WHITFIELD, Ralph (1588-1645), of Tenterden and Burmarsh, Kent, the Barbican, London and Gray’s Inn

Family and Education

bap. 3 Mar. 1588,St Mildred, Tenterden, par. reg., Soc. Gen. transcript, unfol. 1st s. of Herbert Whitfield of Tenterden and Martha, da. of Robert Shephard of Peasmarch, Suss. educ. G. Inn, 1608, called 1627. GI Admiss. m. Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Spelman* of Congham, Norf., 5s. 1da. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 348. suc. fa. 1622. C142/408/137. Kntd. 4 Oct. 1635. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 204. bur. 15 Sept. 1645 15 Sept. 1645. Reg. Burials at Temple Church 1628-1853, p. 7. sig. Raphe Whitfeld.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1622 – 23, 1625, Suss. 1626, 1630 – 31, Kent 1629, 1631 – 32, 1639 – 40, I. of Wight 1632, C181/3, ff. 60, 94, 173v, 189, 210, 253, 255; 181/4, ff. 38, 74, 75v, 89, 101v; 181/5, f. 146v. recusancy, Kent 1623, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449, misdated 1627. subsidy 1624, C212/22/23. piracy, Cinque Ports 1625, 1629, 1630, 1638, C181/3, ff. 175v, 247v; 181/4, ff. 48v; 181/5, f. 131v, 168. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635–42, C181/4, f. 198v; 181/5, ff. 8v, 36, 50v, 65, 78v, 97v, 109, 129, 138v, 163, 174, 193, 204, 222. London 1636 – 41, Mdx. 1641, gaol delivery, London 1636, 1639 – 41, Newgate, London 1638, 1641; C181/5, ff. 59, 90, 119v, 154, 157v, 186, 207v, 213, 214. bailiff and judge, Battle Ct. of Record, Suss. 1625; W. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 402. j.p. Kent by 1625 – 42, Suss. c.1625–40; C231/4, ff. 190, 191, 219; 231/5, f. 395; PRO 30/26/104, f. 23; ASSI 35/82/6, 7; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 421. steward, Pett manor, Suss. c.1632. Add. 38485, f. 239.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 402.

Reader, Staple Inn, 1628, G. Inn 1633; PBG Inn, i. 283, 315. fee’d counsel to Cinque Ports, by 1633-at least 1641; Cal. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 450, 460, 463, 468, 471, 472, 478. sjt.-at-law 1634; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 221. Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 373. KS 1635; C66/2701; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 114; ix. pt. 1, p. 77. commr. Londonderry plantation, Ire., 1638–9. Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, ii. 312.

Parlimentarian

WHITFIELD, Ralph (1588-1645), of Tenterden and Burmarsh, Kent, the Barbican, London and Gray’s Inn

Main residences: Tenterden; Burmarsh, Kent; the Barbican, London; Gray's Inn.

Author

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WHITFIELD, Ralph (1588-1645)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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