MAYNARD, Sir William (1586-1640), of Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex

Family and Education

b. 10 July 1586,Diary of John Dee ed. J.O. Halliwell (Cam. Soc. xix), 21. 1st s. of Sir Henry Maynard† of Easton Lodge and Susan, da. and coh. of Thomas Pierson of Westminster, usher of the Exch. and Star Chamber; bro. of Charles* and John*. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 679; PROB 11/75, f. 86; CPR, 1572-5, p. 468. educ. embassy, Paris 1598; HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 22. St. John’s, Camb., MA 1608; Al. Cant. travelled abroad (France), 1606-8; SP78/53, f. 76; HMC Hatfield, xx. 28. I. Temple 1611. CITR, ii. 57. m. (1) settlement 22 June 1608, Frances (d. 1 Sept. 1613), da. of William Cavendish†, 1st Bar. Cavendish of Hardwick, later 1st earl of Devonshire, 2s d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) settlement 7 Apr. 1615, Anne (d. 5 Aug. 1647), da. of Sir Anthony Everard† of Gt. Waltham, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. C142/319/195; 142/615/129; T. Wright, Hist. Essex, ii. 228; Vis. Essex, 595; CSP Dom. 1640-1, p. 323; Barrington Fam. Letters ed. A. Searle (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xxviii), 100. Kntd. 7 Mar. 1609; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 147. suc. fa. 1610; C142/319/195. cr. bt. 29 June 1611, Bar. Maynard of Wicklow [I] 30 May 1620, Bar. Maynard of Estaines ad Turrim (Little Easton) 14 Mar. 1628. C66/1942/19; 66/2233/1; 66/2417/1. d. 19 Dec. 1640. C142/615/129. sig. W[illiam] Maynard.

Offices Held

Gent. usher, quarter waiter, Chamber by 1604; LC2/4/5. gent. of Privy Chamber, Prince Henry’s Household by 1610. SP14/67/147.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612, A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 544. N.W. Passage Co. 1612. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239.

J.p. Essex 1612 – d., Saffron Walden, Essex 1615 – at least38, Cambs. 15 Dec. 1640 – d., custos rot. Essex June 1640–d.; C66/1898; C181/2, f. 231; 181/5, f. 117v; C231/5, pp. 389, 418. collector, aid 1612–13; E403/2732. dep. lt. Essex 1613 – 35, ld. lt. (jt.) 1635 – d., Cambs. June 1640–d.; Bodl. Firth c. 4, p. 49; Sainty, Lord Lieutenants, 13, 20. commr. sewers, Essex 1613 – 38, Mdx. 1613, 1625, Kent 1625, Herts. 1628, 1638, C181/2, ff. 185v, 193; 181/3, ff. 158v, 272; 181/5, ff. 112v, 116v. highway repairs, Essex 1615, 1622, C181/2, f. 225v; 181/3, f. 68v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1617 – June 1640, Essex 1629, June 1640 – d., Norf. circ. June 1640 – d., Cambs. June 1640–d., C181/2, f. 268; 181/4, f. 1v; 181/5, ff. 171, 177–8, 183v-4. inquiry, Tiptree Heath, Essex 1620–3, C181/2, f. 357; 181/3, f. 95. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. preservation of royal game 1622, C181/3, f. 77. Benevolence 1626, CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 151. inspect forts 1626, APC, 1626, p. 276. Forced Loan 1626–7, Bodl. Firth c.4, p. 257; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. martial law 1627, APC, 1627–8, p. 237. swans, various counties 1629, Essex and Suff. 1635, C181/3, f. 267v; 181/5, f. 28. charitable causes, Essex 1629 – 30, 1637, C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines 1630–3. E178/5287, ff. 9, 13v.

Parlimentarian

MAYNARD, Sir William (1586-1640), of Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex

Main residence: Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MAYNARD, Sir William (1586-1640)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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