WESTON, Sir Simon (c.1565-1637), of St. John’s, Lichfield, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1565,C142/226/169. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of James Weston† of Lichfield, chan. of bp. of Lichfield and Margery, da. of Humphrey Lowe of Lichfield. m. Mary, da. of John Lloyd, DCL, of Caern., 1da. S. Erdeswick, Survey of Staffs. ed. T. Harwood, ped. facing p. 165; Staffs. RO, D(W)1885/4/6/1. suc. fa. 1589; Kntd. Aug. 1599. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. d. 20 Feb. 1637. C142/553/2. sig. Si[mon] Weston.

Offices Held

Commr. to examine witnesses, Henry Sacheverell v. Sir Humphrey Ferrers 1596, FSL, L.e. 796. charitable uses, Staffs. 1599, 1607, 1613 – 17, 1629 – 34, 22 June 1637–d.; C93/1/16; 93/2/25; 93/5/18; 231/4, f. 50; 192/1, unfol. j.p. Lichfield 1606-at least 1622, C181/2, f. 21; 181/3, ff. 52, 59. Staffs. by 1608–?d., SP14/33, f. 56v; SP16/405. Tamworth, Staffs./Warws. 1619-at least 1628, C231/4, f. 81; 181/3, f. 239v.; commr. subsidy, Staffs. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Lichfield 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid, Staffs. 1609, Lichfield 1609; SP14/43/107. sheriff, Staffs. 1610–11, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix.), 128. dep. lt. by 1613 – at least25, 1629, FSL, L.a. 554, 751; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 112; SP16/149/81.I. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loan 1612 – 13, 1625–6; E403/2732, f. 105v; 401/2586, p. 183. commr. to examine cause bet. Godfrey Burwey et al. and Sir Henry Griffith, Lichfield 1616, E134/14 Jas.I/Mich.13. oyer and terminer, Oxon. circ. by 1622-at least 1634; C181/3, f. 63v; 181/4, f. 199v. commr. Forced Loan, Staffs. 1627, SP16/56/89; 16/73/123. visitation, dioc. of Coventry and Lichfield 1627, C181/3, f. 225. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635. C181/4, f. 199v.

?Judge, Consistory Ct. of Lichfield by 1613; Staffs. RO, D(W)1721/1/4, f. 49 (2nd numbering). recorder, Lichfield 1622-at least 1623. T. Harwood, Hist. Lichfield, 345.

Trustee, estates of Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex 1620–1. Longleat, Devereux Pprs. (IHR microfilm), Box 7, no. 103.

Parlimentarian

WESTON, Sir Simon (c.1565-1637), of St. John’s, Lichfield, Staffs.

Main residence: St. John's, Lichfield, Staffs.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WESTON, Sir Simon (c.1565-1637)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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