STRADLING, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1563-1637), of St. Donat’s Castle, Glam.

Family and Education

b. 1563, 1st s. of Francis Stradling of Easton-in-Gordano, Som. and Mary, da. of Bartholomew Mitchell.CB. educ. privately (Edward Green); Brasenose, Oxf. 1580, BA (Magdalen Hall) 1584; ?L. Inn 1600; Ath. Ox. ii. 396; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. ?travelled abroad. Glam. Co. Hist. ed. G. Williams, iv. 120. m. 2 Oct. 1599, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Gage of Firle, Suss. 7s. (?3 d.v.p.) 4da. G. Williams, ‘Sir John Stradling of St. Donat’s’, Glam. Historian ix. 13-14. suc. fa. 1589, Som. Wills ed. F. Brown, vi. 50. gt.-uncle Sir Edward Stradling† 1609; PROB 11/124, f. 322. Kntd. 15 May 1608; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145. cr. bt. 22 May 1611. d. 9 Sept.1637. CB. sig. Jo[hn] Stradlynge.

Offices Held

?Fell. All Soul’s, Oxf. Glam. Co. Hist. iv. 120.

J.p. Glam. 1607–d., JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 293, 300. sheriff 1607 – 08, 1619–20, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 257. commr. subsidy 1608, 1626, SP14/31/1; E179/224/598. aid 1609, SP14/43/107. inquiry into houses of correction 1610, C181/2, f. 122v. piracy, Glam. and Mon. 1615, C181/3, f. 228. sewers, Glam. 1626, Ibid. f. 201. dep. lt. 1626–31. Glam. Co. Hist. iv. 167, 170.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1623. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S. M. Kingsbury, iv. 157.

Parlimentarian

STRADLING, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1563-1637), of St. Donat’s Castle, Glam.

Main residence: St. Donat's Castle, Glam.

Author

H.J.L.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STRADLING, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1563-1637)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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