NAPPER (NAPIER), Sir Robert (c.1542-1615), of Middlemarsh Grange, Minterne Magna, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1542,PROB 11/126, f. 330v. 3rd s. of James Napper of Puncknowle, Dorset and Anne, da. of one Hillary, and wid. of Thomas Elyett. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 182-3; Som. and Dorset N and Q, xix. 277. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1559, BA 1562; M. Temple 1566, called. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) Katherine, da. of John Warham of Compton Valence, Dorset, 1da.; (2) by 1588, Magdalen (d. 5 Mar. 1624), da. of William Denton of Tonbridge, Kent, 1s. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 125. Kntd. 1593. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 90. d. 20 Sept. 1615. Hutchins, iv. 483.

Offices Held

Fell., Exeter Coll. 1563–6; C.W. Boase, Registrum Collegii Exoniensis, 46. bencher, M. Temple 1593–d. MTR, 332, 598.

Commr. inquiry, Channel Is. 1591; APC, 1590–1, p. 288; 1591, p. 10. j.p. Dorset c. 1591 – 95, 1602–d., Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/1421, 1988; C231/1, f. 127. commr. piracy 1603, 1605, C181/1, ff. 62v, 114. sheriff 1606–7, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. commr. subsidy 1608. SP14/31/1.

C. bar. Exch. [I] 1593–1601; CSP Ire. 1592–6, p. 91; 1601–3, p. 121. commr. Crown debts [I] 1598. C231/1, f. 66.

Parlimentarian

NAPPER (NAPIER), Sir Robert (c.1542-1615), of Middlemarsh Grange, Minterne Magna, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London

Main residences: Middlemarsh Grange, Minterne Magna, Dorset; the Middle Temple, London.

Napier

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

NAPPER (NAPIER), Sir Robert (c.1542-1615)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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