MANSELL (MANSFIELD, MANSFELT), Sir Robert (1570/1-1652), of Pentney, Norf.; Marquess House, Broad Street, London; and Church Street, Croom’s Hill, East Greenwich, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 1570 /1, HCA 13/30, f. 187. 4th (or 6th) s. of Sir Edward Mansell† (d.1585) of Penrice, Oxwich and Margam, Glam. and Jane, da. of Henry Somerset, 2nd earl of Worcester; bro. of Sir Thomas*. educ. Staple Inn 1585; Brasenose, Oxf. 1587; L. Inn 1615. m. (1) ?by 1593, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Nicholas Bacon†, ld. kpr., of York House, London, Redgrave, Suff. and Gorhambury, Herts., wid. of Sir Francis Wyndham† (d.1592) of Pentney, s.p.; (2) 11 Mar. 1617, Elizabeth Roper (d.1658), s.p. E. Williams, Staple Inn, 190; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 406; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 62; Kirby, 85. Kntd. 27 June 1596. S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 1596, p. 147. bur. 21 Aug. 1652 21 Aug. 1652. Soc. Gen. transcript, par. reg. St. Alfege, E. Greenwich. sig. Robert(e) Mansell.

Offices Held

Capt. of privateer, W. Indies expedition 1591; HCA 13/30, f. 187r-v. capt. RN, Cadiz expedition 1596, flag capt. Is. Voyage 1597, v.-adm. 1597, adm. Irish sqdn. 1599, Fleet to the W. 1601, Narrow Seas 1602 – 03, escort of Danish King 1606, Algiers expedition 1620–1; Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson ed. M. Oppenheim (Navy Rec. Soc. i), 359; ii. 38, 88, 169; E351/2239, unfol.; 351/2241, unfol.; 351/2244, unfol.; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 165. treas. of Navy 1604 – 18, lt. of Admty. 1618–?d.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 98; 1611–18, p. 541; C54/2374/10. member, Council of War 1624–6, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 149; Procs. 1626, ii. 263. 1637. CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 86, 224.

J.p. Norf. by 1593 – 1600, 1601 – 26, Kent by 1605 – 26, 1628–37; Hatfield House, ms 278; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 13; Harl. 286, f. 297; C231/4, f. 261; 231/5, p. 232. commr. to license passage overseas, Norf. 1599, Norf. RO, WLS XVII/1, bk. 2, ff. 12–14. v.-adm. 1600–18, HCA 49/106, packet A, nos. 53, 65. commr. sewers, Norf. and Cambs. 1601–4, C181/1, ff. 14, 78. musters, Norf. 1601, APC, 1600–1, p. 227. capt. militia ft. 1601, A.H. Smith, ‘Elizabethan Gentry of Norf.’ (Univ. of London Ph.D. thesis, 1959), p. 310. commr. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. piracy, London and Mdx. 1609 – at least19, London, Mdx., Kent and Essex 1614, London, Mdx., Kent, Essex and Surr. 1615, Mdx. Kent and Surr. 1617, oyer and terminer, Kent 1615; C181/2, ff. 101, 214, 220v, 228, 299v, 339. vestryman, E. Greenwich, Kent by 1629; Kirby, 85. freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1631; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350. commr. array, Kent 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Gent. of privy chamber by 1604-at least 1615; C54/2374/10; SP15/40/28. commr. Union 1604–6, CJ, i. 208b, 319b. privileges, New Merchant Adventurers 1614, HMC Downshire, iv. 338. export of iron ordnance 1619–?20. CD 1621, vii. 416; CSP Dom. Addenda 1580–1625, p. 629.

Freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1607; Memorials of Merchant Taylors’ Co. ed. G.M. Clode, 159. cttee. Virg. Co. 1607, Jamestown Voyages ed. P.L. Barbour (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2, cxxxvi), i. 74. NW Pass. Co. 1612, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239. New Eng. Council by 1622 – 35, auditor (jt.) 1622; CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 34, 204; Procs. American Antiq. Soc. 1867, p. 59. member, Muscovy Co. by 1608, Jacobean Commissions of Enquiry, 1608 and 1618 ed. A.P. McGowan (Navy Rec. Soc. cxvi), 229. ?E.I. Co. 1609, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 194. Somers Is. Co. 1615, A. Brown, Genesis of US, 770. Africa Co. 1618, Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 99. Fishing Assoc. by 1636. CUL, ms Dd. xi. 71.

Patentee, glass monopoly 1615–42. CD 1621, vii. 362; and see below.

Parlimentarian

MANSELL (MANSFIELD, MANSFELT), Sir Robert (1570/1-1652), of Pentney, Norf.; Marquess House, Broad Street, London; and Church Street, Croom’s Hill, East Greenwich, Kent.

Main residences: Pentney, Norf.E115/273/32; Lansd. 168; f. 189. and Marquess House, Broad Street, London and Church Street, Croom's Hill, East Greenwich, Kent.

MANSFIELD, MANSFELT

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Commons 1604-1629

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MANSELL (MANSFIELD, MANSFELT), Sir Robert (1570/1-1652)

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