MILDMAY, Sir Henry (c.1594-1668), of Wanstead, Essex and Twyford, Hants.

Sewer, king’s Household by Aug. 1617, cupbearer by Dec. 1617; Shaw, ii. 164; HMC Downshire, vi. 352. master of Jewel House 1618 – 41, ?1641-at least 1652 (parl.); C66/2133/23; HMC Laing, i. 271; LC3/1, unfol. commr. jewels 1621 – 23, govt. of Virg. 1624, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 252; pt. 4, pp. 144, 746. to determine whether lands have escheated to the king on the death of the earl of Holdernesse 1632, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, pt. 1 (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 37. abuses of goldworkers 1635–6, CSP Dom. 1635, p. 71; 1635–6, p. 178. exacted fees 1637, G. Aylmer, King’s Servants, 201; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 77. ?archery 1637, CSP Dom. 1637, p. 66. paying off the Scots 1641, SR, v. 123. settling money on Elector Palatine 1645, foreign plantations 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, Church govt. 1648, Army (parl.) 1648 – at least52, trial of Charles I 1649; A. and O. i. 785, 840, 854, 1209, 1254; ii. 64, 689. member, Council of State, 1649–51; Ibid. ii. 2, 335; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 609. commr. removal of obstructions, forfeited lands 1651. A. and O. ii. 523.

Freeman, ?Maldon, Essex 1620, Southampton, Hants 1626; HMC 11th Rep. iii, 24. commr. sewers, Chipping Ongar bridge to Ilford bridge, Essex 1620, Havering and Dagenham levels, Essex 1622 – at least33, Essex and Kent 1642; C181/3, ff. 18, 43; 181/4, 136v; 181/5, p. 454. j.p. Essex 1624 – 42, by 1648 at least 1657 (custos rot. 1650–4), C231/4, f. 160; 231/5, f. 530; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 510; C193/13/4, 5; Essex Q. Sess. Order Bks. 1652–61 ed. D.H. Allen, xxxviii. Hants by 1629–50; commr. Forced Loan, Essex 1626–7; Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. dep. lt. Essex 1628; Maynard Ltcy. Bk. ed. B.W. Quintrell, 230. commr. subsidy, Essex 1628, 1641, E115/80/29; SR, v. 62, 84. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1629-at least 1642, C181/4, f. 13v; 181/5, p. 443. Essex 1644–60, C181/5, pp. 474, 507. charitable uses, Essex 1632-at least 1641; C192/1, unfol. high steward, Maldon 1636–61; Essex RO, D/B 3/3/217/23; Sloane 856, f. 26v. B.W. Quintrell’s assertion that he was dep. steward of Maldon in 1628 appears to be unfounded: ‘Gentry Factions and the Witham Affray 1628’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), x. 122. commr. Poll Tax, Essex 1641, Irish aid 1642, SR, v. 107, 141. assessment 1643 – 60, Hants 1647–60, A. and O. i. 90, 974; ii. 1368, 1378. perambulation of Waltham Forest, Essex 1641, C181/5, p. 415. array, Essex 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. sequestration of delinquents 1643, levying money 1643, Eastern Assoc. 1643, felling timber in Waltham Forest, Essex 1644, A. and O. i. 112, 147, 292, 422. gaol delivery 1644 – at least45, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex by 1655-at least 1658; C181/5, pp. 475, 507; 181/6, pp. 104, 272. v.-adm. Suff. 1644–50; HCA 30/820/55; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 564. commr. New Model Ordinance, Essex 1645, A. and O. i. 621. militia 1648 – at least59, Hants 1648, Westminster 1649, Ibid. 1236, 1242; ii. 20, 1332. fen drainage, E. Anglia and E. Midlands 1649. Ibid. ii. 139.

Member, Virg. Co. July 1622, cttee. Nov. 1622; Virg. Co. Recs. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 76, 155. member, ?New Eng. Co. 1628. CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 90.

Elder, Essex classis 1646–8. H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian Organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.