, Scarborough, Yorks. 1645. Scarborough Recs. 1640–60, 47.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642–6. LJ, v. 494b.

Commr. to reside with Scottish army 1644. Ibid. vi. 704b.

Main residence: Barmston, Yorks.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BOYNTON, Sir Matthew, 1st Bt. (1592-1647)

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