Family and Education
b. by 1506, s. of Charles Chute of (?Malling), Kent by a da. of John Crispe of Birchington, Isle of Thanet. m. (1) by 1537, Joan, da. of Thomas Ensing of Winchelsea, Suss., wid. of Peter Master (d.1526/32), 2s. 1da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of one Girling of Wrentham, Suff., 1s.; (3) by Sept. 1546, Margaret (d. 28 Sept. 1555), da. of Sir Alexander Culpeper of Bedgebury, Kent, 5s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. A.J. Pearman, ‘The Chutes of Bethersden, Appledore and Hinxhill’, Arch. Cant. xviii. 55-71; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 5; Berry, Hants Gen. 117; C1/607/17; 142/145/17; LP Hen. VIII, xxi.
Offices Held
Jurat, Winchelsea 1527; yeoman of the guard by 1538–45 or later; capt. Camber castle, Suss. 1540 – d.; bailiff, manor of Frostenden, Suff. 4 Mar. 1550 – d.; searcher, Chichester, Suss. 18 July 1550, comptroller of customs Apr. 1557–64 or later.
Main residence: Horne Place, Appledore, Kent.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
CHUTE (CHOWTE), Philip (by 1506-67)
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Oxford 1644
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