LE GROS (GROSS), Sir Charles (c.1596-1650), of Crostwight, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Le Gros (d.1613) of Crostwright and Sloley, Norf. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Charles Cornwallis* of Brome, Suff.Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 186; W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. v. 131; WARD 7/74/169. educ. Aylsham, Norf.; Wymondham, Norf. (Mr. Eston) 1605-11; Caius, Camb. 1611, aged 15; G. Inn 1614; J. Venn, Biographical Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. 211; GI Admiss. travelled abroad 1618-21. APC, 1618-19, p. 274. m. by 27 Mar. 1621, PROB 11/140, f. 314. Muriel, da. of Sir Thomas Knyvett† of Ashwellthorpe, Norf., 2s. 6da. Blomefield, Norf. xi. 10-11. Kntd. 6 Dec. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160. suc. grandfa. 1622. WARD 7/74/169. d. by 31 May 1650. CCC, 2322. sig. C[harles] L[e] Gros.

Offices Held

Commr. maintenance, Yarmouth haven, Norf. 1620; APC, 1619–21, p. 194. j.p. Norf. 1624-at least 1640; C231/4, f. 168v; C66/2858. commr. sea-breaches, Norf. 1625 – 26, Norf. and Suff. 1638, C181/3, f. 163v; 181/5, f. 103; APC, 1625–6, p. 361. drain Fens, Norf. and Suff. 1625; C181/3, f. 190. capt. militia horse, Norf. by 1626; commr. loan 1626–7; State Pprs. Relating to Musters, Beacons, Shipmoney, etc. in Norf. ed. W. Rye, 31, 48. sheriff 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 89. commr. worsted stuffs, Norf. 1633, PC2/43, p. 72. poor prisoners 1635, PC2/45, p. 19. inquiry, Bury St. Edmunds canal, Suff. 1636–7, CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 386; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 307. sewers, Norf. 1639; C181/5, f. 146. dep. lt., Norf. by 1640; H. duc de Rohan, Complete Captain trans. J. C[ruso] (1640), sig. A2. commr. subsidy, Norf. 1641–2, SR, v. 87, 153. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Parlimentarian

LE GROS (GROSS), Sir Charles (c.1596-1650), of Crostwight, Norf.

Main residence: Crostwight, Norf.

Gross

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LE GROS (GROSS), Sir Charles (c.1596-1650)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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