MAINWARING, Sir Henry (1586/7-1653), of Dover Castle, Kent; later of Camberwell, Surr.

Family and Education

b. 1586 /7, 2nd s. of Sir George Mainwaring† (d.1628) of Ightfield, Salop and Anne, da. of Sir William More† of Loseley, Surr.;Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring, Vol. 1 ed. G.E. Manwaring (Navy Recs. Soc. liv), 3. bro. of Sir Arthur*. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1599, aged 12, BA 1602, MD 1643; I. Temple 1604.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. c.1630, Fortune (bur. 26 Dec. 1633), da. of Sir Thomas Gardiner of Peckham, Surr., 1da. d.v.p. Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 213. For the evidence that Mainwaring had a da. who predeceased him, see C8/309/103; C2/Chas.I/M9/64. The burial date for Lady Fortune recorded in Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 15 is incorrect. We are grateful to Geoffrey Harris for the Chancery refs. and also for this information. Kntd. 20 Mar. 1618.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167. bur. 15 May 1653. sig. H. Mainwaring.

Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber by 1618;Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 40. commr. inquiry, Navy 1626–7, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 494; SP16/45, f. 102. sale of French prize goods 1627;APC, 1627, p. 285. member, Council of War 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563.

Lt. Dover Castle 1620 – 23; j.p. Kent 1620–8;C231/4, ff. 109, 261. freeman, Dover 1620, Portsmouth, Hants 1628. Add. 29625, f. 56; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620-at least 1622;Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 344; ii. 17. elder bro. Trin. House 1627 – 42, master 1630 – 31, 1642.Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 215, 295.

Capt. RN 1623, 1636 – 38, 1646 (roy.), 1648 (roy.), v.-adm. 1639–40.Ibid. 108, 234, 254, 262, 26; Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 306, G.E. Mainwaring incorrectly lists Sir John Mennes as vice-adm. of the sixth Ship Money fleet. For an accurate listing of the officers who served in 1640, see Alnwick Castle (BL microfilm M286), Northumberland ms xv, f. 147.

Parlimentarian

MAINWARING, Sir Henry (1586/7-1653), of Dover Castle, Kent; later of Camberwell, Surr.

Main residences: Dover Castle, Kent; Camberwell, Surr.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MAINWARING, Sir Henry (1586/7-1653)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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