MIDDLETON, John (aft. 1558-1636), of Hills Place, Horsham, Suss.

Family and Education

b. aft. 1558,PROB 11/109, f. 398v. o.s. of Richard Middleton, ironmaster, of Horsham and Bennett, da. of one Porter of Cuckfield, Suss., wid. of one Evernden of Sedlescombe, Suss. m. by 1588, Frances, da. of Nicholas Fowle, ironmaster, of Wadhurst, Suss., 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1604. d. 17 July 1636. Suss. Gens.: Horsham Cent. comp. J. Comber, 274-7; C.E.D. Davidson-Houston, ‘Suss. monumental brasses’, Suss. Arch. Colls. lxxx. 105; Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Suss. ed. E.W.T. Attree (Suss. Rec. Soc. xiv), 160.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Horsham 1603–4; C219/35/2/83. commr. sewers, Suss. 1604-at least 1631; C181/1, f. 81v; 181/4, f. 74. escheator, Surr. and Suss. 1605–6; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 166. capt. militia ft. Suss. by 1602–6; Harl. 703, f. 136. j.p. 1609-c. Jan. 1626, 3 Mar. 1626–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 25; Arundel, Letters, Peers to Spiller, 16 Jan. 1626; C231/4, f. 198; C193/13/2, f. 67v. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1617–18; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. commr. brewhouse survey, Suss. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/122/89; C212/22/21, 23. martial law 1626–7, APC, 1626, p. 221. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 59v. knighthood fines 1630–2. E178/7154, f. 197; 178/5678, f. 4.

Parlimentarian

MIDDLETON, John (aft. 1558-1636), of Hills Place, Horsham, Suss.

Main residence: Hills Place, Horsham, Suss.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MIDDLETON, John (aft. 1558-1636)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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