ROUS, Sir John II (c.1573-1645), of Rous Lench, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1573,Aged 72 when he died, Worcs. RO, MF233/1, Rous Lench par. reg. o. s. of Edward Rous of Rous Lench and Mary, da. of Miles Haselrigge of Noseley, Leics. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 82 m. 21 Nov. 1605, Soc. Gen. Stowe par. reg. (with £1,500), E.F. Gay ‘Temples of Stowe and their debts’, HLQ, ii. 424. Hester (bur. 12 Aug. 1620), da. of Sir Thomas Temple† of Stowe, Bucks., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 115; Worcs. RO, MF233/1, Rous Lench par. reg. Kntd. bet. 5 and 10 July 1607; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 143; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, ii. 135. suc. fa. 1 May 1611. C142/326/48. d. 10 Apr. 1645. Worcs. RO, MF233/1, Rous Lench par. reg. sig. John Rous.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Worcs. 1610 – 11, 1636–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 159. commr. sewers, Worcs. and Glos. 1618, 1630; C181/2, f. 309v; 181/4, f. 18. j.p. Worcs. 1620-at least 1643, C231/4, f. 99; Cal. Q. Sess. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), ii. 708. Evesham, Worcs. 1632–d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. of Seventeenth Cent. ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 32. commr. subsidy, Worcs. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1625, 1628 – 29, 1641 – 42, Evesham, 1625, 1628, 1641, SP14/123/16; C212/22/21, 23; E179/201/285, 179/201/293, 179/201/299, 179/283/27; SR, v. 67, 157. Forced Loan, Worcs. 1626 – 27, Evesham, Worcs. 1627; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 62v, 77v. dep. lt. Worcs. by 1628-at least 1642; SP16/113/31; Diary of Henry Townshend ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1920), ii. 69. asst. burgess, Evesham 1632, capital burgess 1632 – d., alderman 1632–d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. 32. commr. Avon navigation, Worcs. 1636; Rymer, ix. pt. 2, p. 6; C193/12/2, f. 62v. array, Worcs. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. safety (roy.), Worcs. 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 14.

Parlimentarian

ROUS, Sir John II (c.1573-1645), of Rous Lench, Worcs.

Main residence: Rous Lench, Worcs.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

ROUS, Sir John II (c.1573-1645)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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