MANWOOD, Sir Peter (c.1568-1625), of Hales Place, Hackington alias St. Stephens, Kent, Ford Place, Hothe, Kent and St. Bartholomew the Great, London

Family and Education

b. c.1568,C142/244/112; Staffs. RO, D593/S/4/60/17. o. surv. s. of Sir Roger Manwood† of Hackington, c. bar. exch. 1575-92, and 1st w. Dorothy, da. of John Theobald (Tebald) of Seal, Kent, wid. of John Croke† of Doctors’ Commons, London and Christopher Aleyne, Mercer, of London and Littlebury, Essex. educ. Saffron Walden g.s. Essex; I. Temple 1584; travelled abroad 1595?, 1598, 1604. m. 10 Jan. 1588, Frances, da. of Sir George Hart of Lullingstone, Kent, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 144; Add. 29759, ff. 26v-7, 49v; CITR, i. 327; IGI (Kent); N. Carlisle, Endowed Gram. Schools, i. 442; CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 148; 1598-1601, p. 132. suc. fa. 1592; cr. KB 25 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 155. d. 20 June 1625. sig. Pe[ter] Manwood

Offices Held

Commr. survey, Dover harbour, Kent 1590, Lansd. 66, f. 34. inquiry into Catholic missionaries, Kent 1592; Staffs. RO, D593/S/3/6. j.p. Kent 1590–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 293; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 158. capt. militia ft. 1595-at least 1621; Lansd. 78, f. 140; HMC Finch, i. 42. commr. grain 1595, Staffs. RO, D593/S/3/7. subsidy, 1595, Ibid. D593/S/4/38/16. 1602–8, E115/260/114; 115/266/122, 156; 115/275/118; SP14/31/1. Canterbury, Kent 1603–4, E115/244/79; 115/245/6. Kent and Canterbury 1621, 1624, C212/22/20; 212/22/23. sewers, Kent by 1596 – d., Kent and Suss. 1604-at least 1609, CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 224; C181/1, f. 57; 181/3, f. 157v. musters, Kent 1597; APC, 1597, p. 109. bridge warden, Rochester, Kent 1598–1621 (snr. warden 1599, 1609, 1615); Traffic and Pols. ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson, 293. gov. Cobham New Coll. Kent by 1599, pres. aft. 1599; Arch. Cant. xxvii. 84. dep. lt. Kent 1601-at least 1619; APC, 1601–4, p. 450; 1618–19, p. 339. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by 1602–d.; C181/1, f. 15v; 181/3, f. 138v. sheriff, Kent 1602–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. commr. lands of Lord Cobham (Henry Brooke II† alias Cobham), Kent 1608, C181/2, f. 64v. Admty. causes 1608, HCA 14/39/217. aid 1609–10, SP14/43/107. piracy, Cinque Ports 1612-at least 1616; C181/2, ff. 185, 246v. kpr. Ford Palace and Park 1613-at least 1617; D.M. Owen, Cat. of Lambeth Mss 889 to 901, p. 25; LPL, TGI, ff. 1, 10v. commr. charitable uses, Kent 1615–16; C93/6/18; 93/7/7. trustee, properties to finance scholarships at King’s sch. Canterbury 1618; W.K. Jordan, Social Institutions in Kent (Arch. Cant. lxxv), 93. freeman, New Romney, Kent 1621. SP14/119/19.

Steward, Christmas feast, I. Temple 1615 – 18, 1623. CITR, ii. 92, 97, 104, 109, 140.

Parlimentarian

MANWOOD, Sir Peter (c.1568-1625), of Hales Place, Hackington alias St. Stephens, Kent, Ford Place, Hothe, Kent and St. Bartholomew the Great, London

Main residences: Hales Place, Hackington alias St. Stephens, Kent; Ford Place, Hothe, Kent; St. Bartholomew the Great, London.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MANWOOD, Sir Peter (c.1568-1625)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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